1932 - Anonymous. Legislative and administrative measures. Int. Rev. Agr. 26(9): 

 M146-M153. 



An order issued by the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture, dated April 20, 

 1932, prohibiting import of plants, plant parts, or products of other materials 

 capable of carrying Anthonomus grandis Boh. into the country. 



1934 - Fleury, A. C. Monthly bulletin. Calif. Dept. Agr., Bureau of Plant Quarantine 

 22(12):526-535. 



Pests intercepted in California during 1933 in the course of quarantine 

 inspection at major ports included Anthonomus grandis Boh. in seed cotton from 

 Virginia. 



1937 - Anonymous. A proclamation. The Plant Protection Ordinance, 1935, 1 p. 

 Kingston, St. Vincent. 



In virtue of the Plant Protection Ordinance No. 14, of 1935, the importation 

 into St. Vincent from Haiti, Santo Domingo, Cuba, Mexico, Central American and 

 the Southeastern States of the United States of America of articles, including any 

 that have been declared by the Agriculture Authority to be infested or suspected of 

 being infested by Anthonomus grandis Boh., all malvaceous plant material, and 

 all agricultural produce, is absolutely prohibited. 



1940 - Adamson, A. M„, and R. E. D. Baker. The work of the British West Indies 

 Plant Quarantine Station from 1934-39. Trop. Agr. 17(l):4-5, Trinidad. 



An account is given of the organization, methods, and work of the British 

 West Indies Plant Quarantine Station, which is situated near Port-of-Spain, 

 Trinidad. The Station, which was established in 1934, serves all the British 

 West Indian Islands and also British Guiana and British Honduras. The chief 

 plants dealt with are sugarcane, cotton, banana, and citrus. Satisfactory treat- 

 ment for cotton seed has been developed. On arrival, it is treated with strong 

 sulphuric acid, heated to 60°C. for a half hour, and then grown for one generation 

 in a special quarantine house. Seed to be sent away is heated or fumigated, but not 

 treated with sulphuric acid. Many insects, including bollworms, have been 

 intercepted in cotton seed. 



Legislation has been planned to prevent the introduction of the cotton boll 

 weevil into the British West Indies. It was introduced from the American main- 

 land into Cuba and in 1933 was found in Haiti, where it has become extremely 

 destructive. Its further spread into the Lesser Antilles might put an end to the 

 commercial production of cotton in these islands. 



MISCELLANEOUS 



1895 - Howard, L. O. Mistakes about the cotton boll weevil in Texas. U. S. D. A. Insect 

 Life, Div. Ent. 7:362-363. July. 



The seriousness of the pest being overlooked on account of the application of 

 the term "sharpshooter" to the boll weevil. Mentions insect breeding in bolls in 

 abundance. 



1897 - Howard, L. O. The Mexican cotton boll weevil in 1897. U. S. D. A. Div. Ent. 

 C. 27 (second series), 7 p. 



Investigations conducted in southern Mexico and the unsuccessful attempt to 

 find any weevil parasites there. Extent of injury and spread of the pest during 

 1897. Possibility of spreading the weevil in seed cotton and cottonseed. A 

 machine designed to apply dry poisons, and the value of domestic fowls as weevil 

 destroyers. Remedies as given in C. 18 of the Bureau of Entomology are briefly 

 reiterated. 



1903 - Howard, L. O. The Mexican cotton-boll weevil. Science, n.s. 18(465):693. 



Notes are given on the investigation of this insect which was begun by the 

 Division of Entomology in 1894 and which has led to the discovery of a method by 

 which a fair crop of cotton can be raised under conditions of infestation by this 

 insect. 



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