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At the other points comparatively few weevils had emerged al- 
though some were reported from every station except the one at 
Holly Springs, Miss., and it is still too early to predict just 
what the results are likely to he. 
GENERAL Cooperative Report on Boll 'Teevil Emergence from Cage Tests Prior 
STATE,:ENT to April 16. (U. S. Bureau of Entomology, Delta Laboratory, Tallu- 
lah, La. ). 
"."eevil emergence at the different cooperative noints has continued 
to he much the sane as indicated in the rerort of April 1. One 
additional cooperative station has been added since that time. 
This is the station at Experiment, Ga., of the G-eorgia Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station -ith '. r. R. ?. Bledsoe cooperating. 
The percentage of weevils placed in the cages last fall which 
had emerged prior to April 16 at the different points is shown 
in the following tab le : 
: Per cent of number put into 
Local ity ; cages "hich have emerged 
College Station, Tex : 3.54 
Baton Rouge, La : 2.69 
Florence, S. C. I : 2.49 
Clemson College, S. C : 1.78 
Experiment, Ga : .58 
Aberdeen, IT. C : .37 
Rocky Mount, IT. C : .14 
Tallulah, La . : .01 
Holly S-orings, Hiss. ..,...: 0.00 
The above f igures are most interesting when compared with such 
earlier records as are available. In Texas, for instance, ^e 
have records at points near College Station for the years 1906, 
1907, and 1908. The average total survival for those years was 
5.2 per cent and the average survival ~hich had emerged by April 
15 for the same period -as 4.6 per cent. It Till be noted that 
in this year 3.54 per cent have emerged so far ~hich "ould seem 
to indicate that the survival is at least approaching a normal 
one. 
At Tallulah the nine-year average total survival is 1.51 per 
cent and about 25 per cent of the total emergence has been com- 
pleted by April 15 in the average year. It will be noted that 
the survival this year is much belo™ any such indication. This 
is difficult to explain except on the possibility that the weevils 
entering hibernation last fall were not sufficiently "ell fed to 
withstand the winter weather'. Certainly, there was a tremendous 
shortage of squares for food for the weevils entering hibernation. 
The Florence, S. C. , record is probably more or less representa- 
tive of the Southeastern States as a whole, and it is interesting 
to compare the records this season with those that were secured 
in an identical series of experiments last year. In the spring 
of 1924 there was a total emergence of 0.35 per cent and the 
emergence prior to April 16 "as 0.11 per cent. This year, how- 
ever, the emergence prior to April 16 is 2.49 per cent, thus con- 
tinuing to indicate the high probable infestation in that terri- 
tory. 
