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PARSNIP WEBWORM ( Derressaria heracliana Deg. ) 
E. J. Hambleton (August 13) : Inju^by the parsnip webworm ran 
high in one planting of parsnip's, which consisted of several acres. 
J. J. Davis (July 19) : The parsnip webworm was received from vari- 
ous parts of the State as possibly the European corn borer. It was 
always sent in from wild parsnip. 
SOUTHERN FIELD-CROP INSECTS 
North 
Carolina 
South 
Carolina 
Georgia 
COTTON 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis Boh.) 
R. W. Leiby (August 15) : Damage is increasing throughout the cot- 
ton section. In the southern cotton counties from the coast to the 
middle Piedmont, the average infestation of squares appears to he 
about ho per cent. In the upper Coastal Plain counties the average 
infestation is about 8 per cent, with a heavier infestation expected. 
(August 20): In the southern and eastern cotton counties iiifestar 
tion i's generally complete. Elsewhere complete infestation .should 
take place in another week. The entire top crop has been destroyed 
by the weevil, and the middle crop of bolls is threatened. There 
are more weevils now than at this time in any year since the weevil 
invaded the State. 
C. 0. Eddy (August 15): Weevil infestation is light and found only 
in scattered areas in the lower and middle Piedmont sections. No 
weevils have been reported in the extreme upper section of the 
State . 
R. M. Seeley (July 29): There is the worst infestation of the boll 
weevil since 1923 throughout southern, middle, and northwestern 
Georgia. 
0. I. Snapp (august 11): The boll -weevil infestation is greater 
1107/ in middle Georgia than it has been for a number of years. It 
has ruined the top crop, and infested squares are falling rapidly, 
as a result the cotton crop is going to be short. 
R. :I. Seeley (August 29): The following is a report on the cotton 
boll weevil situation in the State of Georgia: 
South of a line drawn through Troup, Meriwether, Spalding, Butts, 
Jasper, Putnam, Green, Taliaferro, and Lincoln Counties (the 
southern 2/3 of the State) damage is estimated to be 1 40-50 per 
per cent, with a total loss in some areas. Hundreds of acres —ill 
