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Georgia 
Georgia 
California 
Alabama 
Arkansas 
exceedingly injurious to cotton in many sections this year; 
in fact, several districts have done considerable poisoning where 
tfciiis species has cleaned up bay crops and then moved on to 
cotton. There has also been a rather 'unusual amount of injury 
by miscellaneous lepiaopfc erpus larvae of quite a number of 
species. All of these outbreaks, however, have been purely 
local* 
The cotton leaf worm appeared early in July along the Gulf 
coast in Texas, but was held in check partly by climatic condi- 
tions and partly by the fact that approximately 50 per cent of the 
acreage in this territory was being poisoned for bo]l weevil 
control* During the past few days numerous reports have been 
received of the leaf worm, extending up well into northern 
Arkansas. It is now too late for this worm to do serious damage 
as a general rule, other than affecting the grade and staple 
of the cotton, though along the northern edge of the belt the 
crop is very light and an invasion of the worm any time before 
f frost will be a serious matter. 
John B„ Gill (July 2h) : The Mexican boll weevil is not so 
destructive this year as in 1923* Cotton is fruiting very well 
and indications are that satisfactory yields will be obtained 
in many fields in this section,, 
BGQ&WGHM (ffillc-thj-s .obs olete Fab*) 
John B. Gill (July 2k) : The cotton bollworm has been causing 
some damage to cotton bolls in the vicinity of Thoraasville, Ga. 
It is reported that this insect is not readily controlled by the 
calcium arsenate dust as used for the boll weevil. 
T. D„ Urbahrs (July 2k) : Upon inspection of cotton fields on the 
California side of the Yuma Valley the boil worm was found to be 
destroying many bolls. Present indications pointed to considerable 
loss before maturity of the crop. 
COTTON LEAFWORM (Alabama argillacea Huebn. ) 
J» M, Robinson (telegram dated August II): Cotton leafworm adult 
taken at Auburn on August 6th. Greenish larvae found on the 
9th, Adult received from Guntersviile on the 9th, Notifying 
all county agents today* 
Dwight Isley (August 1??): Half-grown larvae nf cotton leafworm 
collected in Lee County on August lk t and in Lincoln County 
on August 15. 
Louisiana and 
Arkansas 
W«. D* Hunter (telegram dated August 25): Received reliable 
reports of cotton leafworm from five points in Arkansas and from 
Madison Parish in Louisiana. The Arkansas infestation is 
reported as being heavy, 
