COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grand! s Boh.) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (August 20): Infestation in Edgecombe and 
adjacent counties reported as very severe on August 8. 
South Carolina. P. Sherman and W. C. Nettles (August 22): There has "been 
a marked increase of boll weevil over the whole State during August. 
J. G-. Watts (August): An unusually bad year for boll weevils at 
Blackville. Many fields not treated have only a fourth of a crop. 
P. F. Bondy and C. F. Rainwater (August 27): By August 8 migrating 
weevils had almost covered cotton in Florcnco County, infestations 
being practically 100 percent, the worst since 1929 and 193^- ^ ov; very 
numerous and damaging late boll?. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (August 19): Abundant in the vicinity of Fort valley 
owing to favorable weather conditions. Considerable damage. 
P. M. Gilmer and P. A. Glick (August 22): Migration was at its 
peak during the first week of August in Tift, Lowndes, Berrien, Cook, 
and Colquitt Counties, Upper Coastal Plain. Damage was serious and 
third-brood weevils fairly numerous. 
Florida. L. C. Fife and C. S. Rude (August 27): Infestation very high the 
second week in August after migration had started in Alachua, Marion, 
and Gilchrist Counties. Infestation in Lake County was very light. At 
present all counties but Lake arc highly infested, from 65 to 99 percent. 
Mississippi. State Plant Board (August 15): Heaviest infestations in many 
years now present in most sections of Mississippi, especially the Delta. 
General migration of weevils in progress, and fields of late cotton 
reported to be full of weevils despite control measures. 
C. Lylc (August 2U): Infestation the heaviest in many years and 
late cotton being severely damaged in most cases. Delta counties, es- 
pecially, very heavily infested and control measures rather general. 
R. L. McGarr, ct al. (August 27): By August 13 in Oktibbeha, 
Lowndes, and Noxubee Counties infestation had increased greatly. Average 
infestation was 52.8 percent as compared with 19.2 percent in 1937 • 
Yield expected to be cut 50 percent or more. 
E. W. Dunnam, et al. (August 27): Boll weevils at least 10 times 
as numerous as last season at this date in Washington County. Infesta- 
tion practically 100 percent in all fields. 
