SOUTHERN FIELD-CHOP INSECTS 
COTTON 
North Carolina 
Seorgja 
Mississippi 
Louisiana 
Oklahoma 
North Carolina 
BOLL WEEVIL (Aathoncmus .gjandis Boh a ) 
E-> Parker (September 3.6) s Many bolls that were considered 
safe are either found to be pane: 1 ' *ed ay the weevil or 
shedding on account of excessive drought or rains. Weevils 
are said to "be fioing severe damage to grown bolls. 
0,, I„ Snapp (September 15) ! Infestation is lighter than 
usuajl in the locality of Fort Valley. Hot, dry weather is 
perhaps responsible* 
V, Oa T£iilds (September l6): Weevils are now damaging bolls 
that are fu".!ly haXf«-gr$wn and in seme 5.nstances were noticed 
where grown bo? Is contained one or more grubs- Damage is 
nothing like what might be expected from experience during the 
past few year So 
Geo A« Malorey (August 30)s Immigration of weevils during the 
week of August jj iir.-o fields in the vicinity of Greenville 
threatened considerable damage to a large acreage of cotton, 
which had 'been reiiarded by drywwee.ther v.n : ; il rains in early 
August promoted active growth ana fruiting. 
R !*> Earned (September IS): The boil weevil is not even 
yet ab'uno'ar- erougb. to be serious in most of the cotton fields 
in this State that hove come 'tindef our observation. There 
have teen fewer bull weevils throughout the entire season than 
on similar dates during previous years* At present here and 
there fields can be found where the infestation is quite 
general but,, a? a wnole. the boll weevil has not been an 
important factor in Mississippi this year. 
W„ Eo Hinds (August 2£<): Small survival of hibernation, 
tog-ettier with the steady continuance of exceptionally hot 
dry weather from June 1 to the present time, has not only 
controlled weevil multiplication but has also seriously cut 
the yielr' of cotton in most of the State* Little poisoning 
has been required. The crop of 192U will, undoubtedly, be 
under 1*00,000 .bales 
Ao No Caudell (September 10): In Payne County I found the 
boll weevil to be a very scarce insect, some of the natives 
claiming there wa"e none, but there were a few present in a 
field I saw„ In the same region they were very numerous 
during the last few years, 
COTTON LEAFWQRM (Alabama ar/gillacea Huebn. ) 
F. Sherman (September 18): To date I have not received a 
single complaint or report of damage by it. they 
Two of our workers found two specimens in Moore Countywhich £ 
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