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COTTON INSECTS 
BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandi s Boh.) 
South Carolina. F. F. Bondy and C. F. Rainwater (July 2): In Florence 
County the first new weevils appeared on June 28. In Ik untreated 
plots the infestation averaged 7*7 percent. (July 16) : In 16 un- 
treated ch«ok plo*4 tho infestation averaged 12 percent. (July 23): 
Weevils are increasing very fast and in many fields the infestation 
has reached $0 or 60 percent. The weevil situation in Florence County 
is more serious than for several years. 
Georgia. P. M. Gilmor and P. A. Glick (July 10): In undusted Upland 
cotton in southern Georgia from 18 to 50 percent of the squares were 
punctured, and in Sea Island cotton that had "been dusted the field 
average was 8 percent. (July 17): Many late fields of cotton have 
been seriously injured. Second brood is pupating. (July 2k) : Second- 
generation weevils began to appear on July 18 and by the 23rd were 
present in considerable numbers. 
Florida. C. S. Rude and L. C. Fife (July 16) : In 30 fields examined the 
infestation was increasing rapidly. Lake County showed no infestation 
in eight fields examined. In the northern counties the infestation 
ran from 12 to 92 percent. (July 30) : * n Alachua and Gilchrist 
Counties the square infestation ranges from 10 to 91 percent and in 
many fields the bolls are heavily* infested. In Marion County the in- 
festation is increasing and ranges from 10 to 91 percent. The only 
field in Lake County thus far found to be infested has J>0 percent 
infestation. 
Mississippi. R. L. McGarr, et al. (July 9): In Lowndes and Oktibbeha 
Counties an examination of more than 10,000 squares in 15 untreated 
fields showed an average infestation of 18 percent as compared with 
12 percont for the previous week and 2 percent at this time last year. 
(July 23): An examination of 10,600 squares in 19 untreated fields 
showed an average infestation of 28.5 percent. 
E. W. Dunnam and J. C. Clark (July 2): In Washington County 
infestation counts made on seven plantations showed that the per- 
centage of infested squares varied from less than 1 percent to 70 
percent., with an average of 29 percent infested. (July 30) : On 
three plantations the average infestation was kS percent. 
Louisiana. R. C. Gaines, etal. (July 2) : In Madison Parish 52,800 
squares were examined from untreated cotton, of which 2,157 were 
punctured, or an averago infestation of k.l percent. (July 30):, The 
infested squares increased to an average of 36 percent in 19 untreated 
fields examined; the infestations ranged from 7 to 69 percent. 
