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complaints have also been received from several counties in the 
southern part of the State. The injury seems to he heaviest in 
the north-central counties. In many fields very few large squares 
are to be found, rhile a close examination will reveal that 
practically all the small ones have been blasted. A few farmers 
have dusted with sulphur, but most of them are not applying control 
measures, relying on the hope that the hoppers will scon migrate 
from the fields. 
Louisiana ¥. E« Hinds (July 2S) : The cotton flea hopper has been reported 
in more or less injurious abundance in some 25 parishes in the 
northern part of the State with occasional occurrence in other 
sections. Damage to the bottom crop exceeds 75 P er cent in many 
heavily infested fields, but such injury is rather spotted. 
COTTON v;OR*.I ( Alabama argillacea Hbn,. ) 
G3HSBAL Cooperative report on cotton insects (July l): The leaf rorm 
STATEMENT has been multiplying and spreading from several counties in south - 
central Texas during the last few weeks. In this locality con- 
siderable poisoning has been done. The insect has made its appear- 
ance in several Parishes in southwestern Louisiana and sopth-.-e stern, 
c en tr a! , and nor th ea s t er n Arkan sas and northern Mi s si s s i ppi « 
(July l6): Leaf rorms have been multiplying and spreading from a 
number of counties in south-central Texas and are now as far north 
as Williamson County in Texas. In Louisiana they have been re- 
ported in s everal Parishes in the southwestern part of the State. In 
Arkansas they have been reported in the southwestern, central, and 
northeastern parts of the State. In Mississippi they are reported 
in one county in the extreme part. 
Mississippi 3„ W* Harned (July 15): The first specimens of the cotton loaf 
worm received this year were collected by T» F # HcC-ehce, Inspector 
for the State Plant Board, at Holly Springs in the extreme northern 
part cf the State on July 6. This is four weeks earlier than the 
worms appeared last year, and as cotton is two to three weeks 
later than in 1925, and is further delayed in fruiting because of 
injury by the cotton hopper, it is possible that heavy loss will 
bo inflicted if the worms become generally distributed, 
Louisiana \7„ E* Hinds (July 28): Tne cotton leaf warm has been definitely 
reported from the southwestern and northwestern corners with 
occasional occurrence reported in intermediate areas. !7e expect 
defoliation to become common late in August. This is a serious 
prospect, as the crop is generally considered about two reeks 
later than normal. 
BOLL t<"ORM ( Heliothis obsele+a Fab.) 
Georgia H« ?. Bledsoe (July 1): The boll worm seems to be unusually 
numerous in some sections of southern Georgia. In one field at 
Experiment this insect had injured from 5 to 50 per cent of the 
squares. 
