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COTTON 
COTTON BDFi WSCflTIL ( .Anthononms gr^ndis Boh.) 
North 
Carolina Franklin She -nan (July 8). "Seme purcvured -.qiares <md a larva 
were sent i . fraa Anson County today. These are :h»* first 
reports ci activities that we have received iaXa y^a."- 1 ' 
Florida C v A. B^r:; (Jrly 18). "More abundant t.'ian usual in Bra^ord 
County; ?5 per cent of the squares are infested. '"■ 
^Jeff Chaff in (July 20). "Reports indicate that boll weevil is 
doi'jg more damage this year than ever bef ve in the cotton 
growing section. 
Arkansas r I m J. 3a*rg (July ll) . "Very severe infestation; if weather 
favors <r3 weevil a very poor crop is expected. .This insect 
has alsf, appeared for the. first, time in ClebuiVe County ., The 
line vT infestation in the State according to Djr, J. A. Flliott» 
Plani Pathologist, and Mr c E-_ K, Thatcher extent & over the 
entire southern part of the State, south of a lint starting 
fror. the west-central border of Polk County, iafeg, northeasterly 
direction to the center of Cleburne County, ani theme eastward 
tc the eas t -central border ci" Mississippi County. .V. C» S. 
Fouuen, State Crop Reporter, places the weevil- -infestfld area 
south of a line extending from the southwestern corner ©f 
Pclk County to the. south-central border of Van Buren Covnty, and 
thence in a south-easterly direction to the east-central border 
of Fnillips County „ n 
Mississippi R. U. Earned (July 23). "More abundant in the northern p&rt 
of the State this year than during any previous year: several 
observations indicate that the boll weevil parasites are unusual- 
ly abundant in certain areas this year; one field examined recently 
showed that 55 per cent of the weevil larvae were parasitic- -5$ 
on the other hand, in some fields nc parasites could be found . " 
Texas M. C. Tanquary. "Infest^i^boanvery general and very heavy, but 
dry weather in July has greatly reduced the rate of increase <," 
COWPEA CTJRCTJLIO ( Chalcoderi ciis aeneus Boh.) 
North 
Carolina Franklin Sherman. "Reports of damage from eastern North 
Carolina not serious," 
