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ccrrespcndence for the month The work of the. "boll weevil has "been 
sufficient tc cause a great increase in the active control work, 
(August . lh) i Weevils are common over the southern and central 
portions of the States" Damage probably 3 to 5 per cent higher this 
year than last. 
Georgia H« P. Bledsoe (August 17) : The average infestation in all experimental 
check plats for the past reek was 21.8 per cent* Infestations ranged 
from 7* 7 to hf per cento The dry weather still continues in the 
Piedmont section of Georgia. Squares are getting scarce, which 
makes the taking of infestation records rather difficult. 
V„ Vo Williams (August 17) J Weevil infestation is complete in most 
fields in the Valdosta section* 
South B.c W„ Moreland: Prom July 2~ to August 2,12.600 squares were 
Carolina examined in the experimental check plats: 6-5^0 punctures, or an 
average infestation of 51.9 P&r cent were found. Infestation ranged 
from 13«>5 t0 ^3 oS per cent. 
Dr« F. A. Fentoas Field-to-£ ield movement of the weevil continued 
throughout the' past two- weeks, resulting in the heavy infestation 
of fields heretofore only slightly infested. This movement was 
accelerated over large areas owing to droughty conditions which 
caused:ra heavy shedding of squares and ycung bolls. This latter 
condition resulted in a. shortage of cotton forms in which the weevil 
ccuid breeds The re cult is that the second-brood weevils are finding 
very unfavorable conditions for breeding 9 with the exception of a 
few fields of late cotton or in the richer soils where the plants are 
still fruiting, 
J. G 9 Popper and C. B. Nickels (August 17): la the coastal-plain 
region "boils are being punctured heavily in undusted fields but 
less in dusted fields. Weevil injury is very light in the Piedmont 
section, the larger part of cotton being sufficiently mature to 
escape! weevil injury.. 
Noafcth Franklin Sherman (August }.f): In the Piedmont section continued 
Carolina heat and drought are retarding the weevil but seme dusting is being 
dene. In eastern and southeastern sections the drought is less, 
pronounced and infestations have continued to increase until now 
entire plantings are often found to need dusting and individual 
fields often found in which 7> to £0 per cent of the squares are 
punctured, More dusting is being- dene in this section than in 
previous years. 
COTTON APHIS ( Anhis go ss-:/T)ii Glov.) 
Georgia Jeff Chaff in (August 5): Within the last three weeks we have 
received a very large number of complaints from cotton growers all 
Over the State concerning the serious damage that is being done by 
the cotton lice. They are more numerous and doing a great deal mors 
damage than in any year in the past. This can be accounted for to a 
