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season were discovered. That prrt of the cotton fields at Sahc.-u.rita 
lying "between the railroad tracks and the river is generally in- 
fected over the entire acreage. The moat recent infestation dis- 
covered is located at.Cotaro. This is in the district known as the 
Postvale Project, which lies northwest of Tucson, All the other 
infestations ha^e he en in the district south of Tec sen. Appr o::imately 
2,700 acres rt ere planted to cotton at Continental an. 1,200 acres at 
Sahaut.ita, which are the regions of heaviest infestation. 
In addition to the scouting in the cultivate! cotton fields, much 
survey -ork has heen done in an attempt to ascertain the distribution 
of the thurheria plants and the weevil infestation in the southeastern 
part of the State. The weevil had heen reported from seven mountain 
ranges orior to the 1325 season. The more recent surveys indicate 
that the Tumacacori range in Pima County has both the olants and the 
■weevils veil distributed over both the lo'-er and higher levels of the 
targe. More thorough work in Cochise County in the Dos Cabezas and 
Chiricahua ranges indicates that the plants on both the eastern and 
western slones of these ranges are weevil infested, 
F T FK BOLLWCHM ( Pec tinouhora. gossvpiella Sound.) 
Arizona . Arizona 'hews Letter, Vol, '4-, ho, 1 (January 31) .'The field scouts of 
the Federal Horticultural Board have just visited practically every 
district of the State and examined thousands of bolls in their 
search for the post, which is considered the most menacing to the 
cotton industry. Two parties of three men each have been engaged 
in this Survey, the parties checking against each other in some 
of the larger districts. Lie evidence cf the pink bollworm was found 
in any district and Arizona is again declared a non-infested State. 
The pink bollworm is e pest cf cotton seed. The young worms bore 
into the interior of the bolls and feed upon the contents of the 
seeds. Frequently two seeds are fastened together by the worm in 
sprch a way as to allow its passage from one seed to another. Live 
worms are also found in single seeds. This habit makes this pest 
-ell adapted to transportation with cotton seed and for this reason 
cotton seed from an infested territory is extremely dangerous. At 
the present time some districts in Texas and Few Mexico are the 
only known infested areas in the United States. The oast season the 
pest was again found near Carlsbad, Few Mexico, in a region which 
was formerly infested and for a period of five years had been con- 
sidered uninfested territory, 
COTTON FLEA (Psa llus se riatus Rent. ) 
F, L. Thomas (March 27): The cotton flea hopper began to hatch 
from the overwintering eggs March 7 at College Station. 
SUGARQAEB 
SUGARCAEE B01FR ( Piatraea sgicch; *ralis Fab. ) 
Louisiana T. E. Hollo-ay (March g) : A cooperative estimate of the damage 
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