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PINK BOLLWQRM ( Pectincrshora g^s^y^iella Saund,) 
At the conference relating to the pink bollworm situation, held 
at Washington, May IS, 1921, attended by representatives cf the States 
of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, 
Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, 
and California, the- following report' was unanimously adopted as em- 
bodying the opinions of the conference: 
(1) We indorse and coL-mend the Policies of the Federal Horticul- 
tural Board in dealing with the pink bcllworm situation in the United 
States. We wish, furthermore, to express cur approval particularly of 
the work of Dr. W. D, Hunter, who has been in direct charge cf the 
field wcrk of the infested States; his energy, persistence, and tact in 
dealing with an unusually difficult situation ere especially to be 
commended. To his efforts and to those cf the proper State authorities 
who have worked in^ccoperation with him, especially in, Texas and 
Louisiana, the other cotton-gr owing States feel deeply indebted that 
this cctton pest has not spread more widely since 1917. 
(2) It is clear to the conference that the only practicable 
method of eradicating the pink bollworm is by continued prohibit- 
ion of the growth of cotton in irfes ted districts for a period of 
years. The feasibility of extermination wcrk where conducted accord- 
ing to the methods and maintained for the period of time recommended 
by the entomologists of the Cotton States and approved by the Federal 
Horticultural Board is completely demonstrated in the Hearne district, 
where a noncottcn zone has been maintained since the fall of 1917 and 
intensive scouting each year thereafter has failed to show any re- 
currence of the infestation. Furthermore, it is apparent in the 
Trinity Bay district that the maintenance of a noncottcn zone for one 
year only is not long enough to accomplish extermination* 
(3) The conference believes that there is now a possibility cf 
exterminating the pink bollworm but that this opportunity is one that 
must be taken prompt advantage cf . On the other hand, we feel that 
the continuance of the infestation in any areas under a regulated 
system is fraught with grave danger to the entire cotton industry. 
Therefore, we believe that the present establishment of regulated 
areas in west Texas and New Mexico should be considered only as a 
temporary arrangement, to be condmdfesdd onlyso long as may be neces- 
sary for appropriations to be made to maintain this district as a non- 
cottcn zone. In the meantime, also, we would recommend that efforts 
be made to secure the cooperation of the Mexican authorities in 
maintaining a noncottcn zone on the Mexican side of the border. In 
order to provide further safeguard against the introduction of in- 
festation, we believe that the Immigration Service along the Mexican 
border should be so strengthened as tc secure the movement cf all 
laborers coming from Mexico into the United States through the proper 
points of entry where adequate inspections may be maintained. 
