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•COT, TON INSECTS 
• BOLL WEEVIL ( Anthonomus grandis Boh.) 
North Carolina. C. H. Brannon (August 27): Infestation heavy all over the 
State. Damage is serious in the upper Piedmont for the first time. 
South Carolina. P. P. Bondy and C. P. Rainwater (August 3): In Florence 
County the boll weevil is steadily increasing in fruiting fields and 
in other fields movement is tailing place. (August 17) J Population 
gradually increasing. Many sections report the worst damage since 1929. 
Georgia. 0. I. Snapp (July 22): The boll weevil increased rapidly around 
Port Valley as a result of frequent rains in July. The insect became 
very active the latter part of July. Fortunately, a cotton crop was made 
before August. On account of the activity of: this insect, very few 
bolls matured in August in many fields. 
Tennessee. G. M. Bentley (August 20): More common in the cotton-growing 
counties of western Tennessee this year than it has been for several 
years. 
Louisiana. W. E. Hinds (August 12): The boll weevil is reported generally 
more abundant than in any preceding year. 
R. C. Gaines (August 3): The average infestation in lU untreated 
fields in Madison Parish was 6O.3 percent, ranging from S.S to SS.S 
percent. 
Mississippi. C. Lyle (August 23): In the ' northern part of the State the 
boll weevil is still causing injury to plants that are fruiting. 
R. W. Hamed and assistants (August): On August 3 the infestation 
on 3 farms in Washington County ranged from 3.2 to bU.O percent,' averag- 
ing U5 percent. On August 3 in Oktibbeha County square infestation in 
15 fields ranged from 5-3 to 77.7 percent, averaging 50.6 percent, as 
compared with ^1.2 percent the previous week and kl.6 percent the same 
week in 193 ! +. In Forrest County square infestation in 2 fields was 32.3 
3^^ 33*7 percent, 
Arkansas. D. Isely (August 23): The threat of injury has practically pa sscd 
in the greater part of the State, probably because of the summer drought. 
Oklahoma. C P. Stiles (August 6): The infestation decreased in the central 
part of the State and increased in the extreme southern part. A total of 
hj, fields were examined in lk counties. The highest infestation was 65 
percent in Choctaw County and the lowest was 1 percent in McClain County, 
with an average of 13.7 percent for the 43 fields. (August 21): The in- 
festation for the week ended August 17 ranged from a high of 32 percent in 
Lincoln County to a low of 3.U percent in Payne County. 
