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population going into hibernation in the fall. Nineteen hundred 
and fifteen showed an abnormally heavy population; while 1924 
showed a phenomenally light one, and this was, of course, followed 
"by the light emergence in the spring of l°25o 
This fall the Department of Agriculture has started a more extensive 
series, bringing in other localities, in cooperation with the State 
agricultural workers in the various districts. It is planned to 
extend and continue this in future years, hut the observations 
this season have included the following points: 
Tallulah 3 La, 
Crew Lake, La, 
Lake Providence, 
Opelousas, La. 
Washington, La. 
Lafayette, La. 
Fairbiuff, N^ C, 
La, *" 
Ws sh ingt on , IT. C . 
Florence, S. C 
Mcncks Corner, S.G. 
Bamberg, 3, C. 
Valdosta, C-a. 
Bainbridge, Ga. 
D ona Ids onv ille , Ga . 
The examinations at these are summarized in Table Number 2, 
Table No. 2 
Locality 
WEEVILS ENTERING HIBERNATION AT VARIOUS 
PQIPS I IT FALL OF I925 
;• Live Weevils per 
: Ton of Moss 
T al'Tulah, La, 
Avera ge r-o r thorn Louisiana 
Average southern Louisiana 
c.CU 
330 
1581 
Average North Carolina 
h 
30 
Average South Carolina 
^2 
Average Georgia 
13. 
The Tallulah .record is, of course, of primary interest as being 
directly comparable with those available in past years. It will 
be noted that it is higher than every year but one in the past 
'vhere records are available and that it is decidedly above what 
might be called a normal average population based on the past 
records. This is further borne out by the average of all records 
made in northern Louisiana; while southern Louisiana shows an 
enormously heavy population. North Carolina similarly shows 
many weevils in hibernation, while the number is much lighter 
at the South Carolina and Georgia points, examined. These figures 
do not mean, of course, that any such numbers of ^e evils are 
going to survive the winter, but they do give our first index of 
the weevils which may be available for infestation next spring. 
Certainly, there seems no ground for the belief that the light 
damage this past season v?as followed by a very light' movement 
of weevils into hibernation. Throughout much of the territory, 
conditions in the fall were fairly favorable for weevil breeding 
