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Table 21. — Reported cases of serewworms in Southeastern States and eastern 
Texas, fiscal year 1936, by weeks — Continued 
Week ended— 
Alabama 
Florida 
Georgia 
Louisiana 
Missis- 
sippi 
South 
Carolina 
Texas 
(east) 
Total 
1935 
Nov. 2 
Number 
706 
1,167 
1,491 
1,366 
508 
Number 
5,311 
5, 935 
6, 394 
4,746 
3,357 
Number 
5,293 
5,076 
5,223 
3,914 
2,165 
Number 
627 
744 
338 
177 

Number 





Number 
526 
821 
1,335 
558 
204 
Number 
954 
873 
882 
272 
201 
Number 
13,417 
Nov. 9 
14,616 
Nov. 16 
15, 663 
Nov. 23 
11,033 
Nov. 30 
6,435 
Total July 6 to Nov. 30. 
Dec 7-— 
8,914 
220 
96 
32 

121,894 
2. 645 
2,420 
1.801 
518 
73, 088 
1.333 
539 


9,895 


15 
1 
214 




6,222 
124 
27 


ll,5s«i 
54 
62 
(') 
234,816 
4. 376 
Dec. 14 
3,144 
Dec. 21 
1, 848 
Dec. 28 
519 
Total July 6 to Dec. 2S. 
1936 
Jan. 4 
9,262 




129, 278 
379 
451 
567 
564 
74, 960 




9,911 

11 


214 




6,373 



5 
14, 705 
244, 703 
379 
Jan. 11 
462 
Jan. 18 
567 
Jan. 25... 
569 
Total July 6 to Jan. 25. 
Feb. 1 
9,262 

3 



131. 239 
481 
402 
180 
160 
230 
74, 960 





9,922 



2 

214 





6,378 





14, 705 
246, 680 
481 
Feb. 8___ 
405 
Feb. 15— 
180 
Feb. 22_. 
162 
Feb. 29 
230 
Total July 6 to Feb. 29. 
Mar. 7.__ 
9,265 
2 


12 
132, 692 
338 
211 
326 
322 
74, 960 




74, 960 




9,924 




214 




6,378 




14, 705 
248, 138 
340 
Mar. 14. _. 
211 
Mar. 21. _. 
326 
Mar. 28 . . 
334 
Total July 6 to Mar. 28. 
Apr. 4._ . . . 
9,279 
19 
4 
10 
50 
133, 889 
484 
638 
1,392 
1,257 
9,924 
2 


3 
214 

5 
5 
9 
6,378 




14, 705 
249, 349 
505 
Apr. 11 
647 
Apr. 18 
1,407 
Apr. 25 
1,319 
Total July 6 to Apr. 25. 
May 2 
9,362 
3 
14 
30 
46 
37 
137, 660 
1, 469 
1,188 
1,533 
1,487 
1,368 
74, 960 
1 



2 
9,929 
5 
20 
8 
30 
4 
233 
6 
56 
20 
11 
1 
6,378 

5 


11 
14, 705 
253, 227 
1,484 
May 9 
1,283 
May 16 
1,591 
May 23 
1,574 
May 30 
1,423 
Total July 6 to May 30. 
June 5. 
9,492 
4 
23 
3 
66 
144, 705 
1,572 
460 
972 
1,264 
74, 963 
43 
37 
26 
21 
9,996 
8 
13 
7 
13 
327 
13 
109 
4 
16 
6,394 
4 
10 
7 
4 
14, 705 
"""802" 
260.582 
1,644 
June 12.. 
652 
June 19 
1,019 
June 26.. _ 
2,186 
Total July 6 to June 26. 
9,588 
148, 973 
75, 090 
10, 037 
469 
6,419 
15,507 
266, 083 
i Beginning with the week ended Dec. 21, 1935, reports for Texas do not indicate number of cases. There 
were scattered cases over the area worked. 
The screwworm-eontrol program also promoted among stockmen a desire to 
produce better breeds of animals. Throughout the area there are many trading 
centers where animals of good blood are sold at auction at least once or twice 
each week. The more improved animals now being secured to replace the 
scrubs are given more attention by the owners and hence are less likely to become 
infested with serewworms. This replacing of send) animals which were rarely 
examined and served as a reservoir for serewworms contributes to serewworm 
control. When the serewworm first made its appearance in the Southeast in 
1934, livestock owners were not aware of the proper methods of treating and 
preventing cases, and practically a state of hysteria existed. At that time doubt 
was expressed not only by stockmen but by representatives of various State 
agencies and by the editors of many newspapers as to the future of the livestock 
industry in these States. In some instances livestock owners abandoned the 
raising of livestock. At the close of the year this situation is reversed. Live- 
stock owners have been advised as to the best methods of preventing and treat- 
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