72 A.wi AL KKiMurrs of dki'ak i .\ii;.\ r of i f rFiu:. v.m 
WAS ;KMoiiii>lisli(><l ill sj(it«' of tin' f.i«t tlijit liigli tciiiixTnt iin*s. iK'^^iniiinj: in 
Florida as early as the last week of I h-ccuihor. greatly favorffl an early biiild- 
np of screwwornis for th<' year. 
In Sonth Carolina reports were recj-ivefl (»f 7^^ east s, and in instances, ropro- 
senfint; eonnties. primary serewwornis were d« tinitely identitletF In each 
instance the pest was proniptly staniixfl <tnt by tlu* efforts of l<K-al stcx'kmen. 
In (Jeorjria tlx' pest was prev. nteil from spreading from tlie open-range area 
to fanning se<ti(»ns. and was not permitt«'<l to invade animals that were fat- 
tened ill hean and peanut lields in th<' fall. In Alabama s(reww<»rnis were 
identitied fr(»m two widely sejiarated ((•unties. I'.arbour and Sumt<T. but both 
infestations were promptly stamixHl out b.v dili'.reiir <fforts <tf stock owners. In 
Louisiana cases occurred at st<»(kyaids and hoise-nading eenters late in the 
fall or early in the winter. Prompt treatment of such eases by employees <»f 
the yards ajiparently stami)ed out the<e imported infestations. 
Tlie cumulative results of .<crewworm control work in the Southeast are 
leflected in the rejtorted or estimate<l cases and in rhe death rates during the 
last few years. In MV-'A th«'re were ai>proximaiely T.l.fMKJ cases (»f .<;crewworms 
in Greorgia. and animals in about L'M counties m northern Florida Iwcame in- 
fested. By the end of lim it was estimated that F300.0()0 cases had occtnTo<l 
ill the Southeastern States, and an educational and demonstrational program 
was considered a necessity. In. 19:^'). when con'ntl work was carried on. only 
22S.0<'/> cases were re]M)rted by local supervisors, and in IJKU; there was a fur- 
ther reduction to 4S.7.S7 report imI cases. A summary of the educational cam- 
paign of the year iy.j7 is given in table 17. During VS.\4 it was estimattNi that 
approximately 12 i)ercent of the infested animals in the Southeast ditnl of 
screwworm infestation. In then were '2.')2i) deaths among KKMMX^ infested 
animals. In 11>3(> only 32*2 deaths were reported among 45,82;> infestations in 
?^lorida, or at the rate of 702 deaths among HK>.imm> infesttnl animals. The 
reported cases in the Southern States are summarized by wj'eks for the year 
mn in table 18. 
Table 17. — ^Summary of rducatioual ivork on .scrcivtconn coutroh flxcal year J'J.17 
State 
Meet- 
ings 
and 
demon- 
stra- 
tions 
held 
Attend- 
ance at 
meet- 
ings 
and 
demon- 
stra- 
tions 
Stock- 
men 
visited 
on 
farms 
and 
ranches 
Ex- 
hibits 
Attend- 
ance at 
exhibits 
Circu- 
lars 
and 
bul- 
letins 
dis- 
tribu- 
ted 
Posters 
and 
hand- 
bills 
dis- 
tribu- 
ted 
News- 
paper 
articles 
pub- 
lished 
Radio 
talks 
given 
Prac 
tices 
demon- 
strated 
by 
stock 
owners 
Nu mber 
Nu mber 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Number 
Alabama 
114 
4,266 
5, 498 
9 
12, 482 
4,316 
171 
36 

1 
Arizona 
149 
1. 465 
4, 676 
19 
32, 275 
1.494 
81 
19 

159 
(California 
288 
7, 891 
5,678 
33 
110. 516 
9,938 
169 
52 

73 
Florida 
2,685 
24. 437 
81,326 
38 
295, 391 
27,813 
51.536 
622 
5 
4.383 
(ieorKia 
1,741 
28,531 
96 
43, 395 
19 
65. 470 
37,810 
1.332 
404 
6 
2 
Louisiana 
7 
1,831 
4 
536 
1.254 
2,330 
22 

. 23 
Missi^'sippi 
33 
1,355 
2,585 
28,500 
5. 921 
651 
20 

36 
Xew Mexico 
239 
7.841 
7,504 
28 
162. 785 
8. 137 
388 
39 
3 
M3 
Oklahoma 
238 
12,251 
4,003 
153 
67,904 
7, 404 
350 
25 
8 
68 
South Carolina— 
94 
2,681 
2,381 
8 
33.010 
2. 937 
797 
34 

12 
Texas 
1.984 
39, :i80 
59, 439 
845 
499, 625 
t56.028 
3,318 
912 
5 
1.908 
Total 
7,572 
130,194 
218,316 
1,163 
1, 308. 494 
173, 052 
61. 123 
2.185 
27 
7.608 
