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known to have weevils. At the end of May 1949 there were only 500 
known infested properties in these five States. In Louisiana there are 
still numerous infestations, largely in those districts into which the 
suppression program has recently expanded. A highly developed 
realization of weevil damage among farm, industrial, and business 
circles now promises to result in effective reduction of the pest in this 
key State. 
NEMATODES INFESTING POTATOES 
Golden Nematode Not Found Outside of Long Island 
Extensive surveys conducted in the principal potato-production 
areas of 22 eastern, midwestern, and southern States with the co- 
operation of State pest-control officials failed to reveal the presence 
of the golden nematode outside the known center of infestation on 
Long Island, X. Y. Soil samples collected outside of Long Island in 
potato fields and at graders or other sites where Irish potatoes are con- 
centrated numbered 29,224, representative of 232,910 acres. On Long 
Island intensive field surveys which involved the collection of 51,674 
soil samples from 37,545 acres resulted in the finding of infestations on 
1,681 additional acres. At the end of June 1949 infestations were 
known to occur on 8,168 acres. Of this total, 7,557 acres are located 
in Nassau County within and near the village of Hicksville. The re- 
maining 611 acres comprise 14 scattered properties in westerly Suf- 
folk County. 
Over 3,300 acres of known infested lands were withheld from potato 
and tomato production during the crop year under the Federal-State 
compensation program. Federal funds for compensating owners who 
also complied with specified sanitation conditions were authorized in 
the Golden Nematode Act passed by the Eightieth Congress. Federal 
payments were limited to farmer owned and operated lands compris- 
ing 2,418 acres. An equal share of compensation was paid by the 
State of New York, which also assumed responsibility for compensa- 
tion on 921 acres of rented lands. 
By June 30, 1949, over 2,500 acres of known infested lands in Nassau 
County had been removed from cultivation and diverted into real- 
estate and industrial developments. Such action resulted in the move- 
ment of over 300,000 cubic yards of infested topsoil, valued at an 
estimated $1,000,000. The Bureau assisted New York State in super- 
vising this movement, as well as in enforcing the State's quarantine 
regulations on the movement of culinary potatoes, root crops, and 
farm machiner}\ 
The Bureau cooperated with the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, 
and Agricultural Engineering, and with the New York State College 
of Agriculture and Department of Agriculture and Markets in the 
development of approved methods for treating potato tubers, used 
containers, or topsoil and in the conduct of experiments relating to 
effective control chemicals and methods of application. In order to 
conform with quarantine requirements and prescribed methods of 
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