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plants and burnt and that all fallen bolls should be collected from the 
ground and burnt before the cotton plants were cut or pulled. 
In cases where this was not done before the prescribed time the cot¬ 
ton sticks were seized and destroyed by the officers of the Ministry of 
Agriculture. The value of the sticks destroyed in this manner is 
estimated at L. E. 87,00c. 1 In Egypt, the scarcity of fuel gives to the 
cotton plants a value which they probably possess in no other cotton 
growing country and it is because of this that attempts are made to 
have the bolls cleaned from the plants instead of having them uprooted 
and burnt. 
The prospects for the control of the pink bollworm in the future are 
distinctly hopeful. During the past season much opposition was met 
with on the part of the ignorant and superstitious peasantry while 
the village officials failed to give that assistance which might reason¬ 
ably be expected of them, and in some instances even directly opposed 
the efforts of the Ministry of Agriculture. 
In succeeding years, however, it is to be expected that the peasants 
will realize more and more the usefulness of this campaign and that 
the village officials will render valuable assistance. In the past season 
also, as a result of the war, there was a shortage of English officials and 
the native subordinate officials were all new to the work and had to be 
trained in their duties. 
When the working of the field campaign has been improved and the 
ginneries are equipped with suitable machines for the treatment of 
seed, there is every reason to hope that the pink bollworm will be con¬ 
trolled to such an extent as to impose only normal losses on the cotton 
industry of Egypt. 
There is no hope that the pink bollworm will ever be exterminated 
and so far as at present known there seems no likelihood of its ever 
being controlled to a satisfactory extent by its natural enemies. 
The Nature and Amount of Loss Caused by the Pink Bollworm 
The pink bollworm causes injury and loss to the cotton by injuring 
the seed and by reducing the amount of lint produced. The quality 
of the lint is also seriously affected. Young bolls are attacked and 
completely destroyed, while, when flower buds are attacked, these are 
destroyed and no flowers produced. 
When a seed is attacked at an early stage of its growth not only is 
the seed completely destroyed, but no lint is produced by it. Later on, 
seeds may be attacked when they have formed all or part of their lint. 
In such cases, it is easily seen that a considerable amount of damage 
1 The L. E. = about $5.00. 
