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President W. C. O’Kane: If there is no further discussion, we 
will now listen to the paper entitled, “The Ecology of Certain Insects 
Which Infest Stored Food Products,” by Royal N. Chapman. 
THE ECOLOGY OF CERTAIN INSECTS WHICH INFEST STORED 
FOOD PRODUCTS 
By It. N. Chapman, St. Paul, Minn. 
(Withdrawn for publication elsewhere) 
President W. C. O’Kane: The next paper is, “The Extermina¬ 
tion of the Pink Bollworm of Cotton in Texas,” by Ernest E. Scholl. 
Mr. E. E. Scholl: I will read my paper first, and if there is time 
I will read the paper by Dr. Hunter on the same subject. 
I was detained in Austin, Tex., before coming here, where I had 
a conference with Dr. Hunter. 
President W. C. O’Kane: We have adopted a procedure by 
which if a man is not present to read his paper, it goes to the end of 
the session. 
Secretary A. F. Burgess: I would suggest in this case that the 
paper of Dr. Hunter be read, because it forms a part of a symposium 
on insect extermination, and if these papers are not all presented 
together, the subject will be presented in a very disconnected way. 
The Association voted that Dr. Hunter’s paper be read by Mr. 
Scholl. 
METHOD OF PROCEDURE IN PINK BOLLWORM 
ERADICATION WORK IN TEXAS 
By Ernest E. Scholl, Chief Entomologist, State Department of 
Agriculture, Austin, Tex. 
According to the opinion of the writer, the best entomological legis¬ 
lation in the state of Texas was the placing upon the statutes of our 
state of the Pink Bollworm Act, passed in October, 1917, and improved 
by amendments in March of 1919 as House Bill 329 and now known 
as the Texas Pink Bollworm Act of 1919. 
The Act is very specific, and although it deals with only one species 
of insect, it leads us to believe that in the near future the state of Texas, 
as well as other states, will use the act as a basis for the enactment of 
similar laws pertaining to other serious insect pests. 
The provisions of the act are in the main two-fold. First, provi¬ 
sions are made for safeguarding against the introduction of the pink 
bollworm from Mexico. Second, portions of the law provide for stren¬ 
uous measures in controlling and eradicating outbreaks of the pink 
bollworm that have already become established in the state. 
