inf a 
Louisiana, 
ee ccomnt of the heavy infestation over large territory, the infesta- 
of wild food plants, and lack of suffichent funds to follow the 
‘Sen no eradication was undertaken in Louisiana, Tests in bolterat con-~ 
ee with C,E, suith, whereby no planting stock was to be 
, 1 the farn. trom outside. A large number of farns in the vicinity of 
OVington and Slidell were selected and arrangenents made with the farnens 
Whereby they would follow the inspectors! advice, The general procedure 
Followed as Closely as possible the e adication plans used in Florida and 
Mississippi except that no plants wer furnished the farmers. In place of 
furnished plants the inspectors personally selected the.seed for bedding 
purposes, told the farmer where to bed it down, and saw that the draw bed 
was destroyed as soon as sufficient plants were pulled, Shortage of funds 
has Stopped active work on this project but it is hoped that sufficient co- 
Operation can be given so that the work can be taken up later on, This work 
is very promising and by all means should be followed out as soon as possi- 
ble. There seems no doubt that good commercial control can be obtained by 
= method and if follwwed systematicélly eradication will probably result. 
AOXAS 
In Texas the work was Simply a continuation of that carried on the pre- 
vious year. M,M, High has this well in hand, and while the shortage of funds 
has hampered the work to a great extent Mr. High can be expected to complete 
-it at an early date, | 
Cooperation by the States. 
The States of Florida and Mississippi gave excellent cooperation as in 
the preceding year, They supplied, through their respective Plant Boards, 
tne draws used in the eradication work and in eddition gave substantial 
financial aid near the end of the fiscal year in taking over the inspectors 
when the funds of the Bureau ran low. Their quarantine work has been very 
good, taking care of the shipment of potatoes from the infested zones and 
thereby keeping the weevil from spreading vhile the work of eradication is 
in progress, 
H,E, Loomis, engaged as field assistant in insect control in sweet-po- 
tato weevil work at Mecclenny, Fla,, has resigned to complete his college 
work at the Florida A€ricultural College, 
The Chief of the Bureau returned from Europe August 21, He attended 
the Conference of the Imperial Bureau of Entomology in London the first of 
June and then visited France, Italy, and Belgium, looking into the occur- 
rence of the Huropean Gorn borer and the presence and abundance of Burope- 
an parasites, 
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