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Great interest is being wanifested throughout the cotton belt in 
the campaign for control of the boll weevil by the use of calcium arsenate. 
Letters from farners ond cotton planters asking for information are pour~ 
ing in daily although the boll weevil season. has not opened yet. Great 
quantities of calcium arsenate are being shipped to points in the cotton 
belt. The limiting factor in the adoption of this system of boll weevil 
control, however, will be the supply ‘of suitable machinery for application 
of the poison, which so far is inadequate to meet the demands of the sit- 
uation, The manuscript for a Farmers! Bulletin giving full information 
upon the subject is now.in the hands of the Department editor. In the 
meantimaca mimeographed circular giving briefly the main points to be con= 
sidered in poisoning operations has been issued and is being distributed 
both from the Delta DEP PER EAE: Tallulah, La., and from the Washington 
office, 
TRUCK CROP INSECT INVESTIGATIONS 

F, H, Chittenden, Entomologist in Charge ~ 
i Se Sey ngntguological BESt Fata, SS.Fe sums As Se ee 4 
uation at Fort Myers,’ Fla, 7 Se 
J. W. Saver and J. M Reily, assistant entomoldégical inspectors 
in Texag,and W. M.:Mingee, W. H...Carpenter, and L. M. Prichard, field as- 
sistants in insect control, have severed their connection with the ento- 
wological service. The last three will hereafter be connected we the. 
Mississippi State Plant Board. 
tT EES S.--- 
Indication that the public has ceased to be spendthrift and is again 
inclining toward thrift and sound investment is seen in the heavy inquiries 
for small denomination Liberty Bonds at banks and brokers throughout the 
country, ay 
The demand has reached the eter Department, many dpatarsrKaving 
exhausted their available supply of the "popular" sizes of these securities, 
it was announced today by the Savines Division of the pepe Department. 
To supply the large over the we demand for $50 and $100 vente 
at present favorable market prices, the Treasury. Departnent has issued in- 
structions to the Federal Reserve Banks which will expedité exchange of 
bonds of larger conominatl ons for the small units, 
The instructions also provide ways and means by which Wanke and deal~ 
ers nay obtain the smaller denominations in the first instance if their cuse . 
tomers require them, 
~~-BUY W. S. S,--- 
