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No report has been made of the activities of the Federal Horticultural 
Board since October, 1919. A summary of the points of interest since that 
time is now given. 
It was discovered late in October that the pink bollworm had reappeared 
in @ very scattering manner over practically the whole of the original 
Trinity Bay area with some extensions into contiguous territory. Early in 
February of this year this insect was also found to have invaded three 
parishes in southwestern Louisiana, namely, Cameron, Calcasieu, and Jefferson 
Davis. Intensive surveys of Louisiana and Texas have shown no further 
extensions than those noted. This new and very serious development of 
this insect has led to very energetic action on the part of the Board and 
Department to secure adequate control cooperation by the States of Texas 
and Louisiana. A general convention on the subject was held at New Orleans, 
March 5, which resulted in steps being taken by the State of Louisiana to 
establish noncotton zones and to provide for the reimbursement of planters 
in the quarantined area for losses necessitated by this action. A hearing 
to consider a Federal quarantine was held in Washington, April 6 and 7, 
attended by entomologists and other representatives from all of the cotton- 
growing States. As a result of this hearing, it has been announced that - 
@ Federal quarantine will shortly be issued, prohibiting or restricting the 
movement of cotton and cotton products from the areas known to be infested 
in these two States, and placing restrictions on the movement of such pro- 
ducts from large areas bordering the known infested areas and other points 
which are under more or less suspicion of being possibly infested, The 
governor of Texas has promised to call a special session of the legislature 
to make such amendments as may be necessary to the State Pink Bollworm Act 
and to provide, as in the case of Louisiana, for compensation of the 
planters. 
The reappearance of the pink bollworm in the Trinity Bay district in 
Texas and the extension of the insect in Texas and Louisiana have not 
invalidated the extermination work which this Department has been pressing 
with the utmost energy under large Congressional appropriations. The 
possibility of success in this work has been fully demonstrated by the 
apparent extermination of the pest in at least two of the three invaded 
areas in Texas and by the very great reduction in the Trinity Bay area, 
The results in the latter area, however, have shown that a one-year non~ 
cotton period is manifestly insufficient and that the prohibition of the 
growth of cotton should be continued for at least three years. The Depart- 
ment proposes to maintain with the utmost vigor the effort to exterminate this 
ee’ The Laguna station was closed with the conclusion of the work of 1919. 
Probably the continuation of this work will be intermittent for 1920 and 
merely to get specific information as to the amount of infestation and 
damage during the crop season. Of the personnel of this station, K. B. McKinney 
OF THE BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY 
