. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. STTJDIES OF THE PINK BOLLiWOEM IN MEXICO 3 reappeared, since 1917. In 1922 there was no recurrence in the large Trinity Bay area, where all or parts of seven counties were found infested in 1917. In extreme western Texas and New Mexico, conditions have pre- vented any attempt toward eradication. The infestation is being controlled, however, by quarantines, the disinfection of all cotton-^ seed, and other means, so that it is still at a low ebb and the danger of spread from this area to other parts of the country has be
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. STTJDIES OF THE PINK BOLLiWOEM IN MEXICO 3 reappeared, since 1917. In 1922 there was no recurrence in the large Trinity Bay area, where all or parts of seven counties were found infested in 1917. In extreme western Texas and New Mexico, conditions have pre- vented any attempt toward eradication. The infestation is being controlled, however, by quarantines, the disinfection of all cotton-^ seed, and other means, so that it is still at a low ebb and the danger of spread from this area to other parts of the country has been mini- mized. DISTRIBUTION IN MEXICO A new infestation has been found in Mexico, at Monclova in the State of Coahuila. The previously known infestations in Mexico were the entire Laguna district, Santa Kosalia, State of Chihuahua,. Fig. 2.—Distant view of cotton plantation in the Laguna district, showing flooded fields. San Carolos, approximately 40 miles west of Eagle Pass, Tex., Allende and Santa Monica in the State of Coahuila, about 40 miles from the nearest point on the Rio Grande, and several points in the E,io Grande Valley opposite Presidio County, Tex., and El Paso County, Tex. The Mexican records to which reference has been made deal only with infestations in growing cotton. The insect is constantly being brought to the border towns in Mexico in cottonseed scattered in freight cars, and living specimens are frequently found under such conditions by the inspectors of the Federal Horticultural Board. HABITS POSITION OF EGGS ON THE PLANT According to observations made by Loftin ^ on plants growing in the field in the Laguna, per cent of the eggs of the pink bollworm are deposited on the green bolls, the remainder on other parts of the » U. O, Loftin, K. B. McKinney, and W. K. Hanson. Op. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustratio
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