The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-07-27
THE BOIL WEEVIL.
Clemson Entomolo. ist in Texas to
systematically stady It.
WILL RETURN NEXT WEEK.
And Make Personal Investigation of
Supposed 1nvestation at Vari.
ous Points in This State.
His Letter.

The following Is taken from the:
State OF Saturday which says the
United States department. Of agricul-
ture is making a systematic study Of
the boil weevil, consisting Of field e1-
perience and laboratory work at sta
tions located in various parts Of Texas,
but all in the infested regions. The:
various stations represent typical re-.
gions as to soil and climate, the chief.
one Of which is located at Victoria,
where extensive laboratory work and:
field experiments are unknown In a.
a section that is quite favorable for;
the occurrence OF volunteer cotton.
The region Is typical Of the coast belt
and river bottoms, and Is possibly the
best place to study the weeyil as the:
early or volunteer cotton furnishes a.
chance to study the insect az It,
emerges from Information in the early
spring. The Investigations, observa-
tlons and experiments made there Will
furnish an account OF the biology Of
the Weevil at least as complete as that
Of any North American species Of tn-;5
sect. ~: -
During the last few weeks South
Carolina has had representative att
that place making an independent In
vestigation Of the weeYil, and one that.
will enable Clemson college at once to-
give any person all the information
that may be needed to exterminates
the pest, or to recognize its presence,
or to distinguish between it and other
insects that injure cotton, should they
have reason to believe that the pest
has been introduced into this State.
There have recently been many COM
plants received at the local weather
bureau Office from persons who be-
lieved they had discovered boil weeVlis
on tlleir cotton and all such reports
were promptly forwarded by Mr.. Bauer
to Prof. Chas. E. Chambliss, ento-
mologists, at Clemson college for bis
information. But until Friday noth-
ing had been heard from Prof. Cham
bliss on the: subject, when a letter
was received that will explain Itself,
and the subject matter Of which Is Of
vital interest to every cotton grower
in the State: 5s.:; :.;
Victoria, Texas, July 10, 1904.
Mr.. J. W. Bauer, Columbia, S. C.cs;..
Dear Sir: Yours relative to the re-
port OF MI. j. Tupper Henerey, In
which he states that cotton in Green
vile county is probably infested with
the boil wesvil, has been received.
At present Pam studying that insect
in the government laboratory at Vic,
toria, Texas. I will return to South;
Carolina during the first week In Au-$
gust, which will be early enough to
take charge Of the fields In Greenvilie:
county, should there be an infesta-.
tion. Without specimens / an, tn-:
clined to believe that the work OF the
boil worm has been mistaken for the:
boil weevil. However, 1 shall give
the matter my personal attention I'M:
mediateIy on my return to college.
I have already this summer VS.
visited seVerl farms where the boil
weeyil was supposed to be present, and
found only the boil worm. There Will
be no need Of reporting the matter to-
the department., as I would have
charge of the work anyhow.
I am preparing large collection In
which the life history and work Of
boil weevil will be shown. am also
securing photographs. I shall be glad
to leave one collection with you for
Office use.
Yours very respectfully.
CHARLES T.. CEAMBLIsS.