The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-09-27
.bOLL WEEV|L HAS REACHED ALABAMA Large Spread This Season. Educate the State in
 Horticulture

Auburn, September 6.-(Special)-The bol, weevil has enlarged its dominion over Alabama territory R. W. Carpehte1' field agent of the department of ento- mology of the Alabama Polytechnic ih- stuute, returned to Auburn tooay' al.er an inspection trip through south Alabama. He bore the tidings that the weeNh hds advanced 25 miles east of the line which marked the area of infestation at the end of the season of 1910. The advance was marked up to September 2Z' "heh the final observations were taken oy Mr. Carpenter.
 The new line which marks the eastern border of the weevll infested area CT Alabama passes through Flomaton east of Thomasville, .n Clarke county, aho tht ough York, in Sumt CT county, thence to the Mississippi ire. A still greater spread of the weevil Wlll occur this season ,accor'linS 10 -T. w: | E. Hinds, head os the department ot
 entomology T. Auburn aLd "ta'e tntonlol- uEI't.
 ,,This is a large sIreai this early in Tho seasun." .!c said today. -'>nd coaiirms | the expecta .uGs thae wesviis VIII s,.Iead unusually fa- tt,s year. because CT thc | stripped coiIi.l1a Of 'te fields, due 10 the infestat.s.. by the c,tioo wnrm But there is n ray of sunshine from behind the l. -d. ne 'ass.
 Fortunately. however, the lack c souares aud sma boils, because of the ravages of the wor:n. wil; reouce Ire number of the weevis to survive alid attack the crop of f9l.} | Dr. IIinds promises That ofher inspee- tinns of the v'eegii infested area Will be made later il the season, and fnf- ther calculation of the spread of the pest will be made. Speaking unofficially, and without the basis of Investigation Dr. Kinds said that it is not unlikely that the weevil will reach Columbus, Miss shortly. and that the whole of the west
 Alabama counties of Pickens, Sumter and Greene will be infested, according to the present rate of spread.
 A growth of interest and activity along
 the lines of scientific horticulture and fruit growing in Alabama is expected to result from the additional work under taken by the department of horticulture at the Alabama Polytechnic institute Tn accordance with the terms of bill passed by the legislature to further the cause of scientific agriculture, H. M. Conoily,
 a. graduate of the Michigan Agricultural college. has been appointed field agent of the department of horticulture The appointment was made by Prof F. F. Williams of the department, and MT. Coh- oily is now on his job.
 Local fertilizer experiments with trucK- ing and fruit growing will be undertaken, as we'll as variety tests in fruit and gar dening MT. Conolly., for the nrst or his work will be occupied With lnVestl- ia ton of conditions in the state, or the needs of truck growers and nurserymen, and with a prospecting for available CO., operators. who will conduct the local tests A portion of his work, also. Will
 be with spraying demonstrations and With efforts to thwart the ravages Of vegetable and fruit pests.
 MT Connolly is already aheid, occu' pied with inc investigation of conditions | in the south Alabama counties of Bald- win Mobile and Conecuh. He. will move | to practically every county in the state
 | in the course of this preliminary tour.