The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-12-18
EARLY FROST HELPS
 !. TOK|LL BOIL WEEv|L
Infected Aera of Alabama Set Out in Bulletin Issued
 by State Etomologist

Montgomery. December 17.-(Special) The boil weevil infected area in Ala bama is set out in a bulletin issued by W. p. Hinds, state entomologist at the Alabama experiment station. at Auburn. According to Mir. Kinds. the unusually early killing frosts have put a stop to further advance of the weevil. particular ly in the portion of the state north of Montgomery. In south Alabama, states MT. Hinds, not all cotton was killed by the frost, but the progress of the weevil was impeded by very hot weather in the summer.
 Mir. Hind's Bulletin
 Mir. Hinds' bulletin is as follows.
 Again, unusually early killing frosts have put a stop to further advance of the Mexican cotton holl weevil and the infested area of 1914 has been determined Throughout the portion of the state north
 of Montgomery county, practically all cotton was killed by frost occurring on October 2s. In the section of the state southeast of Montgomery county not all cotton was killed on October 2s, and while the weevil advance was checked at that time, some movement occurred
 between October 2s and November 20. when an extremely cold period destroyed
 the last green cotton. In the southern
 part of Alabama. the weevils were very
 effectively controlled during the early
 summer by an unusual period of hot, dry weather. Tn many localities where
 the weevils had been for two years, prac-
 tically none were seen until after the
 middle of July, when more rain fell.
 Thereafter weevil multiplication increased
 very rapidly so that in spite of the early
 control. little If any cotton was made
 after the middle of August in the south
 west corner of Alabama. On account of
 this unusual combination of summer cli-
 matic conditions. cotton in the southern
 third of the state put on an extremely
 heavy top growth through August, Sep
 tember and October. This furnished the
 weevils developing after July with an
 abundance of uninfested squares right
 in the fields where they developed and
 there was, consequently, no necessity for
 such widespread dissemination as usually
 occurs after August 15, These facts
 may fully explain the failure of the wee
 vls to advance in southeast Alabama as
 they would usually have done
 Specifically. the uttermost points al
 which weevils or weevil Work have been found in Alabama. are as follows: At Russellville in Franklin county; at the southwestern corner of Cullman county, five and a half miles northeast of Bir- mingham in Jefferson county; three miles west of Wilsonville, in Shelby county in the Coosa valley on the eastern bor- der of Chiffon county: two miles west oi Wetumpka in Fillmore county; at Sledges on the eastern edge of Montgomery coun- ty; three miles northeast of Inverness in Bullock county one mile northeast oi Clio in Barbour county; at Skipperville in Dale county. at Haadland. in Henry county, and three miles east of Ashford in Houston county. The last named poin' l Is within about four miles of the Georgia 1 line along the Chattahoochee river Tn, l final examinations in Bullock, Barbour Henry and Houston counties have beer made this year by MT. F. L. McDon ough. special field agent of the United l States bureau o, entomology.
 Quarantined Area
 "The quarantined area includes be. sides the known infested area, a 20-milt wide safety gene immediately adjoining and the quarantine line for 1914 in Ala bama, therefore, enters the state in I4au- derdale county north of the Tennessee river, passes through Florence; crosses the Southern railway west of Town Creek in Lawrence county; cuts the southwest corner of Morgan county; crosses the Louisville and Nashville railroad at Gar den City, in Cullman county, and be- tween Remlap and Inland in Bloun' county; crosses the Alabama Great Southern railway at Springville, the Sea. board Air Line railway at Odenville. and the Southern railway at Eden, in St Clair county: crosses the Atlanta, Bir. mingham and Atlantic railway at St Ives, the Southern railway at Noting ham, and the Louisville and Nashville railway east of Sycamore in Talladegs county; crosses the Central of Georgia railway at Rollins; passes through tn, southwestern corner of Taxtapoosa ant the northeastern corner of Fillmore coun ties; crosses the Western of Alabama railway at Ghehaw, in Macon county and l the Seabosrd Air Line and Central oi Georgia railways at Batesville, and run. nine miles west of Eufaula, in Barbour county, and through the eastern edge oi Henry county about two miles west of tho Chattahoochee river to a point about seven miles south of Fort Gaines on the | Chattahoochee river All of Alabama ter ritory south and west of the line thus located IS unuer DOH "eeVi qua aiahhne regulations. lhcse regulatio IS are fully set forth in Alabama Experiment statior circular No. IS"
 S. M. Avery & Son, appeal from Wal ker circuit court; application overruled. Dora Hubbard, administrative, vs. Cof' | fin & Leake, receivers, etc., appeal from Talladega city court; application over ruled.
 Alabama Power company vs. Keystone Lime company, appeal from Shelby coun' | ty court opinion modified, application overruled.
 Alabama Power company vs. J. B Adams, ct al, appeal from Shelby county court: application overruled.
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