The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-02-03

AGAINST PINK
BOIL WORM
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICOl Oht
BELIEVES RESTRICTIVE MEAS
uREs PROPOSED WILL HAVE TO
BE ENFORCED.

into the measures required to prevent
the introduction of the pink boil worm
into the cotton states, indicate that
| il will be necessary to adopt the re-
strictions which were proposed and
discussed at a public hearing held at
the department of agriculture IN WASH
ington on May 10, 1914. In brief, the
measures then proposed were: ~
An order placing similar restrictions
ON the importation of lint cotton 10
those which now apply to nursery
stock, 50 that the entry of such cot
ton may be limited to the northern
states. (2) A quarantine order regu-
lating the movement OF imported lint
cotton from the northern to the cot
ton.growiny states. CD A quarantine
order restricting the movement OF
Hawaiian cotton to certain northern
states.
After the hearing, action on these
proposed measures was postponed
until fuller information could be OBJ
tanned in regard to the utilization Of
foreign lint cotton in southern mills.
1t was also desired to test the efhclen-
cv in practice, of burning each day
the picker waste from this cotton and
to make tests of certain means OF dis
injecting baled cotton which have been
suggested. From the reports received
Y bv the department of agriculture from
its agent, however it now appears
that neither dsinfection nor burning
e can be relied upon to prevent the IN
PRODUCTION of the pest.
:. In the burning of the picker waste
/, considerable laxity was found. In
many cases the enforcement OF TINS
requirement was entrusted to subor
Is dinates who were either Indifferent
is TO. or ignorant of the danger IRON
e NEGLIGENCE. In the opinion of the de
a Dartment. therefore, it is thoroughly
in unsafe to rely upon the mill owners u
~ have SuCn lldlelldl uoS'io'
if this were not the case, however
there would still be the danger tina
the pink boil worm might escap
from seeds adhering to or near tn
surface OF the bales which are ofte
kent in storage for a long time. TRer
is an even greater danger in cotto
's, which has been opened and pu
through the bale breaker and then lei
to condition for several days befor
,rt
w. being cleaned.
=, Distinction of the bales of lint wa
- found to be equally unsatisfactor
an Fumigation in fact had to be abandon
:. ed on account of the expense involve
an and the possibility of injuring u
finer II was found, moreover that i
an adequate disnfection of the center
- the very dense Egyptian bales was
80 practical impossibility. The destru
,o ton of the insect by heat is not belle
,o+ ed to be advisable on account OF Il
"a increased danger of fire in storal
.be warehouses.
to II seems. therefore, that if the pil
If boil worm is to be excluded from Il
,at United States, the measures propose
nd at the public hearing of May 10 mu
inc now be adopted These measures W
orr Mace no serious handicap on the Il
ion nj
cottons in manufacturing distrlC
at north of the cotton-growing states L
"a. admission of foreign and Hawai
cotton under permit will proceed
at present. but will be limited
special ports of entry. These VIII
m, clude New York Boston, and >
T Francisco, which receive practica
ms. all of the cotton that now reach
the United States.
The purpose of the second measu
now proposed is to regulate the mo
ear ment of the imported cotton into
at cotton-growing states after it has be
Or admitted into this country. Bef'
this cotton can be sent to south'
mills. it will be required to be stol
in northern warehouses for "A mont
ted period which will make it absolut
day certain that any insects which II
ling have been contained in the seeds hi
on all perished. This means. for eXaml
OF that the Egyptian crop of 1914 Wo
the not be available for southern mills
the til October. 1916.
'"'e The necessity for this long perioc
ieN' storage arises from the fact that
u" periments have shown that not all
the larvae of the pink boil worm tri
form during the first summer folio"
harvest. and a certain percentage
continue as larvae into the sec
~, summer. The department moreover
, :. informed that foreign cotton Is
ouently KEEP, in storage in this coul