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December, 1948

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ANNUAL REPORT

Departmen t of Entomology

July 1, 1947 - June 30, 1948

GENERAL LIBRARY
FEB 2 19 ~9 UN IVERSITY OF GEORGIA

GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY

C. H. Alden, Director

St a te Ca pito l

A tl anta, Geor gia

TABLE OF CONTEN TS

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Introdu cti on

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Cooperative Projects

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Atlanta Office

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W hite-Fringed Beetle E radication..................................................................... 5

Tom at o P la nt Certification .... ................... ........................................................... 6

Sweetpotato Weevil Eradication...................................................................... . . 7

Sweetpotato P lant Certification........ ................................................................ 7

Bee Inspect ion and Certification

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Fruit Pest and Parasite Labor at or y

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P hony Peach Dise ase Control.,

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General Pest Contro l

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Nursery Inspection

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J apanese Beetle Eradica ti on

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Insect and P lant Disease Identifications

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Registration of Insecticides and F ungi cides _

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Qua rantines A gainst Serio us Pests

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P ublications a nd Motion Pictures

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Summary of Activities

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Incom e and Di sbursements

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Cove l' - J apanese Beetle (enl arged)

To the Honorable, Herman Ta lmadge, Governor of Georgia, and Members of the General Assembly:
I have the hon or to submit , h er ewith, the annual report of the Georgia Department of Entomology for the fiscal year , J uly 1, 1947 - June 30, 1948.
Respectfully s ubmitted,
C.!I.~
Director 01 Entomology
C. H. ALDEN, Dir ect or

ANNUAL REPORT
INTRODU CTION
T his yea r, th e Departm en t of E ntomo logy staff worked in all of th e 159 count ies in th e State. Over $126,000 of State f unds were expe nded on t he va rious projects to carry on t he necessary se rvices, a nd in addition, a large amount of F ederal f unds were expended in th e cooper a t ive projects with in th e State. It was necessary f or the Departm en t t o spend m or e than their regular appropriation, due t o greatly in creased calls fo r se rvices, a nd t his was m ad e poss ible by t he g ra nting of emer g ency f unds by t he Bud get Commission. It is hoped that th e Gen eral Assembly will increa se th e appropriation at t he next session so that th e Department will hav e a r eg ular yea r ly allot ment t o ca r ryon th e work, a nd that it will not be ne cessary to r eq uest emergency f unds each quarter .
One of the outst a nding ac comp lishments of th e Department, in cooperation with the U. S. Bureau of Entomolog y and P lant Quarantine and th e swee t potato gr owers, was the r eleasing from quarantine of over 400 sq uare m iles of Geor gia fa rm la nd s, th at had been inf est ed wit h the sweetpotato weevil. By intensi ve clean-up measures a nd the establishment of a non-potato zone, the sw eet pot ato weevi l wa s complet ely elim ina ted f rom th is large a rea in les s than two yea r s, so that now t he la nd is ba ck in sweet potato a nd pla nt prod uction again, a nd a very da ngero us pest has been prevented from sp r ead ing over t he sweet potato growing sections of th e State. An oth er outst a nding piece of work, in cooperation with t he F ederal Bureau . has be en th e prevention of fu rthe r sp r ead of t he W hite-frin ged Beetle a nd it s drastic sup pres sion in area s where it had already beco me es tablis he d.
Other lin es of work, la r g ely of an enhanced money producing na ture f or the f a r me rs wer e a s fo llows : bee in sp ection and certifica t ion of pa ckage and queen bees; tomato pla nt and sweet potato plan t cert ification; nurser y inspecti on and cer t ifica ti on ; f r ui t pest cont r ol ; fre e parasite and predator di st r ibuti on; and certification of cotton seed and ca bbage plants. Other proj ect s carried on for the protection of agri cultural crops were : ph ony pea ch disease cont r ol; Japan ese beetle era dica t ion ; enforc em ent of quarant ines against in sect pests a nd pla nt diseases ; enf orce me n t of t he insecticide a nd fungicid e la w ; con trol of g en eral pests throughout the Stat e; issuing of informationa l lit erature on plant pe sts; and lectu r es and show ing of educa t ional motion pictures to farm and civic or ganizations. Sev eral of t h e proj ects a r e coope rative with t he U. S. Burea u of E ntomolog y ur d P lan t Quaranti ne a nd could not be carri ed on properly except fo r t he ir personnel a nd fina ncial s uppor t.

COOPE RATIVE PROJE CTS
Projects ca rried on with in t he State in coo pe ration with th e U. S. Bureau of Entomolog y a nd P lant Quaran ti ne we re as f ollows: Wh ite F r ing ed Beetle, Swe et P otato Weevi l a nd J a panese beetle eradication ; Ph on y P ea ch Disease Contro l ; P ink Bo ll W orm scouting; and gene ral insect pest s urveys.
ATLANTA OF FI CE
Th e Departm en t 's main office is in t he State Ca pito l, with field offices and labora t or ies in Cornelia, Ti fton, a nd Va ldosta, and coope r a ti ve proj ect offices in Ma con, Covington, Dubli n , Fi t zgerald, F t. Valley , Og lethorpe and St at esboro .
During the fiscal ye a r t he Atla nta Oflke h a d 2,982 incoming tele pho ne ca lls ; 1,0 83 vis itor s ; wrote 8,857 let t ers ; m ail ed out 22,14 6 pac kages and b ulletin s ; m a de 424 in sp ection s ; and issu ed ce r t ifica tes , tape, licen ses, and othe r in f orm ati on t o fa r m er s and ot he rs, as fo llo ws: 1,200, 000 t om a t o plant ce rtificates ; 600,00 0 yar ds of s weet potat o cer t ificat e t ape ; 355,000 nursery t ag s ; 102,000 mim eog raph circ ula rs ; 50,000 mult igra ph s heets ; 66,000 pa ck a ge bee certificates ; 19,000 que en bee ce r tifica tes ; 55,000 sweet potato t a gs; 42,000 ca bba ge pla n t cert ificates; 5,000 wh ite f r inged be etle permit s : 4,500 purchase r s and se llers affidavits : 3,500 or der bla nks ; 2,000 specia l permits ; 20,000 soft bodi ed plant s t ickers ; 50 0 t ermi na l inspecti on tags; 450 nursery licenses ; 3,000 d up licate nursery licen ses ; 200 st enc ils, a nd 400 cour tesy tags . I n addition, t he field offices at Cornelia , Maco n . T ifton , a nd Valdosta, a nswered t ho usands of let t er s a nd mai led out circula rs of inf or m ati on to a ll on the m ai lin g list s . Det ai led in sp ect ion r ecords are on file in t he Atlanta and Macon offices a nd a re available for inf or m a t ion a nd exam ination .
WHITE FRIN GED BEETLE ER ADI CATIO N
This is a coope r ative proj ect be t wee n th e Departm ent and t he U. S. Bureau of E ntom ology and P la nt Qua ra ntin e. The White F ringed Beetl e, a pest f r om Sout h Amer ica, wa s fir st f ound in t he State in 1946, a nd extensive sco uti ng fo r t h ree ye a r s s ho ws it to be present in 53 coun t ies. Most coun t ies ha ve only ve r y sm al l a reas in f ested , an d in m ost ca se s inf es t a t ion s ar e in cities so that only a small amo unt of dama ge h a s be en don e t o farm cro ps to date. H owever, it does f eed on and may do ser ious dama ge t o many of our m ost impor t a nt f a rm cr ops s uc h a s cot to n , peanuts, truck cr ops, gr a ins , grasses, f r u its, a nd or nam entals .
By a dra stic s uppr ession cam pa ig n , t h e f urther s prea d of t hi s in sect is be ing sto ppe d in th is Sta te . T h e mai n insecticide be ing used t o do thi s is DDT and la r g e qua ntit ies a re being applied by State, F ederal , a nd private agenc ies. In addition, j oint State and F ed eral qua rantines a re in f orce r egu la t ing th e m ovem ent of

cro ps and ot he r commod it ies moving in t er and intra-state fro m all infested ar eas, Th ere are 182 inf estati ons t hat are receiving t r eatmen t s and 44,399 ac res received fo liage t reat me nts at the r ate of one -half pound of DDT per acre at fo rtnightly int er val s, starting with beetle emergence and continuing un til September 15th. In add ition, 80 acres of nurseries wer e t r eat ed with DDT at t he rate of 50 pounds pel' acre , and 3,015 acres of far m lands at th e rate of 10 pounds per ac re worked into the soil. A t otal of 32,000 pound s of t ech nical DDT and 31,000 pounds of 50-50 DDT was applied t his season by the State and Federal agencies. Three vac uum f umigators have bee n set up in Macon, F or t Valley and Au gu sta (privately owne d), fo r the t reatment of balled and burlapped nursery stock. Ma ny nu r series and gr eenho uses have built metal ba r r iers fo r th eir stoc k so t hat it will be f ree of th e white f ring ed beetles and their stock made safe fo r int er and in tra-st at e t rade, T he DD T applications are being made by airplanes, turbine blowers, concentrated sprayers, specially equ ipped jeeps, and hand apparat us and all equip me nt is f urnis he d by t he F ederal Government while most of th e DDT is being f urnishe d by t he State,
Abo ut 100 State and Federal workers are employed on t his project. T he headquarters are at 616 Mulberry Street, Maco n, and district offices for t he convenience of the public and the proper conduct of the wor k are located at Covingto n, Du blin , Fitzgerald , Ogleth orpe, Statesboro , and th ere is a t echnical un it at Ft. Vall ey. Th ousands of in spections have been mad e on 22,281 prope r t ies in 159 counties but most of the work has been done in the 53 infested counties. Abo ut 9,000 ca lls were made on bus iness establi shm en t s for r egul ator y purposes and 30,911 certificates issu ed. In addition to t he r egulator y work, t he t echnical unit is conduct ing lif e hi stor y and control st udies . They h av e been successf ul in developing a practica l treatme nt of DDT t hat t he farmer can use in his soi l to kill out the wh ite f r inged beetle grubs a nd prevent damage to hi s crops. Through inspection, regulation , cert ificatio n, and treatme nt, the work on t he white fringed beetle ha s been very successful in preven tin g spread, and has enabled th e far me rs and ot hers conce rned in the quaranti nes ar eas, t o move t he ir cro ps and commo dities to t his and other states with safety to all states concerned.
TOMATO PLANT CE RTIFICATION
During th e 1948 season, 5,977 ac res of t omato plants we re inspected and certified fo r shi pme nt. About 500,000,000 certified plant s were shipped mostly to t he northern market s, Du e to an improved spray and dust schedule and improved equipme nt for applying, a ll kinds of insect s and plant diseases were kept under good control and no com pla ints were r eceived from t he nor th ern buye r s, All t omato seed used fo r cer t ified plants we re chec ke d and ap proved 0 1' disapproved by the Depar tmen t 's plan t patholo-
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gist. Space was f Ul'nished by th e Georgia Coas t al P lain Exper ime nt Station t o run seed plate cult ures for f ungi and bacteri and greenhouse space for flat testing fo r germination. The certified plan t s were g row n, inspect ed and shipped under rules and r egul ati ons promulgated by t he Department and certificates f urnishe d t o all qu alified growers fo r eac h package of t omat o plants shipped. Last season the plants were grown in 16 sout h Georgia count ies . Th e leading va riety wa s Rutgers followed by Gar den State, Baltimor e, Marglobe, Sto kesda le and P ritch ard. The m ost prevalent disease fo r wh ich plan t s were r evoked f rom certification was alternaria , f ollowed by southe rn blight, bacter ia l wilt, and ne ma todes. Georgia is t he largest shipper of cer t ified tomato plants in the world, and the industry is very necessar y t o the tomato farmers and canning industry and is an important money pro duce r for southern plant growers.
SWEET POT ATO WEEVIL ER ADI CATION
This is a coope rative proj ect be tween th e Departmen t and t he U . S. Bureau of E nto mology and P lant Quarant ine . Over 400 squa re mil es in south Georgia ha ve bee n un der qua rantine since 1946 fo r t he erad ication of t his insect, a nd the wor k ha s bee n so successful t hat about 400 sq uare mil es were r emoved from quarantine th is year and the g rowers allowed to go back int o production of sweet potatoes and sweet potato plants. Two year s of clea n-up, ind uding a non-potato zone f or the quarantined area, r esult ed in th e elimi nation of th e weevi l. A f ew small areas still r emain und er quarantine but t hese are being clea ned up rapidly.
During t he year, the cooperative project for sweet potato weevil cont ro l and eradicat ion mad e 13,574 in sp ections in 18 count ies. Non-h ost zones a re being maintained wh ere inf estati ons have be en found in the pa st t welve month s, and exce llent cooperation is bein g r eceived f ro m th e farmers involved. Since th e beginning of the inf est ati on in 1945, 259 inf est ati ons were fo und in the counties of Colquitt, Grady, Lown des, Mitche ll, Th omas, Tif t and Worth . Of this number 206 h ave bee n released from planting r est ri cti ons. Of the 53 active infestations lef t , 25 are in t he City of Cairo, leaving only 28 infestations in the farming areas. It now appears that all the present known active inf estati ons will be r eleased f ro m planting r estrictions before t ime for th e nex t planting season .
SWEET POTATO CERTIFICATION
During th e 1947-48 season, sweet potato field, storage and bed inspections were made f or 1,178 growe rs in 109 counties. In addition, a la rge amo unt of wor k was done chec ki ng slips at plan ti ng time to insure t h e farme rs getting dean, disease f ree pla nts for pot at o prod uction. The growing pla nts and storage and bedded potatoes were che cked fo r stem rot, black r ot , and sweet potato weevi l, and when all inspections showed freedom
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A . Wh it e Fringed Beet le Eradica ti on (15 9 Cou nt ie,, ) B. Tomato Plant Certi ficati on ( Ill Cou nti es) C. Sweet P ot ato W eeyi] E radicat ion (1 8 Coun ties ) D. Sweet Potato Pl ant Certifica t ion (109 Count ies ) E . Bee In spect ion a nd Cert ification (11 9 Coun t ies) F . N ursery In sp ect ion (86 Counties )

G. Phony P each Disease Cont r ol ( a5 Count ieo; ) H. Gen eral P est Control (78 Cou nti es ) J . J a pa nese Bee tle E radication (10 Counties ) K. I nsect a nd Disea se Id ent ifica t ion (7 4 Cou nt ies ) L . Beneficial Insect Dist r ibu t ion (1 03 Count ies )

f ro m in sect pests and plant diseoses, t he growers were f urnished certified t ap e and tags fo r t he sa le and shipment of plants. E ach g rower was assigned a tape number so t hat t he plan t s could be iden ti fied at all ti mes. Thi s tape is printed a nd f urnishe d t o the certified growers at cost by the Depar t men t. All certified plan t s are grown and sold under a set of r ules and regulations prom ulgated by t h e D epartment each year, and these are f urnished t o all growers of certified sweet potato plants. All plants, ot her t han those grow n by the farmer fo r his own use, m ust be certified, an d to carry on t his bus iness each year, the Department issu es tags, tape, applicati on blanks, cer t ificates, affidav its, t ransfers, dipping instruction s, mast er growers lists, certified tape list , and interstate shipping r egul ati ons. Th e most imp or tant va riet ies grow n ar e th e Loui sian a Yam, yellow and r ed sk in P or t o Ri co, and r ecently th e Bunch Po rto Ri co has reach ed fo urth place, du e t o its high yield, and th e developm en t of ste m- ro t free st rains . This serv ice has been in fo rce for many years, so that now Geor gia is the lar gest shi pper of certified sweet potato plants.
BEE INSPE CTION AN D CERTIFICATION
During th e yea r , 71,412 colonies were in sp ect ed in 1,619 yards in 119 counties. Th ere we re 48,879 colonies in sp ect ed fo r the package and quee n bee shippe rs a nd 22,533 colonies fo r the hone y produ cers wit h a production of 500,000 pounds of package bees, 2,000,000 pounds of honey and 400,000 queens, Abo ut 10,000 colonies were insp ected for resident mi grat or y beekeepers an d 20,000 colonies for non-r esiden t mi grator y beekeepers in 16 States and Canada. A majority of the colonies operated by nonr esiden t beekeepers are used for pollinat ion purposes. By me ans of this annua l inspection service, bee diseases are kept well un der cont ro l and last year only 240 cases of American f'oulbrood were fo und 0 1' 0.003 % of the total inspecti ons. All American f'oulbroo d colonies were burned as t he Georgia regulations do not permit sh aking or sulf a drugs as a means of getting rid of fo ulbroo d, In ad dit ion t o the in spection se rvice, this Departmen t also enfo rces quarantines against bee disea ses and issu es ann ua l certifi cates t o cer t ified bee kee pers f or shipment of disease free bees t o all st at es an d Canada .
FRUIT PEST AND PARASITE LAB ORATORY
This labor at or y , in oper at ion since , 1929, has produ ced and distributed free t o f armers in th e st ate, over a billion beneficial insect parasites and predator s fo r the cont ro l of noxi ous insect pests. During th e ye ar, pa rasites and predator s were dis t ri buted in 103 count ies fo r the contro l of peach , apple, pecan, and or na mental sh r ubbe ry in sects as fo llows : 188 colonies of Vedalia beetles in 66 count ies fo r t he contro l of t he cot to ny cus hion scale ; 49,001,000 Trichogramma minutum eg g par asites for t h e cont ro l of t he codling moth , f r uit moth , an d nu t case bearer; and 39,402
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Macrocentrus an cyliv orus wa sp f or th e cont ro l of fruit m oth larva e in pea ch es..
E xper ime nts and lif e history studies wer e conducte d on peach and apple in sects and diseases and on the basis of t hese st udies, ne w and revised spr ay sch edul es were f urn is he d to th e fruit growers. New materials te sted were DDT, DN Dry, Parathion, Nutrazine, Zerlate, F ermata and benz ene h exachl oride. Other proj ects ca r ried on by t he lab orat or y st aff were as f ollows: inspection of nurseries, sw eet potato plan t s, or chards, and cotton f or cer tification and in sect and disea se contro l ; correspondence, and mailing out circ ulars ; and in sect and plant disea se iden tification.
PHONY PEACH DISEASE CONTROL
This is a cooperat ive proj ect bet ween this Departmen t and the U. S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. During the year, nearly 3,000,000 peach trees in comme rc ial or chards were inspected in 31 count ies and more than 50,000 disea sed phony trees were located and re moved t o prevent spread of th is disease. In addition, 22 nurseries in 18 counties involving 1,148 properties and 412,350 peac h trees, had t he annual nursery env iro ns in sp ecti on f or ph ony peach, and 289 dis eased ph ony trees, within a one mil e radiu s were removed before July 1. A r evised quarantine on this disease wa s published, listing all infect ed qu arantined area s in the Unit ed States and rules under which all r egulated pr oducts can be shipped and certified.
GENERAL PEST CONTROL
Insects and plant diseas es not in t he r egular proj ect s are carried in the general pest control program.
Last year this included work on cabbage, onion and pepp el' plant in spection ; boll weevil, pepp er weev il, peanut nematode and other insect and plant dis ease surveys ; enf orc eme nt of the tobacco etch mo saic disea se quarantine, pink boll worm gi n trash in spection (in cooperation with th e Unite d Stat es Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine) ; cotto n see d cer t ificat ion : in sp ection of see ds and plants f or shipme nt t o fo re ign count ries; termite, Argentine ant, and household control; field trips on control of farm insects and plant diseases ; and talks and demonstrations to farm and civic or ganizations on pe st cont ro l. Georgia shipper s of certified cotton see d t o ot he r Stat es mu st have t he ir cotton ins pected fo r wilt an d anth racnose while gro wing an d if found clean, cer t ificates are issu ed so that t he seed shippers will be qualified to ship interstate. In additi on, gins a re che cke d to insure the buyer getting clean, one-var iet y seed. Last season about 5,000 acres were insp ect ed fo r t he cotton see d gro wers .
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NURSERY INSPECTION
Certificat ion of nursery stoc k in t he state was made fo r 297 nursery concer ns in 86 counties. Over 25,000,000 trees, sh r ubs , vines, bulbs, and soft -bodied plants were in sp ected fo r insects and plant diseases. In addition, 258 out -of-state nurseries were qualified for shipment and sale of their st ock in the state and 88 dealers and 175 agents were licen sed on an annual ba sis . All st ate nurseries were also inspected fo r the white frin ged beetl e and several nurseries infested are now operating under 'the quarantine restricti ons enf or ced by th e St ate and F ederal white fringed beetle qu arantines so t hat t he ir sto ck ma y be safely shippe d throughout this and other Stat es. A list of certified nurser ym en and dealers wa s pre pa re d giving name and locati on of all nurseries in th e state and th e kinds of stoc k th ey h ad to sell and this list wa s mailed t o all interes t ed parties. A se t of rules and r egulations was published f or,the guidance of th e nurserym en, deal ers and agents and re ciprocal agreeme nt s were made with nearly all the states, and these were mailed out t o all nurser ym en. A terminal inspection depot is maintained at th e Capitol for th e movement of small shipments of plants by cit izens of th e St ate so they may be assure d of ge tting an d shipping clea n plants free of in sects and plant disea se s.
JAPANESE BEETLE ERADICATION
This is a cooper at ive proj ect bet ween t his departmen t and th e U. S. Bureau of Ent om ology and Plant Quaran tin e. Th e Japan ese beetle has be en kno wn t o be presen t in th e State since 1936, but the trapping and cont ro l proj ect s car ried on ea ch year have prevented its spread over the State and t o date very littl e damage has been done t o agricultural and horticultural cr ops. Thousands of in sp ections were made this yea r in ten counties, by means of traps attractive t o th e beetles an d th e fo llowing number of beetles were fo und this year : Dahlonega, 574 ; Atl anta, 22; Au stell, 4 ; Atlan t a Airpor t , 1 ; and Sa vannah Airport, 1. As th e number fo und at D ahlon ega r ep resented a slig ht increase over the number f oun d in 1947, t ha t area was t reated t wice with DDT. Atl anta wa s treated once, but no ot her area s had su ffi cien t beetles to require treatment. Th e F ederal government furni sh ed th e traps, power sprayers and oper ators for t his work, and th e State furnished the DDT , and in sp ector s for putting out , chec king and taking up the traps.
INSECT AND PLANT DISEASE IDENTIFICATION
In sect and plant disease specime ns were se nt in t o the Atlanta office from 74 count ies . Th ese we re in den ti fied and cont ro l measures furni sh ed promptly . A sever e outbreak of the fall ar my wor m, or southe r n g rass worm was reported f ro m man y sections of the State, and wa s very damaging t o pastures and city lawns.
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The velvet bean caterpillar did considerable damage to peanuts and velvet beans; the common nematode, that rarely attacks pean uts, was reported doing da mage to that crop in three count ies; m imosa wilt and web wor m were fo und in several places in th e state for t he first ti me last year; Argentine ant outbreaks were more severe this year than for several years past; the American dog tick, carrier of the Eastern form of Rocky Mountain spotted fever, was usually ab undant; flower t h r ips, t hat are normally plan t feede rs, we re biting and ca us ing a rash on childre n; a new cotton disease; Ascoch yt a gossypii, did se rious da mage to cotton fields in North Georgia; the poisonous saddle back, hag and flannel moth caterpillars were reported frequently; other insects and diseases causing economic loss and r eported to t he At lanta Office were as fo llows: blister beetles, bag wor ms, scor pions, fleas, black widow sp iders, carpet bee tles, leaf hopper s, leaf miners, vegetable weevil, maple phenococcus, ap h ids, shade tree ga lls, case bearers, stalk borers, tip-moth, spring-tails, bill bugs, termites, shot hole borers, carpenter ants, flour mi t es, clothes m oth, cheese skipper, cotton boll worm, boll wee vil, plum curc ulio, blac k r ot , bitter rot, alt ern ari a , mosaic, blosso m end rot, fire blight, leaf curl and bacteriosis.
RE GISTR ATION OF INSE CTICIDES AN D FUN GICIDES
This Department, in coope ration with the State Depar t ment of Agriculture, enforces the insecticide and fungicide law which regulat es t he registration and sale of these products for use 0 11 agricult ural a nd hor t icul tu ral cro ps. All manu fa ctur ers and dealers are re quired t o register t he ir brands ann ua lly wit h t he Department of Agriculture and these are checked by the Dep artment of Entomology to see that thev meet published standards for active and ine rt ingredients,' and are safe to use on crops for insect and plan t disease cont ro l. Duri ng t he year, 752 brands f rom manufactu r ers and dea lers in 22 States were examine d an d approved or disapproved for registration.
QU AR ANTI NES AGAINST SERIOUS PE STS
Th is D epar tm en t prom ulgates an d enforces quarantines against se rio us pests which are not fo und in Georgia or which have not become generally spread over the State. The most re cent, t he Whi te-fringed Beetle Qua ranti ne, both inte r and in tra state, is enforced jo intly by Federal and State personn el, a nd now involves 53 counties, an d nearly 100 traine d workers are employed on this project in the State. Another quarantine, promu lgated by the State, and enforced by j oint State-Federal inspectors, t hat has been greatly reduced t h is year du e to eradicat ion of t he insect from fo r merly inf est ed are as, is t he Sweet Potato Weevi l Quarantine. Other quaranties now in force are as follows ; Phony Peach , Japanese Beetle; European Corn Borel',
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Pepper Weevil, and Toba cco Etch Mosaic Disease. Th ese quarant ines are r evised and broug ht up t o date and inspect ors assigned to enforce t hem, as needed.
P UBLICATIONS AND MOTION PICTURES
The following pu blicati ons were issued du ring th e year and are available fo r distribution to farmers an d ot he r s concerned : Annua l re por t ; ph ony peach, sweet potato weevi l, whit e-f r inged beetle, and t obacco etch mosaic quarantines; r ules and regulat ions for sweet potato plants, nu r serie s, bees and t omat o plants; spray and dust sched ule fo r orname ntal plants; spr ing and summer appl e spray schedule ; spray sche dule fo r peache s; dormant spray sche dule fo r peaches and appl es; control of the peach tree bor er ; toma t o spray and du st schedule; sweet potato seed treatment; how to coloni ze Vedalia lad y bird beetles for cont rol of cottony cushion scale ; list of cer t ified sweet potato and tomato plant gro wers and bee shippers ; list of certified nurserymen with classificat ion of st ock grown ; r eciprocal nursery agr eement s ; and tap e or der list of sweet pot ato plant growers.
Educational colore d moti on picture films were shown in various places in th e State as follows: qu een bee, pa ckage bee, Japanese beetl e, beneficial parasites, flower gardens of Georgia, sweet potato weevil, and wh ite fringed beetl e. Films were also loaned f or showing in the States of Fl orida, N ew York, Tenn essee, West Virginia, Miss issippi , Missouri, and Virgini a.
SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES
Th e ma p in ser t ed (pages 8 and 9) gives a general summary of activit ies of t he Depar tment fo r t he fiscal year July 1, 1947 J une 30, 1948. Each letter represents one to many inspe ct ions or other services preformed in the va rious counties and during the year t he Department, together with its F eder al cooperating agencies wor ked in eve ry county in t h e Stat e. During th e yea r , thousa nds of t hese se rv ices wer e per formed in the State f or th e enfo rcement of quaran tin es; certificat ion of plants and bees; eradication program s on J apanese beetle, White Fringed Beetle, and Sweet Potato Weevil: Ph ony pea ch disea se and fruit pest cont rol : producti on and distribution of ben eficial insect parasites and predator s nursery stoc k inspecti on and cer t ifica t ion ; t erminal insp ect ion depot; insect and plant disea se surveys ; id entification of insects and plant diseases ; and gener al control of noxious insects and plant disea ses wh erever f ound in th e State. About 2,500,000 cer t ificates, tags, t ap e, and licenses were issued t o fa rme rs an d ot hers during the year t o enable th em t o sh ip their f arm and oth er product s inter and intra-state.

INCOME AND DISBURSEMENTS
The statement of income and disbursements of the Georgia Department of Entomology for the fiscal year July 1, 1947 - June 30, 1948, foll ows : also the amount of funds spent by the Federal Government on the cooperative projects with the Department.

From Ca sh on h and.... ..........

Chec ks from t he State T r ea su r er ....

.

From f ees collecte d........... .

.

...$ 8,185.70 108 ,548.06 20 ,691.30

Tot al.

.... . ...$137,425.06

EXP E N SE OF P ROJ EC T S

State

Wh it e Fringe d Beetl e Eradication...

T om ato P la nt Certificat ion .

Swe et potat o W eevil Eradication .

Sw eet po tato Plant Certi fication .

Bee Insp ection an d Cert ification

Fruit P est Lab or ator y......

.

A tl anta Office

.

P ho ny P each Cont roL.............. .

..

Genera l Pe st Control.,

.

Nu rs ery In sp ection ....

J ap anese Beetl e Eradica ti on .

Tifton Offi ce an d Lab or ator y .

36,964.81

1 5,995.5 5

15,091.49

14,323.25

13,257.0 9

. 8,897.74

.

7,98 8.5 1

4,899.15

4,712.09

2,56 1.6 2

1,222 .33

688 .76

F ed er al $362,071.00
39,400.00
46,900.00 1,500.00 1,257.00

Cash on h and July 1, 1948 . T ot al St at e and F ed eral E xpendi t ur es....

$126,602.39 $451,128.00
.$ 10,822.67 577 ,730.39

E xpen dit u re s by th e F ed eral Govern ment on th e va r ious coope rat ive p r oject s in th e St at e were paid dir ectl y fro m their own di sbursin g offi ce.

The payments by t he State Dep a rtment of Ento molog y on the vario us projects we r e paid out as f oll ows :

P ersonal Services .

T ravel Expen se

.

Supplies and Materi al s .

Communication Ser vices .

Heat, L ight, P ower and Water

Printing and Publicity

.

Rep airs

.

Rents .....

In su r an ce a nd Bonding

.

Indemnities .....

Equipment Purchases

Miscell a neou s .

71 ,547 .64 29,229.2 0 17,824.4 6 1,393.06
316.7:3 4 ,52 2.8 6
126.88 263.00
25.00 943.00 289 .53 121. 03

$12 6,602 .39

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