American Army aviation cadets stand lined up in United States during World War 1. The successful cadets who passed the aviation training tests are commissioned Reserve Military Aviator. Airplanes in the background. Officer moves near the cadets. A cadet salutes and the officer gives him a certificate. Buildings of the air field in the background. Cadets march in formation with flags. Trees in the background.
Insects infest crops in various parts of United States. Men inspect Christmas trees for wood whether they are free from gypsy moths. Wood logs at one side. Woods loaded into trucks. Another vehicle nearby. Man shows inspection certificate. The inspection certificate. A notice warns the automobile drivers and campers against the insects.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. Proctor, a farmer visits a person to discuss about the spraying of the chemical arsenate in the farms. Man sprays poison sitting on a mule's back. He wears dust mask on his face and muzzles the mule. Man muzzles other animals used in cultivating. Men wash their faces in trough with running water after spraying the poison. They then go swimming in a lake to clean off.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. A government expert addresses the people at the Deer Park. He says that the poisoning should be done on the correct time to prevent weevils from flying to distant fields. Man poisons the field. Trees in the background. He says that the dust should be sprayed enough to cover the field thoroughly. It will not cost too much. Man sprays the poison.
'Winged Warfare on the Boll Weevil', presents solution to the problem of Boll Weevils in United States. Isom visits Jim. Interior of a house. Jim serves food on the table and calls Isom to eat the food. He looks at the watch on wall to see the time. Isom looks at a painting framed on the wall. Jim and Isom sit on the chairs to eat the food. An airplane takes off outside the house. The crop duster in flight. It sprays poison over a field. Isom looks outside the window and watches the plane. He asks Jim about what was happening outside. Jim calls it a flying machine.
Airplane dusts poison in the field to eliminate the Boll Weevils and other insect pests from the cotton crop, United States. A dog outside a house. Isom and Jim step out of the house and sit on the stairs. They discuss about the method of dusting poison through airplane. A jeep moves amidst a field. The jeep stops and man comes out to watch an airplane flying over the field. Another man comes out of the jeep and asks the man about the airplane. The man replies that the airplane is dusting poison over his field.
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