. Book of Texas . tal crop acreage and the value of the cotton crop willexceed the total value of all the other crops. There hasbeen much talk of diversification, but the present war isthe only influence that seems to have had any real effectin reducing the acreage, and this influence may prove to beonly temporary. As soon as the war is over the cottonacreage may go up again by leaps and bounds. Twenty years ago the boll weevil advanced from Mexicointo Texas, spreading ruin among the cotton bolls andterror among the people. The planting of cotton laggedfor a few years, but the fear of the boll
. Book of Texas . tal crop acreage and the value of the cotton crop willexceed the total value of all the other crops. There hasbeen much talk of diversification, but the present war isthe only influence that seems to have had any real effectin reducing the acreage, and this influence may prove to beonly temporary. As soon as the war is over the cottonacreage may go up again by leaps and bounds. Twenty years ago the boll weevil advanced from Mexicointo Texas, spreading ruin among the cotton bolls andterror among the people. The planting of cotton laggedfor a few years, but the fear of the boll weevil having di-minished, the cotton acreage began to climb again. It wasslightly if at all retarded by the invading weevil. The truth of the matter is that Texas is peculiarly fittedto the raising of cotton. In her black prairie farms she hasthe largest and finest body of cotton land in the world,and over at least two-thirds of the state cotton is an easyand profitable crop. The dry, hot summers, so destructive. Courtesy of Farm and Ranch Irrigated Cotton in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. The Cotton Is Greenand the Bolls Have Not Yet Formed
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