. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 42 bulleti:j7 1103, u. s. depaetmext of agriculture. Table 10.—Monthly departures from normal temperature and rainfall in the region infested hy the seed-corn maggot, January to June, inclusire, 1921 — Continued. DEPARTURES (IN INCHES) FROM NORMAL RAINFALL IN 1921. New England New York Pennsylvania New Jersey West Virginia Maryland and Delaware Virginia North Carolina Regional mean +.45 + .25 +.22 +0. 77 i +.30 +.45
. Bulletin of the Department of Agriculture. Agriculture; Agriculture. 42 bulleti:j7 1103, u. s. depaetmext of agriculture. Table 10.—Monthly departures from normal temperature and rainfall in the region infested hy the seed-corn maggot, January to June, inclusire, 1921 — Continued. DEPARTURES (IN INCHES) FROM NORMAL RAINFALL IN 1921. New England New York Pennsylvania New Jersey West Virginia Maryland and Delaware Virginia North Carolina Regional mean +.45 + .25 +.22 +0. 77 i +.30 +.45 1 ; + .51 1 1 1 + .26 +.21 + .45 + +.76 +.41 +.20 COTTON BOLL WEEVIL. (Anthononiiis grandis Boh.)^ The. mild winter of 1920-21 and the wet summer of 1921 favored an abnormal multiplication of the boll weevil throughout the terri-. FiG. 23.—Increase in area infested by the cotton boll weevil in the United States from 1892 to 1921 in 10-year periods. torj'' infested by this insect. The weevil has now reached the limit of cotton cultivation, except in western Texas, southwestern Okla- homa, northeastern North Carolina, and Virginia. For the first time Missouri and Kentucky were invaded by the weevil, and all fields in these States were found to be infested. The gain west of the Mississippi River is very nearly equal to that east of the Mississippi River. The greatest gain in a single State, * Extracted from Department Circular 210, by B. Williams, F. F. Bondy, and R. C. Gaines. R. Goad, E. S. Tucker, W . Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States. Dept. of Agriculture. [Washington, D. C. ?] : The Dept. : Supt. of Docs. , G. P. O.
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