. Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. 344 Elementary Principles of Agriculture industry. The first public boll weevil convention was held at Victoria, Texas, in 1895, and in 1903 the Texas Legislature offered a reward of $50,000 for the discovery of a remedy for the boll weevil. Later, several important conventions were held in Dallas, Texas, and Shreveport and New Orleans, La. The Federal and State govern- ments made large appropriations, and a corps of entomol- L, -â -^ r" L: -/^--'.;/- /-'^"-r:'Dfe "^*y [. Map showing spr
. Elementary principles of agriculture : a text book for the common schools. Agriculture. 344 Elementary Principles of Agriculture industry. The first public boll weevil convention was held at Victoria, Texas, in 1895, and in 1903 the Texas Legislature offered a reward of $50,000 for the discovery of a remedy for the boll weevil. Later, several important conventions were held in Dallas, Texas, and Shreveport and New Orleans, La. The Federal and State govern- ments made large appropriations, and a corps of entomol- L, -â -^ r" L: -/^--'.;/- /-'^"-r:'Dfe "^*y [. Map showing spread of Mexican ((itton weevil over cotton growing area of United States, 1892-1912. ? Fig. 215. Cotton growing area of the United States exclusive of Arizona and California, with lines in heavier shaded portion showing spread of Mexican cotton weevil.âAfter W. D. Hunter, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. ogists and cotton specialists began investigations and the result was the present satisfactory means of control. 508. The Spread of the Boll Weevil. Figure 215 shows that the advance of the boll weevil has been northward and eastward, into the humid regions, rather than west- ward. There is no doubt that the weevil will continue to advance rapidly eastward, but will move slower toward the north, owing to the climatic obstacles that the weevil will have to overcome. The dry summer and cold winters of 1910-1912 reduced somewhat the northward advance as. 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 Ferguson, A. M. (Alexander McGowen), 1874-; Lewis, Lowery Laymon, 1869-. Chicago, Ill. : Ferguson Publishing Company
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