. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 256. Adult Weevil(Enlarged) After Sanderson, Bulletin of TexasExperiment Station THE COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL 299 1891 and 1892 the boll weevil crossed the Rio GrandeRiver in the neighborhood of Matamoros and settled in the cotton fields around Browns-ville, Texas. As this was not agreat cotton-growing section, theinsect caused little alarm at gradually it has widened itsdestructivearea untilnow it hasinvadedpracticallythe wholecotton-growingpart ofTexas, andin at leasttwo in-stances hascrossedinto Louis-. FiG. 257. Eggs among theAnthers of a SquareAT Poin
. Agriculture for beginners. Fig. 256. Adult Weevil(Enlarged) After Sanderson, Bulletin of TexasExperiment Station THE COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL 299 1891 and 1892 the boll weevil crossed the Rio GrandeRiver in the neighborhood of Matamoros and settled in the cotton fields around Browns-ville, Texas. As this was not agreat cotton-growing section, theinsect caused little alarm at gradually it has widened itsdestructivearea untilnow it hasinvadedpracticallythe wholecotton-growingpart ofTexas, andin at leasttwo in-stances hascrossedinto Louis-. FiG. 257. Eggs among theAnthers of a SquareAT Point indicated byTHE Arrow After Sanderson, Bulletin ofTexas Experiment Station
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