The Cotton Bollworm: A Summary of Its Life History and Habits, with Some Results of Investigations in 1905 and 1906
Altus Lacy Quaintance · Byron Hunter · C. J. Zintheo · Carleton Roy Ball · Charles D. Woods · Charles Ford Langworthy · Charles Pinckney Hartley · Clarence Beaman Smith · Clyde William Warburton · D. Ward King · David Arthur Brodie · David Ernest Lantz · E. B. Boykin · F. H. Hillman · Fred Corry Bishopp · George Arthur Bell · George Frederick Mitchell · H. P. Gould · Harmon Benton · Harold T. Nielsen · Herbert John Webber · Joseph Allen Warren · Karl Frederic Kellerman · Lee Cleveland Corbett · Lyman Carrier · M. A. Crosby · Peter Johnson Wester · Robert Love Bennett · Samuel Mills Tracy · Seaman Ashahel Knapp · Warner Webster Stockberger · William Allen Orton · William Luther Spoon · William Moore Scott · William Renwick Beattie · Arthur Henry Leidigh · Chalmer Kirk McClelland · Charles Richardson Jones · Cornelius Lott Shear · William Jasper Spillman · John Frederick Duggar
Jan 1907 · U.S. Department of Agriculture
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It has been proved by our cooperative demonstration work, that by following the instructions of the bureau of plant Industry a good crop of cotton can be raised in the worst-infested boll-weevil districts and despite the ravages of this pest. It is possible that the future may discover some better method of meeting the boll-weevil problems, but experience has shown that the method outlined is the only safe one at present. The boll weevil has now covered a large portion of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and several counties in Mississippi. It is annually invading new territory with a column 600 miles long and in numbers sufficient to cover every stalk of cotton to a width of 30 miles. A cotton crop can be produced despite the boll weevil, and the sooner American farmers face the situation, the better it will be for all concerned. To demonstrate the truth of this theory is one object of the Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work. In the foregoing pages have been mentioned only some of the lines of demonstration which have been undertaken for rural uplifting. The results have far exceeded our expectations, and the farmers have accepted the work gratefully and have cooperated to the best of their ability in every undertaking. It is along such lines as these that great economies can be practiced and valuable reforms wrought for the betterment of rural conditions and for solving the problems of the farm.
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