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Prepare to De.slroy (ill Green (]allon as Early as Pos- 

 sible to Saue Ne.vl Years Crop. Haviiii^ srkctcd seed 

 for luxl year's i)laiilini^ and harvested the main croj), 

 then the next step in point of time is to starve the 

 a(hill weevils which can feed only on cotton, and pre- 

 vent the development of thonsands of weevils in the 

 late fall growth of s(piares and holls which never can 

 do anything hut breed weevils. Do this to save next 

 year's crop. When you cannot i)ossibly raise a top 

 crop of cotton, why raise a bumper top crop of wee- 

 vils instead? 



we:evil control by early fall destruc- 

 tion OF COTTON. 



Stalk Destruction is Usually Possible. — No late ma- 

 luring cotton occurs where the weevils are abundant. 

 In fact, under weevil conditions the whole tendency is 

 toward the production of a very early maturing crop. 

 With the reduced acreage in cotton, it then happens 

 that the picking season ends, cotton fields can be clean- 

 ed up and a winter-growing cover crop may be plant- 

 ed many weeks earlier than such things can usually 

 be done before the weevils arrive. The longer the 

 l)eriod between the removal of green cotton plants- 

 and the occurrence of killing frost the more complete 

 will be the destruction of the weevils and consequently 

 the less will be the weevil injury to the following crop 

 of cotton. To be fully effective, stalk destruction 

 should occur a month before frost and must include 

 the destruction of squares, bolls and foliage with no 

 chance of sprouts appearing later to maintain the sur- 

 viving adults until frosts occur. 



Most Important Step in Weevil Fight. — Will you 

 choose to destroy the weevils in the fall or have them 

 destroy your cotton crop next year? The earlier stalks 

 are destroyed, the fewer weevils will survive the winter 

 and the smaller will be the damage to the succeeding 

 crop. This early fall destruction of the stalks is the 

 most important single step in the entire fight against 

 the boll weevil. Wherever weevils occur, or may enter 

 new territory, stalks should be destroyed if possible 

 at least a month before frost. 



Why Stalk Destruction is so Effective. — There are 

 three principal reasons why early stalk destruction is 

 more effective than is any other practice in directly 

 controlling the boll weevil: First, it completely pre- 



