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have been described. With the adoption of the improved 

 practices the control of the boll weevil has ceased to be an 

 exceptionally serious problem, and they have found that in 

 this way it is entirely possible to raise as much, or even 

 more, cotton per acre as they were accustomed to raise be- 

 fore the coming of the weevil. The diversifying of crops has 

 helped to make the farmers of the boll weevil area more in- 

 dependent of cotton as a single crop, and in many sections 

 the}^ are now more prosperous than ever before. In many 

 respects the advent of this pest has resulted in greater final 

 benefits than its injuries, and there has been brought about 

 within five years a greater agricultural development than 

 would have been likely to have come in two or more times as 

 long but for the coming of the weevil. 



If it shall lead to the immediate application 

 of many of the improvements herein recom- 

 mended, then the coming of the boll weevil 

 shall bring a blessing and not a curse to this 

 State. May every agency be united in a help- 

 ful co-operative campaign of progressive edu- 

 cation that shall prepare us to best meet and to 

 most effectively overcome the boll weevil in 

 Alabama. 



BIBLIOGRAPHY. 



This is intended to be only a very partial list of the publications 

 relating to the boll weevil, but to include those available which 

 may be most useful to the planters of Alabama. 



Publications of United States Department of Agriculture, 

 Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D . C . 



Bulletin No. 51. The Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil. Hunter & 

 Hinds. 181 pp. Published 1905. (Write your Congressman 

 for a free copy. ) 

 Bulletin No. 74. Some Factors in the Natural Control of the 

 Mexican Cotton Boll Weevil. Hinds. 79 pp. Published 1907. 

 Farmers' Bulletins Nos. 47, 130, 163, 189, 209, 211, 216, 217, 

 223, and 344. 



(All of the above relate to cotton insects, the boll weevil or to 

 cotton culture, and may be obtained free upon request to the 

 Department. ) 



Publications of Louisiana Crop Pest Commission, Baton Rouge. 

 La. Circulars 8 and 23. 



