100 HIBERNATION OF THE COTTON BOLL WEEVIL. 



there is a decided advantage in having it all planted at as nearly a 

 uniform date as is possible. As a rule early-planted fields yield better 

 than do those planted later, but with similar conditions of seed, soil, 

 and cultivation. All volunteer and sprout cotton developing in 

 advance of the main crop should be destroyed before it forms squares, 

 since otherwise it may furnish the weevils with opportunities for 

 reproduction for some time before squares become common and 

 thereby unnecessarily, early in the season, increase their numbers 

 and the resultant injury to the main crop. 



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