STATUS OF WEEVIL AND rONTROI. BY INSECTS. 



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9. THE STATUS OF THE BOLL WEEVIL AND ITS CONTROL BY INSECTS. 



During tlio seasons of lOOS and 1900 the examinations of the boll 

 weevU to determine its status demonstrated that there had been a 



tremendous falling off of the weevil in all western and northern Texas. 

 In August, 1909, there was less than 10 per cent infestation in half of 



