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There are several methods of preventing damage from 

 boll-weevil : 



Smith's Economic Entomology. 



FIG. 65a. Cotton square, showing boll-weevil in position. Natural size. 

 (After Hunter.) 



FIG. 656. Cotton-worm from side and above. 



1. By forcing the cotton crop to early maturity much 

 of the loss due to weevils is overcome. The grower should 



