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lower than usual and the rainfall much in excess of normal for 

 the winter months. 



Careful examinations in cotton fields aggregating several 

 thousand acres, between May 1 and August 1, 1905, showed that 

 the weevil had not survived the winter in the eastern portion of 

 the territory infested the previous autumn. In other words, the 

 weevils were exterminated by meteorological conditions in that 

 area which they did not occupy until after about the middle of 

 September, 1904, and in which, therefore, they did not have op- 

 portunity to breed up to considerable numbers before the arrival 

 of frost. The territory infested in July, 1905, is shown by Figure 



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FIG. 2. Area in Louisiana infested by the boll weevil in July, 1905. 



2, and by comparison with the eastern limit of infestation in 

 December, 1904 (Figure 1), an idea will be had of the amount 



