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The National Geographic Magazine 



I'hotos from U. S. Dep't of Agriculture 



Early Versus Late Planting of Cotton in the Control of the Boll Weevil 



The upper illustration shows a cotton field planted late and yielding nothing. The lower 

 illustration shows a field on the opposite side of the turnrow on same plantation, planted and 

 treated in accordance with directions of the Bureau of Entomolgy, and yielding three-quarters 

 of a bale per acre. 



