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THE MEXICAN COTTON-BOLL WEEVIL. 



line of Lamar County to the western line of Brazoria County. In 

 this region the rainfall Is 45 inches per year or more. It comprises 

 the counties listed below. 1 Practically the whole area is covered 

 with forests. It covers 40,180 square miles. Central Texas com- 

 prises a broad bell from the Gulf to the Red River, beginning on the 

 wesl with the limit of the belt of 32 inches normal annual rainfall, 

 and extends eastward to the line just described as defining the 

 western boundary of the eastern Texas area. Central Texas consists 

 of 45 counties 2 and comprises 38,868 square miles. 



1 1 is for the most part prairie country, although there are wooded 

 valleys and occasional strips of timbered uplands. Western Texas 

 comprises the remainder of Texas, beginning with the line marking 

 the western limit of the area of 32 inches normal annual precipita- 

 tion. It is hugely a prairie region, though wooded valleys are 

 numerous. Another factor in differentiating western Texas from 

 central Texas is the increased elevation. 



A careful study has been made of the manner in which the weevil 

 has affected the production of cotton in the three regions mentioned. 

 { fee has been made of the Census records of production from 1899 to 

 L910, a period of 12 years, as shown in Table IV: 



Table IV. — Eastern, central, and western Texas cotton production compared, 1899-1910 

 from United States Census. 



[500-pound bales.] 





Eastern. 



Central. 



Western. 3 



Years. 



Bales. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 Texas 

 crop. 



Bales. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 Texas 

 crop. 



Bales. 



Propor- 

 tion of 

 Texas 

 crop. 



1899 



637,872 

 811,413 

 633,620 



54o,2SS 



Per cent. 



22. -14 



23. 59 

 25.32 

 29. 48 

 22.06 



1,633,618 

 1,892,669 

 1,44,s.n72 

 1,332,487 



1,242,654 



Per cent. 

 62.61 



55.04 

 57.90 

 53.34 

 50.28 



337,528 

 734,304 

 419,674 

 428,866 

 683,139 



Pit ant. 

 12.94 



1900 



21.36 



L901 



16. 77 





17. 17 







1903 



27. 64 







Average, 1899 1903. . . 



672,970 



24. SS 



1,510,060 



55.85 



520, 702 



19.26 







1904 



720,671 



(172.197 



515,038 

 474,311 



645, 158 



22.91 

 12.96 

 16.11 

 14.92 

 13.50 

 IS. SO 

 21.15 



1,700,224 

 1,414.115 

 2. 213. * 13 

 1,218, L43 

 1,980,766 

 1,362,096 

 1,677,688 



54.15 

 55.63 

 53.03 

 52.95 

 50.60 

 53.99 

 55.02 



724, 475 

 79S.294 



1,2S",846 

 73S.708 



1,318,681 

 6S6,404 

 726,553 



23.07 





31.40 







30.85 







1907 



32.11 





33.68 







1909 



27.20 



1910 



23. 83 







Lge, 1904-1910 



528, 647 



17.19 



1,652,414 



53.62 



797, 2S0 



28.88 







In eastern Texas the production for five years ending with 1903 

 averaged 24 per cent of the total crop of Texas. During the same 

 series of five years western Texas averaged ID per cent cA' the total 



River, Howie. Franklin, Titus, Morris, I iss, Wood, Camp, Upshur, Marion. Harrison. Smith, 

 Panola, N alby, San Augustine, Sabine, Angelina, Trinity, San 



a. Liberty, Hardin. Orange, Jefferson, Chambers Galveston, Lamar, 

 \ a Zandt, Hendei a., Free one, Anderson, Leon, Bouston, Madison, Waller, 

 • aerv, Harris, Fori Bend, and Brazoria. 

 i Texas coui i . Fannin, Demon, Collin, Hunt. Tarrant, Dallas. Rockwall, 



Kaufman Johnson, Bill , I 11, Navarro, McLennan. Limestone, Bell, Falls. Williamson, Milam, 



.Lei i irleson, Washington, Hays, Bastrop, Caldwell, Fayette, Colorado, 

 . Guadalupe, Qon .. Wharton, Dewitt, Goliad, Victoria, Jackson, Refugio, Calhoun, 



rda and Aral 

 hiding counties grouped by Census under •• All other." 



