Statistics were collected on the cotton acreage of Texas from 1899 to 1904 

 and on the variations in the acreage and in the yields which may be attributed to 

 the work of the boll weevil. In connection with this discussion, maps are pre- 

 sented showing the distribution of the weevil. It is believed that since its intro- 

 duction into Texas, the boll weevil has destroyed 2,000,000 bales of cotton with an 

 estimated value of one hundred million dollars. The weevil is seldom extremely 

 injurious in the southern part of Texas if stubble cotton is not allowed to remain 

 over winter. Apparently the weevil does not promise to become very dangerous 

 in western cotton counties. 



1906 - Cook, M. T. Insects of the year in Cuba. U. S. D. A. Bur. Ent. B. 60:70. 

 Mention of damage in Cuba during 1905. 



1906 - Sanderson, E. D. National control of introduced insect pests. U. S. D. A. Bur. 

 Ent. B. 60:99. 



The loss due to the boll weevil is given as illustrating the advantage which 

 would be gained by having national control of insect pests. 



1909 - Anonymous. The boll weevil. A. Norden & Co., 15 p. Feb. New York. 



A statistical study of boll weevil damage. 



1910 - Olmsted, Victor H. Causes of cotton damage in 1909. Crop Reporter, v. 12(12):94. 



Dec. 14. 



A loss of 14.9 percent of the crop of 1909, or 1,267,000 bales, is attributed 

 to the boll ■weevil. 



1910 - Rosenfeld, Arthur H. Insects notably injurious in Louisiana during 1908 and 



1909. J. Econ. Ent. 3(2):212. 



Practically the entire cotton area of Louisiana, embracing some 34,000 

 square miles, is now infested with the boll weevil. As a result the cotton acreage 

 of the State has been much reduced, and Louisiana made the shortest crop in all 

 of her history- -about 273,000 bales, against 517,000 in 1908, 610,724 in 1907, and 

 769,222 in 1906. 



1911 - Marlatt, C L. Need of national control of imported nursery stock. J. Econ. 



Ent. 4(1):108. 



Contains statement that loss chargeable to the boll weevil amounts to 

 $25,000,000 a year. 



1914 - Howard, L. O. Report of the entomologist for the year ended June 30, 1914. 

 U. S. D. A. Ann. Rpt., Wash. 



In 1913, 17,700 square miles of new territory were infested by the cotton 

 boll weevil and the primary loss inthe cotton area was approximately $30,000,000. 



1914 - Worsham, E. L. The Mexican cotton boll weevil. Ga. State Bd. Ent. B. 39, 

 24 p., 1 fig., 7 pi. Feb. Atlanta. 



In Texas, in 1901, the loss from this weevil in 32 infested counties was 

 100,920 bales; in 1904, it had increased to 550,000 bales. 



1916 - Coad, B. R., and R. W. Howe. Insect injury to cotton seedlings. J. Agr. Res. 

 6(2):129-139, 3 pi. Apr. 17. Wash. 



"Field examination showed that an average of 8% of the plants were deformed 

 and that these averaged 2.6 squares per plant less than the normal about the 

 middle of June, involving a loss of over 1,500 squares per acre at the critical 

 period in cotton production in the presence of boll weevils." 



1916 - Worsham, E. L. Ga. State Bd. Ent. B. 44. Mar. Atlanta. 



Annual losses from the weevil in other cotton growing States are discussed. 



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