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near and on the High Plains if the suppression program is withdravm. The re- 

 sults suggest that the suppression program not only is effective in protecting 

 the High Plains from boll weevil infestation but also contributes significantly 

 to an increased cotton output, a reduced cost of production for producers and 

 a reduced quantity of insecticides introduced into the environment. 



488. ; Larson, J. L.; Bottrell, D. G.; Rummel, D. R.; and Billingsly, R. V. 

 1974. Economic implications of discontinuing the Texas High Plains boll 

 weevil suppression program. South. J. Agric. Econ. 6 (Dec): 33-40. 



The federal government has supported and continues to support or share in the 

 support, financially and technically, of several regional pest management pro- 

 grams. Implicit in continued federal support is the concept that the benefits 

 of the program to society exceed the governmental portion of the cost. As 

 these programs are evaluated and consideration is given to discontinuing 

 federal support, improved estimates of program benefits, or costs of discon- 

 tinuing, are needed. The objective of this study was to identify and quantify 

 the expected effects in terms of agricultural output, insecticide use, and 

 production costs of discontinuing a regional boll weevil suppression program on 

 the Texas High Plains. Results of this study are useful to governmental de- 

 cision makers, local producers, environmentalists and economists. 



489. ; Sprott, J. M.; Niles, G. A,; Walker, J. K.; and Gannaway, J. R. 

 1976. Cotton grown with an integrated production system. Trans. ASAE 

 19: 813-818. 



The economic, environmental, entomological, agronomic and energy use charac- 

 teristics of narrow-row, short-season cotton grown under an integrated produc- 

 tion system were evaluated. This cotton production system reduced energy use 

 per hectare from 8,956,205 kcal to 6,042,651 kcal, or a savings of 33 percent. 

 Hofe dramatically, energy required per kg of lint declined from 15,981 to 7,049 



