2 ‘BULLETIN 1243, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
By the fall of 1920 the bean crop about Birmingham and Blocton 
Ala., was destroyed by the bean beetle. In 1921 the infestation was 
extremely severe, and most of the early bean crop was destroyed. 
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! Fic. 1.—Bush snap beans destroyed by the Mexican bean beetle at Birmingham, Ala. Velvet 
. beans adjacent were not attacked. 
By August 1 there was hardly a bean field in bearing near Birming- 
i) ham. (Pl. I, A, B.) Reports of severe damage came also from 
other points in northern Alabama. 
| Fic. 2.—Destruction of pole lima beans by the Mexican bean beetle at Birmingham, Ala. 
. . 
In 1921 the price of snap beans and Lima beans rose to unusual 
) levels on the Birmingham markets, owing to the practical destruction 
' by this insect of bean plantings in the district. At Chattanooga, 
