boll weevil

However, the boll weevil arrived in Georgia four years later.

Since 1988 the term boll weevils has fallen out of favor.

The spraying was meant to rid the state of boll weevils.

He made the boll weevil and mounted it atop the statue.

The boll weevil, and sometimes even the entire monument, has been stolen many times throughout the years.

"At that time, they fashioned three new boll weevils to fall back on, in an emergency," he said.

Closet Republicans they are called by some, boll weevils by others.

The boll weevil blight had a devastating effect on the town's commerce.

His term was marked by crop failures due to the boll weevil.

Other limitations on boll weevil populations include extreme heat and drought.

More problems built up with the boll weevil infestation, when thousands of agricultural jobs were lost.

The cotton industry benefited from the depredations of the boll weevil further west.

When the boll weevil had come, Henry had at first seen it as simply another demand upon his efforts.

Deputations were sent who looked, came back, and said, yes, the boll weevil was destroying cotton, something must be done.

The boll weevil and the Civil War had ended the system of plantation life.

Built a plastic boll weevil only last month.

It was the first time in the 22-year history of the boll weevil program that farmers had voted to quit spraying.

Environmentalists from seven nations descended on Texas like boll weevils to monitor their governments' actions.

They survived boll weevils and watched the cotton gins disappear.

The boll weevil infests cotton fields and millionaires go bankrupt.

He had been a cotton farmer, but lost his farm to the boll weevil, and he went on to become the chief of police.

Some of these species cause significant damage, such as the boll weevil, which feeds on cotton buds and flowers.

The cotton boll weevil is an agricultural pest that can cause significant economic damage if not controlled.

She raises high a trophy which is topped with a larger than life-size boll weevil.

The boll weevil entered Texas about 1892 in the vicinity of Brownsville.