The boll-weevil problem : with special reference to means of reducing damage / W.D. Hunter.
"This bulletin contains a general account of the boll weevil problem. It deals with the history of the insect in the United States, the damage it has done in different regions, a nd the reasons for local variations in damage, the indications for the future, the habits of the weevil in so far as...
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| Format: | Government Document Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture,
1917.
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| Series: | Farmers' bulletin (United States. Department of Agriculture) ;
no. 848. |
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| Summary: | "This bulletin contains a general account of the boll weevil problem. It deals with the history of the insect in the United States, the damage it has done in different regions, a nd the reasons for local variations in damage, the indications for the future, the habits of the weevil in so far as they are connected with control measures, and the means of reducing the injury it causes by methods which ave been tested in many experimental fields and by large numbers of practical planters."--Page [2] |
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| Item Description: | Cover title. "Contribution from the Bureau of Entomology." "Revision of Farmers' bulletin 512." |
| Physical Description: | 40 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 23 cm. |