| 单词 | boll weevil |
| 例句 | I pulled the board up, releasing boll weevils, pill bugs, and a small spider from their homes. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z Before that year, only limited use had been made of organic insecticides for the control of the boll weevil. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Now other laboratories of the Department are taking up the problem, testing chemicals against stable flies, mosquitoes, boll weevils, and an assortment of fruit flies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Beginning in the spring of 1919, the insect known as the boll weevil had destroyed entire cotton crops, throwing thousands of black agricultural workers out of work. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Besides boll weevils, rain is just about the worst thing that can happen at harvest time. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z And I said, “Can’t afford no air-conditioning. Them things eat current like a boll weevil on cotton.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z As we eat, Daddy and the Senator talk about cotton prices, boll weevils. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Fire ants have been observed picking larvae of the boll weevil off cotton. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Zach said the farmers had planted and harvested their cotton early this year because of the boll weevil. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1915, Mother Nature added to blacks’ suffering when a tiny insect pest, the boll weevil, spread through the cotton crop, destroying the South’s major source of income. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z When the idea of a boll weevil eradication program was floated in Texas in the 1990s, Niemann and others griped about the cost. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z He also spent time in San Francisco, where he made a living drawing boll weevils for pesticide ads, before moving to New York. Claes Oldenburg, a whimsical father of pop art, dies at 93 2022-07-18T04:00:00Z The cotton boll weevil is considered a major pest because of the damage it does to cotton plants. Environmental Biology 2018-09-06T00:00:00Z So the migration is as much about work and the boll weevil as it is about this notion of opportunity. Imani Perry on how the racial sins of the South belong to us all 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z He remembers when growing up that trucks carrying cotton across the bridge were inspected for boll weevils that could devastate crops. States with stricter covid-19 restrictions watch lax neighbors warily, knowing the virus does not respect borders 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z By the 1970s, one-third of all pesticides applied in the United States were used to fight the boll weevil, according to the USDA. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z According to a news release from the state agriculture department, the boll weevil program started in Tennessee in 1994. Bug off: Tennessee cotton farmers keep boll weevil program 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The boll weevil program was first implemented in Tennessee in 1994 and let cotton producers join other cotton-producing states in spraying, trapping and monitoring the insects. Tennessee to poll cotton growers on keeping boll weevil fee 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z To complete the picture, his fellow-diggers address him as “boll weevil” and treat him like dirt. The Grim Rapacity of “The Iron Orchard” 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z The project kicks off Thursday, when the first four boll weevils are to be unveiled. Bollweevil it or not, Alabama town gets giant insects as art 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z In the Lone Star State, boll weevil traps with pheromones are set up around fields and along roadsides. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z The program allows cotton producers to team with other states to spray, trap, and conduct surveillance for controlling boll weevils. Bug off: Tennessee cotton farmers keep boll weevil program 2019-04-08T04:00:00Z The state says Tennessee officially eradicated the boll weevil in 2009, but the program currently monitors boll weevils and aims to prevent their reappearance. Tennessee to poll cotton growers on keeping boll weevil fee 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z A boll weevil monument in Enterprise pays tribute the agricultural pest that prompted the region’s shift from cotton to peanuts and other crops. In Alabama, a onetime Trump critic fights GOP challenger 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z The foundation and similar programs in other states borrowed money from the FSA to eradicate the boll weevil. Arkansas lowering boll weevil assessments for farmers 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z Dodson has seen his yields double since the program started and the eradication of the boll weevil has been fruitful for the state’s wider economy. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Cotton farming returned only sporadically, most recently in 2004, the same year the state began a boll weevil eradication program. Boll Weevil: A Scourge That America and Mexico Fight Together 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Duke agreed that they and Trump and Breitbart seem to have "the rank and file" but that "boll weevils are still in those cotton balls." Trump's True Colors 2016-08-24T04:00:00Z By 1919, town leaders were confident enough in their collective future to commission a cast-iron statue from Italy, a permanent monument to the boll weevil, Enterprise’s “herald of prosperity.” The Beetle That Helped Alabama Adapt to a Changing Environment 2016-01-08T05:00:00Z Hayes was taken by No. 9, a portrait of boll weevils eating into crops, and imagined “a brood of boll weevils migrating to the U.S./In bales of Mexican cotton.” Poets honor ‘Migration’ paintings of Jacob Lawrence 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z As close as they are to eradicating the boll weevil completely, farmers and the Texas Boll Weevil Eradication Foundation aren’t in the clear just yet. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Thought to be native to Mexico and Central America, the boll weevil is a beetle that attacks cotton plants. Boll Weevil: A Scourge That America and Mexico Fight Together 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Hayes was taken by No. 9, a portrait of boll weevils eating into crops, and imagined "a brood of boll weevils migrating to the U.S./In bales of Mexican cotton." Poets honor 'Migration' paintings of Jacob Lawrence 2015-05-02T04:00:00Z This purplish chap below is a boll weevil - found on the front porch of a suburban house. The art of science - Wellcome Images 2015 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z Franklin, of course, was writing before the day of the trust, the high protective tariff, the San José scale and the boll weevil. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume I (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:37.443Z They have to make sure there is nowhere for the boll weevil to live until cotton is planted again in late March. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z The lingering boll weevil problem is all the more remarkable — and, for American cotton growers, frustrating — considering the relatively puny size of the cotton industry in Tamaulipas. Boll Weevil: A Scourge That America and Mexico Fight Together 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z Then, by accident largely, I chanced upon the plot to bull the cotton market by introducing the boll weevil into the uninfested cotton area, and checked that. The Secret of Lonesome Cove 2011-06-07T02:00:12.563Z We have also been dealing with an invasion from Guatemala for some time, the boll weevil. Proceedings of the Second National Conservation Congress at Saint Paul, September 5-8, 1910 2011-05-07T02:00:26.100Z I uster farm 'till de boll weevil start in dis part of de country. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z But even if South Texas does its part, there’s still the issue of boll weevils that come across the Rio Grande from Mexico. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Down in Texas Hawks flew over the cotton fields with arsenic to kill the boll weevils. Famous Flyers And Their Famous Flights 2010-12-25T03:00:15.953Z On each front leg of the boll weevil are two spines—one somewhat larger than the other. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z “If we don’t whip this thing, it’s going to be like the boll weevil did to cotton,” said Mr. Perry, who is also chairman of the Georgia Cotton Commission. U.S. Farmers Cope With Roundup-Resistant Weeds 2010-05-04T01:32:00Z The Indians in part of Guatemala raise cotton, although the boll weevil is abundant. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" Then, in early September, boll weevils were found in a 62-acre field south of McAllen, just miles from the Mexico border. In U.S., ruinous cotton boll weevils are exiled to a ‘last frontier’ 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z A cotton has been produced which combines early growth, by which it escapes the ravages of the boll weevil, with the long fiber of the finest Sea Island varieties. The Social Direction of Evolution An Outline of the Science of Eugenics The boll weevil is usually from one-fourth to three-eighths of an inch long and about half as broad. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z The cotton growers are suffering a loss of one hundred million dollars a year by reason of the ravages of the boll weevil. News Writing The Gathering , Handling and Writing of News Stories Special interest attaches to experiments made in the United States to endeavour to raise races of cotton resistant to the boll weevil. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 5 "Cosway" to "Coucy" The occasion of the meetings was the approach of the boll weevil to their districts. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology “I stand opposed to any man, Mr. Ellis, who, to enrich himself, and for the purpose of revenge, spreads the boll weevil in the cotton fields of the South.” Carmen Ariza The boll weevil means diversified farming and stock raising. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z The chief obstacle preventing the successful combating of the cotton boll weevil in the South has been the difficulty of securing united action in the necessary cultural measures for its control. The Farmer and His Community Coffee plantations brought their owners handsome incomes until about twenty years ago, when the blight, more devastating than the cotton boll weevil, came with destruction as swift as that which befell Sennacherib. Where Half The World Is Waking Up The Old and the New in Japan, China, the Philippines, and India, Reported With Especial Reference to American Conditions The purpose of this was to meet the boll weevil with a territory in which he would find no food. The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology In 1908 when the floods and boll weevil worked such general havoc in the southwestern corner of the State, labor agents from the Delta went down and carried away thousands of families. Negro Migration during the War The boll weevil prefers squares to bolls and as long as the cotton puts on sufficient squares to furnish it with the necessary food it will not attack many bolls. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z He was in charge of a Government department having to do with Oriental beetles, Hessian flies, boll weevils and such, and it seemed his life had been just one bug after another. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1930 In addition, the boll weevil has become a dreaded enemy of the cotton plant. Bremen Cotton Exchange 1872/1922 Besides army worms, cut worms, locusts, green flies, leaf bugs, blister mites, and several others, nature has produced and rendered extremely prolific and hardy, these two particular pests, the boll weevil and the boll worm. The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States Natchez did not suffer a serious loss of population until the invasion of the boll weevil and the floods. Negro Migration during the War This book was prepared to furnish information on farming in the boll weevil territory. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z The finest Egyptian cotton, free from the boll weevil scourge, may also be grown successfully and is fast becoming one of the staple products of the State. Arizona's Yesterday Being the Narrative of John H. Cady, Pioneer The appearance of the boll weevil, an insect which attacks the cotton boll, has materially changed the character of agriculture in areas of cotton culture in the South. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The little gray beetle that the world knows as 42 the cotton boll weevil is responsible for most of this. The Fabric of Civilization A Short Survey of the Cotton Industry in the United States Greenwood, with a population evenly balanced between the white and black, had passed through the unusual crisis of bad crops and the invasion of the boll weevil. Negro Migration during the War In boll weevil territory, we would likewise advocate “intensive” cotton growing—smaller acreage to cotton with more thorough cultivation—as a good step toward securing early and profitable cotton crops. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z He has been prosperous up from slavery, until the boll weevil made its appearance on his farm and the depression came on the country at large, in 1929. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 Scientists are now looking for some insect enemy of the boll weevil that will restore the equilibrium. Introduction to the Science of Sociology Here it is that the Mexican boll weevil before whose blighting breath our snowy fields of cotton melted over night brought no terror for King Cotton no longer reigns supreme. Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Eleventh Annual Meeting Washington, D. C. October 7 and 8, 1920 Thousands came from the flood and boll weevil districts to Birmingham. Negro Migration during the War Plants of this structure fruit early, rapidly and are well adapted to boll weevil conditions. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z Of late years the greatest pest has been the Mexican boll weevil. Textiles For Commercial, Industrial, and Domestic Arts Schools; Also Adapted to Those Engaged in Wholesale and Retail Dry Goods, Wool, Cotton, and Dressmaker's Trades The boll weevil came along and wiped out his intermediate cotton crops. Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912 "Lucky the captain of that freighter 'Perry' took a bearing on the lighthouse at Port Baracoa; otherwise it would be like lookin' for a boll weevil in a bale o' cotton!" Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope It is estimated that more than 8,000 negroes left Adams county during the first two years of the boll weevil period. Negro Migration during the War Cotton is one of the greatest cash crops, and while it should be the main money crop in the boll weevil territory north of latitude 32, it should not be the only cash crop grown. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z They deserve to pay twenty cents a pound for their cotton when the boll weevil has cut down the normal supply. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation As early as 1903 Dr. Knapp had been showing by practical demonstration how the farmers of Texas might circumvent the boll weevil, which was threatening to make an end of cotton-growing in that State. The New South A Chronicle of Social and Industrial Evolution When the boll weevil spread across the Southern states like a plague, it wiped out many poor farmers, and it drove them to seek other means of livelihood elsewhere. The Black Experience in America The enormous demand for labor and the changing conditions brought about by the boll weevil in certain parts of the South have caused an exodus of negroes which may be serious. Negro Migration during the War He later devoted a number of years to the special study of the boll weevil in the cotton fields of these states as special agent for the Farmers’ Co-operative Demonstration Work. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z —The great enemies of the cotton-planter are the cotton boll weevil, the bollworm and the leaf worm; but other insects inflict serious damage. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation De first time I seen de boll weevil, He was a-settin' on de square. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations But I shall show, before I finish, that Roebuck and his gang of so-called "organizers of industry" bear about the same relation to industry that the boll weevil bears to the cotton crop. The Deluge The negro is going because he is the most unfortunate of the victims of the combined disaster this year of the flood and the boll weevil. Negro Migration during the War If we are to succeed in growing cotton under boll weevil conditions we must— 1. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z The cotton boll weevil invaded the United States from Mexico in 1894. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation In the minds of millions of farm people of the South, cotton and the boll weevil are associated. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations The immediate cause of this movement was the suffering due to the floods aggravated by the depredations of the boll weevil. A Century of Negro Migration Following the ravages of the boll weevil, the idea gained wide application. Negro Migration during the War The boll weevil prevented the above late cotton from making a single boll. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z Their peculiar value to the cotton grower consists in the fact that, like the nighthawk, they capture boll weevils when flying over the fields, which no other birds do. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation The boll weevil was once a curse; then it came to be somewhat regarded as a disguised blessing—in limiting production. Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few Observations The other disturbing factor in this situation was the boll weevil, an interloper from Mexico in 1892. A Century of Negro Migration On the other hand, the march of the boll weevil, that stripped the cotton fields of the South, was from west to east. Negro Migration during the War The Mexican cotton boll weevil never feeds upon okra, peas, beans or other plants unless captured and placed in confinement and then only to a slight extent. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z To-day, the people of Texas do not need to be told that forty-three species of birds feed on the cotton boll weevil; for they know it. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation How did a 'boll weevil' like this Jackson ever make even a hundred-and-fifty-barrel well, in the first place? Flowing Gold The boll weevil is an insect about one fourth of an inch in length, varying from one eighth to one third of an inch with a breadth of about one third of the length. A Century of Negro Migration Owing to the depredations of the boll weevil, many others went north. Negro Migration during the War Attempts to Destroy Weevils with Poison: In territory newly infested with the boll weevil, attempts continue to be made to destroy the weevils by poisoning. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z The cotton boll weevil strikes at the heart of the industry by destroying the boll of the cotton plant. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation It does one state very little good to fight hog cholera or the boll weevil unless neighboring states do likewise. Community Civics and Rural Life There are a few characteristics, however, that will assist anyone in separating the boll weevil from the numerous other weevils that are often mistaken for it. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z History: The cotton boll weevil is not a native of the United States. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z The most conspicuous indication of the presence of the boll weevil is the flaring of the square. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z Fortunately we have at hand a government publication on this subject which gives some pertinent facts regarding the bird enemies of the cotton boll weevil. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation First, cotton is not the only surplus money crop; second, the boll weevil does not prevent the growing of profitable crops of cotton in normal seasons. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z They say that the boll weevil is here to destroy cotton—their money crop. How to Prosper in Boll Weevil Territory 2010-12-24T03:00:31.740Z Investigations by the Biological Survey show that thirty-eight species of birds eat boll weevils. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation |
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