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The boll weevil greatly affected Georgia’s long history of cotton production between 1915, when the insect was introduced to Georgia, and the early 1990s, when it was eliminated as an economic pest. Yield losses associated with the boll weevil reduced cotton acreage from a historical high of 5.2 million acres during 1914 to 2.6 million […]

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Boll Weevil Life Cycle

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Today In Georgia History - Just another WordPress site

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Boll Weevil in Georgia - Today In Georgia History

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How much would you pay to kill a pest? On this day in 1909, the Georgia General Assembly formally asked the U.S. Congress for a $5 million prize to the first person to eliminate the boll weevil. This was six years before the cotton–consuming pest even appeared in Georgia. Cotton had been Georgia’s premier staple

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The 1925 drought in a middle Georgia town.

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A Brief Moment in LaGrange’s History: Drought of 1925

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The Chattahoochee River at Glass Bridge, 1925

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Each line on the map represents a year the boll weevil has migrated from the west to the east

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Georgians began to leave the Farm for the City

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Causes and Effects of the Great Depression

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Boll Weevil effects on cotton production, 1910-1990

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Each line on the map represents a year the boll weevil has migrated from the west to the east