This snout beetle reached Texas from Mexico around 1890 & spread into most cotton-growing areas of the U.S.
[DOC] [TLE] THE IMPACT OF THE BOLL WEEVIL, 1892-1940 (PDF Download ... [PAR] arrival of the boll weevil reduced cotton yields by about 50 percent the entire ... 
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