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, 1892-1932 - UC Davis [PAR] 1 Testimony of B. T. Galloway, Hearings, U.S. House Agriculture Committee, p. ... 
effect on cultivation practices most parts of the South worked it into their ...