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how did the community of enterprise alabama solve its boll weevil problem
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Farmers in north Alabama found that the weevil was kept somewhat at bay by low winter temperatures, so cotton planting during the weevil era shifted heavily to northern areas of the state. Boll Weevil Control In 1918, at the urging of Extension Service agents, farmers began using the insecticide calcium arsenate, which provided some relief from weevils through the mid-1940s.
Farmers in north Alabama found that the weevil was kept somewhat at bay by low winter temperatures, so cotton planting during the weevil era shifted heavily to northern areas of the state. Boll Weevil Control In 1918, at the urging of Extension Service agents, farmers began using the insecticide calcium arsenate, which provided some relief from weevils through the mid-1940s.
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