"The cotton boll weevil: a, adult beetle; b, pupa; c, larva - enlarged. (From Farmers' Bulletin No. 180, United States Department of Agriculture.)"  Caption for illustration in Farmers' Cooperative Demonstration Work for 1910, insert. Part of the USDA's education program was an effort to raise farmers' awareness and knowledge of the boll weevil and how it could harm their crops.

Boll weevil illustration.
Series XI, Personal Papers, Box 11/Rasmussen 7, USDA History Collection, Special Collections, National Agricultural Library.

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