Boll Weevil facts
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George Washington Carver made the peanut popular in North America in the 1800s. He discovered that they had many uses and could be grown where cotton fields had been destroyed by the boll weevil.
how is the boll weevil controlled?
The Boll Weevil Monument in Alabama is the World's First Monument Built to Honor an Agricultural Pest (A Beetle) that destroyed all the farmers crops in 1919 and forced them to never grow cotton again.
What does a boll weevil look like?
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what's boll weevil mean?
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George discovered that boll weevils, an insect that was destroying cotton crops, did not like peanuts. He encouraged farmers to plant peanuts to make a good living.
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The Boll Weevil Monument which honors the insect of the same name, as the insect caused farmers to grow other crops than cotton
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The "Boll Weevil Monument" mentioned in "Weird Al" Yankovic's song The Biggest Ball of Twine in Minnesota actually exists.
