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“In the past, we’ve given framed drawings of the Boll Weevil Monument, but we felt that this would be better.” Using the Boll Weevil Monument, though, was a clear choice, the officials said.
The community will have the opportunity to have their work on display at Enterprise City Hall if selected as a winner of the upcoming Boll Weevil Community Art Show and Competition, to be held in ...
ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WTVY) - If there is one thing Enterprise is known for, it’s their Weevils! The boll weevil, the real life beetle, came to the United States from Mexico around the early 1890s ...
“Now, I can’t “We-veal” the name of that Weevil and I can’t “We-veal” what it’s going to look like.” This Boll Weevil is taking residence at Enterprise Miniature Golf.
Shane learns how the boll weevil became an icon in Enterprise, Alabama. Over an ice cream with Historian Laponce Harrison, Shane learns the boll weevil’s history – and how this insect became ...
The per-acre assessment charged to cotton growers to fund the South Carolina Boll Weevil Eradication Program has been reduced to $1.25 from $1.75 and could save the state’s cotton growers an ...
Boll Weevil's location on James Brown Boulevard is half the fun. Just a few steps from the Riverwalk, it occupies a building that began life in the mid-19th century as a cotton warehouse.
Boll weevil management remains a critical aspect of sustainable cotton agriculture worldwide, given the pest’s capacity to inflict severe yield losses by attacking reproductive structures of ...
Object Details Description The Cole Manufacturing Company produced a boll weevil killer in the early twentieth century to combat the pest that plagued cotton crops throughout the American South. This ...