Boll Weevil Crisis and Recovery in the U.S. Cotton South (1892–1935)

1. Boll weevil enters U.S. cotton country

   Jan 1, 1892Labels: Boll weevil, Brownsville Texas

   • TSHA
   • MU Ext

2. Texas identification sparks wider alarm

   Oct 3, 1894Labels: Texas, Entomologists

   • TSHA
   • MU Ext

3. First cooperative demonstration farm launched

   Jan 1, 1903Labels: Walter C, USDA

   • Porter Farm
   • Seaman Knapp

4. USDA expands demonstration agents against weevil

   Jan 1, 1904Labels: USDA, Demonstration agents

   • Seaman Knapp
   • NAL Archive

5. Boll weevil reaches Mississippi

   Sep 20, 1907Labels: Mississippi, Boll weevil

   • MSU Ext
   • MS Encyclopedia

6. Weevil spreads through Mississippi’s cotton fields

   Jan 1, 1913Labels: Mississippi, Tenant farmers

   • MS Encyclopedia
   • MU Ext

7. Smith–Lever Act creates Cooperative Extension system

   May 8, 1914Labels: Smith Lever, Cooperative Extension

   • Smith Lever
   • NAL Archive

8. Boll weevil arrives in Alabama and Georgia

   Jan 1, 1915Labels: Alabama, Georgia

   • Boll Weevil
   • GA Newspapers

9. Coffee County shifts toward peanuts

   Jan 1, 1917Labels: Coffee County, Peanuts

   • Encyc Alabama
   • Smithsonian

10. Enterprise dedicates Boll Weevil Monument

    Dec 11, 1919Labels: Enterprise Alabama, Boll Weevil

    • Encyc Alabama
    • NAL Exhibit

11. Boll weevil infestation becomes nearly region-wide

    Jan 1, 1922Labels: Cotton Belt, Carolinas

    • MU Ext
    • CMU Study

12. USDA publishes major boll weevil control bulletin

    Jun 1, 1923Labels: USDA bulletin, W D

    • UNT Library
    • MU Ext

13. Great Depression deepens cotton-country hardship

    Oct 29, 1929Labels: Great Depression, Cotton country

    • Britannica AAA
    • MS Encyclopedia

14. Agricultural Adjustment Act cuts cotton acreage

    May 12, 1933Labels: Agricultural Adjustment, Federal policy

    • Britannica AAA
    • MS Encyclopedia

15. AAA amendments continue production-control approach

    Aug 24, 1935Labels: AAA amendments, Congress

    • AAA Amend 1935
    • AgeconSearch