1904 - 1904
Summary
The Mexican Cotton-Boll Weevil featured cotton-boll weevil and cotton boll specimens and addressed the contemporary crisis about the damage caused by the insect to cotton crops in the Cotton Belt of the Southern United States. The exhibition is one of the earliest documented special exhibitions in the Museum and was held immediately inside the Museum's main entrance (1, p. 17).
The exhibition included (1, p. 17):
*Specimens of cotton-boll weevils at different stages of growth
*Specimens of affected and unaffected cotton bolls
*Mexico to cotton areas of Texas
This is a condensed summary of the exhibition. For additional information, see Sources and/or Related Resources.
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