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TTHE BOLL WEEVIL MONUMENT
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Boll Weevil Monument
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The Boll Weevil (Anthonomus grandis) is a variety of beetle and is very destructive to crops. American farmers regard it with intense dislike. Yet it has a monument dedicated to it in Enterprise, Alabama. Why so? I hear you ask.
Boll weevils first crossed into the United States from Mexico towards the end of the 19th Century and wrought havoc in farming communities. But, with a view to staying its destruction, farmers learned to diversify their crops. Some changed to growing peanuts. They also started employing the more efficient practice of crop rotation. In a way, therefore, the destructive little insect improved farming and the profits it yielded. This led to the erection of the monument in 1919.
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