<Tr> <Td> "</Td> <Td> <P> The farmer said to the merchant I need some meat and meal . Get away from here, you son - of - a-gun, You got boll weevils in your field . Going to get your home, going to get your home . </P> </Td> <Td>" </Td> </Tr> <P> The farmer said to the merchant I need some meat and meal . Get away from here, you son - of - a-gun, You got boll weevils in your field . Going to get your home, going to get your home . </P> <Tr> <Td_colspan="3">--Carl Sandburg's version of "The Boll Weevil Song", 1920 </Td> </Tr> <P> Boll weevils, insects that entered the United States from Mexico in 1892, created 100 years of problems for the U.S. cotton industry . Many consider the boll weevil almost as important as the Civil War as an agent of change in the South, forcing economic and social changes . In total, the boll weevil is estimated to have caused $22 billion in damages . In the late 1950s, the U.S. cotton industry faced economic problems, and eradication of the boll weevil was prioritized . The Agricultural Research Service built the Boll Weevil Research Laboratory, which came up with detection traps and pheromone lures . The program was successful, and pesticide use reduced significantly while the boll weevil was eradicated in some areas . </P>

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