If reliance is to be placed on private advices, and even Government reports, the boll weevil menace this season will be one of the worst ever encountered and, unless the weather remains unfavourable to the insect, extensive damage may ensue, or at least be threatened, which will be sufficient to keep the market in a highly nervous state all summer. The weevil thrives best in wet weather, but is so numerous that it will probably be a market factor in any kind of weather. @ pro-From minent cotton section in South, Carolina, a message was received this week saying that, while the crop had made fair progress in the past two weeks, it was badly infested with weevil and looked as.if it might be almost eaten up by the pest, as farmers have become discouraged in their efforts to fight the plague.—Reuter.
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