Show SOUTH HOPES COLD KILLED BOLL WEEVIL By Special News Service MEMPHIS Tenn March l 23 Has Has the unusually cold weather cath r in the South killed the boll weevil Thousands of or Southern farmers are arc arc asking asking- this question Agricultural authorities do donot donot donot not express press much hope that the weevil wee wee- vil vii has bas succumbed to the low temperatures tem tern s prevailing this winter The practical t farmer however contends that the tho w weevil il e has been thinned out if not exterminated and that cotton will be more successfully raised next season than for tor several years Tho The boll weevil wee cost the South millIons millions millions mil mil- lions of or dollars last season The principal principal prin prin- cipal reason for believing cold weather kills the weevil is that for several years it has haM been noted that the pest has not damaged cotton to any extent In the northern part of ot the tho cotton belt where the ground freezes during the winter months This winter low how temperatures tem tern with freezing weather prevailed prevailed pre pre- almost to the coast Should It prove true that t the boll weevil has been exterminated b by tho the cold collI the farmers will vill feel repaid for the dama dam- dam a ago apo o that ha has been done to fields of winter pats oats which have ha been killed kilted b by frost in most localities I |