Ballots in the mail for boll weevil eradication vote in Texas. From: Monitor (McAllen, TX) | Date: October 22, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 The Monitor. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Victoria Hirschberg

Oct. 22--McALLEN, Texas -- Ballots are in the mail and it's up to voters whether or not to reinstate the boll weevil eradication program.

About 1,500 cotton producers and landowners with a crop share will have until Nov. 8 to postmark and send in their ballot for or against the program. The eradication program aims to eliminate the most dangerous cotton pest by using field mapping and boll weevil traps.

There was an erad...

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