棉子象鼻蟲 (Boll Weevil) 在阿拉巴馬州受到表揚：1919年12月11日

你能想像立碑表揚昆蟲嗎？嗯，阿拉巴馬州企業市 (Enterprise) 的居民在1919年12月11日，就幫棉子象鼻蟲立了一個紀念碑。這種小型昆蟲會破壞棉花田，而迫使農人必須要種植其他多種植物，與製造多種農產品。

這張照片中的棉花田被稱為「國王棉花」 (King Cotton) ，許多南方政治家與作家在內戰之前常常提到這個詞彙。這個詞彙是指棉花田的經濟與政治效益相當的高。你知道棉子象鼻蟲有多大嗎？


Can you imagine erecting a monument honoring an insect? Well, that's exactly what the people of Enterprise, Alabama, did on December 11, 1919, when they built a monument to the boll weevil, a tiny insect pest that devastated their cotton fields and forced farmers to pursue mixed farming and manufacturing.

This photo of a cotton field is called "King Cotton," a phrase that was frequently used by Southern politicians and authors before the U.S. Civil War, indicating the high economic and political regard in which cotton production was held. How big do you think a boll weevil is?

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