Abigail's mother has been reluctant to tell her that grandpa bo is dead. after keeping abigail home with a babysitter during the funeral, her mother has said things like, "grandpa bo had to go away." but abigail , who has heard adults talking about the death, senses that her mother is avoiding the topic and has come to the conclusion that:

In 1914, alabama produced 1.7 million bales of cotton, but three years later produced only 515,000, bales. meanwhile, in georgia, 5.2 million acres of land was dedicated for cotton production in 1914, but by 1923 there were just 2.6 million acres used for growing cotton. all of this was the result of the work of a tiny insect: the boll weevil. alabama and georgia first felt the effects of the boll weevil at different times. what would account for this difference in timing?