1910年,一场特大象鼻虫灾害狂潮般地席卷了美国亚拉巴马州的棉田,害虫所到之处,风卷残云。那是一幕惊心动魄的惨相,棉农们欲哭无泪,愁肠寸断。亚拉巴马州的人们世世代代都以种棉花为生,可恶的象鼻虫如同飞来横祸,绝了棉农的生计。他们开始在棉田里试套种玉米、大豆、烟叶等农作 In 1910, a special elephant-nose catastrophe raged over the cotton fields of Alabama in the United States. The pests were everywhere and were swept away. It was a terrifying scene, and the cotton farmers were crying and choking. People in Alabama have made cotton for generations from generation to generation. The odious weevil is like a catastrophe, and it has made cotton farmers’ livelihoods. They began to interplant corn, soybeans, tobacco and other crops in cotton fields.