In
the
mid
-
1910s
,
a
little
beetle
called
the
____________________
____________________
arrived
in
Georgia
.
The
one
-
fourth
-
inch
-
long
bug
lived
by
eating
the
buds
(
or
____________________
)
of
cotton
where
the
fibers
are
formed
.
To
make
matters
worse
,
from
1924
to
1927
,
Georgia
suffered
through
a
____________________
,
which
resulted
in
a
poor
____________________
.
Georgia
crops
withered
and
died
in
the
fields
from
thirst
.
When
the
land
did
not
____________________
,
some
landowners
forced
____________________
off
the
land
.
Eventually
,
thousands
of
Georgians
moved
away
from
____________________
.
Many
rural
counties
lost
____________________
and
did
not
regain
it
.
As
farms
declined
,
____________________
and
towns
gained
populatio
n
