The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1882-06-10
:. tor the Cotton Worm

ars throughout the Cotton
should adopt timely meas
n destroy the cotton worms
,;r first appearance The
rs of the cotton crop are so
[orabIe that every precaution
Ia he taken to protect the crop
the ravages of the worms and
.dications are that they will
an early appearance. There
.xcuse for any farmer losing
rar from the worms for it has
demonstrated time and again
,bay can be etfectually de-
L. BY prompt application of
In Purple with little labor
#oxnense. Hundreds of farm
the Cotton States have APP
s.bis poison with perfect sue
while their neighbors have
Ii severe less from the worms.
the benefit of those of our
Esrs who doubt the efficacy of
lon Purple, which is generally
s2tted to be the most effective
cheapest poison in use, We
hi the following testimonials
farmers in the Cotton States:
I'M. Reuss. Cuero, Texas, writing
{ Galveston News, July (, 1880, says:
~ county has been one of the first
car 10 be visited bv the cotton worm
moving that the cotton planters all
,5s State are watching with interest
Halls of the new Cotton Worm De
- London Putple, | deem it not out
E,,s to publish the results so far ex-
,-te in this section. purchased early
season 900 pounds of the Purple and
,-rasion to have it we'll tested last
IA. Good reports came in from all
.-;ed it, and now the demand is very
IN this neighborhood. The sum and
.s1ce of the reports I will now give.
2 proportion of = Il to 30 or 50 gall
Of water it quickly killed in all cases
-arworrns. while large ones remained
z leaves torpid for Il day or more and
,rgest even a day longer, but from the
Of the application of the Purple they
eating at once and did no more harm.
planter. Mr.. Fred. Buchel of this
,. who has a considerable area in cul-
ln of cotton, found that even when a
n rain fell shortly after sprinkling no
small worms were 20 be seen, and
.rge ones fell dead to the ground in
u three days, doing no more harm af-
e application. He also succeeded in
,onfv one barrel of fluid, in the above
proportions, to three acres of cotton.
: few planters think that three quar-
i a pound to the barrel gives the best
Is. It is evident that this difference
nion arises from the size of the plants
: + or : feet high require naturally
fluid than small ones for a successful
king. One half pound of the Purple
2 barrel of water appears sufficiently
2 for all purposes if we'll applied. Ny
lon Is that the advantages of the Pur,
D other arsenical Cotton Worm Poi,
are the following:
It's cheapness, costing little over five
to the acre.
is easy preparation.
lis intense color, which makes it less
erOus. 1t is readily distinguished
ever split or left in any place.
is quality of being always of uniform
9Th, and its inprobability of adultera
lis fine molecular state, which makes
here well to plants, and not so easily
ed of BY rain.
Its efficiency in killing the worms al
as any other arsenical poison applied
oper strength, and its perfect safety tc
:. In fact, most of the farmers wht
tried It say If is the best they have
used.
e would suggest to Oranges tc
T supplies of the London Pur.
\ large quantities through their
est State Cooperative Agen'
The outlay necessary to sup
neigh bOrho0d with this poison
small comparatively, that NJ
1ge IN the Cotton States should
tate to order a supnlv.