The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-02-15

n BUSINESS BAROMETER.
-. IN The Mexican Boil Weavil
Question.
|r WHEAT MAY JUMP UPWARD.
o,,niou Of q Chicago Spectator.
blll'p r,,e Los.es In the United
staics-No'es.
Office OF The Post,
uouston, Friday, February II.

Houston, frluay, GU uais IL
,..,ar NJ ]. W. Woodson of Cuero.
~ w. ~ The subject of the Mexican cot
al' " ,ssyil transmitted to Secretary
W" ,he New orleans Cotton Ex-
(siel y, ard recently published in The
bnee, a hean generally commented upon
81 mas s business circles. The success
Houslvn IRON in Texas is vitality con-
ins lii the commercial interests OF
fxa and the business men recognize
s.s as' ..nread of this insect would prove
MMsssirous in many ways. EVERY ei
b oisa,sraven, its further ravaSes VIII
10 phs made by the farmers of this
aouo. any remedies suggested by the
le, su entomologist Would be in
atly vro ooss' letter. according to a
W a'snafch. has been received at the
;sr,iufal department at Washington
recruitment will shortly Issue a circu-
wing the results OF the Investigations
Il Ly the entomoIogists anu 'hglr con
aa.rs concerning the weeVil me IN
aons began in 1894 and was contin-
ssa.,oc Inc summer. fan and early
a naf isss by Mr.. Schwarz and by Mr..
U " who was stationed in Texas
hs ne ~ summer Dr Howard. chief
Sa,oeis, went to Texas in December
s,mdled the situation at mat time.
wssyil ravaged the Mexican cotton
nn,a than thirty years ago, and
nv, Wv have crossed the Rio Grande
is1s In 1894 the greatest damage
i,rs along the lower Nueces river.
aonded lis range IN 1885. y single
sns found near San Antonio con-
,,r many of the insects, and also
n s., of Wharton. The insect passes
winter in the weevil state ana Is
"A in the cotton plant until late in
IL or 4D
"a il A constant succession OF gen
.le,s from early spring until frost.
Y. s,,acks cause n wholesale shedding
\. rnrns sn,iares and the hollis become
.,,,sJ That Matching of single
.s in a boll may result in the dostruc-
lis fiber. Frost Kills the insects IN
{ls stage, and consequently the weeNil
moi nrove as Injurious IN those parts
,ss cotton country where frosts occur.
"unward suggests a number of reme-
~ he employed in getting rid of the
wblch embrace the following meas
N rranning over wintered beetles by
r. Of n few early planted cotton
"a. destruction Of volunteer plants in
6eld or abandoned fields; picking
b, snuares as often as practirahle
n The time the squares are formed
,te plant; cutting and burning the cot
ss early In the fall as practicable,
II possible, blowing the fields Mt
,,me time, trapping the last weeviis
me- fields by means of n few plants
Standing,
Howard says: There can be no
A, that this insect is the most serious
nv 10 the cotton plant with which
Nm growers In this country have had
,ontend and every effort should be
h 10 nrevent It's further spread. This
Ne ACCOMPLISHED IL concerted action
te niprtere Is taken to carry out IN
infested region the recommendations
have been made"
BrrtIsH WHEAT OPINION.
R, willard in discussing wheat said:
he United States should undertake to
saish European stocks and keep them
10 the maximum our visible supply
al probably disappear altogether VIII
tte months The Only country to which
tye can look outside of America is
ia, and supplies there continue 10
th above an export basis. If II We're
n that the Narill~ est " able 10 mar
neat as freely for the next tow
M as II is now doing the situation
y not be so serious, but nobody eN-
b this About the time that Europe
IL to reach out for increased supplies
ahwestern receipts will probably fan
BY sharply The effect of this can be
Ny conjectured. The demand can not
ncreased at the same time that the
Fy is reduced without causing Nlo-
urNa al tn ra.ta.a