St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1901-12-14
FARMER AND PLANTER.
ABOUT b BOIL WEEy1L,.
80 tactical Advice for Control
lng the BALL Weevil for tnc
Next Cotton Crop,


Next Cotton Crop,
frof. Fred. w. Mally, in a letter to
.ne Press, gives some practical advice
TOT controlling the boil weevil for
next years crop Of cotton. The fol-
loving - 9 digest of its contents:
experiments have proven that cattle
1aSten readily, when grazed upon cot
'on AZ this season Of the year, espe-
ela,iy y there r yet some immature
ooils and squares. Any top crop or
unplcked cotton will, therefore, be
.uliy repaid in the fattened steer, and
ls. ~tnerefore. not a loss. AS a matter
y Iact grazing the cotton intelligent
" IN ordinary years, will ave to the
in the feed and value of his
cattle, the top crop, which is now so
OFTEN lost. This method of grazing
tne cotton should, therefore, be looked
upon in the light of a business prop
osition.
There is nj difficulty about the
general application of this grazing
method. The planters, many of them,
sulncitut HuInDcr OF caIte
gIa1c on their cotton acreage:
nei!ner g they secure enough in
'nelr neign To overcome this
Obstacle. some OF the larger planters
e1ong the Brazos bottom, in Brazos
ana Burleson counties, have gone to
northwest and northeast Texas, where
cavtdemen are short of feed. and have
pougnt carloads OF steers and shipped
tnem to their plantations.
But. there : those who r not
Die 20 buy. For these, tests have re-
entiy been made OF q method which
VAL serve them well and enable them
g make successful fight against
PesL. an The sandy sections, or the
prairie land districts, where cotton
does not grow too rank, hitch up a
moving machine and NOW of the cot
ton, leaving from three to five rows
across every ten to twenty acres I'M
cut Follow the mower with a hay
AXE and wind-row the moved cot
ton. AZ soon as the cotton dies the
Doll weev1ls q it and seek fresh,
green cotton for their feeding, m
naturally find the rows left uncut.
hecentiy 2 neid managed IN tins way
80 inspected ana the trap rows Ter.
stanoang We're fairly alive with Doll
weevlls The plan IS to NOV on an
Ine COTTON except 9 lew trap rows on
wnlcn to eoionlze the neelng "eeVlls,
y TINS way the acreage 70 Oe grazed
= In % the trap rows ana Sc
Ieouces the acreage 20 De treated
snat any orolnary farmer can muster
mp enough cattle 70 Craze II down.
Spraying tests have shown that first
colonizing the weevils as above out
lined on trap rows, and then spraying
rows thoroughly each day Tor 2
Few days with 2 suitable preparation:
come nearer troy aDsoluteiy al
Ine Weeslis enan m ocner Me'lou,
!nefe y more OF les snaKlng ano
Ja111nB " Inc co1son WINE Tue cav
re are grazing, ano . small per cent.
onIne WeeVl = VIII droP 70 tne grouno
ana escape. 1n1s also occurs Wnen 1ne
tsep roWs are sprayed Dut IN TINS
case me plan1s are vel win 1ne
poa.on .nu Tue "eeslls nnu :. ai.er
8etHhe paek ano arc Poisohef'
Eor spraying the trap rows use the
following dissolve three
ounces so1 arsenic y Dollins ~ three
gallons q water; dlssoive n pound
ct arsenate OF lead IN 9 gallon OF cold
Mlter; mix the poison solutions
well: this done, add water to make
y gallons ana max tne Wnole THOR
.otlghiy; then MI sprayers and apply
70 the cotton. spray the Trap rows
once 2 day unIi! no more i've "eev1is
ny found. Inas VIII lndlcate tnat
they nave eltner ~ zen destroyed
q are gong 70 tnear WINTER quarters
md further spraying VIII De OF no
value. sprayed crap lows snouia NOT
be grazed.
The bottom-land planters, where
cotton grows too rank Q the mower,
should use = homemade stalk cutter.
It i = cheap implement, n expedites
the work OF cutting the stalks very
materially. The following descrip-
ton viii enable them to have any
carpenter and blacksmith to make