The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-09
MALLYs MIXTURE.

|: One gallon cane or Sorghum mo .
: asses .
= one ounce arsenic boiled in one .
3 gallon Of water until dissolved. Q
\ Six ounces arsenate Of lead dis. Q
( solved in one gallon of water. .
\ one barrel AZ gallons, of water .
b II 1t is not possible 10 obtain ar .
I senate of lead, the following ptepa .
y ration will be found to be fully as .
d effective: 9
3 Two ounces white arsenic boiled .
I in one gallon of water until dis .
Y solved. .
. Three gallons OF molasses. .
9 Ono barrel az gallons) of water. .
. Avoid using syrup or glucose, as 3
= they are Inclined to gum and Gig .
3 the nozzle. 9
The poison should be applied in .
. thorough manner In means of 9
force pump with hose and spraying .
d nozzle attached to the barrel Care :
Y should he taken to force the spray .
d from the side as wen us the top Of 3
u the plants. 9
sssSeSeovoOseess eseessss
ihat he did not have any weeyli, bur those
WHO poisoned near his fam were partially
successful IN their efforts.
pt Tristram reported that the tro lille
I'd Prof MIllJ 5 favoule formula WIS
4 at there was M airs ma G Of cad % he
d had and that Mr.. Fischer had old nun
n tnat he had used Paris green successfully.
81. Seward said thar he kr poisoned
some WITH sugar ana rails green IN {
absence OF syrup and that he hal Kill d
Htnem
lSwas stated that Parts green. one ponnd
Ito two gallons Of mollsses. m a ar el OF
awaier had been used successfully IN VII
Hanson county
III. Conrad Somers Of william Penn had
4befn successful with one pound q Paris
& gfefa 10 two gallons OF mo.asses In bar
kfs OF water
Temple were introduced TO the meeting and
$50 they were delegated hy II pc pie
|EoScome here and learn everything they
|#o9l about the holl weeyil and his habits
E4nG how best to eight him aud eNpras sed
II ltrlse HAT they could not md n man
tAtllf had made mech offor nj pols Ming
4afm last ycnr. This WIS accounted for on
|&he hypothesis that after they were q
q Nyered Iast venr The S orm ca ne 50 ar
ia leslroyng all the crop that the farmers
En- honsht Il useless 10 poison them
"a Mr. Seward mentioned on farmer that
n Y knew who saFedFhis crop by picking up
# v squares end burning them.
IA Others stated that their presence was
&l lot 50 generally known in time iast year
Ri NAn, to be poisoned successfully.
IA i was generally concedel that picking
Az " the squares w0s very successful way
|4a lighting the boil weevll,
M NJ John Carlisle Il was stated, who &
'Hnne Of Washington county's largest farm
I4sfs was successfully fighting the pests
IA ith busting machine that was Invented
ssl year by a Sealy man and manufact ured
III Mr. Seward told Of his experieuce where
az trap row plan had been followed. lie
| iRgs the. weevil gather cH the trap row,
~ ny and are easily p.i is ned t1er a n
ieySented from ever reaching the balance
lci the field.
Manager Perry Of the Brennan compress
w mas been studying the pests with great
|&fafP said that the weeTr are not SO hGC
[En me prairie land as on the woodland
9S w. that these was plenty of them in th'
5WnhI 10 he menace TO the cotton croI
8Hha mat he favored raising q purse ant
using Them as an encourag met u lnt
eHS, farmers who couldn't poison hesldc
aoqhted the efficacy Of soning~>noM
"a "a me squares were forming,
az a. n. Lauderdale is snid TO have beer
sl successful In poisoning the pests.
aN MeCord of Cameron was introduce
NV . requested 10 give the e1periense'. -
y s farmers of his section in their ffpf
ansli the weevi. Hc snfd that soml
KIM, successful and that some had mpd,
I'M Just as in this county hut the re
s oplnlon there was that Prof. Mlllvl
Cnld Z would Kill them If the ingredenu
yule be secured
l. c, Roberts was called on fol
Eth ss.Aperence in purchasing the weevil
Ehs ssaalea that he had bought the last ot
INV, sV;Vn advertised for yesterday an.
lney came frold every quarter O
ooulhiry; hut most Of them came from
s.st end. He believed this an effectiv'
y, 70 get rid of them and that Is cent
I'M Aq I,d was the price 10 nay for them
awa, Harry HAYNES stated that Their
f1tspyss g be Misrepresentation OF Pr
IVA statement here. He stated ma
frtsse leht of his experience the formuli
Nsesss slns arsenate Of lead was the hes
n cst there was no danger Of iniurini
I'm p .on by getting too much on II. Blu
seEedi a IT'S green and London purple or dis
IA arsenic could be used MS n snbsti
AZ, IT me arsenate of lead, only NOR,
tbaenst ne taken not to get tol much
A. ~ posons We're moro likely to in
Me plant Messrs. Conrad somcrs
All kaAM IN nMuA