The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-02-22
WEEVIL DISTRICT COTTON.
BEST VARIETIES TO PLANT WHERE
BOIL WEEVlL HAS APPEARED.
Some interesting information Compiled
by Prof. 3. c. Pittuok OF the A.
and M. Experiment Station.
TO the Editor of The Post.

To the Editor of The Post.
College Station, Texas, February Elm
view of the Importance Of securing quick
maturing varieties OF cotton in the boil
wccvll sections of the State. or where thc
holl weckil is found. attention is called to
the experiments that have hecn conducted
10y the TcNas station with many varieties
of cotton for the past several seasons
To better appreciate the Importance of
securing early maturing kinds of cotton.
attention Is called TO the following mat.
ter extracted from Prof. r. w Mally's
recent report 10 the Agricultural and Ne.
chanlcal college board of directors bearing
upon this matter:
Attention has previously been called to
the advantage in securing squares on the
plaut as early as possible in order to con.
tine the egg laying and gathering infested
squares afterwards, to the trap rows This
Is easily accomplished either by using cot.
ton seed for painting grown as TAR north
MS is practicable, or by planting extra
carly frultng varieties.
There is another important reason why
this same kind OF seed or varieties Should
lie urged for the main crop, planting OF
which follows the trap rows. From table
II can he noted under rate of increase
that IL requires the early portion to mid.
summer season for the wecvlls to breed
ana become numerous enough, even If left
full sway, To produce one wcevil fol-
each square that the plant can produce,
IT Is well known In the Brazos and Colo
RADIO bottoms that local grown seed IL
planted. produces plants whose tendency
Is TO produce large, vigorous plan
growth early IN the season. and later sets
liz crop of hollis. Hence II docs not begin
setting nuch fruit until July. which ac.
,orliug To table No. |, Is the time when
The weeNis have bepome numerous enough
70 prey upon each square as II Is produced.
Extra early varieties, or the same yarlc-
ties with seed obtained from further north,
begin truitlng freely three weeks earlier,
and set fair crop OF hollis beyond the
reuch of boil wecvils previous to the month
of July. | have seen Indian Territory seed
RADIO county, set fully hollis enough fcl
cne-haf bale per acre by the middle of
July, before toil weevils had become
numerous enough to cut them OF, Aftc,
this time the growing plant continues pro.
duclnE new squares until frost, and the
weeyils; finding ample food In them, allow
the hollis set before that time to escape at
tack. This Is upon the basis of giving the
boil wecvi fun sway.
"If any kind of effort Is made to gather
and burn the Infected squares, the month
for the danger season WIN be postponed
until the end OF August and insure practi
CALI an average crop. Table No; Is
half OF the breeding OF the pest Tor the
season is destroyed Even upon that basis
a study Of the table makes II evident that
m the month mon Of August + clearly gained foi
But no surn poor results follow the
tran row aud gathering methods. and prac-
ticully Immunity can be insured If properly
managed. This limited amount of only
onc-halt benefit can easily he obtanct
by any Kind of thorough spraying with
nropcr remedies, and makes the SPRAYING
which VIII he discussed and advised later.
icn>lblc In tho meantime tables Nos.
end ana the discussion lust outlined must
make clear the Importance of using seeds
for planting which viii Insure early fruit
Ing.