Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1901-06-01

I will not spoil taste OF the molasses;
it sill not wash of after it gets dry |
for two weeks or more, and is
: perfectly safe for handling.
I The spraying to be effective must |
come from both sides of the row /
and get in under the leaves where
the weevis are found. Spraying |
straight down is not effective except /
in the case Of small cotton where /
the weeyil is at work in the heart |
or bud.
The knapsack sprayer will cover
ten acres a day satisfactorily at this |
time when the cotton is small and |
until il il two feet high. 1.-THE |
Eagle learns that the knapsack |
sprayer can be had for $3.50 and |
freight and that they will be on
sale in Bryan The Aspinwall
sprayers are better for large cotton.
There are several different kinds
Of these % which seperate attach.
ments for the boil weeyil have been
made.
The one-horse four nozzle spray
er covers four rows To the round
and % to 80 acres per day. This
machine costs 5000 delivered at
Houston. An S nozzle machine
covering same aera is adapted by
special attachments 10 both old and
Young cotton and costs $50, a.
machine covering ten rows 10 the
round sells for 500.
Some persons do not appreciate
the difference between spraying
aud sprinkling. Spraying is finer
and infinitely closer, increasing the
chances Of killing the weevil. II
.is also more economical, in the
saving Of the mixture. Cotton
spraying also kills other insects
and pests that prey upon the plant
and would be profitable every year
, even If there were no boil weeyils.
. One OF the farmers with whom |
. am in correspondence informs me
, that he was perfectly astonished at
+ the number and various kinds OF
dead insects found under his cot.
ton after spraying. The are now
probably 20OO sprayers IN use in
the boil weeyil district aud every.
where the farmers are getting
. splendid results.
The boil weevils migrate only
! IN the fall aud early spring. In
the fall they scatter out in search
4. of winter quarters, and in the early
s spring in search OF cotton. Once
, located they remain until fall
/ again. This habit makes it posi-
; ble for individuals TO kill out the
/ weevils regardless Of what their
y neighbors do.
4 Picking the boil weeyils and de.
/ stroying them and picking up and
n burning the squares are practical
, means that will aid materially in
\ getting rid Of them, and has been
e successfully tried in many locali.
q ties this year. Flowing the weevil
= under is a mistake and does nc
2 good. Experience teaches that the
y pests do no like the hot sun. They
e hunt thick cotton and thrive in it.
e Flowing them under merely pro
tects them similarly from the ele
10 ments until such time as they
n choose to come forth. In fac. !
- is known that they frequently hi
lie bernate in the ground.
% The formula for the sprayinI
,r mixture is as follows: Take
i ounce Of arsenic and boil in on
n gallon Of water until dissolved,
is ounces arsenate Of lead and rub uI
,e in one gallon and half Of col
lie water until dissolved, | gallon Q
,s molasses diluted with one gallo
r Of water, mix we'll and add suili
DR. cient water to make 20 gallens
" Double the proportion for so ga
m Ions. Twenty-Five gallons vii
it spray two and half acres. Tn
n. larger the cotton the greater wi
nd be the amount of the mixture re
les quired
e. The cheapest molasses are a
n. good as any for the mixture. Tn
lie arsenate of lead may be had at
vii cents per pound from l.. Y. Ed,
w Of Galveston who receives week.
IN shipments from New York. tn
in local druggists have made arrange
to ments to'supply arsenic and ars'
nate of lead. Aspinwall sprayel
nd may be purchased through l.. '
80. Elder Of Galveston, and several
ith the Bryan merchants have place
id orders for the machines with Il
il intention Of supplying their Gu