The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-03-02

post Is by finding another bug which
will dcvour the wccvil, as was done in
California when the orange trees wcr.
attacked by scale iousc. the cuuI.
mon lady bug was put on the trail
OF the scale vcrmin and in short
time the pest was driven out. But
there is nothing known to science
which will extcrminatc the boil wee
vii. 1t cannot be reached with spray,
for the real instrument Of destruction
is within the boil where the poison
would ruin the fibre as well as the YER
min.
The only hope of growing cotton
with any success in an infected terri
tory is to get a very early variety and
plant it very early, and even then half
the bolls would be ruined by the wee
vii.
The price of cotton is driving farm
crs to increase their acreage. The
time may come when cotton will be at
such nigh price that half crop will
pay. The object of this movement is
not to displacc cotton entirely, but to
give the farmer something additional
to rely upon. The boil wccvil cannot
be fought wi Ii spray, but third Of
The appropriation has been set aside
| as fund with which to make expert
mcnts against the boil wcevil. liz
Louisiana an effort is beirg made by
the government to raise i crop despite
the boil weevil, the government cx.
pecting to get half crop developed
before the wecvil gets to work and
then to cut down every stalk and burn
it and plow up the land carefully.
The early varieties are not 80 good as
a rule because they drop the fruit too
easily.
DR.. Weber, who has been conduct
ing hybridization around Columbia for
several years, will try to breed up i'm
proved varieties Of early cotton. The
department of entomology has discov-
cred varieties which are not vulnera-
bic to "root ROT" and wilt disease, -
and is now working on "rust." The
wilt" is caused by the water veins in
the plant being stopped up by some
kind of fungus.
ln regard to the work which DR..
Weber has been doing here in con nnec.
tion with Mr.. r. G. keenan, and 9TH
ers, DR.. Spillman spoke in terms of
commentator, but that is an expert.
ment farm and the new venture is q
farm to teach methods.
| DR.. Spillman then told of the man.
ner in which the quarter of million
appropriation would be expended
One-third would be given to the dc.
partment Of entomology to find some
very early plant which could be made
vigorous. Another third has been
set aside for the purpose Of making
experiments to see if tho pest can be
exterminated by the use of any other
bug or otherwise.
OF the remainder $4,000 has been
set aside Tor the diversi6cation Of
Southern agriculture. This, in his
mind, is .he remedy for the boil wee
vii. In order TO induce meh to let the
government have the use of part Of
their farms, the seed and half of the
fertilizers will be furnished. These
farms are not experiment stations but
are being run solely for profit and to
exhibit approved methods. The gov.
ernment wants to take advantage of
local experience. He had not come
here to tell Mr.. Hyatt what to do, but
to get his neighbors to assist him, and
for that reason they would have q
board Of directors.
| There is fine market for farm pro.
ducts right here in South Carolina
where there are 80 many mills, but
from bleak and barren New England
many commodities are shipped into
the State whereas they could be raised
here much cheaper and sold at better
profit than cotton.
He had looked over Mr.. Hyatt's
farm and is very much pleased He
does not expect as much success from
any other Of these farms as he does
from this one in Columbia.
He then told that in the fall he will
establish another diversifcation farm
in this State, perhaps in Spartanburg,
where the character Of the soil is diff
ferent, and during the progress Of the
farm work he wants criticisms, COM
plimentary or otherwise, just SO they
are helpful.