The Colfax chronicle., 1904-07-02
FARMER AND PLANTER.
WAR AGAINST BOIL wEEyIL.
The Campaign of 1901 Against the
Pest Conducted NJ Prof. Many,
of Texas, Recalled.


rne Campaign of 1901 Against the
rest Conducted ~ Prof. MalIy,
OF Texas, Recalled.
The fresh interest felt in the matter
OF poisons for boil weevil recalls the
Mally poison campaign of 1901. Prof
Mally then state (Texas) entomologist,
conducted a numbef OF poison trials on
coton and announeed zthe results,
telling just how ~ In the weevu in
spring with arsenats of lead. Commit-
tees of business men rode through the
Dack districts IN many south Texas
c@nties to induce farmers TO spray.
H4dreds Of expensive spraying out
nts were bought and carloads of poi
son-both of which can now be found
In many places by the traveller in south
Texas. Poisoning for that season was
generally . failure The disappoint-
ment felt ~ hundreda who made
earnest ea1tfs to csSTy ou4 4sinstructions
gwen changed slowly to disgust and
then 81 feeflnG a soreness. which is
stu foan4 among the cotton growers
ofifhs old oeyft 4lsfz)t< H@'
Poison did not work in 1901, >Aut in
1907 the red oxide earth was ingeni<I
ously advertised and sold by car lots to
hopeful cotton growers in the weeyil
district This material contained no
poison, was not -hurtful- to weevil and
passed quietly away.
Many farmers used poisons success
FULLY on ve1yyoRRg cotton in 1901 At
the same unz6<tAtt Prot Mally wa4
earnestly and enthusiastically push
ing his tests preliminary to the an
nopnement Of results in May, as we'
recall the dates. Despite the general
iaiiure' some OF these farmers have
continued to poison, their cotton and
protect same from weevil.
why were thousands disappointed by
polsons used in 1901? Would good re-
suits have followed the use of poisons
IN April and May-instead of'late June
and July? A study Of the situation
clearly shows that it would. Unlike
capt. Marston's recommendations, the
arsenate OF lead campaign was expect-
ed to kill the weevil by inducing. the |
pest to partake of poisoned sweets
sprayed upon the foliage. Prof. Mally |
'aid IN MS report Up. "a, Farmers Bull
eun lSo, u s. D. Al: 1T should be |
'ememDered that weevils do not eat ex-
'osed surfaces OF the plant, their al
most invariabie place OF feeding being /
n the squares, safely sheltered by the |
nvoiucre or shuck. Even here they do
lot reed upon exposed surfaces, but eat
small hole 1.-THE inside and feed on
ne inner portfons s F'--.-----ss-f
Inc next statement OF ms observa-
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