The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-03-02

IL IL
the pest is sure TO spread ana tha1 IL
three or four years it Will take South
Carolina.
The way to exterminate the oroi,
nary pest is by finding another bug
which will devour the meeVil as was
done in California when the orange
trees were attacked BY a scale louise.
/ The common lady bug" was put Cn
the trail Of the scale vermin and in a
short tine the pest was driven out.
But there is nothing known in science
which will eXterminate the boil wee
vii. 1t cannot be reached with spray.
FOR the rcal Instrument Of destruction
is within the boli where the poison
would ruin The fibre as well as the
vermln.
| The only hope of growing cotton
with any success ir an infected terri
tory is to get a very early variety ano
| plant it veny early, and even then
hat the bolls would be ruined by the
Weevil.
! The price Of cotton is driving farm.
! ers to increase their acreage. Ihe
time may come when cotton will be at
such a high price that half a crop will
pay. The o 1ject Of this movement is
/ &c. &C diSplace cotton entirely, but to
give the farsoer something additional
to rely upon The boil weeril cannot
be fought with a spray, but third Of
the appropriation has been set aside
as 4 fund with which to make expert
meots against the boil weevii. In
Louisiana an effort is being made by
the government to raise crop despite
the boil weevil, the government ex-
pecting to get half crop developed
before the weevil gets to work and
then to cut down every stalk and burn
it and plow up the land carefully.
The early varieties are not so good as
a rule because they drop the fruit too
easily.
METHODS NOT EXPERIMENTS.
DR.. Weber, who has been conduct
ing by bridization around Columbia
for several years, will try to breed up
improved varieties Of early cotton.
The department of entomology has
discovered varieties which are not rul.
nerable to root rot and will dis
ease," 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.
In regard to the work which DR..
Weber has been doing here in connec-
tion with Mr.. r. C. Keenan, and 9TH
ers, DR.. Spillman spoke in terms of
commendation, but that is an expert
ment farm and the new venture is a
farm to teach methods.
DR.. Spillman then told Of the man
ner in which the quarter Of a million
appropriation would be expended.
One third would be given to the de-
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 ex-
periments to see if the pest can be ex-
terminated by the use OF any other
bug or otherwise.
OF the remainder, $40, has been
set aside for the diversiication OF
southern agriculture This, in his
mind, is the remedy for the boil wee
vii. In order to induce men to let
the government have the use Of q part
of their farms, the seed and half CT
the fertilizers will be furnished.
These farms are not experiment sta
tionS but are being nun S lely for
profit and to exhibit approved meth
DDS The government wants to take
advantage Of local experience. He
had not come here to tell Mr. hyatt
what to DO, but to get his nelghbors
to assist him, and for that reason they
would have &. board of directors.
There is 2 fine market for farm
products right here in South Carolina
where there are so many mills, but
from bleak aud barren New England
many commodities are shipped into
the S:ate 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 Giversiication farm
in This State, perhapsin Spartanourg,
where the character Of the soil is off
ferent. and curing the progress OF the
farm work, he wants criticisms, COM
plilnentary or otherwise, just so they
are helpful.
In order to exhibit the manner in
which he viii go about operating
these diversi hcation farms. he exhio-
tied charts showing the work TO be
dor.e on a 30.acre tract in Texas. He
accounted for every item of cost and
est mated item Of receipts, although
be declared that the estimates in the
latter case were really a little lower
than the receipts would be, Judging
by past experince. He accounted Tor
every pound of provender which would
be obtained, showing the percentage
which would be used and the part that
would be sold.
AN EXAMPLE CITED.
On this farm Of 33 acres he would
have 10 dairy COWS, young cattle. 10
hogs and , mules. He would plant
! alfalfa for the hogs, one acre support
ing 10 hogs, and additional acres OF
this succulent food for hay for the
cattle, the hay being the best stock