The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-01-13

be inuch less destructive ti'an now"
Nevertheless, it has been dcmon.tra-
ted that cotton can be grown protita-
bly, by means Of 4 few cXpcticnt, in
planting and managing the crop where
the inscc. is present. These cxpc-
dents Involve no appT :clable extra
expense in producing the taple, and
accordingly are coming to be generally
adopted in preference to direct means
such az poisons and machines, which
aside from their doubtful utility un-
der many conditions, involve expenses
| for labor or material that soon hope
lcssly reduce the margin Of profit.
TO summarize the results Of the cx-
pcrimcnts for combining the insect, it
has been shown that
|. Early planted cotton with thor
ough cultivation produced two thirds
of bale per acre.
>. Early planted cotton with care
less cultivation plouuccd one ninth Of
a bale per acre.
3. Early planted cotton with fair
cultivation produced one-half bale per
| acre
1. Late planted cotton with wide
rows yielded about onc-fourth Of a
bale per acre.
5. Late, planted cotton with narrow
| ,,r.y,I tbnrouubly vialInt
about onc-fourth of bale per acre.
The specific recommendation Of the
chronological division, for making
aud saving crops, or by which a
profitable crop may be produced, are :
Plant early. Plant, if possible, the
seed of the varieties known to mature
carly, or at least, obtain seed from as
far north as possible 1t is much
better to run the risk Of replanting,
which is nos an expensive operation,
than to have the crop delayed. The
practice of some planters Of making
two paintings to avoid having all the
work of choppins thrown into short
period is very bad policy from the
boil wecvil standpoint. Taking Sc
ries of years into consideration, it will
not be found too early to plant cotton
in the latitude Of Houston and south.
ward by February 25; in the' Brazos
valley, az far north as Waco, by the
first week in March, and at no place
in northern Texas later than about
March ~.
i Cultivate the fields thoroughly. The
principal benefit in this comes from
the influence that such practice has
upon the constant growth and conse
auent early maturity os the esop
, Very few wecvils are killed by cult
vation. Much of the benefit of early
/ planting is lost unless it is FOLLOWED
by thorough cultivation. In case o
unavoidably delayed planting the bcs
hope of tho planter is to cultivate th'
, field in the most thorough manne
{ possible. Three ohoppings and fv
. plowings constitute as thorough sys
3 tenn OF cultivation as is necessary il
Q most cases.
Destroy, by blowing up, windrow
t ing, and burning, all the cotton stalk
Q in the fields not later than the frs
8 week in October. In some case
/ turning cattle into the fields is advis
? able. Aside from amounting to prac
D tical destruction Of the plants grain
of the cotton fields furnishes consid
j. cradle forage at time when it is ger
g orally much in demand.
oI Plant the rows as far apart as ez
Il perience with the land indicates i
q feasible and thin out the plants in tn
= rows and thoroughly.
In addition to these specific recon
D msndations it may be stated that any
\ thing that can be done in tho way q
y protecting birds, like the quail, whic
is known to feed upon tho weevil, wi
/ undoubtedly be Of advantage.