The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-11-28
corroN PRODUCTION.
Instruction 70 Farmers by Jnite5
states Department Of hgfi
culture for 1905 crop.

60 study q carefully
one of the most important lines OF
work to be done ln making cotton md
or BON wesvil conditions is the dc
struction IF the cotton stalks in the
fan while they are gree.i, follow by
fiat breaking the land a little deeae'
than usual
Our cotton cooperative work this
year was not commenced. on account
Of delay in appropriation till the lasI
week i'm January too late to start al
the commencement OF our improved
methods
II the stalks are left growing in the
field. weevn viii continue to multiply
urti winter and The number Of weevi'
going into winter quarters for hiberna
tlon win he large. Destroy the stalks
entirely. With all trash burs and dam
AIRED bolls early in the fall while yet
green AMI you will certainly cut down
the number OF weevil that go in,c
winter quarters
Turning stock into the fields m large
numhers is one method Of destruction
and hclps mainly by shortening the
food suppiy fer ne weevil If follow
ed up by a very deep aal breathing Of
the land in November or December IL
Is likely that great many weevil
win be destroy n
Burning ihe ctton plants while still
growing, and while the weevil are still
at wor, on tlen, is the safest plan
and II properly done will destroy thou
sands Of weevils
just as soon as the cotton is picked
run a vertical cutter diagonally under
the stalks in each row. turning tten
out uniformly to one side. and let them
lie until dry enough to burn readily
Leave standne every hflh row so that
Tho weevils may move from the dead
cotton "a 20 the lows left standing
AS soon as the turned ont stalks are
dry enough 10 burn pile them up over
the green rows and burn them. II
necessary use Beavmcnt oil TO insure
complete burning II You have no YER
teal cutter use ordinary turning pillow
Another plan is considering three
rows turn both the outside rows to
ward The lniddlo one and let the tLrne1
onl rows dry buaching The dead stalks
cloeely against lie live ones Of the
middle row Use beaumont oil and
burn.
A third method IS to turn out The en.
tire crop in the ordinary way, pile the
stalks while stlll green and use Beau
mont oil in burning
The essential feature in this plan is
20 destroy he staiSs while green II
the stalks are turned out and allowed
20 dry hefora piling. most Of the adult
weevil will seek winter quarters else
where ami thus escape destruction by
the later burning
Other plans and possibly better
may suggest themselves TO you. The
point is to destroy the weevil hy burr
ing II you fail in this II is largely
time ard money thrown away TO burn
The stalks. as the vegetable matter
burned would be of great value as hu
mus and OF some value as a fertilizer
II turned under The cleaning on ot
iard. by burning each year. through 6
serias Of years, would beyond question
damage the land and we earnot rec
ommend 70 unless direct destruction of
weeyil can be accomplished in return.
We reccgnige that enorgh boil wee.
vii may be wiitefed over by general
failure to burn stalks early in the fan
90 ieopardiye the cotton crop the en-.
suing year Il is important TO DESTROY
as many Neeyil us possible by this ear
ly fan burning.
it is not az general practice ad
visable TO break in the fan more thar
one or two inches deeper than custom.
AIRY, for the reason that Il viii turn ur
roo much crude soil at once
Breaking as above outlined may
even be detrimental unless fouowel
immediately by The harrow. clod crush
er or roller to puverize the surfacC
soil 10 conserve moisture. The sol
rapidly loses IFS moisture when the
rlods from the pi0y reRain unorushe,
and the farmer thus fails to secure
the best results OF tnlaee and in g.,
sactions'it may cause the loss OF crop