The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-05-12
PUBLISHED FROM CLEMSON.
Report of Experiments With Forage
Crops at the Coast Station-The
Boil Weevil Laws.
The News and Courier.


Been cotton out by the college ar-
ahorities. One is bulletin No. Io3. OF
She South Carolina Experiment Sta
tsoo. by Col. J. S. Newman and Mr..
w. D. Garrison, and consists Of a
Report of experiments with forage
-eoos at the coast land experiment
station, 1904" The paper gives some
very interesting results OF expert
znents with varieties of cow peas,
barley. sofa beans, oats. catall mlllet,
Egyptian clover. Florida beggar
weed whea;, hairy vetch, cucumbers
and cantaloupes. alfalfa, and so forth.
The other is the third issue OF the
Clemson college extension work Sc
~ses. begun month or so ago, and
IS :. paper on The Development Of
Public Grounds in Cities and Viii
2aecs." the substance Of an address
before the Farmers Institute at
Clemson college in August. 1904, by
the Hon. G. A. Parker, vice president
Of the American Civic League.
Prof. Charles E. Chambliss has just
returned from meeting of the state
c=neonio!ogists of the south, ! cid IN
ATLANTA, for the purpose Of consider
zrz the boil weevil laws, and taking
some steps to improve them. 1t was
a very important meeting, and was
attended by all the state entomoiog'.
ssts and BY representatives from the
UNITED States department OF agri-
culture.
Prof. Chambliss was elected prest-
<dent of the organization, and DR.. A.
w. Morrill,, of the bureau OF entomol-
nosy at Washington, was made secre-
:szry. The main consideration OF the
-neeting was the modification OF the
-SoI1 weevil laws, and the following
resolutions were adopted to be urged
upon the several states as quarantine
Whereas. additional knowledge
concerning the Mexican cotton boil
weevil acquired since the last meet
ing, august 2, 1904. indicates the ad-
Instability Of modification of previous
recommendations towards a uniform
:svs4en2 OF quarantine regulations;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the previous regu-
cations be modified, and we recon-
nend that the present laws and regu-
azt;ons in the various States be chang
ed to conform to the following plan,
(which. in our opinion, would turr1-
Ssh the required protection without
ahe unnecessary inconvenlences TO
ahe shipping interests concerned:
That cotton lint, (lose, baled, fiat
4or couapressed,) cotton seed, seed cot
don. hulls, seed cotton and cotton
seed sacks, which have been used IN
Texas and Louisiana and other state.
hereafter infested, should be eNclud-
cd absolutely from the uninfested ter
51t0ry:
That all shipments of household
goods from infested territory should
be prohibited. unless accompanied by
IN afndavit attached to way bill to
,eb. Effect that shipment contains no
Dotton lint, etc. as above:
- That shi,,ments OF quarantlned ar
acyes be made in tight closed cars:
"Thzf no common carrier should use
4oz bedding or feed for live animals,
any euarantined article:
That all laws designed to eradicate
vsoIated colonies OF the boil weeV1l
OK to control the pest. should lnclude
che following provisions:
!. Prohibition against bringing in
10 the State live cotton boil weevlls.
2 The delegation of authority to
S;catc and control isolated COL
%on,es. ;. That definite authority be
.z;vsp to boil weevil quarantine Off,
GERS to establish from time to time the
necessary regulations. and to enforce
she same:
Resolved finally, That for the pro-
section Of the cotton growing indus
,s-,y u,e recommend the enactment OF