The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-11-13
DELIVERS INSTRUCTIVE TALK
ON HOW TO COMBAT EVIL.
EARLY FALL FLOWING
viii Obtain Best Results and to
That End He Advises That the
Present Rental System
be Changed

club yesterday was the talk made
by W. NJ. Bamberge special agent
ot the bureau Of plant Industry NJ
the department OF agriculture who
mas recently been assigned to SER
vice In eastern Oklahoma.
MIR. Bamberge explained the pur-
poses of his work fully. He first OF
all endeaors to combat the evils
OF the boil weevil by getting the cot
IN growers to adopt better cultural
methods and using a seed which |
will mature cotton in 100 to 11Ol
lays instead of several months as isl
he case with the present seed used.
The first work to do to keep back
the weevil is to turn under the
stalks early in the fall, but under
| the present rental system from Jan
lary to January and the habit In
some quarters OF picking cotton
| III February this is practically i'm
| possible except with the farmers
| who owns his own land. 1t was this
matter particularly that Mr.. Bam-
| berge wished to bring before the
| ,lub as he wishes to have the own.
,rs Of the land which is rented out
| get together and decide on Novem-
| Der /, the date that the rental
year should begin. After this date
here is practically no cotton raised.
To the statement that 1t would be
hard to change the custom Mr..
}amberge said that 1t was the only
alternative as the crop would prac'
| ically be devasted by the weevil
next year unless change We're
made without delay. A bottle con,
aiming large number of active
lweeyils picked in cotton field five
| nil, from Ardmore was shown to
bac up his assertion. This matter
was discussed fully and it was de,
,id, d to take 1t up at the next pub
lie meeting of the club and en-
dea, r to alleviate the condition.
Nj Bambergc said trat besides
lrying to get the better Of the boil
wee i and to grow cotton in spite OF
him ne also advised the farmers as
to raising corn, as TO tEn adaptable
itv Of their soil for truck, onions,
broCI corn, peanuts, etc, and that
he also strongly advised every farm
er 20 raise hogs and to have a
dairy herd
Tn secretary of the Commercial
club is now engaged in arranging
a 3. iei OF dates throughout Carter
coun for Mr. Bamberge, il belvg
nt,i lrd to address the farmers at
the ntry school houses in the Va,
rious communities. making two talks
a and impressing upon them
the red of prompt acton in chang
ing their methods IL they expect to
have any cotton to sell next season.
lie IN b. accompanied by the sec
retart or some other representative
of to club. Similar arrangements
are also being made in Marshall
county.
1t seems that some localities are
badly infested with the weeyil and
many Of the cotton growers are un
aware as to what is destroying the
crop This is more or less the case
all along the southern border OF
the new state and as the ravages o'
the v ,evil have become so great II
will uccessitate the aid OF more
than one expert to keep 1t from
sprea ing rapidly The matter has
been taken up with the government
as il appears that positive neglect
in Il is matter has wrought an in
Jury % the very locality which th'
gover rment should have safeguard
ed The weevil is 100 miles on III
way now and 1t viii not be tw'
years until he captures every col
ton + i'd in the new state unless de
/. cisivr action Is taken. All that 4
needed to hold II back is TO plan
, an early maturing seed and to To-
/. low cut the directions of the gov
ernmrnt expert This will not XII
v the weevil but will enable the col
II ton grower to make a crop in spit
;, of him.
" DO the farmers Of Carter count
NJ and eastern Oklahoma want thei
II. crop destroyed next year or wi
IL they get together and change tn
: rental system and adopt intelliger
metr is? This is matter OF IA
So more Importance today than even ]
in cent cotton. What is the farmer
answer?