The new South-news., 1908-11-07

he LESSON FARMERS MUST LEARN
Interesting Experiences Rcl~<cd by
Some Of the Most Successful
Pianter>-Plant Early. Gull
tivatc Intensely.

Monroe. Oct 27.-H. {. Stringfel.
ow Of Shreveport, has presented the
eport OF his Investigations of the
Texas farmers against the boil wee
A. The report proved OF great in
crest
Here is Mr.. Strlngfellow' report:
,Tc the planters and farmers OF
uac who delegated me as their
pmm'Ss'oner IN investigate the boil
eevll situation in Texas.
"Gentlemen: On September 80 Ia
our interest took my departure to
he Lone Star state. The first OBJ
ective point was Dallas. First visit
q the crop OF Mr.. Eo,iwell. who has
Do acres in cotton. Here found an
thject lesson in double sense. Last
rear. 1907. this $50 acres was a sol
q Johnson grass far. Mr.. Roth
ell determined 20 plant itsin cotton
} 1908. The first to do was TO XIII
he Johnson grass. the next to check
he boil wee,il ravage. He plowed
be Johnson grass under with sulky
low then let it stand. until rain
beitled the ground. then he turned
deep with the same plow. After
hat he disced and narrowed the land
times and let ii alone until
lnring. In the spring he disced il
|gain. and put the Sc II in perfect
ith for planting AM Cultivation.
hen he bought cotton planter.
bat planted in even checM, three
et apart. Every time tits machine
1ade a click. four u sixteen seeds
cotton was planted In Hill ex-
uy three feet apart. When the cot
% came up he never put hoe in
crop, but let al! cotton that came
b stand in the hill and went t.
lork with a cultivator. plowing it in
iecns hrst one way and then the
iheT. This cotton grew from waist
igh to shoulder high. Was very
}fll frnited. except the top crop.
kll weevil had that
Mr.. Rotswell said boil weeyils
not so bad as in 1907. Boil wee
appeared this year about the 5th
July and disappeared after the
lth OF July. He saw none again
ltil the 18th of August. then they
lly affected his top crop. This
kar Mr.. Rothwell will get 100 bales
this $50 acres. had already pick
and ginned Ga bales. and will
ke some money.
~ asked Mr.. Rothwcll il he got
idea of leaving all the stalks in
nil from the late king cotton
ater OF Georgia, Mr. Dixon. He
~; NO. it was his own idea. He
II he had to keep the Johnson
IS down by intense cultivation.
he wanted the sun to reach the
H2vil, and he had succeeded. Now.
ala. wauk. You to. uIA&l es~lausi
WeeViis were not near so bad
year as they were in lou. Some
RS they are much worse than 9th
and II your people have sent you
e to find out how to kill or con
the boil weevil. you might as
return home. because that can
he successfully proved in Texas.
have our good years and our bad
IS.
In 1906. ! had in cotton 200
es and made 16 bales. In 1907
zoo acres in cotton and made
40 bales. had too much rain
weevils were bad.
uMr. Rothwcll works black prai-
land. Before the boil weey,l
10 he averaged about two-thirds
bale to the acre. Since the boil
VII ne has no average Plants cot
l3tl of March of the Nabin Tri-
h variety, thinks il natures one
wo weeks earlier than other cot
and yields we'll Made 1.o75
pds lint from 3.00S pounds of
cotton. Gathered his first bale
labin Triumph on August 26.
Fir Pothwell says the only solu-
to the boil weev.I problem is to
early and work fast. and TO
tvate your cotton all the time. He
Eed his IL times. uses cultivators.
KS 40 acres to the hand and
hs negro labor. He makes his
Pg at home, raises his corn. hay
meat and manages to clear ex-
Ses every year, and makes money
le years.
examined the stalks OF cotton
Fn In the hills by Mr. Rothwell;
e were from 10 Is stalks in a
and Averaged 26 bolls to ~
~ .H1Ao X@aas N-Jlle IulS mOCo OF
living success against
Pson elosa- would not recon-
It tofany farmer or planter who
ltivattng rich aliuvial land
X cotton would grow too rank. /
visited several other farms In
county with practically the re- /
ON Dallas | proceeded to Nc
ey. the county seat OF Collin /
ty. Collin county is one of the |
PSI In Texas. Next to Ellis and |.
In It is the banner producing
n country. They diversity, raise |
cotton, alfalfa, oats. wheat.
rs, cattle, horses and mules, al |
Pes. With all this diversifica ton |
stick to cotton as their main |
fy crop. and dght the boil weevil
every method of cultivation
Ia to mortal man. Some years
get ahead Of the little pest and |
years they don't II the sea-
COTTON MUST GO Up. /
0Umans u~~a~.> vn~aus ~