The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1909-03-18

La, SAID: "Don't plant your rlcl
land in cotton. Bottom land viii
not do. l plant my sandy uplanc
in cotton and make about one-hal
as much cotton per mule as
made before the weevil came.
break my land in winter, prepare i
well in the spring and PLAN
Triumph seed from 5th to 10th OF
April. l destroy all immature bolls
in the fall as soon as possible and
often pick up the punctured
squares and burn them. The wee
vii has been here about six years
and | honestly believe that this
neighborhood is more prosperous
now than it was before the weevil
came. Our people now economic,
live at home and farm with good
tools. Farmers bought say $I5o
worth before the weevil came and
now buy about $50 WORTH"
Mr.. ]. A. Wagnet, Grand Cane,
La, said have always lived at
home. I have always raised hogs,
sheep, and mules, raised an aver
age of 90 bales on my farm before
the weeviI came, | now average a.
bout IS bales on the same land The
weevil has been here about 6 years
and / have lost at least IS bales of
cotton per year. The weevil is a
great curse to me. sell about
1000 bales of bermuda and Iespe-
deza hay per year. | prepare my
land thoroughly and fertilize with
barnyard manure and CO pmercial
fertilizer and plant Kings and
Triumph cotton seed by April
first. / use large heel sweeps and
side harrows and cultivate the crop
once each week. There is only
one hope for farmers in the timber
sections of the boil weevil territory
and that is to live at home and
raise live stock. About one-half
crop of cotton is all that they can
count on. y
Mr.. B. R Frazier, Mansfield,
La. ,said:"The weevil has been here
FIVE years. The first year l plant
ed seven acres and made two bales.
The second year 1 made only one
bale. l have always lived at home
and raised some goats, hogs and
cattle for sale. / prepare my land
well, fertilize with barn-yard ma
nure, plant Triumph cotton seed
by April 10th and sweep out the.
crop every 10 days. lam not max
ing as much money now as made
before the weevil came. However,
believe that the boil weevil is
blessing asst compels all of the
farmers to live at home and is the
cause of cotton selling for fair
price now. pick up the pune
tured squares every three days in
the early part of the fruiting sea-
son and would not think of trying
to grow cotton without picking up
the fallen squares"
Mr.. RI. Taylor. Mansfield, La,
said: .'The weevil damaged my
crop about 10 per cent the first
year, rs per cent the second year,
and 90 per cent the third year.
Now I am in better shape than |
was before the weeviI came because
what cotton / do make belongs to
me. ! prepare poor upland thor
oughly and plant Kings and
Triumph about April 18th. | am
thoroughly convinced that it will
not pay to plant rich moist land in
cotton. l cultivate as often as
possible with large sweeps and
cultivators.
Mr.. I. R. Patter son, Tyler, Tex
as, said: "The weevil has been in
this county FIVE. years The dam
age was about so per cent the sec
ond year, rs per cent the third
year and about SO I-3 per cent last
year. The damage is fearful in
wet years. Can make very good
crop in dry years. If the ground
is dry and hot, you can knock wee
wills off the cotton stalks into the
dust and they will soon die. They
are worse third year than any'oth.
Ter time"
Mr.. ]. Fl. Herndon, Tyler, Tex
as, said: "In 1898 ! travelled fol
hundreds Of miles through the Dol