The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-06-11
TIM BOIL VIM.

A recent special dispatch from
Jackson to the Meridian Dispa,cl
gives some valuable Instructions Il
cotton growers Of Mississippi as fol
lows:
With The reports OF The boil wee.
wi impregnsiing the air, and the
certainty tina, the pest will make its
appearance in a large number o.
sections, especially in southwest and
south Mississippi, the government,
demonstrators and agricultural ex.
perts and entnmologists are doing
everything possible TO keep the pub
lie informed. B. l. Moss, district
agen. and demonstration in the far.
mer's cooperative work has given
an address or letter OF instructions
on the subject, in which he says,
relative TO remaining cultural meth
DDS most desirable:
As soon as the young cotton
shows above the ground, cultivation
with a harrow, or weeder should be-
gin, running the implement straight
across the rows II is surprising
how much treatment Of this kind
the young plants will stand without
injury, BY this means any crust
that may have formed is broken,
thus allowing the struggling young
plants 10 come through, a dust
mulch is formed TO conserve mois-
ture, a great deal OF grass that is
ust emerging is killed. Remember
that the best time 10 kill grass is
just before il comes up. Future
cultivation should continue as late
a. possible and should be shallow
and frequent, the main object being
never 10 let a crust form over the
surface. A dust mulch conseryes
moisture, and It's heat is highly "a
al TO young weeviis in the fallen
Ii is Of the most extreme
Importance, See that it is kept in
'our cotton fields.
In Louisiana and Texas, good
'csults have been gotten from so
a brush 10 the single-trees
hat each row OF cotton is brushed
'yer in passing. BY this means the =
'dult weevils are hindered in their =
reproductive activities and the q
'unctured squares are knocked of I
nto the hot dust mulch where the I
Ieat quickly kills them. This costs '
to try, and experience has q
hown that 1t pays well. t
1T undoubtedly pays also to pick !
p and destroy the first squares that ]
sually begin to fall along in June. 3
'wo weevils in June will mean t
lillions before frost and this is why \
pays to destroy as many as pos z
Ible early in the season. There $
re usually unemployed children q
nat can be used in this work, by o
aging them 80 much per hundred G
luares, or by offering a prize TO the c.
ne bringing in the largest number A
fallen squares, this work can be i
one at a very slight cost. Il
Where previous instructions 10
ave been followed and observance Il
the above will certainly result in 81
profitable crop Of cotton. Exper- 10
nee has shown this time and time 81
gain, and often under the very q
orst conditions Of weevil infesta- Il
On. to
"Of course the value of the in. al
ructions is largely dependent upon sa
Q degree of thoroughness with "a
hich previous instructions in re- 81
'rd to the breaking land, planting b
rly varieties Of seed, proper plant ri
G methods and fertilization have 80
zen followed. No amount Of rapid OF
ltivation or destruction of the so
uares can overcome the set back W
must result from non.observ- W
ce OF the prescribed and tested 80
'entials for securing an early crop Ea
cotton" Of