The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1909-03-06
The Boil Weevil.



tive insect within tho next fer Years Ut
while there Is no nc"d - become n,nic.,-,-,
at lts appearance. II Ie not hast on tho otbo h
{" minimize the damage & aas 40 under f,. "luu
conditions. for tho only way to pr.naro =, . ~oe
thir enemy Of cotton production s - fully ann.
cia'o It's powers for doing damage Unless va A.
This fully 40 arc not so lIE.'g ,o acan.I,, wv "
trivoH Ut'h It's habits and 'ha means by which =.
effects can Dc reduced go a minimum Tho evno.,
ono" Of tho territory already Infested shopId =.
fr''lt drawn on "a enable 49, 20 prepare for =.
coming The crop made iu Tsla. ia zoos ia nroo,
that tho appearance % m" aeo,l docs not noces
HartY mean the production ~ io.. cotton than :.
aro now making Il maY j..e-n 'hr natural n.
cr"aa" in cotton production ah.rh would oeen,
during Tho arHt f"" years after It, arrival. ba,
that rs all
Nor should farmer put much faith In the pra
dlctiona % tho alarmss, that Il all be more A.
a'ructtro IN this shat territory because Of N.
tocal conditions existing This Is n matter which
can DO determined only b. tho presence Of ths
~"osil. and the probability IA that +, ull not b.
materially moro destructive Tn the territory ret "a
be visited than IN that already occupied
The main points which wo should not forge, A..
that cotton can DO gvnRn tn spite ~ the attacks
"' ~" boil wc"Y II all fhr known means ~ lessen
ine i's raraF"a adopted. and that vc should at
about At once preparing 20 pu, into cTcc, erery
nraoa now known. or that may De ascertausd
hereafter Tor reducing The effects Of rs attacks to
minimum
Some ~ tho most effective means 81 DESTROYING
Large numbers Of tho wco,lla and lessenlug The
lesasblllilea q tho others doing extreme damage
afe a. fn'lowe
90 u, gathering ~" orup ae carly a. possible
a"a immediately burning the cotton stalks ard
other 'rash on ~ Geld
t21 ~ cleaning up all traah along fence ross
ur I'D ofhcr place. and burning
Il.
tom
90 III planting cotton As far a. possible trOu
~oodianda and othor Alternating PLACES Of the
wrovils
80 ~ NOT planting cotton ,~o years In success
a!"n on the same land.
80 hy procuring early variety. especially
ono that fruits carly.
90 II, unlnE commercial frrtllisrrs llberally
and loiellirontty
90 III securing variety ~ cotton which en-
r"ricnec haH proved beat ~iths,anAs or escapes the
attack" 81 tho boil wcovii aud then improving II
hy selection
''1 ty planting only heavy cot,onscod that sill
EiSc vigorous growing plants
tol ny planting a early as the season wIl
prtml,
tN ~ thorough preparation OF tho land
that Early growth viii b. rapid
'l@l Hy planting 80 tn give moro distance
b't"ccn tho ro"h aud more space IN tho rows, or
p"'"'bly by chcek-rowinE especially where The
growth 81 stalk or weed h. large
ti3l ny frequent early cultivation
II Is peculiarly fortunate that with The exception
~ tho 1rat three or four ~ these means Of con
trolling tho boil wccvu they would att pay. even
though there were no bolt wcylls ~ combat II
ouch methods were followed tn the absence OF the
boil "e"vil much larger crops ot cotton would be
made. II ia. however. very much ~ hc regretted
that anything should arise 10 encourage the old
tsF 4F ftga t.,.E iR