Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1910-11-25

( said the boil weevil was less dangerous
Inan the scare apour u.
SCARE is UNNECESSARY.
This scare he said, was like the small
pox scare of years ago when people
lined up along state and county lines
with shotguns to keep out those who
had been near infected districts. Now,
he declared, little thought was given to
smallpox because of the effective fights
that had been made against 1t. So it was
with the boil weevil.
| To be prepared for the weevil, he said,
was half the battle. To do this pick up
the squares and burn them. A broom
stick with three nails in the end made
the best thing for this work and the chill
dren on the farm could do it just as
we'll as the grown people. Then burn the
stalks.
There was a feeling of prosperity in
/ Texas, he said, that wouldn't die if it
was shot with a cannon.
| DIR. Knapp then gave few very in
teresting figures regarding cotton in
| Texas that he had omitted in his address.
He said that previous to 1884 for ten
years the crop had averaged 200 pounds
to the acre. From 1884 to 1898 there had
been a decrease to 1872 pounds. This de-
crease was due to the wearing of the
soil. Then came the weevil and the crop
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Years there was a reduction OF g. pounds
to the acre. The fight on the boil weevil
followed and in spite of it the next six
years showed a reduction of only 12-10 per
, acre.
CHURCHES RAISING COTTON.
! G. w. Orms, who has done great work
in Texas, said there are now SO churches
! in that state that are raising cotton.
keeping the property up and paying the
ministers with the profits. This, he said,
was being done by the ladies' aid socie-
! ties. Good seed was the prime factor in
| successful farming, he said. but the man
| who wanted to be Independent must raise
! corn, hay, meat and all the foodstuffs for
his own use. In Texas, he said, the
| farmers institutes are being held in the
fields. I'VE can't raise crops in the court
house." he said, land have stopped meet
| ing there"
| Prof. r. H. DeLoach, of the State Col
ilege of Agriculture at Athens, made a
I; plea for the protection of birds that he
| said were the natural enemy of the boil
weevil. He said Georgia was losing
thousands of dollars in crops every year,
be exterminated if the birds were protect
ed.
Professor DeLoach was followed by H.
| Dl1hCSACCs VI 01ASSASSlpPis n.
Kone, of Texas. who spoke on official
and legislative action necessary to make
the fight. DR.. Andrew NJ. Soule spoke on
| Educational Methods in the Fight
Against the Weevil."
The third session of the congress is in
session Wednesday afternoon.
THE OPENING SESSION.
The opening session of the congress
was held at the auditorium Tuesday aft
ernoon at which time considerable work
was done by the delegates.
It was decided to perfect a permanent
organization in order that the fight
against DOLL weevil might be done in an
intelligent manner. bringing about the
best results possible and perhaps pre-
venting the appearance OF the boil weevil
except in isolated cases. This is the
reason the chamber went to work early
in advance &C the expected coming OF
the trouble, for the arrival of boil weevil
is not looked for in Georgia for three
years. But the organization being
brought about by the chamber will re-
suit in arming the people against the
ravages of this blight to cotton and pre-
vent any serious loss.
Governor Brown welcomed the dele
gates to Georgia and Atlanta and spoks
crop of Georgia.
Mayor Maddox followed Governor
Brown and said he had noted with dis
may the advance of boil weevil as Il
ravagcd the crops of Louisiana and
crossed the Mississippi into Alabama.
The mayor then said he had seen ne
! crop of Louisiana cut from 100000
/ bales to SOC, 900 and realized that some
thing had to be done and that at once.
In concluding the mayor said that At
] lanta was interested not alone in the
prosperity of it's citizens but in the well
fare of the entire state and stood ready
at all times to do its part.
H. G. Hastings, the man who has done
so much for the advancement OF the
present fight on boil weevil and who is
the chairman of the chamber OF COM