Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1911-08-04
IN NOXUBEE
IN SUCH NUMBERS AS WILL CAUSE
GREAT HARM IF NOT CHECKED
Press Circular from Farmers Institute
Department Tells How to Fight
the Pest.

GuC i CS&S
We have received cotton worms
during the past few days from
many sections of Mississippi. III
Guiding N~oxubee, Clay, Lowndes,
and Monroe Counties in the eastern
and Claiborne and Leflore in the
western half of the state. The in
dications are that they will be
much more numerous during the
next month. 1t will pay everyone
to be on the outlook for them and
to be prepared to fight them. How
ever, it may not be wise to go to
too much expense as it is possible
that the worms will be DESTROYED
by their natural parasites and in
stead of becoming more numerous,
they may entirely disappear. We
have found that some of the worms
that have been sent to us have
been parasitised. 1t is to be hoped
that these parasites will increase
so rapidly that the worms will be
eXtreminated very soon.
Powdered arsenate Oflead is the
best remedy for the cotton worm.
1t is applied in the same manner
as Paris green was formerly used.
1t is busted on the plants by a man
on a mule from sacks fastened at
each end of a pole about as long as
the rows are wide. The sacks are
made of two thicknesSeS of cheese
cloth. ("S or Oznabnrg' was
formerly used for Paris green but
the cheese-cloth seems to be more
satisfactory. The pole should be
a strip of oak, or other strong wood
about one and a half by two inch
es and as long as the rows are wide.
a one inch hole is bored about
five inches from each end. A sack
is fastened at each end of the pole,
the edges of the opening of the
sack are tackled to the narrow sides
of the pole. The sacks are filled
by pouring the poison through a
funnel inserted in the holes
through the pole above the sacks.
The poison is distributed by a
man riding on a mule carrying a
pole with the sacks attached at
each end. The central part of the
pole rests on the saddle and the
sacks of poison hang over the rows
of cotton. The mule is then rid
den in a trot down the rows and
the motion causes the powdered
poison to be shaken out and quite
evenly distributed over the plants.
The amount of powdered arsenate
of lead to be used to the acre de
ponds upon the size Of the plants
and the care with which the work
is done. From two to three pounds
will probably be found to be most
satisfactory although from ID to
( pounds per acre may be used, de
pending upon conditions.
Powdered arsent of lead may be
purchased, depending upon the
quantity. at from IS cents to %
cents per pound. Many firms
manufacture this substance. The
Grasselli Chemical Company locat-
ed both at New Orleans, Louisiana
and Birmingham, Alabama can
probably supply it more cOnven-
iently than any other firm that we
have been able to hear of.
Where Paris green is on hand,
this substance will be satisfactory
but Paris green should always be
mixed with at least ten times as
much flour or other pOwdery sub.
stance. However, experiments
have shown that Paris green IN
jures the cotton will not produce
as heavily where it has been used
} Powdered arsenate Of lead can b'
used at any strength. 1t will no
injure the plants at all. The chic
thing to be remembered is that thu
powder should be evenly distri
l buted over the plants. The az
senate will be applied most salts