The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1911-05-06

izers, acid phosphate and potash to
hasten the maturity of the crop and
to increase the yield. (For informa-
ton in regard to the quantity to use
for your land write to the agronomy
Of this experiment sta
tom. Plant the rows far enough
apart to allow the sun to reach the
fallen squares and thus to kill many
of the grubs. 1t has been found that
1t pays well to pick up, the squares
and destroy them. This prevents
many weevils from developing. Since,
you cannot get = top crop under boil
weevil conditions, it would be a sav.
ing to increase the lowest and middle
crops BY barring on or topping before
the plants get too large. 1t Is recon-
msnded to agitate the plants by At
taching brush to the handles Of the
cultivators 70 as to hasten the fall
ing OF de infested squares. Improve
the energy and condition of the sod
BY crop rotation 20 as to eneourags
the rapid development Of the plantA
Rotate cotton with corn and COW
peas. blowing the latter under for
humus. Cotton following cotton year
after year reduces the fertility of the
land and thus delays the maturity
of the crop. IL IL good plan 10 plant
one-half Of your land to cotton and
the other half to corn and COW peas.
rotating these crops every year. Evt
IDENTIFY 1t requires more labor to maxi
age an acre Of cotton when the boil
weevil Is bad than whsn there II no
weevil. Therefore the grower would
do better to plant NO more land than
he can take proper care Of and use
the rest Of his farm for other pur.
poses; thus he can easily secure the
desired rotation of crops which In IL
self Is a encouragement to tho wse-
vii, since IL feeds only on cotton.
How to Control the Boil Worm. s
The methods above outlined for the
boil weevil also include two Of the
most important measures against the
boil worm. namely. fall blowing and
securing an early crop Of cotton. In
this case fall blowing is very import
ant since 1t breaks up the earthcn
cells Of the pupae. which are tho
| tender age of the insect, and exposes
these forms TO the winter weather.
which they are not used to. They
cannot stand this change in 4condi-
tons, whether tho winter storms are
or merely cold rains. Wherever the
weevil Is not bad fail blowing for the
boil worm can be postponed until lato
fall or early winter. The boil worsds
feed by preference on corn. and are
the same as the corn ear worm Ad-
vantage Is taken of this taste OF the
worm to trap and destroy them by
means of early June corn. II has
been observed that the moths will
lay their eggs on the silk of the green
corn II this is obtainable when they
are flying. in marked preference TO
cotton or other cultivated plants
The moths of the third generation,
which ny in August. do not like the
hard ears of corn for laying their eggs.
and so they seek the succulent bollu
OF cotton for this purpose. II, there.
fore, some green corn is standing near
By in silk the cotton will be saved.
When the cotton seed Is planted leave
vacant strips about every twenty-five
or thirty rows across the fields In
these SOW June corn about June 1,
followed in ten days by COW peas In
alternate rows. This will put ths
|, corn in silk and the COW peas In
bloom about August /. The blossoms
OF the COW peas will attract the moths
which win seek the nectar for theiI
, food. They will then lay the bull
of their eggs ON the silk Of the corr
which they can find so handy right
by the peas. About three weeks latel
the ends OF the ears can be cut of
. to destroy the worms. The fodde,
and grain viii entirely pay for plant
, ing the corn and the COW peas vii
enrich the soil, which will produc,
more cotton the next year, and thu
, they will pay for themselves In |;