Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-16

John VI. Oracle and j. +. Sennctt Tel
OF the Anti-BoII Wec,iI
Campaign.


Louisiana farmers and cotton grow
ers in their fight against the boil
weeyl and tAol onghly convinced thai
they can ght the weevi successful
~ should the insect invade this tei-
rftory the coming season, a party Of
prominent cotton growers, among
them John NJ. Oracle, reputed to be
the lrgest individual cott-n grower
III the South, returned to Pine Bluff
yesterday morning from an education
al and inspection tour of various
parishes in Louisiana.
IN the party We're JOAN NJ Oracle
of New Gascony; his son. J. p. Oracle,
OF Rob Roy; John Sennett of Cor
nerstone; L. w. Clement, of English:
j. d. Crockett, of South Bend; c. l..
Hastings, of Douglas, and Il. r. Rice
H., Of Warner With them were eight
representative negro f nm hands from
tie plantations of the planters. i'll
Jefferson and Lincoln counties The
negroes were taken along to get ideas
that had been successfully developed
in Louisiana i'll waging war gainst
tase weevil =.4.
while away the p rty visited plan
tations in Madison Richland ami
Ffanklin parishes. In Madison PARISH,
they spent. many rhours on The 1000
acre plantation of Colonel Maxwell,
where the boil weevil has D. EN- sue
eessfuly routed.
There is bnt one solution to tn 81
boil yweevi fight" said Cal John NJ
Cir Gle when he alghtea from the
train here Yesterday morning. Early
,,i,tcring seed, early plantn ne. rapid
cultivation and picking up and burn
ing the squares. That has been the
illan in Lou siana and it has work
cd successfully wherever triedss They
ne glowing good crops in Lo.lisiaaa
under boil weevil conditions and are.
lnaking on an average of oTIa-ha # To-
iaaree al II u
some places especially on L. NJ. Ca.-
houn's place near Gilbort in Franklin
parish Z much as 4Jd pounds OF
lint cotton is being produced to tae
acre. 1T M CHIT be said, however, that
Nj. Calhoun is government agent
for his section and is more success
ful than his neighb rs because h
is. following the government rules 10
The letter.
t.. r. Sennett was even more en-
thusiastie than Colonel Oracle. The
Louisiana cotton growers are rails
ing twice much catton this yer
I 1.nder boil we1vil cond tons than w
ne under ordinary conditiOns, he
said where We are making on
third Of a bale to tie acre they ar
making three-quarters OF a bale, and
ON same farms the Louisiana far
mer is averaging a bale to the acre.
In some instances this latter record
Mas been made. en places where the
boil weevil has been for four years.
They take you out son the plantatlon
in the commiss res and even into the
leaves of their day books and records
and prove to you taat the II WeeVl'
has been blessing.
"They are not farming on any more
system than we are Oil nave Tor III
Teen years and many of the Louisiana
cotton growers e re not as up to dare
in their meth DIS as the Arkansas far
lner. Around Lake Providence
where the farmers we've panic strick
an when the boil weevil appeared and
either sold their farms or ran away
from ITEM to await developments
e cling that they could not combat
With the pest. re many farms, some
oil the best lands in Louisiana, aband-
oned aud lying ids. The farmer
Should not take fight. when tn,
Neevil appears. 1t can be conquered
4 wished there had been TWO hundred
bankers and fre re- ants in AiKansa:
With us | would like Tor fhem e
havesseen foh them elvessMh Z isgbe
ifg accomlssishedIby the cotton sf5w;;
lers and even farm hands tInders .tht
Il .Weeyil campaign there. On on
.m there wera more than a hunafef
y sross n isipsss.'
secure e ctr goods ard provisions anS
six clerks were busy supplying the e,,,
,rsyy 4 3{rs VIA Nail Xv,s III