The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1911-09-28

1J4AaIslASs aaeAas 'g-eF,te -
CONSIDER the work Sf the static of
Georgia andof The Macon Telegraph
in sending representatives into the
weesiI-inpested areas Nf the coSbcAa
belt IS marking distinct adHaMcc
inthat liae, !" says DIR W.D. Hanter,
in charge Of southern insect inses~
tigation for the government, and
admittedly the worlds greatest artN
thority on the boll weeyil>
HeretofoEe,@ continued ID ~
Hunter, 'states have been content
to undertake sach Investigation only
after the weevil has secured a iaold>
But Georgia comcs two years il adj
vance of the pests arrival and dis
,seminates accurate and valuable in
formation.
It is especially valuable TO the
farnler and to scientific investigation
when great newspaper goes to the
expense of sending q trained writer
into the field to secure and present
conditions as they exist, am es-
pecially Impressed with the distlnc~
tive and enormously valuable SER
vice The Macon Telegraph is doing
i'm this work With more news
papers giving FIRST hand knowledge
along THIS aine, tlae way Is paved for
YOUR scientists to do their lest and
most elective wsotk when the weevil
arrives, because year farmer has in~
telligent ard accurate foreknowledge
of what he contents +"
DoEsN'r WASTE W.pRDs,
Dr. Hunter isn't the type OF man
to waste idle words ia praise He
spoke with deep and sincere earnest
ness, Cleau.cut, braiay, the very
finest type Of the purely scientific
man, lie goes straight to the heart
OF things, From him has eonse some
of the most valuable Information
gained on this trip> The other has
been necessary for understanding Of
the weesil problem and its actual
effect on the agriculture life OF Texas
Ia vast empire within itself.
Some specific and detailed data is
necessary right here's Texas a sa
whoIeis as unlike Geetgia in sol and
,cIimatSc condit;eas as fit were on
the ,oth~r sAde of the world,
For scientific investigation this
state Is divided into three sections,
north to southeastern, middle and
western, The western division il
the l,igh. arid, staked plains, where
farming is done either by Irrigation
or the { dry farming system, !" Cen
trail division is the upper cretaceous
formation, black, waxy prairie
lands, devoid Of timber, except
along the water courses, Neither
of these divisions resemble Georgia
an the remotest degree in climate
or SOIL
But cast Texas exactly repro
duccs conditions in Georgia as re-
CARDS timber and degree Of moisture,
And it Is in this part Of the state
Chat the BOIL WEEV1L HAS
DONE ITS DEADLlEST WORK,
WHaaRG BOIL WEEvtL Work,
Tine great cotton producing area
OF Texas at this time lies in the
northern central area. running south
and spreading a little toward the
west in the southern part, Here,
too, the boll wecvil has done des-
tructive work, But the element OF
control as contained in long periods
of drought has served to make for
the present, at any rate, no serious
problem out Of the wrevil,
This has brought to the farmers
and business men sense Of security
about the future that is an Ill omen.
For II ID a widely known scientific
fact that In areas where conditions
have caused the weeyil to almost
vanish Under adverse conditions, It
has rpappeared In destructive NUM-
hers vixen conditions were favorable
again.
Scientists combat this lethargic