The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1912-08-07

sou Can get III direct from the same
places. 1t will cost somewhere about
20 cents a pound; making the cost
per acre about IS cents.
Method of Applying the Poison.
The following directions for appli-
cation are taken from Circular No. 153
Bureau of Entomology; and explain
clearly and in detail the application
OF the poison, and cautions to be talk
en-:
The method OF application by means
OF sacks applied to pole carried on
horseback through the field, which
came into general use some years ago.
Will be found to be perfectly satisfac-
tory. BY this means single farm
hand can poison rows at time and
cover about 20 acres during day.
The apparatus for making the ap-
plication is simple. A strip of hard
wood 3 inches in width, inch thick,
and | foot longer than the distance
between the rows should be selected
Two l-inch holes should be bored
through the stick 6 inches from eli
thor end. Tho sacks to contain the
poison should be made of S-ounce duck
or similar material. Flour sacks will
answer the purpose, but when DOW
dercd arsenate of lead is used, two
thicknesses will be required on ac-
count of the extreme iineness of the
poison. The sack should measure 6
by 20 inches and should be left open
on one of the long sides. The open
margins are then tackled on the ends
of the pole, forming bag which is to
be filled with the poison by means of
funnel inserted in the auger hole
Care should be taken to determine
whether the right amount of poison
is being applied. This can be easily
done by weighing the pole and sacks
before and after a known area has
been treated. Unless this is done
there is likely to be waste resulting
from the application of too much pois-
that is being applied is insufficient to
cover the cotton. The operators
should be instructed to see that the
poison falls evenly upon the plants.
If too much of too little is being ap-
piled the amount can be easily regulat-
ed properly by varying the amount of
Earring of the pole. IT is important
that the sacks do not come into CON
tact with the cotton leaves If they
do the poison will not pass through
readily and it will be found that tine
amount applied is too small.
Caution.
Arsenate of lead and the other ar
senicals to which reference has been
made are violent posons, but there is
no danger in their use on cotton if
few commOnsense precautions are
taken. The only cases of poisoning of
domestic animals known have been
where stock was allowed to break in
to the cotton fields soon after poison-
ing or where some of the poison was
carelessly thrown upon the grass. The
| only precautions that are necessary
are to keep live stock out of the fields
after poisoning and TO avoid throwing
any OF the poison on vegetation that
viii be devnnred by live stock. 1t is
advisable in some c&ses to muzzle the
mules upon which the riders are
mounted when the application is be
ing made.
There is practically no danger OF
poisoning live stock after one or two
heavy rains subsequent to the appli-
cation of the poison, or, in case no
rain falls, after an interval of about
three weeks has elapsed
The arsenical poisons aggravate
wounds or sores on man or domestic
animals. Consequently all places
where the skin has been broken should
be covered by some means, or at any
rate washed carefully after the work
has been done. In order to avoid the
possibility of injury to the mules, it
is advisable to throw several buckets
of water over them after the work is
done.
FASCINATING HAIR FOR WOMEN.