The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1913-12-31
BOIL WEEYIL IN FEW YEARS.

Clemson College Exports Predict that
the Little Enemies of the Southern
Farmer will be here in -Four or Five
Years.
According to the report on boil
wcevil quarantine prepared by Glenn
son college for the Legislature, the
pest will reach South Carolina in four
or five years.
"'The territory that lies between
South Carolina" says the report "and
the boil weevil section is rapidly
growing less. The weevil has much
more than regained his setback of
two years ago. 1T is only matter Of
four or five years when this pest will
reach South Carolina in spit Of any
thing that We can do. The average
rainfall of South Carolina is equal to
that Of Texas during it's worst weevil
years. 1t is true that good cotton
crops were made in the northern half
Of the wecvil belt, but it is we'll to re-
gard this condition with reserve. There
have been a series of seasons adverse
to weevil propagation. When it
reaches this State there will be
severe reaction in our agricultural
practices, and it will require a few
years for matters to readjuSt them
selves. 1t is our purpose to use every
nrf in MI tN ho
until it reaches us by natural distri-
button. For this reason the rules and
regulations were revised so as to en-
tirely prohibit the importation of
ever. Our methods of fumigation,
though very effective and Of great
practical value, apparently are not
absolutely safe, especially when op-
Grating in large quantities of seed.
THE most serious violation of the
boil wccvil quarantine regulations oc-
| CURED in Marlboro county. A report
was brought to the attention Of the
crop pest commission from a number
Of sources almost simultaneously that
carload Of cotton seed from wcevil
territory had arrived at Bcnnettsvillc
| The shipment was found and immc-
dia,ciy quarantine, fumigatcd and
such other precautions taken to make
! ii reasonably harmless until thor
ough Investigation could be complct-
cd. The investigation showed that the
! I,1,; ut ,t,;, oly. of
len long staple cotton seed grown at
Port Gibson, Miss, and shipped by S.
Bcrnhcimer & Son, Port Gibson, to
a. NJ. Mathcson, Bcnnettsyillc. The
car was routed over the Y. 4 NJ rail
road, Port Gibson to Memphis; Frisco
railroad, Memphis to Rirminghom,
and via the Atlantic Coast Line rail
road to Bcnncttsvillc. II was eX-
planned that the dctour was made to
reduce the freight rate. a portion Of
the seed had been delivered to diff
| fercnt parties i'm the county. All Of
the seed was collected and stored with
the original shipment and upon eX
amining the sacks after a tremendous
fumigation with carbon bisulphidc the
wccvil condition was such that release
was not considered safe, and the op-
ton was given the owner either to
have the seed shipped back to Miss
iSsippi or have them destroyed. After
the owner refused to reship the seed
the entire consignment was carefully
removed to the Bennettsvillc Light and
| Power company furnaces and burned.
Other shipments having arrived in the
county were also collected and shipped
back to Mississippi with the exception
of a small quantity which was burned.
| The complete records Of these cases
are in the crop pest commission files.
All suspected cases were exhaustively
| investigated and in the collection Of
contraband seed, the weights Of the
seed were carefully checked to bal
ancc with the weights given on orig
inal lading bills"