The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1913-09-14

/ where u on f4cd
ton plant ng mataris
there is 10 do and that
Is to kill Me sfecape pot
son.
The red cotton spider is exceed
small and It's prevailing color Is resis
II fesds on the under side pf the rot.
ton leaf The female lays anywhere
from SO TO 50 eggs. which hatch in
about four days. and there may be
as many as Is or III generations daf
ing one year, The spiders suck tie
juice from the leaves, causing red:
dish spots to appear. later turning 70
dark -browm The leaves drop olaa
by one unity usually the plant dies.
The pest increases most rapidly during
bot dry weather until, toward the end
Of August. several acres Of a field
may become badly damaged
Pest Lives Through Winter
The cotton red spider often survives
the winter, If he can find green todd
As rule. they prefer the ciligisafed
/ violet, common goidenrod or lie pos
weed, but will attack other plahls ii
these cannot be found
Where the red cotton spider ii siiSs
( prevalent In cotton fields. tie oulss
way to stop It's rayages, Entolnol0gist
Nsorsham points out. is to spray tbs
Injected fields VITA some good insect
ieide known to kill this particular pest.
The cheapest and at the same time
most effective insecticides for this
purpose are either two per cent. pre-
pared lime-sulphur solution, or two
por cent Scalecide solution, used as
q spray The state department Of en-
tomology Will be glad 70 furnish at
eny time, information upon this and
kindred subjects.
Where the red cotton spider is prev
alent Mr.. Worsham calls attention to
the necessity for the exercise of care
10 prevent its recurrence next year,
Clean culture Is important; all waads
and underbrush, especially pokeweed
4 ard goldenrod on ditch banks and
/ field borders, should be grubbed ont
/ and burned Cultivated yioiets near
/ cotton fields Should either be spray.
ed or destroyed Trap borders, or
tliielSly s0wn cotton, along the border
Of field which may BIZ cut off and
burned, Is a good preventative. Al
/ careful watch should be kept for all
/ FIRST attacks and infested plants should
| be removed and burned
Work of the Boil Worm
The moth of the boil worm, Mr.
+ Morsham points out generally has a
wing expanse of about one and one
half inches and may be easily distin-
gflished from the cotton leaf worm
or caterpillar moth by tho tact that
4 when at rest, 1t holds it's wings Slight
! ~ raised and parted, While the cotton
caterpillar moth always rests With
the wings tightly closed.
In Georgia there are at least four
and possibly five generations of the
Z boil worm each season Fortunately
for cotton, the female moth prefers
( to deposit her eggs on young corn,
the eggs being laid on all parts OF tue
7 plant, but preference Is shown for the
silk, If 1t is present Each female dc
nosits on an average OF 1t00 eggs,
4 These hatch in from three to ten GHys,
depending on the season. Il is usually
the third brood chat Injuries eotton
/ most severely, along In August When
the corn begins to nature
Corn planted as trap in rows from
200 to 800 feet through the entire
field, so as to be in prime silking cQn-
dition about August l, will attract the
pest away from cotton, The eggs are
deposited on the corn which can be
cut and fed to stock when the worms
are partly grown.
Since the worm. when fully grown.
descends into the grwlnd where it
passes the pupal sta splendid
preventative is winteN Flowing Of the
ground, which exposes the pupa and
kills it.
When the worm is on the plant the
) only thing to dc, of course, Is to kill
it by poison. Paris green may be
used in the proportion of one pound OF
: Paris green to two pounds of -four
F, and at the rate of three pounds oi
: Paris green to the acre; but the mos
: effective method has been found {.
be busting with arsenate of lead. il
the case of this poison no dilutiou j;
necessary, and it should be useC a
the rate of about three pounds Pei
acre. The buster is made OF q enc
i inch board one and one-half feet long
err than the width of the rows aut
three inches wide. with one aGl
0 one-half inch auger hole bored fl
, inches from each end and under aacl
hole is attached sack made Of eu
y starched sheeting about fifteen ipcks
1 long. The sarsenate Of lead is plaee,
In these sacks and one persons cal
; dust dffeen to twenty acres Ner 3a
/. by riding son horseback aHQ d'8sll pa
as he passes between the rows
. Wherever the cotton bsll Vcrm
$ found this remedy should D. Bps
1t at once.
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