The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1913-02-07
Discovery Eliminates The
Boil WeeVil.


Atlanta, Ga, january 29.-'rhe Georgia
S.ate Department OF EHtomp,ogy an !
noumes the discovery and development
of a strain OF cotton that will meet
comparatively early mahurity; fiat
will resist baclroot or wilt diseal2e, AMI
which at prevailing prices will bring |
AROUND 20 cents a pound on the market.
This strain of cotton, developed as
the result of experiments made ny
State En,omolosist j.. Lse Wocsllam
to meet peculiar Geotgn condittpns
promises to be the most vahuable va
rie;y i'm the world.
While Georgia might have met the
advance of the boil weevil with early
maturing varieties, particularly every
one of these known was subject to at
tuck by tive wilt diseatsa. 1t Was nAf-
esSary, therefore, to get "A atIain which
would msAt bo,h cou'iltlcns. This Mr..
Wions, a,m has done by c:ossing Egyo-
tian lang staple with Dixie, am carly
maturing American variety, and the
result is AN intemedin,re long staple
wrlsh natures comparatively carly, re-
sists the blckroot ami has a strong,
fine, hong STAPLE, making 1T of far more
,EarIe t'lam even the highest grades
of sp1n staple cotton.
Tho l,esaJttu alnltrt tho Y1su, var,iatIy
II tln. d viii gov almost anyw where
in the osI,on beid. while tile negu'ar
long staale, known as sea island, is
confined to a narrow and limited Rrea
near tine seacoast. This new sN,ain
also 1n,at,s boil weavil psnditipns as to
sea isand COTTON which would not other
wise hnve escaped boil waavn destruc-
tipn.
TIE department has only one acre
of the variety this year; consequently
the quantity of seed will be limited.
1t wild DE distributed free of cost 70
pildaeMs i'm the twenty-five COUNTIES
in TIVE southwestern section of the
been organized. composed of the most
pl;1srpssip planters, 90 ce-opsante with
tie STATE Department of Entomoiogy
in THE fight ON the boil waavil which
is expscted to entar the saal1e from
Aiabnlna in 1919
Mr.. Worsham figures that ultimataly
q f,f, A.. lii. ii
'aver tle sOtire cotton heat and Mill re-
suit both hn assistance To disease AN
pest AMI the development " more
valuable grade Of tire stApbe.
THOUSANDS of pounds of seal hrpn
plants resistant TO the wilt disease hPre
algeady been distrlbutrd throughout the
stas free OF cost by tue Department.
huD lands of 1armeus institutes hare
been held 10 explain the work, and in
February ulle IeXt tier of twenty five
copnees i'm Seaah Georgia, just east OF
tlrose where the work has aLnsady been
dong, will be snsanlAsi 10 mest 5oll
wssNtA t,opditoas.
3 IN uAs ann Vtflrf WAYS tle Stftle De
partmenr of Entomology Us now SAW ls
To n'le fGmnp of Georgia s25.O0O,oo0 TO
$oO,Ooo.OO each Year. by DEVELOPING ani
furnishing Information as TO easy AMI
tnsa.prshse merhpds of contncllinrI
plast pests and Diseases
ony in this way has 1t been possible
to develop .oerfect finlts in Georgia. |
and pFs,s ne longer prevent the max
ing OF crops, because od tne expense in
CONTROLLING than.
Mr. Wmsham's red spider bulletin. in
oolors. just issued. has attracted attsn-
tia, all paer the country and has been
of maeeplal value in nrany Other states.
1t is FURNISHED free 10 all applicants.
whether Geoggfans or not. THE rel
spddeuv ATTACKS cotaea and al kiuis Of
paIaicularly in s1eenhousss,
and Mr. worsllam's exper'msGas have
made IL possible 10 control IL wslhopt
material difficulty and MT srnaM cost.
He now has ready forr dl.e pnsss
similar bulletin ON TIE ma5e ogskal,
brought here from Porto lilao. and
which has barn doing fxtansi,le dawn
aga In aas south sastnnn sss,km.
,Elsctsd president Of the soushesn
caAaEyatIion Congress, which mat IN