The Glenwood post., 1913-11-01
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We have all lsoked upo. the cotton
~ it was falling fre. the cottonwood
trees in the summer and wished for
some Plan by which the dreadful nuis-
snce might be overcome but no one
had come forth with = remedy. Here
in Glenwood We have been greatly An
nOyed by the habit of some of our
trees in shedding their cotton and the
matter has been discussed by our cit
izens in private and the city council
has more than once made it the sub
jeet of almost an evenings discussion.
The matter has gone so far that
marking the cotton ebaring trees and
having the offending ones cut down
and removed before they would have
. chance to annoy the people the fol
lowing year. This Paan, however, had
its disadvantage for while it would do
away with the annoyance from the
Ayire cotton would also deprive tie cit
iaens Of the shade of those trees a.d Il
often hsppsned that the e9endina
trees were 70 situated snd were so
valusbIe for SHADE purposes that they
could not we'll be spared.
How 10 do away then With TIE cot
ton nuisa.ce and at ths same tim.
have tAe benefit Of the beauty and
shade Of the tree is . problem which
We have not yet succeeded in solving.
Some years ago Col J. N. Woodard
Of Pueblo, then state game and fish
commissioner happened to reach Glen
wood on one of his official visits just
~ We all were very wrothy over the
behavior of some Of stately cottonwood
trees. Mr. Woodard volunteered = re-
medy. telling us that il We would avoid
the nuisance in the future We should
bore a hole in each of the offending
trees, throw in . handful Of salt and
plug up the hole.
Thinking there might be virtue in
this remedy ConGresman Taylor was
one Of the first to try it and plugged
several Of the cotton bearing trees in
front Of his hone. However, the cot
ton still continues 10 fall and spoil his
beastiful hwn each year. The expss-
insnt vss alss tried %" ths trees in
front Of ~ seAoslhosse but C. n.
Weidenhaoasr recsstiy Informed the
Post man that The tress thus treated
still hspt ~ thsk dieasressbls AsAit
Of dibes10uAse estts& ,osAes tsesS 10
Different parts Of town were thss treat
ed but We have yet to hear of single
"crre" from the treatment.
Now comes Prof. G. W. Robbins of
the State Agricultural college and as
sures us that this treatment is a hoax
as are all other reputed "cures' for
the annoying habit. Prof. Robbins
statement on the subject is as follows:
"There is very prevalent notion
that cottonwood can be treated so as
to prevent them from producing cotton.
A number of schemes are resorted to.
Sometimes a hole is bored in the trunk
and plug of some other kind Of
wood placed in it. Others draw a
rope through the hole to "divert tina
cotton forming sap Still others place
in the hole some chemicals that will.
presumably, pass up with the sap, and
in some way, prevent cotton production.
Emphatically. these treatments are
worthless. Practically they do not
work and. furthermore, there is no use
to try to make them work. 1t is very
safe to say that any treatment which
will successfully prevent cotton pro-
duction will just as successfully
stop leaf, stem and root produc-
tion- Unquestionably the only way 20
rid = community of flying cotton is to
have the cotton bearing trees cut
down.