The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-17
VFEVlL COMES TO STAY
prsT NEVER GOES AWAY
I'M ,rurN ONCE 1T STOPS.
states Bureau of Entomology
ln r'eos important Facts in History
INV C,++on,s Greatest Enemy.

wv co++on's Greatest Enemy.
evident that the cotton boil
II - hos come to stay; that it will
Vss'" snread practically over the en-
' !.s D.oottton-producing portions OF the
IaI states; and that at present
lA''o : No known method OF COM
fas' s,r destroying it, and consequent
pl''t'. will be a factor in all future
.toD production in this country
c0, [or+nnately there are some fac
n This apparently hopeless prob
, ,ons y which point to results which
l'- ,iso relief. The bureau OF ento-
prone n the United States depart
nolo9! ogriculture in its outline OF
men ,i 20 history of this pest mas
the n ai,t ont among other things the
foIJowing facts: ,, sooaa
.oon nothing but cotton.
upo W, II goes into winter quarters
XIV in or near the field OF its de-
pIe 1DI Comparatively few weevils
0Ji the winter and emerge IN the
spring ouoru;ntarad weevil
,..dds mon the terminal buds of the
leeu1 cotton plants until the forms
~ sUu sanares develop, then the female
VI 9anosits them also in the immature
hollis
OOi I5i The life of the adult weevil
-,b o suDDlied with food is about 70
Awe Awe If deprived of food 1t lives
uniy or Z days, except in hiberna-
''' 16) For a period after emergence
f,on, winter quarters the weevil is
romDaratively sluggish and while
foeding upon the cotton plants it may
he Dicked or poisoned.
~ The Weevil remains mainly
IN Tho field where they locate in the
early spring until they become very
numerous. Their principal period or
migration is in the fall.
Based upon these life habits OF the
wnevil the bureau of plant industry
has planned it's fight for the produc-
ton of cotton, which may be sum-
married. as follows:
IN Under boll-weevil infestation
tbo fields selected for cultivation
should be well drained, because a
successful crop will then depend up
on the possibility of cultivating them
at the proper time. The low, poorly
drained lands should be devoted to
other crops. They have always been
an uncertain factor in cotton produc-
ton. 1t is not the intention to state
that we'll drained alluVial lands
should not be planted to cotton.
(2) The early destruction of the
cotton stalks before frost and the
burning of all rubbish in and about
. the infested field are imperative.
90 Break the field deep as early
] in the fall as possible with an imple-
ment that does not bring too much
of the subsoil to the surface. Some
winter cover crop should be grown if
sDracticabIe; if not, harrow occasion
I ally during the winter Before plant
ling thoroughly pulverize the soil and
make the best seed bed possible.
(4) Care must be taken to Sc
cure seed of an early maturing va
4 riety and of the highest vitality-not
necessarily q small boil variety, for
on uplands we have been more sue
.cessful with some large boil varieties.
81 Plant reasonably early in
srOws somewhat wider apart than I'M
#der nOn-boll weevil conditions. Plant
sing should be delayed until danger
afrom frost is past and the soil is
warm enough to produce rapid ger
animation and growth.
CO. The use of the section harrow
Before planting and after planting,
.and again just as soon as the plants
sare well up, is advised.
% Use intensive, shallow cult
SFation Of the crop and never lay by
sthe cotton till picking commences.
lLate cultivation is very important.
go In case it is evident that a