The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1914-07-04

Dr. D. Nj. Daniel rendered his reSgna-
ton as President of Parish Board of
Health, and same was accepted.
Committee composed of Messrs, B. /.
Barrow and Ike Cutrer, appointed to make
tour and report on boil weevil condition,
presented the following:
To the Honorable the Police Jury of the
Parish of West Feliciana, La. 81
conference.-the, the representatives Of
this parish, sent to the parish of Franklin
to ascertain the method by which that
boil weevil infested parish makes cotton
on par with what it made before the
visitation of the boil weevil, beg leave to
report as follows
We saw both large and small planters,
finding them all in a prosperous condi-
ton, cheerful and happy, making a hard
and strenuous fight against the weevil,
catching the weevil up to the time the
punctured squares begin to fall and then
picking the squares up in front of the
plows, so as not to cover any of the
punctured squares.
Should the plows overtake the hands
gathering up the squares, the pillow stops
and assists in gathering the squares.
The hoe hands usually pick over enough
ground in the morning to keep the plows
return to wedding the cotton. Thus you
see the hoe hands give one-half of their
attention to the boil weevil and the other
half to weeds and grass.
One planter showed US jar containing
forty-five thousand (45,000) boil weevils
he had caught from 400 acres Of cotton.
AS a consequence of this vigilance one
planter last season ginned and pressed
sc bales of cotton, all over 500 pounds,
from "a acres Another having 1000
acres of cotton, ginned 947 bales, averag-
ing 1300.527 pounds each. You can easily
see the contrast between the small acre
age that can be supervised and kept up
with and that of the larger area, to which
it is quite impossible to do full justice.
Mr. Gilbert, the gentleman to whom we
have reference, who worked the 1000
acres in cotton, stated that he had moved
in quite number of families and he
expected had the same trouble with them
as we have, but that when they came to
the gin houses with their cotton, the gin
showed who had fought the weevil and
who had not.
We called on Mr.. Calhoun, the Govern
ment expert that frequently visits this
section, and were highly entertained by
him and his charming family
He kindly escorted us over the parish.
His cotton crop was the finest that we
saw The citizens claim he made more
cotton per acre than any one else, and
all give due credit to his example in vim
and perseverance, which spurred them
constantly on to renewed efforts.
Respectfully submitted,
IKE CUTRER,
3. l. BARROW.
st. Francisville, La, July /, 1914
To whom it may concern:
This is to certify that we have been
raising cotton profitably in boil weeyil
infested section since 1909. We prepare
our soil very thoroughly and prefer plant
ing from about April Is to 25th. We
work less acreage to mule and hand and
the advent of the weevil. In heavy in
tested cuts it is very necessary to get
as many of the first punctured squares as
possible. 1t is also very necessary to
cultivate cotton as long as possible Some
seasons we start picking before we quit
We own and operate go Gullett sys-
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