Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-06-19
BOIL WEEVIL FIGHT.
Neither the Agricultural Dept. or
Farmers who Have Tried 1t
Think the Manor Method Safe.

Farmers who Have Tried II
Think the Manor Method Safe.
Editor offhs Bsocon:'
About ten days ago was on Mr.,
J. E. Hibbler's farm near Cooks,
vile and while there went into his
cotton fields to find out what re-
suits he was getting with his meth
cd of fighting weevil. This method
is claimed to have been used with
success by Mr.. Manor of Yazoo
county and much publicity. has
been given to it through the news
papers. 1t is a mixture of kero.
sene, lubricating oil, pine tar and
moth balls, and is put on sacks
and these are dragged over the
cotton. The odor of this mixture
is supposed to drive the weevils
from the fields. | was in one field
that had been dragged that morn.
ing and found five weevils in a
small area, and in another field
that had been treated the day be-
fore found four weevils, after
looking on only few stalks.
] was not in a position to tell
Mr.. Hibbler that the use of this
method alone was very risky, as /
had. uever seen a test made with
the solution, but | was very doubt
full ofits efficacy. In answer to
Inquiries | have since received sew
eral letters, two which are printed
below. One is from Mr.. j. A.
Evans of the United States .Agri-
cultural Department and general
assistant to Mr.. Bradford Knapp
in the farm demonstration work. !
Another letter is from Col. Max
well, of Mound, La, a practical
farmer and one of the largest cot
ton planters in the south. His
section has been afflicted with the
pest for eleven years and method
after method has been tried with
the result that only the methods
recommended by the governments
agricultural department.. t. has been
found practical and safe.
| am not condemning Mr.. Hib-
bler's method because I don't
know enough about it's merits, but
/ am convinced that it is very un-
safe to rely on this method alone.
\ After few weeks the time will
nave passed for fight of any kind
TO be made. 1t will be seen from
lMr. Maxwell's letter tfat he gets
I'he weevil early in the serson and {
follows this up by destroying the G
jpunctured squares. Any man in r
'Noxubee county, l care not who t
ne is nor where he lives. who will $
l,dopt Mr.. Maxwells plans and fol p
low it up, will make money out of t
cotton every normal year. Many b
farmers, though, are going to fail c
perhaps not this year to make a
|lollar out of cotton, and some will a
Nay it is impossible to make it at N
III under weevil conditions. A
Every farmer should send his j
lands over the entire crop, row by
ow at once and pick up all fallen W
Auares. Around the spots where C,
he squares are falling off should fc
? marked so you can carefully g
iSeep watch on these infested places fc
and keep the squares gathered Of
mead of each plowing. You can't di
|fford to neglect this work. If a
ou do wet July may ruin your
kop. ds
[ have made inquiries and ex- tn
I.9ct to receive letters on this sub
st from the Louisiana Expert W
jent station and from prominent tn
|irmers in Louisiana. They will ne
lie published in the BEACON and
hOuld be read with interest and tn
lrofit by every farmer in the tn
Ipunnty. j. w. HADDoN, in
Special Agent. fu
June II, 1914. az
1r. J. W. Haddon, W