The Bolivar County Democrat. (Rosedale, Miss.) 1887-1969, 1914-09-26
|rmrpY FOR BOIL wEEvIL

CMEDY FOX BULL
The boil weevil can be partly err
Heated, enough SO to make the
ottom crop and save the top one.
The method is spraying at state :
.r;ods with a mixture that Is poi
onous but not injurious to the
liant.
TIE cost Is comparatively small.
The results have heeu proved be-
ond any doubts.
The one who found the mixture
ndis responsible tor the good
Iork is l. F. Peck, OF New Eng
hnd.
This. in brief. tells the story OF
ow one mau came down here
vorkeu al summer and expert
|,ented, until he was sure OF his
ormula aid then went ahead, To-
AZ several growers in this imme.
late vicinity will not tell you what
> has done, no more than he
vould, but they will show yon.
For the past several weeks a
lumber of growers aud factors have
een in this section investigating
he worth of Mr.. Peck streatnent.
ae simply leads them to a portion
II cotton field that he has spray.
d aud then never 6uds it neces-
ary to tell them where he left Oft.
The plants will do that.
Yesterday the writer of this went
bn trip to four plantations, two
bn this side of the river and two OH
HE other side. In the morning
Mr.. Collins, a Capitalists OF st.
.ouis aud Mr.. Harrison, Of Fayet-
&e, we're in the party. The cot
ton fields of George Marshall and
Fitzpatrick was visited. Row af-
Ter row of the plants were inspect-
I'll. On cotton that had been spray
la the number OF bolts to the plant
open and unopened. averaged abont
|ffty. On cotton that had not been
d sorayed the result was around Is,
latter one deducted the infected
|bolls, OF those punctured by the
|wesvil
In Louisiana. OH the plantation
|of Mr.. Gillispie, the results were
|far better as the plants were of
heavier growth. due to the rich so; !
here, There the average of bolls
open, and unopen on sprayed cot
ton. was about 80. Several plants
picked at random contained as high
as 113 and 12O. Hundreds more
contained 80 to 100. Unsprayed
cotton showed far lower average.
with practically no top crop.
On the plantations below that Of
Mr.. Gillispie field was entered
that had not been sprayed, The
average was very low there. from S
toS bolls being the limit. What
the weevil had left undoue the
worms had flushed. This field
was several hundred acres and the
loss can he easily imagined.
Another seld that had not been
sprayed. showed q fine crsp, We
were told negroes had been en-
gagged in picking off the wseyils
all through the season. When the
owner started to figure up their
labor it will cut hole in his pro-
fits.
The mixture used for spraying
has given test here nnder adverse
conditions; IS Mr.. Harrison stated
Yesterday. The drought in the
early part of the season cut down
thu activity Of the weevil some
what and permitted better crop
than would have been the case had
there been much rain. In other
words conditions were In favor of
fair crop despite the weevil.
Z. When compared with human
labor picking off boil weevils
the.mixturelis negligible in cost.
With Zig :spray six rows can be
treated at one time. Probably a
dozen applications per year would
besuf6cient. No insect life can ex.
list on the plant. This eliminates
worms as we'll as weevils.
The first cost Of the mixture is low
too.
Summed up the mixtu is cheap,
effective and is destined to come