Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1914-07-02
Discovered Remedy;
Not Guaranteed
A Mixture Which He Saws VIII
Kill the Destroyer OF the Cotton
Crops of the South.
June 9th, 1914.
Oxford. Mics

June 9th. 1914.
Oxford. Miss.
Editor Eagles-
hand you for publication, il
you deem 1t of sufficient i'm.
p%ortance, a letter which I have
from MIR. f. C. Howry
together with receipt for driving
out the Boil weevii. Mr.. Geo.
Armstrong OF Coffeevilie, Miss.
who - a very conservative.
practical man, said to me he
this remedy was being
used with some effect in the
vicinity Of CoffeeviIle. there
upon wrote MIR. Howry for full
particulars. You will note Mr..
Howry does not guarantee the
remedy, but thinks it is doing
some good. Ii properly used, il
certainly cannot be harmful and
IL comparatively cheap. I
might be well for our farmers to
give it n trial. There is n 10 doubt
whatever that the boil weevil is
well scattered throughout Lafay.
cite County in numbers sufficient
to do great damage to the present
crop, unless our people shall be
energetic in DISCRIMINATING it. |
have one of the earliest planted
crops in the country, on highly
fortified land. on which no cot
ton has grown for the past three
years, and to my establishment
the other day | discovered boil
weevil in considerable quantities
all through it. They are attack.
ing squares; they wither up and
finally drop from the stalk. I'm
less carefully examined, one
would PROBABLY suppose these
dead squares would be sttribut-
able to the dry weather, but upon
examination they are all found
to contain the eggs and young
boil weeyil. | am advised by q
Government expert that il is the
genuine cotton boil weevil, and
that by all means | should pick
and burn all these squares at
east once a week. The great
Importance of our people adopt
ng this course, can hardly bel
.stimated; otherwise, we are
likely 70 make a very short cotton
'-op in Lafayette County.
Respectfully,
James Stone.
Coffeeville. Miss.
June - 1914.
Ion. James Stone.
Oxford, Miss.
lear Sir
As per your request We sre
nclosing you copy of article
abolished here sometime ago
eianve 10 the suppression Of the
,oli veevii. !
OF course. we do not guarantee
he mixture, but ne do say We
rave prepared and sold q great
iesl OF Il 70 the farmers and our
customers around here, and in
most ins nee. they report after
having I'd il. that they find on
examination very fex. If any
xeeviis on the cotton. Many OF
hem bought a small quantity 10
ny. and later came back for a
i've gallon car which viii easily
20 over 10 acres OF cotton.
Advise your farmers not to.
cave the mixture dripping from
sack. as it will wither, or proba-
bly, kill the cotton plant if too
much of it gets on the stalk.
You simply want the cloth damp
enough to leave the fumes well
on the leaves.
Our people who have tried it
say the fumes will stay in the
held for about a week, so il the
cotton is cultivated once a week,
and the mixture used each time,
it does look as il il 10 well worth
trying, for the cost is noninsi.
We make the mixture I'D in
barrel lots and a one horse
customer generally gets a 1--WE
gallon can. We have the moth
balls, tar and oils on hand, so IL
you want any for immediate use
We can ship you. or ifyou prefer,
can name you a price Of the
mixture in bbl. lots, including Dbl
I. o. D. CoffeevilIe at 3tcts. DER
gallon.
Many of our people are using
the mixture, aud picking aud
burning the squares also. and We
hope to make at least a fair crop
by putting up a good tight.
With kindest regards, | am.
Your friend.
E. c. Howry.