The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-15
BOIL WEEVIL Now DOOMID.
THOROUGH TESTS NEAR NATCHEZ SHOW
New PREPARATION KILLS. ALL
WEEyILs,

WEEyILs.
The Veldop Co. which has re,
Gently been organized in Green.
wood, Miss, by a number Of
wealthy and prominent cotton
men is now preparing to market
a preparation that tests have
shown will actually extermnate
the boil weevil. The new produce
called "Veldop" is a white paste
which is mixed with water and ap.
piled to the cotton plant by a va,
pOrizing spray. Exhaustive tests
over five months near Natchez
Miss, this past season have prov,
Ell that the WeeyiiS are complete.
tly killed and yet the cDttOn plant
is unIUjurcd in amy way,
Many Su-c0Iird ',EtcrmjnHtors'
have appeared nn vice market but
the peculiar thongs that diStjn-
4ul,h tins from amy others is me-
fact that NO announcement was
made Of The product or any Of it
offered for sale until the most
thorough tests extending over
five months had been made on
the plantations Of three well
known cotton planters near
Natchez the past season.
These three men offered their
fields for experimental purposes
and as they have no interest what
ever in company, they were guar
anteed against any loss by injury
10 their cotton. The inventor of
the new preparation then came in
person and superintendent the
tests for the five months. At
the close of the season it was
found that the sprayed acre of all
three plantations had been kept
absolutely free from the weevil
until the mid August migration
into the treated patches We're sur
rounded by thoroughly weevil in
tested fields, and the crop from
these areas was far in excess of
the crops from other areas of the
same size throughout this section.
Besides this there were absolute
ly no injury to the plants what
ever. II is the beiief'o the plant
ers on whose plantations the ex-
periments were conducted that
where large areas are treated,
they will all be free from the Au-
gust migration as the only weevil
left will be those from a distance
or from some field not treated.
Veldop is absolutely harmless
to the skin but when sprayed on
the cotton plant, it does away
with the boil weevil by killing
him when he attrmpes to pune
ture the bud or squares. On
squares already punctured it has
been concIuSivcly proven that
Veldop actually kills the larvae
inside the square bell. Rain does
not wash off this new prepare
ton and only a few applications
are needed during the season. A
remarkable demonstration that
Veldop kills the weevil also by
external application was conduct
ed publicly for three days in
Natchez on Oct. 1st, 2nd and 3rd,
1914, which was viewed by hun
dreds of interested people at that
time. Application of the Veldop
spray to the small cotton plant
during the early morning and late
evening while the hibernated vice.
vii is attacking the bud in the top
OF the small cotton plant positive
ly kills the Weevil and does no
harm to the plant.
Planters will find the increased
yield per acre through the use of
Vtldop so much that there is a
handsome profit after paying for
the material and the cost of spray
ing. Practically a full middle and
bottom crop are obtained and a
very fair top crop. 1t will be
noted that there are no weevils
in the field where the cotton has
been sprayed with VeIdop.
Further information will be
in this issue in the first
formal announcement made ty
this company. Every planter is
urged to investigate this new
preparation and learn what it
means in his plans for this year in
planting. Those behind
the company as well as all OF the
distributing agents will be found
TO be of the highest Standing,