The Green Forest tribune., 1915-07-23
The boil weevil is now nrev.,ant ,v

ne DOH weevil is now prevalent In
 nearly all of the counties in southern Arhansas, according to the renortc ne
 Ioun'y demonstration agents received y N' w. watson, state agent for the
 onlteo States Department of Aericrl-
 ture. The weevil will cause consid.
 eraple damage" MT. Watson urpes
 uniess measures are taken by the
 allaefs to prevent the ravages of the
 pest II the weather remains wet and
 COOL there may be several more cr,,s ol "eeVlls before the season is ovor
 Heavy foliage and dampnoss m.v oo
 compllsh the same result, even in hot weather.
 inc most effective way of getting ild or the weevil is by going through
 an infected field and catching tba in.
 Sec's and destroying them The eggs
 may De Kept from maturing by Dick
 lpe up the infected squares as they lail to the ground, and destroying them' The weevil appears only in cer.
 tam areas, and does not migrate nntil
 August The farmers should do their worK during the remainder of July he. lore the weevil begins to migrate. from neid to field. During July, if all the
 ln1ected squares are destroyed and the weevil killed out as much as noe. siole' there will be little damage. Af-
 ter the hrst week in August, it is of no use to try to fight the weevil. for
 the insects migrate then, and if de. stroyed, another crop may come in rom nelghbor's field.
 Tt IS also beneficial to the crop to cultivate it we'll and force it to pro. duce more foliage on which the weevil can feed without bothering the bolls intensive cultivation will also help bring the plant to maturity earlier and place 1t beyond the harm of the in- sect Each weevil punctures at least 4o bolls during his lifetime, and pre- vents the growth of at least one and one-half pounds of cotton"
 Careful grading of hay, grain and feed crops, deliberation in placing the better grades on a market which re. mains steady throughout the year and utilization of the less attractive grades In feeding live stock are points urged by the Arkansas Profitable Farming committee to the farmer who is making his start in diversification. A lew complaints have been heard about the difficulty of marketing the feed crops which are being raised
 The Blytheville Herald News. one of Mississippi county's oldest newspa- pers, was sold by H. c. Lawhorn to K. P. Bowen and s. E. Vail. MT. Bowen is superintendent of the public schools of this city, while Mr. Vail is an experienced newspaper man, hay ing been connected with the Courier and Herald here for several years. The new proprietors have secured c. B. Rodgers, formerly with the Courier. as editor.
 Half of the 155 Arkansas high schools receiving aid from the com. mon school fund may be closed as a result of the decision of the Supreme Court in granting an injunction against the payment of $50,000 annually from the school fund for the aid of high schools, according to George B. Cook, state superintendent of public instruc. tion.
 Commissioners Gregg, Turney and Collins of the Jonesboro to Otwell road, have sold S50,0OO worth of bonds to Judge James Gould of Pine Bluff. It is the first sale of road bonds under the Alexander act. The new road will be II miles long,
 Because free telephone service from Mineral Springs to Nashville was patrons of the Mineral | Springs Exchange have signed an | agreement to discontinue their phones | unless the free service is restored.
 The Van Buren Fruit Growers Union will send a carload of the finest Elberta peaches to San Francisco to be given to exposition visitors on Peach Feast Day, which will be cele- brated at the Arkansas building.
 According to s. P. Weigert, county agent, the boil weevil has appeared in Desha County, but corn and forage crops are grown in abundance. Diver sification is taking place in the coun- ty to large extent.
 Louis Edmondson, aged 29, Holy Roller" preacher, was adjudged insane by County Judge J. T. flight of Fay etteville He will be sent to the State Hospital for Nervous Diseases at Lit Lle Rock.
 That there is plenty of money avail