The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-11-11

- DaSeu on his IlIo history. Tho
wssvil only produces in cotton squares
or bOlls. The period OF general
emersence begins about May / and
has been known to last until July 10,
Tie average emergence would be
over July 1. The first signs Of weevil
ara the dead leaves i'm the hud Of the
little stalks The whole and sole OBJ
5ect Of the weevil fight is to keep the
wiatered over females from raising
a brood. As soon as the cotton be-
gins to set squares. hand pick the
adult weevils from the stalks. The
adult wssvils are found by looking in
the terminal buds. The hoop anc
bag method IL often more effective for
later picking.
y. r.. Coad. entomologist, Delta
laboratory, stationed at Talullah.
La. gives the following descrip-
tion Of the hoop and bag method that
has been used IN picking weeviis:
The bag n hoop method of vice.
VII collection apparently. originated on
ont, Of the plantations Of the MAXWELL
Yerger company at Mound, La,
In 1914. and It's use has spread rather
widely and rapidly since that time. as
It is.a very marked Improvement over
the hand picking. The apparatus re-
CURED for this method OF collection
ts the most simple possible. 1t 10
only necessary TO sew an ordinary
barrel: hoop into the mouth of q cScd
sack and your equipment is complete.
The picker goes down the rows plgc-
tnf' the lower edge Of the hoop against
tAN' base OF the cotton stalk with ali
little disturbance as possible. The
plant 10 then gently bent into che
uaOiuth OF the bag and shaken several
tip.ss rather sharply from aide to side,
that IN ct right ansies to the length
81 the ba1 instead Of hack and forth
into tts mouth. II Was found that
shAkihx the plant with the length of
the has evidently resulted in a ausn-
ssf'.ofp wseytls being thrown AWAY
from the bas instead of'tnto It. while
other waevils actually thrown Into
the, bag strike against the hanging
sack and bounce out again. On"the
other hand. when the plant Is shaken
across the sack. all wesvils falling into
the' sack are retained. E"'
lin addition to catching tho wee
vih,. this bag and hoop also gathers
aflarse number Of infested forms.
milking the operation really a combi..
nation Of square picking and wssvil
Pisking. About every second row the
eolitents Of the bag should pc shaken
safo : tub about Aslf full Of water
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hsswssn pickings mpit dSbSnd fdih9Df
ths labor supply availabls,s but /
would advise that Whenever possible
ssseral pickings at comparatively
short intervals (less than q week) be
given about the time the plants start
sQuaring. in preference to q greater
nrmber Of pickings at longer intervals
ard extending over a longer period Of
time. With the average labor avail.
allie 1t seems that the area covered
per hand per day with this bag and
hNop should range from about one
ard a half to two and q half acres.
Comparative tests OF the bag and
hoop and hand picking Of weevils
have given very interesting results.
These show hand picking Of weevils
to require about four times as long as
the bag and hoop, while the latter
collected more than twice as many
weevils as the hand picking from the
same area. Considering these points
and the fact that q large number Of
infested forms are also collected when
uaing the bag and hoop. 1t is easy to
see that there is no question Of the
great superiority of tho bag and hoop
method over hand picking"