The Dermott news., 1916-08-17
w. H. Lephiew Writes About
 the Cotton Situation.

the Cotton Situation.
 Noticing that good many of oar farmers in this section of the state say that they have no beil w"etH n thelr aett1, and believing that eaey arr sen= eshT mistaken. wish to state to the public what md m my feds and what 1 think that the majority 7f farmers wiH 6Hd upon proper .aEe4t= gatoa
 have maIe personal iafese 4aour4 ia the e4st end ot Drew GaHntt the northeastern part ot Chteot County and large parts ot hesha arl &-htee Coaatie-, and | ind where the cotton nas been properly cultivated fafHs good number ef ma,urel beii- "a the bottom of the stalks q few hall grown koi's on the middle of stalk. aa3 practically no top crop Itts teGe thatln many fiells the stalk k sai blooming and is dIieat HIth small squares and bo}l-. hut we never count on these b make even when the weeSit is present m small numbers. anu ~ureiy. 8th the vast number ot Wtrvll present in every fcId ln much larger number. than We hay. eyer known before ID man will allow himself la think that these Will escape the Wateatu ez. at the south s greatest enemy and glow an ta maturity.
 h a7 investigation. md the -ssaaf= aI=eraa#at= tSa=sIniss=a ar=rosditians.
 There's tha croa that Hr =>sHi s....=t..,- ~, eaa4t samher#af grown tal#s mt aqt. pa account ot tse 0eesII. has Hat faae5ea fef tWo#ar taree weeks. of course in crop al this a5nd we need not expect 10 ind q -meIe square tnat x uat pune
 ured and h. owner at thl- crop "iJJ ~ay. Wet. they nave gotten a.l the young statf. heti ] haze. enough grown hoIt- c make an average 5raa. Bat is thi> true,
 h ,s=tt The owner eaH nj his field ef every wee4t lH H. tHt thl- l- lnro.sh,e and a~ the weeNii must hase toad. II the owner of thls deld WjH carefully examine hs largest maturca hotj~. the very ones upon which he s depending ta he repaid for a.- wear of toiL h. Wiil 6ni ap
 an the sides at these ho.l- the fa
 mjliur punetare of the WeeNiI. eN. aedy tae .au e=as l. appears an the s4aarrs. ami upon cutting these aolt- apca. m tayma}p,-ts If ea,es
 he Nil hnd 5ha Lob eampIetet.
 rotten ana absolutely worthless,
 So. Nl.I he ua1e ms average crop Certainly not. aH5 he eaH Het. H any Waz. estimate Wt4, be Wil make. tae baI5d cotton atone @dI
 show what he ref- fa'.bl- year ot -4sHea-e aai hae .lhoe
 There's the thst a#sa has 4a average number ot araVu hoas n 5t. hat on e954ntof tae WeeyiI beng late m entering this ec'i
 (which Is very fortunate ear the oVaer1 the stalkt. -ttl blooming
 Also We need net expect te hai
 many unPunctured square. m th-
 helt. but admitting that this held and the one just referred to have
 the same number of matured hoii-.
 the one m which the stalk k stll
 blooming has largely the adyau. tagt over the one Tn winch there
 are no blooms due to the fact that
 as long as the stalk blooms. 1t
 makes some food for the weevIl to
 eat and thereby he IA kept from
 eating the mamred boils. for a
 while at least.
 In my opinion, this k the true con dition of our cotton crop and instead of Arkansas making q million and one hundred thousand bales of cotton tas ls now estimated. an increase over the 1913 crop of two hundred and eighty four thousand haIesl m the end We will have much shorter crop than We had m 1915.
 I believe it is the duty Of every farmer to carefully examine his cotton crop anu see just how badly the weeviI has hurt him. and each and all of Us get together and make it known to the public just what shape our crops are in. and in this way, when all reports are in, we may be able to make the price go up, for honestly believe, un- less we can secure a big price for our cotton, thereby making up for the weevil damage, that our country will suffer the greatest calamity it has yet had W H IaphiaW