The Leader, enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1915-1921, 1916-08-23
BOIL WEEVIL INVESTIGATION
by J. T. Pittman, Demonstration AGENT

party OF South Georgia returned
from trip over Southwest Georgia and Southeast Alabama The
object of the get what the boil
eevl doing for the people and what the people doing
combat the weev 10 this information necessary
territory OF the first second and third year Of nfestaion
In the counties of Southwest Georgia the first year nfesa
zion, the farmers reality weevi
They longer doubt what the boil weevi them
he Will do right direction
farmers here those convinced Of damages
whip the boil weev by following the government
instructions given by the demonstrated this that
they could control the weev good crop until
the set in Of the farmers being kept of the fields
thirty days. the boil weevls multiplied destroyed great deal
of the than they would the favorable
acreage was cut 50 per cent in these
counties the yield reduced per This reduction
however not due altogether the boil weev 1t interesting
the changes being farming
INSTEAD OF seeing large fields of cotton each side of the road
peas velvet beans peanuts all kinds of forage crops
for live stock You pastures and grazing hogs
and cattle in great numbers, sos and dipping
Having investigated the conditions thoroughly in Georgia the
party Blaky the river at Columbia and 90 into Ala
bama At Dothan and other in Southwest Alabama the
second Of nestaon found great damage done by the
and the farmers active going into diversified
ng 1t was evident here that the farmer who started to
hatch in his method of farming before the wccvs hit him
have better condition than other farmers who satisfied
frost e the weev got there put everything
hvnd make big crop before he quit is the who
n e iii calling others for help 1t easy that
solving the boil problem beginning
for t rterieng that often spoken the
bring This blessing only the begins
and does his best change his method of farming follow
instructions that the trying give the Why
az IS that IS SO hard to get farmers generally make this change
before they have lost understand
If the farmer did boil weevi will great
for him make the change advised
AS passed further Alabama that old king
fon had been dehroned and the velvet king Every
beans Why the farmers mere haul the
chants out and bid the beans they do for
towns Intact everything the farmer produces be sold in this
town uSt bale They packing plant to
of the hogs and cattle raised there picking plant
PAUL interested growing cucumbe Six thousand dol
Gee paid to farmers here for cucumbers.
idea of ace really doing here
thgure given by several of the leading farmers and
the u Andausa In 1914 the yield for Covngton county
Hnsb bales 1918 the yield $500 1910 estimated that
Theget $500 bales they will do to care
the or the weevi Why should they they have ready
the that will build their lands? But you
moncerted action here all pulling together another
a that makes easier Covngton county is county
white farmers living their farms You will very little
COTTON made but other things take the place
and e county getting than before the
eweevi hit them.
Now let's into another belt that altogether different Go
hrcigh the black belt aud will make you sick Troy
Montgomery and back Euaula where the land
and the cultivate rather the farms you
i'll nothing encouraging do believe exaggea
that in places 100 would produce
1t better Euaula county Ala
Ism Qman county Ca but here the average than
ec bales to the pillow and much chance for diversified farming
You that the damage done by the boil weevl largely
peal conditions For the boil weevi be blessing to any town
ounty the lands be owned mostly by good white farmers
Owe ON their farms and willing change from cotton farm
nrsi6ed live stock farming be concerted action
part ~ J. merchants and farmers.