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

tcas. peas ana BeaHs. al am salts
He'd with the present conditions"
'said Mr. Morlsr. and would not 70
back TO the former. I began to pre-.
pare before the coming Of the weevil
two years ahsad--and q ala not
AFFECT me. My advice TO the farmers
Of South Carolina Is TO row feed
crops and live at home. II they heed
this advice they viii keep out Of trou.
ble."
Vt cut down my crop by one-half,"
said j. l.. Penny. a successful farm
ar. land am raising cows and hogs. I
cut my expenses In half also. This
season ] have already sold Is head Of
hogs and am doing 40 we'll as could
be wished"
Mr.. Penny said pig clubs should
be promoted and the boys shou.d
join them In South Carolina. because
they have proved o. wonderful value
In helping to solve weevtf p~roblen,s
In louisiana. y ri - :,
The experts OF the United States
department Of agriculture and the
state experiment stations advise that
cultivation directed against the bon
weevn should he Intensive and adapt.
cd to meet the needs Of the plants
and modified to suit conditions OF sotl
and weather. ~cuNtvatton. Il II pekhs4
Cd out. must ba N such kind ~ to
force early maturity. The KIND or
cultivation. OF course, that would be
bost in the dry season would not do
all IN wet weather. There III
radical difference in cultivation need.
on very rich coil and that Tor poof
soil. The threefold purpcas IN ALI
Ii: To break the crust, ID
corssrvs moisture: keep, surface soil
open 80 that there will be free circus.
Atien Of air through soil or assation
Of sou. and third to destroy or pre-
vent gross and weeds 90 as 20 s3vs
tor the showing crop alt, valuable
plant foods and moistur~> S&sH III
Practically evesy farusr In South |
Caroline knows how to grow cotton
and Il y ussas4s to adviss him 10 ID
how t. plant ana cultivate undsr nor.
NAL cohditiohG He - very probably
the best cotton farmer in the world.
the savsrnRasnt expsyta
have certain rules and regulations
which must be followed In the srow~|
Ing OF cotton under boil wsevil con.
aifions. They advocate thoroush
preparation Of soil and we'll prepared
lssd beds. The best kind OF varieties
to condition., ssasenabfY
,arv planting. s~uficisnt width Of
ana space q arsilin. nd the
|nAifia, : Of fesst " 70 sorcs fruit, !
anAlHns1x-U go SnSa|
cottph produclhg sections al
1disiana have been boil wesvll ter
vitofy since tho fall Of 1soa. Those
msn who have been studying coudi-
hsns there viii tell you that vseyil
csmage auctuatss from year to year.
early killing frost would mean few
wsevils and snall damage. A late
killing frost followed with q late vim
Ter means a heavy weevil infsstation
for that year. Heavy weAvil infssta-
tion means failure unless the best
methods have been fol-
lowed and q close fight made to CON-
tool Ahe weevil.
This can only be done on small
Rain will vary during the
months of the summer. June. July
and August. Experts advise that
acreage should be limited to what can
be properly handled. In some sSc-
tions they advise the planting of 60
or 70 per cent. Of cultivated lands in
In the northeastern section
of the State they advise that it Is
not safe to plant more than 40 Of so
cent. and in the extreme south
ern section they advise that under no
conditions should more than SO per
cent. be planted. To illustrate this
Point. 1s1A. q very bad weevil year.
lsls. a good year. with no
weevils. TO be on the safe side. Only
q limited acreage should have been
PLANTED. and the rest put to 1--we stock
and grains. The same acreage In
cotton should be maintained from
year to year, II 10 urgsA:A 52'4,
One Of the most effective ways Of
wsevif controlling" says q statement
Issued by w. II. Dodson. director of
the experiment station. rs to cut the
green stalks. thus destroying the
feeding and breeding places of the
wOevti. This dunliCato o n AHeac< 30