The courier-index., 1917-07-27
COUNTY DEMONSTRATORS RE.
PORT.

A four hundred mile trip into the
delta country Of Mississippi was very
profitable TO a party from Lee and
st. Francis counties, in a study Of the
boil weevil situation there. The party
making the trip was as follows: ]. J.
Hughes. Jr.. Haynes, in whose car
the trip was made; t. A. Buford and
Al Nimocks, Forrest City; Henry
Banks and P. T. Newell, Mariana
Counties covered in the trip were
Tunica, Cohoma, Boliver and Wash
ington. A number Of big plantations
in each county were studied but spec
ial attention was given to Duleith
Plantation. Dunleith. Miss; Missis-
sippi Delta Planting Co, Scott, Miss:
and Ths StoneviIle Experiment Sta
ton at Stoneville, Miss. At Dunleith
we met Mr.. Stone, who with Mr. Fort
own and operate the plantation. Many
people here will remember very kind
" Mr.. Stone on account Of his splen
/ did address here on the boil weevll
problem. IL should be said for this
plantation that it is one Of the most
completely appointed and beautiful
plantations in the delta and one We
judge is making good money for its
owners. Mr.. Stone was very kind
in showing Us over the plantation
The most interesting thing possibly
was the 500 acres of alfalfa handled
according to the latest methods This
plantation only has a few weevils
this year.
At Scott we were very glad TO find
our old college Instructor Prof Fox.
who is general manager Of the Mis-
sissippi Delta Planting Co. This
plantation consists Of $4,000 ores Of
cultivated land and Is the biggest ex-
elusive cotton plantation in the world
Prof. Fox was asked great many
questions regarding the weevil and
gave us some valuable information
and figures that were convincing
At Stoneville we were fortunate
again in finding our old friend and
college mate, George Walker, who
has charge of the Experiment Station
there At this place we attended a
meeting OF delta planters where the
work Of the station was explained and
some valuable talks on the weeylI
made. After the meeting an inspee-
ton was made OF the entire station
Over seven hundred varieties Of cot
ton are being tried here and work IN
spacing, fertiIizing cotton, IN varities
OF alfalfa. corn. soy and velvet beans
/ i being carried on The variety and
spacing work in cotton was very in
I teresting. Last year some cotton
that was never chopped make 200
pounds Of lint per acre The trip 70
I the Experiment Station IS worth
while to anyone as there IS probably
no station where better work IN cot
I ton Is being done. Prof. Walker i
the man for the job there too. and a
fine fellow. All Of the planters Ne
met were Of the big broad minded
type, and glad to show Us any eour-
tesy possible. At SCOTS it should
i be mentioned that Mr.. Ewing is paid
a salary 70 do cotton breeding work
q -QrA84 AA-tG4H
/ 5-. "a .4rv IL this work. He Is ex-
se SEEMING with several hundred
vzrities Of cotton and creating new
ones every year.
n But. / must get back TO the point
A study Of the boil weevil problem
was the purpose OF the trip The
delta section Of Mississippi has been
infested with the weevil for about Is
wears. and the most striking thing
discovered was that the planters
there had made money every year
since MS appearance. One farmer
said the people would make too much
money Il Il were not for the weevil.
Every devise known 70 bollweevildoni
has been tried in fighting the pest
but the planters say the only effee-
tive method IS GOOD FARMING.
They don't pick the squares or any
thing Of tire kind bur they do practice
I the following. Good drainage fall
blowing. medium early planting, use
early varities. cultivate rapidly ard
late Trey say that some devise that
I will knock the punctured squares 70
the ground where they will BE- cover
ed in the h0t dust j. good This IS
attached to the cultIvator. One plan
tatiou spent 10000 dollars picking ID
squares and they say II any benefit
was derived they could not tel il.
Their rule i 20 cultivate until the
cotton begins to open and do this