Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1919-10-21
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wEEWL a CERTAINTY.
Cotton Pest Now Here and Farmers
q. Must Hssin Fight. ~
The coming Of the boil weevil Is
no longer a vague probability to be
viewed with the uncertainty Of the
coming Of judgment day. That which
we have been anticipating 50 long has
at last become grim reality The
weevil, in keeping with his actions in
the past, has upset the dope. again
this season by already advancing
farther than It had been figured he
would 60. Many who thought, 4The
weeyil viii never do any damage
here. must now see the falacy OF
their position when the weevil Is ad-
vancing at a normal rate here in this
section which 1t, seems was thought
of the cotton belt. But, as was really
expected. we are not receiving this
promise OF. being serious factor In
the cotton growing business Of this
section during the years immediately
ahead Of us. The man who realizes
this and acts accordingly is the man
who is going to win this fight.
8, Last week representative of
Clemson college and the county agent
made a survey OF the county inves7
tigatipg the weeyii situation. To the
surprise Of many, the weeyils were
found In every section that was ex-
amined. They were found scatter
ingly around the town OF saluda The
next place examined was the vicinity
OF Pine Grove. school house, where
they were found to sbe a little more
common than at Ssluda. Then
around Ridge Spring a fairly heavy
'linfsstations was noted. At this place
afarmer remarked upon hearing the
news. "well, tell the folks through
out the county that we. are glad the
weevil is here. He will help us. gain
our Independence and dethrone King
Cotton - This sentiment we win all
indorse after we have gone through
the readjustment consequent to the
advent Of the weevil. Il
The question uppermost In the
minds OF, the farmers Of the county
at this time ID what will pc the ef-
feet Of this pest on next years cot
ton crop. In answer to this 1t might be
said that on account OF the relatively
small number Of weevils In the coun-
ty at this time, and as but a. small
percentage Of these will pass safely
through the winter, it is not reason
able to expect any appreciable dam
age to come from the weevil next
year. If the coming winter Is mild,
with no cold snaps, IL will be in keep!
ing with what has happened under
similar conditions in the past L, ex-
pect to see great numbers Of weevils
throughout the county at this season
next fall. This main brood will come
too late to do Appreciable damage on
the current crop. Then the next year
IL there is b late spring or wet July
the thing to be expected, judging from
experiences In similar ATTITUDES, is
anywhere from 80 to so per cent
damage, and more in some cases.
Information that has been gained
through reading and experience in the
boil weevil sections will be given In
these columns In subsequent issues.
The county agent will be glad to go
further and talk this matter over in
person with any Of the farmers at any
time. This is without doubt the
greatest problem that has ever faced
the farmers and business men Of Sa-
luda county. Yet, others have tri-
umphed after the first few disastrous
years have put many unbelieving
farmers out Of business. We have the
experiences Of these, all the farmers
from here to the Mexican border, by
which we can profit. We are indeed
sleeping over privileges that have.
come to us BY being the last territory
to become infested II we are TO "be
from Missouri" and have to ''be
shown" by bitter experience. Let's
all start thinking about this problem,
If we haven't already done SO, and we
will talk more Of 1t in future articles.
u. NJ. Eleazer, county agent in
Saluda Standard.
- Congressman Stevenson has Of