Americus times-recorder., 1919-09-14
What Other Editors Saw
BOIL WEEVIL FOES TO RALLY.

The Georgia State Board of Entomology consist
ing Commissioner of Agriculture j. j. rrown chair
man ex-otfcio, John A. Cobb of Americus and G.
Berckmans, of Macon, have issued invitations to J.
Phil Campbell, head of the extension work of the
State College of Agriculture and through him to all
his county agents, and to the general public as we'll
to be present at Valdosta Tuesday, September 49,
when demonstration will be given of the work that
has been conducted by the Bureau of Entomology to-
wards combating the boil weeviI and the results OBJ
tanned
1t has been found by experiments conducted by the
tureau over long period that the spraying of cal
cium arsenate the cotton plants is grea pro-
lection against the spread of the boil weev and these
experts who rendering great service to Georgia.
feel that they have finally found what is perhaps
real remedy for the plague of the cotton fields
Plants thus sprayed have shown excellent results,
so far could be observed but the effectiveness of the
work was interrupted by the long rainy season which
prevailed during the summer. So much of the cal
cium arsenate dust washed off by the rains that
naturally complete test could not be made
Another question involved is as to the best kind
of machine for spraying the cotton plants The bu-
recommend
any special kind of machine for this purpose but
dozens of different makes will be on the grounds at
Vadosta on next Tuesday and the spectators will have
an opportunity of watching them at work It will
be day within its own sphere, such as was held
in Macon during tractor week.
In the vicinity of Vadosta, where one of the best
branches of the Georgia State College of Agriculture
is located, there ten plots of cotton whic
have been checked in all their various stages of
growth and treatment and the results will be nstruc-
tive.
In the afternoon Ground table" conference will
be held at which all present will be invited to ask
any question they wish and to enter into general
discussion of the boil weevil situation and kindred
topics
The days promises to be of the most notable
in the history of the state and we trust that the demon
stration will be well attended
1t is evident that the farmers of the South must
turn away from the raising of cotton if they are to
be SO dependent upon the whims of the boil weevil
And yet the cotton crop of the SOUTH of the
est money crops in the work. and of the most i'm
portant for human industry, be carried on, and
anything which W i'll remove the menace of the boil
weevl will prove a God-send
The work that has been done in this connection
will also to call attention in general way to
what the Bureau of Entomology is doing in the state
Its activities by confined the develop
ment of cotton, though it's work in the breeding of
cotton plants that best adapted to any given To-
cay, and best fitted to resist it's various enemies
is far-reaching The bureau extends its work to the
forest and the orchards we'll to all the products
OF the field and is worth millions of dollars to the
people of the state.
We trust that the forthcoming demonstration will
be great success.-Macon News.