The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1919-12-17
COLI lE PROFESSOR 4,
TALKS ABOUT BOIL WEEVII,

Prof. Mcconnell said Cleveland Big
Boil was the best Variety by treason
of it's ability to do this.s
AS to poisoning methods. Prof.
Mcconnell said the disflculty with this
process was that no satisfactory ma
been devised to prop
.erly Distribute the poison. but gov,
!ernment experts were working ON this
problem ana he was hopeful Y that
something would soon be done along
this line. The, only poison which had
proved at all wuccessfGf was calcium
arscnate. but much Of this which
had been sold was entirely, worthless
because of inproper manufacture.
There were only s.firns in the United
States which, made calcium arsenate
which was properly manufactured.
Clemson College. would be giad to
furnish 20 any Interested parties the
names Of these concerns.
AS to when it would be necessary to
begin poisoning the weeyil. in this Sec
ton: it was doubtful. hut It would
probably be two years. But In the
meantime the farmer should begin
to learn to grow other crops that will
bring in money The big difficulty in
growing other crops was the lack Of
marketing facilities. There must he
community organization before good
results couid be had. As an instance
of what must be, learned, Prof Nc
Connell said that sweet potatoes
might be made. q money crop, but it
would be necessary to build potato
houses. IT had been demonstrated
that banked potatoes would show o.
loss of SO per cent from rotting when
shipped, consequently commission
dealers refused to take carload ship
ments Of banked potatoes AS to
peanuts it required expensive manfin-
cry to handle this crop. In time the
speaker believed that all of our oil
mills would be equipped to handle this
crop. but Cor the present It was we'll
enough to 20 slow until adequate pros.
vision Tor ,l'ttSling and other processes
hiatt keen s ysidetss: .- Z. ri.-=4ae; E.sst
!, As t" tho probable hnj.ry from the
boil wCevil in South Carolina in 1920
a good duI depended upon tho weather.
Given = mild winter and wet weather
in June. July and August and the
damage might be considerable. a Sc
we're winter and q hot dry June. July
and August and the damage would
probably bc small. The weevil be-
gins to come out in May. The state of
what percentage will emerge. With
"A hard winter maybe not more than
S per cent. It is then that the weevil
begins to lay eggs. each female de-
posting an average of about $50 eggs
Clean fields and early turning under
OF storkS may further reduce the
number going into winter quarters
and may delay extensive damage un-
til the fourth generation. The man
who ncGlcctS to clean up around his
place is Il mcnac" to his coInmunity
and publ opinion should force him
to act
The success Whi,'h W.. ii:,y.. IN fight :
inI Tin" !'n'' wrtvir VIII ucpGnd large
" upon hin :du,i effort and COM
munity ORGANIZATION. The speaker
ended by n:alting a strong plea for
the gradual reduction Of cotton acre
age and th" organization of market
ing associations in every community
Corn Wrevil.
Prof. NJ, Connell called attention to
the fact that nearly all OF the corn
exhibited showed wcevil dnnnge and
urged Farmers to reduce this waste by
cleaning on, their burns each wear
before nc" corn is: PVT in them.
Shurl;ine vill also help.
Col. CnlliSon.
NJ tn" conclusion OF Prof. McCon-
nclrS talk Col. T. G.. Calliaon spoke
| by invitation of the president, Sena-
tor Ridgell. Col. Callison believes our
| people around Lexington are not thor
oughly aroused to the seriousness of
the situation. He told Of an acouain-
| tancc who had been forced to sacri-
flee his property In Alabama on ac-
| count Of the boil weevil and made IN
earnest plea for Lexington farmers to
bestir themselves before they were
ruined. 1t was true there was q wave
OF prosperity behind the boil weevil
but there rad been great destruction
and much loss until the people in those
sections nGd learned to accomodate
themselves to the changed conditions