The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-23


pounds to the acre for each appli
m. cation is sufficient, but this advice |,
n. ansound and should not be followed
m. under any condition. It is impossible
TO distribute SO small a quantity OF
powder over an acre Of cotton, and in
to ofder to make the poisoning effective
a every bit Of every plant must be
e. covered with the exceedingly fine
j. powder. The number Of applications
Of varies to some extent, but will Usually
8. run about four. The farmer should.
= therefore provide himself with at
ID ieast ~ pounds of calcium arsenats
y ICE Every acfe OF cotton to be treat
r ca. Farmers who have arranged to
n poison with smaller quantities Inn
l. TINS are advised either to reduce thu
It number Of acres to DO treated or 70
get more poison Immediately. The
supply is limited and probably cannot
: Dc OBTAINED later in the season, It ia
= uhwise to make one or two apulics-
! tons and then abandon the nroiac.
! Inc early applications simply develop
appheations can be of real benefit in
. conditions to the point where later
increasing production. The last annli.
cation is decidedly an emergency
proposition, and If it is delayed at ali |
.ne situation may easily get out of
hand.
Another tremendously important
point is that each farmer be sure AZ
suitable machinery with which to an
ply the poison. The supply of machin.
cry Is one Of the limiting factors and
no man should make arrangements
1or securing poison until he knows
ne can get busting machinery for an.
plying it.
only two types Of busting machines
nave been tried sufficiently to make
certain OF successful operation. One
IS a large power duster and the other
Is small hand-gun buster. An inter.
mediate type hiss recently been nut SC
out, out 1t is only in tentative form te
Inc power buster - horse-drawn til
INCORPORATED machine, blowing the in
DUST through five MOBILES, spaced Az 81
Feet apart, and throwing out a bao On
Oh dust usually sufficient to cover tn
seven rows. If the cotton is very dry ha
ana there is wind blowing, the ma. all
nine cannot be expected to take csrs pc
" more than five rows at a time II Is
VIII probably cover six or seven acres of
IN hour, which II operated ten hours bel
Gay, SIX days in the week. will talo the
are OF $50 to 400 acres week The to
verage allotted to one machin. .hn,Ia the
e united to the area it can safely to
over every week. Owing to the inter- Of
apsions due to bad weather, which inj
re pound to ocur daily operation cat
an not be expected, and a safe sko
otment for one of these machines tati
probably about 300 to $50 acres poi
Several satisfactory rod,,. risk
are on the market. Fiv. L
res Is about the maximum that 90, cou
expected from one of these ma jur,
ines In single day. They cover neic
ny one row at time and are suh- squ'
&C 70 frequent breakage and other as
lays, which cause cous;der,h,. I.s begi
time. It is best ~. h. bers
'cnine for Every Is ACRES Of cot. squa
to be treated by them
roIs and Dag Dustins Wo,,h, W
role and bag busting will not work a.. aD.e
applying calcium arsenate. A con- WIG
cradle number Of farmers n :. conc
a, have been planning to use tbi. IN, IN
'nod' good enough for leaf.worm .sa A :
soning with Paris green, in which H.
K and sJ,L.r paced IN a cloth appli
nts. Calcium arsenate is Of sucb so,s
azure that it is practically impos. salS
e 70 secure a cloth THROUGH which -
viii dust properly. Furthermore =. a.. ~
cry naphazard distribution Of the .o,.o,
on is secured from this method 800,
n th. ,h.,. oh'roi depends poison
II, it is of practically no bene. Iir, i'
Inc department urges against the IT,,
se OF calcium arsenate bv at w;r =
''lng to apply it by the pole and it is n :,
method for weevil control woo
her can the calcium arsenate be -
essfully applied as liquid spray c..as
Is extremely desirable to conduct h... ;.
poisoning operations when the a..
,;nur, 90 "hen tnere is poison
these conditions are to be had found
at night and in the early morn. NOD.
'efore the dew is dried on the 49,.
= AS Tar as possible, the poison. MALI !;
mould be conducted during this ton, q
!. The power machines are ~ No. .
ped with lighting apparatus. to Of r.;n
their operation during the fact .,
night. Probably the best meth jn.r,. :.
handling the hand gun will be ment.
son In the late evening and r.