The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-10-07
CoIL,ETON FARllKRs CON.
QUERED BOIL WEEVH
mt Writer Says Eternal Vigilance Il
tho Prfoe OF tho Crop.

tho Prios Of tho Crop.
The following article BY . CORE.
spondent Of the walterboro Press and
STANDARD tells how the Colleton farm.
ers managed to make . crop this
year in spite Of the boil weevn:
Some, time ago you asked me 70
report on the condition Of the cotton
crop In this section. At the time ]
was not prepared to do 30 from drss
hand information to any great ex-
tent. Since then especially withtn
the past few days have visited .
great many Of our cotton farms and
now I wish to give . report on grow
ing cotton under boil weevil condi-
tions in this section Of Colleton. NY
visit included both small farms and
large ones, both white and colored
peoples farms and In the most OF the
sections around Cottageyille.
I wish to say that the boil weevil
started very early In practically all
Of the cotton fields. even before the
forms came. AS to the influence OF
climatic conditions any one OF US Ii
as good Judge as i am. Perhaps the
season fsyored to q good degree the
fight against the weevil In the early
summer. But be that as It may, our
people now believe that we can con-
tinue to grow cotton at pront as
long as We can get q fair price Tor
the staple. 1t Is OF course more ex-
pensive to grow it under boA weevn
conditions. 1t requires more labor
and more close attention to protect
your field against the pest. ] am
satisfied with one thing. we are
growing soma as nRe cotton in this
section a. We have ever grown, and
that with NO large damage from the
weeyil. But In such cases the farmer
has been with his cotton practically
all his waking hours.
Mr.. 4. A. Ackerman has seventy
four acres In one field az nne as Is
grown In this section. In some OF
this he win likely realize bale to
the acre. But for the blight IN parts
or II l believe he would get bale
TO the acre in the whole held. Mr..
Ackerman is very successful farmA
or and he said he was going to test
out the growing Of cotton under boil
weevil conditions. He caught the
veevil from the time he showed him
self. He PAID i've cents piece for
them at frst. When the sQaures be-
gan to fall he gathered them resu-
larry every week and still hunted for
the weeyil himself. His neld now
shows very little damage from the
weevll. He conquered.
The Red Oak farms contain over
a hundred acres Of cotton, perhaps
near two hundred acres. Here the
weevil was late starting. So this entire
farm has little damage and the cot
ton is fne. 1t will likely average
three-fourths of q able to the acre.
This farm Is owned and operated by
two young enterprising men OF Cot
.tsgeville, Messrs. Marion and Clar-
ence Ackerman. =
Mr.. b. d. Willis, of Cottageville
has some very fine cottonl grown by
his troopers. The weevl has been
fierce In his attacks on his farms,
but his men have been fierce In their
attacks on the weevil too and the
farmers are going to win. think
his cotton will make bale to the
acre,
L. Mott, q colored farmer whom l
visited has q very beautiful crop. His
cotton is fine and shows very little
damage from the weevil. He has
followed the weevil SO close that he
was not allowed to hardly sit down
In his cotton forms. Motifs cotton
and corn are as hne as he could
wish. The surprising thing about
Motifs cotton is that he did not re-
duce his acreage and yet he has
fought the weevil 30 successfully
was very much interested In the
story Of one Of the colored farmers
whom I visited. He said "the weevil
came 30 early to my field that he
scared the socks OF Of me. thought
he would not let me make Q thing.
So I got very busy. caught every
one I could find. When the forms
began to drop / would not rest until
I had found the weeyil that was do
ing the damage" He has conquered
the weeyil 30 thoroughly that I doubt
il tyou confnd more than . dozen
punctured forms to the acre In his
cotton. This farmer is Tom Grant
on what is known rs Linder HILL
owned By the .Fishburnes. All the
crops on Linedr Hill are ane.
i could describe others but these
are sufficient. The damage OF the
-weeyii fs bad In q few OF the fields !
visited. his was largely due to the
fact that the farmer gave up too cas-
lily. He became discouraged ana
gave up the night too quickly. In
these cases about hall crop will be
harvested.
New my conclusion 10 that our
farmers can continue to grow cotton
probably II prices are fairly good
but Il will require early planting.
moro labor and care. The lazy farm
er had better not try to grow much
cotton. While he Bleeps and lounges
the weevil will eat up his cotton. We
have. beside the hne cotton crops,