The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-08-21
ITO DEMONSTRATE
WEEVLDDS1lNC
Experts Will Be At Strauss
Farm August Thirtieth
WILL SHOW FARMERS
HOW TO FIGHT PEST
County Agent Wants All Plant
ers to Be on Hand to See Lat
est Methods

,
A number of farmers spoke to me in
the early part OF the season about
purchasing poison and a machine for
busting the poison on cotton. so as to
be ready for taking care OF the boil
weevil when he showed up this year,
AZ he was eXepcted TO arrive. In every
instance. on the advice OF the Glenn
lson chronological Division. I advised
ithc farmers to wait until next year tS
take up the problem of poisoning wee-
wills. had two reasons for giving
this advice. One was l did not believe
that the weevils would do enough
damage this rear TO Justify poisoning
them with, calcium arsenate, and the
other was that wanted the farmers
TO get the Improvement upon the. ma
shines that was likely to be brought
out and 70 get the benefit of the ex-
prience that the Division of Entomo,.
ogy would get this years poisoning
yeevils In the real weevil territory of
bsrnweil' Hampton. Bamberg. and
! other counties. 80 -
The experiments to date show that,
when properly applied. calcium arsen-
ate VIII keep the weeviis snbdued so
mat crop OF cotton can be produced
In spite OF the boil weevis The fore.
qualihed by stating that the proper
Kind OF calcium arsenate. So you see
that there Is a great deal to be learned
about this poisoning proposition. Prof.
essor Conradi has agreed 10 hold an
Arsenate busting Demonstration In
sumter county on August 80, on the
rarm OF Mr.. Isaac Strauss, three miles
couth or Sumter. beyond Pocaila, on
the road to Paxvillc. Some of the best
machines that have been COTTON out,
both the hand and power machines
Will be demonstrated, and specialists
will show YOU how TO make a success
OF the poisoning method Every farm
er that has any idea of fighting the
Doll weevil should come out to this
demonstration and study how he can
make success or growing cotton In
spite OF the boil weeyii Many farmers
VIII not come out, but will listen to the
salesman of calcium arsenate and
dusting machinery next spring, make
their purchases. and probably failto
get the desired results. Such a farmer
will have no one to blame excepA him
SELF, " he fails to take advantage of
studying this demonstration IN sum
ter county. which will be he'll under
the auspices of trained investigators
who have given a large part Of their
time I'm recent years studying this CON
troll Of the boii weevil by poisoning
and other methods ,a
So do not fail to come cot Monday.
August 20, Md learn all that you can.
cordially invite member or tho
staff Of each OF the newspapers In
Sumter to attend this Demonstration.
and give opinion OF what may lie the |
results OF controlling the toll weevil
through the calcium arsenate poison
Ing. Our newspapers will play a b.s
part In helping TO direct public opin-
lon In the proper channels. for the next
three years, during the crisis, caused by
the appearance OF the boil weevil In
Sumter county. The boil weevil never
docs much damage fon the frst year or
two after his appearance and this
leads The farmers TO believe that he
IL not nearly such n bad fellow as he
has been represented to them. Just
about the time that the farmers be.
gin to believe that the bo,l weovil
Is not a dangerous insect. he gives
them bit OF a surprise and takes un-
to himself half or sometimes more of
the fruits OF the farmers labor. 1t
II needless to say that such is discour-
aging to the farmer and he begins
TO cry out that he Is ruined.
When the Sumter County Boil Vice.
vil Commission made the trip through
Georgia. the weevii had made its ap-
pearance around, Amorlcus for tho se-
cond year, and the farmers had begun
10 boast that the weevii was not going
l to damage them very much In that
climate. I was told by q farmer from
Americus that the weevil literally
cleaned up great numbers OF the
farmers who were not farming to
guard against the wecvil disaster last
year u, 49, t'e
Necessarily poisoning weevils adds
TO the cost OF producing cotton and
| II will be necessary for us TO do better
| farming to make as much money on
tho farm as we have been making
| have never seen man that was will
ing to have his income curtailed, but
we are all trying to increase ID. 1t will
not pay TO poison weevils on land that
will produce less than three hundred
pounds OF lint cotton per acre and you
know that Is above the average yield
OF the South.
| Right now Is the time to begin to
plan to reduce the cost or expense of
growing cotton. The best way to do
this Is to 'redhce our fertilizer bills by
growing cover crops of rye and hy
growing velvet beans in our corn. /
should like to see number of acres on
every farm I'm Sumter county sown I'm
a cover crop of rye during the months
of september and October.
DO not nil to be present at this
Demonstration OF poison busting ma
chinery on Isaac Strauss farm. three
miles south " Sumter at IL o'clock
The demonstration and Incfnrn Will