Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-01-21
County Wide Boil Weevil Con.
ference.

The county wide boil weevil con-
ference of Edgefeld county was call
ed to order promptly by County
Agent A. B. Carwile at II a. M,
Tuesday Goth. After few remarks
Mr.. Carwile turned over the meeting
to District Agricultural Agent Hen
!ry S. Johnston of Aiken, who told of
the purpose of the meeting and of
the meetings that are being held all
over the State with such great sue
cess, the attendance at each place be-
ing near $50 people. Mr.. Johnston in
troduced as the first speaker Mr.. N.
E. Winters, now with the conference
work of Clemson College.
Mr.. Winters took "Soil Building
and Fertility" as a subject and gave
Ibis time to the discussion of peanuts.
The following are the facts brought
out: Plant the Little White Spanish
peanut for oil and confections and
any of the runners for hog grazing;
use 9-2-2 fertilizer for peanuts on
clay lands and 8-3-3 for the sandy
lands; plant very thickly in the drill,
using 80 pounds in the hulls and As
pounds of shelled nuts, and plant by
hand or by using an Avery or Ben
thall planter; soak over night if pos
sible where planted in the hulls; use
lime where it has not been used in
the general farm practices; see to
getting pickers for the communities
that grow peanuts.
Mr.. j. P. LaMaster Extension
Dairyman for Clemson, talked on the
Family Cow" as great means of
reducing the cost of living. He stress
ed the work of bull clubs and the fact
that pure bred sires pay big divi-
dends to the cow man. The discussion
on hogs and beef cattle was led by
Mr.. WI. Shealy, Extension Animal
Husbandman of Clemson, who stress
ed the growing of feed at home in
the form of beans and peas as much
as possible and of the proper market
ing facilities. He also explained the
work of "bush whacker trader" in
the cattle business, and told the far
mers to beware of this man. Mr..
Shealy is great believe in putting
the scrub boar and bull out of busi-
ness and getting the best and not the
registered scrubs.
The discussion on cotton was led
Mr.. McLendon, of the Southern Fer
tilizer Association, and contained the
following facts: For lands infested
with wilt, plant either Council or
Covington Toole (frst choice) and
Dixie Triumph (second choice). For
lands without wilt, plant Wannamak-
er's Strain of Cleveland Big Boil; for
the long staple varieties use Express
variety first and Webber 40 second
choice. These are for weevil condi-
tions. Mr.. McLendon is a graduate of
Clemson College and has had eleven
years of cotton breeding and knows
his business. The reader will notice
that the King cotton is not recon-
mended as so many seem to think.
Just here, to break away from the
regular program, Mr.. Johnston read
testimonials of boil weevil oils, sure>
cures, cure all and kill none stuff,
and of weevil catcher machines, and
all similar rot. Farmers are urged
to let alone fake medicines and ma
chimes and to use none other than
those that have the Government
stamp on them.
Mr.. George M. Anderson made his
usual boil weevil talk. He is the boil
weevil man of Clemson College. He
says that we need not expect a great
damage next year unless we have
very unfavorable seasons. But he
urged the farmers not to depend on
that last big crop of cotton but to
adjust themselves to farming under
weevil conditions. He also spoke of
the fake boil weevil killers and oils
and assured the audience that none
of them contained alcohol.
County Agent Carwile read an in
teresting paper from President Mix
on of the South Carolina Cotton As
sociation, urging the farmers to mar
ket their cotton through the plans of
the Association. Farmers are urged
to attend the meeting on February
18th of the Edgefeld Cotton Asso-
citation at the Court House.
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