Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-07-13
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Z. COUNTY AGENTS NOTES. j
Big Bee Meetings.

j. At Westminster, Thursday, j.
j. July 21st, in the City Park, at j.
.H 8 p. M, there will be talk j.
!. on bee-keeping aud Demon !.
!. stration in re-queening, given j.
!. by j. Wade Dickson, President j.
i. of Oconee Bee-Keepers' Asso. -
i citation. j.
!. At Seneca, Friday, July 90, j.
=. in Byrd Park, there will be a =.
!. similar demonstration. All per- j.
!. sons interested in bees are in !.
j. vited. -
!. Coming Events. !.
!. Bee Meetings = Westmin- i.
!. ster, Thursday, July 21, at 3 !.
!. p. m., City Park; Seneca, Fri !.
!. day, July 90, p. m., at Byrd !.
!. Park. j.
!. Motion Pictures-Walhalla !.
!. Wednesday, July 27, at 2 p. I.
!. m, at Star Theatre; Westmin- j.
i. ster, Wednesday, July 27, (not !.
!. settled); Seneca, Thursday, J.
!. July %, at 100 p III. J.
!. One show, five reels each at J.
!. each place, free. Shows start !.
>. club membcrs.) !.
y. Big Picnic-Clemson Col !.
!. lege, Thursday, Aug. II. all !.
!. day For Oconee, Anderson, !.
!. and Pickens counties. All in !.
!. vited !.
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Boil Wccvil at Work in Oconec..
The genuine boil weevil has been
and c. w. Patterson has the distinc-
ton Of having first found it and call
ed attention Of the County Agent to
the presence Of the pest this year.
AS many as five punctured forms
were found on single young cotton
stock, and over two bottles full Of
the punctured forms were gathered
by Mr.. Patterson and the agent. Nc
adult weevils were found. The adults
are sometimes difficult to locate when
they are few in number. Mr.. iPatter-
son states that his neighbors have
also found the punctured forms with
little white grubs in some Of them.
Mr.. Patterson states that he found
them in his fields last August and
also in August, 1919. although the
State entomologist's records Of the
weevils advance show that the wee
il invaded this county for the first
time, and In limited numbers, last
year in August and September. The
Anderson Mail was in error when,
one dov last week, 1t quoted the Cco-
nee agent as saying that the Weevil
had not yet reached Oconee. The
real weel was found near Seneca
last September by the Federal en-
tomologist, who at that time failed
to find the weevil around Walhalla
while searching with the county
agent. Boil weevils were sent in
from near Walhalla about three
weeks later by Mr.. Cox, agricultural
teacher. The presence Of the pest at
Earle's Grove Is the first brought to
the attention Of the county agent this
year.
The best way to look for the pest
is to watch the young squares. When
you notice that some squares have
flared out the bracts, and some fallen
to the ground, and some Of them
turning dark. each having a slight
raised point or pimple on the side OF
the square where the female wecvil
sealed the egg puncture, then you
are finding the work of the weevil.
open the dark punctured forms where
the punctured square has had time
to start to decay-about five to eight
days from the egg puncture-and
you will find the young white grub,
curled up in the form, rather quiet.
The grub remains in the squa re.
causing it's decay. and changing into
a pupae or resting state, and from
this state changing into the adult
weevil--all in about two weeks. The
female can lay hundreds of eggs per
day. Put the punctured forms in a
bottle, allow some air and keep moist
and watch the weevils change from
the egg into the weeyil, The county
agents first experience with the wee
VII was In August. 1919, when the
weevll first came into Bamberg coun-
ty in numbers, at which time he was
serving as county agent there.
If one could predict the weather