Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-11-02
rLoWN COTTON STALKS UNDER.
Dr. A. Nj Soule Says Now Is the Best
Tine 10 Flight Boil Weeyil.
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Now IS the time to fight the boil
Iwcevil VII IGNORE deadly effect than
lat any ohet season Of the year, de-
olared p,r Andrew M. Soule, prosi-
dent Of the state College OF Agrlcul-
ture, In Atlanta Thursday afternoon.
Flight him." said DR.. Soule, "by
plowing under the cotton stalks in
the field. And plow them under now.
Don't wul foT tho frHNi to drive The
hOu wepyl rut OF tho aCit bolls into
wtrtGr G&arters rlow aim under
o2tore ne leaves tn&'cottou stalks.
"Pronlically an or the cotton has
been pi we'd, No the stalks are use-
less. 1t won't pay to burn than,
because that would destroy from 20
to SO pounds Of nitrogen per acre,
and all Of our lands are deficient in
nitrogen. 1t would be better to plow
up the stalks and let them die and
rot in the field than it would to
burn them, but plowing them up will
not be as effective as plowing them
under.
'Plow them under deep. Bury
them and smother them. Hit the
boil weevil while he is down 1t may
not be good craftsmanship. but it's
mighty good economics.
My opinion is, based upon care
full survey, that SO per cent of next
years crop Of boil weevils can be
destroyed by plowing under the cot
ton stalks. When the frost comes
the weevi at once leaves the soft
bolls still on the stalk and hunts for
winter quarters. He gets under the
bark on dead logs, under the bark
on stumps in the field, under the
shingles on the farmers house and
anywhere he can keep warm and dry.
And when a paiI Of boil weevils
come out in the spring and start
propagating, they can and do produce
in one season from seven to eleven
million weevils. SO that every time
q pair Of weevils are plowed under
now, and destroyed, we have destroy
ed from seven to eleven million un-
h7tchei wecylls that will prey upon
Ms mex year.
We have the plows, the mules,
lie tractors. and the labor to plow
under the cotton stalks. We have the
t,mo 80 do II before frost comes. But
we have no time to lose. Flowing
under The stalks will not only de-
gtvoy thousands Of boil weevils, but
viii iIaroYH the soil of every. field
where they are plowed under.
"Ihe crop Of weevils now in the
soft bells which will never open, and
are, therefore, useless, are what
They will go into winter quarters If
not destroyed now, and will come
out 0cYt spring and begin to multi
ply with their prodigious rapidlty,
and HGair deyastate our cotton crop.
"laG time to fight the weevil, IS
| SAID before, Is when het is down.
fisnt him after the cotton is gone
for him to feed on. Fight him by
plowing him under. Fight him ry
destroying, wherever possible, lle
places in which he can take ref lge
from the cold weather and rains Of
winter.
"Plowing under the cotton stalks
at this time, while the fields are still
alive with weevils, will destroy ~,
finitely more than hard, cold win
ter or dry summer.
"Riding this afternoon from Ma
con to Atlanta, saw thousands Of
acres Of cotton stalks, picked out,
done with, standing in the field, har-
boring millions upon millions Of boil
weeyils.
FIFTY per cent of the boil weevil
seed crop, at the very lowest, can be
killed by plowing under the cotton
stalks"