The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1921-11-24
u. Program For SFE-arnlirs SE-5s
Under Boil Weevil Conditions

arsenatc is valuable, especially if
done at the proper time and under
favorable conditions. Heavy damage
| from plant lice followin@ dustin~
with calcium arsenatc rarly las, An
gust makes us doubtful as to ;his
treatment when applied at that time.
The wecvils should also he picked
rom the plant in the early STAGES
and as soon as puncturcd squares arc
noticed they should be picked IN
twice per week until mid summer.
Rapid and thorough cultivation at all
times should be employed and tho
crop should be gathered as fast as
open to insure a high grade. In no
case should more cotton be planted
man can be properly handled at all
stages and promptly picked by the
labor on the farm, for it is the height
IF folly to plant crop and let the
boil wcevl eat it up for lack of at
tcntion or allow it to become blue
in the fields for lack of picking force.
The experience of many of our
best farmers and numerous experi
mcnts conducted under the auspices
OF the experiment stations prove
that it is absolutely essential in al
most all sections to use around 800,
pounds per acre of acid phosphate
under cotton In most cases if the
amounts applied varied much, either
above or below this standard, the
crops were less profitable.
Everywhere it must be insisted on
that the individual farmer and ten
mt raise an abundant supply of food
and feed and that this food and feed
be properly conserved. The man
with crib full Of corn and hay,
mokehouse full of meat and mo-
lasses, hundred bushels Of sweet
potatoes in storage house, and a
garden full of vegetables cannot be
put out of business by the boil weevil
or any other pest.
Storage houses for keeping sweet
potatoes should be everywhere con-
structed as this is one of the great
est crops we have and one which
every farmer can raise.
Cotton production in this section
is safer than in the lower sections
and will continue to be profitable on
average years, provided due care is
exercised in meeting weevil condi-
tions. The acreage should be strict
ly limited to an amount which can be
perfectly handled by the available
labor. Ample food sutffs including
corn, peas, velvet beans, potatoes,
sorghum, wheat, oats, tc., should be
grown. A suggested division of
acreage for thirty acre farm has
been made by one of the most sue.
cessful planters in the Piedmont and
may be found useful, although of
course it should be modified to meet
individual needs Ten acres of cot
ton; six acres of corn with peas or
velvet beans; eight acres in wheat
and oats, followed by pea vines,
beans and Lookout Mountain pota-
toes; one acre Of sweet potatoes;
two acres of alfalfa; three acres of
Sorghum; total, thirty acres. An
ample number of hogs and few
cattle should be carried on this farm
and for these permanent Bermuda
pasturage should be provided. 1t
would be well to increase tho per
centage Of corn on a farm of this
size unless the land is very fertile.
Thirty acres is usually an awkward
size for a farm as it is too large for
one horse and not large enough for
two. The relative proportion of diff
fcrcnt crops, however, may be OBJ
served no matter what the size of
the farm unit.
In every county the farmers
should utilize fully the government
farm experts. No one can advise in
tclligcntly and correctly just what
each individual farmer should do.
The demonstration agent, however
can tell YOU exactly what to do for
he knows your conditions and has
available all the necessary informa-
ton to advise you upon each detail
A most important factor for sue
cess under boil wecvil conditions is
hard and intelligent work The slip
shod farmer will be out of business
in few years and only those who
work hard and use intelligent meth
DDS will remain. In all crops only
varieties of proven adaptability to
the section and those which make a