Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-30
LAURENS FARMER
BEATS BOIL WEENL
BY CHRISTINE 4aOMAg

DUBLIN, Ga, June 2S.-A formula
that will kill the boil weevil and keep
field clear of them until August,
when the migratory weevils are ID
action, is being used this year by DIR.
w. B. Taylor, of Dexter, Laurens
county, who has been growing cotton
| in Laurens for the past three years
in spite of the boil weevil. Last year
he made 139 bales off $50 acres, in
spite of the weevil, the hot weather
and other hindrances.
- DR.. Taylor lives about IA miles
from Dublin, where his farm is To-
Gated, and has become the recognize
ed boil weevil expert of the county,
who was determined to grow cotton
in spite of the weevil, and has sue
ceeded. Saturday a friend in Dublin
asked him about the weevil on his
| joke with me-" he said. 'I laugh ev-
cry time 1 think about him. 1 can
rid any field of boil weevil for %
cents per. acre if I'm given just two
successive days of sunshine" He
was Immediately asked for an ex-
PLANTATION, and when he replied that
| he had worked out formula for
poisoning the weevil, and was using
| it, he was asked for that formula.
| Here it is just as he gave 1t, and 1t
| has been Endorsed by County Agent
| J. B. Tye, who was present at the
time:
of saccharine, 2 packages Of ice
cream powder, 10 pounds of calcium
arsenate and gallons of water. Mix
! the ice cream powder and the sac
charine both in little water before
adding to the other ingredients. When
! you have it all mixed well together
be sure it is kept agitated so that
the poison does not Settle to the bot
| tom.
| Make a mop by taking a small
stick, and tying a roll of cheesecloth
around one end about two inches
wide. Get you an old tin can, fill it
with the solution, keep it stirred and
walk down the row and put few
drops of the solution on the under
side of the leaves near the bud OF
the plant. Be sure the mixture is
kept we'll stirred while you are put
ting it on. Only a small amount is
required for each plant, and with the
above amount of the mixture scien-
tifically applied it should cover 20
acres. Some, however, apply a lit
tie thicker than needed and it may
not cover more than 10 acres, A few
drops to each plant is just as effec-
| tive as gallon.
! Only one application is needed, pro-
vided two sunshiny days follow it's
placing on the plant. With this So
luton in use and all the squares
picked up, the cotton plant pushed
just as fast as possible, the farmer
should have full crop of cotton
made by August when the migratory
weevils begin to swarm, and when it
is useless to fight any longer. If
you have made the crop by that time,
however, you are safe.
In explaining his formula, DR.. Tay-
lor made the following points clear.
He has found by two years of spe-
cial experimental work that the wee
vii are attracted by sweet mix
ture, and easily fall preyt to poison
led sweets. Syrup. calcium arsenate
and water will kill the weevil, but
he adds the saccharine to make the
mixture sweeter than just plain
syrup, and more enticing to the wee
vii. The ice cream powders are adj
ded for the purpose of giving the
mixture body" makes it foamy
and mucillagenous, therefore, hard
to wash off by the rain, and sticking
longer on the plant while it requires
less agitation. Any kind of syrup,
corn syrup, molasses, or any like
sweetening will do.
DR.. Taylor has proved his ability
to fight the weevil by growing a
splendid crop of cotton for three
/ years i'll succession, while Laurens
county farmers all around him have
not made one-third of a crop dur
ing that time. He is recognized in
his home county as an expert on the
weevil, and has earned his leadership
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