The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-11-03
SUGGESTED FARMING
PROGRAMME UNDER
WEEVZL CONDITIONS


banks and margins of woods and
cleaning up around stumps. Fodder
and hay stacks should not be allow
ed to remain near cotton fields.
Third. Cotton should be literally
fertilized with a quick acting fertiliz-
er containing about so lbs. of avail
able phosphoric acid per acre, am
monia and potash to be used ac-
cording to the character and relative
fertility of the soil. All applications
of ammonia should be put down be-
fore the middle of June. Over-doses
of potash have tendency to delay
maturity. Where the weed grows tall
only a small amount of ammonia
should be used as it always delays
maturity and encourages overgroWth
of stalk.
Fourth. Early planting of APPROX
ed varieties of cotton with plenty Of
seed. The farmer should save at
least 3 bushels of good seed for each
acre he is going to plant. He should
plant at least two bushels before
April 1 in the lower half Of the state
and before April 10 in the upper half
of the state reserving bushel per
acre. If stand is not secured by
the first planting he should plant
over not later than April 10 in the
lower half or April 20 in the upper
half. If large quantities of seed are
used good stands are usually secured
from extra early paintings and the
experience is that under boil weeVil
conditions the greatest crops are al
ways made from the earliest plant
ings. If stands are not secured at a
comparatively early stage the land
intended for cotton should be put
into other crops.
Fifth. Cotton should be left thick
in the drill. This distance should
vary with the height Of the natural
growth of the plant, 8 inches or +
inches not being too close as a mini
mum and 8 inches or 10 inches as a
maximum.
Sixth. The question Of poisoning
for boil weevil is still in the expert
mental state but your committee be-
lieves that poisoning with calcium
arsenate is valuable, especially IL
done at the proper time time and un-
der favorable conditions. Heavy
damage from plant lice following
dusting with calcium arsenate early
last August makes US doubtful as to
this treatment when applied at that
time. The weevils should also BE-
picked from the plant in the earlv
stages and as soon as puncturei
squares are noticed they should be
picked up twice per week until mid
summer. Rapid and thorough cul-
tivation at all times should be eri-
ployed and the crop should be gath
cred as fast as open 70 insure high
grade In no case shoul.l more cot
ton be planted than can be properly
handled tall stages and promptly
picked by the labor on the farm, for
it is the height Of folly to plant a
crop and let the boil weevil ear it up
for lack of attention or allow it to
become blue in the fields for lack of
picking force. ...a
The experience Of many Of oar
best farmers and numerous expert
ments conducted under the auspices
of the experiment stations prove that
it is absolutely essential in almost all
sections to use around goo pounds
per acre of acid phosphate unde: cot
ton. 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 tenant
raise an abundant supply of food and
feed and that this food and feed be
properly conserved. The man with a
crib full of corn and hay, a smoke
house full of meat and molasses, a
hundred bushels of sweet potatoes in
a storage house, and a garden full Of
vegetables cannot be put out Of busi-
ness by the boil weeviI or any other
pest.
Storage houses for keeping sweet
potatoes should be everywhere as this
is one of the greatest crops we have
and one which every farmer can
raise.
Special Suggestions.
I. For lower coastal plain. With
in so miles of the coast it is doubt
full whether cotton can be profitably
raised under boil weevil conditions