The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-11-04


er IN the state to do this work at once.
for, if only few do it, il will have
little effect in reducing next years
weevil supply.
! Second. During the fall and win
ter destroy all cover in which weevils
may be hiding, burning ditch banks
and margins of woods and cleaning up
around stumps. Fodder and hay
stacks should not be allowed to remain
near cotton fields.
Use of Fertilizer
, TA;rd. Cotton should be literally
fertil;zed with quick acting fertiliz-
er containing about so pounds OF
available phosphoric acid per acre,
ammonia and potash to be used ac-
, ccrding 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 a 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.
Fouhth. Early planting of approx
ed varieties of cotton with plenty OF
seed. The farmer should have at
leas. 8 bushels of good seed for each
acre he is going to plant. He should
plant at least two bushels before
April l in the lower half Of the state
and before April 10 in the upper hall
Of the state reserving bushel per
acre. If a stand is not secured by the
first planting he should plant over not
later than April 10 in the lower halt
or April 20 in the upper half. II
large quantities of seed are used good
stands are usually secured from ex-
ira early paintings and the experience
is that under boil weevil conditions
the greatest crops are always made
from the earliest paintings. If STANDS
are not secured at comparatively
early stage the land intended for cot
ton 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, three inches or
four inches not being too close as
minimum and eight inches or ten in
ches as 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 ar
senate is valuable, especially if done
at the proper time and under favor
able conditions.
! Doubtful as to Time
Heavy damage from plant lice fol-
, lowing busting with calcium arsenate
early last August makes Us doubtful
as to this treatment when applied at
that time. The weevils should alsc
be picked from the plant in the early
stages and as soon as punctured
squares are noticed they should be
picked up twice per week until mid
summer. Rapid and thorough cultiva-
ton at all times should be employed
and the crop should be gathered as
fast as open to insure a high grade
+ In no case should more cotton be
planted than can be properly handled
at all 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 eat it up for lack of
attention or allow it to become blue
f! in the fields for lack of picking force.
The experience of many Of our best
farmers and numerous experiments
conducted under the auspices of the
| experiment stations prove that it is
absolutely essential in almost all sec
tions 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 farmers and ten
ant 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,
smokehouse full Of meat and molas-
ses, hundred bushels of sweet pota-
toes in a storage house, and a garden
! full of vegetables can not be put out
of business by the boil weevil or any
other pest.
Storage houses for. keeping sweet
! potatoes should be everywhere con-
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