The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-07-20
METHOD OF
EXTERMINATING
BOIL WIEVIL


to begin the battle-the bolf weevil
battle-and we will win out.
You know Union County volunteers
love war, so command them to 60 to
1T. They will win out and it behooves
US all to save every pound Of cotton
that our manly labor and sweat has
produced this year.
The cotton crop in Union County is
practically made and it would be q
cowardly shame to allow the boil Wee
wi or any other enemy to take it
away from us or destroy it with the
desperate battle for it's saving,
Then here's for "the fight to the
hnish." Calcium arsenate is poison
that will kill the enemy, molasses is
the Cheap sweet" that will attract
the enemy's appetite and lure him to
his death and destruction. Come on,
fall in and let's go!
Macbeth Young,
Ex-Chairman Health Board.
Georgia Negro Discovers That Pois-
oned Molasses Kills Weevils.
(The Monroe Journal.)
Since the discovery of cotton's
greatest foe, the boil weevil, agricul-
tural experts have struggled in vain
against the toll the pest has exacted
throughout the cotton growing states
of the South, says the Chattanooga
Times. 1t has been estimated by men
we'll informed that the South has lost
because of the pest sum in excess of
five hundred million dollars.
About week ago, Mercer Reynolds,
Chattanooga's well-known manufac-
turer, inventor and capitalist, was told
hIy soh1
in the city, that the "molasseS treat
ment" had been tried out in several
sections of Georgia and had in every
instance been successful in the elimin-
alton of the bol lweevil. Mr.. Reynolds
was especially interested in the report
coming as it did from a particularly
reliable source, because it was not the
first time the story had been told him.
Previously, however, it had always
been explained the informant had
merely heard of the treatment and
could not give definite information
| concerning it or give the name of any
one who had made any practical test.
This time, however, Mr. Reynolds in
formant was not only able to person
ally vouch for the success of the
treatment as result of his own OBJ
servations, but in addition he gave
Mr.. Reynolds the name of a man who
was reliable and responsible and who
was especially interested because of
his own experience and his desire to
give wide publicity to the treatment,
| which he is convinced is positive ex-
terminator, practical and inexpensive.
This man is j. M. Strother, a cot
ton mill man, who owns large plant
in Louisville, Ga.
Mr.. Reynolds interest was so
aroused he telegraphed Mr.. Strother
at Louisville, making inquiry. Mr..
Strother's son acknowledged the mes
sage, advising the sender his father
was in South Carolina and the tele-
gram had been forwarded him.
Monday Mr.. Reynolds received a
letter from Mr.. Strother, written
from Walhalla, S. c., wherein the lat
ter confirmed all that had been told
Mr.. Reynolds and wherein he de-
scribes the treatment and expresses
the belief the weevil can be extermin-
ated throughout the country within a
year or two if the molasses treatment
is utilized. His letter follows:
Walhal1a, S. c., July 2, 1921.
Mr.. Mercer Reynolds.
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Dear Sir: Your telegram of June
20, 1921, was forwarded to me here
and do not know if my son, whom I
left in charge of my mill at Louisville,
Ca, answered it or not, and>for fear
he did not send you the Information
you desire / am sending it to YOU
now. Am sorry for the delay and
hope it is not too late for you to get
benefits from the treatment.
Now, this treatment is simply feed
ing the boil weevil on molasses
poisoned with calcium arsenate. You
take two pounds of calcium arsenate
and dissolve it thoroughly in one
quart of water and mix this with one
gallon of molasses. Make mop by
tying small rag on the end of
small stick or switch ana q: D this mop
In molasses mixture and touch each
stalk of cotton. Do not use much of
the mixture; it will not hurt the cot
ton plant, but is simply a waste of
material. The above amount should
be sufficient to go over three acres of
cotton if properly applied. 1t is bet
ter to put the mixture in the bud of
the stalk, but applied on any part
of the plant will do all right. The
weevils hunt the molasses to feed on
it and will find it if put on the plant,
but they will find it quicker if put on
the bud.
have given this treatment as
much publicity as / could and from
every place that it has been tried out
they claim grand success, and the
people who have tried it are very
much pleased. l have yet to hear of
any one trying it and finding any wee
wills after treating the cotton plants.
Some of the weevils are killed in five
minutes after eating, and others it
takes as much as an hour for them to
die. 1t depends of course on the