Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-06-28
,xo1AssEs, CALCIUM ARsENATB.
Cokor Givoa Moro Information Con.
corning His Exportments.
charleston News and Courier.)

tcium arsenate and molasses, and In
every instance with which ] am IA
miliar they are delighted with the
results. On our own plantations we
have cxpcrimcntcd with several mix
lures, and are now using mixture
OF Onc-haIf gallon warm water, IN
which Ii Thoroughly mixed one pound
% calcium arScnatc, and added 10
Crc-halt gallon Of black mola3scX.
W. have found a convenient way 10
apply Is 20 use Il quar- bottle, which
Is flied thrcn-fOurths full Of the
mixture Cut Il trench out OF one
sdic ot The cork, reverse the bottle
and apply 70 the bud OF the cotton
by shaking or plunging motion,
dropping t"o or three drops In the
bud Of the plant. This method re-
nEircs lcss OF the mixture per acre
the time. We find that none OF the
mixture should be carried over night
az it is hard to mix the next morn
ing. no more should be mixed than
can be used during the day. and It
should be thoroughly stirred before
pouring into tho bottles (or buck
cts II the mop Is uscd.)
Rudolph Gillespie applied the mo-
lasses mixture to three differen!
fields on the 12th, 18th and 14th.
This morning (ths 1Gth) he spent
more than an hour in these fields
searching for weevils. lie found
no live weevis. and no recently
punctured squares There were many
wecvils in the fields before tho pol
son was applied.
u II. Jordan was picking about
tifty weevils per acre from his flelGs
before poisoning. He poisoned on
tho 9Th and 9Th, and on tho 13.h
and 1ath. Hc sent hands iufo the
fields to pick weeyils, and the han
could find no wcevils. Mr.. Jordan
and Mr.. Middleton went into the
feds thcmsclv, and looked for
some ting ":d could find none
On Monday. the 18th instant. we
poisoned the field near the Pcdi-
greed Seed C0mpany's gin and ware
houses, In which numerous wncvilS
had been observed. On Wednesday,
We sent about twenty hands into This
field, Offering them two cents each
for live wccvils. a few quit pretty
promptly on not finding any wccvlS.
About fifteen, however, kept boxing
for some time, but none found I wee
acres Mr. Sharpe, who was In
charge Of the gang, raised the price
to five cents per wccyil, but still he
failed to have any live wccvils 70 be
brought to him. Later the price wls
advanced TO ten cents per wccvil, and
rot a single hand found wccvil af-
ter searching for two hours
George J.Wilds, plant breeder OF
the pcdigrccd Seed Company, car
ricd out the following experiments
during the past week:
TEST 80. I.
At ! y. III. on the lOth instant
r!nc hills Of cotton were treated with
the molaHScS mixture. There are two
plants in each hin, and only one Of
me plants In each hill was treated
Twchiy-onc wccvilS were placed on
these nine hills. about onc-half be-
ing placed on the poisoned plants
ana the rest on the unpois0ncd
plants. At 6 Il. IN. the nine hills were
examined, with the result that six
living wccvilS and six dead wccvila
were found on the treated plants. At
p. m. on The l2th the same plants
were examined and two 1.-Two wccvila
and eight dead wccvls we're found
At . a. m. on the lith the plants
were again examined and no live
wccWilS and ten dead ones were
found. As wccvils move about con
Gidcrably at this season 1t Is assumed
that all that remained on the treated
hills were destroyed within the test
period. Tho mixture used in this test
was Onc-half gallon water, one gallon
molnH9cH and Two pounds Of calcium
arScnair
rest No. -.
At y. N. on the lUih instant ten
nils were treated with the following
"iNtnrr: EiEh, gallons Of water,
three gallons mOlaHScH and ten
pounds calcium arH"nnlc. Ana on the
ten hills twenty Wc"yilS wcr" placed
At & p. m, on the same day, four
living and five dead wcryils were
found. " ? Il. m, on the liih. one