The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-10-17
M NORTH VIEWS
|" COTTON SITUATION
,,,nnENLY DISCOVERED
5 oo1L WEEvIL is MEN
PAL pro 70 PRODUCTION.

PAT AT 70 PRODUCTION.
>,r York Herald OF recent
r. Wv an UNUSUAL amount OF space
s.st tton situation in the south. II
be 'p pae7 the habit OF the northern
not y. ~ nav much attention, ever
ff' J IL straits of the southern n
nc o,,nter; on the other hand
on .se matter OF tariffs and tolls
the me n If for public discussion J., i,
i'd be + bp fayorite pastime OF the
been '4 10 make the southern cot
dalIes ~ 9oncar as af1uent and as
PIaI5,[, ID as a Rajah OF one Of
l ?IG,'' states, says the lotion
Fter wear is seeing many
ut '2 IN the attitude OF +. many PEG
g. e.. III cotton planters ills are at
ne ..rrionsIy a very great mum,
fng ; Sc, VI England capitalists, and
OF ,- W." England capital is affect
b N ,tE;ng must be done.-pronto9
sofl''Tl, cT York Herald has sud,
-toj j;.rrroyered that the boil WeeVil
y ols . HAT has destroyed thous-
Pc, ,rrs of cotton, and lost mil
o. O JoIlars to the planter; not
I I5 this issue OF the Herald
{, a0s e Startling table of statistics,
I'h finishes q an editorial, both OF
l we reproduce: -, ~
3 ,l.reyer of potential wealth in
de'[ and bugaboo of the cotton
~ anu hod record year and did it
F s[od n"o in the fields OF the south
prorub v ~ preventing production OF
- ES1, bales of cotton, which, with
wv wv hat would have been ginnedr
'f gor ti1'' $6lO,314,OOO, based on
" "r;crs Of December l, last.
.i oroduction OF cotton in thlr-
.a year, aggregated l59,648,OOC
gIiie damage from all sources
r, %, 1909, $4,000 bales, OF which
[ s1'' weeviI is credited with pre-
~; ~" induction of 28,776,OOO bales
NY osotsgnti9l production of cotton in
4-o;ted States for those years
.; ;r,'t aggregated 269,082,000 bales
IVY arerage Of 2O,698,615 bales year
r5 If the reduction of the crops
,rss of damage from all sources
E,ged S.4l8,000 bales annually and
TboU weevils average toll was q
& 38 bales yearly.
Sfose are disheartening paragraphs
/ editorial follows;
Advance of the Boil Weevil.
he boil weevil crossed the Ric
1de about thirty years ago and III
soacq of a few seasons had in
4 he'd itself in every cotton pro-
section of Texas. Year after
/ as it spread to other cotton pro-
lin states. the losses it caused
Ined by tens OF millions of dollars
Il now after years of warfare
Inst the pest. the department OF
Ecultrc announces that the damage
Nrou.ht in 1921 was greater than
experienced before in the history
the American cotton industry.
fhis destructive beetle is a native
Central America and Mexico. Last
i it kilhd 70 per cent OF the cot
growing in the United States
II it not been for the boil weevi
aetna, ,otton crop of 1921 could
been obtained from 81 per cent
|tha acreage under cultivation. The
Iarmen. experts estimate that the
Evil prevented the production OF o.
loco bales of cotton. That was d
Of 81 per cent greater than the
Of l120.
Fhe insect responsible for this de-
baton j, about one-quarter OF al
.olg in the adult state. The larvae
ch accomplish the destruction, are
flty longer. They are fat white
ge0ts which feed on the interna
be- Of the cotton buds and bolls
be are four or more generations
tiem each summer. The weevil hi.
fates in old cotton plants and corr
Ks and in the grass, coming out tc
on the cotton plants as soon as
begin to blossom.
be department. of agriculture has
years been instructing cottor
tiers to plant early, to leave plenty
space between rows so that the
will have elbow room, and to de
the old cotton plants by blowing
lre when the harvest is over. APP
.nlIy some other means, more ct,
NE must be found to fight the Dol
nL The pest has increased greatly
lower during the last two years
year it was more destructive tc
cotton crop than all other causes
lamage combined.
IS not at all impossible that TN.
an effective agent against the Dol
vi IS found the production OF cot
IN the United States will be com.
Ely wiped out.
DDT7D ~ DnA11xy