The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-12-20

calcium arsenate molasses and water.
| containing not moro than one-half
pound Of calcium arsenate per acre.
Our results and those Of many other
farmers IN tho state show that the
over wintered weevils can be killed
out on the young cotton by such AN |
application. Other experiments which |
we have carried on this year seem to
show that very minute amounts Of
calcium arsenate-as little as ono
ounce or two ounces Der acre in a
| mixture of molasseS and water may |
affect a high degree OF weevil control.
We must do further experimenting, |
however, before making this assertion.
Mr.. Smith would, think, also have
gotten better results If he had fol-
lowed his first application with other
applications Of calcium arsenate, mo-
lasses and water after the cotton be-
gan to show weevil damage.
i Arsenate With Molasses
i You say that you have heard little
Of the results of the calcium arsenate-
molasses treatment. This Is quite
natural as there has been no organiz-
ed propaganda in it's favor while the
J Southern Fertilizer association, the
Southern experiment stations and the
} bureau of entomology have all seen
, to it that the successes with the dust
ing method have been widely and con-
: stantly advertised.
: There is gentleman in Georgia
who has for years operated a small
: but successful agricultural paper. His
success has been largely due to the
fact that he spends great deal of
his time travelling, observing the
D methods OF good farmers and report
ing their results. He Is open minded
unprejudiced and has done much good
IN disseminating sound agricultural
practice as he has observed 1t on the
t farm. He has recently been studying
t the subject Of boil weevil control in
Q South Carolina and Georgia. Allow
d me to quote from his editorial in the
o Southern, Cultivator Of December /:
9 "On our recent trip through the
\ Estate OF South CaEoline, going from
Anderson county down through to
OranSebnrg. tho chief topic OF interest
: among tho farmers wag the best
9 method OF boil weavr control by the
k use Of calcium arsenal. We were
given many instances OF experiments
& made with both the busting method
y We talked with several who have
s. given most OF their time this, year &c
J. the subject. Wa did not find one who
j. tried the arsenate, syrup and water
l. mixture that was not well pleased
t with the results obtained. Mr.. Tur-
y ner Of denmark put 40 Weevils on
stalks sprayed with this mixture ant
y in four hours time every weevil was
dead. Naturally, he will adopt this
,s method exclusively on his farm fol
Of 1928. We were also told OF an expert
I'd ment made by farmer in Greenwood
In county. GIe took eight acres of lant
Il Il.v1l I,&kz ~,
Of On tho first he used no poison; OF
10 to government instructions; on No.
he used the arsenate. syrup and water
ne On No. he gathered twice the yiel'
ly Of cotton as made on No. 1, whilo o.
On No. 8 he gathered twice as much cot
ton as was obtained from No. Q. Now
if we have no axe to grind in advocatin
gy the arsenate and syrup mixture
o. Neither have we one iota of hostilit
at to tho government dusting methot
ry But we are simply giving our reader
oil the facts as we find them, from tn
tie actual tests made by the practice
Of farmers themselves. We know th1
Ice much; many of these tests are mad
Ter by as high class farmers AZ Georgl
cir and South Carolina contain"
ast His statement that he "did not fin
he one who tried the arsenate. syrup an
cir water mixture that was not well pleas
ole ed with the results obtained" is con
ian pletely borne out by my own exper
the mence, for have yet to be told by OF
tie. farmer who gave it a fair trial th
he does not think he got profitable r
ln- suits and at a cost which was usual
ate far less than that of the dustil
all method.
ear Many different mixtures Of calcill
eat arsenate, molasses and water we
owe used all apparently with similar su
cess. This shows that the method h
ore, not been perfected and ,suggests tn
ary comprehensive experiments ar bad
| of needed to reveal the e%%minimum effe
)rm tive amounts Of calcium arsenate a
,ses raolasses In the mixture and the ct
edy. rect number Of and intervals betwe
No. the applications.
and We tested here thisf year many
,on- ferent mixtures Of calcium arsena
'ork molasses and water and many methC
ex- OF application. AL were successful
got a greater or less degre5s, The ra
Idea fall OF this section vas. abnorma
reat frequent and abnormally heavy fr
not May IA to August 20. On our b
ex- drained soil we made from rs |
that cent. to 100 per cent OF an avert
,eyil crop. On lands less we'll drained
|, on made from 40 per cent to 60 per ce
% OF Our total average yields were III
hods two thirds Of a normal crop. On m
of our crops we used six or SCI
con- treatments beginning Juno IL (wh
Nar ,poo' "a 1aoat oon wepk foo LATE For II