The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-09
WARMING ISSUED
ON BOIL WEEv|L
BY AGG|E AGENT
Government Expert Predicts Appear.
ancc Of Pest In Cotton and
Urges Action In ErsdIea'
tIon Campaign.

II IL now quite obvious that the
spring Of 1922 Is going to see an
abnormally heavy omergence OF boil
weesll. and while this may be some
what offset by summer weather con
iitlons. there II no excuse for delay
IN securing equipment II you are
going TO poison tie weeyih this
year"
Tnls statement ls made In CON
munlcation Just received by "A. +.
Iioufton, county farm agent from
u. Il. coad. OF the United States DE.
par'ment Of Agriculture. bureau o
entomology. Mr.. Coad ia identified
with the southern field crop insect
investigation organization. which has
Headquarters at the Delta laboratory,
1allulah. La. The communication
Just received by Mr. Houston fol
lows:
"A rather peculiar situation has
developed which promises diseppoint
ment to many cotton farmers who
Wish to poison the weevil this year
II some steps are not taken 10 rem
edy It. For the past several years
various machine manufacturers have
been taking up the production OF
cotton busting machinery and have
turned out limited numbers for the
trade which developed. However
they have always been confronted
wite the fact that many farmers
would defer purchasing busting ma.
terials in some vain hope that the
weevils we're not to be abundant
until too late that II was Impossible
to secure deliveries in time for best
results
During the past several months
we have been canvasing the results
the farmers secured last year, and
find too frequent repetition of a
statement to the effect that the ma
chimes were delayed in shipment
and did not reach them until few
days or few weeks later than the
tine they were really needed, and
consequently poisoning became more
expensive and less successful. 1t is
now quite obvious that the spring
Of 1922 is going to see an abnor
mally heavy emergence of weevlls
and while this may be somewhat
offset by summer weather condi
tions, there is no excuse for delay
in securing equipment If you are
going to poison the weeyils this
year.
Furthermore, the manufacturers
have no means of anticipating just
what the demand is going to be and
naturally do not feel justified in
building large number of machines
on a gamble. The consequence is
that machine production will prob
ably more or less keep pace with
visible business and there is little
prospect of a surplus Of machines
being prepared and thus placed at
the disposal Of those suddenly de-
Gliding to poison at the last moment.
Our advice Is decide now whether
or rot you are going to prepare to
poison, and II you decide to do SO,
immediately make arrangements for
your supply of dusting materials.
"The price of the various machines
has already been announced for the
year. The various 0ne-mule ma
chimes practically all range between
$3.50 and $500. These prices are
fairly reasonable In proportion to
the present value of cotton, and
there is little likelihood of reduction.
Certainly not sufficient probability
to warrant delaying tie purchase Of
equipment.
considering all features of the
situation we feel that we cannot too
strongly urge either the purchase OF
material now or the decision to not
attempt poisoning this year"