The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-03-24
DEMONSTRATIONS IN
BOIL WEEVIL CONTROL

under boil weevil cordit;ons? IS a
question tha: is not only Of vital i'm
portance to the farmer. bat also to
the entire industrial and commercial
life Of the South. In the opinion of
those who have given the subject care
ful investigation. it is the leading
problem before that section today.
The presence Of the boil wecvil is a
factor that must be reckoned with in
all future cotton production, as it IN
every probability has come TO stay.
This means, that in order to grow
cotton. the grower must adopt new
course Of procedure as respects his
methods CT culture, and acquaint him.
self with, and put into practice,
measures of weevil control, # he is
How to grow cotton under weevil
conditions has been we'll worked out.
The bureau of entomology Of the l.
s. Department Of Agriculture has
seen studying and investigating the
life history and habits of the boil wee
vii ever since the insect crossed the
Rio Grande river from Mexico in
1892. In the meantime, careful re-
search and experiments have been
made with the view Of determining
what methods Of control, both di-
rect and indirect, can be used most
economically and effectively. While
no device or method has been found
to entirely exterminate the weevil,
the department authorities have dem
onstrated beyond a doubt, that the
application Of calcium arsenate, pro-
perly applied, will keep the insect in
check long enough to allow the cotton
plant to develop full set Of bolls.
There are those who believe that
the measures of control as recon-
mended and demonstrated by the de-
partment Of agriculture, are the best
that have been proposed. As an eX-
preston Of confidence in the practi-
cability Of these methods Of weevil
control, the Atlantic Coast Line rail-
road. Geo. H. McFadden & Bro, Saw
annanh, Ca, S. N. Bully & Son, Saw
annah, Ca, cotton factors, Citizens
G. Southern bank, Savannah, and the
Barrett Cotton company, Augusta,
Ca. in conjunction with the Southern
Cotton Oil company and the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company, who in
itiated the undertaking, have jointly
subscribed to fund to be used in
carrying out such demonstrations on
cotton farms.
In accordance with the arranged
program, it is proposed to conduct
demonstrations at approximately for
ty-two points adjacent to the mill and
factory points OF the Southern Cotton
Oil company and the Virginia-Caroli-
ma Chemical company in the states Of
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia and Alabama. In all, demonstra-
tons will be carried out on something
ike three hundred farms in the cotton
belt. At each of these locations six
or eight farms will be selected on
which calcium arsenate dusting op-
erations will be conducted and speci-
fc directions given the grower in re-
gard to the preparation of the land,
fertilization, planting, cultivating the
crop and the application Of calcium
arsenate, each step taken to be in line
with the proved experience Of the Del
ia laboratory of the United States de-
partment Of agriculture.
At each point where a demonstra-
tion is conducted, some individual en-
ployee of the Southern Cotton Oil
company or the Virginia-Carolina
: Chemical company familiar with and
qualified to do the work, has been
selected, and will be detached from
his regular duties to such extent as
may be necessary to supervise and
direct the demonstration locally, and
to this end an organization as TO per
sonnel, methods and machinery has
been perfected.
The general direction Of the work
will be under the supervision of Dr..
A. <. Grantham. dirctor of the ;g-i-
cultural bureau of the Virginia Caro-
lima Chemical company and DR.. 7. F.
Bargeron Of the Southern Cotton Oil
company. Dr.. Grantham is an expert
agronomist, and was for many years
connected with two Of the state agri-
cultural colleges ana experiment s5a-
tons, before entering the services of
the Virginia-CaroliAa Chemical COM
pany.