Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-08-18

r,,.. .gun t" receive scattered
49,, .'''on leaf worm or as
Ilcd the cotton army
r,, "rnor'- have inrrra cd
,,, now ohvlou- that
very s'rlou trouh!c
~ Inr next Ir" weeks.
r. dr'" show the state Vt
H. ' com 'I'U''! IL, ,ni'S .eo'
A. "l I'N"5 i i'ncW" t.
A. ''hrrh nan OF hrhah-
"a, '''-'""' ana Il scattering
h. '.' f- Prac! 'c"IlE an over
he .'a.. ' MISSISSIPPI" III ao"'''oh,
sea- "''f'1 nave p''n S'curcn
tom western tennessee ana
vest" 'I''a' ihr"uHtl""' 'n"'h
4 Il Il rory tn' worms nave
dr. y ..."H "'!o!'at'hE apui'u",'e
Ei o' " y 'tJurihE 'he COTTON
n yea '..-' "h'cr Is very UNUSUAL
FOR h +" Erh'ratlon ana ihuicateS
n abr rM' . y h'aVy inleSlatioh III the
mex c''''A''oi' Wnich may ne expect
I'd to start To- develop "l'fAh tne next
4 ten day n additlon an examination
d q m.y''l'N OF iieluS SHOWS q re-
narhah'o 'arla'lon III the size OF !he
worm, 'H' -am' 1leids ol'eh Eleluihg
oil stage from newly haIcneu "oriiiS
10 fully matnred ones "hich nave
vehhed up ..
Fo-~'hIrty {" damage
. TIE question of just how much dam
ge these worms can do is a very i'm
wrtan, one in determining on con-
to mra.1rr-. At some points the
cotton cror j. already so mature that
the worm, ran do little or no harm.
but hi. area is very limited. The
majority pF the territory where the
. worm. are now present in defoliating
+ shrigrro j. still susceptible to SER
hp, injury. Of course, the heaviest
INVASION will not develop for some
wo week yet and there will be much
co'tor winch will be beyond damage
at that time. However. there will be
an cnormnu- amount Of cotton which
car he crIonSly injured by the worms
ever after the first of September.
owirg "a The fact that so much of the
cotton rrop j. from one to three weeks
late in maturity. The question of
whether or not to attempt to control
the worms il going to be an indvid-
ua' one for each grower to decide.
Mary fields are already so thorough
y infested with weevils that defolia-
non by the worms can do no harm,
and many more fields will reach this
condition within the next two weeks.
Before deciding on whether or not to
POISON III. worm. tho rrowor sbouId
examine hi. fields closely and note
specially he condition Of the bolls.
there are many bolls present less
thar '"o-thrlS grown and still unin-
Tested with wccvils, and the worms
star operations in threatening num-
oer> il will generally pay to poison
them. Of course. when a field is COM
pletey infested by weevils and prac-
IDEALLY all Of the younger bolls pune
Nred, d"fnliation by worms is really
more of benefit than a harm.
on th" other hand, in very rank
cotton in tho districts which have been
Receiving an oxcossivo ra;nfau +haro
Is now considerable amount of boil
rot and under such conditions it is
often hottcr to narn,;t tbo worms to
defoliate the plants. allowing the
sunshine to penetrate to the lower
DOL, and thus stop this rotting.
rOl>onS To Use For Worm Control
The leaf worm is very susceptibie
70 control by the use of arsenical
poisons.
IN The early days Paris green was
ir'' adopted as a means of leaf worm
Con'rol. This gave a very satisfac-
'ory control, hut always produced
more or less burning of the cotton
plant, which was undesirable though
not not nearly as serious as the leaf worm
oamaFc. In addition. however, there
are large variety of other arsen-
lcaIs which can he used for leaf worm
vOn'rol CON with satisfactory results.
lheSe include such as zinc arsenate,
Magnesium arsenate, Dondon purple
aNd numerous other trade mixtures of
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