The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-01-03
CLAIMS TO HAVE NEW
WEEVIL PREVENTIVE
w. B. SMITH, CHEMIST, SAYS
HE HAS PERFECTED FORM
ULA TO INOCULATE WITH.


sition as preventive" against the
depredations of the boil weevil, which
has been found by actual test to be
more effective than any method thus
far produced, has been discovered by
/ VIM. B. Smith, chemist, OF Wash
| ington, D. c., who has made his home
here in Georgia for the past year. Mr..
Smith claims for his formula that it
will eventually revolutionize the cot
ton growing industry in the south and
establish this crop here on its former
basis
Unlike Others.
Unlike the usual run of boil weevil
preventive" measures, which the past
few seasons have produced, the COM
position does not pretend to eXternli-
nate the weevil outright, nor drive 1t
off through sprinkling or spraying the
stalks, nor does it propose to catch
the insects in a trap. 1t is intended to
be used for an incubation for the
seed which will make the sap OF the
cotton plant, on which the weevil
thrives, unpalatable Mr.. Smith claims
that it is for the sole purpose OF OBJ
tanning its sustenanCe from the imma-
tured pod of the cotton that the boil
weevil infests this crop. Consequently
his proposal is to strike at the neucleuS
by removing the cause for the preva
lence of the weevil.
A complete explanation from Mr.
Smith himself follows;
MY theory is that the boil weevi
on cotton for food and only TO-
food; and the sap which is the bloot
of the plant is the food which he de
sires, as also the sap in the squares
blooms and bolls. This latter is tn
best sap, it being the point of reCrea
ton. Hence the boil weevil makes hi
home there and remains because it /
a good place to get the food that suit
his appetite and provides for him
livelihood. Change the sap and the bO1
lweevil will be forced to leave the cot
ton and seek other harbors. We pu
into the ground manure to change tn
sap. We buy and use commercial fer
tilizers to alter the sap to get bette
Iyield.
Changes Sap.
MANY farmers who raise sugar can
know that there are certain manure
which will change the sap so that tn
lsyrup cannot be eaten. Chemists hav
known for a century that certain prep
arations put into the ground under tn
cape jessimine" will change the beau
tiful white flowers to a pink shade
Knowing these things why not pu
under cotton a combination of chem
icals that will go into the cotton an
change the sap of the plant; thriv
with it and at the same time make
distasteful to the boil weevil and a
; other insects? | know that it can b
done.
Il came into Georgia in April, 1921
, and for the two years | have been di
, igent in research work adding chem
icals and taking away chemicals |
various experiments, having mad
many in about twenty-five counties c
the state. | have watched results care
, fully and am now convinced that
remedy can be had for the situatio
, and the farmers saved from the de
struction of their chief money crop,
No Gold Brick Scheme.
Il have no gold brick scheme II
, my sleeve and my plans are as We
; in the experimental stage. The fact {
the matter is that | don't even get tn
cost OF the chemicals in the majorit
of instances, but | know what to us,
when to use it and how to apply it
; obtain the best results. Further. | hop
!, to get out tonnage for the 1922 GRO
that will aid much and prove to til
skeptical public that remedy can b
had for the complete elimination {
the boil weevil eventually.
I'm Bib county an experiment wa
conducted on the farm OF W. c. Dir
on. Stalks of the cotton grown on Ian
which was inoculated with inside il
= secticide compared with stalks grow
: on land of the same degree of fertilit
showed that while the latter was prat
tically bare of fruit the other VIZ
loaded with full locks These spec
mems were brought into Macon by NJ
Dixon and placed on exhibition
Attorney z. B. Weatherly, VIII
Ioperates large plantation in Bleckle
county, also attested to the effectiI
ness of the insecticide, he having liit