Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-06-23
BOIL WEENII CATCHER
CHEAP AND PRACTICAL
First Cost is Practically Whole Cost.
Fastcns Under Tongue or Guilt
vatOr.

A boil wcrvil catcher. demonstrated
in purant this week j. not only chcal
to own. and with hardly cent of OK
ira cost above crIltiyating to operate
hut appears TO hc entirely practical
aud in the belief If many cotton mon
who have examined it and looked into
it, principle of operation. will actually
remove Il great per cent Of the wee
wills and infected squares from the
cotton plants.
The machine con lists of two pieces
Of sheet iron fastened together at the
top with iron straps, which in turn
are fastened underneath the cult
vator tongue, so that when the cot
ton is cultivated the sheets of sheet
iron straddlc the row. The bottoms
are curved in and running lengthwise
on the bottom Of each sheet of iron
is a trough it being calculated that
these trouphs be as close to the stalk
rs possible Running diagonally
across from one sheet to the other
are strips of sheet iron, which, when
the cotton stalks strike them the
stalks are shaken vigorously from
side to side while passing between
the sheets of iron forming tho side
walls. This shaking process will not
only knock off the weevils, but the
infected squares rs well and there is
only one place they can possibly fall
in the troughs at the bottom Of the
sheet iron side walls. These troughs
arc filled with kerosene. which soon
kills the weevils as we'll rs the hun
drcds of eggs on the infected squares
that would later on become wecvils
In infected cotton where the ma
chine has been used. after several
rounds. the trouEhs have been found
to he filled with wecvils and infected
squares containing eggs. When teh
troughs become filled with weevils
and infected squares, they are dumped
and set afirc, and the fire does the
rest.
The side walls of the machine may
be adjusted wider apart or of closer
together and the machine may be
either raised or lowered, depending
upon The size Of the stalks.
In past years experience ha. proved
that the cotton hat wn- worked of
ten, even with simple cultivator
made the best yic'd. for many wcc-
vii and Infected squares were knock
ed off and "luwcd under to die under
ground The new machine. cannot
os,ihly pas down a row of cotton
without giving every stall, generous
shaking up. hard enough, experience
50 far how. to knock off into the
kerosene troughs, nearly all of the
wcevilS and infected squares.
A dozen of the machines arrived
in the city Saturday being bought
by the banks. One is on display at
the various banks and at the Cham
Der of Commerce, so that all may see
how it works. Arrangements are be
ing made so that cotton growers may
secure one of the machines at cost
laid down in Durant, and n great
many farmers who have already seen
sample have placed orders for them.
The News is Informed that the cost
per machine will not exceed 5000.
1t is believed that this method is
superior to the plan of poisoning the
wcevils. First. no additional labor is
required to use the catcher. as it fas-
tens to the cultivator, and catches
the pests while cultivation is in pro-
gress. Second, the cost is nothing
compared to the damage wccvils can
do to even single acre of cotton.
Third, except for few cents worth
of kerosene, the first cost is the total
cost, not only for one but for many
years Of operation.
In poisoning the weevils, separate
operation Is needed, and the poison
costs money. The News is informed
that the cost of applying poison runs
as high as $500 per acre for each ap-
p'icatiOn. Then again. one infected
square. containing hundreds of wee
vii eggs. Is a greater future menace
than many grown weevils, and it is
not believed that the poisoning pro-
cess will destrop or even reach the
eggs hidden In the squares. and it is
the infected squares that constitute
the greatest menace to the crop.
Boil Weevil Killing Machine COnvinc-
ces All Who See II Work That
IL viii Catch The Weeyil