The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-02-23

THE MARTET
for 1e1S-17 living and 489 dead and so on back thru
1915 when the record began and when the proportion
was weevils alive Ala dead as against the present
showing of 127 alive to % dead
These findings, which are more impressive because
sundry other experiments in the same field bear them
out; carry their commentary warning True it is
as the Bureau Of Entomology remarks that 'the abuor
maly heavy Of over-wintered eevls in the
coming spring does necessarily mean that weevl
damage this viii be unusually great since If Is
possible that weather conditions may offset
the early infesation But ponder these further words
from the same authority The fact remains that farm
ers Tin infested territory VIII start the cotton crop
der tremendous handicap and il will require abnormal
weather to produce normal weevil damage No man
IS JUSTIFIED on gambling such luck The only safe
course to anticipate year of great abundance Of b
weevis and to make all plans accordingly"
The Journal does presume to offer advice on mat
tiers concerning which the farmer knows more in day
that many Of his cock counselors could learn in
year But we present the results of this exceedingly
interesting test and the views of the highly competent
students, for what they may be worth to men of open
minds Ii word to the wise is sufficient three things
Georgia will not forget in the oncomng months which are
to make or mar so many fortunes She will not forget
that the more abundant boil weevils are the smaller the
cotton acreage which be handled securely and sue
cess1uy nor that food crops adapted the soil and the
season. should fill the cotton gap; that markets for
such crops must be provided adequately and betmes if
the growers are to profit and the commonwealth 90 pros
perousy forward
In all this there needs must be cooperation Farmers
bear the burdens and take the hazards of these
changeful times alone. They entitled to the liberal
coworkng of business and banking the end that prob
lens which involve the interests of all may be worked
out for the good And the fact that such CO.
working is so generously promised in Georgia lies one
Of the happest omens of the unfolding year.
Atlanta Journal
1t would seem that better name for it would be
outgo" tax.
Someone has said that nine people are looking
backward to every with vision. Hence the
rugged road for progressives.
A four hundred dollar shipment of day-old chicks
was received at Rutledge recently The incubator
would do much as an effective method of fighting
the boil weevi
The federal farm loan is all right if its function
ing was speeded up When the farmer needs a loan
he wants quick action. The boil weevil does not
wait on the federal farm loan board
farmer of Washington Georgia made $500 from
one acre of cabbage What would you think of a
merchant who kept his clerks busy selling matches
lat five cents box, when he had line of customers
waiting to buy shoes at $12 per pair?
1t is said that seventeen years ago Henry Ford
tramped the streets of Detroit trying to buy chick
Ell on credit. Last year Ford paid an income tax of
I$76,00OO0O 1t is presumed the chickens will flock
to Henry's coop now, without tramping the streets
lin search Of one