Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-09-27
GEoRGIANs CONTROL sWENvILs.
Evidence that Many Fnrmcrs Vim
ming Out in Their Fight.
ATLANTA journal. 10th.

| AS picking progresses In the cot
| ton fields Of Georgia, IL become more
and more evident that many farm
crs are winning out in thor lght
with the boil weeyil. Larry ,dat fail
tho Atlanta Journal carried autuo ac-
counts Of how farmers had been sue
Cessful in this fight last seasuO, anu
| there is no doubt but that those ac-
counts of successful effort had rauch
20 do with many other land cwners
determining to carry 0n#a HHished
! fight with the pest this year
Among those who dctermiacd to
make tho fight is G. y. Fit2patgicl1,
| OF Warrenton, Ga, one Of the Urgest
landowners and most innnoniial
farmers Of middle Georgia Last
week at a meeting held on rs farm
under the auspices ot the NeOrgia
State Board of Entomology. over 800
farmers from all sections OF Georgia
gathered to study the results Uat hr
is securing. Mr.. Fitzpatrick rs in
| about 700 acres Of cotton .th.s Ycar,
and confidently expects to make
about 500 bales Of cotton. Even the
most critical visitor conceded mat he
will make not less thDn 5Op oales,
and he did it by waging q courag eous
and Intelligent iight against ,.a boil
wecvil pest.
At this meeting it was ei,cr me-
TO inspect closely Mr.. Fitzi. ,cks
fields. He has the same gcne~4l con
ditions as would be found % most
cotton plantations Of midals rgia.
This year he used lStjab $50
pounds OF fertilizer per ,farS Zee had
through necessity cut tho mount
from about 500 to 1000 pounds us
used before the advent Of The w"evil
on his farm. He busted his cotton
according to instructions furHishcd
him by the Georgia State Beard Of,
Entomology, and saved practically
all Of the cotton that could Do made
under such conditions and seasons as
have prevailed this year,
Good Seed Esscutial.
During the course OF the meeting
I had an interview with J. f &unn,
who has been manager Of Mr i'itz-
patrick's farm for the past teG Years
Mr.. Gum states that one o. the
things largely responsible 70. the
good yields secured was the t@rl that
good seed was used throughou the
entire paintings. Seed Of tn Van
namaker Cleveland Biz Boil variety,
bred on his farm for riNa Yeas, and
kept absolutely pure from mixing.
was the variety used This seed
breeding work was Dtun or the
farm by c. \. McLendo,, expert seed
breeder for the Georgia Board Of En-
tomology for several years, and has
been faithfully carried on since that
time. On the day Of my visit MI
Fitzpatrick had two young men from
The Georgia State College Of Agri-
culture making plant selections from
his fields for the continued improve
ment Of his variety.
Mr.. Gum states mat he has given
these seed the best of care, looking
after the ginning. storing and plant
ing personally to be sure that no
mixing occurs. or that no faulty seed
are used.
Planted Early.
This year the cotton was planted
as early as possible in the spring.
About 800 pounds Of fertilizer per
acre was bedded upon and a side ap-
plicatior Of about 100 pounds made
right after chopping. Dusiing with
calcium Of arsenatc was begun about
tho middle Of June. Mr.. Gum feels
that he should have begun earlier to
kill on the old wcevils that came from
Information, but 1t was impossible to
get the poison and get organized for
business previous to this time. About
six applications Of poison were made
on most Of the plantation, using
about five pounds to the acre each
time.
Mr.. Fitzpatrick plants from ten
to twelve acres Of cotton to tho plow,
end states that the total cost of the
protection work, including labor,
'achines and dust, would be around
500 to the plow. He spent a total
OF $4,000 this year in his fight on the
wpcVil Eight machines Wcrn usnd (; n