Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-07-19
same intervals as the cotton rows.
With this outfit two men and two
mules easily covered forty acres per

day.
"We had no comparative tests in
adjoining plots to determine the
relative efficiency of the different
methods OF treatment, but we OBJ
served the killing Of great many
weevls by the spray and produced a
good crop Of cotton where it was
used In other fields which we dust
ed with calcium arsenate at night,
according to governemnt directions,
we also observed the killing Of many
woevils, but severe invasion Of
! plant lice, due probably to the kill
| ing OF their enemies by the calcium
arscnatc dust, followed these appli-
cations and destroyed large part Of
| the cotton crop.
Il think the mop or bottle method
can still bo effectively applied along
the northern edge Of The cotton belt
wherever the cotton has not begun
to bloom. After experimenting with
a number Of mixtures we have come
one gallon of hot water, in which Is
thoroughly stirred two pounds OF
calcium arsenate, and then added to
one gallon Of molasses, Is a very sat-
isfactory mixture. 1t is then applied
with either a small cloth mop or with
a bottle with an aperture On one side
Of tho cork. Two or three drops Of
the mixture are placed in the top
bud of the young cotton during the
daytime.
The great object which we should
all have in view in testing and in
vestigating this new method OF boil
weevl poisoning is to determine
whether it affords a real method Of
control, and one which is cheap
enough and simple enough to be put
into universal use. The expense Of
the government method, and it's re-
quirements Of night work, places it
beyond the reach Of the great ma
jority, and consequently does not af-
ford method Of general control.
What we must have is some method
OF control which can be universally
applied. for in dealing with the boil
wccvil every farmer is vitality inter
in his section
'lf farmer uses the dusting
method as recommended by the gov
eminent and secures good results (as
a good many have done) he will pro-
L"bly carry his cotton up to about
Aug. l without very serious damage.
If his ncighbors have used no e:ec-
tive control methods, however, their
"eevils begin TO migrate by the mil
':ons about that time and prevent
very one from making any more
eotton. If universal method Of con-
troll. which would kill nearly all of
tho weevils carried from the preced-
ing year, were put into practice, it
would certainly postpone the period
OF saturation and migration, and
would allow every farmer to pro-
duce cotton for some time longer.
The unanimously favorable re-
ports OF the farmers in our section.
and Of many elsewhere who have
tried this method this spring, cannot
be disrcgarded. appeal, therefore,
to the farmers, business men, and
particularly to farm demonstration
agents and other government en-
pioyeeS, to at once make a thorough
and impartial investigation Of ,!ns
method Of control, and, if convinced
M its efficiency. as | am confident
they will be, TO bend every effort to
secure its universal use next spring,
before the young cotton begins to
fruit, and at frequent intervals as
long as the wecvils continue to come
out OF Information.