The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1922-07-19

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field of Ex-Governor Manning, Nav
80 fro mthc fields of Mr.. Goodson and
June IL from our own fields (these
beng the dates upon which these
three parties made the first applica-
tion of poson.)
1t seems to me no less foolhardv To
90 nothing to control the boil weevi
until squares have formed on the
plants and of course some of them
been punctured by the .old weevils. 1t
is perfectly feasible as stated by the
Clemson authority to kill these early
weevils by applications of arsenical
poison, Why is it not equally feasible
to keep on killing them for a period
OF 30 days when method which will
certainly do this is offered at a cost
OF about zoe per acre per application
for materials, or say 81. per acre to
complete the job. The experience of
many in this section shows that it IS
perfectly feasible to do THIS VERY
THING.
We are not going to get perfect boil
WeeVll control anywhere this season
because in no section have all the far
mers poisoned their crops and picked
squares, nor will we probably get
wccVll control to the highest degree
IN an ySeason, even in sections where
| the molasseS poison is used in time
| ana frequently, unless the farmers are
Vigllant in finding the spots where
| the few weevils who have probablv
escaped the poison are LAYING in the
| squares.
/ firmly believe, however, that
wneh every farmer in the State pois-
ons his cotton before squares are for-
! med and continues this treatmnnt
often enough to keep the poison on
the cotton until the last of june and
| where ne continues vigiant in detect
| ing ana picking up the few punctured
squares that the occasional unpoison-
ca weeVll will lay, we will have a
| method of control which will protect
the whole cotton crop until late in
the season and allow normal crops of
early planted early varieties to ma
ture.
IN order to secure the universal
ADOPTION of an agricultural practice
~ IS only necessary to convince all
the farmers that the practice is nro.
| fltable. The use of the Williams, ',
plan of cultivating corn very quickly
| became universal in this section be-.
cause its benefits were so manifcst
that even the powerful opposition of
many government experts and apri-
cultural advisers could not stop its
spread The use of fertilizers is ami
VerSal IN the eastern part of the belt.
me general adoption of some
method OF boil wcevil control at once
cheap simple and practical enough to
tolile "lthn the means and appeal to
Inc common sense of every farmer
Snouid be much easier than either tho
Williamson plan or the use Of fer-
tlllZer, because every farmer has di-
rect and vital interest in prevent IN ..
ms nelghbors from raising wecvils
winch will destroy his own ton cron
ana thus will use his influence to see
methods '''''ioi
~ am IN hearty concurrence with
Clemson College and the Government
IN their advice to plant early. 100
early varieties, use acid phosphate,
cultivate rapidly, pick up SQUARES md
destroy the old stalks some time hr.
fore frost. must continue, however,
TO advise the use Of control method
whlch has carried up to July s with
practlcally no damage those crops to
which it had been applied before
squares formed and which has carried
our own crops Originally badly in
1estGd2 up to the same date with
much less than S per cent infestation
although the first application was not
made until many Of the first squares
mad been punctured.
1t should be noted that in this sec
ton we have had only one period
lfrom June 6 to June 18) which was
favorable for boil weevil control. The
balance of the growing season has
been showery with many heavy rains,
making control methods extremely
difficult and more expensive than nor
NAL. The total rainfall alt Hartsville
from Jan. l to date has been 30.7.
The. May rainfall (Which mostly fell
during the latter half of the month)
was 4.53; June, ITO and July (uv to
and including 18th inst.), $50.
have great respect for the work
OF Clemson College. It's President.
Directors of Extension and many of
lts professors are personal friends. In
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