The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1922-12-14

| OF RldgeWay, during the years l9-l
and 1922; also to your issue of Oc-
tober 80 for the experience Of w. y.
Henderson of Epworth Greenwood
county,.
l have letters or statements in my
| files from G. NJ. Norris of Vance
| (Orangeburg county,; ]. T. Hammer,
Lexington, Route 2; DR.. W. c. Brown,
Newberry; H. E. Martin, Athens, Ga;
James \. Gillian, w. A. Calvert,
| ". 4. Calvert, Jr., and Toland
H. Watson Of Abbeville county;
| James W. Goodson of Hartsville; F.
G. Hollis of Bennettsville; A. G.
Wise of Prosperity; c. B. Hay of Sum-
ter; l.. D. Hill of Cough, Ca; l.. j.
Hames of Union and B. T. Boat
wright of Johnston. l am also privi-
legged to report on the conspicuous
success obtained by w. A. Stucky and
G. M. Stuckey OF Lee county and also
refer to the published report of the
success of DR.. W. B. Taylor of Dexter.
Ga. (see issue of Southern Cultiva-
tor Of July Is, 1929.
B. T. Boatwright says: Used four
applications mixed according to your
instructions. Last application about
July 20. Cost about $50 Per acre.
Applied some at l o'clock and at ;
o'clock found dead weevils under
stalks, believe 95 percent. killed with
first application. Used 400 pounds
S-3-3 fertilizer, had very wet summer,
made 24O bales on 265 acres.'
L. J. Hames of Union writes as fol-
lows: "Under your directions we tried
the molasses and calcium arsenate
poison for boil weevils. 1t has GER
tainly done the work. The writer was
over a portion of the farm where this
mixture had been used and could see
no sign of any boil weevils or any
punctured squares. We ran out of
the poison and where it has not been
used so per cent. of the squares are
punctured.
l could quote many other state
ments of like tenor but the above are
representative of the experiences of
practically all the farmers who have
tried the molasses mixture this or
last year.
Many different mixtures of calcium
arsenate, molasses and water were
used all apparently with similar sue
cess. This shows that the method has
not been perfected and suggests that
comprehensive experiments are bad
ly needed to reveal the minimum ef-
fective amounts of calcium arsenate
and molasses in the mixture and the
correct number of and intervals be-
tween the applications.
We tested here this year many diff
ferent mixtures of calcium arsenate,
molasses and water and many meth
DDS of application. All were success
full to a>great or less degree. The rain
fall of this section was abnormally
frequent and abnormally heavy from
May II to August 20. On our
best drained soil we made from
Is per cent, to 100 per cent. of an
average crop. On lands less we'll
drained we made from 40 per cent.
to 60 per cent. Our total average
yields were fully two-thirds of nor
NAL crop. On most of our crops we
used six or seven treatments begin
ming June u (Which was at least one
week too late for best best results)
and ending August (Which we now
think was too early to quit We
treated several fields on August 21
with spray pump and secured excel
lent results. 1 have before me a re-
port of the operations on one IA acre
field treated six times from June 13
to August 4 at cost of S2.53 for
labor; total cost s404 per acre; s
3-4 pounds of calcium arsenate and
six gallons of molasses per acre be-
ing used. Twelve bales weighing g.
175 pounds were produced.
Drawing Conclusions.
Our experience and that of many
other farmers all over South Carolina
and Georgia point definitely to the
following conclusions:
First: A mixture of about one
pounds of calcium arsenate, one gal
Ion of water and one gallon of mo-
lasses applied at the rate of about one
gallon per acre to the young cotton
just before the squares begin to form
will destroy practically all of the old
weevils on the cotton.
Second: Further applications ex-
tending to the end of the period of
emergence will destroy nearly all of