The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-12-06
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PROFITABLE BOIL WEEyILs
CONTROL NEXT YEAR
MEANS ENERGETIC PREPA. 2.
RATION BEEOFE PLANTING
sExpeasmental swork can be cons
tinued ty those who are seeking a.
more positive and definite niethod
Of boil weeysf controi than is,
known AZ present .At the. sa me
time. eHosgh Is known to enable
eYery-cottpn farmer to grow a
Z psofitable yield or cotton in 1928.
IL method odS already tried out and
proven sstccessful are actively itifkf
ized by every grower in every
counts. Scattered efforts here
and there will not prove successful.
Too many farmers were indifferent
this ye6r and consequently. Host
their crops s7gss : ~. - ls'is.tt 4 81 \;
N0s man can grow.a good crop OF
cotton who leaves his fields at the
mercy OF the insects. The man
who doesn't make up his mind to
be as diligent as saving his crop
from weeyil depreciation as the
weevils are to destroy It, had Bet
ter leave cotton Off his -prograna
next year. It will be economy FOR .
him and his neighbors. :. =
Every field of cotton that has
been picked should be promptly
plowed. Corn and hay fields
should be turned under. Ditch
banks. terraces and hedge rows
should be cleaned off and the
trash burned. A cotton farm
should be made SO clean in the fall
OF the year that weevli will wear
himself out hunting for a cover
crop in which to hibernate through
the, cold weather OF winter. The
fewer the number of old weeviIs
there are to come into the fields
next spring after the young cotton
plants are up, the easier and quick
er twill be to destroy them. Old
stumps in the fields should be
blasted or burned out. Bark on
dead trees near the fields should be
stripped off as that Is one of the
most attractive places for large
quantities of weeVils to winter be-
hind - II the cotton stalks can
not be turned under, they should
be ripped out and as they die the
weevil larvae will also. be killed
and such adult weevils as remain
in the field. Cotton should never
follow cotton, Where grain or
other crops were grown this year,
cotton should be planted next year.
It's never safe to risk planting more
than eight acres to the plow in cot
ton under boil weevil conditions.
ENERGETIC WEEvIL CONTROL
METHODS IN MAY AND JUNE
WILL WIN THE FIGHT.
q A thoroughly puiverieed j, seed
bed is the first step toward prepa-
ration for the crop next spring.
The application OF a high-grade
s-3-S fertilizer, at the rate of. 400
to 500. pounds per acre. or about
!. twoat8ps to, the plow. should be
used, especially in those sections
wheEA chemical fertilizers are ilsad ).
+, In. TIE South. Atlantic and Midd1e!
Gulf States east Of the Misstsstppi
Delta cotton cannot be profitably
grown without high or liberal fer
ihzation Of some kind. i It is USE
: less 70 depend upon the natural
fertility. Of the soils In those states
because the crop must be rushed
to maturity and the artificial ap-
plication Of, plant food is inapera-
tive to: get quick growth and fruit
ut
senlc- poisons are both said to be.
quite scarce and advancing IL,
price. so that orders for these
necessary goods should be placed
as promptly as possible. Disap-
pointment is certain next spring If
purchases arc delayed. Manufac-,
turers will not stock up unless they
are edVfsed ahead as to the de-
rhand. 1eS:'. -. .:s.-'
After the cotton Is chopped TO a,
stand and weevils are found in the
fields. activities to destroy them
should be at once started. This can
be done by picking the adult weevils
and first punctured squares, or the
tops of the plants can be poisoned
by: the use of molasses-water-arse
nate, mixture applied with a small
mop, at the end Of a stick, or calci-
um arsenate in powdered form can
tbe applied. Whatever method is
pursued 1t must be prompt and ef-
,ficient. The destruction of one
pair OF old weevils early in the
season may prevent the. propaEa-
ton of several millions in sixty to
ninety days. II every cotton far
"merfwfll work to clear his fields of
the early infestation it will prevent
{ the propagation OF millions later on
and. check the. fearful ravages oe
the crop from the migratory flight
: sof the eAkinsects shortly after luiy
15thneacht year. To save the crop.
thisimigration Of myriads of the in-
sects must be checked. This can