The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-12-06

Upon the United States for s.
about "a peracentr of .the5,worlds
cotton OF 7s8n:, inch ;. staple and
above, the extreme seriousness Of
the present situation becomes quite
clear In emphasizing the American
cotton crop:as a National and, In.
'ss1naiional ter necessity. Of the deep
- The cotton industry Of the
United States is the most valuable
monetary asset of the. Nation, both :
as a domestic product and for ex-
! port. There. are more, people aem-
:. ployed and capital invested in, the =.
production and manufacture OF
cotton in this country than in any
other single industry, :. -: =, :,
: The exports Of American cotton
have held and maintained the bal
lance Of trade in favor Of the United ,
States in its international COM
.merce for many years.
The problem OF the rehabilita-
ton of the cotton-g growing industry
must. therefore. be considered, not
flom local or sectional stand
point, but as a problem of the
deepest national concern. The cor
rect solution of the boil weevil
menace must not be left to the
growers alone or to the Intellectual
efforts Of governmental weevil ex-
perts, but every department of the ,
cotton industry and every business
directly or indirectly dependent
upon the cotton crop should give
whole hearted support and Good
Grafton toward practical and eff
clent methods of boil weeviI con-
troll which have been tried ou, with
success by many successful far
mers in the heavily infested boil
weevil areas.
LARGE PROPORTION OF. COT
TON GROWERS is SMALL
TENANT AND SHARE-CROP-
PER FARMERS WHO MUST
BE REACHED AND ENCOUR-
AGED TO SUCCESS BY PRAC-
! TICAL AND EFFICIENT
LEADERSHIP.
1t has been; fully demonstrated
that cotton can be pro offta blv
grown under boil weeyil condi-
oons. - The methods employed in
many instances are simple and in
expensive. The general appli-
cauon or these methods, ALREADY
known to be successful, must be
secured by the great masses OF the
sHlaA' tenant and ghare-cropper
farmers who are largely left to :.
their own deviceo by the absentee
landlord -: :
It has been established by nrac-
tice that the'cotton stalks must he
piowed up befor~ frost: tho tor
:sraces. ditch banks and. hedge rows
cleaned off or burned befora coid
,yMeNtheE that in the spring a.tweil
paiteriZed ~ 81. ., seed bed muct be pre-
pared; that well selected seed
must be planted; that liberal fer
'hzatlon' Is in perative; that. NOT
exceeding eight acres can be safelv
Pianted in cotton per pIow and
enat the culture Of the growing
plants must be rapid and often nm
III ther crop Is matured, which
means thcintensive culture of cot
ton so as to increase the WELD of
sood quality cotton per acre
Ihe cotton rows Should ha ,,o,o
ana the plants thickly spaced r.
'he. drills. Every effort must he
mace to push fruitage and matur.
ny Py the middle or. latter part of
'uly' When the weevils first an-
pear on the young plants tie; in
SEEDS must be picked and do
stroved. The infested sonaras :,
may must be carefully gathered
ano burned. Poisons must be a. =
pliea 10 the young plants In IioT,i,,
VI powdered form by the sininIa
anu inexpensive devices now reo.
ienced. The spread and pron-
ouoh "s or insects must be Checked
e.ely cotton farm infested dir.
is me months of May and J,no
ora 60. 10 prevent the heavy mi
aho,,t of tne weevils, beginning
ABOUT the 18th of july which an
stroys the crop. ue-
IL the multiplied millions ne ,,o
insects can be preyentod h., .ne
ooitro! methods actively emp1oved
oi every farm, there Will he No a~
.ehsiVe migration and the fruitae.
oi the crop can be saved.
me cotton crop in heavily infest-
tho "reas Is destroyed each year bv
me millions OF insects that srs
piopagated on fields where M 90
lor.s are made for weeyiI con+ro,
ana so long as this condition 10 a.
owed to continue. the prodnc,io,.
ot cotton Will not only be extrsuo
~ n hazardous TO all the growers
Dul must necessarily result in an
t;oIorlnally t;on high cost of produc.
vts', nn que to extreme shortage in
uaa,1t, ims methods of culture a, and
,ines eesh control which I have ont
aneu 10 you are simple and insx-
pehslve, which every farmer 1ar9o
y, small, can adopt with success ~
h.t the growers are reached ara
"n "hat TO do. This can bc