The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1922-06-28
David r. Coker, in The State.

AAh5 lho paSl lew Gays many
farmers in this section have made
tests with various mixtures of cal
cum arsenate and molasses and in
every instance with which am famil-
lar they are delighted with the re-
suits. On our own plantations we
nave experimental with several mix
tures and arc now using a mixture of
one-half gallon warm water in which
Is thoroughly mixed one pound of
calclum arsenate and added to one
half gallon OF black molasses. We
nave found convenient way to apply
is to use quart bottle which is filled
three-quartcrs full Of the mixture.
Cut a trench out of one side of the
cork, reverse the bottle and apply to
the bud Of the cotton by shaking or
plunging motion, dropring two or
three drops in the bud OF tho plant.
This method requires less Of the mix
ture per acre and keeps it thorough
ly agitated all tho time. We find that
none Of the mixture should be car
ried over night as 1t Is hard to mix
the next morning. No more should be
mixed than can be used during the day
and 1t should be thoroughly stirred be-
fore pouring into the bottles Cor
buckets if the mop is used).
Mr.. Randolph Gillespie applied the
molasses mixture to three different
fields on the 18th, 18th and 14th. This
morning the 1Gth) he spent more than
an hour in these fields searching for
weevils. lie found no live weevils
and no recently .mnctured square,.
There wa!o many wCCyi!s in the i!C
BEFORE tie no.son WAS asf?!cG.
Mi. j. J., Io:d3N was uicl.ns .%cslt
80 wocyiig Der acre :,>m 'i .ia.d
before poisoning lto poi&o .c,: On tho
Sth and 0!h and on the ), ,.nl 18th.
lie sent hands into tho Ht 6 to pick
Wccvis and the hands could find no
woevls Mr.. Jordan ard Htr. Mid
dlo:on went into the no,da themselves
and looked Ter some time and coul
find none.
On Monday, The 18th Inst, We pois-
oned the field near tho pcdigrccd
Seed company's Gin and warehouses
in which numerous wecv!ls had been
observed. On "Wednesday we sent
about 20 hands into this field, offer
ing them two cents each fol 1--we
wecvils. A few Quit pretty promptly
on not finding any wecyils. About
4 hN., l,,>1
time, but none found wcevil after
going over about seven acres. Mr.
Sharpe, who was in charge OF the
gang, raised the price to five cents per
weevil, but still failed to find any.
Later the price was advanced to ten.
cents per weevile, and not single
hand found wecvl after esarching
two hours !
3 George j. Wilds, plant breeder cf
the Pedigreed Seed company, carried
out the following experiments during
the past week:
Test No. / At y. m. on the 10Th
inst, nine hills OF cotton were treated
with tho molasses mixture. There are
two plants in each HILL ard only en-
OF the plants in each hill was treated. !
Twonty-one weeYils were placed on
these nine hills, about onc-half be- !,
ing placed On the poisoned plants and
the rest on the imprisoned plants. Ati
g p. IN. the nine hills were examined |
with the result that six living and
six dead weeyils were found on tho !
treated plants. At 2 p. III. on the 18th !
the same plants were examined and
two live and eight dead weeyils were
found. At q. IN. on the 14th, the Z
plants were again examined and no |
live weevils and ten dead ones were
found AS weevils move about con-
siderably at this season 1t Is assumed |
that all that remained on the treated |
hills Were destroyed within the test
period. The mixture used in this test
was onerhalf gallon water, one gallon
molasses and two pounds calcium ar
senate
Test No. q: At j u. M, en- the 10th
inst, ton hills were treated with the
following mixture: Eight gallons Of
water, three gallons OF molasses md /
ten pounds of calcium arsenate. And
on the ten hills 20 weevils were placed.
AT g d. m. on the same day, four living
and five dead weevils were found. At
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