Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-19
FIGHTING THE BOIL WEEvn.
WITH NATURES WEAPONS
lContributed.l

on the borders of Mexico and Texas
in the year 1892, advancing in
north eastern direction. Their rate,
Of travel being almost systematical- /
ly. He isnow at our door and the
time has come when it behooves
every thinking man to use every |
means at his command to minimize
the destruction of this pest.
In formulating our plans let US
sum up the situation. Let US view
our situation both from the stand
point of, our natural resources and
the means which science has, placed
at our disposal.
Nature seems to be smiling for
our benefit in Richmond county, She
has made it possible for us to have
large fields, thereby reducing hiber-5
mating places to almost a minimum.
She has fixed the alternating peri
cd from first frost to the opening OF
spring to such a length of time that
| it makes it difficult for a matured
Wevil to live and possess enough
lyituality to be active in the spring.
And at the same time has reduced
| our cotton growing period. But de-
spite this fact we have an ideal
spring opening and cotton grow
ing period that when we employ
methods which the scientific world
has worked out and are at our dis
.posal, will enable us to make cot
ton grow where cotton grew before
1--we find that the whole scientific
'lworld has concentrated its forces to
combat the boil weevil and we find
that in solving ell such problems
we have presented methods which
are more successful than others.
1t has been the writer's pleasure
within the last few months, to visit
!, the cotton fields where the destruc
I ton of the boil weeyil seems to bt
the worst OF any section. 1t was il
this section that he wrecked thu
, farmer and the merchant, carrying
, with him poverty and destruction
However he finds that right in tina
, immediate section the farmers hav'
employed methods that seems t
Ihave solved the problem OF raising
cotton despite the boil weevii, al
: most Phoenix like. The factssgath
: cred were from actual observation
After all like many problems the
appear to us most difficult the
r often reveal themselves most simple
L 1t is an accepted fact that in raj:
! ing cotton under boil weeyil cond
: tons the object is to employ an
7, method that will work a shardshi
|, on the wevil and to aid nature i
quick development of the cotto
= plant.
! 1t is beyond question that we hay
. some Of as progressive cotton grow
9, ers ia Richmond as there are to b
lei found anywhere and in passin
r these ideas through the columns I
aEthis. paper is done so merely in
4 suggestive way feeling that the
hlwill be accepted.
le These recent methods employe
le by some OF the Mississippi farmer
j lwere perfected by the writer
friend Mr., B, L. Moss Of Jont
4 County, Miss. Mr.. Moss does nj
lg lay so much stress on early an
y deep breaking Of the soil. His re
20 son for this is that he wants
is avoid the development of thrift
70 taproot to his cotton which tent
- to encourage late development of Il
70 cotton stalk. Thereby he checks Il
id late development OF the cotton plar
as which is consumed blythe yeevil.
~ order to cause the cotton plant
Il be early in fruiting and to grow
MS dwarfy stalk he uses an apple
IS; ton Of we'll balanced, quick actii
ne fertilizer at planting time and. h
y his fertilizer and seed placed
. close together as is practical.
4 1t was the writer's Observable
en- that the best spacing was the thr
90 foot row and cotton thinned to o
! and two stalks to q hoes width
the drill. The main purpose in Il
method is to grow few hollis
many stalks over short period
time and thus make as much Sc