The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-03-25
Demonstrations
i'm Weevil Control

Can cotton be grown pro1lsab!E
under boil wccvil conditions" is
question that is not only OF vital im-
portance TO the farmer. but also TO
the entire industrial and CONNER
cial life OF the south. In the
opinion of those who have given the
subject careful Investigation. It Is
the leading problem before that
section today. The presence OF the
boil. weevil is u factor that must
be reckoned with in all future
cotton production, as it in every
probability has come to stay. This
means. that in order to grow cot
ton. the grower must adopt new
course of procedure as respects his
methods OF culture, and acquaint
himself with. and put into practice
measures Of weevil control, if he
is to make 4 crop.
How to grow cotton Under wee
vii conditions has been we'll work
ed out. The bureau of entomology
OF the United States department OF
agriculture has been studying ana
investigating the life history and
habits of the boil weevil ever since
the insect crossed the Rio Grande
river from Mexico in 1892. In the
meantime, careful research and eX-
periments have been made with the
view Of determining what methods
Of control, both direct and indirect.
can be used most economically ana
effectively. While no device or
method has been found to entirely
exterminate the weevil. the depart
ment authorities have demonstrat-
ed beyond a doubt. that the appl.-
cation of Calcium Arsenate, proper
ly applied, will keep the insect in
check long enough to allow the
cotton plant to develop a full set
OF bolls.
There are those who believe that
the measures Of control as recon-
nended and demonstrated by the
department Of agriculture, are the
best that have been proposed. AS
an expression Of confidence in the
practicability of these methods Of
weevil control, the Atlantic Coast
Line Railroad. Geo. Fl. McFadden
& Bro, Savannah, Ca, S. NJ. Bul-
" & Son. Savannah. Ca, cotton
factors. Citizens & Southern Bank.
Savannah, and the Barrett Cotton
Company, Augusta. Ga. in con-
junction with The Southern Cotton
Oil Company and the Virginia
Carolina Chen ical Company, who
initiated the undertaking, have
Jointly subscribed to a fund to be
used in carrying out such demon
strations on cotton farms.
In accordance with the arranged
program. it is proposed to conduct
demonstrations at approximately
forty-two points adjacent TO the
mill and factory points of The
Southern Cotton Oil Company and
the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Company in the states of North
Carolina. South Carolina, Georgia
and Alabama. In all, demonstra-
tons will be carried out on some
thing like three hundred farms in
the cotton belt. At each of these
locations six or eight farms Will be
selected on which Calcium Arse
nate busting operations. viii be con-
Quoted and specific directions given
the grower in regard to the prep
aration of the land, fertilization.
planting. cuitivating the crop and
the application Of Calcium Arse
nate. each step taken to be in line
with the proved experience of the
Delta Laboratory Of the United
States department OF agriculture.
At each point where u demon
stration is conducted, some individ-
ual employee of the Southern Cot
ton Oil company Or the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company IA
nliIiar with and qualified to do the
work. has been selected, and WiH
be detached from his regular du-
ties to such extent as may be nee
essary TO supervise and direct the
demonstration locally, and to this
end an organization as 10 person
mel, methods and machinery has
been perfected.
The general direction Of the
work will be under the supervision
of DR.. \. E. Granthanl, director.
of the Agricultural Service Bureau
of the Virginia Carolina Chemical
Company and Dir. T. +. BarSeron OF
the Southern Cotton Oil Company.
DR.. Grantham is an expert aErer-
oInist. and was for many years con-
nectcd with two Of the state asrl-
cultural colleges and experiment
stations. before entering the ser
vices of the Notwithstanding
Chemical Company.
The supervision of the expert
mentS that are to be locally con-