The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, 1922-03-29
DEMONSTRATIONS IN
BOIL WEEVIL CONTROL

under boil WeeVu cOnullloHo! 10
question that is not only of vital I'M
portance to the farmer, but also 10
the entire industrial and commercial
life of the South. In the opinion OF
those who have given the subject
careful investigation, it is the Leading
problem before that section TO-DAY.
The presence of the boil weevil is
factor that must be reckoned with IN
all future cotton production, as 1t IN
every probability has come to stay.
This means, that in order to grow cot
ton, the grower must adopt q new
course of procedure as respects MS
methods Of culture, and acqualnt hlm-
self with, and put into practice, meas
ures of weevil control, ii he is to
make crop.
How to grow cotton under WeeVll
conditions has been we'll worked out.
The Bureau Of Entomology of the I.
s. Department of Agriculture has
been studying and investigating the
life history and habits of the boil
| wess.il ever since the insect crossed the
Rio Grande River from Mexico IN
1892. In the meantime, careful re-
search and experiments have been
| made with the view Of determining
what methods of control, both direct
and indirect. can be used, most eco
| nomically and effectively. While
no advice or method has been 1ouho
to entirely exterminate the weevil, the
! Denartment authorities have demon
strated beyond doubt. that the apph-
| cation of Calcium Arsenate, properly
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-
| mended and demonstrated by the De-
! partment of Agriculture, are the pest
! tlaC nave DeeI pl OpOSSo' -" >' 49,
pfession of confidence in the practical
bilitv of these methods of weeVll con-
| troll the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad:
| Geo. H. McFadden & Bro, Savan-
nah. Ca, S. NJ. Bully & Son, SaVan-
nah Ca. cotton factors. Citizens &
Southern Bank, Savannah, and the
Barrett Cotton Company, Augusta,
Ca. in conjunction with The South
ern Cotton Oil Company and the Vlr-
ginia-Carolina Chemical Company
who initiated the undertaking, have
Jointly subscribed to fund to be USED
in carrying out such demonstrations
on cotton farms.
In accordance with the arranged
program, it is proposed to conduc'
demonstrations a approximately tor
ty-two points adjacent to the mill and
factory points of The Southern Cot
ton Oil Company and the Virginia.
Carolina Chemical Company in the
States of North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia and Alabama. In
all, demonstrations will be carried ou1
on something like three hundred
farms in the cotton belt. At each OF
these locations six or eight farms Will
he selected on which Calcium Arse
nate dusting operations will be con-
Quoted and specific directions given
the grower in regard to the prepara-
| ton of the land, fertilization, planting
cultivatins the crop and the appllca-
tion of calcium arsenate, each step
taken to be in line with the proved eX-
| nerience of the Delta Laboratory OF
the United States Department of Ag-
| riculture.
At each point where demonstra-
ton is conducted, some Individual
employee of The Southern Cotton Oil
| COMPANY of the Virginia. Carolina
Chemical Company familiar with and
qualified to do the work, has been Sc
lected, and will be detached from nj:
regular duties to SUCH extent as may
be necessary to supervise and direct
the demonstration locally, and to this
end an organization as to personnel
methods and machinery has been per-
fected.
The general direction of the work
! will be under the supervision of DR..
A. E. Grantham, Director of the Ag-
ricultural Service Bureau of the Viz