The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-02-09
BY James A. Hollomon
Used by Permission Atlanta Constitu-
tion.

College Station, Texas, January
&c. (Special.) In the initial article
of this series that is, the story of how
TO grow cotton successfully in spite
of the boil weevil, as practiced in
Texas, Louisiana and in the Missis-
sippi delta-I pointed out
That it is fact, as proven by
personal Investigations, that farmers
IN the southwest who exercise intel
ligence and energy in their operations
good farmers, $50 to speak-aren't
only raising as much cotton today,
under boil weevil conditions as tthey
did on the same acreage before the
advent of the weevil, but through
lessons learned in improved cultural
methods,are in many cases raising
more cotton to the acre than in the
pre-weevil days.
In Neuces county-of which Cor
pus Christi is the county seat-76,-
600 bales of cotton were grown and
ginned in 1921, which exceeded by
nearly 10000 bales, the banner crop
of the preweevil days, and on an acre
age not to exceed 1000 greater than
in the pre-. wevil days. This is stat
ment that can be easily verified.
Also bear in mind
The wcevils were not only more
prolific in 1921 than ever before, due
to an unusually wet and humid spring
and summer, but other crop condi
tiouS were poor, the heavy rains of
June practically submerging thou
sands of acres.
How was this record made?
BY efficient and intense cultiva-
tion,from the seed bed preparation to
the harvest, along the old, we'll estab-
hshcd lines, without any new-fangled
methods or fool experiments; by in
tense cultivation, getting the very
best pedigreed seed of an early ma
turing variety into the ground as
quickly after Christmas as possible
by thorough and systematic "chop-
! ping and ''working;" pushing the
plant as rapidly as practicable; and
by actually mastering the weevil be-
ie ''u4" '"Ne account OF MS
surroundings after he emerged from
Information; and then by systematic
cally keeping tab on infestitation,
and by the proper application of cal
cum arSehate IN those areas showing
an lnfeStatlon of 10 per cent. or
more
ihaI now the farmers OF Neuces
county, 1eNaS' ana 1t IN l92l-and in
properly culIlNatlng their cotton, as
!" ,"e proper preparation OF the land;
anu III 'he proper application OF pols-
""' IhcE made more cotton on the
same acreage than ever before-he-
'oit INC "eeNli swept them IN to a
P"''| 'i"i years ago.
ana ,""' III a word winch VIII be
S'u upon III oe'ail De1ore TINS
"'i i'H oioHtS' eNpiaihS now TO make
'o''o" uh"er DOH weeVli conditions,
"''e'''e' III warm climate' IKE Ncu-
'es county or further to the north.
'''' o'rec' ana lhdlrect agen-
|? o' Huc'eSSlul DOH WeeVll control
"ni'" must DC co-"rdinated by the in
'',ce ana energy OF the farm
co. ProNioeu ana applled by
,.'> '''' ''',i '''''Heii "iohg simple,prac-
''N"' "'i" hoh-eNpehsiVe nnes that
nave oeen proven now, beyond the
''t''o" VI " ooup'' 10 De wholly Ell
=, "''o VIC o"e iac' Slahos out
"N peaN III 'he plaihs-
He oo'' "ee''i can never De eN-
ouIn VI even materially weak
'"e' III any given community or zone
~ a.. "s."'y oi compete cotton de-
""' 'ie necessary proceed
-. "''oi i'iih' ana controll-
"'s '''''' Ca" easily De accomplished, as