The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1922-12-21
WALLACE DEFENDS
PROGRESS IN WAR
ON BOIL WEEVII

eral department OF agriculture feels
that they have made some progress
IN the fight against the boil weevil,
and that the new Florida remedy
and the tests with the war DEPART
ment on aeroplane dusting will bring
: satisfactory combination for prac.
tically all conditions" This atti-
tude became known today when Sen.
ator William j. Harris made public
communication from Secretary Hem
ry G. Wallace, of the department. of
agriculture, commenting on informa.
ton given the secretary that many
people thought it reflection on the
department of agriculture that no
remedy had yet been foEfd to effect
lvely destroy the bon weevil.
Senator Harris presented letter
to Secretary Wallace from a Georgia
constituent expressing the opinion
that half had not been done bv the
department which should have been
done The senior senator informed
Mr.. Wallace that congress would an.
propriate any amount of money nee
essary to carry on the fight, and he
assured him of support from the SEN
ate appropriations committee, of
which Senator Harris is a member. A
test station was secured from Eaton
ton, Putnam county, Ga, under the
federal authority, by Senator Harris
some months ago.
Secretary Wallace discussed the sit
uatlon, as follows:
Damage Varies
lie damage from the cotton boil
w'cN:! varies considerably from year
to year and this letter coming as il
does just at the close of one of the
most seriously injurious seasons exs
perlenccd in recent years no doubts
truly represents the state of mind of
great many people in the SOUTH
Those however, who have been closestFi
to the problem realize the difficulties
with which the scientific workers
have had to control measures for this
insect and consider rather that the ad-
vancements made have been more
than could be expected.
I'm fact, Just at the present time
the situation is more favorable than
ever before. The dusting method has
in the face of the heavy infestation
of this year proved itself. capabis'
of satisfactorily protecting the pro- ,
duction of cotton in large areas of ,
the South. This method seems to be !
especially adapted for the more pro-
ductive areas and wh re the staple |
cottons have been devc!onad, and in
these regions where the y Id per
acre is half a bale or r ,.rc lie meth ,
OF has been proven satisfactory
Just recently las you no doubt |
know, DR.. Newell and George Smith. |
of the Florida Experiment station, /
have published u bulletin giving a !
complete and detailed account of a |
long series Of experiments in the use
of another method of control which
appears to be peculiarly adopted to
region and in other regions of the
south in which the cotton production
per acre is relatively low. The fact
that the Florida method has been car
ried out successfully by the ordinary
share croppers and the cotton produc-
tion practically equal to that before
the weevil invasion seems to warrant
the conslusion that this will prove to
be a cheap and efficient method over
a large area in the south.
Aeroplanc Dusting
"The department is just at this
time requesting cooperation of the
war department in the further test
ing of the possibility of acroplanc
busting. The remarkably successful
results obtained elsewhere by this
method seemed to abundantly Justify
the additional expense that will be
incurred in much more extensive
test to be carried on this year which
should determine conclusively whether
these machines can be depended upon
to materially assist in the control of
this pest.
with these two major and highly
promising dcv"lopemcntS of the past
year TO thorou ghly test out the com
ing season, the scientific force of the
department will be fully occupied and
those who have been studying the
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