The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-03-29
Denonstrations in
Boil Weevil Control

DOL WeevIl Control
"Can cotton be grown profitably un-
der boil weevil conditions ?" is a cues
ton that is not only Of vital import
ance to the farmer, but also to the
entire industrial and commercial lii.
OF the South. In the opinion Of those
who have given the subject careful
investigation, it is the leading prob-
lem before that section today. The
presence of the boil weevil is q factor
that must be reckoned with in all flu
ture cotton production, as it in every
probability has come to stay This
means. that in order to grow cotton
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 a
crop.
How to grow cotton under weeyil
conditions has been we'll worked ont
The Bureau of Entomology of the u.
5. Department of Agriculture has
been studying and investigating the
life history and habits of the boil wee.
wi ever since the insect crossed the
kio Grande river from Mexico in 1892
In the meantime, careful research and
experiments have been made with th,.
view of determining what methods of
control, both direct and indirect, can
be used most economically and etfec-
lively. While TO device or method has
been found to entirely exterminate the
weevii, the Department authorities
have demonstrated beyond doubt
that the application of calcium arsen-
ate, properly applied, will keep the m
sect in check long enough to allow
the cotton plant to develop full ST.,
Of bols.
There are those who believe that
the measures of control as recon-
mended and demonstrated by the De-
partment of Agriculture, are the best
that have been proposed. As an ex
preston of confidence in the practical
bility of these methods Of weevil con-
troll, the Atlantic Coast Line Rail
road, Geo. H. McFadden G. Bro, Sa-
vannah, Ga, S. M. Bully & Son, Sa-
vannah, Ga, cotton factors, Citizens
& Southern Bank, Savannah, and the
Barrett Cotton Co., Augusta, Ga, in
conjunction with the Southern Cot
ton Oil company and the Virginia
Carolina Chemical company, who initi-
ated the undertaking, have jointly
subscribed to fund to be used in car
rying out such demonstrations on cot
ton farms.
In accordance with the arranged
program, it is proposed to conduct
demonstrations at approximately AZ
points adjacent to the mill and fac
tory points the Southern Cotton OIL
company and the Virginia Carolina
Chemical company in che state Of
North Carolina, South Carolina, Geor-
gia and Alabama. in all, demonstra-
tions will be carried out on something
like 800 farms ie-AsA cotton belt. At
each of these locations six or eight
farms will be selected on which CAL
cium arsenate dusting operations will
be conducted and specific directions
given the grower in regard to the
preparation of the land, fertilization.
planting, cultivating the crop and the
application of calcium arsenate, each
step taken to be in line with the
proved experience of the Delta lab
oratory of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.
At each point where demonstra-
tion is conducted, some individual en-
ployee of the Southern Cotton Oil
company familiar with and qualified to
do the work, has been selected, and
will be detached from his regular du-
ties to such extent as may be neces-
sary to supervise and direct the
demonstration locally, and to this end
an organization as to personnel, meth
DDS and machinery has been perfect
ed.
The general direction of the work
will be under the supervision of DR..
A. F.. Grantham, director of the Agri-
cultural Service Bureau of the Vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical company and
DR.. II. +. BargerOn of the Southern
Cotton Oil company. DR.. Grantham
is an expert agronomist, and was for
mbany years connected with two Of
the state agricultural colleges and ex-
pertinent stations, before entering the
services of the Virginia Carolina
Chemical company.