The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1922-05-23
ooIl wEEVIL FILMS
SHOWN IN DAWSON
,v SAW PICTURES WHICH
MAN ,rcrpA TED DAMAGE BY
LIST nsT HOW TO FIGHT 1T.

.-.odbve Boil Weevil' was the
.,:,n title OF picture brought to
'N pslace theatre Thursday morning
the r;tv National Bank, OF Daw-
by inc +5c hope of aiding the farmers
i son, ~ srction in their fight on this
Of which in years past has wrought
Pes5t' havoc. The large attendance was
s SUE hest expression OF the appreciation
the .L pooS Tor whom the affair was ar
OF ln nd fine theatre being filled almost
rang ,canacitv. The film was secured
10 10 +be United States department. OF
RON allure, ii+ and the officers OF the bank
az! Ilu al the expense Of presenting the
piC GU series of object lessons given
~, of the film were not only
by .r lls but were instructive. The
nue. :..,,re Illustrated in detail how to de-
4 ,,;ne the damage that the weeV1l
leI ZEN ii'' he doing to the cotton crop, when
~ tn'y Start TO poison what machines to
we and how to operate them, what d
o aso dust cloud looks like, and the
[pa ,UfI that the correct application OF
l eIu,,r arsenate will produce. In this
Na 3d.,,re the weevils were shown work.
Pio on the cotton plants and in flight
tns ,, one field to another. Mr.. ID.
n 0'i onp. of Atlanta, representing the
\ ~ IN ;n0rovement committee OF the
som Fertilizer Association, gave
Lecture in which he emphasized the
Il aon+ention that calcium arsenate prop
orly aoolied is absolute insurance
or3;nst the boil weevil. He advised,
1 G6~, against the use of poison on
l notton that will not produce half bale
8 To the acre, stating that expense would
#make it Improbable where the yield
would not be at least that much.
Southern Cotton Oil Company Also
Gives Picture.
The Southern Cotton Oil company
hi Dawson, with characteristic enter
Orse, also arranged a free picture
tbow with reel dope" from actual
&nhotographs for the benefit OF the
Farmers of this section, and this pict-
Ere was precented at the Palace thea
tre Saturday morning. 1t was seen by
GOOD number of farmers and bust
HreSs men. who availed themselves OF
This opportunity to learn how to say
M.qoodbve to the boil weevil." Mr.. b.
M Kemzey of the soil improvement
service of the Southern Cotton Oil
COMPANY. was present and gave from
Npractical experience much really worth
&whie information as to how to sue
&cessfulv combat the boil weevil and
Mmake an average cotton crop. There
Ks nothing of more vital importance
before the farmers than this matter,
and they are ready to hear any one
&who can offer any help against this
the greatest foe to the cotton crop.
The City National Bank and the
Southern Cotton Oil Co. have rem
dered the farmers, as wen as the
business interests of this section, a
tistinct service in showing these films
here, teaching as they do the most ap-
proved methods of combating the
host destructive pest that has ever in
Tested the country.
In this connection the following
from B. R. Coad in charge of the
Delta laboratory of the government
IA Tallulah, La, is of timely interest:
We are now receiving numerous in
GuirieS relative to the keeping quail
+ Ties OF calcium arSenate. The fact that
almost all calcium arse1Hate now avail
Rble for cotton busting purposes was
manufactured one or two years ago is
causing many farmers to doubt its
present value, and some are claiming
that the newly manufactured material
superior to the old because of some
deterioration which has taken place in
he latter This is not a fact, however,
Rnd the calcium arsenate made two
Years ago will be found to be just as
good today as it was at time of manu-
Racture"