The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1922-02-09
RAISE COTTON IN
SPITE OF WEEvIL
SAYS ]. @. MANUS
Little Pest is Here to Stay Says
Manus and Farmers will have
TO Put Up fight against him

TO Put Up fight against him
Cotton must be grown in spite OF
the boil weevil'' was the key note OF
lecture delivered by j. c. Manus
of the Georgia State Board of Ento-
lmology, at the Court House on Satur-
dav morning
Mr.. Manus gegun his lecture by
giving short history of the depred-
alton of the boil weevil, which he sta.
ted were first found in Texas in 1892
in which year four million acres were
planted in cotton. In 1916 twelve
million acres were planted in cotton
/ in TEXAS and the number Of bales
produced had not increased but TWEEN
ty-five per cent over the 1892 Yield.
1T is an erroneous idea that the
| boil weevil is transient pest" said
the speaker, "the boil weevil is here
to Say, a permanent menace to the
cotton grower, and we must raise
cotton in spite of the weevil." He
stated emphatically that it can be
done. and letters were read by DR.. C.
D. Elder from Mr.. F. P. Holder. a
jackson county planter, who made
the fight against the boil weevil in
1921 following the plan of campaign
laid out by Mr.. Manus. Mr.. Holder
stated in his letter that he raised one
and one-half bales to the acre, while
his neighbor, who made no fight az.
airlst'the weevil, raised none. A let
ter from Hon. J. o. Wall, of Putnam
county, was read, and he stated. by
making only a partial fight against
the boil Weevil, he raised three bales
Of cotton from six acres.
The speaker cited the fact that
Putnam county, before the boil wee
vi made its appearance, had normal
crop or from seventeen to twenty
thousand bales. This yield was re-
duced to two hundred bales after the
weevil had acquired possession.
1T has been three years since the
boil weevil came to Cobb county"
said Mr.. Manus, "but you only have
"a faint, conception of what it will he
two years from now. You NAV ridi-
Guile and scott at the work being done
by the State Board of Entomology
but you must admit that actual re-
suits are what counts. The letters
read from Mr.. F. P. Holder and Hon
-. 0. Wall should convince YOU of
the necessity to put up systematic
hight against the boil weevil. There
viii be many financial funerals held
by the Cobb county cotton growers
.if the fight is not made"
Mr.. Manus then outlined the plan
for raising cotton successfully and
profitably under the boil weevil oc-
.cnpation. First, be stated, "you must
plant small acreage, only what can
be properly taken care Of. and YOU
must be willing to work" He advis-
ed further that only good upland ac-
reage should be planted to cotton.
land should be we'll fertilized, cover
ing it lightly. Great care should be
given to the selection of seed, using
only pure bred variety of cotton. and
advised a variety that begins growth
at the ground and of medium stock.
and of early and continuous fruitage,
he recommended for Cobb county
'9rmers who grow the short staple.
the Wannamaker-Clevel COLLEGE,
NO. l, or Culpepper brown-seed cot
ton; long staple cotton recommended
by Mr.. Manus included Weber. Ex-
press and Upland Staple. He also
called attention to the newly intro
duced "Over-The-Top" long staple
cotton, which he stated would mature
from ten to fifteen days earlier than
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. but this
seed would probably not be available
until 1923.
DO not plant your cotton until the
ground is warm and growth viii be-
can immediately, said Mr.. Manus.
"aud begin your fight Of the boil wee
rs gust as soon - the weeriI m&ses
us appearance, and keep at il. Don't
put off Until tomorrow anything That
S Ss2Ss!a Dc done today, Jbpt 10 it
I The sIVal;er advised the use of
Calcium Axsenate and nj least two
dustings before the weevil makes its
appearance, lie stated that an i'm
DroviSed duster could be made and
used more successfully for the first
two dustings and suggested lard
can with bottom cut out. and cheese
cloth bottom and handles attached
10 the can. One man or boy should
dust about six acres a day, he stated.
! Later. when the cotton males greater
growth uses hand buster aud be rec
commended the Feency Hard Buster
which he stated had been found to
do the work thoroughly. He also rec
commended the Feeney Muleback
Buster, which dusts two rows of cot
ton at one time.
The busting should be done right"