Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-10
BOIL WEEVIL KILLER
Charleston Lady Produces a Powder
That Does the Business.
WILL OFFERCHEAICAL TO GOVERNMENT
Mrs. Margaret e. Kriete Conducts suc-
cessfuI Experiments in Miniature
Back Yard Cotton FieId-Has Been
Working on it for a Long While.

Working on it for a Long While.
Will the boil weevil be conquered?
Can it be conquered? There are hum
dreds Of thousands Of farmers, bank
ers, mill owners, scientists and others
who have tried to overcome the boil
weevil and thus end its disastrous dep
relations over the South. They have
been looking for some one who can an
swer the two questions above with an
emphatic Eyes," but so far the results
are declared to be far from satisfac-
tory
However out of the darkness Of an
apparently hopeless situation there
comes a ray of hope. A Charleston
lady, Mrs. Margaret E. Kriete, an
aged and well-known resident has
discovered a powder that so far has
defied the attacks of the boil weevil,
says the Charleston American.
Miniature Cotton Field.
Mrs. Kriete resides at No. 80 So
ciety street, and her yard is a minia-
ture cotton field The bolls are full
and perfect. Mrs. Kriete conducted
her experiments in an extensive man.
ner during the past summer, and whlle'
as stated above, her efforts have met
with unexpected success, she wishes to
conduct further experiments, which
she hopes to do next summer.
Mrs. Krietes interest in the boil
weevil is all the more remarkable
when it is considered that she has
never lived on farm, being city
dweller lin Charleston) all her life.
However, it was but natural that. her
sympathetic nature would respond TO
the evident suffering Of her fellow
Southerners-the farmers Of the South.
Two Years Experiment.
Mrs. Kriete's experiments began two
years ago with a book on the subject
of the boil weevl! given to her by an
employe of the Geer Drug Company.
From this Mrs. Kriete learned how
the weevil affected the boil and also
some of its pecularities.
The first experimenting was done
with some weevils furnished by
friend near Charleston. These weevils
were kept in a jar and after various
efforts Of Mrs Kriete she concocted
a powder to kill the weevii. Later on
some Of the weevils were placed on
her cotton grown in her yard
How it is Used.
The bolls were sprayed with this
powder and this process was repeated
a couple Of times and the weevils were
killed. Mrs. Kriete's powder will not
blow from the bolls, neither will the
rain wash it off. And while 1t Is not
perfected to the extent she desires, 1t
has been successful.
It will cost practically nothing TO
produce the powder and 1t VIII not
have to be.sprayed more than cou-
pie of times when it is perfected, MIS-
Kriete states.
Thus far there have been no ex-
pectations of marketing the product,
and at the peak Of its success 1t Will
be put into the hands of the govern
ment for further experiment and pro-
duction.
Mrs. Kriete failed to. finish her ex-
periments this season on account OF
a fall that she received while working
on her plants, in which she injured her
shoulder and was forced to give up Tor
the present. But her injuries are fast
improving and the winter season VIII
be spent by her in studying the ef-
fects the boil weevil has on cotton.
1t is predicted that it will be only
matter of time until the success
hoped for is attained.