Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-12-09
More Research Work, Boil
Worm Quarantine and
Steps to Assure Adequate
ArSenate Supply Urged

| MEMPHIS, Tenn. Dec. g.
| With permanent organization as.
| sured, and a definite program OF
work mapped out, members of the
cotton states commission" as the
| new body will officially be known
| today expressed confidence that the
| preliminary work done by the unof
fetal commission during the two
years of it's existence has brought
satisfactory work, and under the
| new form of organization, more eff.
fective results will be attained.
K. o. Everett, of Durham, N. c.,
was elected chairman of the perma-
| nent commission, and Thomas B.
| King, Memphis, secretary, it being
| taken for granted by members of
the comission from the twelve states
represented here, that the PROPOSAL
for a permanent organization will
be ratified by the legislatures of
their respective states
Angus w. Mclean, Lumberton
| N. G., former assistant secretary of
the treasury, and for some time man.
aging director of the war finance
corporation, stated at the closing
session last night that the meeting
had achieved the results desired,
In that it has "pointedly called to
| the attention of representatives of
| the cotton growing states, and ex-
perts of the U. S. department OF
agriculture, the efforts which
the members of the commission
made to bring about concerted &C.
ton on the part Of the federal gov.
eminent and the cotton states in
respect to the serious problems of
insect pests, particularly boil
weeVil control.
More Research Work
Mr.. Mclean urged that more re-
| search laboratories to determine
the best means of fighting the enc
mics of the cotton plant be estab-
| l1shed in the southern states, while
! complimenting the work accom-.
fishing at the experimental station
| at Tallulah, La, he said that addi.
tional research work should be car.
| cied on by the government and the
| separate states at the various
state universities and more expert
ment station opened in different
parts of the cotton belt.
Under the plans adopted at the
| conference which closed twoday
| session last night, the members
| of the commission will present to
their respective state legislatures
at the earliest possible moment
uniform bill, approved at the
| meeting here, which will provide
| for the permanent organization OF
| the commission. Under the provis.
| ions of the proposed act, the gov.
ernor of each cotton state shall
| be empowered to appoint three
commissioners, each of whom shall
serve for two years. One of these
members, it is stated, must be
an officer of the department OF
agriculture or the agricultural ex'
| tension department \ of his state.
| Duties of Commissioners
The duties of the commissioners
as given in the bill are to cooper
ate with the other commission
ers, in securing uniform legisla
ton needed in several states to
bring about improved conditions in
the cotton industry, or for closer
| cooperation with the federal gov
eminent in crop pest control.
| 1t is stated in the act that any
uniform laws proposed by the com
mission to the several legislatures
1 IL,
of all the states in respect to said
problem, provided, however, that
| said commission shall exercise nc
police powers of the state, unless
| the legislature shall specifically
authorize same
| 1t is hoped by the commission, Of
ficers said, that by concerted eff
fort, new laws governing crop
pest control, quarantine, market
| ing methods and warehouslne
| could be placed on the statute books
of hte cotton producing states with
| in the next two years, and existing
| laws dealing with cotton prob
lens be strengthened.
At the closing session, Secretary
/ of Agriculture Wallace pledged the
support, of his department to the
| proposed plans for aiding the cotton
| growers
Calcium Arsenate
The situation brought about by the
limited supply of calcium arsenate,
| the most effective poison yet found
| in fighting the boil weevil, was dis
| cussed at length. Government eX'
| perts had warned that the arsenate
supply in sight would suffice to treat
only a small percentage of the cot
| ton area in the south.
Resolutions adopted provide for the
| appointment of a special committee
| from the cotton commission to. CO.
| operate with the United States de-
partment of agriculture and the vari-
Gus state officials in securing the
| largest possible supply of arsenate.
| Where an adequate supply of the
poison is not available to cotton
growers, the resolutions urge that
cultural directions found by the de-
partment of agriculture to control to
some extent, the ravages of the Vice.
vii be adopted by the planters. These
measures involve early planting, the
planting of the same varieties in each
community, heavy fertilization, and
the destruction of the cotton plants
as early as possible after the cotton
is picked.
Pink Boil Worm
. In connection with the spread of
the pink boil worm, the resolutions
recommend immediate and drastic
action to control the movement of
the pest, and all states not having
rigid quarantine laws governing the
control of insect pests are urged to
adopt measures similar to that now
in effect in Texas. In connection
with this pest, establishment of mon
cotton growing zones" is suggested
wherever necessary. with arrange
ments for the adequate compensation
of the owners for losses sustained.
More stringent laws governing and
safeguarding the purity and stand
ards of all insectides used in fight
ing cotton pests are suggested, and
the statutes of Alabama on this sub
ject are cited as worthy of adoption
by other states.
In closing, the resolutions highly
commend the work of the bureau of
entomology of the United States de-
partment of agriculture in co-operat-
ing with growers in the camnaign