Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1922-06-28
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County Agent Briggs, Does Not En-
dorse Sweetened Poisons.

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Editor Keowee Courier:
In reference to the articles in last
weeks paper concerning the use of
o mixture Of molasss and calcium
arsenate for the control OF the boil
| weevil, l will say that l, personally,
do not recommend it, basing my
opinion on The information l have
been able to get on the subject.
The only PROFITABLE results SO
far secured in carefully conducted
tests by both Federal and State agen-
| cies were secured by the use of cal.
cium arsenate in the dust form, pro-
perly applied.
The information that have is that
The molasses mixture and other
sweetened poisons have been tried all
talong the route from Texas eastward
In newly infested territory, and that
results have not been gratifying
when 1t came to. weighing up the
seed cotton RESULTING FROM the
MOLASSES-ARS treatment.
I'm Georgia last season about this
| time there was much to hear about
this treatment, but l have not heard
much Of 1t since.
The Greenville county agent, A.I,
Chapman, native of Mississippi,
| who recently returned from visit
| to his State, issued statement in
| the Greenville News recently to the
erect that the farmers out there
were doing some busting with CAL
c1um arsenate, and were trying to
rush the cotton along with good Gull
tural methods, which methods we're
| found to be more effective than the
molasses-arsenate treatment.
Geo. r. Briggs, County Agent.
Psi enclose new information
| card on boil weevil control Just re-
ceived.
Boil Weevil Control in 1922.
l. Cultivate frequently and shall.
low to keep down weeds.
z. Weevils may be picked to ad-
vantage before squares appear when"
ever cheap labor that costs practi-
cally nothing in cash is available, and
provided the picking is done with
utmost care.
3. Square collecting may be help
full where cheap labor is available,
beginning ten days after first bloom
and picking every infested square on
the ground and OH the plants every
| five days.
4. The, following are the condi-
tions under which poisoning may be
expected to be prot1table: (a) On
high yielding land; (b) Where weeZ
VII infestation is heavy; (c) The use
of an approved busting ma
chine, capable of covering the acre
age for the application, according to
an approved plan, Of calcium arsen-
ate meeting the government specifl-
cations; (d) Under reasonably IA
vorable weather conditions.
Information in regard to machines
ana calcium arsenate may be OBJ
tanned from the county agents.
The only profitable results so far
SECURED in carefully conducted tests
by Federal and State agencies were
secured by the use Of calcium arsen-
ate IN dust form, properly applied.
| Poison only when the air is calm
and the plants are moist, using from
1Ve to seven pounds per acre for
each application. When weevils are
abundant, when fruiting Of cotton
begins, one application may be made
at that time. Use no calcium arsen-
ate that has not been examined by
! Federal or. State authorities and pro-
nounced satisfactory. The next ap-
plication should be made when the
weevils have punctured from ten to
fifteen per cent Of the squares, fol-
lowed by two additional applications
four days apart. Infestation counts
shodld be made frequently and can
be made by any farmer who follows
The simple directions furnished upon
application. The object is to keep the
cotton thoroughly busted until the
weevils are under control. This may
require varying number Of applica-
tions Of poison, depending on the sea-
son and other cpnditions. II weevils
should become sufficiently numerous
to severely injure the young bolls,
one or two more applications late in
the season should be made.
In case Of heavy rain within "a
hours after busting, the application
should be repeated Immediately. AL
ways a carefully selected plot of cot
ton should be left imprisoned for
comparison with the adjoining poi
soned tract. This will help to deter
mine how much the yield was in
creased by poisoning.
s. Rush picking and plow under
stalks as early as practicable.
6. Follow COTTON with a cover
crop.
z. Practice clean farming in order
to destroy most Of the places that Of
fer shelter to the boil wcevil during
the winter.