The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-07-10
COURAGE, COTTON PLANTERS.

In the Junc issue or The Oil Miller Mr.. T. II. Ieter
Atlanta Ga, writes OF the most interesting stories that ha
weevl section Director w. W. Long. OF the South Carolina tx
tension Service declared at recent boil weev meeting in Sou
Carolina than ourhs OF the crop last year
under boil weev conditions and that OF the prime requisites
in every weevil section is courage
In view OF the fact that the Oklahoma grower is con
froned with the boil weey the experience OF Frank Holder
Jefferson Georgia OF the leading landowners and farmers
OF the northern part Of the state shows what be accomplished
through courage and effort.
ole whipped the boil weev stands this past
and his methods will be Of interest other farmers well
business men,, writes Mr.. Jeter.
"AIr Holder is, generally speaking, peaceful citizen But
when he found that the weevi had declared him. he
promptly severed relations with the weev and declared that he
would force the utermo He did pass few notes. but
these for the purpose of seeking suitable allies in his
pagn and not to argue diplomatic questions SO he studied all
the bulletins and information that he could about methods
OF fighting the weev Some OF his information stated that one
thing the only way to control the weev said that
other plan had been successful Others had still another Mr.
Holder looked them all carefully and from them planned
composite campaign suited to his own particular needs his
particular farm
After preparing his land good shape for planting and using
considerable fertilizer and securing the best seed available Mr.
Holder proceeded to destroy his enemy the boil weev by poison
ing and picking the fallen squares and having the same destroyed
The cotton was given three dusngs and between the second
and third dusngs he had to wait nine days because of but
even then he had the fallen squares picked up
And he continued have these squares picked up and burned
Once he decided to stop for few days so he let the little
boys and girls all get ready for school, but then he
other infestaon another field all hands pick
up squares again until this less controlled
Mr. Holder carried the work of picking fallen squares
until the day before he started pick cotton then he quit He
says his aborers had Saturday vacation i'll July and another
halliday August The remainder of the time put making
his crop
Next year. he intends to make his picking up of squares
easier by building hoedrawn machine for putting squares
out into the middle OF the and having wide heavy wheel
the machine which crush the squares He also has other plans
which doubt will help him in his fight One of these is to
plant his cotton wider that the sunlight get
better think he also has mind using liberal appca
ons high grade fertilizer and quite much
but endeavor to make the acreage
As result Of his fight with the weev he has IS
which he made 40 bales OF cotton and he has which he
picked out II bales On every of his wages farm he
picking at the rate OF bale per He stated that he has $50
in cotton his wages crop and that he will make 100
bales
'lf this is not good farming don't know what is But it
takes with and do it. Mr. Holder
have been beegd climb but if he WERE he sure did
climb and he found comfortable limb rest on after
he got up Some of his neghbos laughed him.
frightened at the thought the around the place and
tried to get the folks carry his gin
would happen the mules and aboers association
with the dreaded calcium but Holder
He took the mental attitude that if this pest controlled
ne could do it and the best part of it is, he did"
In other words if the farmer will pick fallen squares
and have them destroyed he will yet be able
dollars which otherwise will be wasted.