Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-08-03
Protecting Corn Against Weevil
Damage

A. H. P, Richland, Ca, writes:
1 have a long crib that is IA by
16 feet, and the corn is about
eight feet deep in it. 1t is
pretty badly infested with wee
wills. Please tell me how much
carbon bisulphide to use to
destroy the weevils, and would
it be well to cover the corn with
sacks or something?
The granary weevn may be de-
stroyed in corn by instituting the
following procedure:
A log crib may or may not be
relatively tight. If all the crevices
have been well chinked with mud, it
should retain the gas fumes quite
effectively. If the mud is out from
between the logs and there are a
number of openings, it will be much
more difficult to treat the grain in
this crib as successfully as would
otherwise be the~case.
Ordinarily, two pounds of carbon
bisulfid to one thousand cubic feet
of space should be used, but in this
particular instance, we are inclined
to think that six pounds of carbon
bisulfid to each 1000 cubic feet Of
space would prove more effective.
You should secure the carbon bisul-
fid from some convenient drug store,
and pour out in shallow dishes,
which should be set on top of the
grain. Evaporation takes places
very rapidly. The fumes are heav-
Ter than air, and sink right down
through the grain. Allow the treat
ment to continue over night, then
open up the crib and ventilate and
aerate the grain as completely as
possible. A second treatment will
be necessary in order to destroy the
weevils which may hatch out after
the first treatment. You may cover
the corn with sacks, carpeting, tar
paulin or anything else which hap
pens to be convenient. There is no
danger from using carbon bisulfid
provided you do not have lights
about or smoke while handling it.
A good grade of it will not burn the
hands or injure the clothing. 1t is
a thoroughly effective remedy for
the trouble suggested, and, if prop
erly used in sufficient amount and
with a reasonable degree of fire.
quency, the weevils in your corn can
be completely destroyed and further
damage prevented.
Variations i'm the Yield of Irish
Potatoes
w. ]. G., Tiger Ca, writes: A
neighbor tells me that he gath
cred five bushels of Cobbler and
thirteen bushels of Peerless Irish
potatoes from the same weight Of
seed planted in adjoining plots
e;,,
zation and cultivation. Please ad-
wise me if this is the usual rela-
tive yield.
1t is quite possible for your neigh
Dor to have had the experience indi-
Gated with the two varieties Of
potatoes mentioned. According to
oLr observation the Cobbler is not
as large a growing potato as the
Peerless. Moreover, the Peerless
potato takes a much longer time in
which to mature. We would not re-
gard the Peerless potato as well
adapted for growth under the condi-
tons which generally prevail in
Georgia as the Cobbler variety. The
Cobbler is an early maturing variety,
ar. as a rule, early maturing va
tfetles of Irish potatoes do not yield
as we'll as the late maturing
varieties. ON the other hand, your
friend might have a reverse ex-
perience with these potatoes another
season. Conditions may have been
adverse for the Cobpler variety this
season and very favorable for the
Peerless. We have often had one