Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-11
FROM THE DUBLIN
COURIER HERALD, MAY 80
WEEVILS
KILLED BY USE OF
HILLS MIXTURE

The demonstration of "HiI's
Mixture" as a boil weevil destroy
er given yesterday afternoon by
its inventor. Mr. I. d. Hill, oil
Cough, Ca, proved an unexpected
unexpected because Mr..
Fill only guarantees 100 per cent
death OF weevils when the field
treated has twenty-four hours of
dry weather.
The demonstration was given
over about one acre of cotton just
beginning to bud on the farm Of
Mr.. w. T. Phelps. The application
IF poison proved very simple, be
-ng applied by Mr. Hill himself
md anyone who would volunteer
A three-foot stick with a rag mop
md small can of mixture be-
ng the only equipment required
A few drops were ''mopped" over
each plant, the mop being dipped
into the bud when possible. An
acre was covered in this manner
n very few minutes. The field
was first examined forS Weevils
and wherever one was found
itake was placed. On one plant
five weevils were caught and on
another ten weevils and both
)lants were surrounded with wire
gauze to prevent escape of wee
Wis.
1t is claimed for this mixture
hat the weeyil will climb a plant
TO get to it and this fact was
proved absolutely in the case OF.
1T least two weevils yesterday
They were watched by County
Agent Hart in the ppen, from an
enclosure, and were seen to ac-
ually climb the plant and dip
heir bills in the mixture.
The inventor and demsontrator,
Nr. Hill, stated that if fair wealth
n, could be maintained for TWEEN
'sy-four hours he would guarantee
he treated acre to be free from
Ill Weevils. As a matter of fact
heavy rain came up in about two
hours after the poison had been
lpplied.
This morning the acre was
'hecked and fifty cents per wee
ill was offered by the demonstra-
1ors for any live weevil found in
he treated territory. A careful
md minute search by Mr.. Hart
md others Tailed to bring to light
single live weevil on the treated
acre, although they could be found
plentiful quantities over the
est Of the field.
All five weeyilss in the enclosed
plant were found dead. Six wee
wills all females were dead on the
plant upon which ten had been
placed the afternoon before, four
were still alive, due no doubt to
the fact that most of the poison
had been washed off by the heavy
rain. Mr. Hart stated that the dem
)nstration to him was "astonish-
ing' especially in view of the
weather conditions and the very
hort time allowed the poison to
act before the rain.
The inventor Of this poison is a
practical farmer of Burke county.
Last year he raised 604 bales of
cotton, by the use Of this mixture,
on 612 acres. The main features
IN its favor are simplicity of APP
plication, and proven fact that the
weevil will actually seek the poi
son out to feed upon.
The demonstration yesterday
was witnessed and checked by NJ.
F. Powell, state distributor; L. H.
Hill, inventor; E. E. DaIlis, adver-
Using agent of Atlanta; F. H
Rowe, distributor for Laurens
county F. S. Palmer, farmer from
Waynesboro; G. f. Hunicut, edi- |
or of the the Southern Cultivator;
c. A. Cobb, editor Of the Southern
Ruralist; Jesse NJ. Jones, agrieul- |
tural agent for S. A. L. Ry.; Frank
Lawson, E. G. Simmons, J. F.
Hart, W. H Proctor, w. T.
Phelps, J. B. Green, T. NJ. Kel-
lam, j. R. Powell, T. V. Sanders,
H. II. Smith, J. G. Glover, E. w.
Rosenthal, Joe Robinson, lizzie
Bashinski, H. A. Knight and many
others.
Mr.. Bashinski Mikes 9satem emf.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
/ was present this date in the
field Of Mr.. w. T. Phelps, near
Dublin, to check a test made with
Hills Mixture for boil weevil.
Results showed that on six rows
on which the mixture was used,
no live weeyils were found. On
six adjacent rows where no APP
pilcation was used, there were
found five live weevils. On mark
ed stalks where five weevils
were found and where application
was made in the1 bud of the stalk,
there were no weevils found the
next day.
Five weeyils were put in a wire
net cage and the mixture applied
in the bud Of the stalk inside Of
the cage, It was found that ev-
cry lone of these weevils were
dead the next day. Another test
with ten weeyils in a cage showed
that six of the ten were dead.
! might add that rain fell upon