Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-10

er's estate, which was not incon-
siderable, to others in his family
who, he thought. needed it more
than himself. He undoubtedly
is not only fine business man,
but a remarkably able farmer.
In his fields l subsequently had
ample proof Of the latter.
After exchanging greetings, by
way of opening conversation, I
asked Mr.. Hill what his labor
conditions were. He floored me
by saying:
II had SOS hands on my land
last year. l mean men, women
and children-not adults solely"
Gle has the impressive habit, so
common among the British, of
understatement. He seems anX-
ious to avoid exaggerated con-
illusions. For example, later 1
marveled at the growth shown
in patch of his cotton. That's
not a fair sample" he said.
That's extra good land, and [
fortified heavily. I put a lot of
stable manure in on top of the
commercial fertilizer. l wanted
to make a showing. This is
big road cotton.'O
"I had S65 hands last year,
and I have lost just one" he
continued. He died. A good
negro from another plantation
applied for the place."
"Have many negroes left from
Burke county,"
"Quite number, I under
stand"
Why have you lost none?"
"Well there may be other rea-
sons, but the most important is
that they have seen that they
can make cotton and pay out
when they crop my land and
follow my methods. The boil
weevil does not eat them up"
What are your methodist"
prepare the land properly,
fertilizer well, cultivate thor
oughly and use Hills Mixture
against the boil weeVil."
Hills Mixture is your inven-
tion?"
Yes, I have been studying
the weevil and it's control for
good many years. I know
something about chemistry. /
used to compound my fathers
prescriptions when he was a
country doctor years ago. When
l first went at the problem I
thought the syrup and arsenate
mixture would do the trick. 1t
took me two years TO find out
it wouldn't. 1t will kill all the
weeVils that eat of it, but it does
not control. [ experim rented
and got the formula for what
is known as Hills Mixture. I
have tested it for three years.
1t controls the weevil."
How does it control the wee
vil?"
There is an ingredient in it
that attracts the WeeVil to eat.
This ingredient we keep a Sc
u Il 110 Is Ill a DOA
in the Georgia Railroad bank at
Augusta. 1t is to be opened only
under certain conditions. Two
OF them are that L go crazy or
die.
."Hills Mixture is being man.
ufactured by a corporation of
which Frank H. Barrett, of Au-
gusta, is the head. L get roy
atty on its sale. The price is as
low as We can make it. The
profit is figured at less than the
advertising will cost this year. L
want farmers to be able TO buy
it, and make cotton. They can
do it with Hills Mixture"
Lets look at some Of your
cotton" I suggested. He took
me first to the patch at which
I marveled, the "big road" patch
near at hand. One side was
thanked by woods and under
brush. There were thirteen
acres in the tract. 1t was very
fine, in vegetation and in fruit
age. / searched for weevils and
punctured squares. l could find
none.
Nearest the woods, I checked
q row or two to estimate the per
centage of infestatiCn when the
plant was small. Those plants
which had been "budded' had
been nipped by the weeVil before
the squares formed. Nearest the
;x,F hod
about 40 per cent. 1t was free of
weevils on July 2, and gave
promise OF a bale to the acre.
Have you used any method
of control here except your mix
ture?" [ asked.
mo"
How can I know someone
hasn't gone through this patch
and hand picked all of the
weevils and the punctured
squares?"
'Well, if you know how, you
can check up on almost any
thing in the world,
wherever there is a joint in,
a cotton plant, there either is,
OF WAS, d SQudEc. hOOh Through
here and see how many squares
are missing. That will give you
an idea of how many squares the
weevils have destroyed.
1T rained very hard here Fri
day noon, just after this land
was ploughed. Look at the fur
rows and you can tell that. Ex-
anime the ground. If anyone
has walked here Friday after
noon or Saturday or Sunday or
this morning removing weevil or
squares they have left their
tracks"
There were no tracks except
where we had walked. There had
been no weeVil damage worth
mentioning, except the bud
ding" which demonstrated the
field had been infested early in
the spring.
81 will show you twenty-five
other tracts like this" he said.
/ did not see twenty-five, but
I saw enough to convince me
there were no weeVils on his
farms, except one.