The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1923-10-16
SHOW
brnIJCED INFESTATION
rruERN AGRICULTURAL
LOCKERS STUDY COTTON
npoBLEM OF SOUTH.
kpoRT REVIE WIS EFFORTS

Amount of Information Gather
y From Tests Made in Several
S.,tes Observations as to Worth of
Various Treatments
crusions of the weevil control in
,t;gating committee OF the Associa-
~ Southern Agricultural Work
are SET forth in report submitted
i a.. 1l association's president, D. c.
In u" Of Agricultural College, Missis-
r. summary OF effective experiments
,ontrol is presented in the report,
bicb reads as follows:
nTbe special committee appointed
ron recently to make a study OF
Sentimental work, either COM
s..d or now in progress, looking to
/ I control of the Mexican cotton boil
s.vi in the southern states, has just
Snoleted a tours of inspection of the
bnratories test plats, records and
5oVsrimcntal fields, where we believe
I brst experimental work is now in
1 ogress. This has included the work
q Florida, Georgia, South Carolina,
A.bama and Louisiana under super
Ian al state and federal authorities.
II committee has examined more
n two hundred experimental plats,
4 more than one hundred fields, cul
sted according to prevailing meth
Il Of farm practice, but where con-
measures have been carefully ap-
ID and results therefrom measured
records of blooming, boil forma
In and seed cotton production. This
nix embraces the most extensive,
snorehensive and geographically the
bst widely distributed observatories
Iown to us on boil weevil control
brk
81 vast amount of information has
In gathered from tests and expert
hits regarding various direct meas
!, of boil weevil control. We regret
in many cases the inability to Sc
re prompt and full publication Of
Dorts has prevented the general
bic from knowing fully how valu-
lie have been those results of scien-
c study of cotton production and
Devil control.
aThe most encouraging feature Of
detrimental work is the increasing
#idence that boil weevil infestation
h be reduced, even under adverse
ndtions, to a degree that will per
h the maturity of a reasonably
mdant crop of cotton, provided the
Ad scientific measures are lntelli-
&ntlv carried out and co-ordinated
9TH the measures already known to
] conducive to large crop yields, such
i the use of good seed, proper fer
sizer, intensive cultivation, rotation
j crops, etc.
@There is, on the other hand, little
Eouragement for the farmer of slip
& 3D. methods and indifferent habits.
considering the sum total OF the
rk that the committee has ohserv-
in various locations, we feel that
Bed on infestation records, bloom
4 counts, boil counts and picking
#ords thus far obtained the follow
statement of indications is justl-
#First. Whenever there is evidence
4 heavy survival of hibernated wee
II before squares form one treat
knt may be applied at what may
called the pre-square stage and
der some conditions a second ap-
cation made before blooms appear.
i this purpose home mixed calcium
Senate syrup mixtures may be ap-
I'd, with a mop or bottle, or dilut-
calcium arsenate applied as dust.
III treatment evidently greatly re-
FeS the attack from hibernated wee
and appears to delay appreciably
Il increase of infestation, thereby
agthening the period during which
Is may be set.
Second. The method commonly
Pwn as the Florida method appears
II give an effective control of hiber-
#ed weevils and reduces the attacks
Il the early part of the season. This
quently results in profitable in
= ses in yield, but this treatment
FeS the fields subject to reinfesta-
which frequently cuts short the