Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-07-28
ARSENATE METHOD
BEATS WEEVIL ON
EXPERIMENT FARM


boil weevil can be successfully com
batted, according to a statement
given out by J. V. Webb, boil weevi
experiment supervisor of the Ar
mour Fertilizer works experiment
station, located a few miles east OF
! Arlington.
In fact, Mr.. Webb stated that IN
less unusual weather conditions set
in before harvesting time, they
would make as much cotton this
| year as ever had been made on the
station before the appearance of the
boil weevil. This statement is the
outcome of an experiment having
been conducted on the 1000 acres of
cotton grown on the station. Mr..
Webb stated that the experiment
was conducted with dry calcium ar
senate as the chief factor in com
batting the Weevil.
At the time of the first blossoms,
which was around the 10th of June,
they began the first general appli-
cation Of the calcium arsenate, re-
peating the application every seven
days as near as weather conditions
permitted for twenty-one days-in
all, a total of only four dustings.
Besides the dustings with calcium
arsenate, the squares were picked
from under the cotton stalks twice
during late June and early July. Mr..
Webb stated that UP to date the
average amount of calcium arSenate
used has been II pounds to each
acre. However, on part of the area
another application will be used to
save bolls and the remaining squares.
He estimates that then the aerageV
total amount used will be % pounds
to each acre,
Florida Method
Mr.. Webb attributes so per cent
of the weevil control to the picking
up of the squares from under the
cotton stalks, and the other 70 per
cent to the use of calcium arsenate.
Mr. Webb stated that this expert
ment was conducted on 700 acres Of
cotton and on the remaining 800
acres, the Florida method was con-
Quoted, with fair results. He stated,
however that he believed much bet
ter results would have been obtain
ed by the Florida plan if rain had
not prevented the stripping of the
squares from the stalk when the
stalk contained only from two to
three squares, as the method calls
for. But that due to continued
rains. the stalks were not stripped
until they each contained from four
to five squares, which greatly him
dered the experiment. However, Mr..
Webb expressed himself as certain
that the method used on the 700
acres was far better than the FIori.
da method.
Scores of visitors have been re-
ceived daily at the station for the
past week. each one expressing the
opinion that the weevil is under con-
troll at the station,
Good Yield Predicted
Among the visitors have been
many competent judges of cotton,
who state that three-quarters of
bale of cotton will be made on each
acre. J. w. Newberry, the efficient
superintendent of the experiment
station, conservatively estimates a
yield of one-half bale to the acre Mr..
Newberry was superintendent of the
same farm before it was acquired
by the Armour Fertilizer works and
Conducted DIS an experiment station,
and he states that there will be as
much cotton made on Nthe station
this year under boil weevil condi-
lions as was made any of the pre-
vious years when he was supefin-
tendent before the appearance of the
weevil.
When asked as to the labor and
general farming situation, Mr.. Webb
replied there is. no labor shortage
due to the firm but kind treatment
and good pay given the negroes or
the farm. Mr.. Webb further stated
that each plow has an average of
Is acres of cotton, 10 acres of corn
and four of peanuts, and that the
corn was seeded early enough to be
laid by the last week of May, max
ing it convenient ! to take up the
weeVil combat = at that time. The
success of this farm is not due to
any better farming lands or being
better situated than any other farm
in this section, as it is located on the
average sandy land of Calhoun coun-
ty, and surrounded by woods and
sWamps for the boil weeYil to take
refuge in the winter time