Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-02-10
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MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. ga
Give at home" program, with
something to sell besides cotton"
was recommended as ''funda-
mental fact which can not be too
strongly emphasized by the commit
tee on boil weevil control in its
report to the convention Of south
ern agricultural workers which end
ed it's sessions here Thursday. The
report was presented by Bradford
Knapp, dean of the college of ag-
riculture, University of Arkansas,
and was adopted unanimously.
Gwen though an ample supply
of calcium were available at a rea-
sonable cost" the report sets forth,
probably not 10 per cent of the
cotton acreage of the south would
be poisoned by all known methods
of application" In view of this
condition, the following proven Gull
tural methods were recommended
as indispensable aids in weevil con-
troll:
The use of well-drained, fertile
soil: good seed of standard early
maturing varieties; use of ample
seed in order to insure a good
stand; closer spacing than under
non-boll weevil conditions; inten-
sive, careful cultivation; liberal
fertilization to induce quick growth
and stimulate early maturity, and,
where practicable, the early destruc-
ton in the fall of cotton stalks
and Information places in the
field.
Methods Recommended
The committee further recon-
mended. from the various means
of control by poisoning, the calcium
arsenate method and the FLORIDA
method" The latter was SAID to be
adapted to lands of low productive"
ty. The "molasses arsenate" meth
cd. the committee declared, was
worthy of further and thorough
experimentation.
In concluding, the report states:
"The solution of any great scien-
tific problem, such as boil Weevll
control. is likely to be the work
of many scientists extending over
a perior of years and at expend1-
ture of considerable money. In
times of emergency, many panaceas
will be proposed; it is a safe as
prove worthless to the farmer, how
sumption that most. of these Will
ever profitable to their promoters"
Report ON Production
The report of the cotton produc-
ton committee, presented by W. r.
Dodson director of Louisiana extern
sion work, also was adopted after
short discussion.
The committee urged that the larg-
est part Of the cotton crop possible
be matured at the earliest possible
time and that cooperative market
ing organization be encouraged in
every way.
TIE report set forth that market
ing at a fair profit of a reasonable
crop of cotton must continue to be
the leading factor in the happiness
and prosperity of 13 southern
states" and referred to three dis
comforting facts to be faced, name
ly the wide distribution of the WeeVll,
the rapid depletion of soil fertility
under the old system Of cultivation,
and what was termed a shortage
of labor in many cotton districts.
Nevertheless, it continues, the road
to prosperity has not been closed
to the cotton farmer" because OF
the boil weeviPs activity.
DR.. D. c. Hull, president of Mis-
sissippi Agricultural and Mechanical
college, was elected president OF the
association at the final session of
the convention. Other officers chos-
en- We're J. n. Harper, secretary OF
the soil fertilization committee, At
lantas vice president; H. w. Barre,
director of the experiment station
at Clemson college, South Carolina,
secretary, and DIR. Fl. A. Morgan,
president of the University of Ten
nessee, member of the executive
board.
A resolution adopted just before
adjournment urged "our representa-
tives in congress to promptly ap-
prove and accept the terms pro-
posed by the commissioners repre-.
senting the United States and ac-
cepted by the British government
for the settlement Of the debt which
Great Britain owes this country"
In support of this resolution, it
was asserted that Great Britain was
the largest buyer Of American farm
products and that it was of vital
Importance that financial and eco
nomic conditions between the two
countries be stabilized.
The committee which considered
varied methods of combating the
boil weevil, and whose report fea-
tured today's sessions, is composed
of w. r, Dodson, Louisiana expert
ment station, Baton Rouge; w. D,