Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-07-13
EDITORIAL
THE, FLORIDA METHOD OF BOIL
WEE,VIL CONTROL

A few farmers Sumter county experimenting with plans
for boil weeyl control among the schemes BENG one ina. Kan we
the Florida Plan Several of readers have requested mat
give this plan in detail
The mos, vital question before the people of the South is wee
vii control means difference between afuence and poverty
for our people The weev that weighing on the
heart of every man and the South 1t question shat
receiving the attention banker scientist and chemist the nato
over Turn and may, Editor W. i anderson OF
The Macon Telegraph there seems to be no way to overcome ue
pest s
Mr. Anderson went to Griffin and hear Dr. George D,
Smith the originator Florida method and here's what Ed
ior Anderson says: -s..#,.-t ~ -as-
IF and and are to b Be n6 BELIEVED R through
Manager Stuckey of the Georgia Experiment Station above Griffin who
Explain his pian Of killing the boil weey been widely
heralded and commanded SO much attention
Or Smith stated boil weels Of the woods and
hiding places in the Springe insaments Florida they all
Is July Cotton should be late
Smiths then to through the fields and
SO as to allow none Of captured After
row finished back and look for that have been
these they viii drop off and the will dry them the food viii be
small reproduce or do harm Besides this the
appetizing morse at his expense,
Afte picking the squares leave wee
and eggs closing tightly The next day the deesyng squares Will render
the sack Unfortunately hot killing wfsys and eggs The mixture WI"
completing picking squares pounds cal
onehaf gallon and gallon syrup
stick making mop of it. and with the bucket Of poison in one hand
mop IN the o go through the cotton touch the buds IN the
cotton the field after picking obliged
that the only food left They thus poisoned
destroys SO cent of the weevis. tz..t
Picking off the squares the stalk to grow to 10
inches taller in short time and people say all going
weed But the picking off of the gives the stalk better
chance strengthen its the
from bottom, all having
and formerly divide with there
will be but and there viii be weevs any
s"Dr Smith says mmatera what neighbor does with his
cootha the boil wees not long they have py4
of food the nghbor willing furnish this food viii
with him and not bother the treated field He states that the e only
moves when the food exhausted and she lookngor new ground
which to feed and deposit eggs So - y
Picking squares gets nearly all the old weey and the eggs at
making practically clean The poisoning costs
and the poisoning all that
necessary provided there hours weather The blooms
and natures saving in the picking of the cotton
OR that plan probably years in the
pcng and has been tried the that counted
produce results He exhibited stalks of brought
and t9da with % bo of cotton per perfectly
gan 0 49,
Or Smith cotton with twelve squares
condition
no fear need be entertained the failing
plan works and normal cotton have produced
ea as against an adjoining field with weevs
no cotton and that the year reversed and the
ed Of the previous produced
year 1alled-about 200 pounds against 1900 pounds"