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

heavily"
Yes, used a formula strong
with potash, and applied consld-
cradle soda. It's a big road
patch: I want it to look good"
Whats the area?''
Three acres" 1t subsequent
ly developed that DR.. Hudson .
is being leased by his friends at
Cough about that patch. They
claim it is nearer two than
three acres, and that his liberal
fertilization based on his est
mate of three acres has natural
ly done better on smaller
area. However that may be, you
might search the state of Geor-
gia and fail to find finer
stand of cotton.
Isn't your cost pretty high
on this patch?"
IF l get four bales I will
make good money on 2O-cent
cotton. 1 am expecting to get
five bales
Have you had any weevils?"
Yes, at the start"
"HaVe you any now"
''None that I can find"
What do you use?"
Hills Mixture"
Ever use it before?"
Last year"
What was your experience"
i 81 had ten acres in cotton last
year. The poison worked so well
and my crop was so SatiSfac-
tory [ have rs acres in cotton
this year. So far, it is giving
perfect control. I did not base
my judgment to increase my
acreage solely on my own ex-
perience. Those of my patients
who used Hills Mixture last
year paid out as we say; 9TH
ers lost money"
How does this Hills Mixture
differ from home BREW" Many
farmers in southeast Georgia
and in South Carolina are using
what they call home brew. 1t is
a liquid composed of equal parts
of calcium arsenate, molasses
and water. Dozier Hill, the man
who sponsors Hills Mixture,
claims to have developed the
home brew" formula, to have
then believed it was efficacious,
to have subsequently found out
he was mistaken, and to have
abandoned it. He says he sent
the formula to Cocker, of South
Carolina, who is said to be advo-
eating its use in his territory.
Mr.. Coker is a big planter, mer-
chant, banker and scotsman, a
man Of great influence in his
state. Home brew is so called be-
cause the formula is public, the
materials are easily got and
those who use it manufacture
it on their premises.
my belief is that Hills Mix
ture contains an ingredient that
attracts the weevil, that causes
him to seek it out at the top of
the plant and to eat of it, en-
abling thus the calcium ar
senate Ito be more correct, the
arsenic pentoxide) to kill the
weevil. There is as much poison
in home brew as in Hills Mix
ture, but L do not believe home
brew attracts the weeVil."
The world knows that arsenic
pentoxide, commercially avail
able in calcium arsenate at rea-
sonable cost, will kill boil weevils
when the weevils eat or drink
the poison. There is no dispute
about that. The question then
that is agitating the cotton
world is, how can the arsenic
pentoxide be got into boil wee
wills, most effectively and most
cheaply?
The government formula is to
dust the plants with calcium ar
senate. The weevil admittedly
has no appetite for this powder,
but he does drink water once g.
day. The government theory is
based on the fact that the cal
CUM arsenate, being soluble,
polsons the dew when it forms
on the leaves and that the weevil
commits suicide inadvertently.
What have you to confirm
your opinion that Hills Mixture
attracts the weevil to eat or
drink" I asked.
81 tried this experiment" he
said. Il put a cage around
plant. On q sheet of newspaper.
laid on the ground, [ scattered
several drops Of Hills Mixture.
L scattered forty live boil wee
Wis on the top of the plant, and
covered the cage with a plate of
glass. When [ went to this cage
the next morning the weevils
We're all dead
ments where the Hills Mixture
was put on the top of the plant
and weevils placed on the under
foliage were found dead the next
day. Critics said that that did
not prove attraction as the wee
VII naturally climbs upward. My
test seemed to indicate that
something in the mixture on the
ground caused them to climb
down and eat or drink Of it. 1t
satisfied me-"
Have you any financial inter
est in Hills Mixture?''
mo. I have a small interest
in Mr.. Hills merchandising store
here at Cough"
DO you think you are in posi-
IlOll ~ Sl'e on luipdI lldl OplulOH
OF Hills Mixture?"
Yes"
DR.. Hudson, in the course OF
the day, told one interesting
thing that has bearing on the
problem the farmer faces. In
preparing to increase his cotton
acreage this year, he sought and
obtained q negro tenant. This
negro told him he could bring
another family of farmers if he
desired them, if he would assure
them they could use Hills Mix
ture against the weeVil. 1t
seems they had been farming on
shares last year with a landlord
who insisted on another method.
AT Cough, 7 saw Dozier Hill.
He owns 5000 acres of land in
Burke county. He has lived
thel all his life. He is prob
ably a few years past so. and is
a most engaging personality. He
speaks softly. even gently. but
should think he metaphorically