Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-11


Next Day
Ever since the boil weevil came
up out of Mexico and begun cut
ting down the crop of cotton, the
people have been experimenting
on various remedies to do away
with the weevil.
The government has put expert
men from the agricultural depart
ment at the. command of 1arm
communities to work with them,
and to cooperate with them in
finding a way to do away with the
weevlI, or cut his number down to
where cotton can be grown under
boil weevil conditions.
Many experiments have been
conducted throughout the south,
by undertaking to poison the Wee
vii, but the main trouble has been
in getting something that the Wee
val will eat of their own accord.
There is a concern an Augusta,
Ga, which has been putting on the
market a poison known as Hills
Mixture.
In an effort to get some one to
handle their product sin iDothan
they have come here and on Mon
day and Tuesday conducted a test
on the farm Of f. j. Weathers,
eight miles south of town. About
one and one-half acres Of cotton,
down near the woods convenient to
the winter supply of weeVls, was
poisoned Monday afternoon, using
about a gallon of the Hills Mix
ture.
Tuesday morning a party went
back to see what the results We're.
Only one live weevil was found
on this section.
A handful of weevils were
caught Monday afternoon, and
placed under a screen which went
over the cotton, They were drop
ped under this screen, and on the
leaves of the cotton a quantity
of the poison was placed. All these
weevils were dead on Tuesday,
with but one exception, and he
looked mighty sick
In the party were Thomas Bar
ret, Jr., who is vice-president of
the Hills Mixture Co., N, F. Pow
ell and Walter Pre- ION, Of the
Birmingham office, and J. r. Rob
ertson, of Augusta.
John Sanders went out with
them Tuesday to make the inves-
tigation on thd Weathers farm,
and he says the weeviIs were all
dead under the screen except the
one.
This mixture is put on the top
of the cotton with a mop, and
there is an ordor that seems to
attract the weevils. Anyway, they
eat the mixture, and within a few
minutes, die from the poison.
1t takes, at this season of the
year, when cotton is small, less
than gallon Of the mixture to
the acre, which is put on from
mop which has been dipped into
the mixture.
Mr. Barrett says they have con-
Quoted extensive experiments with |
it on their farms, and it is his
experience that it should be APP
piled about every 10 or IL days
during the growing season
But it is important that it be
promptly used on the young cot
ton. early in the season, when it
takes less and when there are /
fewer weevils.
, hen cottor grows, and the
stalks spread more, naturally it
will take more of re mixture.
Mr.. Barrett behaves that it
takes on an average for the seq
son of about SIS per acre to keep
the weeyils pois)nei The mixture |
sells for about 75c a gallon, and |
is poisoned when eaten by hclse |
or mule, Or other animals, and /
where it is applied to cotton, the |
mules or horses cultiya.ing the
cotton should be kept muzzled.
But this is considered a small
trouble, considering the fact that
the weevils are kept under heavy
boil weevil infestation
The HIPS Mixture is about as
thick as syrup and somewhat the
color, and comes in five gallon /
cans or bigger quantities.
1t will be put on the market in
Dothan and handled by Sanders
Bros. local merchants.
From MIR. j. r. Powell. 7
Mr.. J R. Powell also heartily
endorsed the Mixture, after seeing
it used, in statement below:
After seeing Hills Mixture
demonstrated on the farm of Mr..
w. T. Phelps. seeing the poison
applied yesterday afternoon about
one hour before a good rain fell
on the area treated for tests. This
morning | saw the check made of
this test, and saw the hunt for live