The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1923-03-01

committee made up of DR.. Bradford
Knapp, Dean of College of Agricul-
ture, University of Arkansas, Chair
man; DR.. w. M. Riggs, President OF
Clemson College, South Carolina;
DR.. H. A. Morgan, President Uni
versity of Tenn. MIR. w. D. Hunter,
in charge of Crop Pest Investigation
u. S. Department of Agriculture,
and J. A. Evans, specialist in charge
of Cotton Promotion. U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture. This report
in our judgment, is eminently fair to
every interest concerned, and faith
full to the interest to the interest OF
the growers.
81. Even under the most inteli-
gent farming, boil weevil infestation
increase the risk in cotton produc-
ton. Therefore, the first is a live
at-home" program, with something
to sell besides cotton. This funda-
mental cannot be too strongly en-
phsized by your committee at the
very outset of the report.
"2. Even though an ample supply
Of calcium arsenate were available
at a reasonable cost, probably not
10 per cent Of the cotton acreage
of the South would not poisoned
by all known methods Of application.
Therefore, those proven cultural
methods which tend to insure great
er production and give direct aid
in controlling the weevil damage
cotton cannot be too strongly stress
led. These inslude:
(a) The use of well drained, fer,
tile soil.
By Good seed Of standard early
maturing varieties.
(c) The use Of ample seed in!
order. to insure a good stand.
(d) Closer spacing than under
|non.boll weevil conditions.
(e) Extensive, careful cultivation.
(f) Liberal fertilization to induce
quick growth, and stimulate early
maturity.
(g) Where practicable, the early
obstruction Of cotton stalks in the
fall and Of alternating places in!
the field.
"In addition to the above, when
posing is not contemplated, and IN
expensive labor is available, thel
picking and obstruction Of all pune
tured or infested squares for al
'period of 80 days will prove bene-
fetal
90. Of the various methods OF
control involving the use Of posing
YOUR committee recommends calcium
arsenate busting method and the
Florida method. There are no other
methods having as yet the sanction
of adequate scientific proof. The
limitations Of the calcium arsenate
busting method lie in the fact that
Fl has been found profitable only
on lands capable Of producing ono
third to one-haf bak per acre or
more. that it requires maximum
Of calcium arsenate, and that It
must be applied at night and BY
the use of machinery. Aside from
these Limitations, its worth, through
several years and under varying
conditions, has been fully and con-
clusively demonstrated, not only by
the experiment stations, but by prac-
teal farmers throughout the cotton
belt.
ssThe Florida method has BEEN
found adapted to the conditions IN
that state and, has the virtue OF
being adapted to lands Of low pro-
dudtiyity. This method can undoupt-
edly be applied with success mi
adjacent sections where the season
ambitions are the same as those OF
Florida. Whether this method VIII
succeed elsewhere has not been de-
termined, and cannot be until 1ur-
cher studies Of weevil Information
ana related factors are made. Y =
lu;rs1 q tiat thcs experiment stations
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