Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-06-11
FROM THE SOUTHERN
CULTIVATOR
Demonstration
Hill's Mixture
Laurens County


On May 29th we went down to
Dublin, Ga, to be present at a
boil weevil poisoning by the use of
Hills Mixture. Mr.. Hill, himself;
Mr.. Oliver, of Barrett & Com
pany; Mr.. Palmer, mayor Of Way
nesboro; C. A. Cobb, editor of
The Southern Ruralist, and quite
a number of prominent people in
Dublin were present.
The continued rains made things
look very unpropritious for the ex-
pertinent. We all sat around and
waited until after O'clock to see
what the clouds were going to do.
About o'clock we decided that
the rains might pass so we started
out, and drove. to the field of Mr..
w. T. Phelps. Here we caught five
weeyils and put on a stalk of cot
ton and covered it with a screen,
and put ten weevils under an-
other. Then we drove to the
ield of Mr.. T. V. Sanders, and
ere We found weevils on the cot
on plant and simply stuck a stick
Jeside it. We found one with three
Neevils on it. The Hills Mixture
vas applied to these stalks with
nipple mop, made by tying a small
.Jiece OF an old sock to stick
bout three feet in length. As the
nan walked along each stalk was
,ouched with the mop in the top
u the plant.
Heavy Rains Fail to Affect 1t.
This was all done between 8
and A O'Clock. Before 6 O'Clock it
was pouring down rain. Naturally,
we concluded Ne demonstration
was a failure on account Of the
exceedingly ulU'avorable condi-
lions. So next morning we were
greatly surprised to find that all
i've of the weeyils under screen
No. / were dead and six of those
under screen No. 2, the other four
Yeevils seemed to have spent the
light crowding around the glass
OPP trying to get out. s.e.s
100 Per Cent of Weevils Killed.
When we went over the fields
Of Mr. Sanders we found 100 per
cent Of the weevils under marked
stalks dead. All three were lying
lead under the plant that had the
three on it. Mr.. Jack Hart, the
demonstration agent of Laurens
county, was with US and made the
count himself.
Results Wonderful.
Every one present was surpris-
ed at the quick results obtained.
Indeed, it was wonderful Every
thoughtful man knows the condi-
ion of our sou hern farmers. We
realize the loss of labor on the
arms, because the weeyil destroy
ed the cotton. Many a farmer has
mad to put a mortgage on his
arm. Thousands of our landown-
ers cannot pay their debts. Hun
dreds Of thousands have planted
cotton only to see it destroyed
oy the boil weevil, so it is a great
JOY to us to know that we can
Kill the weevils and produce
normal crop of cotton again.
Boon to the Farmers.
The HilPs Mixture and the 9th
er syrup poisons are boon to the
farmers because they are so
aheaply applied and give such
qdck results. Think Of killing
100 per cent in two hours before
any dew fell, and in spite of
heavy rain.
MIR. Hart Found WeeviIs.
County Agent J, f. Hart also
reported finding dead weevils I'M
Ter the stalks of cotton in the
field of MIR. Sanders this morning,
when the poison had been used
Yesterday afternoon.
From MIR. w. 7. Phelps.
"Hill's Mixture was put on cot
ton in my field yesterday after
noon about 4;30 o'clock, on an
area of approximately three
fourths of an acre. About $3.50
good rain fell on this area. This
morning we went into the field
about 1880 and after careful
search found one live weevil in
NE treated section. Several flag
ged stalks treated yesterday were
examined, and weevils were found
dead either on the stalk or on the
ground under the stalks. To show
that there were weevils here in
considerable quantities I looked
up the row next to the poisoned
area, and on one row ] found five
weevils. 1t had no poison applied
to it.
81 am thoroughly convinced
that this poison is both thorough
and practical; that it does attract
the weevil, and that it does kill
them"
the field on which this test was