Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-11-20
FARM EDUCATION
BY DIR. ANDREW M. SOULE

them under is infinitely better, for,
when this is done and the stalks are
buried to a good depth. the weeyils
are absolutely cut off from food ana
so forced to so into winter quarters
| in a greatly weakened condition. The
more poorly prepared they are for
going into winter quarters, the larger
the number that will succumb to the
| cold weather OF the winter mc1ths.
| Remember, thai we cannot bury cot
| ton stalks too deeply. The more care
fully this work is done, the 1aore
complete will be the protection af-
| forded the cotton crop OF 1925. No
| farmer who is interested in cultivat-
ling cotton in Georgia in 1925 can
| therefore afford to ignore this inn
portant and fundamental PROPOSE
| ton. Nor should he hesitate 20 eX-
| ert himself TO accomplish the prompt
and immediate burying of all the COT
| ton stalks on his farm. He should
| even so further than this by Undue
ling neighbors and friends to follow
! this procedure. Much can be done
lby persistent and concerted effort
along this line if we only have the
faith and vision to understand the
! efficiency of this method of Weevil
control. This is a proposition there
| fore, in which every good citizen is
tremendously concerned. The &C
complishment of this program of
stalk destruction is vital to the sue
cess of the cotton crop in 1925, and
every known means must be skill
fully and intelligently used to insure
| the attainment of that end with the
utmost dispatch.
We must naturally undertake to
grow very considerable cotton crop
next year for economic reasons SO
self-evident that they need not be de-
| tailed at this time. Let us make a
great, concerted effort, therefore, to
destroy all old cotton stalks in the
| fields in Georgia as promptly and
completely as possible. Every day
THAT passes by now erpresents a lost
opportunity of vital Importance not
! only to the farmers of the state, but
| to every business interest established
! therein as we'll.
| There is another matter to which
| I wish to direct attention. Through
out the state of Georgia there are
AL sorts of favorable hiding places
for the weevil. We have encouraged
! their development and made as yet
| little effort to clear them out. We
do not regard them as yet as con-
shutting a real and serious menace
| to cotton cultivation under boil wee
| vii conditions. There is little jagged
corner in nearly every cotton field,
| it seems. A million weevils can hiber,
nate successfully within it's con-
| fines. Why not clear it out ana
! thus destroy this residential section
Of great alternating colony Of boil
WeeVils? Then, our woodland areas
are not infrequently covered with
| weeds and trash and a diversity Of
| scrub underground. We make little
effort to destroy these hiding places
| because we do not fully realize what
| they are being used for by the wee.
! vii. Our fence rows also constitute
! places in which great numbers Of
4 Weevils may pass the winter salts
| factorily. The ditch banks along the
| terraces are often covered with a
scrubby growth and overrun by a
| profusion of weeds and grass that
| constitutes a very excellent hiding
| place for weeviis. Then, there are
cutover and uncleared woodlands all
! about most Of our cotton fields. AS
! they now stand, they furnish no
| sort of appreciable revenue to the
farmer, but certainly they afford n
very acceptable hiding place In
which weevils may safely pass the
winter Some one may say that it
will take a lot of work and effort
to clear out all this trash and waste
material. Suppose it does: Is it not
a safe and wise investment? Ger
| tainly, it will help to insure the safe.
| ty of the cotton crop in 1925. More
over, there is ample labor on every
plantation in Georgia to accomplish
this task, when the will to do is the
thought predominant in the minds Of
| the individuals concerned