Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-10
See That Dust COperS
Stem OF Plant, ManeSS
ADVISES Cotton Farmer
Demonstration Of Busting Ma-
chimes Held Monday After
noon On Farm Of N. A. Ray
TRACTION is IMPORTANT
Machines Get Necessary Bel
lows Power From Wheel,
Farmers Are Informed

Farmers ARE AHAVhAHSA
See that there is a cloud Of dust
about the stem Of the cotton plant
Walk about fifteen feet behind
one Of your busting machines and
observe this condition closely. II
there is a dust of poison about the
stern Of the plant, then the calcium
arsenate is being properly applied,
and you're going about control Of
the boil weeyil in the proper way.
The foregoing advice was given
number of farmers and business
men who gathered Monday after
noon at the farm Of Neil A. Ray
to near j. G. Maness of the State
Board Of Entomology, and witness
demonstration Of dnsting MAJ
chimes held there. The demon
stration continued about an hcVr
and embraced the showing of two
machines, the Peerless and the
Woodruff. Good points. Of both
these were exhibited to those pres
ent, and instructions given in the
manner Of handling these machines.
Traction is one of the most ila-
portant things in the operation Of
busting machine, according to
DR.. Maness. busting machines Of
whatever pattern derive their bel
lows power from the large wheels
travelling in front and which car
RES most of the weight Of the ma
chine, he said. When this wheei
| is held firmly upon the ground the
best results can reasonable be ex-
lpected, according to DR.. Maness. IN
border to secure this, he told those
present, farmers using such ma
chimes should be careful to lengtheIl
the traces, so as to give the mule
long, straight pull at the machine
with as little tendency as possible
to draw the front wheel off the
ground. Thu more firmly this is
seated upon the ground the faster
the fan wheel inside the di5tribut-
ing pipes will revolve, with busting
accelerated accordingly, was anoth-
,er point brought out by DR.. Names.
The fozzles OF busting machines
should be properly adjusted. Dr.
Names said, so as 4. ru' tbs Gast
squarely upon and in to the cotton
plant with the greatest possible
iforce, so that the arsenate may COW
er the entire plant. AS the cotton
grows the nozzles should be raised
and the spreaders at the end of
these nozzles should always be
kept at the proper angle to preci'
lpitate the dust downward upon the
lplant. DR.. Maness brought our
during the demonstration. These
spreaders are adjustable and can
be placed at almost any angle upon
certain twypes of machines, while
upon others this adjustment is eitli-
err more difficult or practically i'm
possible. In buying a machine, it
was brought out, tbs point should
be carefully considered, as should
also the matter of oiling. No
machine can be expected to run con
Itinuously or over any extended
lperiod without the use Of oil, and
bearings should be fitted with
proper oiling facilities, it was ex-
Iplained.
Present at the demonstration
were N. A. Ray, upon whose farm
1.-THE demonstration was conducted;
Judge James A. Hixon, chairman Of
the Steering committee of the boil
Iweevil control organization; George
70. Marshall, county agent, Henry
IP. Everett, secretary of the Cham
Der Of Commerce; Thomas G.
Hudson, former commissioner Of
agriculture Of Georgia; Lovelace
1--we, editor Of the Times-Recorder;
Charles S. Hogg, Brown Hodges.
r. f. Gatewood, Gordon Heys,
DIN Dixon, George w. Riley, r. C.
Moran and others, in addition 20
fDr. Maness, who conducted tbs
demonstration, assisted by a rep
resentative Of at least one concern
having a busting machine on trial
there Weather conditions for the
demonstration were ideal, and the
busting was done over a test plat
located upon the Upper RIVER road
just east of the Ray residence.