Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1924-06-09

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1t is impossible to place
weevils which have lived throug
ton," said DR.. Maness. "Not one
of them should be allowed to live
to lay an egg. "
To accomplish this recommend
that at least three applications Of
calcium arsenate be made before
the first bloom appears in the foi.
lowing order:
81. First application, when the
plant has five or six leaves or about
one week before the first square
appears.
so. Second application, VIXEN
the first squares appear but are not
large enough to be punctured or 70
receive an egg.
"3. Third application, when the
tip of the pod or squares are turn
ing yellow, or as near the first
bloom as may be determined.
For the first two applications,
Two or three pounds per acre is
sufficient. One pound per acre is
enough if if it could be properly
distributed. With a good busting
machine which may be adjusted to
the amount required, the above IS
enty. IS AZ ssx
For the third application, three
to four pounds per acre may be
used. AS a maximum say nine 10
ten pounds per acre for the three
applications.
''Note: l do not name the nunl-
Der of days between applications,
but Depend upon the development
of the crop. Its condition is a
safer guide than counting days. }
in connection with this busting,
and just after the third application
to accomplish the end in view, it is
absolutely necessary, and much
more economical to gather tile
squares that perchance have been
punctured. 1t is scarcely possible
that all the weevils will be killed at
any one poisoning, and if it were
so, one might drop down End pune
ture a square and deposit an egg
before beng killed. SO that to fin
lsh the job, go over the entire crop
twice within two weeks after the
third application Of dust is made
Remember, our purpose is t.
kill all weeYils and to see that not
q grub IS raised from this first fam.
lily. If this is done, we have a re-
spite OF several weeks in which TO
push the growth and well nigh ma
ture the crop before the migratory
period. If this is not done. we
nave cost and labor increased with
yield OF cotton sadly decreased. 1t
Is better to gather the squares from
the stalks than to wait for them to
crop to the ground as they ara
more easily seen and better time
made. There should be SO few
squares at this time that acres NAV
DC covered in a day which rend :
ers 1t much cheaper and more af.
fective than to use the dust
IF you fall down on your lob
then give it fourth application
OIL the poison, for woe be unto Won,
II you let this bug get ahead.
The above is the determininq
point. Here we win or lose.
The above statements are made
on the assurance that you have con,
pleted the job. If you are NOT
dead sure that the weevils are all
dead, then be dead sure that Won
Keep at the work until you arr,
dead sure that are all dead" COR
cluded Dr.. Maness.
In the above statement Dr
Maness refrains from using speei.
tic dates on which poison should be
applied. That it is not safe" he
said. ''The farmer must WATCH
ms crop and determine from It.
growth the proper time to apply the
Ipoison.
The rest period mentioned by
DR.. Maness depends on how thor.
oughly the work has been done, he
says. "The farmer who has appliet
hi spoison carelesslyy, VINO has foi
chat reason or some other, failed t,
kill all the liberation weeYils