Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-08-28
10000 At ATHENS
SEE PLANES DEAL
DEATH To WEEVIL

ATHENS, Ga, Aug. 26.-The air
plane, around which the next wars
will revolve if military leaders are
correct, was employed here today
both as a death dealing weapon and
a vehicle of agricultural rehabilita-
lion fer the southern farmer who de-
ponds greatly or cotton.
Spouting clouds of pulverized cal
cium arsenate as if they were laying
down smoke screen, two giant
planes built especially FOR such work.
dealt out prescriptions of death for
The boil Weevil while ten thousand
business men and farmers of this
section and flOm all over the state,
gazed with interest at the first dem
onstration of the kind ever made in
this section of the cotton belt
The planes were operated under
the direction OF DR.. George II. Ma
honey. assistant entomologist at
Tallulah, La, who was taking the
place of DR.. r. j. Coad, OF the Talu-
lah experiment station; the Georgia
sion division and a number of At
lanta and Athens. business men.
The planes carried thirteen hun
dred pounds Of calcium arScrate and
busted the eG llValent of six hundred
acres Of cotton hourly. They flew
across che field only u few feet above
tie cotton and the calcium lrsenate.
carried in hopper at the cowl, fell
frlm underneath the plane and was
caught in the powerful current of
AR generated by the prOpellers and
Snot downward on the stalks. SO
timely vas it distributed that it was
almost impossible to distinguish with
the naked eye, but inspection Of the
plants showed that it went into every
square and on every leaf, an ideal
dlStt lbution and demonstration, ac-
cordlng to experts. A two hundred
f.nd fifty acre field was used here
for the busting demonstration.
DR.. Mahoney spoke after the dem
onstration and praised Georgia for
her prompt action in employing the
afSenate method of fighting the. Wee
vii. He paid tribute to DR.. Andrew
Soule and the state agricultural col
lege pioneers who from the first had
preached the doctrine of the use of
calcium arsenate in fighting the wee
VII. he emphasized to the farmers
the necessity of continuing the fight
and not allowing a dry year or one
IN which few Weevils appeared, to d.
vert them from the task of Kidding
the cotton fields of the pest. He also
told them to concentrate their eff
forts on acreage they could manage
capaoly and also to isolate the fields
from underground and wooded areas.
Lumber and cotton will not thrive
In the same vicinity" said DR.. Ma
honey. you have to choose be-
tween the two. Fores IS offer ideal
Information for the weevil in the
winter, and cotton fields should be
Kept as far from them as possible"
He said calcium arsenate in dust
form was the best poison yet found
by the government for the boil wee
vii, and that it was recommended by
the government.
Governor Clifford Walker. Senator
William j. Harris, Representative
Charles H. Brand, State Commission
er Of Agriculture j. j. Brown. J.
Phil Campbell. Milton P. Jarnigan
and other distinguished guests made
short talks following DR.. Mahoney.
Following the program barbe-
cue was served to all present.
The demonstration was held on the
farms of James w. and Toombs w.
Morton.