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HOW TO SAVE CALCIUM ARSENATE AND THE COrTOH CROP AT THE SAME TIME With calcium arsenate scarce and ■to Priced, when and where to use It in dusting so as to avoid waste, ami at the seme time give dm cotton crop the maximum protection froor the boll weevil, becomes a ques tion o# practical importance. Ex porieeee has shown that those who are making their first attempt tu aaa this method of control are prone to overtook some of the details of the operation, which they could eas ily avoid with due care add study. Lnless similar conditions are guard' ad against this year, maav cotton grower* who intend to Just will Cad, after « is too late, that they have used up their supply of poi-ton by out applying it at the right time or in the right places, before the tore of greatest dnrger from the weevil bos strived. It may reason ably be expected ilia*, calcium arse nate will be extremely high priced fete in the season. if obtainable at alL Therefore, let us make every ounce of it count. When to Regin Dusting Then has beat much confusion about when is the proper time to be gin dusting. But there it no confu ■soo in the minds of those in a po sitiosi to speak with authority. TV K. Coad, director of the Govenv asetit Boll Weevil Station at Tal lulah, La., says the proper time tc begin dusting i* when 10 per cem of the cotton squares have bees punctured. He U the man wbc originated this method of contra eight years ago and who, by con / mreuifcn «nu inicnsvc iiua) ‘ and hundreds of field experiments has developed it along practical fines. Mr. Coed has made numcr one field tots, reserving check plat! for comparison and weighing the cotton at the close of the season, in ■ order to arrive at a safe cone his* or as to when poisoning attention should begin, and his careful inves ligations all point to this 10 per cent rule that he has promulgated 'This is authority and continue . sense combined, because who car not sec that there must be some weevils, and a considerable num ber, in each acre of cotton before it pays to durt it? Where is the common sense in poisoning cottor that has no weevil* in it? Or if il is sensible to begin dusting as soon ns one weevil is discovered, then il would also be sensible to keep oc dusting as long as a weevil could be found, which would he all sum mer. In that case, the cost would be $15 or $40 per acre, which nc crop could stand. Devising meth ods of poisoning insects, particu larly the hoO weevil, is the work of n specialist, and confusion would he avoided end money saved by a frank recognition of this fact. For Uhwtnuion: Bill fell sick and sen! for Dr. Jones. After an examina tion. the following dialogue oc curred: Dr. Jones: "Here’s your medi cine, Bill. Begin tomorrow morn ing at 8 o'clock and take it every three hours.'* Bill: "Wen, Doctor. Ill take your medicine all right, but I’m not going to follow your directions, be cause my common sense tells mt that if your medicine will cure « tomorrow morning, it will cure m< r ... tonight, and the ijuicker the bet ter. Besides, I’m going to lake it every hoar." I)r. June*: “ Now, Bill, if you want to get well, you had better fol low my direoitxu. The trouble with your common sense is that it is a lirrie too cow anon in a case like this. It takes uncommon sense to prescribe medicine." Hut I till wouldn't We had to get this story front Dr. Jones. 1’oor Bill isn’t here any mote. % Another thought in this connec tion: If you were to become sick Kith pneumonia and wished to be cured, would you send fnr some neighbor who himself had had the pneumonia and was " experienced *' in having it, or would you send for s physician who had training and er.ix'ricoce in curing it ? Would you tveu insist that the physician must have had the pneumonia hkrnelt » all? Taking it for granted that every man who has had a few years’ experience with the boll weevil un Iderstands the intricacies of control I measures will prove to he a costly , fallacy. So-Called Early Poisoning An impression has become gen eral that adhering to the 10 per cent infestation rule precludes early [lUIXMilUJ. *1UUI 39 UUl UR UW, unless poisoning begins before «juares appear on the cotton. The rule can be applied at any time from the first appearance of squares until the close of the Mason. Sup ; pose, for example, when your crop averages only one square to the stalk you find that ooe out of every ten is punctured. Then, under the role, you should begin dusting at that time, and that would be “early poisoning." In fact, if you could be sure, even before your cotton be gins to fruit, that there are weevib enough in your field to puncture as many as 10 per cent of the squares as fast as they come, you would he well within the essence of the rule to begin poisoning at that time. But to begin poisoning at that time, ' "just for luck," without knowing approximately how many weevils you have, or whether you have soy at all or oot, would be just about as reasonable as shelling the woods in your neighborhood with a ma chine gun. hoping thereby to kill a few English sparrows. Maximum results st the minimum cost U a fundamental aim running through the entire process, and this can not be realised by "hit or miss” meth ods. Don’t Wait Too Lott But again experience has shown thi many of those who have at ; tempted to dust their cotton, iu j stead of beginning promptly when ;one-tenth of the squares had been punctured, "slept on the job” and allowed the infestation to pass the 10 per cent limit, and in some cases reach 50, 00 or even 75 per cent, before beginning. Of coarse, this was a fatal blunder, and inconsist ent as it is, some of these are now advising their fellow cotton grow ers not to even* wait for a 10 per cent damage, bot to begin as soon os they discover a single boll wee vil in their fields. But it is human nature to go from one extreme to 1 another. It is important in this I I ARE YOU PREPARED TO FIGHT THE BOLL WEEVIL? is the recommended by Deportments of f D I IDEAL TWOROW DUSTERS, PEENY HAND DUSTERS. ■ i 1 : PmOTPlfl J 'mE\'-Irai tir?* £ f * » . \ ’ , Johnson Cotton Co. -—— J BSJSljKgRugWWTW *■ A'. ; i y/" -onocetim to examine your cotton often and close tv foe weevils. Do not be stampeded into premature poisoning nor yet allow the bog t’> 'lip up on you. Only in cases of eery heavy weevil emergence, such as North Carolina has uol yet ex perienced, does extremely karlv dusting |ay. U-'htre to i Weevil infestation should |be amstantly ami close!> watched iti all parts of the crap. Hie weevils will appear In larger numbers in some place* than others. They gen erally make their first appearance near the woods, buildings, ditch lianks, dead timber, and such placet. These special arcus should he ax atnined carefully and the infestation computed separately from the field as a whole. The average damage for the entire field might not be more than four or five per cent, whereas the damage in certain spots might run far above the 10 per cent limit. An intelligent appli catK<n of the rule rtxjuires that you begin dusting in these sjiecial places as soon as you find that the weevil damage there lias reached 10 per rent, whether poisoning in Other parts of the field is necessary or not. rtllav fltllo «t*V t ad na«ila . A m soon as you find that about one tenth of the square in any part of your crop have been punctured by the boll weevil, begin poisoning that portion promptly. By apply tag this method of procedure to the different parts of your crop, as the weevil damage develops from time to time and from place to place, making the applications every four or five days until you luve the wee vils under control in that particular area, ymi will get maximum re sults at a minimum cost of labor and calcium arsenate On small crops, consisting of five or six acres or less, it will usually be nec essary to poison all the crop at the same time. The damage is not iu waiting until 10 per cent of the squares have been punctured, but in allowing the damage to exceed that limit, at least ta parts of the crop, before you begin. Be on the alert. Some are uudtrr the mistaken im presaion that waiting until 10 per cent of the squares have been punc tured is equivalent to losing 10 pei cent of the crop. This is an error. Suppose the crop averages ter squares to the plant when the count - -— I i» txkn. In that casu* x ID pc - , dainacc woukl average one square to the MJi k. Oo » Uiat that would be 10 per ct.-nt <n the crop? Hardly. It is word while ro note in this connerttoft thn Or. Newell and Mr. Smith. in tit course of their de*elo|>;.iCYU .<1 th "Florida Method," found irj ; n.t. tests that the deMrucv.-jp <>, early squares was run,- <'■? ,. pensnted l»v an increased jiMrttt.r . squares later. The time when a cotton croi need* preelection most U when it is i in full fruitage. A few days of immunity from weevil ravages at that stage, when the crop if. puttin:* on squares rapidly, will mean nx.re than at any pther time Do no: waste your ammunition by shelling the woods. J O. TAYJ. Boll Weevil F. S. Koyst i — In And Out of tW* !'L ) The Merchant* Nutioru^BB- ’H, Port Arthur. Texas, write* tjB'j' though It wm approached by^B j dealer* to Join In tha coantfl plwt *f bank advertising for BPP ita of “6 and op ward*" for the pur poac of uaUa) people to uti for a Ford car, the director* turned down the propceltieo on the grounds that tha plan was inconsistent with tha policy of thrift, that it might detract from the value of saving for Am purchase of a homo or some more worthy object and that Us* Christ mas Saving Club which tha bunk bad boon fuecemfully running for several year*, had more to roeonuucud it These objections were submitted to a bunk which participated in the ad vert! ling plan for ita opinion. “Wo cannot fcuboeribe," was Am meir “to the ifmsnglfcthat saving for the pordmooriMp Ford car is •omothlng wrong Tr cnoound. No one can deny that tha Ford ear has contributed greatly to tho country's development It sppouls particularly to the man of small means and tho artisan, sad its poaeasrion contribu te* no lew to hi* health than to hit burinoas advantage. The poamorioe of a ear io second to Amt of cwrd^ a hems and helps to bring into closer contact tho rural aad urban comma oiAos. If any comparison is to he mode between the “saving for a Ford’ plan and the Christian Club idea, ws favor the former os the Utter, in i Bn n* Root I Saddle Gun. Th* iNt laddk OonL Om MMK linlicir In aotton <hutin^ ■—**"1 7 »• ini Cabin Anauu on cotton *o toMnidi hoUwaortt It a*arataa JnA bach of tore or nnle. WIH daat any oofl1 ■ tan bald atet a bare orrerto can nab. Mad, hOk, trrmn stanSHL' . 4a not handicap -TH* RcEF. “TH* ROOT” b balk to ataad traar aad hard haochn fefef aa tldna anaraataad la alaa anrtaa. • J’LXLER CHILD DROWNS «*«’ A WATERING TROUGH •;r.-i-bu.-v. May 2j.-An l# > old child of llaivty 1'icx ,,u,.r iW c. 'l! rtlxod, in tint count!. was jovrtcd in a watering trough. The 'Ule one got out from under the watchful cute of those at Nsne and: •hen discovered in tnc trough it I \fftA fir Nil » Make North Carolina California for Horlicultun • ■ - i embargo on freight DECLARED BY Washington, Kay on all freight to help oar customer* to neeeieity."—Wall Street Journal. Jol‘»» R. Wilkiov, chairman o/ the SIuHd# food comml colon, in tnnouiic lag tb« rrabairo declared IU imponi tion bod become “ubiotutoly euerv t'ttl to liuuns sis adequate supply of f'tsah reputable* ami meat* for Wash iiUftob durinic the cvnvantion, wkioh ep*ni June. Of summer_J for men and young men, includ ing Gaberdines, and Mohairs. Also a full line of Manhattan shirts1 derwear. Complete line1 summer Straws and Oxfords in the season’s latest I WILL PAY YOU To visit our i before you buy. J. Vfr. Draugh on I DUNN, —NORTH CAROLINA M—1^—■———1^——■ ROOT SADDLE GUNS CALCIUM ARSENATE • 11 ■ ■ Lee County Cotton Oil Co. 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