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— “FLORIDA METHOD” FOR THE CONTROL OF ROLL WEEVIL An ” Improved Method of Cou trollinit UoU Wcenl ” is described <n Bulletin KVa of the Florida Ex periment Station (Gainesville, Floe nb, written by Mr. Geo. D. Smith. Associate Entomologist, with intro duction by Mr. WHmon Newell, Director. For the benefit of in terested North Carolina farmer, we here outline tire method gieanetl Iroot the 72 pages of the 1 ml tain. It cease of: (I t Planting "only moderately early.” (2| Stripping mtt squares foot tlie )4xnt* about Jana 5 (in Florida) and boring them; and (3) immediately giving a thorough dusting uf pure dry cal cium arsenate i |M«*m I with couon dasting machine, aiming especially “to force it (the poison) actually into the tertE-na! had of every' pbnt" The hand-mu type of machine is recommended. The gist of the method may be sonnnanxed as follow*: 1. Remove all squares from die cotton plants about June 5 and de stroy them. 2. Follow this at once with a thorough application of calcium ar senate, using a suitable dusting ma lt is useless to attempt to con trol the weeirls by this method until practically all of them are out of their winter quarters. In Florida this is normally about (June 5. Treatment earlier than this date will be followed bv reinfcitation of the fields. the poison cannot be secured unles the cotton plant* are first stripped of^ALL squares. (Infested or not infested, punctured or nut puoc tarced—“AU. squares'"—F. S.) "If tbe stripping is done about t June 5 to 8 (in Florida, remember / F. S) the number of weevils still ' remaining m wintei quarters «*' which can still come to the cotton fields is of practically no cause qoence These few stragglers can not increase sufficiently to seriously affect the number of balls set on the plants in the two months fol lowing." The experiments in 1922 were conducted in 20 separate fields in Xorth Florida. The land was of rolling, sandy loam soil, well drained, where the plant* tended to mature the crop early. The average value of crop on the 20 treated fields was $35.42 per acre—and the average cost of twaftim b given es $1.57 per acre. The average value of crop on un ti rated fields was $1X20 per acre. That an expenditure of $1.57 per acre fas weevil control brought a net gain of $2222 per acre. The purchase of "about 10 pounds of poison par acre" is ad vised, and "we do not .advise apply ing the poison at night/* TO NORTH CAROT.FNW FARMERS: The procedure developed in Florida U a radical modification and simplification of ihe standard dast-pniton method developed by tba C*. S. Bureau of Entomology, which we have advocated and dem onstrated during 1922. ft appears logical, reasonable, and ia it backed by field tears ami data of raatdu secured (in Florida, not yet done in other State*). Notice that pure dry calcium ar Mttatc (poison) it used-applcd with cotton dusting machine—thus far it ia fas fine with previous stand ard method- Bat only one dusting is tnoivteii upon, and that with hand-gun machine—this greatly simplifies the poisoning and less ens the cost Bat before the dusting is done «fl squares are to be stripped from plaata and burned after (virtually) ah weevils have come out of hiber nation. This is a new point—it will tan the faith and thorough ness of tbs fanner. The time lor this is fixed at June 5 to fi in North Florida, when “an average of about two targe squares to the plant.” We cannot yet give exact date for North Caroline, but in our —dura counties in 1922 it would have hem about /was 10 to 20, ae cording to our notes. The Man is to get rid of the progeny of the over-wintered gm eratien after a* are out by flicking and destroying all squares, thus fordng^fnr inducing) the weevils We Hi't'InRl wWfJ Oa JfHWi lj WnTi C they are poiesaed by die dnw-pol •on application Mown into Uum pats of the plant; the plant is then due to pul on a new crop of squares and of $5.00 per ecre for the entirx —eon Therefore it is no mvoakc for ao intelligent farmer to follow it—and none need regret the start they have made, or the equipment bought: the method ia as good, and M profitable, as it ever was. Such fanner* can “tot out" this Florida nsrdvxl no a pert of their cotton and scr if they like it better, but fair accurate comparisons need to he made to justify any swee*>ina conclusions. If the Florida method ’’proves out’’ in North Carolina th< more expensive machines may lx replaced (as they wear out) by the Hand-gun? of the Florida method with no monetary loss. Farmers who have not yet use< any form of i>ots<m-ntethod foi boll weevil, may "pay their money and take their choice"—les? invest ment an the newer and (as yet) less proven Florida method—or i proven and more laborious, >ei highly profitable, method already described in State anil Federal pub Kcations. | A bang-up, wide-awake, studious farmer, prepared by careful read ing of the Florida bulletin may fol low out that method exclusively il he wishes; and by using his judg ment with it we would expect hin to get a satisfactory result. Bu we do not know whether YOU an that kind—you wil have to judgi that for yourself. We may well rejoice that we hav< we present suuaard aust-mettKK which is abundantly proven to bt effective and profitable. We may further rejoice that an import an modification and amplification o: it is in sight. We cannot yet answer all thi questions that might be asked. Wi do not know which will bo /As method for the future. We merely lay the matter before you just a: ir is. For the present we feel the the standard dust-method (severe treatments, at night) is more wide ly proven and therefore is mon dependable—bat the next year 01 two should bring forth added ex pcrience with the Flonda-methud from which final conclusions can b« more safely drawn. Finally: 1. We are sure that either meth od. studiously, and intelligently used, is better than to hesitate anc delay while the weevil destroys du crop. . 2. The fanner who does not set his way to a careful and thorough use of either method, should box every effort toward getting th« largest possible crop set (01 'made" as early as possible, i. e. before mid-August. 3. Increased attention to, and in ercst in, other phases of farmim; with less dependence on cotton a: the only cash crop ,t» advisable— for a time, but should be followed with care, and not to plunge wildly into new and untried fines of effort PROGRAM FOR LOCAL 9UOJUL CUMMtNCtMLN 1 TO* Dunn graded aad high school will close for the tsrm Tuesday a tiOat week. TO* tewilauwte itnsei will be preached by Dr. C. Q. Vat dsU, president of flen Kacdenak college, Sad Springs, at the Fir* ebareh Sunday cvenia* at t o’clock Tbs cla+ dap mrataa v|IU taiu place meet Monday evening at B a1 clack In Ike (seal opera baas*. Oi Tuesday morning at 11 oelock pa pH* of Mioe Agnaa Caanady*a aaoal ctaaa will render a maaical prograa in Ik* echos! aadltortun. Tusads evening at • o’clock Dr. Chaa. I Brewer, prshisat of Msrsdkk col lag*. Raleigh, will dalirar tk* titer ary addr***. A $5 Bill and a$10 Bill IF YOU SAW THEM LYING ON THE GROUND WOUM> YOU PICK THEM UP? BUTLeM BROS. f ,k,yow^dolUrt go tho WANTED:—EXACT DATES OFfIRST APPEARANCE OF BOLL WEEVILS In dealing with any important4 problem one of the first and great est needs is the accumulation of ac curate exact facts, upon which to build our reasoning, and our future work. , This is as true with boll weevil as it is with other problems. And nunv of the essential facts about the Sol! weevil are already well es tablished. Yet here i* North Car olina. where we arc dear the edge of the cotton belt, and where the weevil lus only been present for a few years, it is to be expected that the lime of tlie appearance of wee vils in the fields, the time when egg-laying begins, and other like events, will be somewhat different than in the States to the south of us. The ‘'Florida Method " for con trol of boll weevil is based upon an exact knowledge of the time when the weevils are all out of hiberna tion and in the fields, and this was only determined after tltc lapse of many years. We cannot e*i>cct to determine it in this State with final dependable accuracy in one year— it may take five years, or longer before we will know the general average dates which we need to i know for a safe and certain use of the Florida method. True, we have some preliminary facts now, . by aid of which we can begin to We cannot expect the fanner to j determine when the last of the , weevil* are out of hibernation and ' in the field*, but the farmer who it interested and observant can hdp us to determine when the fait weevils begin to appear on bis , young cotton, and this is of some , importance also. Let it be dixtinclty understood that we do MOT advise the farm , er to begin any applications of poi son when the weevils first appear i —we are rare that it ia wasteful, especially if one is prepared to use . the standard dust method later— yet if a fanner is determined to fight them from the start, by what should have a definite and accurate knowledge of when the weevils first actually appear in his cotton field. If sve go by whit we “hear," or by what we "see in the papers," accepts ig it all as gospel truth, we may be easily deceived, waste time, labor and money, and still be con fused in our knowledge. The farmer should by all owns be care-’ ful of the-crcsmcy- ot .ht penao whose word be accepts in this mat ter. Not that many persons would wish to deceive you, but it is a simple fact that there arc hun dreds of people who are very sure that they know the boll weevil on sight who might make mistakes in sponsible for many erroneous re ports of finding of weevils in win ter or early sitting. If I were to build up our records of the early scason activities of the boll wee vil on these reports I would soon have a very complete record to , present to our farmer's—but it , would be full of errors. This office is the proper place ' to send specimens of which you ’ have the feast doubt whatever, and yon can well afford to be in doubt until you really know the rascal. Of course in midsummer, when we know that the weevil is throughout our fields, there is no need to have specimens examined by experts, but those who wish to be accurate in determining the teal facts about their first appearance in the fields, would do well to make sure. For twenty years people have been sending us specimens of what they think are boll weevils, yet the first genuine ones from the State >__ WOMAN ACQUITTED FOR KILLING NEGRO MAN Me.- M~*U 1M HU. WJw. 9k* Fm.4 HUi PmrUM Oj Reidsville, U|y 27. — Judge Humphrey, ordered that a bind of $500 be entered again*t Mrs Med lin. If within 30 day. any further evidence is not obtained incriminat ing her, the case witl be dismissed. Mra. Dora Medlin, mi<‘“ 1 white woman, was given inary hearing beta Humphreys on a . murder of B*rt Call. , man about forty year* According to the evid_ by the Sute, on Tuesday tween 9 and 10 o'clock was shot by Mrs. Medlin. wounded man was taken to a vilte hospital, where he died short ly after reaching there Officer, testified that Mrs. Medlin told them that Galloway was seen poowKng around her premises just north of town; that she asked him what he aside from tboac found in 1919 by our trained workers) were not sent until 1920. All through this past winter and spring we have been ‘'hearing” of weevils being found in the woods, in stumjn, under boards, ale., and when the specimens are sent to us they are usually weevils, hot not boll wr*viU. . At the moment this is written (May 18, 1923seven gen uine living bon Weevils have been sent to os this year. Two of these were found by our own workers in Moore county, and one taken in a telegraph office at Dunn, was given to Mr. Mabee and he sent it on to me. Four have been sent in from St. Pauls in Robeaon county. All the rest (perhaps 40 sendings since the first of the year) hare been “false alarms." To this day I have no record of boll weevil in the young cotton of this season’s planting, and I would like to receive the first specimens found in the young cotton, from every county. This will help us to de termine the facts. Send specimens in small tight package, marked (in side, or with letter) to show local ity and date when found. Send them alive—a dead weevil may be a last year’s one —Last ■ year~(uMfr)’ -the- feat - ens> on young cotton were captured on May 23rd, in southern Robeson. It seemed as if they might be earlier this year, but we are now within 5 days of the last year’s date, and no record yet. Join The “Co-Ops” ‘ - Fight The Boll Weevil % ( I This firm believesulahe busine of Merchan dising; therefore, we Advocate a recommend the N. C., ** a 'Zeftott Growers Co-Ojfcrative A i to cotton farm ' the correct methcN of sell] cotton. t in die FAtemioj Methods of fighting the Goldstein's DUNN’S BEST STORE II v* • • ••tinted; tlut Galloway after being warned to leave, stoned toward 'he house, ami thinking he was bent on assaulting tier she went Snsktc !lie house, secured lier revolver, re turned, and as she readied the door the negvo reached out his hands as :f to grab her. It sn, then that she liretl. Galloway, after I icing shot nnd mortally wounded, instead of 3»'ng to the street, dciwrtcd via the back yard route. Clarence Sutton testified that dutc, 'mg the night he heard groans decided to make an investignt Following the noise he discove Galloway in a field near the shooting. Later, notified and these I'ighl tlw Cotton Doll Weevil by growing a Home Orchard, and all yenr vegetable garden. gggsgBsggg—mssr' Onions have a tunk value. Crow anil cat more iruit ami vegetables. ord Weekly^utchase J . «* • ’ * ' -w. •- •**' ENROLLS YOU Have you investigated the For/ Weekly Purchase Plan hy which thou* sands of families all over th/ country are find lay It easy to bay the Ford Car they have always /sated? If net, t® to t For/dealer at once and ask M«« for fall details of this plan, wb vidc/a simple and easy way of fisnotniag a Ford Yoo owe it to youne to /t the facte—they will interest yoa. Ford \ Motor Company DETROIT, MICHIGAN COME IN AND LET US GIVE YOU FULL PARTICULARS J. 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The Dunn Dispatch (Dunn, N.C.)
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