BOLL WEEVIL CAUSED -
LOSS OP $600,000 IN
LEE LAST YEAR
David R. Coker Says Poisoning
Pays and Gives Advice And
Directions For Successful
Fight on Weevil.
A loss of $600,000 was sustained by
the people, of. Lee county last year be
cause they made no fight on the boll
weevil, declared Paul 4. Barringer, in
a talk before the Sanford Rotary
Club Tuesday. Mr. Barringer said
the weevil had already made his ap
pearance in. the county and thought it
was to the interest of everybody to
help bring about his destruction. He
displayed a circular recommending
the advice of David R. Coker, of
Hartsville, S. C., as to boli weevil
control. The cost is not expensive.
Below are Mr. Coker’s recommenda
tions:
No plan in-the two Carolines is bet
ter qualified to give advice to the
farmers than David R.- Coker, of
Hartsville, S. C. Mr. Coker is con
sistently urging cotton growers of
the two states to poison their crops
and Wage warfare on the weevil.
Early this wetk he issued the foliow
ing statement, which was addressed
primarily to the cotton farmers -of
South. Carolina, but is' of equal inter
est and value to farmers in this sec-,
tion of North Carolina.
in otrnng nas curcanea me crop oi
South Carolina so much as the idea
that a majority of our farmers have
had the idea that they could afford
not to fight the boll weevil. In 3 yeara
of thj> past eight the farmers of this
section who did not fight the weevil
but used good methods otherwise,
mjade about as much cotton as those
who did fight him. In every one of
the other five years, however, weevil
' control paid enormous dividends,
properly poisoned crops frequently
making two or three times as much
as unpoisoned crops. I do not know
Of a single farmer in middle or lower
South Carolina who has averaged fair
to good crops during the past eight
years who has not intelligently
poisoned the weevil. In certain sec
tions of the Piedmont weevils have
not been in evidence during several
vans of this period, but wherever
they can be found on the young
eotton in the spring, poisoning is
necessary. As there were plenty of
weevils in the Piedmont last,fall and
we have had no low winter, tem
peratures anywhere in the State, it
is pretty certain that' weevil control
measures will be necessary this year
over the entire State.
My experience indicates that by far
the most important step in weevil
control is the killing of the over
wintered weevils on the young cotton
at the time the first small square
appears. This can be done at a cost
or 15 to 20 cents per acre for
materials for each application. Two,
three, or four applications will be
necessary according to weather con
ditions. A mixture of one pound of
calcium arsenate thoroughly stirred
into a gallon of water to which one
gallon of cheap molasses is then
added, will poison two acres and kill
practically every weevil on young
cotton. The molasses mixture is best
applied with -a cloth mop about three
inches wide on the end of a stick
about two feet long. After lightly
dipping it is extended forward and
downward, striking the cotton plants
two* or three inches below the top,the
operator then walking down the rows,
tipping the plants over with the mop,
and applying the mixture on the
under ' side of the leaves. Children
quickly become expert in this, opera
tion when properly supervised. A drop
or two of the mixture per plant is
sufficient, as the weevils walk about
over the leaves very freely and are
practically certain to discover and eat
the mixture within 24 hours. p»e
writer has a number of times watched
weevils moving about over the plants
and finding and eating the mixture.
If a hard rain comes within 24
hours the mixture should be prompt
ly put on again. It should be aplied at
least once more, 6 to 7 days later,
and, if the emergence of the weevil
continues in any quantity, a third and
sometimes a fourtft application snou.u
be made. If the early poisoning is
done properly and at the proper time
practically no punctured aquarea win
be noticed before late July or early
August, at which Ume dusting by the
reindar method may be begun if
necessary. In some of our own fields
last year we had practically no punc
tured squares until general migration
began the middle ol August and no
dusting was necessary in those fields.
Serious infestation of plant lice
sometimes follow several applications?
of calcium arsenate in dust formjmt
the molasses mixture has new been
known to make lice plentiful. If plant
lice appear in serious numbers after
dusting, it will be necessary to dust
with nicotine sulphate.
In Darlington and nearby counties
a very large proportion of the cotton
was killed by the sandstorm of May
2ndJffld has been planted over.Eyery
acre of the old cotton should be
poisoned not only for its own pro
tection but for the protection of the
later cotton. Unless all the old cotton
is properly poisoned at the time the
very first small squares appear, it
will develop an early crop of new
weevils which will go over on to the
young cotton before it has time to
develop a crop. I believe the time of
weevil emigration will bedelaycd a
week or more if all the old cotton is
P°PoUcm both old and young cotton
when the first small squares appear,
and be sure to do the work thorough
ly and on time.
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