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Farmers of
As President of Barrett r & Company, the largest cotton fac
torage East of the Mississippi River (drawing the bulk of our
cotton from North Georgia and South Carolina), I am VITALLY
interested in the production of cotton in these sections, this year.
I have seen cotton production in our drawing territory dwindle
from year to year since the advent of the bolj weevil, and was
faced with the realization that unless SOMETHING was done
there would soon be no-cotton left for our firm to do business on.
It was this VITAL interest which prompted me to investigate
the method of boll weevil control devised by Mr. L. D. Hill, of
Burke County, Georgia, known as “Hill’s Mixture,” and after I
was THOROUGHLY convinced that it was by far the simplest,
most practical, the most economical and efficient means of fight
ing the weevil, to place behind it my personal reputation, the
prestige of Barrett & Company and the necessary financial'sup
port.
It is this same VITAL interest which prompts me now to warn
the farmers not to expect too much of the “home mixture” of
“one-one-one” AFTER THE SQUARES FORM.
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Many farmers, feeling that they could save a few cents an acre
on their poisoning costs, have preferred to mix their own poison
>. of calcium arsenate, molasses and water, frfin recipes given
“-them-by reliable men, whqm. (though I t$n$: misguided) have'
«*-) . the interest of their state at heart.
The first application 'of this “home mixture” (before the
squares formed) has, in many instances, proved successful, and
these farmers will perhaps continue to make the second, third,
fourth, fifth and sixth applications with the “home mixture.” If
they do so—THEY WILL JLOSE THEIR COTTON 1 The second
application will be less successful, the third still less, and the
remainder of the applications practically worthless for killing
weevils,_because the_boll^ weevil oifly eats the “home mixture”
when he"is undble ,to*get the squares. ~T"
Mr. Hill was one of the first.to work out the .recipe for what
is known today as the “home mixture” and gave it a thorough
•trial. He soon found, however, that it did not give results after
the cdtton. got to blooming, as the weevil would not seek it in
preference to the squares. After time, effort end expense he
then worked out a combination of Elements to add to the mixture,
which would make the boll weevil SEEK the mixture in pref
erence to the bolls. This is, the HILL’S MIXTURE of today. .
: The*following Unsolicited ’letter (dated June 23rd, 1923), from
one of South Carolina’s most prominent and reputable farmers,
PROVES that Hill’s Mixture attracts the weevil after the
squares have formed:
BELFAST PLANTATION
J* J Walker i
Miile'ttsville, S. C., June 23,1923.
Mr. F. H. Barrett, ,
care Barrett & Co., • . V,
Augusta, Ga. T ' ' , ' : ” *
Dear Sir:
I would like to tell my personal experience about what Hill’s
Mixture has done for me.
I find that if you will apply the poison on every other row in
cotton knee high, that' is full of squares, it will totally eradicate
every weevil in the field.
On June 13th, I applied Hill’s Mixture on 25 acres of cotton,
every other row, in a 29 acre field. Four (4) acres I did not
poison. On the 20th, I walked over this field and found that the
four acres with no mixture had as many as three punctured
squares to the stalk. On the 25 acres that was poisoned I'could
not find a weevil or a punctured square. This Held of cotton is
in full bloom. !
I had a report from BO tenants on Saturday, 16th. Every one
reports that they can not find a weevil in their field. Their fields
were thoroughly infested with the weevil.
I hope farmers will wake up before it is too late and use Hill’s
Mixture as I have never seen as many weevils at this time of year
in my life.
Yours very truly, .
(Signed) J. J. WALKER. * ,
PROOF POSITIVE ON W. D. BEACHAM’S PLACE
I have, personally, inspected W. D. Beacham’s cotton fields on
Epps Bridge road,'which has been thoroughly and intelligently
K isoned with Hill’s Mixture and found it 100 per cent free of
II weevil infestation. I invite every one, interested, to visit
this place and see or talk with' Mr. Beacham on its effectiveness.
Invite a Test On Blooming Cotton
Method—Anywhere!;
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l anxiduk that a test .be conducted in any part of Georgia
nth where the cotton is now blooming, by unpre
judiced, capable and reliable parties, to test the comparative
efficacy of the “home mixture” and “Hill’s” Mixture as boll
weevil poisons after the squares have formed.
I invite any man, with any method of boll weevil control he has
to put his cards on the table, put his method up against mine be
fore any fair judge, and let the people know the result. I will be
glad to pay the costs of any,such demonstration, and invite
county agents, representatives from the State Department of
Agriculture and the U. S. Department of Agriculture, in order to
convince the people that they are leaning on a broken reed if
they expect the home mixture to protect their cotton from the
boll weevil AFTER THE SQUARES HAVE FORMED.
FRANK H. BARRETT
Augusta, Georgia
8381
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