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m BANNBR-HSRALD. ATBEKS. GEORGIA
WBPNBBDAT,' APCtTBT 15. 1923
CALCIUM ARSENATE
Follow United States Government Advice
The United States Department of Agriculture has spent millions
of dollars and years of time in' order to give the COTTON
FARM EH CORRECT ADVICE FOR FIGHTING THE BOLL
WEEVIL. The Government Experiment station at Tallulah,
Louisiana, says: T
“KILL THE WEEVIL BY DUSTING WITH >
CALCIUM ARSENATE.”
We followed the Government plan last year on our own farms—it
worked—so we are following it again this year.
LIMITED SUPPLY FOR SALE BY
HODGSON COTTON CO.
Also Feeney and Root hand dusters for sale. Price $18.00
' $ALESMAN $AM
®y Swan
SAM WINS IN A RUNAWAY
are attending* this
J. WILLIAM FIROR . menibt
Cotton Production in Clarke | coarse.
County.—The two-week period | Now 1« the time to start a patch
nding August 11th has been very j of hur clover. The amount of dov
unfavorable for cotton growing in
I most communities of Clarke county,
{that fs. In those communities where
rain has fallen almost dally. Un
fa vonible, because the boll weevils
have Increased rapidly. It Is a
known fact that the boll weevil
may develop from egg to adult In
a very short period, If climatic con
ditions are Ideal for this insect.
Entomologists slate that the length
a weevil from the eggs may he as
short as 14 days when the weather J
is hot and moist and as long as
seven weeks when the weather is
dry and cool. Consequently* this ex
plains the rapid development of
weevils during the last two weeks
In certain communities of this
Qounty. Also the rainy weather has
discouraged farmers in their pois
oning.-ns they were uncertain
about the use of calcium arsenate
dust, because they found that gome j Vh«*
days It would be washed off
soon as put on.
to Is.* planted this month will in
crease the acreage In the county at
least 100 prr cent. The county farm
will start an eight acre field as a
demonstration.
Th!>
son to get ready to
sow alfalfa this fall. If the land
to he sown Is covered with crab
grass turn it under right now and
follow with successive harrow!ngs
The farmers who had alfalfa dur
ing the rainy weather of the last
two weeks were getting the bene
fit of the weather conditions.
There is a demand In Athens
f.>r graded ^sn-. put up In cartons
under a jui.i-uiUrr. Infertile e»,. a n.
fresh eggs oro ?n better demand
here than any time within the last
ten years. Th y sell quickly ,\t top
Very few of the sellers at
urb market and practically
none of the* people selling from
door to door have taken advantage
A Worth-While
Reputation
The head of one of this country’s great manufacturing institu
tions says:
“The inan who builds and the man who buys are both
beneficiaries of reputation. To the one it is a continu
ous spur and incentive—to the other, the strongest of
all guarantees that what- he buys is worthy.”
Patronize the manufacturer or merchant who has a reputa
tion for honesty and fair dealing. Such motives must actuate
the consistent advertiser in The Banner-Herald. The man who
invests real money in building a reputation for himself and his
merchandise cannot afford to risk any ci It by taking unfair
advantage of his customers. He must retain the good will of the
buying public. Without this, ‘his business cannot succeed.
Every time he advertises in The Banner-Herald he puts his
reputation in your hands. His products or the wares he has for
sale must make good. ''His service must be advertised.
That is why it pays to read Banner-Herald advertisements, to
deal with Banner-Herald advertisers and to buy advertised
goods.
Yes, it is worth your while to 1
read Banner-Herald advertisements f
Rains and Calcium Artenate I ,,,,s opportunity. %
Hunt. In spite of the rains of the Excellent tomatoes nrc being r.f-
last two weeks, I have observed I f ore d to t ho people of Athens at
4CP 10 very good results from dust-[3 t fl 5 cents a pound. This is a
ing with calcium arsenate. In one K ood time to can tomatoes for the
case, a farmer living near Athens I re «. t 0 f t h e y ear
dlisted all hut thirty tows in a six ] The creamery here Is In need
acre cotton field early Friday : n f i nore Hour cream to enabcl It to
morning—that Is between 3 A. M. run at full rapacity. Take your sour
and 7 A. M.—on Friday. August j cream, three times a week, to the
3rd. It did not rain on Saturday ■ ma j n building at the Agric ultural
or Sunday but there was a hard j college.
rain Monday, August 6th. I made [ M
an examination of this field on LONDON CHURCH STILL
August 8th and found that Irt the |*,\YS FINE IMPOSED
part of tho field that had been 1 jj y f| E N U Y VIII
dusted, that there were very few'
punctured squares, less than one LONDON.—The record for long
per cent, whllo all of the 30 rows ’ distance fine appears to belong to
not dusted showed an Infestation . the office of vicar of the £hurch
of approximately 10 per cent jof Otir Lndv of Willosden, which
t _ . .. ancient edifice stands in one of
Use Calcium Arsenate Dust Now. ij f)n( j ()n . s su i )lir |, St f or that per-
Rlght now is the most Important j son age is required to pay an nn-
tlme for combatting the boll wee- nua j contribution of one pound,
vll, of all tho time that has gone|^ W() billing an ,j a sixpence to the
beforo us this season. Every day ^ king, and ho has been paying it
thcr weevil Is held In check willjf or almost 400 years,
mean the nddlng of more cotton at - This fine was imposed after the
picking time than nnythlng that Reformation of Henry VIII on the
could have been done up to this , medieval vicar because he allowed
time. Most cotton plants through -1pilgrims to come to his church and
out tho county are well fruited. At bathe their eyes in the water of a
the some U190 I have not seen a | well which is supposed to con-
boll or sflunre that can not he de-itain curative properties. The pil-
Htroyod by the jveevll if the wee- grims in gratitude often left sums
vll* become plentiful enough. In a of money, which aroused Henry’s
few short weeks many of the bolls ire. and the vicar escaped the
wlti ho out of danger. The prob- .stake only by handing all the
lorn Is now narrowed to koeplne • money thus collected over to
the weevils in check until these Im- 'Henry, and ajrrccimr to pay an
mature bolls have time to develop (annual fine and vestine his sms
Dusting with calcium arsenate will | on sueef isors
do this. Dust when there Is dew
.... the plant and the nlr Is cfclin.
Tills means dusting nt night, or
very early In the morning of after
n shower In the afternoon.. During
the last two weeks there have been
some excellent opportunities to get
In effective dusting. Several times
•t has rained about three o’clock
Jn the afternoon and then cleared
up. Right after such rains, dust
ing would have paid well even
though It rained ngnln l*ito tho
next day as tho poison would stay
on the plant 24 hours, while If It
hnd boon put on early In the morn
ing It would have washod off that
afternoon. If tho dust Rtny* on 24
hours repeat the dusting In four
days, lf .it MSshes off In less than I
24 hours repeat Immediately. *
Items of Interest to Farmers.
The Clarke county hoys who be
long to tho different ngrlctilliirnl
dubs hay© been making an exeel-
dent record In tho short course
judging contest nt the State Col-
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