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WINDER GEORGIA
COTTON INSECT
TEE COTTON RED SWDER
This small mite frequently floes
nun'll damage to cotton in hot,
dry weather. The best method of
fighting this insect is to prevent
its oecuranee hy destroying the
weeds on which it spends the win
ter, such as poke weed, Jimsoa
weed, golden rod and cultivated
violets. These may be destroyed
by spraying with sodium arsenate,
1 pound to 20 gallons of water. If
only a few plants are infested pull
up and destroy, and spray the sur
rounding plants with a 5 per cent
solution of kerosene emulsion, or
a 2 per cent soliMion of commer
cial lime sulphur. After these in
sects have spread over a large area
it is not practical to control them
hy spraying, as the cost is too
great. Their progress in the field
may be prevented by pulling up a
strip of cotton about ten feet wide
and plowing the land. Keep the
surface of this well pulverized and
the red spider can not crawl over
it
The Garden Web Worm or CaUr
pillers.
What the webworm looks like:
The egg is very small, oblong oval,
and about one-fortieth of an inch
in diameter. The eggs are deposit
ed in a mass on the foliage of the
plant, and are covered and held
together hy a thin, gelatinous
fluid. They are so placed as partly
to overlay one another, and the
masses are almost transparent
against the green background of
the leaves, making them difficult
< f detection. When first laid the
egg is of a delicate cream color,
and remains so until about one
day before hatching, when the
coiled body and dark-colored head
f the tiny larva within causes the
egg to become slightly darker.
The larva, caterpillar, or web-
worm stage is the one that causes
the iujury to the plant. When ful
ly grown this larva is of a green
ish-brown color and is about tlure
fourths to seven-eights of an inch
in length. Open each body segment
on each side of the back, arranged
in triangles, are three tiny black
spots, in each of which is inserted
a short, stiff hair.
The pupa or resting stage is that
into which the fully matured larva
changes after descending from the
plants to the ground and inclosing
itself in a tiny .silkencell in the
trash and leaves on the ground or
just beneath the surface. In this
cell it transforms into a tiny
light-brown chrysalis about three
eights of an inch in length, cylin
drical in the middle ami tapering
to a point at each end.
The adult is a small moth with a
wing spread of about three
fourths of an inch. The color ran
ges from reddish brown to dark
gray with varying darker and
lighter markings on the wings.
Seasonal Habits: In the course
of *ts development tins insect pass
es successively through the egg
larva, pupa an 1 adult stages. In
this latitude the moths appear in
the alfalfa n*n’ other fields about
May 1. After mating they uepcsito
their eggs, tu/.illy in clusters of
40 or 50, upon the lower surfaces
of the leaves, usually them so near
the top of the alfalfa plants. These
•eggs hatch in about 4 or 5 days
into tiny larvae.
k jSoon after hatching there lar
vae begin feeding upon the sur
face of the alfalfa and other plant
leaves, and as they grew larger
they reh together to tops of the
plants and feed upon the portions
within the web masses until noth
ing is left of the plants except the
spcletons of leaves and stems. Af
ter the more succulent parts of in
fested plants have been devoured
the larvae move to other near-by
plants. If larvae are presenting a
field in sufficient numbers an en
tire cutting of the crop, if alfalfa,
may he ruined. An alfalfa field
which has been badly damaged by
this pest presents a scorched, with
Tor owl
ered appearance as if killed by
frost. Many fields are injured only
in irregular spots, those spots oc
curring usually on sandy' upland.
The larvae also feed freely upon
corn, wheat, peas, soy beans, cot
ton, miilett, careless weed or pig
weed. lamb-quarters, and a num
ber of other plants. If disturbed
they swing quickly from the infes
ted plant on silken threads and
(endeavour to hide in the rubbish
on the surface of the ground.
They are very active, wriggling
about rapidly if disturbed.
After about 20 days, when fully
grown, the larvae descends to the
ground and form about themselves
the tiny silken cocoons in which
they change to the pupa or resting
stage. During the pupa stage they
remain inactive and take no food,
although most remarkable internal
'changes in structure are taking
(place. The length of the silken co
coons, or pupal cells, depends up
jon the moisture and texture of the
■soil and the amount of trash about
the plants. In loose sandy soil they
are often slightly more than 1 1-2
nches long, but in heavy, dry soil
they usually are not more than
(ne-half to three-fourths of an inch
ong. The cocoons are about three
sixteenths of an inen in length.
They extend downward in a near
ly vertical position the top and
even with the surface of the soil.
After about 10 days the pupal case
splilts open and the tiny adult or
moth issues from the top end of
the silken cocoon.
For several hours after emerg
ing the moths do not fly but re
main quietly waiting for the wings
to become entirely expanded. They
make only short flights, from 10 to
25 yards in length, when disturbed
and usually alight on the opposite
side of the foliage from the pur
suer. The distance the moths may
fly is not known, although doubt
less they may migrate several
miles. They are most active at
night, and arc strongly attracted
to lights. Individual females may
deposite as many as 300 or 400
eggs. These eggs are placed on the
alfalfa plants, also other plants
From 3 to 10 days elapse from the
time the moths emerge until they
begin to lay eggs. The moths live
only a short time—sometimes only
a few days. They feed upon the
nectar in the alfalfa aud other
plant blossoms.
In this latitude there are, appa
rently, four generations annually.
The moths of the first generation
appear about May 1, those of the
second appear about July 10, those
of the third about August 10, and
those of the fourth about Septem
ber 10.
Individuals of the fourth, or of
a possible fifth, generation may he
present in the fields for several
weeks thereafter. The form or
stage in which the insect overwin
jters in this latitude lias not been
t'efinitely determined.
In the latitude of southern
Texas the insects are present in
he fields during the entire year.
During the warmer months they
complete all stages of their deve
-1 ipment in from 30 to 35 days,
period of their development is
somewhat longer.
Natural Enemies of the Web
worm: Enemies of several kinds
prey upon and devour the larvae
of the garden webworm and assist
to some degree in its central. The
more efficient of these are common
toads, herned toads, birds and
j barnyard poultry, and certain spe
cies of ants and beetles. The com
mon toad is probably't'/ most use
ful of these, as stomaches of indi
vidual toads upon examination
have been known to contain 70 or
i lore webworms. Several para
j ite enemies are also known to at
tack the larvae of the webworm
and many possibly assist in some
degree in preventing its increase,
as seven species of wasplike para
sites and two species of flies have
been reared from larvae and pupa.
How to control the webworm in
alfalfa fields: An excellent means
of controling the webworm in al
falfa fields is by properly time cut
tings of the several crops. When
the alfalfa crop in an infested field
has begun to get well into bloom,
or w hen the young sheets have be
gun to appear near the cases of
the plants, the cutting should be
uade as quickly as possible. Re
noval of the hay at this time will
cause large numbers of larvae to
perish through lack of food expo
sure to heat and predacious ene
mies.
It Is a common practice of the
farmers to cut any infested young
alfalfa less than 6 inches in height
as seen the pest is dectected upon
it. The hay from such cutting has
10 commercial value, but its remo
val from the field deprives the
arvae of food and hastens their
death.
The webworm may be controled
hy spraying or dusting the planlw
with calcium arsenate, sedium nr
f-enate, paris green, while the
worm is in the larvae stage. Dur
ing the larva stage is when the
[worm does the most damage by
catin the leaves of the plants and
[hy spraying or dusting with a
poison solution for a few days one
may control them very well.
I will be glad to help anyone in
our county in trying to control
the red spider, webworm, or any
other insect or pest at any time.
I am very sorry that some few
of our farmers have the idead that
f it were not for the Alfalfa there
would not be any webworm here
to attack our different plants or
crops. I will agree that it seems in
nost cases the worms attack the
alfalfa before going to the other
plants but I think this is because
it is more tender than most any
other plant and is also the best
food. I have known of a few
places this year where the web
worm attacked the crop and ate
was not alfalfa nor was there al
falfa within a radius of two miles
of this field.
Alfalfa is one of the best feed
crops that we may grow here and
I do not think that we have or will
have many more pests to attack
this crop than we do to attack our
other crops.
If every farmer in our county
had as much as an acre of alfalfa
to each mule he has I do not think
we would have to ship but very
little hay into our county. Up to
date this year there has already
been about 65 carloads of HIGH
PRICED HAY shipped into our
county. We should bf" shipping
hay out of our county instead of
shipping it into our county.
Yours for service.
W. Hill Hoscli, County Agricul
ural Agent.
PENTECOST.
Mr. and Mrs. Loyd Lyle and lit
tle son, and Mr. and Mrs. ,J. M.
Wall and baby, spent Sunday with
Mrs. H. A. Hardigree.
Mr. Columbus Chandler and sis
ter. Miss Rosa Lee, spent last week
with relatives near Monroe.
Misses Pearlie and Zora Ham
mond were the week-end guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Bob flaynie, of Car
itliers Mill.
Miss dowel Williamson spent
Monday night with Miss Norma
Hardigree.
Mr. and Mrs. IX P. Chandler
and little son, Bruuelle, spent
j Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
M L. Williamsoa.
Mrs. Adeline Bowman is very ill
at this writing.
Mrs. 11. A. Hardigree and chil-
Iren, spent Tuesday with Mrs. G.
W. Hammond at Winder.
Sunday, occurred the marriage
>f Miss Ruhv Clack and Mr. Claud
Helan of "Florida. Miss Clack has
nany friends here who wish for
hem a long and happy married
life.
Several from here attended the
llohley-Wall re-union last Wed
nesday, all raport a fine dinner
: iul a good time.
THE BARROW TIMES
GA LAWMAKERS PASS NEW
LAWS
Here is a list of the important
general bills passed by the Georgia
Legislature at the 1919 session:
To reorganize anTT reconstitute
the state highway commission.
To Levy a tax on motor vehicles.
To modify the school laws of the
state.
To require counties to levy a tax
for school purposes (constitutional
amendment.)
To create the county of Lanier
(constitutional amendment.)
To require juries to fix maxi
mum and minimum sentences in all
except capital felonies.
To provide for the consolidation
of county schools and for county
high schools.
To create a state illiteracy com
mission.
To establish a state school for
the feeble minded.
To revise the state banking laws
and create a separate department
of banking.
To create a state public welfare
commission.
To create state and commuHriity
public service boards.
To change the state reformatory
to a state training school for way
ward boys.
To amend the state inheritance
tax law.
General appropriation bill of ap
proximately $8,500,000.
BETHABRA.
Rev. F. E. Walker of Athns,
and Rev. Paul Wheeler, of Rome,
the enlistment champaign work
ers were with us Sunday and ga l ?
us some interesting and helpful
talks t'cn if ’he .to**’;* as sm:'l.
Miss Gladys Braselton spent last
week in Gainesville with her
grandparents.
Miss Annie Wheeler has return
ed from a visit to Rome, where she
was the guest of her brother, Rev.
Paul Wheeler.
Mr. Marcus Freeman of Fort
McPherson, spent a while in our
midst Sunday.
Miss Lourene Sims of Jefferson,
spent a few days with her cousin,
Miss Dell Sims.
Messrs. John, Rufus and Atti
cus Wheeler have made new im
provements to their homes.
Miss Lueile Portwood of Wash
ington, returned home after spend
ing a few days with Miss Annelle
Skinner.
We are sorry to say that Mrs.
Emmerson continues ill.
Remember Sunday School every
Sunday at 10 o’clock and B. Y. P.
U. every Sunday night at 8:30
o’clock.
Old Familiar Discovery.
Every now and then there comes a
substitute for gasoline, amply filling
the place of the old discoveries of per
petual motion. —Ntw York Sun.
Cheerful Conservation.
Be cheerful. Mental depression
rhecks digestion. Poor digestion
vastes food. Cheerfulness is conser
vation.
BLACK-DRAUGHT
STOMACH TROUBLE
Mr. Marion Holcomb, of Nancy, Ky., says: “For quite
a long while I suffered with stomach trouble. 1 would
have pains and a heavy feeling after my meals, a most
disagreeable taste in my mouth. If I ate anything with
butter, oil or grease, I would spit it up. I began to have
regular sick headache. I had used pills and tablets, but
after a course of these, I would be constipated. It just
seemed to tear my stomach all up. I found they were
no good at ati for my trouble. I heard
THEDFORD’S
recommended very highly, so began to use it. It cured
me. I keep it in the house all the time. It is the beat
liver medidne made. Ido not have sick headache or
stomach trouble any more.” Black-Draught acts on
the jaded liver and helps it to do its important work of
throwing out waste materials and poisons from the sys
tem. This medicine should be in every household for
use in time of need. Get a package today. If you feel
sluggish, take a dose tonight You will feel fresh to
morrow. Price 25c a package. All druggists.
ONE CENT A DOSE un
PICKPOCKETS ATTEND THE
BARBECUE, AND SECURE
SEVERAL POCKET BOOKS.
Several visitors to the barbecue
on Saturday were relieved of their
pocket books by pickpockets, and
the work is believed to have been
done by professioruHs while the
crowd surrounded the dinner table
A pickpocket in Jefferson is an
unheard of evil, therefore people
were not careful with their valu
ables. When it was found that sev
eral people had been relieved of
their purses, suspicious characters
were remembered to have beem
here, but they had already depart
ed.
Those losing money were: Dr.
Mathews of Hawkinsville, who
was visiting relatives and friends
in this section, about $50.00; Mr.
George Raiden, $15.00; Mr. Will
Barnett, $3.50; and Mr. A. J. Mor
gan about $50.00.
The purses of these gentlemen,
together with another one, were
found in the corner of the dormi
tory barn, near the place of the
barbecue, with the money gone,
but still containing other papers.
Dr. Matthews purse contained his
return railroad ticket to Hawkins-'
ville, and this was not stolen.—
The Jackson Herald.
Drink Buttermilk Freely.
The use of buttermilk Is largely a
matter of habit. Southern cities con
sume almost as much buttermilk as
sweet milk. The difficulty of keeping
milk sweet has been largely responsi
ble for the popularity of buttermilk aa
a beverage.
COOL refreshing
healthful. The beverage
with the benefit.
It makes you as fit as it
makes you feel.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 23
LEGAL NOTICES
Administrators. Sale.
Georgia Barrow County.
By virtue of an order of the court of
ordinary of Barrow County, granted
upon the application of W. O. Perry, as
administrator of the estate of 8. E.
Sharpton, deceased, late of said County,
to sell the property of the said 8. E.
Sharpton, deceased, for the purpose of
paying debts and distribution, there will
be sold before the court house door, at
public outcry, to the highest bidder, ui
the city of Winder, between the- legal
hours of sale, on the first Tuesday in.
Sept. 1919, as the property of. the said
deceased, the following described pro
perty:
All that tractor parcel of land lymg
and being in the city of Winder, Cou*
ty of. Burrow, state of Georgia. Begin
ning at the Southeastern, corner of
Broad Street and Laura Street running
thence East along the South side of
Broad stfeet one hundred (100) feet,
thence South parallel with Laura street
one hundred (100) feet, thence West
parallel with Broad street one hundred
(100) feet to Laura street, thehce North
along Laura street one hundred (100)
feet to Broad street, the point of be
ginning. Being lots seven (7) and eight
(8) in block seventeen (17) of the old
Jug Tavern, survey and being the same
property conveyed by John S. Smith,
and others to S. E. Sharpton and L. O.
Sharpton on Jan. Bth 1907 and record
ed in Book “1" page 156 of the re
cords of Walton County Georgia. Said
property now known as the old opera
house building now occupied by Barraw
County for a court house.
Terms one fonrth cash, SSOOO Nov;
15th, 1919 and remainder Jan. Ist, 1920
with 8 per cent interest on deferred
payments.
Also at the same time and place, the
following described property will bo
sold. One six room house and lot. in the
city of Winder, County of Barrow,
state of Georgia, and fully described as
follows:
Fronting on Bush Avenue, 90 feet
more or less and running back a uni
form width to May street a distance of
150 feet more or less. On said lot is a
two story, six room residence now oc
cupied by Mance A. Morns. Terms one
fourth cash aud balance Nov. 15th, 19#).
W. O. Perry, Administrator.
Georgia, Barrow County.
Mrs. Susan R. Thompson and Elisha
H. Odum, executors of the will of James
G. Thompson, deceased, having made ap
plication to me for leave to sell the
lands of the said James G. Thompson,
deceased, this is therefore to cite all
parties at interest to show cause before
me on the first Monday in September,
1919, why the application should not be
granted.' This the 4th day of August,
1919.
H. G. Hill, Ordinary.
G. A. Johns, Winder, Ga., Attorney for
executors.
Georgia, Barrow County.
Mr. D. P. Lord having applied to me
for permanent letters of Administration
upon the estate of Mrs. Maggie Lord,
late of said county, deceased, this is to
cite all parties, creditors and kin, that f
will pass upon this application the first
Monday in September, 1919. Witness
my official hand and signature on this
the 4th, day of Auguust, 1919.
H. G. Hill, Ordinary.
Georgia, Barrow County.
O. W. Smith as the administrator of
the estate of Mrs. M. E. Smith, late of
said county, deceased, having applied
to me for leave to sell lands belonging
to the estate of Mrs. M. E. Smith, in
Oglethorpe County. This is to cite all
parties at interest to show cause on the
first Monday in September, 1919, why
the application should not be granted.
This August 4th, 1919.
H. G. Hill, Ordinary.
Georgia, Barrow County .
G. W. McDonald and Ben Wall Ad
nrinistrators of estate ot T. N. Wall,
deceased, late of the said county of
Barrow, having made application to me
for leave to sell the lands of the said
T. N. Wall, deceased, this is therefore
to cite all parties at interest to show
cause before me on the first Monday in
September, 1919, why the application
should not be granted. This the 4th,
day of August, 1919.
H. G. Hill, Ordinary.
G. A. Johns, Winder, Ga., Attorney for
administrators.
Georgia. Barrow County.
John V. Thomas having applied to
the Ordinary by petition asking that
Mrs. M. A. Wall, as administrator of
the estate of .T. B. W’all deceased, late
of said County, be required to make a
deed to a tract of land described in a
certain bond for title attached to said
petition and marked exhibit “A.” the
same being situated in Barrow County,
Georgia, in persuance ot a bond for
title made by said J. B. Wall, in his
life time to F. C. Patat, and transferr
ed by said Patat tosaid John V. Thom
as, alleging that be has fully met his
obligations in said bond.
This is to notify Mrs. U. A. Wall,
Desma Wall. Hortese Wall and John
Wall heirs at law of said J. B. Wall,
deceased, to be and appear at the Sept
ember Term, 1919 of the Court of Or
dinary of Barrow County, and show
cause, if any they have or can. why
said administrator should not be re
quired to make said deed as prayed for
by said John V. Thomas, petitioner.
H. G. Hill, Ordinary of Barrow Coun
ty.
Wanted Company.
Professor (la ehem. lab.) —"Thts Is
a very explosive substance and It
might blew us all sky-high. Coma
closer, gentlemen, so you may be bet
ter able to follow roe."
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Needa Grow.
Most of us who haven't any. O.HV ]q
•wr .pious way that all %v waui eey
for la to be independent, but we notice,
says the Ohio State Journal, that aa
soon as anyone begins to get a few dob
lara ahead he dawovers Hiatfhe needs
lets mere Independence than be
thought he did.