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The 801 l Weevil Quarantine
And the Necessity For It
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' Atlanta, December. —(Special.)—
The new boll weevil quarantine line
in Georgia has just been defined and
marked out by the State Board of
Entomology, effective Monday, Decem
ber 6, and a rigid adherence to the
rules and regulations laid down by
the board will be insisted upon in or
der to prevent the spread of the boll
weevil at a rate more rapid than un
der ordinary natural conditions.
The Mexican cotton boll weevil,
gays the department, entered Georgia
in August, and, owing to the very
late season and favorable conditions,
spread more rapidly than anticipated.
It has now been found in the follow
ing counties: Decatur, Grady, Thom
as, Baker, Lowndes, Berrien, Colquitt,
Mitchell, Miller, Early, Baker, Worth,
Tift, Dougherty, Calhoun, Clay, Quit
man, Randolph, Terrell, Lee, Sumter,
Schley, Webster, Stewart, Chattahoo
ehee, Marion, Talbot, Muscogee, Har
ris, Upson, Pike, Meriwether, Troup,
Heard, Coweta, Fayette, Campbell,
Carroll, Douglass and Haralson, a to
tal of forty, or more than one-fourth
Of the cotton-growing area of the
state.
Conditions Were Favorable
It has been an unusually favorable
year for the weevil, and it has ad
vanced uniformly through northeast
ern Alabama and in southern Tennes
see. If it had not been for the strict
enforcement of quarantine regulations
controlling the movement of cotton
seed, hulls, corn in the shuck and such
other articles as are liable to carry
boll weevil, this pest would now be
well established in every section of
Georgia. At the first killing frost the
weevil went into winter quarters, and
one of his principal hiding places is in
stored cotton seed. This creates the
necessity for a strict enforcement of
the quarantine regulating the move
ment of cotton seed from infested into
non-infested territory.
* The present actual boll weevil line
in Georgia as just established, enters
the state from Alabama at Newsville
in Haralson county, passes through
Tallapoosa and Bremen, then through
Horace in Carroll; through Bill Arp
and Chapel Hill in Douglass county;
slightly north of Red Oak in Camp
bell county; then turns southward and
passes through Brooks in Fayette ;
just east of Molena in Pike and east
of Thunder in Upson; slightly east of
Junction City in Talbot and a few
miles east of Ellaville in Schley ;
thence • slightly west of Americus in
Sumter, through Philema in Lee,
through Shingler and east of Sumner
,in Worth; thence through Dosia in
Tift; just east of Nola in Berrien and
iNEAL OF THE NAVY"
j TO RUN AT THE DIXIE
! Beginning Tuesday, Jan. 11,
thie popular serial, “Neal of the
N/avy,”' will he shown at the
$48.30
was paid twice by farmer Thomas R.Kalm. He
kept no bank account. He paid his bills in cash.
The last time he paid a coal and feed blil he lost
•the receipt. The clerk forgot to make a record
of it. The firm sent Kalm another bill. He had
no receipt showing he had paid it. The clerk
had forgotten. Kalm was sued. He paid again.
Had he kept his money in the First Farmers
Bank his check would have heen his receipt.
A check always tells who
got it. Cash is silent.
FIRST FARMERS BANK
SAFE LIBERAL CONSERVATIVE
Your Account Is Invited
slightly east of Valdosta in Lowndes
and on to the Florida line.
Seed For Crushing Only
In fixing the new quarantine area
for the shipment of cotton seed until
the movement of the next crop begins
on August 1, 1916, the state board of
entomology has authorized the ship
ment of seed from infested territory
for crushing purposes only to oil mills
that are situated within the 20-mile
safety zone. This safety zone is an
area 20 miles wide, just east of the
actual boll weevil line. This applies
solely to seed for crushing purposes,
but these mills will not be permitted
to ship cotton seed hulls to points
east of the 20-mile safety zone until
January 1 and after.
There will be no restriction upon
cotton seed hulls between January 1
and August 1, even from infested to
non-infested territory, as there is
practically no danger of carrying the
weevil during that time. Articles
which may not be shipped from in
fested into non-infested territory, ex
cept within the 20-mile zone, include
seed cotton, cotton seed, sacks used
for seed- cotton or cotton seed within
eight months, cotton seed hulls be
tween August 1 and December 31,
Spanish moss and corn in shuck be
tween October 1 and June 30, living
weevils or weevil stages, household
goods containing any of the forego
ing. Where no time limit is specified
the restriction is continuous.
Articles whose shipment is not re
stricted include baled cotton, linters
and loose cotton lint, cotton seed
meal, cake and oil, corn shelled or in
the ear with shuck removed, cotton
seed shown by affidavit to have been
sacked for eight months or more, cot
ton seed for planting after fumigation
by an entomologist, hay and empty
freight cars.
May Delay The Weevil
Strict observance of these quaran
tine regulations may result in holding
the weevil in check in this state for
two or three years longer than other
wise. Had it not been for the quaran
tine against articles from infested
states, the weevil would have spread
all over Georgia long ago. It is im
possible to prevent the spread of the
weevil by natural means, but artificial
means may be almost wholly con
trolled.
Everyone is warned not ro carry
live boll weevils into non-infested ter
ritory. There are very strict national
and state laws against any person
having live boll weevils in his posses
sion, and the penalties for violation
are severe. The state board of ento
mology states that these laws will bc
rigidly enforced.
Dixie. Manager Williams believes
this will prove one of the most
popular features ever shown at
the Dixie. This feature, which
has attracted large houses where
ever shown, will he seen at the
Dixie evry Tuesday night.
DEMONSTRATIONS IN PRUNING
WILL BE GIVEN AT SCHOOLS
The home orchard plays such
a part in the happiness and health
fulness of ourhomes that itis very
important that we make the fruit
garden one of the real issues of
our farm. We have such a fine
type for so manv of the best fruits
and the climate is so adapted to
so manv varieties that it would
seem folly for every home not to
have some home grown fruit on
the table every day.
Good soil, good climate, and
good varieties do not make the
best fruit themselves, they must
be cared for, and now is the time
to begin. There are two things
that are most essential to better
fruit growing: The pruning
knife and the spray Pump. The
pruning knife when proper]?
used will shape the tree, keep
the tree thrifty making each
year a crop of fruit, and in many
instances start the trees to bear
ing.
The spray pump controls the
diseases that prey upon the fruit
and keep the insects off. We
all know the unpleasantness that
runs over us when we bite into
an inhabited peach.
Most every orchard I have vis
ited so far I have seen the trees
growing out of shape, some of
them never pruned and most of
the trees badly infested with
San Jose Scale. Such conditions
make fruit unmarketable.
It is very hard to give set rule
for pruning, in fact, there is no
set rules. Each tree is an indi
vidual tree and has an individual
problem to solve. It does not
grow like other trees and cannot
be pruned like other trees.
However, there are some gen
eral principles that will help us
to better understand our work.
First what is the object of prun
ing and why is it necessary to
cut the limb off? Second, when
should it be done?
We prune to shape the tree, to
BOARD OF EDUCATION
HAS MEETING TUESDAY
The Butts County Board of Ed
ucation, which met in monthly
session Tuesday, fixed the sal; r
ies of teachers and apportioned
the money among the various
schools. The board has decided
to abolish summer schools. There
was a full attendance of the mem
bers of the board.
venitlate the tree, to force the
tree to grow faster or to check
the growth, to thin the fruit,
to make the tree stronger and
many other reasons.
The shape of most trees especi
ally the peach and apples should
be of the tripod shape. The peach
should branch in to three limbs
about 12 to 16 inches above the
ground. These branches should
be cut back when two or three
years old to make strong arms
for the tree to bear its load. The
method of pruning then should
be to keep the tree just like an
inverted umbrella, keeping all
ingrowing branches cut out, let
ting the sun shine direct into the
tree.
The older trees that have nev
er been pruned should be cut
hack, thinned out from top to
bottom, cutting out all ingrowing
limbs and dead wood.
Demonstrations will be given
r KNOWING THAT 1
I they are getting the real, I
1 genuine article—under its I
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at the schools in some near by
orchards where the larger chil
dren will be instructed in prun
ing and general care of the or
chards.
There will be a demonstration
at Stark Friday morning at 10
o’clock and one at Cedar Rock at
2p. m. and I would be very
glad to have as many of the far
mers as are interested in making
their orchards better meet with
us. Come to the schools first
where I will give a talk on prun
ing and explain more fully, with
the use of the black board, meth
ods of pruning.
Respectfully,
G. W. Rice,
U. S. Farm Demonstration Agent
Six-Year-Old Had Croup
‘■l have a lit tie girl six years old who
has a good deal of trouble with croup,”
writes \V. E. Curry, Evansville, Ind.
“I have used Foley’s 1 Loney and Tar,
obtaining instant relief for her. My
wife and 1 alo use it and will say it is
(he best cure for a bad cold, cough,
throat trouble and croup that lever
saw.” The Owl Pharmacy. adv