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THURSDAY, MAY 2, 1940.
AGRICULTURAL
TOPICS
(John L. Anderson, County Agent)
Suggestions On 801 l Weevil Control
In Georgia For 1940
The best information available in
dicates that, although the unusually
low temperatures during January
and February 1940 reduced the per
centage of weevils that will emerge
from hibernation, there are still a
sufficient number alive to cause se
rious damage to the cotton crop if
weather conditions are favorable to
their multiplication when cotton be
gins to square.
The experience of past years shows
that hot dry weather during the sum
mer months is a more effective means
of natural control than low winter
temperatures. Weevil infestation
was heavy in most sections of the
State in 1939. This means that a
large number of weevils went into
hibernation. Even if only a small
per cent survive they may cause se
rious damage if the summer months
are damp and cloudy. If a systemat
ic fight is carried on to control the
over-wintered weevils through pre
square poisoning there is an excel
lent opportunity to make a good crop
in 1940.
Investigations covering a period
of years show that either calcium
arsenate dust or a molasses, calcium
arsenate mixture (1-1-1 mixture) is
good insurance and may prevent se
vere damage later in the season.
Pre-Square Applications
Mopping with a mixture in the
proportion of one pound calcium
arsenate, one gallon water and one
gallon molasses has given satisfac
tory pre-square control and because
of the low cost can be used to ad
vantage on farms of low fertility
and where dusting machinery is not
available.
In preparing the poison mixture
add enough water to the calcium
arsenate to form a smooth-paste,
then add the rest of the water and
the molasses, stirring thoroughly.
Only the amount to be used during
the day should be made up, as it may
burn the plants if allowed to stand
over one day. From 2 to 3 gallons
of this mixture will be required per
acre for each application. A mop
may be made from an old sack or
similar material. This should be fol
ded two or three times and tacked
or wired to a slot about 3 inches
wide and extending 3 or 4 inches
beyond th? end of the slat. The ex
tended portion of the mop should
be cut in strips about one inch wide.
The slat should be of suitable length
for person applying poison. The
fields should be carefully watched
and the first application made just
as the stalk “bunches” in the top
and has about six leaves, (just be
fore the first squares appear.)
Make a second application in from
5 to 7 days after the first, and a
third in from 5 to 7 days after the
second.
This mixture should be kept well
stirred and applied with the mop
held in front of the worker so that
the cotton plant will be struck 1 to
2 inches below the bud, pushing the
plant over so that the majority of
the poison applied to the under side
of leaves and on stems.
Practically all weevils will be out
of hibernation and the plants be
ginning to square freely by the time
of the third application.
In cases calcium arsenate is used
in dust form, one dusting should be
made at the appearance of the first
small squares.
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Poisoning After Squares Begin To
Form
All fields should be carefully watch
ed after squares begin to form and
if weevil infestation is heavy, an ad
ditional poisoning schedule should
be followed. If a good job of pre
square poisoning has been done it
will not in many cases be necessary
for further poisoning. Damp, cloudy
weather in summer is very favorable
to the rapid multiplication of wee
vils.
Application of poison after cotton
commences to square may be made
by the use of dust guns or machines,
or by the use of a spray machine.
The use of dusting machines is more
satisfactory, but where tobacco
sprayers giving a pressure of 100 to
150 pounds are available, a mixture
of 10 pounds calcium arsenate to 50
gallons of water may be used. This
will be enough to spray two acres.
(Do not use molasses in this mix
ture.) The schedule for both types
of poisoning is the same.
The first dust or spray application
should be made one week after the
last pre-square application or one
week after the first small squares
are seen. A second application
shouft be made* in 10 days after the
first, and a third 10 days after the
second, or 4 weeks after the last
pre-square application. If necessary
a fourth application should be made
in from 5 to 7 days after the third.
Dust should be applied at the rate
of 4 to 7 pounds per acre per ap
plication, depncding on the size of
the cotton plants. When the cotton
flea or hopper is present, a mixture
of 8 pounds dusting sulphur and 4
pounds calcium arsenate per .acre
may be used.
If the poison remains on the plant
over night it is usually effective. If
an application is washed off by rain
before it has remained on the plant
over night, repeat as soon as possi
ble.
Only standard brands of full
strength calcium arsenate should be
used, as no other form of poison has
been found satisfactory.
Sufficient equipment should be
provided to cover the entire acreage
of cotton within two days. A hand
dust gun will take care of 5 to 10
acres. Two row, saddle guns or
traction dusters will take care of
from 20 to 30 acres, and a power
duster will handle 60 to 100 acres.
Picking up and burning fallen
squares during the first 3 weeks af
ter squaring begins is an excellent
supplementary control method.
Plowing under or destroying all
stalks with stalk cutter, as soon as
cotton is picked, in order to starve
the weevils before they enter hiber
nation is also good insurance.
The boll weevil control measures
suggested here are not intended for
use on Sea Island Cotton.
Homemade Lamp Type Brooder
This brooder is designed for rais
ing a small number of chickens for
home and farm use. It is ideal for
4-H Club projects and for farm
flocks. It requires no brooder
house, is easy to build and inexpen
sive, the material generally costing
from $5.00 to SB.OO.
Since the chicks are raised in con
finement it is essential that a com
plete ration be fed, otherwise various
nutritional disorders will develop.
A good commercial starting mash or
broiler mash should be fed from the
start Such feed contains cod liver
oil, dry skimmilk, alfalfa leaf meal,
and other ingredients that contain
the necessary minerals, vitamins
and proteins to make a well balanc
ed ration.
Allow at least one inch feeding
space for each chick. One four foot
chick feeder, where the chicks can
feed from both sides will take care
of 100 chicks. Two one-half gallon
fruit jar water fountains should be
provided for 100 chicks, but the
larger one-gallon size metal water
containers are better after chicks
are ten days old.
It is not necessary to use a ther
mometer in the brooding compart
ment, as the behaviour of the chicks
is the best indication as to whether
they are getting enough heat. In
starting the chicks, especially in
cold weather, it is desirable to feed
them at first in the brooding com
partment, placing the feeders and
water containers on top of the
sand. Keep the chicks confined to
the rear compartment for the first
few days until they learn where to
go for heat. One improvement in
the plan is to cut a small window in
the side of the rear compartment and
cover with a pane of glass. This
gives light in the rear compartment
when it is necessary to feed the
chicks there. After the first few
days, feeders and waterers are plac
ed in the runway.
The lamp is placed on the ground
center of the lower rear compart
ment so as to heat the tin with sand
above it. The lamp should be light
ed at least 24 hours before chicks
are placed in the brooder, so as to
allow time for the sand to dry
thoroughly and a uniform temper
ature obtained in the brooding com
partment. The lamp should be given
careful attention and wick cleaned
once each day. With at
tention the lamp should not smoke.
Cut Timber With Care To Prevent
Damage By Insect*
We should not practice careless
cutting of pine timber during the
coming growing season. In order
to prevent heavy damage from in
sect infestation farmers should be
particularly concerned with the
Southern pine beetle, the deadliest
and most prevalent of Georgia’s
forest pests. This insect thrives on
trees that have been weakened by
fires, and when they once attack this
timber, dead trees are inevitable.
A tree cut here and there in the
woods during the late spring and
summer serves as an attraction to
beetles. But the pest does not stop
there, since there are no other down
timber to feed on, the insects go
to adjacent standing timber for
food.
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Spraying Will Add To Irish Potato
THE JACKSON HERALD, JEFFERSON, GEORGIA
Yield
Application of a fungicide in the
form of a spray or dust to Irish po
tato vines will not only keep the
plantg in a healthy condition but al
so result in increased yields of bet
ter quality tubers. Potatoes should
be protected from tipburn, hopper
burn and feal beetles as well as
from such diseases as early and late
blight. Potato virus diseases arc
carried from other host plants and
from infested potato plants to
healthy vines by insects.
Spraying and dusting should be
started when the plants are about
six inches high and if appiled prop
erly and regularly at about ten-day
intervals, a high degree of control
can be obtained. Poison in the
form of calcium arsenate can be
added to the regular spray or dust
for controlling chewing insects such
as the Colorado potato beetle.
Avery effective dust for control
of Irish potato diseases and leaf
chewing insects can be made by
mixing 20 pounds of monohydrated
copper sulphate, 20 pounds of cal
cium arsenate, and 60 pounds of
hydrated lime.
Information on sprays or dusts for
control of Irish potato diseases and
insects can be obtained from this
office.
CLEANING JOBS IN THE
KITCHEN
(Elsie Bowman, H. D. A.)
In the kitchen one keep-clean is
better than a dozen make-cleans.
For it’s really less trouble to estab
lish order after every meal, than to
spend a whole day scrubbing and
scouring after a week of “letting
things go.”
If you clean as you cook and have
a regular schedule for the special
cleaning jobs, you can keep the
kitchen bright and shining most of
the time.
While vegetables are cooking or a
cake is baking, take advantage of
your spare minutes to put supplies
back where they belong. Rinse mix
ing bowls, spoons, the egg beater,
and all other pieces of equipment as
soon as you are through with them.
Clear your work shelf and table as
you use them. Wfpe the stove af
ter every meal, and whenever food
boils over. Keep the sink free from
grease and dirt, and see that the re
frigerator is sw r eet and clean all the
time.
Pots and pans need little more
than the soap-and-water treatment,
i But to keep your aluminum utensils
bright and your iron utensils spot
less, rub them lightly with steel
wool. Strong soaps and scouring
powders that contain alkalis will dis
color aluminum. So if your alumi
num utensils become stained boil a
vinegar and water solution in them.
Steel wool will take rust spots off
iron utensils, and a light coating of
mineral oil or other salt-free fat
will keep them from rusting again.
Tin and enamel utensils need
more gentle care. Soak food loose
rather than scrape it off with a
knife. Or, you can heat the utensils
for a few minutes in a weak soda
solution. Then wash in soap and
water. If the stain is very stub
born rub it gently with a fine powd
er that is free from grit. A coarser
powder will scratch the enamel
finish, and will rub the tin finish off
entirely.
The kitchen sink needs constant
attention to spare the finish from a
harsh scouring. If there are spots
that will not respond to soap and
water, rub them with fine scouring
powder. But never use a gritty
powder or lye—the powder will
scratch the finish and lye will al
most “eat” it off. Then the sink
will be harder than ever to clean.
The chronimum plating on modern
plumbing fixtures need only to be
wiped frequently with a damp cloth,
or washed with soap and water.
Floors, walls, and wood trim in the
kitchen also need frequent cleaning.
Plain soap and water is the most ef
fective cleaning agent for these sur
faces —whether they’re paint, varn
ish, lacquer, linoleum, or cork.
For the weekly cleaning of the
refrigerator, use mild soap suds with
a little soda added to help remove
orders. Remove the shelves and
refrigerator dishes, and wash them,
as well as the inside of the box.
Finally rinse with clear water.
If yours is an ice refrigerator,
pay special attention to the drain
pipe. Remove the pipe and train
trap, then wash and scald them care
fully to kill any bacteria.
Silver needs very special care be
cause it is a soft metal. It will
tarnish less quickly if you rinse it
carefully and dry it with a clean
towel. You can remove the tarnish
by electrolysis, that is by boiling the
silver in a salt-and soda solution in
an aluminum vessel. Then finish by
polishing with a piece of chamois or
a soft cloth.
Benton High School Senior
Play, May 10th
(By Reporter)
Benton High School Senior Class
presents their final play, “Mammy’s
Lil’ Wild Rose”, Friday night, May
10 th.
Commencement time rolls around
again and this will be last play ever
staged here by our Senior cluss as
students. We have enjoyed their
companionship and wo have learned
to love these young men and young
women. They are graduating in
about one week from time of this
play; hence this is Commencement
time. We invite all who are inter
ested to come out and enjoy this,
our Senior class’ last play and the
last major play of the season. The
Seniors are determined not to do a
cheap job with this play. They
want it to be the best ever staged
by them. One thing is certain—it
is their last. They bid us good-bye
in a few days.
The play runs around 2 hours
and is interesting throughout. The
cast is:
Daniel French, From the city,
Daniel Howington.
Lester Van, Dan’s Chum, Emory
Lee Jewell.
Wade Carver, An unwelcome suit
or, Morton Matthews.
Orpheus Jackson, A native Romeo,
J. S. Williamson.
Old Joe, “Dut’s a fac’ ”, Roy
Smith.
Rose O’May, Mammy’s Lil’ Wild
Rose, Mary Anglin.
Mammy Celie, A black treasure,
Bernice Pope.
Hester O’May, Rose’s maiden aunt,
Jamie Tate.
Peggy French, Daniel’s sister,
Florine Maddox.
Letty Van, Peggy’s chum, Louise
Drake.
Babe Joan, A mountain charmer,
Eunice Pope.
Mrs. Courtvane, A lovely woman,
Wilma Murray.
Synopsis:
Act. I. The cabin dooryard of
Uncle Joe and Mammy Celie in the
mountains of Virginia. An after
noon in early summer.
Act 11. The Same Scene. The
opening day of the fair. An after
noon a month later than Act I.
Act 111. The Same Scene. Four
teen months later than Act 11.
Scene: The entire action of the
play takes place in the cabin door
yard of Uncle Joe. and Mammy Celie
in the mountains of Virginia.
Time: The present.
Time of playing: About two
hours and a quarter.
Small admission.
Commerce News Items
Peter Whitfield Dies
Mr. Peter Whitfield of Homer, age
79, died at a local hospital on Wed
nesday, April 24th, after an extend
ed illness. .
Mr. Whitfield is survived by his
wife; three daughters, Mrs. Etta
Thurmond of Chicopee, Mrs. T. A.
Riley of Commerce, Mrs. Joe White
of Homer; four sons, Mr. Freeman
Whitfield of Statham, Mr. Hansel
Whitfield of Conley, Mr. Manley
Whitfield of Jefferson; one brother,
Mr. Henry Whitfield; two sisters,
Mrs. Vina Vandiver and Mrs. Nancy
Goodwin.
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Mr. C. W. Ayers Dies At Home
In Alto
Cornelius Wilkie Ayers, son of
the late John H., and Fannie Lord
Ayers, died at his home in Alto,
April 19th.
Mr. Ayers, or better known to his
relatives and friends as Wilkie, was
born and reared in Commerce.
Early in young manhood he was
married to Miss Trellie Roberts wlfb
preceded him in death several years
ago. To this union five children were
born, three survive him. Later he
was married to Miss Fannie Carter
of Winder. To this union four
children were born, all of whom sur
vive.
Survivors are: his wife, Mrs. Hugh
Head of Chicopee, Howard Ayers,
of Albertville, Ala., Hoyt, C. W. and
Misses Nancy Ruth, Hettie Sue of
Atco, and several brothers and sist
ers.
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Jonus Harper Die*
Mr. Jonus Harper, well known
Jackson County farmer, died at his
home near Maysville Monday morn
ing after a three week’s illness. He
was 68 years old. Mr. Harper was
reared in White county but came to
Jackson county in 1919 to make his
home.
Surviving are his wife; one daugh
ter, Mrs. Maybelle Bennett; three
sons, Walter, Gene and Willard Har
per, all living on Maysville Rt. 2;
also 9 grandchildren and 2 great
grandchildren.
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WE ARE NOW READY FOR THE LAST
ROUND-UP!
RED BLOOM GOING STRONG
Then We Have . . .
SWIFT’S RED STEER BRAND
ADAIR & McCARTY S OLD RELIABLE
BRAND
TAKE YOUR CHOICE
Come tell us how many tons to send you or
write a post card and RED BLOOM TRUCKS
will roll up to your door.
G. W. WOODRUFF
Winder, Georgia
School Play At Nicholson
Junior Class presents “A Little
Clodhopper”, Friday night, May 3rd,
at 8:15 p. m,, in school auditorium.
This is one of the finest plays to
ever be presented here. It is very
interesting throughout and will en
tertain you for two full hours. If
you like a good play be sure to
come out. The cast of characters
are as follows:
Septimus Green, Hermon Smith.
Ocoy Gump, Hitchins Coleman.
George Chiggerson, Clayton Pace.
Miss Charmain Cater, Frances
Stewart.
Mrs. Chiggerson Boggs, Nola
Redd.
Miss Juliette Bean, Jennie Smith.
Judy Elliott, Jeanette Brooks.
Please come out Friday night,
May 3rd, at 8.15 for a real
good time with your friends and at
same time back up your school and
its students.
Small admission of 10 and 15
cents to defray Commencement ex
penses.
MRS. DAVIDSON IS HOSTESS TO
DRY POND W M. S.
On Monday afternoon, April 15,
the Dry Pond W. M. S. held its reg
ular monthly meeting with Mrs. Mi
nor Davidson as hostess.
The program opened with the
hymn, “The Kingdom Is Coming.”
Mrs. L. P. Legg offered prayer.
During the business session, over
which Mrs. J. C. Head presided, Mrs.
C. C. Vandiver and Mrs. Lester Legg
reported on some needs of the Mays
ville parsonage and suggestions for
meeting the needs were discussed.
The Missionary Society also provi
ded for some small incidental ex
penses of Dry Pond church.
The program consisted of Respon
sive Reading by Mrs. J. C. Head and
Mrs. Gerdine Legg.
Bible Reading by Mrs. Lester Legg
and Special Prayer, Mrs. Boyd Lang
ford.
The leaflet was presented by
Mrs. Willie Nunn and Miss Adelle
Thomas.
At the close of the meeting, the
hostess assisted by Misses Dorothy
Merk, Sara Davidson, and Adelle
Thomas, served delicious refresh
ments to the following: Mesdames J.
C. Head, Willie Nunn, A. E. Evans,
C. C. Nunn, C. C. Vandiver, Minor
Davidson, Ralph Morrow, D. L. Har
mon, Lester Legg, Gerdine Legg,
Boyd Langford, L. P. Legg, W. G.
Gibbs, John F. Fleming, Misses Clif
ford Harmon, Adelle Thomas, Sam
Davidson and Dorothy Merk.
MRS. FRED ANTHONY WAS
HOSTESS TO CENTER W. M. S.
Center W. M. S. met with Mrs.
Fred Anthony recently. Opening
song was “The Old Rugged Cross.”
Mrs. Mamie Rylee had charge of
Bible study, which included Old
Testament Hebrew writings. Those
taking part were: Mrs. Lula An
thony, Mrs. J. R. Jarrett and Miss
Wallie May Anglin.
After the benediction, delicious
refreshments were served by the
hostess during the social hour.
Present were, besides the hostess,
Mesdames Lula Anthony, Vera
Christian, Doyle Acree, Mamie Ry
lee, James Cochran, Frank Thornton,
J. R. Jarrett, J. C. Fitzpatrick, Wal
ter Cox, John Pace, Darline Wills,
and Misses Myra Lee Kerlin, Wallie
May Anglin, Jane Anthony.
PAGE THREE.
THERE IS A
difference in—
fertilizer
Red Bloom
Has The Difference!
BRIEF NEWS ITEMS
Robert McMillan, Jr., Die* Following
Operation
Gainesville, Ga.—Robert McMil
lan, Jr., 38, son of the late judge of
the Northeastern judical circuit, died
at a Gainesville hospital. He had
been ill about two weeks following
an appendectomy.
He was a native of Clarkesville,
Ga., a former assistant solicitor gen
eral, member of the Northeast
Georgia Bar Association and church
worker.
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Athens To Call Pastor
Athens, Ga.—The Central Pres
byterian Church membership plans
to issue a call to Dr. J. W. McQueen,
of Brunswick. The pastorate here
was left vacant by the death of Dr.
S. .J Cartledge, who was called to
the church upon its organization in
1911.
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American Mother For 1940
New York.—'Because “she repre
sents the best there is in woman
hood,” Mrs. Edith Graham Mayo, of
Rochester, Minn., widow of the dis
tinguished surgeon, is the “Ameri
can Mother for 1940.” The Golden
Rule Foundation through its Ameri
can mothers’ committee, made the
selection, and Mrs. Mayo will repre
sent the nation’s mothers in New
York on Mothers’ Day, Sunday, May
12. A nurse before she married in
1893, Mrs. Mayo had eight children,
five of them now living.
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Dogwoods Given University
Athens, Ga.—'Sixty dogwood trees,
presented to the University of Geor
gia recently by Mrs. David C. Bar
row, widow of the former Universi
ty chancellor, are being planted
throughout the campus in a beau
tification project.
The dogwood trees were grown on
the old home place of Chancellor
Barrow in Oglethorpe County.
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200th Birthday
Savannah.—The 200th anniver
sary of Bethesda home for boys was
celebrated last week featuring a
pageant depicting both the old days
and the new.
George Whitefield, who founded
the home on a 500-acre tract grant
ed by trustees of the colony, and
James Habersham, first president of
the Union society, were among those
portrayed in the open air theatre
program. Others included Selina,
Countess of Huntingdon, adherent
of John Wesley, who restored and
maintained Bethesda after the home
was destroyed by fire.
BEHOLD OUR TRASH CAN!
Here’s our trash can. Don’t you
see it? It is literally filled with
those communications received from
this source and the other—lots of it
being from politicians, who want to
“feather their nests,” and oodles of
it from individuals and organizations
which have no particular concern in
us or our periodical, save to use us
to their odvantage. If, back yonder,
where this stuff is carefully anil
wisely prepared and so well written
off, by millions of copies, at imme
diate and heavy expense, is worth
anything to senders, they should
realize that the country newspapers
carrying it can’t operate on air.—
Walton News.