About Americus times-recorder. (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current | View Entire Issue (May 19, 1924)
MONDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 19, (924 ggg- \ ~ i ' . •. • • By|>| P| nd Your: <%, r w Gk/mr J JLw® / WhOßk, »i mftM- j] !hr iMI ’*■■ «« ■/■■- ■? Iw ; um i M' Wheel fcMlk ' W/ ///'//./, The Wav to Make Cotton A Money Crop in South Georgia Has Been Practically DEMONSTRATED- s POISON AND HARD WORK UNFAILINGLY WIN •• ■ ■ TO EVERY FARMER IN SOUTH GEORGIA: V This special letter is addressed to you because right now is the time for you to How and When to begin your fight against the boll weevil. The work you do in your cotton fields dur- Poison the Weevil ing the next 1 5 days will be many times as effective as the work you do later. . Here’s the plan advocated by Dr. R. J. H. DeLoach, J. C. Ma- • ness and George 0. Marshall. Follow this plan, they say, and mi ,1 .... r« i • • ii -ill you’ll make a normal crop: Whether or not you wm this important tight is going to be determined by the ... . , -ii -1 , ' I—Poison immediately before the extent to wmch you poison the weevil during the month of May. square, form, or a. a few tiny forms appear. 2 —Poison again five days after the first poisoning. Consult your county agent at once, if you have not decided upon your program 3 _p oitO n a ain five d y* afwr of poisoning. . <1 !Hl h Ii HU : ' •<- 4—Pick up squares after second poisoning ahead of cultivation, and pick up squares a second „ time immediately before the Don’t experiment. Leave that for the agricultural departments. Use the meth- first biooms appear, ahead of * os cultivation. ods that have been tried and proved to be the best. ? .ti i t . , . . , . r- A. ■■». -v s —i n the early fall destroy cotton t . ,talks. Any method for de- stroying is satisfactory except burning. ’ The boll weevil can be controlled. But it can be controlled only by those who j. a. hixon, T Chairman Weevil Committee, poison at the right times and in the right way. ■ vU - i “ GEORGE O. MARSHALL, County Agent. • ’ The right time to start is now. SllHi' , ; V, i' - This space contributed by DR. H. A. SMITH DR. E. B. ANDERSON r THE AMERICUS TIMES-RECORDER ’ PAGE THREE
