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rUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1924. Riding Down 801 l Weevil By Airplane U, S. Government Concludes This Poison-Dusting Method Is Best Means of Attack on the Cotton Pest. Two Demonstrations in Georgia Witnessed by Large (rowds of Spectators. e eed Riding down the boll weevil in an airplane is the latest method of assault upon that I’CSkY lr!SCCt' Up-to-date practice calls for the use of the airplane 1n the battle with this enemy of the cotton crop and two demonstrations given by the govern ment in Georgia the past week—one at Athens on Tueésday and another at Cordele on Thursday—were attended by several thousand interested specta ors. - t [n a recent issue the Baltimore Sun printed an interesting article on this spectacular and dramatic .process—a crusade of the air—of repelling this enemy to the prosperity of the south. The ravages of the boll weevil have prought forth the best endeavors of cience for the control and destruction of this expensive insect, says the Sun. Scores of methods and materials have been tried as affording - possible pro tection to the staple crop of the south. The tests have found their cimax in the official statement from the United States government that the airplane is the surest weapon of at ack. ‘\\'it':;iu the last few years B. R. Coad. in charge of the cotton insect ivestigations at the government sta tion at Tallulah, La,, has made exten give tests of various poisons and of many methods of application. Results have shown that dusting with calcium} arsenate will make possible a profit able increase in the yield of seed cot ton where the land is of low produc-‘ i In a comparison on adjacent planta-‘ tions the fields dusted with calcium‘ arsenate by airplane showed an in crease of 750 pounds per acre of seed cotton over those that were not pois /,klA,!_ The dusting of plants to kill insects i< an cstablished custom. The novelty of the new method lies in the use of airnlanes for the application of the poison dust. In-the belief of skilled workers in the department of agricul ture the deveolpment will revolution ize the fight against the boll weevil and result in making the cotton crop safe for the future. Night Work Obviated. In demonstrating the superiority of the airplane for plant-dusting, the ex perts have revealed the workings of a natural law of prime importance in this particular field. Other methods of applying the dust to infested plants required that the work be done at night, when the moisture on the fo liage caused the dust particles to ad here. With the airplane night work is no longer necessary. It has been found that dust applied by flyers sticks pericetly in daytime, regardless of the dry condition of the leaves. This reversal comes about through electrical influences, according to the government experimenters. The tests showed not only that there was per fect adhesion in daylight operations, but that a pound of poison would go farther when the leaves are dry. Investigation has brought the con viction that the better effect is obtain- | LR TN 1A ; For . INDIGESTION 100 % Satisfaction Guaranteed or NO CHARGES , “We Know Its Merits” COLLIER DRUG CO. DAWSON PHARMACY . DOZIER-HART DRUG CO. J. M. WOOTEN, Druggist Your Winter Coal I am now taking orders for August and September delivery for that GOuD Kentucky Block Coal $B.OO and $8.25 Fulghum and Texas R. P. FEED OATS Also booking orders, from my contracts of seed oats, from the same reliable shippers, September delivery. S. D. HATCHER ed because the particles of powder far'e_hxghly charged with positive elec tricity, p;oduced by the friction of the plane with the air and by the fric tion between the dust particles and the air-current. The plants themselves carry a negative charge of electricity. Under natural laws opposite charges are attracted, the one to the other. _For this reason the positive electricity in the dust particles causes them to be drawn into close contact with the plants and held there, resulting in per fect adherence. In dusting the plants the airplane often is not more than 15 or 20 feet above the surface of the earth. The long trail of calcium arsenate dust is blown down into the plant growth behind the machine. Lower Speed Wanted. The planes used are frequently army machines, supplied and manned by the war department, In dusting operations the flyers move at a rate of approxi mately 90 miles an hour. The dust is discharged at high pressure and settles down toward the earth or is blown along by the swift current of air from the plane itself. Official circles are interested in the development of planes especially adapted to the work of applying the dust. Manufacturers are taking an in terest in the problems involved. These makers are expected to make experi mental changes in their machines with a view to producing commercial air planes of the most effective type. One of the requirements is in the matter of lower speed: The use of swift war planes for cotton dusting is suggestive of employing a costly lim ousine for doing the work meant for a five-ton truck. The objective sought is the elimination of high speed and the construction of planes affording max imum efficiency at intermediate speed, but with ability to rise quickly to avoid obstructions in the pathway of travel. Helpful Factors Cited. . An important advantage in the plane of moderate speed will be the better vision possible to the occupants. Another helpful factor lies in the re duction of waste resulting from over running the area at the ends of the fietd. Still another point made is that lower speed will greatly reduce the danger to pilots in landing. The planes now used have a landing speed of something like 75 miles an hour. The ideal machine would travel at from 50 to 60 miles an hour and land at from 20 to 25 miles. ONE-PIECE BATHING SUITS AND KNICKERS FOR WOMEN ALSO PROHIBITED. HAMMOND, La.—Knickerbockers for women definitely were banned in Livingston parish today when the par ish police jury, or board of county commissioners, adopted an ordinance that its opponents declare has all the earmarks of ancient Puritan legisla tion. Among other things the ordi nance prohibits kissing, “petting” par ties, one-piece bathing suits and the exhibition by a person of more than “one-fourth of a lower limb.” Enactment of the ordinance was asked by 514 citizens. It prohibits,» under any conditions, “3 woman wearing trousers, or bloom ers, or what is commonly called knickers,” declaring that one so attir ed is “improperly clothed.” Another section declared it “unlaw ful for any persons other than near relatives, when, or about any public highway of this parish, or when in view of any public place commonly frequented by the public, to kiss, hug, pet, pat, embrace or even fondle any other person, or to allow any other person to hug, kiss, embrace or fondle themselves.” “Participation in what is commonly known and as called 3 petting party,” also is placed under the ban. The penalty for violation of the or dinance is a fine ranging from $lO to $5O or imprisonment of irom five to thirty days, or both. ~ The experiments carried on by the government covered approximately five square miles. On one plantation the fields were unobstructed by build ings and trees. On another the land scape was much broken up by woods, barns and cabins, Both plantations were infested heavily with the boll weevil and the cotton leafworm. Ap plications of the poison dust were made whenever the condition of the cotton seemed to indicate the neces sity for the treatment, | Soft Soil No Bar. ~ One of the 'great advantages of the airplane for distributing poison was found to lie in the circumstance that 'the. plane can be used when the ground is in a condition preventing the use of surface machines. ~ This was demonstrated aptly by an incident which occurred on one of the experimental plantations. A heavy in festation of leafworm caused an ap plication of an emergency coating of dust. This work hardly had been com pleted when a violent rainstorm vis ited the field, washing the dust from the foliage and nullifying the benefits that would have resulted from the thorough application. Redusting was an immediate need. The leafworm eats with amazing rap idity. It cannot be trusted alone with an unprotected and defenseless cotton plant for a single day. In the face of this emergency the machines which travel on the surface were altogether useless. The rain which had washed the poison from the plants had soaked the ground so heavily that the movement of ground machines was out of the question. The soft and spongy soil would have blocked the effort. Quick Action Valued. In this situation the airplane was the sole recourse. Application of a second coat of poison was achieved through the use of planes as soon as the landing field was sufficiently dry to permit the making of a start. With in 46 minutes thereafter the plane covered a field of 111 acres. The prompt action thus made pos sible met the situation and saved the crop. Firm belief is expressed that the immediate redusting prevented heavy damage that would have come if the owner of the field had been compelled to wait until the ground had become sufficiently dry for the use of machines operated along the surface. Quantity Used Per Acre. Airplane dusting is believed to be IFAMILIES OF ARISTOCRATIC ' WINCHESTER DIVIDED AND FRIENDSHIPS BROKEN. Harry K. Thaw, slayer of Stanford White, the New York architect, is dis rupting an entire town in Virginia, where he has gone to live. Released from an insane asylum in Philadelphia some weeks ago Thaw and his moth er have purchased Kenilworth, a coun try mansion, near Winchester, at the head of beautiful Shenandoah Valley, in Virginia, where he proposes to don overalls and work on the 55 acres that comprise his domain. The town and the valley are peopled by the “very best people” of Virginia, land the coming of the man who figur |ed in the most sensational murder ‘casc in this country in a decade has created division and dissension in church, social and business circles. Bank President Calls. The trouble began when J. B. Rus sell, president of the Union bank, made a social call on the Thaws. The Rev. R. T. MacFaden, pastor of the Presbyterian church, followed suit, and the next Sunday Thaw and his moth er appeared at the services. | Thaw put a crisp $2O greenback in the collection box, and other members of the congregation, not to be out- | done, doubled the contribution. ‘ The pastor is being severely criticis ed, and his assistant comes to his de fense with these words: “It isn’t always wise to tear up your flock by bringing in a disturb ing element, but sinners must be reached by the church.” Thaw has joined the Charles Rouss volunteer fire department, and the | other firemen’s organization say that the Rouss company took Thaw in be !causc of his money. But the chief says that if Thaw is not a good “smoke cater” he will have to get out, money ‘or no money. } S. P. C. A. Worried. ' The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is worried and watchful because it is reported that Thaw will import a lot of chickens, ldogs. cats and other creatures for his country place. ’ Miss Augusta Conrad made a visit to Kenilworth and saw a cat running around without a tail. She thought of ‘bringing action against Thaw, but Lch:mgcd her mind when she learned the cat was a bob-tailed kind. k Thaw's mother may conquer the ‘town for her son. She is a big, broad, ‘}white-haired woman, majestic of mien and kindly of disposition, who real izes her son was spoiled in infancy apd that he never has been able to get over it, " Winchester is a quiet town of 7,000 ‘population. It has one hotel, the George Washington, where Thaw and his mother have been eating their meals until the country mansion is made ready for occupancy. Fi SR ISR WILLS MONEY TO DOGS. Mrs. Maude L. Vauz, of Brooklyn, left a will in which she provided a weekly allowance of $5 each for the support of three Italian greyhounds. To her mother, Mrs. Emma W. Young, she bequeathed a weekly al lowance of $lO. s o The sad thing about trying to be cheerful all the time is you soon run out of things to be cheerful about. THE DAWSON NEWS most economical, as well as most ef fective. Estimates place the expense of the work at approximately $5 an acre for the season. At ruling prices of cotton the gain from dusting was more than $75 an acre. The trail of dust sometimes spreads the poison over a strip from 150 to 300 feet in width. The average width of the normal swath is 200 feet. On this basis the machine uses less than four pounds of calcium arsenate to acre, which represents a considerable saving in poison as compared with the amount required by the ordinary ground machine. Accepted practice involves starting the dust delivery at the margin of a field. Interesting demonstrations of the effectiveness of airplane dusting is af forded by three adjoining fields shown in another picture. Plantation A was dusted by the air plane method for the control of the boll weevil and the cotton leafworm. Plantation B was partly dusted by rather ineffective ground machines for the control of the leaiworm. Planta tion C was left untouched. Fields Compared. . On the untreated field practically every cotton plant was stripped of its leaves by the leafworm with the ex ception of the small areas along the roadside, which nearly alWays are skipped by attacks of this worm. On plantation B the destruction of foliage was less complete, but was so scatter ed as to show that the poison was not thoroughly distributed. On plantation A the foliage remained practically un touched. This demonstration shows that the control of distribution is well in hand. In the strips marked XXX the swaths did not overlap, and in the narrow stretches thus neglected the worms did their work of destruction. Com plete dusting in the neighborhood of surface, obstructions is illustrated by the thorough control in the vicinity of the cabin and trees in the fore ground of plantation A. While the boll weevil is the principal object of attack the scientists declare that the application of the calcium ar senate controls such miscellaneous cotton pests as grasshoppers, worms and caterpillars. Malaria mosquitoes are included al so in the list of probable victims of the crusade of the air. Tests conduct ed in the sprinkling of poison by air plane over swamp breeding places in dicate that the airplane seems to af ford the solution of the problem of exterminating these dangerous insects. SAFE . L LEWIS EYEWATER P A Bonded Warehouse Assures Safety It is under government control. It gives you the same protection on cotton that a National Bank gives you on your money. [t keeps your cotton under roof at all times. [t insures your cotton for full value. It's receipt is always negotiable for a greater amount of it’s face value. The Dawson Compress & Storage Co., is the only bonded warehouse in Terrell county. It is the largest, with ac commodations for 8000 bales. A complete fire prevention and automatic sprinkler system covers all parts of its property, mak ing possible, with its other advantages, the lowest insurance rate given by cotton warehouses. Mr. George Jennings and J. E. Hamilton are in charge 3 and earnestly solicit your patronage for the 1924 season Dawson Compress & Storage Co. - Bonded Warehouse Department RATS EAT CAT CAUGHT IN TRAP SET FOR THEM When a mercantile concern at Ay den, N. C., declared war on rats the rodents drew first blood. Traps were placed in the store, and a cat was put on guard, One night the cat became caught in one of the traps. Rats ate the cat—all except the skeleton. HOW ’BOUT WOMEN? It has been computed that the aver age man speaks in the course of a year 11,Q00,000 words. ~\ | | e ~~=“ ) R . o '»‘**%i _'. LL i st *z&%fiwwmfl”fi# i Parts for - ‘ Benthall Peanut Pick We carry a complete line of parts for Benthall Peanut Pickers, and should ~ you need them, can supply you at once without troublesome or expen sive delays. ' ' Dawson Hardware Company DAWSON, GEORGIA FO[' S ale The J. M. Bridges place, five miles east of Dawson, containing 350 acres of Terrell coun ty’s best land. Will sell in one body or sub-divide to suit purchaser. See R.H. JENNINGS and J.W. BRIDGES DAWSON, GEORGIA, R. F. D. PAGE SEVEN