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HILL’S MOLASSES
MIXTURE
The only Dependable Remedy for 801 l Weevil Control. Is to the Farmer’s Cotton Crop
what an Insurance Policy is to the Merchant’s Stock of Goods: An
Indemnity Against Loss . find to the Laborer what a Life
Insurance Policy is to the widow and children
when the head of the family dies
TO OTJR ROME PEJOPL.EI:
We issued a warning in last week’s paper to the cotton producers of the county about
our confidence in weevil control, and urged persistent and continued effort from now on
until the present crop was safe from destruction by weevil. This week we hear many
complaints of the appearance of and damage by weevil. This condition is a logical one,
caused by letting up in control methods. You still have an opportunity to save your crop
by applying one gallon Hill’s Molasses Mixture per acre from now on. An application every
ten days will do the work.
Don’t be afraid to use this mixture, for it is much better than we ever claimed it was,
for it has so upset Mr. N. L. Willet that he has been spanning chasms and giving the farmer
a new farm schedule each morning before breakfast. But now he is having spasms and
wants a law passed to prohibit its manufacture and use. This is clearly a case of the hit
dog howling. When Mr. Willet has his prohibitive law passed, barring the use of Hill’s
Mixture in Georgia, we want him to also protect his wards, “the farmers,” by having in
in this same law a section that will read as follows:
All seed sold in the State of Georgia, from and after the passage of this act, must pro
duce a crop of the type as claimed by the seller or be true to the type as sold; must show a
germinating power of not less than 95 per cent; and failing to be true to type or have the
required germinating qualities, then the seller shall be and is liable to the purchaser for
damages in an amount equal to the total cost of producing said crop and 50 per cent
additional as damages.
In the early spring of this year, Mr. Willet’s writing in the Chronicle said substantially as follows: That the
manufacturer, of Calcium of Arsenate were carrying a back-breaking load. Now, since the use of Hill’s Mixture all
over the cotton belt, what do we see? That the Sherwin-Williams Co., with whom the State of Georgia had a con
tract to supply the needs of the farmers, are unable to furnish the arsenate as required by their contract. The
reason is plain. Hill’s Mixture does the work, and has opened an avenue heretofore closed for the sale of this pro
duct, and the use of this Molasses Mixture has so increased the use of Calcium Arsenate that the contracting party
cannot supply the demand. This state of affairs demonstrates two facts clearly, i. e., that Calcium Arsenate when
used in Hill’s Molasses Mixture is effective as a measure of weevil control; second, that the farmer will use it and
will produce cotton at a profit as long as he deems it advisable to protect his cotton from this pest with
Hill’s Molasses Mixture.
The dusting of cotton is a thing of the past, and when men of Mr. Willet’s type realize that they cannot make a dead practice come to life, when a simple, cheap,
effective and easily applied remedy is in the reach of even the poorest negro renter, does the work as Hill’s Molasses Hixture, as prepared by tis and sold by our agents,
does. Then h© and they will be able to render the agricultural interests of the South a service by using their influence and talents for disseminating this information.
We desire to say a word of comfort to Mr. N. L. Willet, which is this : that no fake remedy can take such a strong hold on tke people as Hill’s Holasses Mixture has
unless it had that quality that would justify its continued use, and if this quality is possessed by thss Mixture, then it will live ori and d© the work its originator intended
it to accomplish. So do not lose any sleep over the matter, time will tell its fate or fortune.
Sole Manufacturers and Distributors C3r_A__.
L D. HILL, President J. H. HUDSON, Vice President J W. JOHNSON, Manager SYDNEY C. JONHS, Manager Sales Department
THE TRUE CITIZEN SATURDAY JULY 15, 1922.