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The Florida
Method of 801 l
Weevil Control
As there was a great deal of interest
in the state in regard to the Florida
plan of controllnig the boll weevil. Dr.
George D, Smith of the Florida sta
tion originator of the method, was in
vited to visit the Georgia Experiment
Station and describe the details of his
methods for the benefit of the farmers
who could attend. Since then there
has been numerous requests from far
mers for a description of Dr. Smith s
method These are given below sub
stantially as made by Dr. Smith in his
address.
As yet there has been no opport'jrdtv
to ny out tnis method under Georgia
eonoi.ioi.s, as Dr. Srr ,h published
tesuit“ only last fall. This yea.* ii>e
Georgia Experiment Station is making
a thorough trial of this method under
Georgia conditions, and farmers inter
ested are invited to visit the Station
and sei the results. Dr Smith claimed
that his method Is simple, practical,
and logical when compared with other
methods. He has used it four years
successfully under Florida conditions,
and sees no reason why it should not
be successfully applied under Geirgia
conditions.
The materials needed for applying
this method are few and easily ob
tained. Each picker should be provided
with a small sack with a double draw
string in it, so it can he closed tightly.
Two of these sacks can be made from a
yard of cotton cloth. A mop made with
a short stick with a rag tied at the
end, and a mixture made by stirring
two pounds of calcium arsenate in half
a gallon of water an,} then adding one
gallon of molasses. Rome large close
woven sacks are useful for disposing
of the picked squares.
In using this method all the squares
with the weevils they contain, are re
moved from the eo.ton; when there are
two or three large squares to each
plant. The field is then immediately
poisoned, so as to destroy any weevils
which escape the pickers. As all the
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Few people know the amount of taxes paid
into the public funds by the railroads—to be
used in building better streets and roads;
establishing and operating schools; promo
ting sanitary and health conditions; main
taining police and governmental regula
tions; and for all of the other things for
which public money is spent in order to
make the community a better place in
which to live. Thus through taxes, the rail
roads certainly contribute their full share
of the cost of civic progress in every com
munity.
The Louisville & Nashville Railroad pays
annually in State, County and City taxes,
in the 13 states in which it operates, the
vast sum of four million six hundred and
eighty six thousand one hundred and forty
nine dollars ($4,686,149.)
weevils will be out of their winter
quarters by this time, and all the eggs
destroyed by removing the squares,
and 99 per cent of the adult weevils
killed by the pickers or the poison,
there will be so lew weevils left that
practically a full crop may be ob
tained. Furthermore. Dr. Smith's ex
periments show that removing the first
squares stimulates the cotton plants in
such a way that the bottom, middle and
top crops are produced at about the
same time. Tills enables the farmer to
get practically a full crop before the
weevil begins to migrate. Also it
saves one or ;wo pickings.
A good picker can pick about one
acre a day. The small bags with the
draw-strings should be used s 0 as to
prevent any weevils escaping. When
they are full they should be emptied
into the large closely woven bags.
These bags should be kept securely tie,}
When they are full the weevils may be
destroyed by burning or the bags kept
in the hot sunshine for forty-eight
hours. The green squares will heat
and kill the weevils.
It is impossible to be certain that all
the squares are removed by going over
the cotton once. As this is of great
importance for the success of the plan,
the cotton should be gone over the sec
ond time, right after the first picking,
so as to remove any squares missed.
This will take only about one-tenth of
the time of the first picking. It is not
necessary to remove the very small
squares as eggs laid in these will not
hatch, but only squares whose bracks
or shucks are large enough to hide a
weevil.
Poisoning should take place as soon
after picking the squares as possible.
Unless it looks like rain it is a good
plan to stop some of the pickers about
5 o’clock in the evening and poison all
■the cotton that has been poked over
that day. The mop should be stuck
down into the bud of the cotton plant,
so as to get a little of the mixture in
each bud. All the squares being re
moved, the weevills will make for the
bu<} of the cotton, so that the poison is
much more effective than when applied
without stripping. If the poison stays
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on until 12 o’clock the next day it will
not be necessary to poison again, but
if the poison is washed off by rains be
fore that time the poisoning should be
repeated. Dust can be used instead of
the mixture, but It must stay on three
or four days to be effective. It should
be forced down well Into the bud of
the plant.
Even when the greatest care is taken
it sometimes happens that a few wee
vils are missed. So ten days to two
weeks after picking the squares, walk
through the treated fields, and if a
weevil has been missed stop and get
all the punctured squares within a ra
dius of ten or fifteen feet.
Farmers who wish to try out this
method on their own farm can still do
so. Dr. Smith states that it can be
successfully applied even after the cot
ton has started to bloom and a few
smal] bolls have formed. When ap
piled as late as this, however, the labor
connected with removing the square is
much greater.
Fi. P. BIEDSOE,
Agronomist.
WAYSIDE.
Mrs. Minnie King, of Rome, is spend
ing a few days among friends and rel
atives at this place.
Miss Katy Reeves, of Bartow, spent
Thursday night with Mjss Elsie Kerce.
Mr. Roy Byars, of Detroit, Mich., Is
expected here Friday to spend several
days with home folks.
Mr. Ernest Teague visited at the
home of his father, Mr. C. Teague, on
Wednesday.
Hollie and Lindsay Russell, of Birm
ingham, Ala., spent a few days with
relatives near Wayside last week.
Mrs. W. G. Kerce and Utile daughter
Edith, returned to their home here
Friday, after several days’ vacation
spent at Everett Springs.
Mrs. Mary Mclllian, of Atlanta, was
the pleasant guest of Mrs. L. A, Kerce
Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Byars and small
son, were in Rome Friday on business.
Miss Minnie Lee Wiseman Is on the
sick list this week.
Miss Gladys Dodd, of Whitehall, Ala.,
is expected at the home of Mr. John
Fowler, where she will spend her sum
mer vacation.
Miss Ozella Byars and Mrs. Minnje
Bing were the pleasant guests Sunday
of Mrs. Ernest Teague and Miss Elsie
Kerce.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Taylor a nd son
Fpank, and Mr. and Mrs Jesse Taylor
and children were dinner guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Will Taylor, of Snow Springs
Sunday.
Miss Autha Hopkins, of Cartersvllle,
is visiting near Wayside.
Newlyweds Discover
They’re Not Married
A fake marriage occurred near Toc
coa, Ga., In May that recently came to
light.
A couple went to the court house in
an adjoining county and obtained a
marriage license. After securing the
necessary papers i they sought a min
ister to perform the ceremony. As
they came out of the court house they
met a man who had the air of a min
ister, and the groom asked if he would
marry them. The answer was in the
affirmative and the man proceeded to
tie the knot.
Some time last week a friend was
visiting the newlyweds and the ques
tion came up about a marriage certifi
cate. The newly marries ouple did not
have one and went to the court house
and asked the ordinary if he would give
them one. The obliging ordinary went
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to look over the records to find the
details of the marriage as it appeared
on the records.
To his surprise there were no rec
ords made. The license had not been
returned for record.
An investigation revealed that the
man wha performed the ceremony was
not a minister. The matter was passed
to the judge of the court, who advised
them that there was nothing to do but
to be married, again by one authorized
to do the job. They sought out a min.
ister and the job was done again.
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KISS PRESSURE IS
TO BE MEASURED
German Savant Hopes to Come to
America With interesting
Machine.
Paris. —Girls, what is your kiss pres
sure?
Prof. Shumack. a great savant of
strasburg, has just invented a delicate
instrument to record kiss pressure. He
Is thinking about coming to America
to show the machine.
“I think I might get some wonderful
results in Los Angeles if I could get a
test—out of some movie actresses who
make 1,000-yard kisses for the Amer
ican pictures,'' the professor said in
an interview, mournfully adding that
they probably would break the ma
chine.
A really valuable scientific discovery
made by Prof. Schmack is that the
biood pressure of man when kissing a
No 801 l Weevil!
Big Crops“ Cheap Land
WOULD you like to live in Lamb County,
Texas, where boll weevil is unknown
and where one man can farm 100 acres of cotton?
Would you like to own a farm in Lamb
County—just like land in this county, where
40 to 50 bales are being raised on 100 acres?
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places—if so write us today.
The Halsell Ranch Is Now Being Subdivided
Here is anew farming country with every
advantage. Corn and wheat can be raised as
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and Hog country—Abundance of good water.
This Land Is On or Near the Santa Fe Railroad
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woman immediately leaped from 130 to
160 units, while a woman's rarely ad
vanced beyond 119, and generally flut
tered coldly around 100.
Dr. Schmack’s method is simply a
test of blood pressure before, during
and after the osculation.
He also discovered that he secured
better results at night than at day, and
with lovers than with ordinary people.