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POPQT.Aa COUNTY ggNTTWBL, BOUQLAgVILLE OEQgQIA.
DUSTING FOR BOLL
SUBJECT OF EXPEOiM
State Entomologist Reports Results of Use of
Calcium Arsenate in Mississippi and Lou
isiana—Will Determine Value in
Georgia by Investigation
State Entomologist A. C. Lewis and
Assistant Entomologist D. C. Warren
have just returned fron a trip to Lou
isiana and Mississippi, wher6 they
went to investigate dusting with cal
cium arsenate tor the control of the
boll weevil. Mr. Lewis reports that
much valuable information was se
cured, which will be of great assist
ance to the department in the ex
tensive experiments they are going
to conduct this year on dusting for
the control of the boll weevil.
Prof. B. R. Coad, who has charge
of this work in Louisiana and Missis
sippi, informed them thut in their plot
work conducted at Scott, Miss.,
1917, a substantial increase of seed
cotton per acre was made. They also
stated th difference between the plots
that were dusted and those that were
not, was clearly visible to the eye.
From four to six applications were
applied at intervals of one week
At Scott, Miss., they visited the
Delta Planting and Pine Co. Plan
tation, of which J. W. Fox is
general manager. In 1918 this corn
pany dusted several thousand acres
of cotton, and they figured from the
cost account that the operation cost
them $7.50 per acre. As no check
plots were left, Mr. Fox could not say
just what increase waB secured from
dusting. He stated, however, that on
the whole plantation last year the
average yield of cotton was 392
pounds of lint per acre. On one field
of 21 acres, where the weevil infes-
tatior was very heavy, they dusted
four times and made 23 bales of cot
ton
Not Afraid of the Weevil
This plantation will have 13 power
machines and 100 hand machines in
operation this yeai\ They do not fig
ure on dusting more than one-third
of their acreage unless the weevil in
festation becomes heavy. I asked Mr.
Fox if he was afraid the weevil would
put them out of business. He said
he did not fear the boll weevil now,
for he believed from their experience
and from the observations he had
made elsewhere, that the weevil collide
be successfuly and economically con
trolled by dusting with calcium arse
nate.
At Rosedale, Miss., they visited the
Alexander Scott Plantation, where
laat year 2,000 acres were dusted. ,No
cost account was kept of this work
and no checks were left, so they could
not state exactly; the increase secur
ed from dusting. Mr. Scott expressed
himself as very well satisfied with the
results, and stated he would not grow
cotton without dusting any more than
he would conduct his business with
out insurance. He estimated hi®
last year on 400 acres that were dusted
at 50 bales.
It should be remembered, however,
that in the Delta country of Missis
sippi, the Conditions under which cot-
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ton is grown are very different from
what they are here. Their land is
rich, has the ability .to produce a high
yield of cotton under normal condi
tions. They do not use any fertilizer,
and hence can afford to spend from
$7.00 to $12.00 per acre on dusting
the” cotton for the control of the boll
weevil; and if they make a yield of
. one-half to three-fourths of a bale per
acre, they make a <profit.
It should also be remembered that
moisture seems to have a great ef
fect on the efficiency of the dust con
trolling the boll weevil. In that sec
tion the dews are heavy at night and
the air is calm. Heretofore the appli
cations have been applied at night,
but this year, on account of the dif
ficulties encountered in night work,
the applications will be made very
early in Che morning and late in the
evening.
Results Are Promising
While the results so far secured
from dusting with calcium arsenate
are very promising, the work is still
in the experimental stage. The ma
chinery for applying the dust has not
been perfected as it should be. The
amount to apply ^er acre, the time of
application, numbei of applications
and the interval between the applica
tions will all have to be worked out
more completely than they are at
present.
Another of the questions that will
require much work is whether the
calcium arsbnate had better be used
alone or mixed with some carrier,
such as lime or sulphur, or both. At
present it is apparently advisable to
use the straight calcium arsenate, ap
plying it at the rate of 5 to 6 pounds
per acre, and make 4 to 6 applications,
at intervals of one week. The dust
ing should not be begun until at least
10 to 15 per cent of the squares are
infested. This should be determined
by actual count of at least 100 or
200 squares in different sections of
the field.
Anyone desiring to experiment with
dusting for the control of the boll wee
vil this season should tear in mind
that a high grade of calcium arsenate
must be used. It should conform to
the following specifications. It should
contain:
Not less than 40% Arsenic Pentox-
ide,
Not more than 0.75% water solu
ble Arsenic Pentoxide,
Density not less than 80, or more
than 100 cu. in. per pound.
They have found that the calcium
arsenate must come up to this stand
ard in order to give satisfactory con
trol of the weevil and not injure the
plants. Hence, anyone who purchases
calcium arsenate should determine
that it meets the above specifications.
Advice Is to Go 8low
The State Entomologist advises the
farmers to go slow with this work this
year and carry on only experimental
work on a small scale, using a hand
gun to apply the poison. It is diffi
cult to secure calcium arsenate of the
proper specifications, and it is also
almost impossible to secure power ma
chines. By conducting the work on
a small scale this year they can de
termine for themselves whether it will
pay to dust for the boll weevil in
Georgia or not. Dust the heaviest
infested field and leave check plot
of one acre so tnat you can determine
when the cotton ie gathered whether
you have controlled the weevil and in
creased the yield enough to pay for
the cost incurred'
The same effective control of the
boll weevil from dusting may not be
secured in Georgia even where the
same' material and method of apply
ing are used. Another important fac
tor to be determined before the work
is conducted very extensively by the
average farmer, is whether enough in
crease in yield can be secured under
Georgia conditions to make a profit
by dusting for tyie control of the
boll weevil.
The Board of Entomology will con
duct extensive experiments this sea
son to determine what methods and
materials will give the best results
in Georgia. They are in hopes that
by another year some definite recom
mendations can be made in regard to
controlling the boll weevil by dusting.
The machinery will also be tested out
this, season and no doubt many im
provements made so that more effect
ive machines for applying the dust
may be secured.
For special advice or recommenda
tions in regard to controlling the boll
weevil, and other insects, address A.
C. Lewis, State. Entomologist, At
lanta, Ga.
Hard soap, useu at 1 the rate of one
pound to six to eight gallops of water
has always been recommended for 6
spray against soft bodied sucking in
sects like plant lice. This soap should
be shaved with a sharp knife and dis
solved in the water.
Recently the lecommendation to use
from one to two pounds of hard soap
to fifty ga.lons of other sprays has
become quite general. The reason for
this is that the soap makes the spray
material spread more evenly on the
tree and improves the sticking quali
ties of the spray.
An even spread and a good stick
are two very essential qualities of any
spray mixture. As the soap gives
these qualities and does not react
chemically with the usual spray ma
terials, it is most advisable to
it to the common sprays when using
them in the garten or in the orchard.
In small quantities add one ounce
to the gallon of spray. Formulas of
the various sprays and instructions on
how to use them °an be : r otten by
writing the Georgia State College of
Agriculture, Athens, Ga.
8ELF FEEDER8.
[National Crop Improvement Service.]
Hog raisers with self feeders cant
keep more hogs than they could oth
erwise. The members of the boys’ pig
club and the county agent should con
fer with the lumber yard and prepare
plans and specifications which will
avoid many of the evils incident to the
average feeder built without thought.
In some counties building bees have
been held by the county agent and In
one county nearly a thousand self
feeders of the proper kind were built,
which caused an immediate Increase
of 2,600 more hogs on account of the
labor saving effected.
NO ANARCHY IN
FORD’S VIEWS
BISHOP WILLIAMS TESTIFIES IN
THE $1,000,000 LIBEL CASE
AGAIN8T TRIBUNE.
WON’T TELL “HALF-TRUTHS”
Noted Divine Says If Manufacturer’s
Theories Are Anarchistic Then
He Is In Danger Of Becom
ing Anarchist Himself.
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Mt. Clemens, Mich.—The Chicago
Tribune rested its defense in the
$l,00u,000 libel suit which Henry Ford
has brought against it after spending
seven weeks and two days in attempt
ing to prove that it was justified in
calling the manufacturer an “anar
chist.” The 12th week of the trial
opened with Ford counsel offering re
buttal testimony against The Tri
bunes defense.
The first witness for Mr. Ford was
the itt. Rev. Charles D. Williams, D.
D., Episcopal bishop of Michigan, who
appeared on the stand iu rebuttal of
the testimony of Prof. J. 3. Reeves,
.professor of pollticul science in the
University of Michigan who had pre
viously teatittod that Henry Ford’s
views were distinctly anarchistic.
Bishup Williams said that Mr.
Ford’s views were far from being
anarchistic and were, in fact, Chris
tian, common and often commonplace.
The Bishop refused to be led by
Trlbuue couusel In his answers and
insisted on telliug “the whole truth.”
Asked whether he thought Henry
Ford's declaration that all aruildB
should be disbanded, all navies de
stroyed and all material of war con
verted Into cominerical Implements
was anarchistic, the witness answer
ed:
Would Be Good World.
"1 could quote a half-dozen pas
sages from Scripture thut express al
most that idea. 1 should say that the
muin theme of these statements by
Henry Ford are distinctly Christian,
.^ouly preached In Christian pul
pits and that if thay were lived up to
this would be a pretty good Christian
world.” /
"Bishop,” asked Tribune counsel,
“do you believe that Mr. Ford has
quoted, ‘patriotism Is the laat resort
of a scoundrel.’ ”
“I huve often said ad,” responded
the witness. “I have often seen It so.”
Concerning the doctrine of non-
resistance Bishop Williams declared
he did not believe In such a theory
but that many Christians did. ..
“It la the belief of anarchists,” said
Tribune counsel.
’‘' s ¥es r and ftfe belief oil Christiana.'
“Will you be good, enough to ans
wer the question,” retorted counsel.
“Anarchists say that and Christ
ians say that. I am afraid I am going
to tell the whole truth.”
“Now Bishop—”
Would Tell Whole Truth.
.“I am going to tell the whole
truth.”
“You are telling something 1 have
not asked you to tell. 1
“You have not asked me for the
whole truth. 1 have to follow my con
science. I am a simple man."
“I am afraid,” continued the Bishop,
“that If this Is anarchy I agree with It
mostly.”
Ford counsel then called William
A. Dunning, professor of history and
political philosophy in Columbia Uni
versity, to testify concerning Mr.
Ford’s theories and utterances.
“When Henry Ford,” said counsel,
“said that we should stop talking *•
bout one faotory, one state and one
country and begin to talk about the
world, was he preaching the doctrine
of anarchy T”
“No that Is the general thought of
cosmopolitanism — human incluslve-
nsss; it has perm .id all speculation
on political philosophy ever since
there was such a philosophy.”
“Is there anything peculiarly auar.
chlstlo about itf'
“No”
“Is It In any way essential to anar
chism?”
“No.”
“Mr. Ford also satd that he believed
humanity oould make mistakes but
could do nothing worse; he said he
. believed . everything tended toward
thi* goo^C and that even the teirlble
iiot\d war would result in blessing to
wortd. U there anything aaarohistio
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