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Established 1S44. THE PRESS AND BANNER ABBEVILLE, S. C. The Press and Banner Company Published Tri-Weekly Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Entered as second-class matter at post office in Abbeville, S. C. Terms of Subscription: Foreign Advertising Representative | AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 1922 MORE WEEVIL ADVICE. It will not hurt anyone we think to have all the light possible on the boll oroovil mietrHnn. Mr. D. R. Coker of One Year Six Months Three Months $2.00 $1.001, .50 , Hartsville contributes an article on the subject in The State of today. It is worth reading. Mr. Coker is one of the most progressive farmers in the state. He is largely interested in farming and is, we believe, a disin terested adviser of the people of the state. As The State suggests he is a man who does not rush at conclu sions and speaks only after investi gation. For that reason we believe his article worth reproducing in these columns. There are many advantages con nected with the treatment of cotton with the calcium arsenate poison as suggested by Mr. Coker. For one thing the poison may be applied dur ing the day, as suggested in the arti cle, and without expensive machin ery. But the greatest advantage comes to the farmer in the matter of expense in applying the poison in this way. Mr. Coker thinks that for ten to twenty cents per acre me mw- i lasses mixture may be applied. If so this is much cheaper than the dust ing method. The Press and Banner has not suf ficient facts at hand to advise tttr farmers to follow one method rather than another. We are inclined to fol low the Department of Agriculture, * but where this is impossible, we would certainly suggest to the readers of this paper that what Mr. Coker says is worth considering. If we could not apply poison by dusting we think we would try the molasses route, ine cost, as stated, is so little that this method must at least be in the reach of everybody. Mr. Coker's article is as follows: "As boll weevils are now reported in greater or less quantities on near-1 ly every farm in the state, and, asL the weather thus far has been ideal! X J-V. j 2A. 1 1 2? I ior iireir propagation, ii iuuks as u there is small chance of producing a fair cotton crop, unless some cheap and effective method of checking them is found and put into effect im mediately. I have heretofore recommended that the farmers experiment with a mixture of calcium arsenate and mo lasses. having both experienced and heard of good results from this treat ment and knowing that the expense of the use of this mixture is so small that failure to secure results would not mean a heavy loss. During the past few days I have become thoroughly convinced that this treatment is extremely effective. Friday, June 9, on our pedigreed * seed farm, 11 live active weevils were placed on a few stalks of cotton upon which a few drops of the mo lasses mixture had been placed. A few hours later our experimenters found eight dead weevils and no live ones on these stalks. On May 30 J. W. Goodson treated half of a field with this mixture and on June 5 he carefully examined this field and found hundreds of weevils on the un treated cotton and very few on the treated cotton. He is absolutely con vincea 01 tne great value ot tnis treatment as are Randolph Gillespie, George Newsom and Geo W. Threatt of this section, A. H. Rogers of Soci ety Hill and R. Lee Bass of Lanes, all of whom have made tests with this mixture. In fact I know of no test that has been made which failed to result in killing a high per cent, of the weevils on the treated cotton. I believe that if every farmer will make an application of the calcium arsenate-molasses mixture this week, he will make a great deal more cotton than otherwise. Weevils are already puncturing the forms on the old cot ton and these should be carefully picked up. Additional applications of tne molasses mixture snouia De ap plied at least once per week for the I next four weeks and oftener if -wash ed off by rain. Take two pounds of calcium arse nate, mix thoroughly with half gallon of warm water and then add one gal lon of molasses (the cheapest black-( strap is best), applying to the cotton with a mop. A drop or two in the bud of each plant is sufficient. A very small quantity appears to be as ef fective as a large quantity. The main thing is to get it on at once and get it properly distributed. After the :otton is two or thjree feet tall a mix :ure of 2 1-2 gallons of molasses, 7 1-2 gallons of water and 104pounds 3f arsenate may be applied with a ?pray pump. We got good results ivith this mixture last year, using an -irfhnrH cnrav nnmn with fivp nnzzpls aasily covering 40 acres per day. For some reason the extension bu reau is not recommending the use of the calcium arsenate-molasses mix ture in fighting the weevil, although a circular issued by B. R. Coad of the lallulah laboratory and dated July 6, 1921, shows this method to be a most effective means of early season con L 1 J on/) *5 1_ urui unuei" udiii uwiiuiwwwo though the dusting method recom mended by them produced most dis astrous results in some instances in this section last year. In view of the abundant evidence of the effective ness of the calcium arsenate-molasses treatment and especially in view of the fact that its use involves an ex penditure of only ten cents to 20 cents per acre for materials per ap plication and can be mixed and ap plied by any tenant farmer, I cannot understand their attitude, which is still more difficult for me to under stand because the dusting method recommended bv them involves a cost of several dollars per acre for poison, an expensive machine and night work; a combination which is, under present conditions, entirely out of the reach of the average tenant farmer and of many land owners. With the evidence at hand, I thuik it probable that if the calcium arse nate-molasses treatment is applied to every acre of cotton in the state four times during the next month, it may result in an increase of at least a quarter million bales to the crop of the state this year. Out of a class of twenty-six graduates in the Abbeville high school all but two have decided to enter college. The two, one is unde cided and the other says she is go ing to teach school. That is a fine percentage.._ Newberry Herald and News. SEED CORN. Mexican June Corn is best for late slanting. Shipment just arrived. The Rosenberg Mercantile Co. cdcp J1 La\s .. ..FC SATURDAY,. 9 flono Pir*i\r Qo 1 mn-n 2 Cans No. 2 Red Cher] 6 packages Sunmaid Se 6 Bars Clean Easy Soai 16 bars, large size, Oct; 6 Bars Stonall Octagon S 1 No. 2 can Rosedale D< Large size Van Camp's Large size can Van Car Small can Pet Evanoral Large can Pet Evapora 2 packages 1 lb. Argo St 5 Gallon Kerosene Oil.. 24 lbs. White House Pig 24 lbs. Sunflower Self-ri Call us for prices. We prices on all Grocer PHON WE WILL BE GLAD T. W. M SOUTH MAIN ST. ABBEVILLE WEEVILS ARE BOLL WEEVILS M. B. Reese has handed the Press w and Banner the following letter re- c? ceived from A. F. Conradi of Clem- t< son College. Mr. Reese sent a S sample of the weevils infesting the cotton fields around Abbeville with - 4-V.i-v floriarfmon + c+o +?? a request ui?i< whether they were boll weevils or not. Mr. Conradi says that they are boll weevils: Mr. M. B. Reese, Abbeville, S. C., Dear Sir: *TT I--*-. "Anv 1 oHnr r\-f +V?q T+Vt We Ili?VC JUUI vi ul<, ,u. together with insects which are boll weevils. So far as the effect of this insect on the crop is concerned we will say that this is difficult to forecast. If the weather condition remains wet, then we may expect very seri ous damage to the cotton crop by the boll weevil, while on the other hand dry weather may set in which may reduce this pest to where a crop can be made regardless of its presence. On many of the fields where cot ton is very young in addition to thel boll weevils there axe cow pea pod weevils and in most cases these are in the majority. We are enclosing herewith a letter which we prepared last week for the press which covers the situation. Very truly yours, A. F. Conradi, Entomologist and Collaborator of Bureau. Current Suggestions on The Boll 11/ :i 1. The majority of the weevils E now reported in many of the cotton g fields of the state are cow pea pod weevils which axe of only a tempo rary injury. On very young cotton we recommend the delay of chop ping until the main attack is over, i Cotton should he cultivated thor- v oughly and frequently as soon as i: far enough advanced. s 2. The bulk of cotton in this f state being made by share croppers, t we suggest the picking of weevils at this time by women and children not. otherwise employed. We do not recommend the use of high priced labor for this work. e Where poisoning is attempted we a recommend the following schedule: 8 iMake the first application imme diately after fruiting begins. Make the next application when 10 to 15 percent of the squares have been punctured, followed by two appli- 1 0 cations four days apart. In carefully conducted tests the only profit secured so far was ob- c tained with calcium arsenate dry powder properly applied, and for IALS >R June 17th 25c. ries 25c. _Jl r*p" jeuiess naisins .... *oc. 3 25c. igon Soap $1.00 loap 25c. ssserc reacnes zz i-zc,.. Pork and Beans .. 25c tips Peanut Butter 25c. ;ed Milk 5c. ,ted Milk 10c. ;arch 15c. 70c. Lin Flour.... $1.05 ising Flour $1.10 : can give you the best ies. Why pay more. E 408 TO SERVE YOU. ARTIN PHONE 408 I WATER ANALYSIS Charleston, June 14.?Sanitary ater analysis No. 2752 of water re ;ived June 8th, 1922 from superin jndent of water supply, Abbeville, . C.: Parts per million Color Chlorine Free Ammonia 5.00 7.00 0.01 Albuminoid Ammonia 0.02 Nitrogen as Nitrites 0.00 Nitrogen as Nitrates 0.10 Total Solids 97.00 Bacterial Analysis. Bacterial indications of contamina on?Negative. Remarks: Analyses indicate water j be oi gooa quanry ana iree irom ontamination. Respectfully submitted, F. L. Parker, M. D. PICKS UP WEIGHT. J. H. Whaley hauled a bale of cot on for D. H. Hill from his back ard to the Farmers Warehouse last reek. The cotton had been lying out ince fall and weighed 1017 pounds, iriginally it would have tipped the cale in the neighborhood of 500 ounds. When sorted Mr. Hill had bout-220 pounds of good cotton. TfiALS CLOTH AT THE COUNTY FARM Ike Jones, a negro who has serv d five years on the chain gang, and iter a 30 day term in Aaderson, ame back to Abbeville and stole ome cloth at the County Farm. For his he was sentenced Monday norning by Magistrate McComlb to 10 days. WITH <>HFRARn RTMVTHF.RS 'Harry Loftis of Brevard, N. C., 3 in Abbeville and can be found irith Sherard Brothers. Mr. Loftis 3 a brother of Mrs. Courtney Wil on and has lived in Abbeville be ore, and has many friends who will e glad to know he is back again. ICE CREAM FREEZERS. A complete stock of "Alaska" and North Star" Freezers. These freez rs are made of the best materials, nd will give years of satisfactory ervice. 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