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POISONING TH E BOLL WEEVIL Extensive Trials Show That Calcium Arsenate' Properly Applied Is a Profitable Means of Controlling the Boll WeevilMethod Perfected by Government Experts. ' C. A. Whittle Soil Improvement Committee. &V- ' Calcium arsenate, the boll weevil poison, was applied to more than 100,000 acres of cotton in Mississippi, ' * * ? A ?Tavo O Hnr. JLOUlSicUici, ArJcvaXlbttS auu x ing the season of 1919, under the direction of government experts. The results obtained lead them to state that a saving of 500 pounds of seed & V cotton to the acre were not an unusual matter, and, in some cases, as much as 1,000 pounds were protected from the weeviL These savings have been made at an outlay of from $6.00 to $10.00 per ,acre, which includes cost of materials, labor and reasonable charge for depreciation of machinery. At the price at which cotton is now selling this would indicate that it is well worth while to poison the boll weevil. It is advised by those who have per* fected this means of holding the weevil in check that the additional cost of growing cotton should not be assumed * on very low yielding acres, therefore cotton should be grown on the better land and be fertilized so as to pro* duce maximum yields. In combatting the weevil with poison, it is not possible to exterminate it, but the object is to control it so! that they will not destroy more squares ! 'it , .J XI ..11 XI 1J x ,, ! ui uutj uuiiuu nielli wuuiu uaiurany P':.; sited. This, it has been found,, can b? done, thus assuring the farmer that he can grow a full crop under boll S|V\-.y weevil conditions. When to Begin Poisoping ? Poison is not applied until about C.-; 10 to 15 per cent of the squares havej been punctured. The time to begin v can be determined- by going into the field in various places, counting a hundred squares taking all on each; plant, and if ten to fifteen out of. : * . each 100 is destroyed, the spraying j can begin. In large fields it is fre-! quently found that the weevils be* gin near the woods. The! poisoning! should begin there and need not be |v; pot all over the field until the inpr ; floatation has extended to all parts of V / it \ LUTHER MAY JOIN NATIONALS. Mm . . ?r~ ; Washington Americans Fail to Get Former Carlisle Pitcher. i The Newberry Herald and News tells of the chance "Punk*' Luther, a: Columbia boy pitclrng for Newberry ?-college, has just declined to goto the 'l-: \ Washington American League club. \ Luther, after pitching for Columbia high school, did good work in prep W. school ranks at Carlisle school, Bam;berg, and has been a star at New??->' berry college for two years. The j Herald and News says: Under the heading, "Griff's May Get College Pitcher," the Washing* ton Post of April 1 contained the following interesting item: f y- . ' v "Another pitcher may be added to ~ ' the Washington roster soon. Joe En8?1? demon scout, will gp to Newt berry college tomorrow to look over a youngster named Luther. Frank y Ellerby's brother told Griffith today that Luther, a right hander, is about ready for trial in the big show. He V has been standing batters hereabouts on their heads. Joe has authority to bring the lad back if he looks as if he may go in the majors." The next day The Post carried the following still more interesting para8%S??: } graph: " ' Punk' Luther, the young Newberry college pitching star, has turned down an offer from the Washington club. Luther has two more years of study ahead ana wishes to complete his education before playing professionally." In deciding to complete his education in the face of so tempting an offer, the young student in question has determined wisely and well. Not everyone would have come to the same conclusion. A college student who does .this deserves the highest praise. All right thinking people will give him credit. The Herald and News likes to record sane acts, especially at a time'when the whole r v* - , world seems crazy. ? H?? ? Not So Bad. The nervy young officer sat down at a table in the vegetarian restaurant. "Crushed nut. sir?" asked the waitress, handing him the menu of the day. "No, no; shell-shock," he replied. ?London Tit-Bits. ^ i>i ^ Reasons for Matrimony. Some fellows marry poor girls to settle down. Others marry rich girls to settle up.?The Jester. COXFKDKRACV I'XLIKK IRELAND. Declares South Insulted by Such a Comparison. Atlanta. Ga., April 21.?In a statement issued here today, X. B. Forrest, commander in "chief of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, criticised recent utterances of Premeir Lloyd George of Great Britain, in connection with the Irish question, in which Lloyd George compared the Irish Republic to the Southern Confederacy and Eamon de Valera, now touring the South, to Jefferson Davis. ' Resolutions condemning the remarks of Lloyd George were adopted at a meeting of the executive officers of the Sons of Confederate Veterans in Washington last week, according to Mr. Forrest, who said: "In comparing the Irish Republic to the Southern Confederacy, and de " ? ? Turrit? T ln-tra V cllBFcl tO J^ii^lSUU l/avio, uxv^u r George has offered, unconsciously; perhaps, a gratuitous insult to the Southern States in the American \ \ Union and to the splendid sons of the Southern Confederacy who fought and distinguished themselves on the fields of France in the World War. It is remarkable that a statesman holding the high office of premier of Great Britain should be so ignorant of the political history of America. "Ireland has not the status of an independent. state as was the case with the American colonies. Ireland has not been a self-determining Republic. De Valera, without discrediting his status, is not the elected president of a confederation of States, called as was Jefferson Davis, to the high office. There is no parallel in which/the status of the so-called Republic of Ireland and that of its president correspond to the Southern Confederacy and its chief executive." O Itl Ireland Wins. "Talking of hens," remarked the American visitor, "reminds me of an old hen my dad once had. She would hatch out anything from a tennis-ball to a lemon. Why, one day she sat on a piece of ice and hatched out two U 9 9 q,uarts Ui 11U L nai,ci. , "Tjhat doesn't, come up to a clubfooted hen my mother once had,"'remarked the Irishman. "They had been feeding her by mistake on sawdust instead of oatmeal. Well, sor, she laid twelve eggs and*sat on them, and when they hatched eleven of the chickens had wooden legs and thetwelfth was a woodpecker!"?London Tit-Bits. m tmt Brings It Out. "I'm making money selling mice," said the bald-headdd man. 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