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UNUSUAL ABUNDANCIO OF HOLL Weevils Tills Spring Necessitate Keino Modification in l'oison Methods. (Hy H. R. Goad and 0. A. .Malonoy, of tho Delta Laboratory, Tallulah, La.) For the past few wooks wo bavo beon accumulating records on ibo emergence of tho boll weevil from nearly all of tho cotton States, anil aro buding universally, as wo fore casted some months ago, that th?! number of over-wintered weevils is far greater than usual; in fact, in many districts where accurate counts bavo boon made it has been found that wo bavo in tho fields now .is many weevils as are ordinarily pres ent a mouth later, when tho iirst SUinmor-brod brood has started to Uppear, With anything like normal weather conditions this is fuiiiiK to moan a tremendously rapid Increase ill tho weevil tlailitlgO, and this will have au important bearing on the j program lo bo followed hy those us ing calcium arsenate for tho control ol' tho weevil. In the first place, it should bo re membered that we recoin mend start ing poisoning when from ten to ilf loon per cent ol' tho cotton squares haye boen punctured by tho weevil. As a general rule this condition does not arise until alter tho liowly .brod weevils have started to emerge from the Squares. This year, however, wo have found many Holds whero Ibero aro already sufficient weevils present to destroy practically all squares as fast as formed. In other words, such cotton will never start blooming un less tho weevils aro controlled, and from the very offset 5 0 per cent or moro of the squares aro punctured. Under such conditions it is undoubt edly going to be necessary to poison earlier than ever before. Of course, there is no advantage In poisoning tho cotton before tho squares form. as tho weevils aro continuing to emerge from hibernation during tjiis period, and furthermore they are do ing tho crop no harm. However, Whore such n heavy infestation oc curs it will be advisable to make the Iirst application just is soon as the colt m starts squaring freely, or at about Go' lime the plains average | from four to live square, each. The regular poisoning schedule should be started ai that time and continued along i lie lin>-; or the usual recom mendations for controlling ibis early in l'est a lion ol' WOOVilS. Another very important effect of this heavy Infestation will lie foll la ter in ?lu- season. When the weevils iirst om ergo from hibernation and reach the cotton Held 'hey move around very little as long a ? they can Pud an amide supply ol' uiiplincturod BU na rc? for their iiso, hut Jtist ns soon as ie'- Infestation becomes su Indently heavy to punetnro practlcallly ail tho squares these weevils .-'act to move ii? search of fresh pastures, la aa ordinary season ibis means thal you usually have only thc weevils bred in your own cotton fo contend with until some time from the latter pari of ,1 uly to : be last of N ugusl. di pend ing on the locality. This year, how over, this movement of migration of weevils will probably .-tart several woe ks earli.-r than usual. Conse quently ll will noi only be necessary for you to .-tan poisoning earlier lo control your own infestation, but you should also expect that, before you have had time to maturo the fruit which your plants have set during this period of protection, you will be gin to experience an immigration of weevils from un poisoned cotton. Of ocurso, this condition would not arise I* every one in a district was success fully poisoning bis cotton; hut. this will not be tho case this year, and Just as soon as all squares in the un poisoned crops aro punctured tho migration to the poisoned holds will commence. This means that every day a larg? crop of new weevils will move Into these poisoned Heids, and it is going to take continuous, thor ough poisoning to protect to matur ity the crop which has been allowed to sot by the earlier applications. These two facts mean just this: Successful weevil control this year Is going to require more effort and more poison per acre than bas ever been the case in the piist. On the other band, wherever the land is BU dicion! ly fertile to justify such an effort, there is much more assurance of profil from the operation than is usually the case. The increase in ibo cost per acre brought about hy tho lneieased number of applications nec essary will be far more than compon sal od for by the fact that thc weevil damage without poisoning will bo far greater than normal, and thus thc margin of profit on thc operation ls tremendously increased, in other words, a heavy weevil infestation such as wo have this year moans a greater expenditure per aero for poi soning to successfully control lt, but lt. also means a greator actual net profit in dollars and cents pox aero from tho poisoning operations. Holl Weevils Work iu Wet Weather. | So Must tlie Cotton lHantei*. d', s. Dopartmont of Agriculture Pross Service.) If you expect to whip tho boll woe vll lu a fair fight you have got to show as much energy as ho cloos Which means that, though tho opera tion may bo both difficult and un pleasant, poisoning must bo done, oven when tho plants are wot and the ground muddy, so says tho United States Department of Agriculture with regard to poisoning tho weevil with calcium arsenate. Tho depart ment has found that, during tho crlt Icnl stage, tho poisoning should he dene ut intervals of about four day?. Two or three applications, mudo in good weather, may have got the wee vils under control. Thou there conies a rainy spell and tho funner lets tho limo for poisoning pass willie bo is wailing for fair weather. Hut that ls exactly tho limo when the weevil ls busiest. The numbers are likely to Increase so rapidly that the control already gained is lost, in that event tho weevil inflicts about as much damago As if no poisoning had been done, and tho farmer loses, i:i addi tion, what ho bas spent in poisoning operations. The only way lo provpnt that sort of result is to let wei wea ther in ter foro ns little as posslblo with poisoning operations. Si ii i; to the schedule, the department says, regardless of weather conditions. Thc department realizes, of ? ourse, that poisoning cannot bo done in tho pouring rains, but the farmer, the specialists urgo, should take advant age of the earliest opportunity to get back into the Held after the rain, that he should make every effort to get tho cotton again dusted regularly, even though fair weather does not seem certain. Ho cnn afford, they say, to put on poison even In unset tled weather. It may bo washed off again shortly; but, on tho other hand, thc weather, even when it looks most threatening, may stay fair long enough to allow weevil control to op el ate. Every farmer, it is pointed out, must expect to lose some poison hy rain, but the operation is sufficiently 1 rolltablo lo justify it. Calm Atmosphere Most Important in Applying Calcium A resent? te for Poisoning Doll Weevils. (U. S. Department of Agriculture I'ress Service.) A calm atmosph?re is thc most lm portani thing lo be considered when applying calcium arsenate to cotton lo control tho boll weevil-more Im portant than dew or oilier moisture on the cotton plants, rbis statement is made by tho specialists of the Uni ted States Department of Agriculture who, at tho Delta Laboratory ul Tal lulah, La., worked out. the calcium arsenate system of control. Success depends, they point out, on gening all the plan! surfaces thoroughly cov ered with tho line particles of poison dust. Tho dust comes but of the ma chine i:i a'cloud and hangs in ihe air foi some timo before settling. If tho j Wind blows during : his time, much of ii never settle.*] >vhoro it ls wanted, l ui drills beyond the cotton to other crops or to wood patches,, or is dis sipated by the wind, lt is not always possible, of course, to get a perfectly, calm atmosphere at tho lime tho dust ing must be done, bul tho specialists urge (hat tho absence of wind be made a primary consideration. Poison Weevils Karly-Commence ns Cotton Begins to Square. (Clemson College Bulletin.) Clemson College, Juno 30. - Tho general recommendation ls to start cotton dusting with calcium arsenate when from 10 to 15 per cent of tho cotton squares havo been punctured by the weevil. In the average year this condition would arlso after tho first generation of weevils have emerged from tho squares, but this year we have most unusual condi tions, states Prof. A. P. Conrad!, en tomologist, in advising earlier poi soning, because of the heavy weevil infestation. We have had practically four mild winters, the last winter being espe cially mild, enabling the boll weevil lo pass tho winter most successfully. At this time wo have a condition in this State which in normal years would occur a month later. The weevils in some fields are sufficiently numerous to puncture practically every square that forms, and for this reason the first application of poison is recommended when tho cotton bas set from tbreo to five squares, nftor Which tho regular schedulo as here tofore recommended is followed. (Attention is called In this letter from Clemson College to tho Tallulah Laboratory articles, which aro print ed above, and boneo omitted from tho body of the Clemson letter.) Cold? Cause Grip and Influenza LAXATIVE DROMO QUININE Tablet? remove th? causo. There ls only ono "Bromo Quinine." E.W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. Isinglass is mado from the air blad der of certain species of fish. ?j? oj? ?j? ?j? "#? ?j? ?j? .?* ?j? ?I? ??? ?J^ J. k?KPING A RECORD OF *fr I* LAHOR. 4* ?.i* *?J *I* *i* *I* .!* * I* *I* "I* *I* *?* *l4 Clomson College, June 29.-"Right now ls tho timo to be keeping up with tho amount and cost ot labor rS on farms, lt ls not too lato for a farmer to begin keeping a labor rec ord on his crops for tho year, as ho can remember fairly well tho plant ing operations and record them, and from now until tho end of Hie season keep tho record as ho goos, says W. C. Jonsen, assistant professor of ag ronomy. Forms.-NTo special forms aro nec essary. Ono can rule off columns in a simple record book for tho purpose ur else use loose sheets. Labor of Crops,-Tho bondings of tho columns for each crop should be as follows: Dato. Operation. .Man, Hours. Horse, Hours. The work should be reduced to a one-man, one-mule basis-that is. If a than and two mulei worked ten hours, outer ten man-hours and twen ty mule-hours. Labor on Livestock.-The' timo re quired to cure for work? stock end livestock may bo kept with the same form as above, but only the column of operation is omitted. Applying the Labor Record Fig ures.-The record will show how many hours a crop or a herd of cows takes. This varies exceedingly, cot ton requiring about 120 man-hours, apples 175 man-hours and oats 10 man-hours per acre, while the care of a dairy cow requires about 150 man-hours per year. Whatever num ber of lion rs is found is placed in pro portion to tho total hours of labor as X is to the total cost of labor, X be ins tho cost of labor on .the crop or class of stock that one is considering. A Simple case will illustrate: If a farm puts in 20,000 man-hours, 5.000 being on cotton, and tho total labor cost is $3,000, then 5,000 ls to 20,000 as X is to 3,000, or $750, the cost of labor on cotton. Value of LuhorRecords. I, They show up tho efficiency of j the mos! costly factor of production ! in tho case of crops, and one of the more important factors of production in tlie case of meat and milk. In Missouri, Minnesota and New i York extensive research work has I shown thal horse labor costs vary from 7 cents to about 12 cents per hour, depending upon the section of tho country. A survey of S i 2 cotton fai ins in i ?i l S showed tho average cost ol' labor on one acre of cotton to , bo $33.97, the average for South Car ? ulina counties being slightly above (Iiis. Lahor makes up about ?'.5 per cont of the cost of production In the caso of corn, and about 25 per cent in tho ease of milk. Labor is also tho factor ol' cost on a farm that can bo reduced m ox I j easily, this by using lu tter men, by ? selecting better implements, and also e ? by Increasing the efficiency of mule ! labor. I 3. Labor deserves special study, i because it is the factor of production I concerning which we know least. Renew your health by purifying your system with alotab TKAOC MA*K ?CO The purified and refined calomel tablets that are free from nausea and danger. No salts necessary, as Cnlotabs act like calomel and salts combined. De mand the genuine in 10c and 35c packages, bearing above trade-mark. Scaly-Log Mites of.Chicks. (Clemson Notos.) Tills mite commonly remains on the feet, burrowing through tho scales and causing their enlargement. A crust of loose tissue is formed above thc burrows, and intenso itch ing results. When scaly-log ls left untreated tho feet often become bad ly distorted, and In somo cases the fowls can scarcely walk or get up to tho perch. Controlling scaly-leg Is by soaking tho legs in warm, soapy water to loosen tho scales, and then applying kuroseno oil on tho leg, wi*h caro not to got lt on tho feath ers. Treatment should bo Immediate when tho disease ls discovered. ' i III ' -rn T/OST HIS* FIGHT OF FOui&YEAKS I For Lifo-World War "V?t?ran tudor went Fifty Operations. Catawissa, Pa., Juno 28.-Herbert McCarty, 28 years of a;g?, a veterau of tho 79th division, lost a four-year light for life after, undergoing nearly I fifty operations-to overcomo wounds he had suffered a few days bofore tho armistice, when lils body Was riddled by bullets from a machino gun of a dermal) airplane. McCarty had been in hospitals al most continuously slnco he received his numerous wounds. Twenty-four of his operations were major ones and twenty-four others' were classed by surgeons as minor. Eighteen machine gun bullets had been taken from his body, and ho carried two, grown into his jugular vein, to his death. In the operations fourteen ribs hud been entirely re moved, a portion of one shoulder blade anti a collar bono taken out. His case is said by specialists to havo been one of tho most remarka ble lu American surgery. Until two months ago ho had recovered BUfll clently to leave the hospital for short periods. 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Nov. 17, the ll rsl woman representative on a party ticket in this state. The Democratic party convention last night unani mously endorsed Mrs. Hooper, and party loaders assured their support to her cam!,.:; cy, so that nomination .i I I he September primary is accepted as certain. This selection ol' th?' convention and ils endorsement ol' two candi datos for Governor-Mayor A. A. Hornley, of Lacrosse, representing the wets, and Carl Mathe, of Dausau, rep resenting the drys, prevented a defec tion within tho party that was threat ened when a plank objected to by tho drys was accepted by a volo of GO to 2 fis. The compromiso included a plat* form demand'that tho Stato dry laws bo submitted to a referendum in tho year 1923. Rockefeller Port uno to Children. New York, Juno 30.-Tho bulk of tho estate loft by William Rockefel ler, oil magnate, reputed to havo been one of the richest men in tho world, was bequeathed to his four children, under tho terms of his*w.U) flied for probato recently. Virtually the wholo estate-the value of which was cloaked in the legal phrase, "Over $10,000"-was left to the immediato family, with no charitable bequests. After certain deductions Mr. Rock efeller, who dietl recently at his home in North Tarrytown, directed that his esta lo should bo divided Into four parts and given to his children-Per cy and William G. Rockefeller, Mrs. Ceraldino Dodgo and Mrs. Emma Mc Alpln. Jumps to Death from Bridge. Now York, Juno 28-A man be lieved to be Henry Montgomery, of Brooklyn, Jumped to his doath from the Brooklyn bridge last night in full view of hundreds of pedestrians and surface car and elevated train pas sengers. Ho leaped from a passing surface enr'to tho brldgo roadway, stepped to tho rail and Jumped over. An ostrich ls first picked of Its plumes whon less than a year old and then ovory nine months of Rs life. / They ar? GOOD! AMERICAN IN MEXICO IS I HEED. - Itandits Re?oive $10,000 in Cold for llclcusu of Bruce Bielaski. Mexico City, Juno 2?>.-A. Bruce ?ielnskl, tim American who was cap- ; tined several days agd by bandits in the State of Morolos, was delivered by his captors to friends at Chitla this morning, following payment of a ransom of $10,000 in gold. Thijuif tcrnoon Mr. Bielaski, with his party, was reported to be proceeding by train lo Mexico City. According to , tho meagre information reaching the capital the release of Bielaski was without, untoward incident. I With .tho Bielaski kidnapping ap- j parontly entering its final phase, at tention now is hoing centered on Inc TnmpUco oil region, where forty-odd Americans are being held hy the rebel Cen. Corozavc for ransom. Con firmation of reports that Corozavc had captured thc Americans reached hero to-day in a private message from Tampico. Tho message said that money for tho ransom of Americans was hoing forwarded to Corozavc Crom Tampico Tho dispatch did not designate hy whom the money was being sent. Bielaski Escaped, Ihn tor Report. .Mexico City, June 29.-Escaping from his bandit kidnappers after four days of captivity. A. Bruce Bielaski, former head of the American depart ment of justice's investigation bu reau, returned to Mexico City. Coverod wit li dust, unshaven and showing plainly tho marks of his imprisonment in thc Mountains of Morolos, Bielaski was taken to his apartment, where luis wife and a half dozen friends greeted lil tn, Jules Lncaud, hoad of tho Mexico City banking firm which is under stood to have furnished $10,00.0 for tile ransom on the order of Mr. Biel aski's Xew York company, said he had been authorized to slate that Bielaski eluded hia captors before tho money was paid. Bielaski suffer ed no moro ill offocts than might bo expected from four days of roughing ii in the mountains. Dozens of auto mobiles carrying Americans who since Sunday have tried to get in con tact with tho bandits, [returned to the capital last night, each person telling a different version ol' tile af fair and ascribing crcdHI for Blol aski's safe return to several sources. Bress dispatches from Tnmpilo quote W. 1'. Taylor, manager of the Tam?lico branch of the Cortex Oil Company, as confirming thc capture of forty employees at the company's Aguada camp hy tho bandit Goroz ave, but do not state whether the ran som has been paid. When Baby Frets Dr. Thornton's Easy Teeth er Will Remove the Cause of Pain. Wntch enrefidly, mother, for fever ishness, sour stomach, coated tongue, cold and colic, or stomach and bowel disorders. Give thu crying, restless child n few doaes of Dr. Thornton's Ensy Teether md note thc immediato Improvement. 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Million*-Assets Are About Half that Amount. ?New York, Juno 28.-Tho New York Consolidated Stock Exchuuge yesterday announced tho suspension of E. M. Fuller & Co. Tho company ' maintained branch ofllcos in Boston, Philadelphia and Cleveland. A potition in bankruptcy was later Hied against tito company on com plaint of three creditors with claims aggregating $ 1 (5,000. Liabilities are listed at $500,000 and assost $250, 000. Fedornl Judge .Mayer appointed Samuel Strasburger receiver under a bond of $2 5,000. The firm is com posed of Edward M. Fuller and Wil liam I?\ McGee. lt has not boon long since Fuller caused the, arrest of Miss Nellie . Black in his ofllcos, charging that she had annoyed and threatened bim. Miss Black was convicted, but was re leased on a suspended sentence. 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