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THE MENACE OF BOLL WEE1
Losses of From 70 to 80 Per Cent
Louisiana and South Mississipji
t In
1904 the boll weevil invade
half dozen parishes or counties
western Louisiana; by 1910 e^
^ part of the State was infested.
1904 Louisiana produced 1,089,
bales of cotton; in 1910 the S'
produced 245,648 bales. In li
Mississippi's biggest cotton year,
State produced 1,789,000 bales;
1915, with the weevil in every cc
ty in the State, the total produci
was only 953,965 bales. From li
- ? Louisiana's best year, to 1909,
^ " worst year after the arrival of
weevil,' we have a loss of 845,
bales, or 77.5 per cent.
The thirty-third parallel of 1
tude is the northern boundary
Louisiana and, as the writer has ]
viously pointed out, it is south of
? line in Texas, Louisiana and Mis
sippi that weevil damage has b
heaviest. In the counties of Mis
siDi Iving south of the thirty-tl
parallel of latitude, cotton produci
1904 was 749,849 bales; by 1
t&is had fallen to 170,572 bales, c
lo?s of 77.3 per cent.?almost ex
ly the percentage of decrease sh<
in Louisiana.
Alabama and Georgia south of ]
- all.el 33 possess climatic conditi
V practically the same as. those
Louisiana and Mississippi?sum:
rainfall is about the same and wii
temperatures are about the sa
Moreover, differences in soils, 1
tenure and methods of farming
very slight. Hence it would not s<
unreasonable or illogical to assi
that the history of the boll weevi
Louisiana and Mississippi south
? parallel 33 may be accepted as an
B . dex as to what may be expectec
m Alabama and Georgia in the si
latitude. Now let us apply the a1
age percentage (77.4) of decreas<
t : Louisiana and Mississippi to Ah
> ma and Georgia south of parallel
and see what the results are.
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v Bib Losses in Louisiana and Mis
Sippi.
Alabama's big cotton year
1914, when the State produced
751,375 bales. The same year
Alabama counties lying south of ]
allel 33 grew 1,047,650 bales. No
> these counties their worst year \
' the. weevil lose in production as
similar territory in Louisiana
Mississippi, production will be c
v 22.6 per cent, of 1914, or 236,
bales?a loss of 810,881 bales. I
matter of fact, while exact reports
not yet available, indications are 1
1
even this year the'Alabama coun
under consideration have fallen 1
total yield not very far above 2
' 000 bales.
Turning to Georgia, we find 1
in 1911, the State's year of bigi
cotton production, there was a t
yield of 2,768,627 bales, and 1
south of parallel 33, 1,418,592 b;
were produced. Now, if produci
\ in the Georgia counties lying so
of parallel 33 is cut as heavily as
the case in Louisiana and Mississi
the crop will be only 22.6 per cent
that of 1911, or 320,601 bales?a
$ of 1,097,991 bales. \
In attempting to arrive at any <
elusions in regard to probable d
* age in South Carolina, certain <
of-the-ordinary climatic factors
met with. If, as in the states to
westf only comparatively light d
age may be expected north of pa
lei 33, then South Carolina farn
need worry little about the weevil,
very little cotton is grown in
State south of this line.
Heavy Damage Probable in Sc
Carolina.
But, because of the influence of
near-by ocean, that belt of Sc
Carolina lying between parallels
and 34 has conditions that w(
. lead us to expect decidedly hea
jf weevil damage than has occurred
tween these parallels in the State
the west. For instance, United St
weather bureau reports show that
mean winter (December, January
February) temperatures in Sc
Carolina south of parallel 34 avei
47 degrees, while summer (June,
ly and August) rainfall averages :
inches. In Mississippi between
allels 33 and 32, the mean wii
^ temperature is 47.5 degrees, and
average summer rainfall l;
inches; and between parallels 32
* 31, 49.8 degrees and 16.60 inc
Thus, while mean winter temp
tures in South Carolina south of
allel 34 average lower than betv
parallels 33 and 31 in Mississi
the summer rainfall is decidi
heavier in South Carolina. In \
of these facts, the writer believe
fair to assume that in South C
* lina south of parallel 34 the wee
will encounter conditions?favor
and unfavorable?that will ave]
about the same as those found
tween parallels 33 and 31 in the <
States. If this be the case, 1
South Carolina south of parallel
may expect a loss of something
75 per cent, when the weevil is a
p worst, this loss of course rani
higher in the southern and lowe
northern part of the area. In S<
Carolina in 1911 the counties sc
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fIL. WOMEN'S THINGS.
t. in The Kind of Stockings That Go With;
i- Fall Shoes.
d a Whoever said that simple foot-;
' in wear was coming back into fashion
*ery was much mistaken. To be sure, cer-;
In tain styles of "fancy" shoes were
520 marked down last winter, but othertate
styles quite as elaborate took their;
place, and, as for stockings, neverj
the before have they been so varied and j
in so far from plain or simple.
>un- There is some thought that cotton
^on stockings, colored ones at that, may j
*04, be worn, for the price of silk stock-j
her j[ngS js soaring by the hour. But just j
the at the moment silk stockings are!
AAA -1 , 3 J_ _ C
vvv maae in nunureus ui yauems. .
Stripes form the most prominent
a^T stocking decoration or motif. Some'
of times they are up and down stripes,
Pre~ sometimes stripes running around;
this sometimes they extend the whole
!sis~ length of the stocking, sometimes
een only halfway down or halfway up.
;sis_ There are checked stockings, too,
lird and plaid ones, and there are stocktion
ings with odd and irregular designs.
915 Then, too, regular clocking at the
)r a ankles, in colors or black or white,
act~ is a prominent feature of the fall
5Wn stockings. Clocks are especially
smart for wear with sport shoes, and
?ar" they add to the effectiveness of low
ons shoes worn with short skirts.
of
One black and white combination
mer shows half-inch stripes extending
lter from the toe to the calf, ending there
me* in arrowheads. Another shows a
an<* panel of stripes extending the full
are 11 _ i_ i,
lengtn 01 me siocKing, auuui tuui
inches across the front.
One of the newer sorts of evening
^ *n stockings show beaded embroidery.
This is in line with the vogue for
m" beaded embroidery and sequins and
^ 111 spangles that is so strong for evenime
...
mg frocks.
Inserts of real lace, too, in fine silk
b in
stockings are used for evening. And
iho.
another evening idea is a white silk
Q Q
| stocking painted with flowers to
match a painted kid slipper. This,
' of course, is so unusual that it may
almost be considered a freak style. *
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But it is interesting and is mentioned ?
for what it is worth,
the
?ar" Compensations of Adversity,
w if
rith An American physician who has
did recently returned from Antwerp,
and where he was in charge of a district
>nly for American relief, says that the av769
erage health in that city, particular's
a jy jn regard to children, is particularare
ly high. He attributes this to the
:hat scarcity of food, which prevents fond
ties parents from overfeeding their young j
:o a <5nes, overfeeding being one of the
50,- principal causes of infantile - afflic- j
tions. The health of th? better class '
:hat citizen, he adds, is also excellent,
?est probably because the latter has been,
ota* in most cases, forced to abandon his
mat automobile and to "foot it" in nis
ales daily work, thus obtaining exercise
tion he would ordinarily avoid.?Wall
Street Journal. . |
was ?
ppi, ?* Parallel 34 made 624,500 bales of
;. of cotton, and if this when the weevil is
loss worst is cut 75 per cent., which we
believe, in view of the climatic condign
tions already referred to, may be exam.
pec'ted, we will have a loss of 468,375
out- bales.
are The reader in the northern half of
the the cotton belt is naturally curious
am- to know what degree of weevil damral
age Jie may expect. The best answer
lers we can give is that while damage in
for Louisiana and Mississipp south of
this parallel 33 has been about 77J.5 per
cent., average damage decreases
uth steadily as we move northward from
the Gulf coast. For instance, the dethe
crease in production in Mississippi
>uth has been as follows, to and including
33 the year 1915' Between 31 and 1
)uld 31 1-2, 91.8 per cent.; between
vier 31 1-2 and 32, 83.1 per cent.; bebe
tween 32 and 32 1-2, 77.4 per cent.;
s to between 32 1-2 and 33, 58.5 per cent;
ates and between 33 and 34, 34.6 per _
the cent. In Arkansas, the loss between ~~
and 33 and. 34, from the biggest cotton
>uth year before the weevil to the worst
*age year after the coming of the weevil,
Ju- amounts to 26.8 per cent. Above
17.7 parallel 34 nowhere in Texas, Okpar
lahoma, Arkansas or Mississippi had
titer the weevil prior to 1916 occasioned
the crop decreases as heavy as had re3.23
suited from bad seasons before the
and weevil came. This year, with an exhes.
traordinary wet season, the weevil
era- has been severe in northeast Missispar
sippi considerably north of parallel
reen 34. However, excessive weevil damppi,
age has hever before occurred so far
edly north, and it is the writer's opinriew
ion that it may be a dozen years bejs
it fore it occurs again,
aro- When may heavy weevil damage
ivils be expected in Georgia and South
able Carolina? The answer is that 1017
rage will find the weevil severe in southbe
west Georgia, there will probably be
Gulf heavy damage in south central Georthen
gia in 1918, and by 1919 all the
I 34 southern half of the State will be
like hard hit. South Carolina's turn,
t its roughly, may be expected to come,
ging about 1919 or 1920, with increasing E
r in damage for three or four years, when
)uth a maximum will be reached.?B. L. a
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