The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 29, 1920, Page 6, Image 6
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.
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Calcium arsenate, the boll weevil
poison, was applied to more than
100,000 acres of cotton in Mississippi,
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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
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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.
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; 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
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world seems crazy.
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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.
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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
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George has offered, unconsciously;
perhaps, a gratuitous insult to the
Southern States in the American
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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
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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.
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Brings It Out.
"I'm making money selling mice,"
said the bald-headdd man.
"Who do you sell 'em to?"
"A professor of music on the next
block."
"What in the world does he want
mice for?"
"Why, he uses them for trying the
voices of the young ladies."?Yonkers
Statesman.
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