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of weevil control be devised. Some
form of the calcium arsenate and
molasses method, I believe, offers
this remedy.
I have read the Florida bulletin
No. 165 referred to in your editorial
and think it recounts one of the most
constructive pieces of experimental
work ever done. i.Mr. Smith is a careful
experimenter of repute and he
has gotten hold of and demonstrated
an idea which will almost certainly
be of great benefit to the cotton producer.
I do not think, however, that
Mr. Smith's experiments (or any one
else's for that matter) are the last
word in weevil control. The finally accepted
idea on control will probably
embody some of the features of most
oi me met nous now emyxuvcu.
Experiments which we have conducted
here seem to show that Mr.
Smith could probably have gotten as
good results with the use of far less
calcium arsenate per acre in the
single application which he made. I
hope that next year he will apply
after square picking a mixture of
calcium arsenate, molasses and
water, containing not more than onehalf
pound of calcium arsenate per
* acre. Our results and those of many
other farmers in the state show that
the over wintered weevils can be
killed out on "the young cotton by
sudh an application. Other experiments
which we have carried on this
years seem to show that every minute
amounts of calcium arsenate?as little
as one ounce or two ounces per
acre in a mixture of molasses and
water may effect a high degree of
. weevil control. We must do further
experimenting, however, before makthis
assprtion. Mr. Smith would,
I think, also have gotton better results
if he had followed !his first application
with other applications of
calcium arsenate, molasses and water
after the cotton began to show weevil
damage.
-Arsenate With Molasses.
You say that you have heard little
of the results of the calcium arsenatemolasses
treatment. This is quite
natural as there has been no organized
propaganda in its favor while the
Southern Fertilizer association, the
Southern experiment station and the
bureau of entomology have all seen
to it that the successes with the dusting
method have been widely and con-1
stantly advertised.
There is a gentleman in Georgia
who hag for years operated a small
\ I
but successful agricultural paper. His
success has been largely due to the
fact that he spends a great deal of
his time traveling, observing the
methods of good farmers and report-j
ing theri results. He is open minded
unprejudiced and has done much j
-good in disseminating sound agriculos
Via Vi a a nKcartrod it I
I U. I <3.1 pi dtutc ao lie uao .<,<? j. v
on the farm. He has recently been
studying the subject of boll weevil
control in South Carolina and Georgia.
Allow me to quote from his editoral
in Che Southern Cultivator of
December 1:
"On our recent trip through the
state of South Carolina, going from
Anderson county down through to
Orangeburg, the chief topic of interest
amon? the farmers was the best
methods of boll weevil control by the
use of calcium arsenate. We were
given many instances of experiments
made with both the dusting method
and tlhe application of the liquid
form. We talked with several who
have given most of their time this
year to this subject. We did not find
one who tried the arsenate, syrup
and water mixture that was not well
pleased with the results obtained.
Mr. Turner of Denmark put 40 weevils
on stalks sprayed with this mixture
and in four hours time every
weevil was dead. Naturally he will
adopt this method exclusively on his
-* * 1 A O O ^ ^ ^ 4. r-t 1
iarm iur ivzo. >> e were cusu luiu ui
an experiment made by a farmer in
Greenwood county. He took eight
acres of land and divided it into three
equal tracts. On the first he used no
poison; on Xo. 2 he applied the dust
according to government instructions;
on Xo. 3 he used the arsenate,
syrup and water. On Xo. 2 he gathered
twice the yield of cotton as made
on Xo. 1, while on Xo. 3 he gathered
twice as much cotton as was obtained
from Xo. 2. Xow. we 'have no axe to
grind in advocating the arsenate and
syrup mixture. Xeither have we one
iota of hostility to the government
dusting method. But we are simply
giving our readers the facts as we
find them, from the actual tests made
by the practical farmers themselves.
TVe know this much: many of these
tests are made by as high class farmerg
as Georgia and South Carolina
contain."
His statement that he "did not find
one who tried the arsenate, syrup and
water mixture that was not well
pleased with the results obtained" is
completely borne out by my own experience.
for I have yet to be told by
one farmer who gave it a fair trial
that he does not think he got pro- i
fitable results and at a cost which!
was usually, far less than that of the!
dusting method.
Illustrative Cases Cited.
I refer you to your issue of July 1.
for the experience of J. S. Edmunds
of Ridgeway, during the years 19 21
and 1922; also to your issue of October
30 for the experience of \V. X.
Henderson of Epworth (Greenwood
county).
I have lettei'9 or statements in my
files from G. M. Xorris of Vance
(Orangeburg county); J. T. Kaminer,
Lexington, Route 2; Dr. W. C. Brown,
Xewberrv; H. E. Martin, Athens, Ga.; ;
James A. Gilliam, W. A. Calvert,
V. A. Calvert, Jr., and Toland
H. Watson of Abbeville county; <
James W. Goodson of Hart9ville; F.
l-lAlHt. nt' Pon ? ai t aviil1 o JV fj.
VI. I lUiHO W1 w .
Wise of Prosperity; C. B. Hay of Sum- <
ter; L. D. Hill of Gough, Ga.; L. J.
Hames of Union and B. T. Boatwright
of Johnston. I am also privi- <
leged to report on the conspicuous 1
success obtained by W. A. Stucky and
G. iM. Stuckey of Lee county and also
refer to the published report of the :
success of Dr. W. B. Taylor of Dexter, j
Ga. (see issue of Southern Cultiva- '
tor of July 15, 1 922). '
B. T. Boatwright says: "Used four 1
applications mixed according to your <
instructions. Last application about i
July 20. Cost about $1.50 per acre, i
Applied some at 1 o'clock and at 3 <
o'clock found dead weevils under 1
stalks, believe 95 percent, killed with
first application. Used 4 00 pounds :
S-3-3 fertilizer, had very wet summer,
made 240 bales on 265 acres."
L. J. Hames of Union writes as fol- 1
lows: "Under your directions we tried (
the molasses and calcium arsenate 1
poison for boll weevils. It thas cer- t
tainly done the work. The writer was i
over a portion of the farm where this 1
mixture had been used and could see i
no sign of any boll weevils or any 1
punctured squares. We ran out of t
the poison and where it has not been *
used 50 per cent, of the squares are
punctured."
I could quote many other statements
of like tenor but the above are
1 representative of the experiences of
I nracticallv all the farmers who have
tried t!he molasses mixture this or .
last year.
Many different mixtures of calcium
arsenate, molasses and water were
used all apparently with similar success.
This shows that the method has
not been perfected and suggests that
comprehensive experiments are badly
needed to reveal the minimum effective
amounts of calcium arsenate
and molasses in the mixture and the
correct number of and intervals between
the applications.
We tested here this year many different
mixtures of calcium arsenate,
molasses and water and many methods
of application. All were successful
to aNgreat or less degree. The rainfall
of this section was abnormally
frequent and abnormally heavy from
I May 14 to August 20. On our
| best drained soil we made from
75 per cent, to 100 per cent, of an
average - crop. On lands less well
drained we made from 4 0 per cent,
to 60 per cent. Our total average
yields were fully two-thirds of a normal
crop. On most of our crops we
used six or seven treatments beginning
June 3 2 (which was at least one
week too late for best best results)
and ending August 4 (which we now
think was too early to quit.) We
treated several fields on August 21
r
with spray pump and secured excel- ^
lent results. I have before me a re- t
port of the operations on one 14 acre
T
field treated six times from June 13 *
to August 4 at a cost of $2.53 for j
labor; total cost $4.04 per acre; S h
3-4 pounds of calcium arsenate and o
six gallons of molasses per acre be- *
in,z used. Twelve bales weighing 6,- j,
175 pounds were produced. 2
Drawing Conclusions.
Our experience and that of many s
other farmers all over South Carolina ];
and Georgia point definitely to the S
following conclusions: j3
First: A mixture of about one ]
pounds of calcium arsenate, one gal- b
Ion of water and one gallon of mo- 1
lasses applied at the rate of about one ?
gallon per acre to the young cotton \
just before the squares begin to form v
will destroy practically all of the old \
weevils on the cotton. ^
Second: Further applications ex- j;
tending to the end of the period of 1
emergence will destroy nearly all of r
?
the later emerging weevils. ^
Third: This will protect the cotton c
crop from serious infestation until F
around August 1. and will allow a ^
fair crop to be made without further ^
treatment. The total cost of the above r
treatment will not exceed $1.50 for t
y
materials and the labor cost, which '
Jj
is usually borne by the tenant, will
run between 15 cents and 4 0 cents c
per acre per application. e
v
Our own experience has convinced f
us that applications should be begun s
again in late July or early August
when further infestation from neigh- J1
boring fields begins and should be c
continued at least until the bolls be- r
gin to open. s
The present supply of calcium arse- i ^
nate would, T believe, be sufficient to d
afford excellent weevil control on t
every acre .of cotton in the United 1
States if mixed with molasses and ^
water and applied in two to four applications.
the first to be made just
before the squares begin to form and ^
the last at about the end of the
emerging period.
The overwhelming problem of weevil
control during the coming year
is the calcium arsenate supply. It
seems a great pity to me to allow 5
per cent, or 10 per cent, of the best
off land owners in the South to monopolize
the supply while the other 90
per cent, or 95 per cent, of the acreage
is being ruined, whereas at least
two methods of control are in existence
(the Florida plan and the calcium
arsenate-molasses plan.) by the
use of either of which the pest can
be controlled on 50 per cent, or more
of the acreage.
I trust that very many of the intelligent
farmers of the South will
during the coming year conduct accurate
experiments on the Florida
plan and the calcium arsenate-molasses
plan, varying these experiments
as to amounts and times of
application. In this way will there
be worked out the cheapest and most
efficient method of control. I should
be glad to have every farmer in South
Carolina who has tried any modification
of the calcium arsenate-molasses
method to write me ibis experience in
order that I may act as a clearing
louse for this information.
You do me too much honor in saying
I "would succeed in the Red
Desert." The agricultural practices
which we use on our farms are (with
:he exception of methods of weevil
control) mainly those which are
recommended by t'he state and na;ional
agricultural authorities. There
s nothing mysterious about our farm
methods as will be rea'ized by any
nteligent farmer who will take the
trouble to come here and observe
;hem.
CLERK S SALE IX PARTITION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Lexington.
Court of Common Pleas.
Hattie Bess Brabham, Plaintiff,
versus
Robert C. Brabham, et al., Defenlants.
By virtue of authority vested in
ne by Older of the Court in the
ibove entitled cause, I will sell at
)lar, in the County of Bamberg, said
state, at public auction to the highest
)idder, between the hours of ten
;hirty a. m. and one p. m. on the
12nd day of December, 1922, to the
l^ghest responsible bidder therefor,
lpon the terms and conditions herenafter
set forth, the following tract
)f land, and the two tracts of tim)er
hereinafter described: The 9aid
;ract of land and the two tracts of
.imber to be sold together:
"All that certain piece, parcel, or
:ract of land, situate, lying and being
n Bamberg County, State aforesaid,
:ontaining one hundred thirteen
teres, more or less, and bounded on
he north by lands of H. B. Breeland,
jast by lands of H. B. Breeland,
;outh by lands of Ida Breeland, and
vest by lands of H. B. Breeland: beng
same tract of land conveyed to
he said L. D. Brabham by the Maser
of Aiken County pursuant to De ree
of Court recorded in book 21, at
jage 241. For a more accurate description
see plat of same made by J.
>. Mixon, dated November 15, 1890."
"All of the pine and Cyprus timber
ying and standing on that certain
ract of land situate in the County of
iamberg, and State aforesaid, conaining
one hundred eighty-seven
1ST) acres, more or less, and
sounded on the north by lands of R.
Kearse, east by lands of Dr. R. E.
Jrabham and J. J. Brabham, south
>y lands of Dr. N.- F. Kirkland and
1. B. Kearse, an<d west by lands of
I. H. Kearse: being timber on the
ract of land conveyed to Mrs. Laura
is.. Kearse by deed of Mrs. Julia A.
Irabham, et al, and being the same
imber that was conveyed to L. D.
Irabham by Mrs. Laura A. Kearse by
,er written deed, dated the 21st day
f June, 1918, the record of which is
o be found in the Clerk of Court's
ffice for Bamberg County aforesaid
n book 0 of deeds at pages 296 and
97."
"Also all of the pine timber of
whatsoever size, situate, lying and
tnriHinpr rsrs that rortafn tract of
and in the County of Bamberg, and
itate aforesaid, containing four
umdred fifty (450) acres, more or
ess. and bounded on the north by
arcds of Frank Walter, on the east
iv lands of L. D. Brabham and by
ands formerly owned by G. M. Neely,
outh by lands of Dr. R. C. Brabham
nd Mrs. Laura A. Kearse, and west
>v lands of H. H. Kearse, the land on
^hich said timber is situate being
he same conveyed to R. L. Kearse by
leed of Mrs. Laura A. Kearse, except,
towever, all of the timber on said
and which lies east of the Alligator
lole on the place of the said L. D.
irabham and which portion of timber
o excepted is designated and separte
from the remainder of said tract
if timber by a line blazed out just
trior to the time said timber was coneyed
to the said L. D. Brabham by
t. L. Kearse by his written deed,
lated the 21st day of June, 1918. the
ecord of which is to be found in
he Clerk of Court's office for Bamterg
county in Book 0 of deeds at
iages 1 93, 1 94, and 195."
Terms of Sale: For Cash; the suce9sful
bidder to pay for papers, revenue
stamps, recording, etc., and pro
iaea inai as an earnest ut swu
aith the successful bidder or bidders
hall deposit with the said Clerk of
'ourt within thirty minutes after the
iropertv is bid off ten per cent, of
he purchase price thereof, and in
ase this requirement is not corndied
with the said Clerk of Court
hall immediately without further
dvertisement, or at another salesay
to be fixed by him, after givinsr
lie and legal advertisement, resell
he said property at the risk of the
ormer bidder.
H. L. HARMON,
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