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Same Things to * In Bol A great deal has been said and written during the past few weeks in "fcgaid to the proper methods of controlling the boll weevil. These seems to be a diversity of opinion in< regard fU- 1 * - * * w uw vmutj oi some 01 these raethcds. The purpose of this article is not to discuss the merits or demerits of any questionable method, but to outline the practices which have proven their worth since the weevil first entered Texas nearly 30 years ago. Cultivation. The value of frequent shallow cultivation cannot be overly emphasized. This will not result in the direct destruction of many weevils, but it causes the plants to continue unin-j terruptedly in their growth. Under' most conditions the old plantation rule "once a week and one in a row" should be applied. Great care should be exercised from this time on to see that the crop is not ployed so deep as to cause shedding. In districts which have had the weevil for a number of years, the old practice of laying by the crops long before the time when the last bolls are set, has of necessity been abandoned. The importance of keeping the cotton squaring long enough to protect the bolls is of great importance, and the best way to accomplish this result is to cultivate at least two weeks longer than the usual time of "laying by." ThiB is a critical period in the boiling of the cotton plant, and it is very easy to bring on disaster to the crop by improper cultivation at this time. Great care should be exercised at this season and the play should not be run too deeply or too close to the plant, or excessive shedding will result. Careful late shallow cultivation is an excellent practice. Square Collection. - The possibility of weevil control by hand picking of the adult weevil in the early spring before cotton begins to square and of the infested squares later in the season has been thoroughly tested on numerous occasions, j Undoubtedly this method is efficient when practiced with sufficient thor-( oughness. The value of thiB method depends almost entirely on its thor. oughness. The season for picking weevils is past, but on those farms which have an aboundance of cheap labor, it will be an excellent practice to pick both the punctured squares on the ground and those hanging on the stalk. In order to secure results from this<method it is necessary to pick all punctured squares from every stalk of cotton at intervals of fi?e days until the Arst of August. No farmer -should neglect his cultivation in-, order to i pick, squares, but there is enough child > labor on tha.average farm to carry on this work if! they!-are superintend-< ed by an older person. The value of this* method is unquestionable if it is dona thoroughly, but no man! need expect results, if the work is only half done. Poisoning. Ill connection with poisoning the following letter. and instructions re. ceived by the county agent fro mths state entomologist should be of interest those who are thinking of poisoning: "Ciemson College, S. C. "Mil. W. D. Wood, "Union, S. C. "Dear Sir: "Referring; to your valued favor in reisrence to tne use of calcium arsenate .-for boll waovil control advise that we ?are sending under separate cover our? letter on 'Poisoning in 1922' which states the conditions under which poisoning may be expeeted to be profitable. We are also sending you under separate, cover circular 162 which gives specific information as to machines and their acreage capacity together wit? a program for poisoning on Jast page. "Due to the unusual, weevil abundance at this time and. which was expected and forecasted early in the season we recommend that the first dusting be given when three to five squares have formed and after which thei schedule, on last page of circular 162 be followed. "It is generally not profitable to poison before square formation begins and the buds that weevils eat is generally not serious. Normally there is no profit in any poisoning until ten per cent of the squares have been punctured but this year the weevils are so numerous in many fields so as to make it impossible for the plants to develop blooms hence the recommendation for dusting to begin when three to five squares have formed. "In ably and carefully conducted ) tests during the last 20 years no additional seed cotton was produced by sweetened poison and the only additional seed cotton that was profitably produced by poisoning was produced by dust carefully applied. We knock nothing, we oppose nothing. We merely state the facts and then the farmer must do as he sees fit. "It is easy to kill weevils early in the season before' the cotton begins ' to form squares with many different substances. That is not what we are interested in. What ws are interested in is seed cotton and so long as a method is not capable of producing it . profitably then we merely state the fact ?nd leave it to the farmer to fidlow whatever course he thinks best. "Yours very truly, "A. F. Conradi, "Chief Entomologist." / -? Boll Weevil poisoning in 1922. Poisoning cotton with calcium arsenate may be expected to pay: ||k. gfc-h' ' ' ' Do Now I Weevil Control | 1. When used on high yielding land. 2. When weevil infestation is heavy. 3. When the poison is properly applied according to a correct schedule. [ 4. When weather conditions are reasonably favorable for poisoning. Farmers planning to poison this season should secure a copy of Circular 162, U. S. Department of Agriculture, "Poisoning the Cotton Boll Weevil." This circular may be obtained upon application to the Extension Division, Clemson College, S. C.; Delta Laboratory, Tallulah, La.; U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. This circular contains less than three pages of print, but the information is to the point, and no farmer should plan to undertake poisoning before studying this circular and making sure that he thoroughly understands every step in the operation. Farmers are cautioned that poisoning is a serious and complicated operation, and that no one should undertake it unless he has determined to do it correctly. No one should be disappointed at failure the first year, because poisoning must be learned just like he had to learn to farm. Those having had no experience are cautioned to go easy and not undertake too much the first season. Poisoning like most farm op erations, is not fool-proof. While it has been demonstrated that the weevil can be poisoned profitably with proper methods and machines, under favorable weather conditions for poisoning, the farmer is also cautioned that unfavorable conditions and improper methods will undoubtedly cause complete failure.. Regardless of how much poisoning you intend to do, soil building should b6 kept up vigorously. Any successful poisoning program is dependent on high yielding land. There is no evidence that poisoning will pay on poor land. It is no more expensive to poison an acre of high yielding land than to poison an acre of poor land. To those who undertake poisoning we recommend the calcium arsenate powder which conforms to the government specifications and applied according to directions given in Circular 162, U. S. Department of Agriculture, above referred to. Should our suspicions be correct that weevil emergence in 1922 will be early and heavy, then we may be justified in recommending an early application. Sotaie Rules for Poisoning the Cottdn Boll Weenll: Do ^it-'right or mot at all. Many > valuable* lessens have been gained from the recant expansion of commercial weevil poisoning. It has again been shown that the boll weevil can b?- poisoned with profit if conditions are favorable and if proper methods are'Used, but it has been emphasized anew that unfavorable conditions and improper methods can lead only to failure. A survey of the poisoning by farmers in 1920 shows that an unfortunately large proportion were net properly informed as to the conditions under which they should poison and the- methods they should pursue. As a result" there were many unnecessary failures. If better result# are to he secured. in the future, therefore, the operation must be - mere - thoroughly understood. The present circular -is prpard *to give, in as brief and concise a fbrm as possible, the information'needed by a farmer in deciding, first, whether it will pay him to poiBon and, second, the methods he should follow. Weevil poisoning is fully as important an operation as cultivation and deserves as much seeious thought and attention Unless you am willing to undertake it in this manner, you should net attempt to poison. Study these instruction* carefully and follow them as cloasiy as your conditions will permit. Where will it pyy you to poison ? It will pay tcr. poison? If the weevils are really injuring your crop seriously, and If your land is sufficiently fertile >to yield at least one-half hale per aore with weevil injury eliminated, and If your farming organization * is such that you feel assured that the poison applications will be made at the right time and in the right manner, and If you are willing to spend the full amount necessary to provide an adequate supply of dusting machinery and poison. The general gains from weevil poisoning under average, fairly favorable conditions seem to be from 200 to 40u pounds of seed cotton per acre, but owing to variations in degree of weevil injury it is not safe to expect much more than the lower figure. Consequently, you should not poison if the ooat of the calcium arsenate, the cost of the labor to apply it, and the depreciation on the dusting ma cnines will- total more per acre than the current value of 100 pounds of seed cotton. Hand guns should be figured as depreciating 100 per cent in a season and the larger machines about 25 per cent. What dusting machine should you use? Make your acreage allotment according to the following schedule, and buy a surplus rather than shortage | of machines, as this will save you money. Hand guns. Do not allot over eight acres to one hand gun. Do not attempt over 25 acres in one organization with hand guns. Do not supply individual tenants with hand guns and expect each to care for his crop successfully independent of the others. Use hand K?n* only when no other machine is suitable. One-mule machine. This term is used to describe the new type of onewheel, one-mule machjpe which is just being placed on the market. It sells at a medium price and is suitable for small farmers. This machine, will cover from 15 tc 20 acres in a night of operation. It should not be allotted more than 60 acres for the season. This machine has only two nozzles but will usually cover three rows at a trip. How to Poison. Use only pure calcium arsenate in the form of a dry powder. Apply this only in the dust form. Purchase this to conform to the following specifications: Not less than 40 per cent total arsenic pentoxid. Not more than 0.75 per cent watersoluble arsenic pentoxid. Density not less than 80 or more than 100 cubic inches per pound. Have your county agent send a sample of your calcium arsenate to the Delta Laboratory, Tallulah, La., for free analysis to make sure that it is sausiactory. Use only dusting machinery especially constructed for cotton dusting. Poison only when the air is calm and the plants are moist. This practically means making only night applications. Use about 5 to 7 pounds of calcium i arsenate per acre for each application.! Start poisoning when the weevils have punctured from 10 to 15 per cent of the squares. Keep your cotton thoroughly dusted until the weevils ore under control. This usually means about three applications at the rate of one every four days. ] Then stop poisoning until the weevils again become abundant. If the weevils become abundant early enough to injure your young bolls: make one or two more applications late in the season. If you have a heavy rain within 24 hours after dusting, repeat this application immediately. Do not expect to eradicate the weevils. Poisoning merely control them sufficiently to permit a full crop of cotton and you can always find weevils In the successfully poisoned field. Keep your cotton acreage low and do everything possible to increase your yield per acre, as ft costs just as much to poison one-quarter bale per acre cotton as bale per acre cotton. Always leave an occasional portion of a cut unpoisoned for comparison with the adjoining poisoned tract. This will show how much you have increased your yield by poisoning. If you are considering poisoning,, write the Delta Laboratory at Tallulah, La., for more detailed information; also ask the advice of your county agent. Do It right or not at all. I Some Things Not to Do. Do not make any more side applications of soda to cotton this year. Do not buy any sort of boll weevil trap until it is tested and endorsed by ^ne government agency. Do not try to drown the weevil by placing a lantern over a tub of water in your field. You will be wasting your oil and your time. Do not top your cotton as this prac tice generally results in more harm than good, since it removes a portion of the plants upon which the weevil is most dependent for food during the latter part of the season, and furthermore this practice increases the shade which greatly reduces the sun control of the weevil stages and promotes boll rot. Do not listen to street corner orators as you probably know more already than he will ever learn. Stinnes Enterprises To Enter Mexico Mexico City, July 7.?An extension of the interests of Hugo Stinnes to include Mexico is seen in the recent visit here of Hugo Eversmann, vice president and shareholder in numerous of the Stinnes concerns. While in Mexico City, Heir Eversmann conferred with numerous government officials and is also understood to have made several commercial agreements that will insure the immediate entry of the Stinnes enterprises into Mexico. Subscribe to The Union Daily Times SPECIAL WEE (FROM UN V SOUTHERN RA TO Asheville, N, C $4.25 Arden, N. C 3.80 Brevard, N. C 4.25 Black. Mountain, N. C 4.S5 Charleston, S. C 8.45 rieiciwrii, nt U Flat Rock, N. C 3.15 Hot Springs, N. C 5.90 Hendersonville, N. C 3.30 Round trip tickets as above are week until September 23rd, 1922, wit original starting point on or before of sale.. No stop-overs allowed. For further information call oi Ticket Agent or address: R. C. COTNER, District Passenger Agent, Spartanburg, 8, C. S?rb? Working to' . 9 Make Capital Worthy Belgrade, .Jugoslavia, July 7.?To make thla capital- a worthy setting to tha magnificent territorial patrimony to which they'have fallen heir, the Serbs are wording swiftly. They arc cutting new streets, paving them with asphalt instead of cobble stones; and erecting new dwellings and public buildings. A prize of $75,000 was awarded recently for a new city plan. Fourteen hundred new buildings went up in 1921 and 4,000 are going up htis year. A new hotel has just been completed opposite the station. It was begun before the war, and used as a barrack. But its walls have been replastered and the building was completed and opened two days before the wedding of King Alexander. The city is still 4 over-populated. Residence has been refused to 60,000 T)_:? ? P^iouuo. !!?.? in uk city are very high and should the local money improve in value, Belgrade will rival Constantinople as a city of huge expense for living. House rents are prohibitive for tho native, and for the foreigner; they range upwards of $100 monthly. Farm land within 30 miles of Belgrade sells for $100 to $300 an acre, a big price when converted into the dinar currency of the country. The Hotel Moscow, within the city, recently sold for 14,000,000 dinars, or upwards of $200,000, a price that astonished Btrangers. The best buildings within the city a tthe present time are the two palaces of the king, located centdally and adjoining. A parliament building is partially constructed. Other offices for public use are planned. Some portion of the new American loan will be used for projected public buildings. Newspaper Rights Must be Protected London, July 7.?Postmaster-General Kellaway of Great Britain has given notice that the property rights of press associations and newspapers in news which may be open to appropriation by wireless broad-casting stations must be protected. He says he is in favor of strict regulations and -control in such matters, and has decided to call a conference of broadcasting firms and representatives of press agencies and newspapers with a view to reaching a solution of this much vexed problem. 'How far the lifting of copyright and non-copyright matter from the newspapers and press associations for wireless use may be permitted," said Mr. Kellaway, 'is a most important question. The representatives of newspaper enterprises have pointed out that it would be intolerable to allow broadc4ftting firms to lift the matter indiscriminately from the papers and spread It to the public. They have rightly said that news was not dead throughout the country for a considerable time after its publication, and that their property rights in this news must be safeguarded." The Postmaster-General said he was impressed with the arguments of the newspapers and press associations, and he was hopeful it would soon be possible to issue regulations protecting their rights. "I see no reason why some agreement cannot be arrived at between the newspapers and the broadcasting firms," he added, "although I admit there is cogency in the suggestion that even in regard to non-copyright information the broadcasting plan will set up a new form of competition with the news agencies and newspapers." Protection From "Canker of Free Love" London, July 7.?The movement in England to protect the family from the inroads of the "passionate affinity" and the 'canker of free love" will find expression next October in an international conference which will seek to reestablish the family and the home as the sole basis of national welfare. A simultaneous appeal will be made to churches in the United States and Britain for the pursuance of this ideal. Eminent public men, doctors and religious leaders are joining in a great movement for the destruction conditions which they say are eating away the moral fibre of England. Edward Shortt, Home Secretary; A. A. L. Fisher, Minister of Education; Lord Robert Cecil, member of K-END FARES ION, S. O.) > ia? ILWAY SYSTEM TO Lake Toxaway, N. C $5.10 Lake Junaluska, N. C 5.40 Skyhmd, N. C 3.85 Saluda, N. C 2.80 Tuxedo, N. C 3.00 Tryon, N. C 2.40 Tybee, Ga 9.71 Walhalla, S. C 4.75 Waynesville, N. C 5.50 on sale Saturday and Sunday of eacl h final limit returning so as to reack mid-night of Tuesday, following date n nearest Southern Railway System L. R. PARTLOW, Ticket Agent, Union. S. C. J? \ 9 * -andli (The high i phasize the f These recor< totals, iustif; way to build Among th double gumof liquid gun Internal heat Another ii j pressure, wh tension. !By blendii and by tern more mileagt Many core cay one is be Those wh< stopped sho] 13 cords stand." j*j with Firestr Come in and ANDERSON W Parliament; the Archbishop of Wales; Sir R. Baden Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts; Sir .lames Critchton-Browne, the famous medical au thority; Lady Rhondda, the wellknown social reformer, and Rev. F. 13. Meyer, the Chief Rabbi, are among the leaders. "The old moral landmarks are becoming submerged," says Sir James Marchmont, General Secretary of the Congress. "The most widespread irregularity of sex relations. The whole idea of restraint and temperance is rejected. A stil lgraver danger is that the responsibilities of parenthood are being evaded. Social morality has scarcely entered into the minds of the multitude. The high standard of woman's influence in the home, the nurture of child life, and the tone of society are being lowered. In the navel and drama 'sex relations' are being discussed with an abandonment of reserve which is morally pernicious." Pilgrimage to Battlefields New York, July 6.?A pilgrimage to the battlefields on which they fought four years ago has been arranged for several hundred former service men by the American Legion, 'ihe tour i3 open to members of the i.egion and its auxiliaries, which comprise the wives, mothers, daughters and sisters of the men who served in the World War. The party will said for France on the President Pierce August 5; will land at Cherbourg, and go directly to Paris, where it will be ollicially welcomed by the French government. During the stay in Paris trips will be taken to the French battlefields and other points of interest. Accord'ng to the itinerary of the Legion the party will reach Brussels August 30. From Brussels it will go to Ostend and tour the battlefields of Flanders. From Belgium the Ixgionnaires will go to London, where they will be the guests of the Ixmdon Post of the American Ix?gion and the British I>egion. The party will return on the sieamsmp meiagama, arriving at Montreal September 15. Arrangements for the tour are in charge of John J. Wicker, Jr., of Richmond, Va., who as tour director has headquarters at the office of the American legion Weekly, New York. King of Egypt to Visit U. S. Cairo, July 7.?King Fuad I of Egypt intends to visit the United States as well as Europe in his tours this year, in order to acquaint himself with the new mvoements of the world and so be better qualified to govern his people wisely. This project, coupled with the official announcement that the govern ments of Spain, Franco, Germany, Italy and Persia have informed Egypt that their have raised their diplomatic agencies and consulates general in Cairo to legations, has brought closet to the Egyptian people the fact that Egypt has at last attained he'r true independence. It is rumored that the commission for the country has decided that the National Assembly, which is to he elected soon, should consist of two bodies, a Chamber of Deputies and a Senate. 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I First Aid Stations Erected in Sweden Stockholm, July 7.?The Swedish Ked Cross hns decided to erect a series of first aid shelter stations over (he sparsely inhabited northren part of the country. It will care for the residents of this section whose homes are dozens, even scores of miles from the nearest doctor. Already seven of these lodges have been erected, and are in operation. Sick persons and those who have met with accidents are to be taken to the first aid posts for preliminary treatment, and then sent, if necessary, to the nearest hospital. "Cross Crossings Cautiously." \ * . ' -