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w ij Progr r ~e Under Bol Ti. nmarch of the boll weevil the cotton belt has been ac uipanied by panic and demoraliza oRn. Farmers, bankers and merch ets frightened by one or two years heavy losses, have in many cases, etailed ((operations and credits to point where farming was satis and labor was forced to leave country to prevent starvation. ere are signs that a similar panic esy occur in parts of this state un means are taken to reassure the )ple and point out a safe course agricultural operations under I weevil conditions. To this end group of practical farmers and iness men in co-operation with Extension Bureau have studied situation in the light of their . experience and that of other .tes and the accumulated experi e-ntal results of governmental agen s and beg leave to present the fol ing suggestions and program as which will meet the situation, -: -venting demoralization and en ing our farming and business in - ests to continue profitable opera * Is. t is especially important to pre t our people from stampeding in new and untried fields of agri Lure in which they will fail for c of information and experience. * mising new crops should of course tested and where proved success should be increased as rapidly as people gain experience but not ter. 'he problem is not so much as to at to do as it is how to reassure people and get the information how to proceed to every farmer, - ter and sharecropper in the state. must be done if it is done at all the larger farmers, merchants, h'kers and professional men who uld make it their business to ch the isolated farmers and ten s and discuss with them the pro In of operations under boll weevil ditions. The greatest responsi ty rests upon the landowners. If y are going to continue to own ir lands they will be obligd to see it that those who farm them have rect information and closest su -vision, for the average farm ten must have sympathetic and cor t instruction and active supervis until he thoroughly learns the r methods of operation. t few broad principles of opera a for the whole state may be sug ted': 'irst. Destroy immediately all :on stalks as on as the crop is hered. This will prevent the thing 'of millions of new wevils ing October. The old weevils do hibernate until cold weather and destruction of their food supply cause them to (lie before frost. carriyinag out of this suggestion mcee is imperative and every ef should be made to induce every' ner in the stalte to do I this wor) k at ,for. if only a few do0 it. it will Slittle ell'ect in redlucinig next r's weevil suppily. econd . IDu ring the fall and wvin destroy all (cover in which weevils y be hiding. burning dlitch banks I margins of wvoods and cleaning *around stumps. Fodder andC hay * ks should not be allowed to re n near cotton fie'lds. hird. Cotton should be liberally *ilized with a quick acting fer *er containing about 5(0 pounds of lable phosphoric acid per acre, lonlia andl pot1ash to be used( ac ing to the character andI relative lity of the soil. All applications mmonia should be put dowvn be the middle of .June. Over-doses otash have a tendency to dlelay irity. Whecre the weed grows * nly a small amount of ammonia dI be used as it alwvays delays irity andI encourages overgrowvth :alk. 'urth Early planting of applrov arietes of cotton with plenty of -'The farmer should save rat three bushels of g0ood seed for acre he is going to( plant. lHe Id plant at least. t wo bushels he April 1 in the lower half of the 2and before April 10 in the up * half of the state reserving a rde per acre. If a stand is not iredl by the first piantinig he aid plant over not latecr than iI 10( in the lower halt. or April n the upp~ler half. If large quani - -s of seed are used goodI stands usually secu1red from extra early itings anid the experiencee is that. *er boll weevil conditions the great * crops are~ always made( from the *iest plantings. If stands are not 'cared at a comp~aatively early stage Sland intende~d for cotton should *put into other crops5. I ifth. Cotton should be left thick n the drill. Thlis dlistanice should :ry with the height of the natural wI~th of the plant, three inches or our inchses not being too close as a naidmum and eight or ten inches as niatximum. Silxth. The question of poisoning I Weevil Condition; mental state but your committee b( lieves that poisoning with calciu arsenate is valuable, especially 1 (lone at the proper time and und.e favorable conditions. iieavy" dama from plant lice rollo\!1i;; (1. ;t with calcium arsen~ate OMarl. h:10 \a 'raut makes us doubt fl l to 1th treatmient when applied I "t that ti":e The weevils should :O!o:' be pi rkei 'on the plant in the early stag:( and as soon as pun(cturedr sq uares atr< noticed they should) be pic ked u twice per week umil mid Sll summter Rapid and thorough ca Ithivation at aI times should be empiloyel ant thi crop should be gathere(d a, fast a open to inl-sure a hi-h grale. In mo case should more cotton be plante :han can be properly handled at al stages and promptly Kicked by the labor on the farm. for it is the heighi >f folly to plant a crop and let the boll weevil eat it up for lack of at tention or allow it to become blut in the fields for ladl: of picking force, The expersence of many of ou best farmers andi numerous experi. ments conducted under the auspices of the experiment stations prove that it is absoutely essential in al. most all sections to use around 300 pounds per acre of acid phosphate under cotton. In most cases if the amounts applied varied much, either above or below this standard, the crops were less profitable. Everywhere it must be insisted on that the individual farmer and ten. tnt raise an abundant supply of food and feed and that this food and feed be properly conserved. The man with a crib full of corn and hay, a -mokehouse full of meat and mo lasses, a hundred bushels of sweet potatoes in a storage house, and a garden full of vegetables cannot be put out of business by the boll weevil or any other pest. Storage houses for keeping sweet potatoes should be everywhere con structed as this is one of the great est crops we have and one which every farmer can raise. Cotton product.ion in this sectior is safer than in the lower sections and will continue to be profitable or average years, provided due care it exercised in meeting weevil condi. tions. The acreage should be strict. ly limited to an amount which can b( perfetly handled by the availablh labor. Ample food sutffs including corn, peas, velvet beans, potatoes sorghum, wheat, oats, tc., should bi grown. A suggested division o acreage for a thirty acre farm ha been made by one of the most suc cessful planters in the Piedmont an, may be found useful, although o course it should be modified to ice indivillual needs. Tren acres of cot toni; six acres of corn wvith peas o velvet beans; eight acres in wvhea and1( oats, followed by pea vines beans and1( Lookout Mountain poia to es ; onte acre of ( sweet potattoes two acres of' a IfaIl'a; three acres o1 sorghum;n total. thirty acres. At ampIle~( niumbier of hogs and1( a fey cattle should he catrried on this fan andl for these a permanent Ber'mudt pas1tur1age should be provided. Il would be wvell to increase the per c'entalge oIf corn'1 on1 a farm of thi: size unless the land is very fertile Thirty' atcres is usually an awvkwart size for a farm as it is too large foi one horse and not large enough foi two. The relaltive proportion of dif ferent erops, however, may be ob served 10nomat ter' what the size o the far'm unit. Iln ever'y county thle farmer should utliize fully the governmen farm experts. No one can advise in telligettly an1(1d corretly just wha17 each1 intdiv'idua1l farmller' should (do Tihe dlemonlstraltion agent, however can tell you exactly what to do foi he knows your conditions and ha:1 alvailaible 7111 the nlecessar'y inlformal tionl to ad(vise you uponf each detail A most important factor for sue cess under boll wveevil conditions i hard and initelligent work. The slip shod farmer wvill be out of busines: inl a fewv years andl only those wh<u work hard and1( use intelligent meth Odls wvill remain. In all crops ounly varieties of proven adlaptability ti the sectionl and1 those wvhich make pr'oduct of tihe highest moniey valu< as wvell as of good production pe :vere should be used. TIhe y'ear 1'I921 h as be en mllore favu oratble for' the 1bol1 weevil than anu: Mace', he enltered't the hlelt. in I 19 ('onseq1uently he ha1s doneW m2ore( (1am atg than (everl before. II is damag nlem V(ear and1( sulcceedling years wil dlepend4 on weat her 'onlditions and1( th fighting him. We urge al11 our1 citizens to cc operate tot calrry this message t every farimer and1( farm tenanlti the state. ('niess the malin fealture of the above program are genlerall adlopted the whlole(. state will suffe; Last but not least call on the es tension agents and Clenmsoni Colleg to hlelp in every problem. D). R. Coker', for the Committee. The Lexington Dispatch-News says: b Everv few days we hear of a new name being suggested as a candidate for governor. By the time the en tries are closed, however, the (ro) will doubtless have suffered some-j( " hat from the blight of indiff1e re . an:l many champions will diub. less ' a pour opinion of the patliotiis m their friends. There is a bh.: op 'rtunity for a really Iig ma, as v:.ernor, both in the matter of Uine tax reform and in drawi't the pleople Ine'areru together and aiding them to bridge the hard times which are apparently staring them in the face. But - - will we he able to get the big man to run, and will he have a chance to be elected if he run. It remains to be seen. BIG POTATO CROP. The South is harvestin.g the larg est sweet potato crop in its history, due to increased acreage. Total pro duct,ion of sweet. potatoes ill the United States this year will be ap proximately 14,000.000 bushels. More than one-fifth of the crop is be ing raised at Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee. The average pro duction per acre this year will be about. 103 bushels, compared with 107 bushels last year. Thirteen Southern states producing sweet po tatoes probably will realize an aver-; age value of $112.55 per acre from' this year's crop. NOTICE. 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