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ooit RIC 3jj..... VOLUME Xvi--XXVII. LAURES , SOUtu CAROLINA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 1922. TEN STEPS TO P IN FIGHTIN The Soil lim: roverent Coninittee, of Atlanta, a., menbers of which are nrw to1iring1t the eastern ipart of South C'arolina on an anti-boll weevil cam 'paign, has recently published it small 'palphlet ilving ten steps In fighting the boll weevil. These steps if follow ed closely in every detail, I believe will help farmers to make a good crop of cotton in spite of the boll weevil. There has been a -time when we could make good fruit without spraying the fruit trees, but that time has past. The same thing is tdue with making cot ton.. We must change our methods of anaking cotton, but we can continue to make cotton 'by waging a fight against the boll nweevil. The following are the ten steps that must be taken under 'boll weevil con ditions in order to make a #good crap of cotton: 1. !Plant fewer acres. 3. 'Use earlyl varieties. 13. 'Use aarly varieties. 4. Plant early. I 5. Fertilize liberally. 6. Cultivate frequently. 7.. Kill early weevils. S. Gather damaged squares. 1). iLearn to poison. Destroy stalks earlly. It is not 'advisablo to grow more (-han eight or ten acres of cotton to the plow, and if labor is scarce-five tor six acres to the plow will .'be enough to undertake. Of course by reducing cotton acreage there will be consider able land left which should be ,planted to food and feed crops for man and beast. A system of crop rotation should be practiced in which money crops other than cotton can be used. il ai recommending the folloawing ro tation for general practice in Laurens county: First year, cotton to be plowed un .der in. October after picking and fol Iowed with wheat and oats. Second year, wheat and oats followed w.ith cowpeas and soy beans. The soy beans will make a good supplementary money crop and they can be economi cally harvested with a Little Giant Bean Harvecter. The cowpeas and soy beana should be followed in -the fall With crimson clover or rye and vetch. Third year, the crimson clover or rye and votch are plowed under and corn is .planted. Velvet beans should be planted in the corn. The velvet beans can be -grazed by cows and hoegs during the fall and Winter or they can be plowed under for hoil improve ment. This land -wil be ready for cot ton again the fourth year and should mole a good crop of cotton with very little fertilizer other than 300 lbs of 16 per cent acid iphosphate to the acre, as the crop rotation recommend ed will improve the soil very rapidly if carried oit. The seed bed should lbe prepared early so that it will be -well settled by planting time. Heavy land should be broken in the fall, ad sandy soills should be broken in early sprin'g. Early fruliting varieties of cotton abould be planted in order that~ a large amount of fruit will be set 'be fore the boil weevils have become suf 'ficiently numerous to be most seri ous, which usually occurs 'by August. According to variety tests that thave Ibsen conducted by the different ex 'periment stations in this state, thie Clbyeland Big 13011 is the beet short etaple "cotton for wilt free land, and .Webber 49 and Deltatype Webber are the best long staple varieties. Cotten should be iplanted as early as possible wilthout~. risking damaige by frost. Earliness is important. A good stand should be secured from the first planting ,If possible, as the replanted cotton will be too late. A thorough preparation of the seeI 'bed will help in gettinga, good stand, , The incor porationl of orgaic matter in thad soil through the crop Totation recommend ed will cause the soil to get warm earlier in the spring, atid help in se euring a good stand fr'om the :first planting, Since considerabli .Work is neces eary to make~ cotton under boll weevil edd4 *rop in ol'der t44 t~~o uit' - rqed amotiit fblab4t dehnja nkinehe eup, the h preton14@1 edv beasoi ergh he41 r la 'Wit 'i1.n~io he [AKE [G BOLL WEEVIL Sside application mlay .be 111ad( at the time the cottonl is 'lthinned or about 11wo weeks aitcr i He cotton comes up. Late applicatiouis of soda will delay maturity and cause . excessive boll weevil damage. 'TFlairly liberal appli cations of acid phosphate at planting time or previous to planting will has 'ten the maturity of the cotton, and this is very desirable under boll wee vil conditions. Moro detailed informa tion concerning fertilizers will be giv en by the county agent If requested. Frequent cultivation is important. This is one reason why it is neces sary to reduce the amount of acreawge to the 'plow. The crop should be cul tivated every week or ten days from the very beginning. It is important tihat the weevils ;be killed when they Jirst come out of win ter quarters, because to kill one weevil at that time is worth killing thousands a few, weeks later. The early weevils woull be found on the terminal buds of the young cotton even before the squares begin to form. They will be found in spots or restricted areas near the woods, hie y 'stacks, buildings, etc., or other places where they may -have spent the winter. These small arens may 'be either poisoned early or the weevils may be picked off by hand. All the early weevils will not be found. As soon as infested squares aire (iscovered in the field these should be picked off and -burned. "When the squares flare open and turn brown, it is a good ,ign that it is infested with an immature weevil. Cleap labor should be used in gathering squarCs, as the ploiv' hands ohould be kept busy with, the plows. This work should be (lone during June and July, at inter vals or three.or four days. Poisoning is still in the experimen tal stage, but good results have been secured with calcium arsente dust where directions have been closely foil lowed. It will be well for a f~w farm ers in every community to try the poisoning method onl and that will normally ainke as much as a ibale of cotton per aere. It will not be neces sary to pick squares where the poison is used. No farmor should undertake to use poison unless he is willing to follow instructions to the letter. The most effective and cheapest poison is calcium arseante dust. Information chn be secured from the county agent concerning metfhods of application. 'It is possible that some of us are counting too much on the fact that cotton stalks have been plowed under. The more plowing under of cotton stalks is not worth very much. The principal advantage that comes from plowing under cotton stalks is in do etroying the food and breeding place of the weevil earlier than the frost will destroy it. To get efficient results -from plowing under cotton stalks, they should be plowed under about two _weeks before the first frost. This will Cause many .weevIl igrubs to be de stroyed tihat might otherwise mature a~nd pass through the winter, and will diestroy the food of the weevil -and, cause him to go into winter quarters hungry, and less capable of living un til the next spring. There are many farmers in' the boll weevil territoryr whlo made mnore than a 1bl of cotton per acre, last year 'by carrying out' thep lan outlined above, whaile their neighbors made only one or two bales ,to the plow by follov~wing the old methods. Let us flot be dis couraged. ~Wie can make cotton under 'boll -weevil eonditionis, but we must fight the Ibol1' weevil 'all the year. J. 111. TIlVATHIAN, County Agent. MOTHER! MOVE CHILD'S BOWELS WITHf CMJiFORNI.A FIG SYRUP Hlurry motheri 'Even *a 'sick clii ovste"fruity" taste of "Californiae *i DYUJ and it never fails to opei th ho.* A '~apqful 'td may 'p~vitA uk ohilu morr . ' f -con std b au fo'ote3,(frfful, has it~lbb~ lith a borole.s e d fI'gine "Call-. of ally ages must aIm RAYS 1) F0JLI,01V Ll'1IHE OF ii.: SCR.EEN Po~~nue -tral Will Leave 0ab1 net. oes Into Aovies, Washingto1 .ia. l-1.--1Intentionl of Pustmiiaster General ilays to retire from tie abinet in tle near futulre to becole le directing head of an a; !sOciationl of miOtjoii pictjlure producers and distributors, Was alnnloulnlce(l today at tihe White Hiouse at the conclusoIon Of a colfereieo between Presideit liarding and the postmaster general. P1resideit illarding, in a 'statement, declared he could not "well interpose any objection to Air. Ilays' retiring f'rom the cabilnet to -take up a work so important," while Mr. llays, stating he had decided to accept the offer of the motion picture interests, made it clear that as yet no contract had been ex ecuted. The postmaster general, how ever, expressed confidence that a sat isfactory contract could -be agreed upon. Representatives -of motion picture producers and distributors have been negotiating for the services of the postmaster general for some t.ime and are understood to have outldned to Mr. Hays what they wish thim tounder take. 'Within a few days he expects to confer again with them, probably in New York, and unless something tnt foreseen develops, it is expected that a contract will be signed at the meeting. The date of his retirement from the cabinet, 2Ir. nays said, would depend largely on 'the wishes of his iiprospec tive emlployei's. -He declared, how ever, 'lie Would not give up his gov ernment duties until the president has had time to select his successor. It was satid at the White louse that notli ing would be done toward selection of a new postnmaster general until Mr. Hays .formally tenders his resigna tion. . The president personally gave out the following statement: "The postmaster general and I have been discussing at considerable length D "E the 1rooaw 'which has beni illde to im to become -t he head of :1 a ationl assorntio of millloit icitlre prodlui. (3r%1 111d dis1tributors. If III, arrall'e 1*1 %"rove to be. When,, the dctails" a workled out, wvlat il ems to be, calln not %%.ell Interoe ally ohjee t ion to Alr. Jlays retiring fromt the cab iiet. to take u111 a work so imiportanit. It is too great an olpportunity for a lifuil public serv ice for hii to re L shall be more thlu sorry to have himt retire from the cabinet where lie has already nado so fine a record, but we have agreed to' look upon the situation from tho lbroadest viewpoint and seek the highest public good." Mr. Hays made this statement: "With the president's consent I have leclded to undertake the work sug gested -by the motion picture produc 3rs and distributors. No contract has been executed as yet. I am assuming, 1f course, that a, satisflactory contract will be possiblo and one which will iake certain the carrying out of the Ulgh purposes contemplated by -this ;reat Industry." USE SLOAN'S TO EASE LAME BACKS .TOU can't do your best when 1 your back and . every muscle aches with fatigue. Apply Sloan's Liniment freely, with out riabbing, and enjoy a penetrative glow of warmth and comfort. 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