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VO1LUME XXXVi. LAURENS, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEDNESDYp JUNE 28 ' 1922. FURTHER EVIDENM WEEVIL POIS CALCIUM ARS David R. Coker, in The State. IDuring the 'past few days many 1armers in this section have made -tests with various mixtures of cal -cium arsenate and molasses and in every instance with which I am famil iar they are delighted with the re suits. On our own -pldn-tations we have experimented with several mix 'tures and are now using a mixture of .one-half gallon warm 'water in which is thoroughly mixed one pound of calclum arsenate and added to one half gallon of black molasses. We have found a convenient way to apply is to use quart bottle which is filled three-quarters full of the mixture. 'Out a trench out of one side of the cork, reverse the -bottle and apply to .the 1bud of the cotton by shaking or plunging motion, drojying two or three drevs In the bud of the plant. This mcthod requires less of the mix ture per acro m-id keeps it thorough ly. agitated all -the time. We find that none of the mixture should be car ried over night as it is hard to mix the next morning. No more should be mixed -than can be used during the day and it should be thoroughly stirred be fo.re 'pouring into .tho -hottles (or buckets if the mop is used). Mr. Randolph Gillespie applied the molasses mixture to three different fields on the 12th, 13th and 14th. This norning (the 16th) he spent more than an hour in these fields searching for weevils. He found no live wcevils and noe recently .ulotured square:. Tfhera w.: 02m.iy Wlcvi:1 in the I'. 50 w e'; .yr -rc - -':: her->rec p'oleoning. Noie ; j the 8ih and 9'.h - .1nd o t!" '.::1 13th. lie scnt 1Irni1 li'- th1 .4C 0: to )i'ck VC.evils and the hand .- colni iind no weevIl. --Mr. Jordan anod i r. Mid dileton W'int intoc the flahl thlemselve'sa and locked i'.r ::M: time and coul 'lnd none. On Monday, the 12th in.-A., we poJs.-t oncl -the field na r the Pe da ;treed Seed coni-panly'; J.'11 and tmhure In Whic. linumerous w '. had bem i observed. On WednEdae y we '.nmt atbout 20 landsi into tik field, offer- . ing them two cents ca Ch for lIve weevils. A fcw. quit Pretty pro'aptly on not finding any weel is. About t 15, however, ko.:-t looking for :-:omo time, but none found a weevil a'tor . going over about seven acrOs. Mir.'c Sharpe, who was in chargo of tihel gang, raised the price to five eits t)(T weevil, but still failed to 11nd any,. Ln4tur the price was advanced to tenl, cents per weevile, and not a single C hand found a weevil after esarching jwo hours. eorge J. Wilds, 'plant breeder of the Pedigreed Seed company, carried out the fol'wing experimento (luring the past wveek:'d Test iNo. 1: At 1 p. mn., on the I0th t inst.', nine hills of cotton were treated. with the molasses mixt~ure. Tihiere are ~two plants in each lill, and only enu1 2of the plants in each 'hill was treated. t~ Twenty--one weevils were placed- on these nine hills, about one-half et 'dug placd on the poisoned splants and Y he reest on the unpoisoned -p(fants. At0 6 p. in. 'the nine huills were examinedl mweith the resul( that six living and I 'six dead weevils were found on the~ * treated Iplants. At 2 b. in. on the 12th the 'same plants wore examined a;ml' two live and eight dead wveevils wereo f~ound. At 9 a. m. on the 14th, the' planfts -were again examninedl and no live wveevils and ten dead ones wore found. As -weevils move about con- $ fideraibly at this season it is assumed that -all that remained on the~ treated iills 'iwere deostroyed wvithin tile. test C d'pribd. *The mixture usesi in~ this t&at t "vais onie-hbalf gallon water, ono gallon ~ poless gl6 4twe pound0. calcium ar %nate, . Tos'rt No. 2: At .1.u, in, en the 10th 4s1t.1 tdni lills- vere 'treated with the 1 S'wer, thio ggtUond of mnolnses 4id p6 ni. t'. i 'l(,four liing :,1&hO49 we; ~oo ~nd At 4E ON BOLL ONING WITH ENATE-MOLASSES Test No. 3:Same mixture was used on test No. 3, under about the same apnditions, and 75 per cent of the wee vils succumbed. Test No. 4: In test No. 41 a mix ture of five gallons of molasses, five gallons of water and seven'and a ialf pounds of calclum arsenate was used on five hills, 'Twenty weevils were placed on the five hills. At 8 a. in. on the 13th, no living and fo'!! [Is were found. On the 14th, a shower having fallen during the night of the 13th, another search -for weevils was made and three additional dead and no live onea were found. The results of these ex'perimen ts sEom to show that where a liqu'd con tabning at least half molasses and at least tllree-fourts of a pound of cal Mlum arsenate -per gallon is used, 100 per cent mortality occurra within four days. The fact that - a good many of the wveevils placed on the .plants 'were un alccollted for does not mllodify the value of the experiment as our ex perimenters observed some weevils to fly away imimediately on beng placeti i a Llant. The cotton s-' xtuding theso ex periments had not ibcon treated with poison of a::y kind. I have two lettars from C. M. Nor is of Vance, Orangeburg county, who last ;.*ar apioed on or about Juno ia sture of one and one-half :::s calcium arsenate and one outt of let wvater mixed with one gal Oil Of molasses. Hie btirred the water ud ars Ient for 30 miiiutes before mix ng wit tMI 1he m01l-es and alf ied :xi tli i 1m. He say o1e 1m or boy can .pidy to fcur1 acres per day. ie giith .rCd !lot poundl(s of e cottonI per le. md efly miade 20o to 400 1-ound,; )r acre on -the balance of tho farm. I1 (oes not Collicher this test positiv? y (mivlurive, owin:; to the fact 'lhat e had no unreated cooto in the field vith treated cotton. Ife is conllldnt iat the poison wi responsibl for his., .mparmiravn success in a sect.ol whIch V.1H al0most wi ped (1ut by thec' weevils ' e2t yr. Th e Crit of the mi:ture, .\r. Jo.rls says, was; 20 to 25 cents per All the fii rmeors who have reported 1n th 11e of the mixture I in -this sec lon Igl(o that time cost is bet-Ween 5 mid 25. cents for materials. Mr. Tore's1r ots that most of the farm rs hi his section are using the mo asaes-cilcium arsenate mixture this car, and so far as lie has heard they ra piens0d with tile results. cm not obe certain that by the use f calciuim arsenate molasses treat ient aiy farmer will make a crop .0 cotton alnd I can only be sure that nder the weather conditious we have ad here sincc May 30 that the vast inljcrity of the weevils have been kill and -that few weevils are left in the rented 'fields .and few pun1fctured1 riuares are apmearing. The coat of de application is so slight and 'the asult alppears so mlanifest that I feel lat every farmer can ill affor'd not to ivest 20 cents 'per acre -per atpplica onl for -this treatment -and apply it everal times, at intervals of a week r. tenl days. There Is not the slight it question that millions of weeyils ave, already been killed-by this treat lent luring the past ten days, and it tands to reason that this has done Olme good. . Ht0KOUY TAVERN NiEWS Hiclkory Tavern, June 26.-Tho farm rs of t'his section are almost up wvith rch'iv ork, and so far haven't ad1On fly bol .weevils. We were all shodked to hbar of the oath of iMr. J. Ahrmhdm Coats,. who eas killed Wednesday 'by lightning ear gic~kory Tavern school house. Thie ody yas lai'd to rest atvoid Quaker hurcit. tho fuieril sofvice blng con teted by Ttv frdg Coiliar, Dr.b$Jof.Gfeunillie, d~,eren1tivo iteo-stik drlinhh41 atk it4bth OCreek 4 keiesoniillee idptlti uolo pei ~undsy vthMr. Wa ker dhes. '* * * * * * * * * * * * * tIDDLES OLD FIELD NEWS * * ' * ** * ~.~ * * * * * * * * Riddles Old Field, June 26.--The Ilce showers of rain which fell iast veec were appreciated very'luch, be ause we were needing it. Rv. ID. E. Wall delivered an inter )sting soini at Warrior Sunday morning which was enjoyed very much. Rev. 13. E. Wall, :Mr. and Mrs. P. H. wens and handsome son, Guy, were linner guests Sunday at the home of, ,Wr. W. L. Garrett. In One o, No matter want to plan you will ne4 you will Palm Beach and other for i $15.01 Vaca SHIRTS In new patter] $2.00 to $3.1 SOFT COIL White, g $2.00 Come tc Whart Laura S. C. Misses Nellie Howard and Blanch Todd were .tho spid-the-day vlsitors with 'Miss Eula Mae Cannady Satur day. Mr. and Mrs. Ciarence Garrett and little -Rachel were visitors at Mr. N. ID. Garrett's recently. MIr. and 'Mrs. J. A. -Riddle attended services at 'Warrior ISunday and were the dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Zeallous Knight. Mis Eula Mae Cannady spent Sat urday night with Miss Rosa Riddle. Miss ollarlow. Garrett was guest of her sister, Mrs. Fowler Burns, last week. r OurCoo where you gc aheadA for the IAd No matte ad, w'vvre readV just h Mohair, Gal thin Summer ' is hot weather 0 to $25.( tion Necessities BATHIN sGood quality 0$3.00 t4 .LAR SHIRTS ray and tan to $3.00 ithis store for the t .your outing a on Clot] "CASH",CLOTHIJ - 4 NOTICE OF SALE UNDEt DISTIESS WAltIANT State of South Carolina, County of Laurens. RL. 'i. enchoff, Landlord, against James Kilgo, Tenant. By virtue of authority vested in me, the undersigned, in a distress warrant, issued gy R. H. Uenchoff, landlord, on June 22, 1922, for past due rent, vs. James Kilgo, Tenant, I have distrain ed tho stock of goods, merchandise, store furniture, and fixtures, ziereinaf ter described, and notice is her6by giv en that I will sell the said stock of goods, merchandise, store furniture and fixtures at public outcry, to the highest bidder for cash, at the place :-he Fe Co0%mf ortal you'll clothes r what r to fit )ardine Moderately Pi G 'SUITS NE -pretty styles Snappy y > $5.00 75 STRAW I New shapes---poj $2.00 to hings you will need I real pleasure bding Coi E~RS--SUITS ME" of business 'formcrly occupied 'by the said James KIlgo, tenant, on the northwest corner of the public square, in the City of Laurens, South (ro lina, on Wednesday, the 12th day of July, 1922, at ten o'clock A. 51. The said stock of goods, merchandise, fur niture and 'fixtures consisting of fancy groceries, such as canned goods, can ly soap, etc., and the fixtures consIst Ing of scales, coffee grindier, checese cutter, etc., the same being the pro perty of James Kilgo, Tenant, and I will sell so much. thereof at; shall be stifilent to satisfy Ithe Landlord's claim for rent. S. C. 1010.1), Agent, For -R. H.'Benchoff, Landlord. Laureuis, S. C., une 26, 1922. 50-3t irth leU Suits Y. r4/ iced CK WEAR atterns; silk and knit c to $2.00 -IATS ular prices rl p4.00 :o make' pany Greenwood. S. C.