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MUST FIGHT NOW Ifoi TO BEAT WEEVIL. | thi (Continued From Pago One) all summers when even the grown bolls air are attacked. Weevils subsist by suck- tio ing the buds and tender squares of od< cotton. They do net eat the plant, frc therefore their damage'is less notice- :th< able until late in the year when the ge ab sence of blooms and fruit is very: bei evident. yo It is not the habit of weevils to fly fal from place to place or from field to we field at this time of*year. Cotton we what they are looking for when they fiv come out of hibernation and' when they find it. they no more fly over tho ! country looking for other cotton than1 vq you would leave a good turkey dinner ' and maybe have to eat at a sandwich ^ standi. Later in the year when they Jj have become so numerous that both ^ foot! and breeding places aie scarce, many weevils migrate just as bees swarm in certain seasons. Thev all po do not leave ami those that do probably have no particular direction to go, but we can only trace them in the newly infested areas. They are sup- ^ posed to make these annual migrations by short successive flights, totaling as I have said an average of about sixty miles per year. How Weevils Hibernate. ha I heard the statement on the street cei Saturday that weevils have grand- vo children in three days, but this is not ' > true. The truth is that on the aver- on age three weeks are required for a r0, generation of weevils to develop from sjj egg to adult and therefore, they do not fcu have grandghildren under sLx or eight p0 weeks. cai All the weevils that we have in Lee county now have survived the winter because they have not yet had pj( squares long enough to raise any ^ young. The number of weevils in the v;e spring depends upon whether or not vo the winter was favorable or unfavorable for them to survive in hiberna- ar, tion. Last winter was very favorable t0 and we probably have a heavy infesta- fori Hon Hn tVip avpracrp. I believe it is t"-' claimed that o per cent, of the yj{ hibernating weevils survive but this ca] varies from 1 per cent, to as high as fci 40. All weevils do not come out at be once in the spring. Some probably 0r come out too early and die but others wait long enough to be safe. They vo usually find nearby cotton and begin m; to feed on it by sucking the buds of the largest stalks which develops a se] withered or frost bitten appearance. sa. Such a condition is a sure indication ct= of the presence of a weevil oh or near no that sta k. You will find more wee- he vils near the woods, stumps, trees, hedge rows, barns and other places tw suitable for hibernating quarters. And ;s the wee\ ils are almost always in the toi buds of the largest stalks of cotton ^ in the i loming but hide under the oxv leaves later in the day. as Multiply by Millions. th< From these early weevils, which have survived the winter, thousands and millions are raised later, since we they are very prolific. Soon after jat squares are formed on the cotton the ha weevils quit the buds and begin to mj puncture the squares with their long j bills making a hole about the size of a small needle. Larger punctures are ?q, net caused by boll weevils. Some of ^ the squares have open holes in them tie while others are sealed up. The for- cjt mer are called "feeding punctures." pa while the others are "breeding punc- m iures." The latter contains a weevil pe. egg which in a few days hatches into j]], a tiny worm called the larva. This j worm eats out the inside of the square f01 and changes or molts into a beetle-like 0f creature called a pupa, which in turn ma develops into the adult weevil that au gnaws out of the square or young boll egj and the life cycle starts over again, hei The average femaie weevil lays 140 a , eggs and on the average three weeks egj (two in midsummer and as long as n0| seven in the late fall) are required for un, the development through different pr< stages from egg to adult. Many fac- yoi tors work against maximum repro- y0 duction but in favorable seasons the mi offspring from one pair at this time J e can be several millioms. If all lived no in each generation the number would esj be about 11,500,000 decendants from ma one pair in early spring. Plans for the Battle. 1 Now, we are most interested in ag learning what can be done to control otl or eradicate the boll weevil because ott ? i-i ?.. ?:i.u we jtnow iney me wim u?. nuui- ma tunately, there is no known mean? of on making a full crop of cotton when yoi weevils are present, but experience it has taught that their damage car. be an< greatly reduced by control methods, sqi I will discuss only what can be done from now on to help save this crop, the (There are some very important in things that ought to have been done old last fall, winter and spring) but we dit didn't do them even though the wee- nei vil played the part of gentleman ] and sent advance notice that he loo planned to "share crop" with us this in year.) did What you are going tc do must be dis done now?right away. The battle bei will be lost or won in the next six teT or eight weeks. After that time you the may as well go fishing, with the bal- coi ance of what you would have other- the wise made to the weevil?, ar.d prav/brc hot dry weather. There is no such ng as a top crop of cotton when evils are present. One thing, above others, is necessary for success, d that is confidence? a determinan to win no matter how great the [is. Many victories have resulted >m confidence and determination? ? great war for instance. If you t panicky and plow up your eottOn cause it has boll weevils on it now. u certainly will not go to gin this II. No man can predict now what evil damage will be this year, ther twenty-five, fifty, or seventye or more per cent. Three Things to Do. .There are three important things u can do without much, if any, exnse, and as I said at the beginning u can easily double your crop by ing them, and one that you can do th considerable expense without tainty or profit. hirst: Pick and destroy as many as >."iuc ui tuc ucuui? vii niv > vuiii; ton. Keep after them every mornf until squares appear where the evils become too difficult to find, ey are easily found now while :king the buds. Have the women d children do this work. Pay so ich a weevil. Adjust the price acrding to the number of weevils you ve. It may be five cents or a half it may be correct. Do not hire ur "weeviling" done by the day. Second: When squares begin to fall the ground go over your cotton v by row at least every week for : or eight weeks, picking up and ming all the punctured square? ssible, and also get what weevils n be found without losing too much ne. Ihird: Cultivate oftener than usual. jw shallow and go over your cotton rough and through at least cnce a ;ek. Also plow later than has been ur custom in the past. Fourth: Experiment with calcium senate poisoning if you feel willing take chances of losing or maybe making even or making a small !)fit on the possible increase in :ld. Results from dusting with Icium arsenate have not given unim results. Its general use cannot recommended at this time?no othpoison it at all effective on weevilsIt is no more reasonable to plow up ur cotton than it would be to dynate your house if a spark should lit a small blaze on the roof. The isible thing to do if you want to re the house is to pour a few buck> of water on the fire and you might t even need the fire department's [p. Picking early weevils and the first 0 generations of punctured squares absolutely effective in making cot1 under weevil conditions. I have ide twice as much per acre on my n place in Alabama by this method neighbors who did nothing across i road. Pays to Pick Weevils. Very few if any of your neighbors evils will cpme to your field until er in the year. Meanwhile you can ve a half or two-thirds of a crr> ide. I i pays iu pica wecvn 11 ywu uu nut d but two per acre, likewise with nares if you get vnly a handful per re . In some progressive communi3 I have known the towns and ies to raise funds with which to y for early weevils brought in. This :thod of weevil control should apal to your common sense. Let me istrate: [f your wife has twenty?five hens, instance, and disposes of twenty them, can she possibly raise as iny chickens as she would have with twenty-five ? And if she gathers the gs of the others as laid, can the as possibly hatch as many chicks sthey could have done had all the gs been left in the nest? Certainly t. In other words, raising cotton der weevil conditions, can be done afitably and the most foolish thing II can do is to quit planting cotton, u will never regret anything as ich in your life. The sickest fellow iver saw is a southern farmer with cotton to pick and sell in the fall, aerially if his neighbors happen to ike a pretty good crop. Can't Estimate the Damage, i'ou can not anticipate weevil dame. Some years it will be worse than ters and worse in some fields than lers. The weevil is like the Irishrn's flea?you can't put your finger him. About the time you think i have a good crop made, he can eat up, if the weather turns off wet i you have not been "weeviling and laring." rhey are still raising cotton all over ; south in spite of the weevils, but few, if any, instances, on the same I basis.. The weevil brings new conions and they must be met with v methods. [n many sections the weevil is now ked upon as a blessing that came disguise but you know, as they once I, look upon him as a calamity unguised. I can name to you num?-? ^ ?-* am/1 AAimfiAo o f iT'rtn 1/1 \j?. men auu vyuunco umi mvuiu I you that they would not return to s all cotton system again if they ild. Why in one Alabama county ( people actually erected a large >nze monument "to Billy Boll Wee? '? mm vil, who brought to them diversified | g farming and increased prosperity." [ I Some idea of what weevils can do ; / under favorable conditions may be : ^ | had from the case of Alabama in 1916.1 a The previous year the state made, if ! my memory is conect, 1,500,000 bales] 1 of cotton and in 1916 with extreme ! rainfall and consequent weevil dam- j age, only 500,000 bales?a two thirds . loss with not al! the stace infested I with weevils! Some of the worse af- j fected counties like Montgomery.! Dallas, Lowndes, dropped from 40,300 j and 50,000 bales to from -1,000 to 8.- | 000. Imagine if you can what coidi-! Itions there would be with a or even 10,000 bale corp. What Happened in Alabama. I have "seen with my own eyes, fields of cotton that would hide a man on harseback that didn't make planting seed. Many one-mule share croppeis with twenty acres planted could not go to gin without clubbing in with one or more others. Towns with four and five ginneries had only one in opera tion. ana tnat on certain nays aunng i the busiest season. And the foll-ow| ing year whole plantations did not : have a negro on them or a furrow i turned, and, saddest of all, many of these lands are now in the hands of ! outsiders, who seized the opportunity ; to buy them cheap. For whole seasons not a car of mules was shipped into Montgomery, but train loads went out. while m prc-weevil days Abraham Bros, there did one of the biggest mule businesses in the south?wholesale and retail. Gentlemen, do not allow all your labor to drift away and do not dispose of your work stock should you have a bad weevil year. If you do we will be several times as long rallying from the effect of weevils. You will realize the mistake too late. I would also urge and plead with you to begin now your plans for a reduced acreage of cotton to from six to eight acres per plow (you cannot handle more successfully). Plan for a variety of crops next year, but do not plunge into any new crop too heavily. The experience will he too expensive. It is much better to grew into these new things. Plan first of j all to raise as much as possible of j those things we have been raising j cotton to buy with. All of this means the greatest change that has come in your system of farming since the j i emancipation of the negro. It is noth- A ing less than an agricultural somer- ^ sault, but unless the weevil fails to ^ run to form you have got to take it C : ?and the sooner it is done the easier J ' and less expensive it will be. * Looking to the Future. We must begin to fence our farms, pay attention to pastures and forage o? crops so as to make live stock profita- 3* ble . We must see men who have al- s ways fought grass six months of the jg year and bought it the other six. nursj ing it as they used to do their cotton. ? ; And they will also be practicing the ?j | fundamental principle of good farm- ? , ing, which is regular crop rotation and jj| . the growing of soil improving, nitro- jg gen gathering crops, such as velvet ?| j beans, soy beans, vetch, etc. You wi 1 gj ! all raise some cotton, but not as of ? old. It will be from one-half to two- H thirds your former yield per acre or g a reduced acreage. g Other counties not as good as Lee ?| have triumphed over what now seems 8 impending disaster, and what the;.* have done you can do, because no- ? where is there a higher class of citi- j? zenship, more productive soils or a cli- g| mate and location capable of greater ? ; diversification and production. h | I shall be glad at all times to serve || jyou in every possible way?bringing j you correct information on what you ? want to learn about and giving you W whatever benefit I can from my past experience and observations ? and ?| staying with you no longer than pub- | lie sentiment feels that I am giving g you value received, plus, for the mon- | ey your delegation appropriates for ? county agent work. -v Stockholders Hold Meeting. The Record publishes this item be- g cause many of our citizens have stock S in the corporation. :g The third annual meeting of the g Fisheries Products Company was held ? at Wilmington, N. C., June 8, 1921. a The old officers were reelected as ? follows: Thos. H. Hayes, president j| and general manager; R. J. Anderton, |? vice-president and treasurer; H. E. g| Goodwin, secretary. Directors "of the M company were elected as follows: a Thos. H. Hayes, New York; Thos. W. || Davis, Wilmington; Elmo Brown, New ? York; W. R. Capehart, Avoca, N. C.; |? T> T Va?U HK iv. u. miucuvii; i.>c? x uxxv. In addition, F. B. McKinnie, presi- ? dent of the First National Bank, g| Louisburg, N. C.; and L. H. Wilson, g| vice-president of the Bank of Cross || Anchor, Cross Anchor, S. C. were also || elected directors. ?H The two new members of the di- ? rectorate are very prominent in the ?8 business life of their respective states, ag The financial report showed a very 03 successful year with a large surplus. |? Prospects for further development gp 'and continued success appear very ^ bright. jp? ? W| T Commanding Bargains! 1 The Following Lifted BARGAINS Will. Com- I \ * mand the Attention of Those Who Have Lrjj Money to Spend: fr tA BEAUTIFUL LINE OF LADIES' FULL FASHION- 1 ED SILK STOCKINGS, WHITE, BLACK AND CORDOVAN. a VERY MODERATELY PRICED AT ONLY $1.25 the pair \ Ladies1 Pure Black Silk GLOVES only $1.00 pair A large line of open and shut FANS, each 5c and 10c A large line Bed Sheets 83c each. Pillow Cases to match only 25c each. 50 dozen Men's and Boys' Field and Straw Hats ? 25c each. 50 dozen Men's soft finish white Handkerchiefs only 5c each. 15 dozen Men's Soft Finish white Handkerchiefs only 10c each A large line of white Cotton Huch Towels?18x36 ins. A large line of pure white Cotton Huch Towels, 20x40 inches in size, only 25c each. a i:__ ?i? 1 :.on 1 fir- each. ?'l ldLgC line V-A'l lull 1UTTCI3 XUAUV lilVUto, VIU/ i ? 9HH Red Star Cotton Diaper cloth, the best, per piece of Rag ten yards only $2.00 BR9 A large line of Ladies' and Mens' summer Gauze Un- * HI derwear at remarkablely low prices. French Gloss Shoe Polish only 15c per bottle. Also white Shoe Polish, 2 for 25c, single can 15c each. Ox Blood Shoe Polish, 2 for 25c or single can 15c each. MADAM GRACE CORSETS. We have a large line of if these splendid corsets in stock at ?$2.00 to $7.50. A large line of other makes of Corsets $1.25 up. j Always anxious and eager to serve you, so Come On! I . I W. E. JENKINSON, Ifl f KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA h i I 11 I We have* 25 Thomas two-speed 1 Mowers and repairs enough for all. 1 These Mowers (C7K AO H i are Cheap at 1 I Also Eight Rakes at $40.00. Ask yourjneighbor 1 I how he likes his Thomas Mower, then come and get I | one. For sale at i I M. F. HELLER'S I f KINGSTREE, S. C. ^gnM