The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, June 16, 1921, Image 8
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?
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