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FARM DEMONSTRATION Edited by T. 1 KILL NEXT YEAR'S WEEVILS NOW Destroy Cotton Stalks Thoroughly And Clean the Fields Well. Cleaning: of the fields, the destruction of the stalks, and the planting r\f oAvor cvnnc cnnstitutp. the most powerful weapons for-weevil fighting now in the hands of the farmer. By efficient fall farm management the farmer can dictate to a great extent1 how many weevils shall pass the winter on the farm. Though much warning has already, been given about stalk destruction, many farmers are apparently not convinced of the need for immediate stalk destruction, and do not realize that this is practically the most important single step in any system of fighting 1 the weevil. I Boll weevils multiply in cotton until frost kills it. Many thousands of weevils may occur in each acre ; of cotton. Weevils hibernate, that I is they pass the winter, only in the j etairo Uihomation usual J.U11 ^ iv?> H OVU(^Vt . ly begins with the coming of the first killing frost. They hibernate principally in coton fields, and standing stalks make for them splendid winter homes. The most favorable condition, therefore, for the successful hibernation for boll weevils is found in fields where the cotton stalks, grass, weeds, dead leaves, etc., are left during the winter. Under such conditions the farmers may expect the greatest ni*nb<-:r of weevils to survive the winter. There is little prospect for successful cotton growing under such conditions. The earlier the coton stalks are destroyed, the fewer the weevils that will survive the winter, and consequently the smaller the damage* to the net crop. As xfar as possible, the stalks should be destroyed two weeks before the first killing frost. In some sections the stalks are uproted, piled and burned. This method is a very serious disadvant age in destroying a large amount of vegetable mater which should be turned under. Whenever the farmer is equipped with plows and mules so that the stalks may be turned under five to six inches after they have been cut down with the chopper, it is a very effective plan. A less effective method is to graze off all green coton within a period of a few days. Whatever method one employs, the destruction of stalks must be thorough. The following are a few of the many advantages 3ecured from cleaning the fields and destroying the .stalks. 1. A great many full grown wee vils are killed outright. 2. Many young stages in the plants are killed. The full grown weevils not killed are weakened by starvation if the rtalks are destroyed two to three weeks before the first frost and these will not have sufficient strength to pass the winter successfully. v 4. fee removal of the stalks facilitates fall plowing and the plant- . ing of cover crops. 5. This fall cleaning program is , also of the greatest benefit generally in destroying the winter homes and the winter food plants of other , injurious pests of the farm. . DESTROY THE WEEVIL'S WINTER RESORTS. i The Earlier The Better?But Bet- , ter Late Than ( The earlier cotton stalks and other hibernating places are destroyed, the , fewer weevils will survive the winter. In infested fields it is common to , find weevils at the rate of 5,000 to | " 25,000 per acre at the time of first frost. It is a well known fact, the weevils developing late in the fall are the ones most likely to survive the winter, i,s they are not worn out by long flights and the rearing of the young, a>5 are the older weevils. For this reason development of weevils in late fall must be prevented as the first step in making the next crop. An interesting point in this connection is the fact that experiments * 4-It <-.4- AAf _ lQ XAUli ana suuncu mat mien vvtton stacks were destroyed before I October 15, only 3 per cent, of the " weevils survived the winter, whereas destruction of stalks on October 27 allowed 15 per cent, to survive; November 25, 22 per cent.; December 27, 29 per cent.; between December 15 anc} January 15, 43 per cent. It is clear, therefore, that the earlier the stalks are destroyed, the more effective the results will be, but that where early destruction is impossible, it is better late than never. / The p'anting of a winter cover crop in he present cotton fields is also ur ed as a most important V AGENT'S DEPARTMENT 1 1 ] M. Cathcart. . ] ______ 1 means of weevil destruction, since weevils can not live through the . winter in a growing cover crop, such . as rye, oats and vetch, or clover, for , the reason that in order to survive the winter the weevil must "dry out" to the extent of losing one-third of his body moisture and this he can not do in a field where a cover crop is growing. Cotton stalks not plowed under or burned in a field to be ^ planted to a cover crop should be cut to pieces and thrown to the ground as early as possible by a stalk cutter so that they may be covered by the growing cover crop and thus absorb moisture, which t means death to the weevil. Still another step which should be i taken now is the cleaning up of ditch i banks, fence rows, and other places where rubbish and trash accumulate in and around the fields. Community Cooperation Against the , Weevil. The fall destruction of stalks to- t gether with fall cleaning has long ( been recognized as one of the most t important steps in controlling the \ weevil for the succeeding season, and ? although a farmer practicing this by t himself obtains important benefit } from it, the great need for com- } munity cooperation in this work can r not be over-estimated. While it is a well known fact that the weevil j will have his fall migration period from year to year, yet this pest mi- ^ grates more or less at other sea- t sons of the year. After the cotton j is destroyed by frost, the pest mi- s grates to find suitable winter quar- f ters and of course in the spring it muct again migrate more or less to ^ find cotton fields for food. For this j reasori the greatest amount pf bene- v fit for this' operation is obtained j. where farmers of a comunity band j together and carrmy out a defihite t fall destruction and farm cleaning s program. <] The earlier in the fall this is done c the more effective it will be. Cot- g ton picking should be rushed as fast as possible and no time should be ] lost in getting this program in oper- ^ ation. v r What Texas Says About Destroying . Ot.lU V/Oiiun oituu. t The Extension Service of Clemson College has been preaching the fall t and winter clean-up of cotton fields 1 and hibernating places of the boll weevil as one of the most effective c measures of weevil control. To show \ that this is advocated and practiced t in Texas, the greatest cotton-produc- t ing state, the following article is ( quoted from the Texas Extension <j Service Farm News. s Present conditions in South Caro- t lina favor such a clean-up for in all c parts of the state cotton picking is e already practically completed, and t farmers can turn atention to stalk destruction. The earlier the clean-up r the more effective will be the weevil t control. a Read These Twenty Statements From a Texas. r 1. Weevil infestation, in spring, 1, starts from the few weevils that pass the winter. xi 2. The weevils, developing late in r the fall, are the ones most likely to b survive the winter. v 3. Many weevils will survive the r winter in fields where cotton stalks, t together with grass, weeds and oth- fer refuse material offering shelter, a are allowed to remain. b 4. Great numbers successfully pass l the winter in Spanish moss and in dead gras aongsl fences, ditches and ri other waste places. c 5. Weevil eats only cotton. i: 6. The weevil breeds only in q squares and bolls. ( 7. The weevil can live for sev- a eral months without food while hi- f bernating and inactive.. o 8. It does not become inactive until the first killing frosts. J 9. Previous to the first killing e frosts, it can live for only about six s days without food. 1 10. Killing cotton growth early a prevents new weevils breeding and $ permits only the older ones to enter hibernation. 1 11. Very few of these older wee- c vils have sufficient vitality to pass t the winter successfully. t 12. Killing cotton growth early i removes the food of the weevil. If f the growth of coton is entirely kill- 1 ed as early as two weeKs oeiore t frosts, practically all weevils will ' starve before going into winter quarters. t 13. Destroy cotton growth early; s if possible, by October 1. , 14. Merely chopping or clipping ] the stalks will not answer, the f stumps will throw out new growth t ideal for weevil food. \ 15. Kill the plant entirely and ] prevent new growth by setting a i plow shallow and turning out the t plants, or by some equally effective ? means. ( 16. Do not bum crop refuse on :he fields. Texas farms need this returned to the spil humus. Merey killing the plants as suggested in \To. 15, will, in most cases, secure he benefit aimed at. 17. Burn the trash along fences, litches and other such waste places, n mid-winter, and thus destroy the ndividuals hibernating there (see S'os. 4 and 16). 18. A farmer cannot prevent weeds coming to his cotton in the spring hat another person has wintered. JO. Big things are accomplished inly by cooperation. 20. Oiganize o whole community 'or the fight. o A Red Cross Story. Far up among the fastnesses of he Cumberland Mountains a loyal, latient hill woman watched her hus>and slowly die from tuberculosis, irought on by his being gassed in the Vigonne offensive. A heavy cold aught during the trip home and cold, lamp and malnutrition were speeding lim toward the grave, aiding the raviges of tuberculosis. Ignorant of the impending tragedy, liree young children and a baby had inly a sack of coffee and some com >etween them and starvation. ine lusband could do nothing save lie on i ragged blanket all day and watch he sunbeams play about the peaks of lis beloved mountains. The nearest lumans were at the village store, five niles across the mountains. Not wen the mail man came to see the ittle family. The mountain mind has a certain pand simplicity almost unknown in his day when everything has its >rice. It never occurred to the exervice man to ask his government or assistance. His country had callid him in time of need and he had p>ne. Comrades had given their all n the trenches and on the sea. He vas making the final sacrifice at lome. In the end it was all the same. I bit hard on his mountain mate and he kids. But women and children ilways had the worst of it in war. rhus he reflected through the long lays and nights as he lay on the ihabby blanket by the cabin door. But news travels, even in the thin-, y populated mountain country. The ale of the family's plight came eventlally to a Red Cross worker in a town learly a score of miles away. She i t 1 >rompuy sauaiea ner nun*, iuoucu he saddle bags with flour, fruits, vegetables and rode over the mounains to the humble cabin which was lome to the man and his family. Holding the tiny skeleton victim >f malnutrition in her arms, the trou>le-worn wife met the Red Cross at he door. The other children were 00 weak to rise and greet the new:omer, the first visitor since their laddy had come back from over the iea. Only the dying husband musered a smile because of the Red Cross in her uniform, which he had learnid to recognize through the weary rials of the war. The Red Cross worker spent the light, soothing and ministering to he patient. The children were given 1 wholesome meal, their first in days md weeks. She comforted the worded and heart-sick little wife and ent her money for groceries. She learned that the man had 'filed 10. claim for compensation, tie aiai't know he rated it, ha panted. But te was right glad, on account of his rife. The next morning the worker ode back along the mountain trail 0 send th^ claim papers she had illed out to Washington. They went ind eventually compensation came ack. Sixteen hundred and fifty dol- J ars back pay for total disability. But it came too late. The humble nountaineer who had given his all | heerfully for his country was restng in fifteen feet of mountain earth, lie gentle ministratiohs of the Red >oss worker had only made the way 1 little easier. Back went the check, or not even the government can pay ut money to the dead. But the Red Cross was not through. I home was found for the three oldx children and the mother and babe ent to a hospital for a few weeks. [Tie worker then found a job for her, it which she could earn enough to upport herself and the baby. This was but one of more than 50,000 instances in which wives and hildren of ex-service men, and men hemevsles of course, were aided by. he Red Cross through its chapters n the Southern Division during the irst seven months of 1922. Many ives have been put back on the l ight rack by timely assistance from the 'Greatest Mother." In the hospitals of the veterans' jureau scattered through the eight fofoc ?nmnriftincr the Southern Di vision, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, there are several ;housands of disabled ex-service men vhose otherwise monotonous lives of 3ain are brightened by Red Cross nedical social workers and their ac:ivities. Nearly $200,000 is being ?pent this year by the American Red Sross in veterans' hospitals of the V A South for the comfort of the men and their families. The need of this fund is clearly to be seen. 'A man's wife may come to the hospital to see him, having no money for the return journey. Sometimes she has no me?hs to pay her expenses while in the hospital town. Here is where the Red Cross steps in with its medical social sen-ice. The government authorities at the hospital cannot make a loan to the man's family. The Red Cross can and does, taking the man's note without interest, of course, to be repaid from his compensation check. Thus suffering and humiliation to the man and his wife are averted. This work must go on. Not only in the mountains, but in the little settlements back from the railroads of your and my Southland are families of men and men themselves who were disabled in service, who need treatment and who are rightfully entitled to compensation .from the government. The Red Cross has been commissioned by the government to carry on in this work. Funds for this work are being sought during the Annual Roll Call, November 11 to 30, when every citizen will be asked to join the organization. o A meeting of the executive body of the colored state fair came to an abrupt end in Columbia Saturday morning, when C. G. Garrett, editor of a negro newspaper, "The Light," made an attack at Rev. W. B. Chappelle, Bishop of the African Methodist church, bringing to a head a "warfare" that h?s been waging between the "Light" and the bishop for years. The fight followed an argument as to a bill for advertising of the fair, presented by Garrett. As a result of the altercation, Garrett was expelled from the board 01 control of the colored fair, by a unanimous vote. Bishop Chappelle repaired himself to an oculist and bought a new pair of glasses, to replace those broken in the fray. Garrett was ar I COl>CUt o As the result of an explosion which occurred at a "moonshine" still last Saturday morning on John's Island, near Grimball's plantation, Tyre Middleton sustained injuries which caused his death suddenly at the Roper Hospital. Typewriter Supplies. Users of Typewriters will find a full stock of ribbons, corbon paper, second sheets and typewriters paper at The County Record Office. tf. I Ant I $50Redi Ford C I Prices Effect | The following ar Eg Chasis . * i Runabout i Touring (Re i * Truck Cha: 1 Coupe . E? 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