THE BOLL WEEVIL
IN ARKANSAS
Continued from page 1)
have years with heavy dam
age, when the winters are
mild and the summers are fav
orable to the weevil. At other
times we will have severe win
a i s, and summers unfavorable
to the weevil, with little dam
age. We are not going to go
out of cotton production in
Arkansas if we have sense
enough to use our heads as
well as our hands.
WEATHER
The highest factor now is
the weather conditions. We
have had a bad spring, too
cold and too wet. This has
been entirely unfavorble to the
farmer and favorable to the
weevil. Cotton got a late
start. While hot, dry weath
ir will be unfavorable for corn
if we can have plenty of dry
weather from now until the
tore part of August it will
mean a great ileal for the cot
ton farmers of the state, pro
vided we exercise good judg
ment and skill in pushing the
cultivation and in having
enough labor to clean the crop
rapidly.
CULTIVATION
Cultivation is altogether the
most important thing in rais
ing cotton under boll weevil
conditions. There is no use to
talk now about the varieties
which ought to have been
planted, and probably very
little use in talking about the
spacing of the cotton. I hope
that a large number of farm
ers read our bulletins and ar
ticles on the subject, and that
they planted only early ma
turing varieties, and that they
left the plants at chopping
time, much thicker in the rows
than usual.
The only thing to do now is
to clean the crop, keep the
grass out and cultivate often.
A clean cultivated crop, with
the soil in good condition, will
make the plants grow rapidly.
The faster the plants grow,
the more rapidly they bloom,
the greater chance von have
of getting a crop before the
weevil becomes so numerous
as to destroy the entire crop.
Thorough cultivation with good
cultivators fitted with sweeps,
or "A” shaped, one row culti
vators, all of which stir the soil
several inches in depth, de
stroy the weeds and grass and
prevent the escape of moistur ?
are things which we must hav;
in order to produce a crop un
der boll weevil conditions.
Most farmers in this state
know when a field is being cul
tivated in good shape. 1 am
anxious to emphasize the very
great importance of this culti
vation this year. For the or
dinary farmer under ordinary
conditions in 1922 in Arkan
sas it is about the only thing
he can do.
From now on until about the
10th of August don't let the
grass grow; don't let the crust
form after a rain; but do keep
up cultivation. Cultivate as
soon after a rain as you pos
sibly can. By this I mean
don’t cultivate until the ground
is fit, but do cultivate just as
soon as it is dry enough.
The crop is in, it is up, most
if not all, of it is chopped, so
the main thing is to cultivate,
cultivate, cultivtae.
CONTROL OF THE WEEVIL
What we do to control the
weevil besides cultivation de
pends entirely upon weather j
conditions. If the weather is]
hot and dry, and the cotton
crop is growing vigorously,
rapid cultivation is the most
economical method of controll
ing the weevil.
If we should have rains,
cither steadily or intermitting
ly, we may have to adopt still
other means to keep down the
weevil until we can make a
crop. These other means will
k
be either one of two things:
Poisoning with calcium ar
senate; or
Picking and destroying liv<
weevils early in the season
and punctured squares later it
the season.
POISONING
So much has been said abou
poisoning, and so much goci
work is being done on this sub
jeet, that I do not feel the ne
cessity of going into it in an;
great detail. Farmers am
planters in Arkansas shoulc
follow implicitly the direction;
of I!. M. Goad, United State;
Government Entomologist, it
the use of calcium arsenate. 1
you haven’t secured your ma
chine for this work, and th*
material with which to do it
you are probably too late t<
do much, if any, good this yea;
by that method. Those wh
t-'\c provided themselves wit I
the machines and poison shoul
certainly try this method ou
thoroughly. Remember, how
ever, that your own persona
supervision and a thorough un
derstanding of just what yoi
are doing is absolutely neces
sarv or else you make the cos
of doing this too great. Als<
remember that poisoning wril
not take the place of cultiva
tion.
1 think Mr. Goad will tel
you, however, not to use tin
poison unless it is necessary >•*
do so. In other words, don’
waste it. From general in
structions sent out by Mr
Goad let me repeat here tha
an application of poison shouk
be made when the weevil
have punctured from ten t<
fifteen per cent of the squares
And this has to be followed uj
by two or three application:
at intervals of about every foul
days. It takes about five t<
seven pounds of calcium ar
senate for each acre. If tin
infestation is very bad two 01
three additional application,
beyond the first series ma\
KK-K-S
Pains
Were
Terrific
i
Read how Mrs. Albert
Oregory, of R. F. D. No.
1, Bluford, 111., got rid of
her ills. '‘During .
was awfully weak . . .
My pains were terrific. 1
thought I would die. The
bearing-down pains were
actually so severe I could
not stand the pressure of
my hands on the lower
part of my stomach . . .
I simply felt as it life was
for but a short time. My
husband was worried . ..
One evening, while read
ing the Birthday Alma
nac, he came across a
case similar to mine, and
went straight for some
Cardui for me to try.
TAKE
The Woman's Tonic
"I took it faithfully and
the results were immedi
ate,'’ adds Mrs. Gregory.
“! continued to get bet
ter. all my ills left me,
and I went through . . .
with no further trouble.
My baby was fat and
strong, and myself—thank
God—am once more halt
and hearty, can walk
mites, do my work,
though 44 years old, feel
like a new person. All I
owe lo Cardui.” For
many years Cardui hat
been found helpful In
building up the system
when run down by dis
orders peculiar to women.
Take
Cardui
J. 82 M
' have to be put on. Calcium
• arsenate may vary in price,
j but probably will cost in the
• neighborhood of 18 to 20 cents
> per pound laid down at your
11 station, and hence the cost
would be from one dollar to one
! dollar and forty cents per acre
for material for each appli
cation. The material, not
I counting the labor of applying
- or the cost of machinery will,
- therefore, run somewhere from
■ five to ten dollars per acre.
I You can’t afford to throw it
[ away. It has to be put on at
i night and that makes it hard
s work for your hands. If it
l saves the cotton crop, however
it will pay.
hor sn ail farmers who have
• not secured either the much in
, ery for putting on this dust, or
i tin calcium arsenate* itself, re
• lianee had best be placed on
• other means of preventing
i weevil danger.
PICKING WEEVILS AN I'
THE SQUARES
I There is some differ-mc • of
• opinion about the value of try
i ieg to destroy the wet vil by
■ picking them and the squares
- which contain the eggs and
> the larvae, and destroi.ig
1 them. I know that many big
- planters who have hirec. labor
and have kept track if the
l cost will say it doesn’t pay. On
‘ the other hand there a, o hun
' dreds of examples of small
fanners who have produced a
- crop by this manner, who will
• do it this year and who say it
aoes pay.
1 It takes just as much discre
- lion and judgment to do this
' kind of work as any other. I
• wouldn’t advise a man to go
I out and attempt to pick a 1! the
y squares, under all circumstanc
’ es. As long as the weather is
' hot and dry I wouldn’t pit
■ | them at all, but would keep up
■the cultivation, and would
' hitch a chian or some other de
: vice onto the cultivator to drag
the squares out into the mid
. die of he row where the hot
sun could get at them. But if
| it rains, or we have continued
II cool weather,' especially in
June, I would advise small
I farmers to do two things:
i 1. Early in the season gath
I er the first emerging weevils
Hand destroy them.
| 2. When the squares begin
I j to open and fall off, if the
I weather is cloudy or rainy,
II and it is impossible to cultivate
[ 1 certainly would try picking
up the squares to hold down
the first brood of the weevils.
I Pick them in an old sack or
I basket and dip them in coal
oil, and then throw them out
1 on the ground and this’will de
| stroy them.
A big planter is going to
have to depend pretty largelv
I upon cultivation and poison
I ii:g if he cannot get his tenants
to pick up squares ad weevils.
^ But the small farmer, and
| there are lots of them in Ark
I ansas, can do a great deal
when the weather is rainy or
cloudy, to hold down the wee
vil, by picking and destroying
the infested squares. Let me
repeat that if the month keep
hot and dry it will be the big
gest factor in controlling the
weevil, and l would not, durin
such weather, pick ups squar
I cannot close this article
without saying just a word on
the subject of food and feed.
Conditions over which the far
mer has had no control have
practically limited the cotton
acreage beyond the original
intention of the farmers.
Weather conditions from now
('ii will practically tell the
whole story as to whether we
get a decent yield, and a good
crop, or a low yield per acre
and a very small crop. I do
not wish to say for certain, but
it appears to me that the price
< f cotton ought to remain very
I satisfactory.
Remember that it is the
early part of the season that
the picking and destruction of
the weevils and squares has to
be done. If you let them get
a good start it will be too late.
Stay on the job. Watch your
i cotton fields personally. Don’t
! be frightened by wild report?.
Pin your faith to cultivation il
the weather is dry and hot. 1
it becomes rainy or cloud>
start picking up squares and
weevils, especially in June an i fl
July. I
TAX ASSESSOR’S NOTICE
Notice is hereby given, that
I will attend in person or bv
deputy at the hereinafter men
tioned" places, in the various
townships of Independent e
County Arkanssas, for the Pul~
pose of assessing both personal
and the per acpita tax of ah
such persons are liable by law
to pay same for the year 1
jon the dates, as follows, to-v it
Ruddell. at Court House,
Tuesday, June 20 to and in
cluding June 2 1th.
After which dates a penalu
of 25 per cent attaches on all
delinquents. All persons are
required to assess in person oi
by proxy, on the day and date
designated for assesment in
the township in which the
property is located, otherwise
a. penalty of 25 per cent will
be attached, (Act No. 224 of
!the 1 i> 17 general assembly ot
the state of Arkansas.)
Where I have two or more
’days in one township, l reserve
the right to leave soon atter
| noon the last day.
O. T. JONES,
I Tax Assessor, Independence
County Arkansas.
A REAL DANGER
11' you want to have the big,
shivery thrill of your life, see
the great dam explosion that
sets free a raging river of logs
and starts daring Priscilla Dean
on a wild ride that takes
her to the very brink ot the
falls. Says the "N. V World”
“We do not wonder that her
insurance company warned
her against such risks.”
IT’S ALL IN ARKANSAS
Pike County, which has the
largest peach orchard in the
country, has the only diamond
mine on the Western hemis
Iphere, has a bed of asphalt
land an oil well, and is now pro- 8
during sapphires. |
RAN FOR 24.YEAR'period1
llt advertising '» the theor>.
Dave Theophilus, a local
iain elevator operator, who
. ;pfi the single line
-w™ TbwpwiM »n»
X^ommuoulsyin th. H«w
:.|,1 papers for the- last 24
, .lfS Mr. Theopilus has re
. ted bills to Show that mi
,h, nearly quarter eentm-y tt
has run the ail cost him ap
•it oxiniatfcly *00- He eatl.
■ it has been the means of |
I liner 13,00° barrels ol salt
ltiSides indirectly aiding m,
many other sales.
n
Keeping Everlastingly
At It Makes Adver-.
tising Pay!
Consider the ease of Dave Theophi
lus. For thirty years he advertised
salt continuously. He sold over Id,*
000 barrels of salt, the same adver*
tising resulting in a great numbei of
additional sales of different items.
If you have something worth the
Money and Let the Public Know
it, They Won’t Lorget You.
The Newark Journal
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