Late Planting Will not Protect Cotton
From the Boll Weevil.
*»!».• «»'«! S<»nie l)k pertinents Which show it Cannot.
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j ur, we receive ij
< iate planting of the
cotton « , in i ring would result
in fitarv. ; * it all hib«mating boll
weevils, or at 1* ust so reducing them
in number that they would not ma
terially injure the crop.
There arc s» veral reasons why late
planting <*f the crop cannot postbly
attain the < p «•< t nought, namely, the
death by starvation of all, or nearly
*11. of the weevils before the late
planted • rop is up or squaring
1. All boll weevils do not conic
out of hibernation at one time in the
spring, or even during any one week
or month. At Keachie, l.a., in the
fall of 11*0 a. the State Crop rest
Commission built largo cages. 10x16
feet, S feet high covered with wire
cloth and thoroughly w.-evll proof",
in each cage was placed a pile of
leave . trash, stumps, ti;oss gras*.
etc. to afford wo vil# Just wiiclj pro
tection a* th«-> g* l out-of door# dur
ing the winer Adult w«H»vlla w. re
gatle red in the cotton field# and from
l.ooo to 4,t*uo <all carefully count
ed) placed In each cage The follow
ing spring the#« cage# wer< examined
twice a day and a* fast a# weevils
came out of the trash they were re
niov< d fr«»ni the cage# and c«»unt«*l
The flrht v<<\il came out of the
trash March 22nd. the last one on
June 2t)th. Here 1# the rate at
which they came out of th« ir winter
quarters: of the total number
which survived the winter. 5 per
cent carnc out la-fore March 1. 2 4
per cent came out between April 1
and 15; It* per Cent between April
1C and 30; ;o per cent between May
1 and 15. and 2 5 per cent between
May 1*1 and 21 Over do |» r cent <>f
Hie xv • ex iIs remain* <| in tlo ir vvlnl<r
quarters until after May I*.
2 In similar experiments made
by* the Bureau of Knlomology at
Dallas. Texas, In 1906-07, over 2«
per cent of the weevil# which sur
viv'd the winter came **ut of their
winter quarter# between May 15 and
June 1, 1907. In the same expert
meat 7 p« r cent of th«* weevils did
not • onie out of hibernation until
after June 1.
2 '1 be average life of the boll
• e* v b aft* r they come out of their
wln*.« r quarter* In spring. 1# from *•
to * weeks. Many *»f the weaker
on« Jive but a few day#, and of
mo** w nu n rome UUI eanj iii-t-j
die t < the plant* lo gin to square,
but other* live for many week*.
*hh n..it « * tin- average life, after
leaving hibernation, a* above. In
our « vperlmont* we have known
we« ii t>i 11\<• from November until
the following July. 1‘rof. W I)
Huntei at Dallas, Te*as, has had
them ii%e from November until tbe
following October, a period of *1
month*
4 During the roof weather of
May and early June, from L*7 to 30
day* ur< required for a generation of
*cevllh to m: tore. In the hot wrath*
**r of JuD a generation of wi*evtl*
cun be i odue«*d In 14, i*r even 1 -
day*.
a planted early 1* squnr
big very r pldly by. way. July l*t.
'he llllle when the Weevils breed flip
Idly and It has a chance to produce
*quar« f •< r than th»* weevils can
destroy t bi 111
0, <’om..> panted late is squaring
v,ry »lov by July 1st, when the
* v 11 - reusing fastest It
be , If evident that early
planted i ui contending with a
^rge imi: i>, r of slow ly •increasing
weevils, lias a tar better chance than
late planted cotton squaring hiowly
m the presence ol weevils increas
ing rapidly.
i. A majority ol the most experi
enced cottou planters in Louisiana
express the opinion that, except in
rare instances, only from oue-hail
to three-fourths ol a crop can lie
made il planting be deferred uuttl
May la or June 1st, even with no
bojl weevils present, it this be true,
it is inconceivable that such late
planted cottou would produce a crop
with boil weevils present.
b. Colton seed dropped along h«
ditches, around gin houses, la Held-,
and scattered along bayous. s« nds up
volunteer cottou plants nearly ev> .->
spring and these volunteer plauis
would lurnisb tood taud perhaps
bre edil.g squan > also; lor tu« w»ev
Hi. even il ail planters deterred
planting ol the main crop until Tate.
I*. 11 late planting offered any .ol
vantages in the warfare against tin
weevil, some ol the thousands ot
iexas farmers Would have found it
out long ago (as when they replanted
alter late frost or overflow i and
would be practising it. Ah a mallet
of fat l. evt ry suet < lul 11 xa.- fa; iu« r
will tell you to plant early and
rush the crop by frequent cultlva
turn
It is hardly necessary to r«- I * •
more than oiu* or two of the actual
experiments. mad** tinder field « ondl
lions, to t« tot the late planting idea
In the spring of linnl, the i.oulsi
ana jttate Crop I *« st Commission
made an experiment of thin kind In!
Vernon Parish A field, which hao
liot'li heavily Inflated with w • ' V . ,B it) !
the fall of li*"l«, a as platr.i l to "ut
ton «• »r 1 > variety) on June t>. 15hm».
at.d h.ghl) fertilised to give it ever)
possible advantage. I her- was no
other cotton for several miles in at.)
direction B> Jul> i.l;t tho plants
were squaring and lu per cent of
them were found Weevil it.tested H)
August Jhth Oa per cent of the
square* were infested Ihls cotton
produced only .Ml pounds of s* * «1 j
cotton per acre in previous seasons
it h»d averaged 1,‘ud pound* per
acre
However, every planter In the
weevil inf. .*« l sec lion can easily
settle the qu« lion for hilnelf. inde
f pendently of all argument* by plant
itig an .or. *>r two in cotton a» laie
as May lath or June 1st this year
l'rof W l> Hunter, of Texas,
after detailing tin* i*< veral experl
rtients along this line sa)s
"These practical « vp« rltnen!s in
actually planting cotton late leave no
doubt w halever a* to the absolute fal
Jncy of the Idea of at tempting tot
thwart tin weevil* by means of late
\ny planter vv ho attempts
t«> 11o m> injures the pra«*|-all> com
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Mi nr - Kdltora: If a Southern
1 farm r • ti*’i make .1 litltiR raUInc.
. niton, wh> down h»* not mine noine
1 fhInK elne?
Nature han been very kind t"
•tie South* in farmer. She did not
,.;,\e him at the merry of the np©r
ulatorn. hut han Klven a climate and
i nil adapted to a Kfent rango of
cropn that can all In* rained at a
profit. 1 would ad vine the fartin i
who In reared at the cotton beam t«*
read carefully the ' Story of a one
Horn© Farmer” u« publlnhed In The
(•A/ett©. Follow bln plan and he
will Ret rid of the night mar© or the
(.peculator WM S\MMON.
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John Reiiy Hoe
(PATENTEDi
DOlltLE ACTING—sorts 10 and I ROM user
Keen Cuttini' Corners—ni'in>i I Ill'l l: tempered edi;es
i “SAVES ONE IOIRTH IN TIME AND LABOR”
l No progressive farmer should use the old fashion Hoc in
these days of improved farm implements.
We want a f**w testimonials ft tn i.ittn* i*. (i<>toyotir
d.-al r; yt a JOHN REILY HOF.; tr\ it ,„.| - • u* yur
opinion of it* pra< tiral ad \ antays. I- >r tl • i* t !■ 11«• r yont
' tin before JULY lit, next we wi TWENTY*
FIVE DOLi.ARS. l ortl . ie ' Ih t F ifteen Dollars. I ■> the
i tl.ird U *t Ten Dollars, and f"t till- te xt t. : 1 -t Five Dollars
rarh. • »p* n t« > .ill. y otitic' "T old. 11 ynr <!> d» r d* ■ * 11• >t havt*
.al tin John Reiiy Hoc • nd IH hlr- liana and w« \\ .11 .*• r that
* you are imp plied. AnnuK.*.s
THE JOHN REILY HOE CO. n -w Orleans. U. S A. |
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,1 , -t. \s do th* of aix expert hand*, and ^B
t! e tmi Warn nt pa) * for uj*e!f in 3 day*' time It wort t-* rim til in ^B
ID* anil, straight or curved rows. levrl ir I v. The law-controlled I
■ !t>» ri stance; It chop* clean, throw* H'l'iM ^B
and W— • W■: cultivates tho ■
r ■ >iind. and th» fender* protect the ^B
I j .!• t. It run* ••caddy, and in easily ^B
att*chr»I to sulky. j^B
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PLANT COTTON ONE SEED AT A TIME
With a Ledbetter
“One Seed” Planter.
The only planter that can plant
cotton iMTtl, without any prepara
tion of the mat!, u pintle need at a 1
time uniformly upanil. It ran In*
act to plant thick or thin it bushel
or more of aeed to the acre or u Write for
peek or !«•*' >. ulwuya maintaining _ . the one seed
tho «mo uniform Urop Wlu.urt k\ planter book
to 1*111? t thick the KCttln fall clone
together but Mindly when planting thin they V m Kf' * Il*T full
are larwier apart out witnout ^ lniuiiuuwuu.
Whv V>* -
* There being no bunches of seed every
Plant plant comes up standing alonef t
^ _ _ g< t * mi ’i III ii I -, air unit nil tin* Hour I* h men t of t lie **>11, mu k •
| lug l>«’ dthy, v Igoruua plant*. the\ |mv <■ i In atrcug t li to w tt It
•#€#» Ivll »i in<l •se«wi i • - rati a, drought, cold amloi her blighting in
__ fltii no «;t ii«y branch low, fruit heavily and mature early;
BMIt l!"'' w,*i coi grow though < hopping may bo do*
lavtMl; chopping can b«» don. In half the uaual time uiul
Seed plant* are not Injured by earvlis* chopping. I
dBd #u There being no ships p in .t nHiugie seed ut a time
Ml gg re/nlnrlv Npaec.l, a perfect *tand In iotHured; ev . r \ foot of
mmmmo land I* making cotton; y«m are m>t working whmo land;
B BBWW ' > on use It ** *col and get a better htainl.
Whim pi.niter liam no equal for planting Corn, Peas, Beans, Cane
niel nl l.t r ui',l< l »r fc.; •• •>» "mull .tint It plant* I n plain view , yen *ec e\er> m*1,I In-fore It it rep*.
Write for a one *ce<l planter be»ok giving full Information, or better, send $11
unu g< t a planter at on. «>, all freight paid.
|‘«ro I’lnnler l« l ull) (•uuruuiee.l.
THE SOUTHERN PLOW CO. •" camp si., Dallas, Texas.
When writing ad vurtlacr*. ploasu mention ibis pui-er