The Daily Bulletin/Reveille. (College Station, Tex.) 1916-1938, April 07, 1920, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Textly from the wheels. = Wednesday, ‘April 7, 1920. Power dusters have been tried out but have not prov- Ge It has been cont that the condi- tions most suitable for application of the poison are when the air is calm and the plants moist. tions are more common at night than in the day time and, therefore, the wheel traction dusters should be pro- vided with lights so that the work 1 may be done at night if desirable. ~The first application made when infestation reaches about 15 or 20 per cent or punctured squares first begin to ap- These condi- should be “when fallen pear on the ground in some numbers and when the first distorted blooms 5 caused by weevil injury are noted in the field. Applications should be made at four day intervals, and three “applications should be sufficient. The amount of poison to be used is 5 about five pounds, but to allow for waste by the machinery about seven rolled onde dsl do doe elo footed oes pounds should be used. This has been found to be very expensive and will probably pay only on fertile land, refpefesfaeiaefaetocts pefeeecte 2. sd L) :, IAN TARA VA faefords Load an ado SAE 0's » VAN “or aed Lo oleote ol 2 rede electestaeteeds LJ + - . she oe ge Ci a 50 os oe 2. + x gr A GParamoun ul dirleralt Tr where the amount of cotton produced if the weevil is controlled will be as much as one-half bale per acre. Dr. Tanquary said that the Divis- ion of Entomology of the Experiment Station plans for the coming year to attempt to apply the above methods used by Mr. Coad in Louisiana to Texas conditions. The Station will have several machines and hand guns, and will also cooperate with other planters and also with the other Sub- stations in the work. Other kinds of poison will be tried, in attempt to find a cheaper way than the calcium arsenate method. Economic Loss From Boll Weevil. Professor S. W. Bilsing quoted some figures that had been compiled in the past years in an attempt to give some idea of the amount of yearly loss caused by the boll weevil. From data collected by E. D. Sanderson, former- ly entomologist at this College who was the first to make a detailed esti- mate on the annual damage to the cotton crop by the boll weevil, he showed that the loss has steadily de- creased in Texas, from the ravages . THOMAS H. INCE Dresents 3 TE = a a a a a a a a a a a i a a a a i a J a i a a i a 2 a a a A A a AR ALE A computation. : < Wednesday - Thursday | UR STOCK of Men’s light weight Clothing (ready- to-wear) 1s most complete. Then, too, our tape is always ready to measure you for a KAHN TAILORED GARMENT BRANDON & LAWRENCE of this pest by a study of the life his- ‘tory and cultural methods used in control of this insect. However, he said, the loss is deter- mined by so many factors that it is almost impossible to make a precise For instance in a dry D joofosiesfactaefocfortrafocioctanociariasociotasfocfontrafocdontrsfoctentaifoctontactocs 3 *% CAAA A * Log CJR JUN JO FOX. J oSeefectestectoctocts eidesdests +. 2) Stars of “23% Hours Leave’ In a Comedy better and bigger. reds 2. Ld Feutasdests 2, Lr'sd ry Adults only 30 cents remap Children 15 cents Le fuedeste cts RRR LPN J Goedestarte od 2 LIVIA or Go 008" 20s eo > 9 *% LOR JON FOX RK J sfoefasiecioriedts 2 Lod ede 2, wr Sheefeciasissiocdeciants i year the loss occasioned by the boll weevil may be very small while in a year in which there is plenty of rain there may be a great deal of damage done to the crop. Organization of East Texas Farmers Urged. W. B. Farrar, marketing agent of the Cotton Belt railroad made a short talk on marketing conditions in Eastern Texas, especially as re- gards the tomato crop. He has just returned from a trip to Florida where he went to study marketing methods in that State and said that if such care in grading and packing as was used in Florida was exercised by the farmers in the east- ern part of Texas, a great amount of their troubles would vanish. Organization of the right kind is what is needed to put the East Texas tomato crop on the market in such a condition as to command a good price for the producer and at the same time to create constant demand by in- stilling confidence in the buyer who will be pleased to receive the right kind of stuff. The farmers should, instead of thinking only of price or- ganize so as to have standardization, grade, pack and quality of tomatoes and then by selling in carlots correct value would be secured. 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