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Newspaper

Athens Banner

Location

Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Date

Dec 31, 1922

Page

5

Cotton can be produced under boll weevil conditions

Augusta Georgia Frank H Barrett president of Barrett Company urges farmers in the southeastern cotton belt to focus on cotton as a money crop and promotes Hill Molasses Mixture as a safer effective method against boll weevil. He cites trials, a widow with five children achieving sixteen bales from eighteen acres, and argues against government dusting methods as less reliable and costly.

Augusta Gng Frank H. Barrett Barrett & Company Barrett Georgia South Carolina Minthie Wright Waynesboro, Ga Hill Mr. Mixture Aothan- Than Cutter J.raleed Imperial Theatre Augusta Territory L. D. Hill Gough, Ga Barrett and Company Augusta Cotton Frank Barrett Burke County Mr. Hill Ellis-Bryant Place Gough A. J. Bartlett Mr. Bartlett Texas Waynesboro W. G. Green L. Lee Worshen Department of Entomology Enterprise Ala Alabama Frank Cates Cates Pinehurst G. C South Waterloo Beaver Dam Dock Rhodes John L. Boyd C. L. Horn Regi Braxton Briar Creek Beaver Dam Creek J. R. Roberson Regi Broxton Frank Penrow Sam Ivery Snfe National Department of Agriculture Webb Washington Vinson L.D. Hill Acre Iabor Gaines Coad Bower Pete Maakes Walter Alley Hii Tallulah Burke City Ra’ Enelle

L D Hill Touts Molasses Mix As Boll Weevil Cure

In Augusta Georgia L D Hill a Burke County Georgia farmer promotes Hill’s Mix pure molasses mixture as a superior boll weevil control to dusting calcium arsenate. He recounts field tests on his Ellis Bryant place and others, compares weather tolerance and effectiveness, and cites endorsements from Barrett and Company and federal comments defending the mixture.

New York

Cotton Grown Despite Weevil Says Simple Plan

A speaker presents a plain method for growing cotton under boll weevil pressure. Advice covers land preparation, planting timing, spacing eight inches, and applying Hill's mixture to deter weevils, claiming farmers can sustain or boost output and restore South prosperity.

South Southland

Hill's Mixture touted as boll weevil remedy gains support

A report in the Manufacturers Record details J S Whaley's field study in Burke County Georgia showing Hill's Mixture increasing cotton yields by about 60 percent in 1923 compared with Dusting with arsenate under government supervision. Observers note reduced weevil damage where the mixture was used and advocate broader testing across the South.

le Dd. Dal H. Ga Hill Yeas Richard H. Hor Pol- Usher Wihaley J. Swinton Whaley Burke County Faerer Reco Wapamaker Alogether Universa

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