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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Hill
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Richard H. Hor
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Wihaley
J. Swinton Whaley
Burke County
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