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Weevil Shows Sweet Tooth in Cotton Poison Tests
A Galveston News report details experiments using Paris green and London purple mixed with sorghum to kill boll weevils in Fayette county. A letter from R. T. Bradshaw to J. B. Carter describes successful poison decoy methods, with 10 acre cuts treated and weevils disappearing within 36 hours. A Houston Post note corroborates growing use of molasses-based poisons, urging larger doses for effectiveness.
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London
Mally
Wallis, Landes & Co
Fayette County
Paris Green
London Purple
Amfi
Carson, Sewall& Co
Houston
Fayetteville, Tex