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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
2
Fragmentary historic report mentions experimental farming at a Kidd farm, with notes on peanut and cotton trials, land ventilation, and crop dusting practices from 1849. The text references Adams and Hempstead areas and requests for livestock or crops, but details are incomplete.
Garland Kidd begins early combat against cotton-eating weevils found at about 46 per 200 square yards. County agent notes infestation spread in Kidd farm area south of Spring Ni field, with 49 squares showing feeding and egg punctures. Researchers discuss calcium-based poisons and two to three spray windows to deter movement into cotton.
A Bethel farmer reports trouble locating overwintering boll weevils in the Little Mixouri River bottoms while aphids threaten foliage. Warmer days reduce aphid activity and weevils seem scarce, though spraying is planned as bolls near squaring stage approach.
County Agent Oliver L. Adams outlines multiple cotton dusting options for insect control. Aircraft dusting covers large areas quickly while ground systems with individual row nozzles offer efficient coverage and less dust on small fields. Tractor and mule drawn dusters provide flexible, effective work in varied soil and field conditions.
Charlie Key of Hope reports cotton dusting planned near Hope airport as weevils are checked in the elder cotton. He and coworkers oversee about 170 acres and will dust as needed after field scouting for insects this season.
County Agent Oliver Adams notes cotton leafworms vary by season. Outbreaks early or late in the season determine damage. they may strip leaves to hasten bolls or, if late, discolor lint. Watchfulness is crucial from mid July to early September, with control using calcium arsenate dusts, 3–4 pounds per acre, boosted to 10 pounds for heavy outbreaks.
The article discusses using Paris green, lead arsenate, and calcium arsenate for cotton pest control. It notes calcium arsenate as more economical amid high lead arsenate prices, with recommended mixtures of lead arsenate in water to spray two or three acres, and heavier applications per acre for larger worms. It highlights toxaphene and other insecticides as effective, warns about supply shortages, and describes dusting methods and improvised dusters for pest control.
C. D. Lester and G. W. Harless dusted fifty acres of cotton six miles south of Fulton in the Red River bottom last Tuesday night to knock out an early boll weevil infestation. They used 40 dust with 8 percent gamma hexachloride to also combat plant lice, finding eighteen live weevils per hundred plants. They plan follow-up applications based on extension service guidance and previous experience, timing and placement deemed crucial.
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