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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1950
Page
4
Hempstead county cotton faces bollworm damage in August as worms hollow squares and bolls. Plant corn as a trap crop to lure bollworms away from cotton, with critical egg-laying period July 20 to August 20 and two corn plantings two weeks apart. Dusting aids control when timed correctly. small worms die easily while large ones resist.
Guidance on weekly scouting for bollworms during July 20 to August 30, focusing on bored squares near plant base, fresh green squares, terminal buds, and feeding signs. Advises early dusting with 5 percent DDT, 12 to 15 pounds per acre, with 10 percent possible under conditions. Recommends combined bollworm aphid control using 3 percent gamma isomer of BHC, 5 percent DDT, 40 percent sulfur, plus texaphone as needed.
Reasor-Hill Corp expands to meet Arkansas cotton needs with Rhapal and Toxaphene insecticides. Plant No 2 opened in Jacksonville to produce liquid and dust insecticides, distributing across the state. Extensive field tests and Department of Agriculture approval supported labels, boosting local industry and farm protection against boll weevil pests.
The text mentions boll weevil and boilworm as pests. It also states the method represses aphids but cannot fully stop an aphid invasion.
Washington reports prolonged Republican pressure on Truman administration foreign aid. The Senate appropriations committee aims to cut the Marshall plan third year funding from 2.95 billion dollars and limit point four aid. Lodge proposes using counterpart funds for military needs, prompting concern over broader European recovery and economic assistance. In a separate item, a bridge construction incident near Paragould, Arkansas, involved Earl Burgess Walters, 39, killed in an unskifled collision.
Many specialists in agriculture approve Rhapal products for spraying and dusting. Fields where Rhapal has been applied show notably better condition than nearby plots where insecticides were not used.
Three children die in separate violent incidents in Arkansas this week. Six year old Johnnie Babbitt was crushed under his father’s car near Glenwood. Betty Parson, 11, of near Dardanelle, drowned while swimming alone in a pond on a neighbor’s farm. her clothing and body were recovered later. Darrell Walden, 15, fell into a...
A brief item notes five more fatalities from drownings on Highway 65, located five miles south of Lake Village, bringing the week’s total death toll higher.
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