Field And Garden Bugs Plemsoa College
The boll weevil has spread across much of South Carolina, with coastal counties in its third year of infestation and potential severe damage in Beaufort, Jasper, Hampton, Allendale, Barnwell, Colleton, and Charleston. The notice urges diversification, early cotton planting, handpicking, and careful pest control with poison dusting, calcium arsenate, and machine use, pending further trials and safety guidance from Clemson Extension and the U Dels Laboratory in Tallulah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plemsoa College
South Carolina
Beaufort
Jasper
Hampton
Allendale
Barnwell
Colleton
Charleston
Mississippi Delta
U. Delts Laboratory
Tallulah
Extension Service
Clemson College
The Pink Boll Worm Arrives in New Areas
The pink boll worm, long fended off in Texas, has spread to three Louisiana counties and shipments of cotton have moved from there before detection. Texas and Louisiana boost controls, with strict quarantines likely to hold until distribution limits are known. The pest threatens cotton regions, with expected damage rising at least 25 percent where present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Federal Horticultures Board
Louisiana
Garden Insect Sprays and Best Uses
A guide to principal garden sprays covers arsenate of lead and calcium arsenate for eating insects, nicotine concentrates for sucking insects, and Paris Green for beetles on hardy plants. It advises calcium arsenate below 16 percent soluble arsenic, warns against soap containing tar or naptha, and notes directions available from the Entomology Division, Clemson College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Green
Clemton College
Onions in Milk Remedies for Clemson Farmers
Article discusses how onion flavor in milk arises in spring from pastures and how it is not a sign of unsanitary production. It advises grazing management, pulling onions, and feeding strategies to reduce taint, with emphasis on timing of grazing and silage. The piece also notes limited effectiveness of aeration and cites a cotton bale loss example from a Bureau of Markets study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clemson College
Bureau of Markets
Robinson
Careless With Money Fraud Warning Advised
A cautions readers about the risk of fraudulent alteration on checks and money handling. The notice urges use of tamper evident paper to protect cash, checks, notes, drafts, and receipts and offers information on protective measures.
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Ee Om Hodds
Grove
Price
Meyers Davis’ Orchestra
Sowthern
Yarborough Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Washington
New Willard Hotel
Meyer Davis’ Orchestra Orchestra Extraordinary
Pennsylvania
Valspar
Pratt & Lamberts
Bennett - Hedgpeth Company
Clio, South Carolina
J. O. Armstrong
Mitchell Palmer
United States
America
Bolshevists
Russia
Ent
Palmer
Iman Palmer
Munsey Bide
Washington, D. C
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