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Cooperative State ResearcnJervice 

 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



CONTROL - CHEMICAL 



1898 - Sanderson, E. D. The Mexican cotton boll weevil. Farm & Ranch l7(47):3-4. 

 Nov. 19. 



Recommends spraying volunteer cotton with Paris green and plowing out and 

 burning plants in November. 



1900 - Mally, F. W. Protecting the cotton crop from insect pests. Tex. Farm Cong. 



Proc, 3:183-185. 



Use of poison against the boll weevil, also migration and trapping of 

 weevils. 



1901 - Mally, F. W. Arsenate of lead against cotton insects. Tex. Farm Cong. Proc, 



4:103. 



Arsenate of lead as a boll weevil spray. 



1904 - Anonymous. The cotton boll weevil. Trop. Agr. 24(4):228. 



Mention is made of cultural methods in their relation to the prevention of 

 injury by the cotton boll weevil. When the cotton is sprayed with a solution of 

 sulfate of copper at the rate of 2-1/2 lbs. per 40 gal. of water, a sufficient quan- 

 tity of this substance is absorbed to kill the cotton boll weevil when it attempts to 

 feed. This method of treatment was estimated to cost about 15£ to 20£ per acre. 



1904 - Hunter, W. D. The use of Paris green in controlling the boll weevil. U. S. D. A. 

 Farmers' B. 211, 23 p. 



The results of extensive laboratory and field tests, as well as results of field 

 tests made by cotton planters, show that the use of Paris green as a means of 

 controlling the boll weevil was futile. 



1904 - Hunter, W. D. The use of Paris green in fighting the boll weevil. Tex. Stockman 

 & Farmer 23(29):2, 14-15. June 8. 



The results of experiments to determine the effect of applying Paris green 

 to volunteer plants as a means of destroying boll weevils. 



1904 - Marston, B. W. Experience in poisoning the boll weevil. La. Boll Weevil Conv. 

 held at Shreveport, La. 2d Ann. Meet. Proc. La. Crop Pest Comn. C. 2:65-83, 

 88-96. 



A paper relating to the use of Paris green, by the writer, against the weevil, 

 also letters from planters regarding its use. Pages 88-96 discuss Mr. Marston's 

 paper. 



