Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . occurs, they will beso weakened that most of them die before spring. Hencethe best method of reducing the injury in the next cropof cotton consists in ploTsing, piling, and burning in Oc-tober, or as soon as possible, the old cotton stalks and allhtter adjacent to the cotton fields. Even later isbeneficial, though to a less extent. Burning the stalksand burs destroys the immature insects inside the bolls andsquares, destrojs many of the adult insects, and deprivesthe remainder of food and shelter. Preparatory to being burned, the co
Southern field crops (exclusive of forage plants) . occurs, they will beso weakened that most of them die before spring. Hencethe best method of reducing the injury in the next cropof cotton consists in ploTsing, piling, and burning in Oc-tober, or as soon as possible, the old cotton stalks and allhtter adjacent to the cotton fields. Even later isbeneficial, though to a less extent. Burning the stalksand burs destroys the immature insects inside the bolls andsquares, destrojs many of the adult insects, and deprivesthe remainder of food and shelter. Preparatory to being burned, the cotton stalks are usu-ally uprooted with a double moldboanl plow. A specialdevice for cutting the stalks below the ground is shown inFigs. 174 and 175. A less effective treatment consists in turning a largenumber of cattle into the cotton fields before frost, so that COTTON INSECTS 399 they may quickly consume all leaves and young forms;this should be followed Ijy the thorougli plowing underof the stalks, so as to prevent young s])routs from putting. Fig. 174. — Totton Stalk ruTfEit. H, Steel blade, bolted to under .side of 4 X 4 side piece, and ! inches. (Fully described in Cire. 30, La. Crop Pest Commission,Baton Rouge, La.) out, for the weevils are able to subsist on these youngsi.)routs. The early destruction of cotton stalks in the fallis advisaljle, e\en tlicjugh ones neighbors not prac- i Fig. — SideView of Cotton Stalk , Steel blade. tice it. However, the more general this custom in regionswhere the boll-weevil is j)resent, the better for everyfarmer. 368, Forcing the crop to early maturity. — Not onlyshould the cotton grcjwer reduce tlie number of weevils 400 SOUTHERN FIELD CROPS surviving the winter as directed above, but he should alsoforce the growth of the cotton -plant as rapidly as purpose in doing this is to enable the cotton plaiits toset a large ymmber of bolls before many generations of weevilshave had tim
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