Show Increased Cotton Colton Profits Traced to fo Insecticides Tests lest in which higher cotton yields Ields and greater profits have been i I gained through an effective Insect control contro program prove that money spent for Insecticides Insecticide Is a a wise Investment Investment Investment In- In vestment the National C Cot Cotton o t t ton o n council reports Cited as an example was the yield of pounds of ot lint cotton per acre last year rear on a Mississippi plantation even though surround ing fields were devastated by boll boU weevil Although tho the cost of 10 to 12 applications application of poison polson amounted to to 1880 1860 per acre this acre 2000 operation proved to be a profit profit- profitable profitable able venture at a time when many farmers In n the area suffered serious seri serf ous losses from cotton pests In Mississippi last year cotton Insects reduced the state yield an estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated 28 per cent and inflicted damage set at Plots dusted for weevil control In one set of ot experiments In Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas Ar Ar- kansas last year produced an average av av- crags of 1594 pounds of seed cotton to the acre At the same time undusted undusted un- un dusted plots produced only pounds The rho Alabama extension service points out that on plots the seed need cotton yield was pounds per acre When application of insecticides in fn- fn was made yields ranged ps as IlS high as 1000 pounds per acre The average gain in yield as a result result re re- sult suit of Insect control measures amounted to an increase of at approximately approximately ap proximately 44 per acre in gross income |