Show SAVE COWPEAS FROM WEEVIL fumigation of stored seed with car bon ban disulphide prevent prevents destructive tive attack attacks prepared by the united state states department of agriculture re large a supplies upp lies of co cow peas now in storage by growers principally in the southern states cna can le be caved raved from destructive tive attach of the weevil by fumigating with carbon disulphide southern grown cowpeas usually lecome heavily infested by weevils in storage and as there Is a surplus sup ply illy on hand at present growers should watch their stored beed seed care carefully tully weevils ore tire particularly destructive luring during warm ne weather uther and if they are not destroyed soon render stored seed unfit for feeding or ri rig inting fumigation by carbon disulphide Is a safe and effective remedy it Is done by placing seeds in watertight barrels to a few inches of the top into each barrel pour one half cupful of carbon disulphide directly on the peas or into an absorbent material such as cloth or cotton then cover the barrel with double thickness of heavy wrapping or some uch such material tied tightly around the top in order to pi p event the tho fume fumes of the chemical from escaping let the barrel stand for everal several days and then examine if adult weevil weevils are wn crawling about among the seeds seed a second fumigation be given fumigation gatlon should be done during worm marm weather it Is difficult to kill weevils wi calls with carbon disulphide at it temperature lower lhnn W decrees degrees F and the best rei results follow when ihen the temperature Is above 75 degrees F the sooner cowpeas are threshed and treated after bar harvesting horve MIng vesting the better as the treatment kills the young grubs within the seeds and prevents them trim frim continuing to devour the crop after keep leep the bar reig covered as during fumigation for this previL lits weevil from front flying into the barrel and laying faling cess ergs on the seeds gems growers who nho have gopez wd in t forage hould send to the department of washington D 0 for fanner bulle 11 tin aw which gives information rv hean bean and pea we weevil evils and Fart 11 which rives in on the we use and nature of carbon dl as a fumigant for cow the these te bulletins will be sup up 1 plied free as laff I 1 otis the supply last lasts |