Show WEEVIL WEENIE FIGHT BEING IMPEDED Small Southern Growers vcrs Think God Punish Punish- Punishing jug ing Country ny fly NEt NEA Service WASHINGTON Oct 8 Th 8 The boll weevil Is Gods God's way of punishing the people of the south In the archaic belief bellet that prevents pre a great deal of effective work against this pest The belief beller according to Dr A. A F F. Woods director of scientific work of or the U U. S. S Department of Agriculture is held even cven today by thousands of or farmers In the south Superstition is keeping many cotton planters particularly negroes ne negroes ne- ne groes from combating the boll weevil he hc se asserts Many farm farm- farmers farmers farmers ers actually believe that God sent the weevils and ad therefore nothing should be done to combat comb t them Dr Woods visited slatted the model plan plan- plantation plantation tation of ot David Dald at Harts- Harts Hartsville villa ville S S. D. D D and the operative co experiments station at nt Florence S S. C. C He lIe found practically no boll weevil wee damage at Florence and a small percentage of ot loss 1053 on Crokers Croker's farm There Is no question qu Dr Woods Wood insists that t If Ir the recommendations recommendations of ot the Department of or Agriculture as to means of dust- dust dustIng dustIng Ing lug could bs b generally brought to use would be greatly lessened The great problem now is to find some s means of getting g the small ll farmer who does docs not have h much money and who in many cases docs does not read or write to utilize the comparatively simple de devices de- de devices devices vices for boll Ue control that have ha been worked out by the De De- Department Department Department of or Agriculture and the ex experiment ex- ex experiment experiment stations We shall have to find Ind some way of or convincing superstitious farmers that the devil not God Is responsible sible for boll boU weevils |