Nicotine Best
To Kill Weevil,
Test Reveals
CLEMSOX COLLEGE, S. C.,
Dec. t.—Promising: results in
controlling; the bool weevil by
the use of nicotine as a substi
tute for the calcium arsenate
commonly used in poisoning: the
pest have been obtained by the
South Carolina experiment
station, according: to a statement
made public here today by Prof.
A. F. Conradi, entomologist in
charge. Tests have been under
way for several months, Profes
■'r Conradi said, and comparison
r f results obtained by the use' of
the nicotine showed that it was
* as effective as the calcium ar
senate used in neighboring
fields.
The nicotine is applied as a
dust similarly to calcium arse- I
nate. It is obtained from waste |
tobacco and can be prepared J
more economically than the ar
senate preparation, it was said.
Representative Madden In
troduces Bill For Sale Of
Shoals Property To Ford
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—Bills pro
viding for tlie sale of Muscle Shoals
property to Henry Ford were filed
today in the House for introduction
upon the completion. of organization
by Representatives Madden and Mc
Kenzie, both republicans, of Illinois.
Mr. Madden’s bill would provide
for construction by the government
of a steam power plant to replace the
Gorgas plant recently sold to the
Alabama Power company, and which
was declared by Mr. Ford to be
necessary to proper operation of
Muscle Shoals. The proposed new
plant would be near Dock Dam No.
17 on Black Warrior river, Alabama,
and would connect w'ith nitrate plant
No. 2 at Muscle Shoals.
