Laboratory test of Weevils fed with toxic compounds, Weevils examined at Edgewood Arsenal in United States. Man smokes cigar and inspects the plants. Plant toxicity test to note the effect of poison on plant. Man examines a poisoned Weevil. He notes down the results. Test tubes on table. Man tests the compounds and Weevils in the test tubes. A cotton farm.
Pests destroy crops and other plants in United States. Close view of Brown Tail, Gypsy Moths, Japanese and the Mexican Bean Beetles.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. Proctor, a farmer reads newspaper with his wife. He reads news about the eradication of Boll Weevils. He shows the news to his wife. He visits the laboratory. He discusses the matter with Mr Owens who is a Government expert and helps the farmers. Samples of calcium arsenate are examined at the Department of Agriculture laboratories in Tallulah, Los Angeles. The samples are then transferred to the laboratory of Washington DC. Men test the sample. Test tubes on tables. The matter discussed in the board room. Chairman says that the material is harmful for the use of farmers. The bad material is seized by the Department of Agriculture.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. Proctor, a farmer discusses the eradication of Boll Weevils matter with Mr Owens, a Government expert who helps farmers. Men spray poison in a farm near a house. The poison is sprayed when the plants are moist.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. Proctor, a farmer visits a person and discuss about the spraying of the chemical arsenate in the farms. The man is seated on a chair outside his house. Proctor and the man discuss. Men dust poison on the farms and plants with the use of cart dusters. Houses and trees in the background. The cart dusters pass on the street. Engine power machine on a cart. Men sit nearby. Other men spray the poison with hand guns.
Dramatization: Calcium arsenates spray to combat Boll Weevils in United States. Proctor, Thomas and Slack sit and discuss about the eradication of Boll Weevils. They sit outside a post office. A child sits nearby. Proctor supervises a man dust poison in his farm. Barrel on a cart duster. Man sprays poison. Proctor stands nearby. A house in the background. Proctor tries several machines for spraying the poison. He puts a machine on a mule's back. The man sits on the mule's back. Slack stands with a man. He smokes cigar. A man sprays the poison on Slack's farm with a hand gun. He fells down.
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