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FIGHTiNG THE tPiSECT PESTS Suggestions From the Entomologist About Combating Boll Weevils, Scales, Twig Girdlers, Stored Grain Insects, etc. * Clemson Colleee. Dec. 29.?The farm ers of South Carolina have come faco to face with the boll weevil problem and never before has It been necessary for them to do as careiful planning during the winter as it is now. The boll weevil injury is directly dependent upon the weather conditions. If the season is moiot and favorable for weevil development, very serious damage is expected in the southern part of the state approximately below a line extending from Augusta to Charleston, v but severe damage may also be expected in the Coastal counties between Charleston and the North Carolina line if the season Is wet. One of the most important habits that we must form In general farm ? management is to practice farm cleaning during the fall and winter because most of our insect pests, including the boll weevil, find winter shelter in the dead leaves and grass, and along ditch banks, fence rows, wood lots, old orchards and roadsides. Several of our most serious pests find winter-quarteTB in and around the cotton and corn stalks during the winter. If for anyl reason these stalks have not been prop erl y cleaned up by plowing under, burning, or otherwise 'by December first, it should be done Immediately; and H ?? >' any remain by January first, theyi should not be allowed to stay one day j longer. In the dead grass, along wood lots, under bark, and around stumps) that are left in the field millions of field crop insect pests winter success; x- , fully. Therefore, a farmer should never fail to look upon the stumps in the field as a winter hotel for the accomo I dation of farm pests. I The Shot Hole Borer. In many of the orchards at this season of the year there are trees that have the bark full of small holes the size of a number eight shot. These r holes are .aade by the shot hole borer or fruit bark beetle, and as this pest stays in the bark during the winter lr the grub stage, It is now the proper time of the year to give it very close attention. A tree infested with shot hole borers is not to be regarded as a' sound tree. In most cases it has been weakened by peach tree borer in the crown, or scale on the bark, or both, and when a tree Is thus weakened it becomes an ideal breeding ground for the shot hole borer. Prune the tree| back thoroughly and cut out all badly infested branches; But if you do not Intend to burn this materia! immediate ly, then you might as well leave] it on ithe ree. Burn all pruned material and do not let It lie in the orchard. Control Of Scales. The lime-sulphur wash, one of the Insecticides used for the control of scale, may be purchased in the market or it may be made at home preferably by means of a steam boiler. It can also be made by the use of a large iron kettle, provided the correct formula ts used and directions followed closely. For information as to where the material can be obtained write to the Ex tension Service. Hhoae desiring to make the material at home by one method or the other can get full in formation by writing for Circular 30, South Carolina Experiment Station. Two of the most generally injurious scales infesting the shade trees of our t state are the gloomy scale and the cottony maple scale. They infest principally our sugar and silver maple trees. In the experimental work at this College lime-sulpher wasJi has not been found a satisfactory control for either of these, but both species can be very attsfactorily controlled by the application of one of the commercial spray oils, properly mixed and properly applied. Ask for information concerning t?!s method of treatment so^ that every possible mistake can be avoided in ot>tainlng the oil, in making correct mixtures, in making the separation test and the proper method of application. Pecan Twig Qlrdlers. ! During December and January one should not forget to take a good looto at the pecan trees. There will be found twigs that were girdled off by the pecan twig girdler. Jnsiide of these fallen twigs are the eggs and larvae of the insect becaflse the mother beetle girdles the limbs between the point where the eggs were laid and the tree. Tkege twigs as well as the girdled limbs ly%'r ing under hickory trees in the neighborhood should be gathered and burned. ^ Stored Grain pests. the winter is the time to give #jy. w the proper treatment to our stored products to prevent injury by the granary pests. Year after year we realise more fully the great importance of conserving our harvest from the granary peBts, ,V? , Including rats and mice. More and more it is realized that we must have better constructed granaries that will admit of fumigation. When the granary construction is properly done, fumigation is very simple and very effective as well as inexpensive. Carbon bisulphide. which is the proper fumigant, is obtained in the market at this time at a price compartively much more reason able man mosc m uur.uiun wumcivr al products. For full Information In regard to the fumigation of granaries, tore bouses, etc., write for press bulletin 131, Extension Service, Clemsor. | College, S. C. The sire can make or break the herd. Serd the scrubs to the butcher; they are worth more that war that In your herd. , ^ JOHN A. HOLLAND, TV>r> fr-/nf?nwtiO'! Piano Matt. S TV) largest: dealer iv. I'msioru inptrv @ inents in Western Sontn Carolina. "u.il: j?| pianos, seif-player pianos, organs and a sewing1 m?.chin',~. "Reference: The S Bank of Green ?*oofi The olrleM?" ' nsid a , tronpest Bank jn (rre^nwoorl Conn*" gj QUIT MEAT WHEN KIDNEYS^ BOTHER | Take a glass of Salts before breakfast 1 if your Back hurts or Bladder is troubling you. No man or woman who eats meat rega- a laxly can make a mistake by flushing the jl kidneys occasionally, says a well-known ^ authority. Meat forms uric acid which 1] excites the kidneys, they become overworked from the strain, get duggish and U fail to filter the waste and poisons from ]jj the blood, then we get sick. Nearly all |] rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, H nervousness, dizziness, sleeplessness and Ij urinary disorders come from sluggish S kidneys. jaThe moment you feel a dull ache in the g kidneys or your back hurts or if the jf} urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sedi- gj ment, irregular of passage or attended by |] a sensation of scalding, stop eating meat |j and get about four ounces of Jad Salts from any pharmacy; take a |] tablespoonful in a glass of water before ?j breakfast and in a few days your kidneys ?} will act fine. This famous salts is made S from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, a combined with lithiar and has been used a for generations to flush and stimulate 3 the kidneys, also to neutralize the acids S in urine so it no longer causes irritation, s thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes a delightful effervescent S lithia-water drink which everyone 3 should take now and then to keep the Ij kidneys clean and active and the blood |] 1 pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney I complications. ' [eM Just to I Tea </? > ij: We will mak | fers, to-wit: i|| One of the ve I S. A. L. Shops, ] I going at $5,50 | One acre of 1 I above, at a verj We have 108 ville cheap, for 122 Acres in churches, R. R. We also have ; districts. i | If your Wanl and sell Real E | Piedmc - %' 'jC ' >'X' - ' ? tATORS OF MINES TELL OF COAL PROFIT shington, Feb. 3.?Submitting tics on the net earnings for of representative bituminous producing more than 30 per of the total output in 'he- cen, c.u 4.?l,rl :ompeuwve neiu, uperttiura uum aal strike settlement committee that if the present 14 pt>r cent increase wei*e applied tnroughhe year 1920, these companies, basis of their 1919 tonnage I "realize less than 1 per cent eturnv on the capital investFish F We are making t \rnov> lira V?q-uc? mrPY* TV J V/CAX y? v, 11 c* y V/ T ^ O. ^ charged with fish, ai fish this year than e^ why it is the best. 1 in Abbeville County goods made, but w more for it than oth< It will pay you to g with us early, as the Anderson PI Oil Co Anderf W. F. FAR Qfaicf tli< ftjiui i un r'$ Busim / ;e some especially a ry best houses in the < now owned by Mr. A n aa UtWi and immediately in t low figure. ^ Acres of land right immediate sale. good community, i Station, at $30.00, j some choice proper :s are "REAL" see state. int Land Com An increase in wages above thai |amount, they declared, would mt an [a correspondingly greater deficit bellow the recognized equitable return !of 6 per cent. Figures introduced by the operaij.?~ tVicur cnirl that if th LUIS Jliuvruu, j ^,v*A v., ? 14 per cent, wage increase had applied throughout 1919 the mines embraced in the Pittsburgh coal, projducers association which turned out jmore than 22,000,000 tons, of 15 'per cent, of the total output cf the jthe central field, would have faced !a deficit of more than $6,000,000 oi 130 cents a ton, a basis of 6 per cent, return on capital invested. C ertiltzer i ! ;he best fertilizer this roduced; it is heavilyrid we are using more rer before, and that is It will pay any farmer to use it. It is the best re do not charge any ers do for their goods. ,ret in communication supply is not large. hosphate and I i mpany I ion, S. C. | MER, Sec'y' \ Q ' i 1 < i ;New I J ess ttractive ofcity, near the | .leek Graves, * front of the | ? in Lowndeslear school, Per Acre. ty in colored i| us. We buy | pany i ??. i j i? rOien j= j 1 1 * ' *?J. a* MlmnAMi?.y*K? v jcmf . n?b jj J hij-j I tjj Si I . I! !] ij THE UN IV 3 ill ,ij There are more tha ; i daily service through* | I eighty per cent of thes a There are many reasor | 11 j which is the simplicity a HI so easy to understan J operate; and mighty : I i other motor cars. On li business and for famil; H the people, and the de ' || day. 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Com i-Com? _. ___..... ______ ^ j| 1 wcl III ERSAL CAR | .n 3,000,000 Ford cars in I M ' out the world, and fully 9 jfj V ;e are Ford Touring Cars. S h ,| is for this, not the least of (j \ r in the design of the car, j; i d; likewise it is easy to inexpensive compared to ( *! the farm, in the city, for hjji y pleasure, it is the car of :mand is increasing every v ar order promptly if yo? I,/*] ! % - ? . ;7/~ I -i? \ ' :. ;^y I mmrnamasaraiauaiiMiM IBIJKICTI H ?: ' A\ azaiiiiiBiiiir ??^ aspire to Succeed . . _ . [f you will spend part of the d business training you can sition before another New :4 January 5. Will y?u write rates? 'v' j?9 :& isiness College, GFftENWOOO, S. C. OLLEGE, Asheville, N. C. ?^?tl rrin Drug I I pany I 5 a drug store asd we jj iat fact. We caM-y a M id medicines, patent B - ATTENTION TO 1 >TION TRADE. ? SBI * \ that we carry might g looks Cigars Tobaccos n Cigarettes J omplete line of ANDIES?FRESH j jrrin Drug g pany |