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BOLL WEEVI POISO, Clemson College.?Poisoning1 cot ton with calcium arsenate may be expected to pay. 1. When used on high yielding land. 2. When weevil infestation is heavy. 3. When the poison is properly applied according to a correct scne dule. 4. When weather conditions are reasonably favorable for poisoning. Farmers planning to poison this season should secure a copy of Cir- 1 cular 162, U. S. Department of Agri culture, "Poisoning the Cotton Boll Weevil," which may be obtained from the Extension Service, Clemson College; the Delta Laboratory, Tal lulah, La.; or the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., advises Prof. A. F. Conradi, ento mologist. This circular contains less than three pages of print, but the information is to the point, and no farmer should undertake poisoning ; before studying it and making sure that he understands thoroughly eve y*\r ciftn in fVi<a nnorfltinn AT*P cautioned that poisoning is a serious , and complicated operation, and that , no one should undertake it unless he ( has determined to do it correctly. Many failures result from improper . application, due to the lack of ef- j fort on the part of the farmer to inform himself. \ No one should be disappointed at , failure the first year because poison- , ing must be learned just as we have , had to learn other processes in farm- , ing. Those having had no experience j are cautioned to go easy and not j undertake too much the first season. 1 Poisonimg, like most farm opera- ^ tions, is not fool-proof. While it has \ been demonstrated that the weevil can be poisoned profitably with prop- j er methods and machines and under ] favorable weather conditions for , po'soning, the farmer is also caution- , + V? -? f r* ati /li+inwc or?/^ J CU UlllO T V/X ? k/iv> VVUUIViVMO H*?u | improper methods will undoubtedly ] cause complete failure. ' Regardless of how much poison- i ing the farmer intends to do, soil 1 building should be kept up vigorous- I ly. Any successful poisoning pro gram is dependent on high yielding ' land. There is no evidence that po:soning will pay on poor land. It is no more expensive to poison an acre of high-yielding land than to < poison an acre of poor land. < Any one intending to poison ^ should begin right now and get in- 1 formation and study it hard and 1 seriously, and should take up the 1 matter with the county agent so as ' to enaDie tne extension service to < keep in touch and assist in every ! way possible. 1 LIME-SULPHUR SPRAY I Clemson College.?Requests have ' come to us for assistance in construct ing lime-sulphur steam boiling plants : says Prof. A. F. Conradi entomolo- < gist, who reminds orchardists that 1 circular 30 of the South Carolina J Experiment Station gives full direc- i tions for constructing the boiling ] plant and also for boiling the spray. 1 These directions are accompanied by i a cut on the front of the circular i which can be followed intelligently ] by anyone desiring to build a steam 1 boiling outfit. After the boiler has i once been provided for, any intelli gent person can easily construct the i steam bailing outfit without any per- 1 sonal assistance whatever. The cir cular above referred to also gives di- ' regtions for boiling the 6pray over i fire. It may be added that whenever 1 thje sulphur is made into a paste and all lamps broken up before add ing t? the boiling barrel, the finish- : ing spray will , give a higher test. ; Where steam is sued it is advan- ' tageous to have an extra steam line to heat the water before adding it to the bailing barrel after the slack ing is over. Circular 25 of the Extension Ser vice givec directions for winter and stummer sprays for insects and dis eases and this circular should be kept haady by all fruit growers. Wtven first appeared on the stage in th? Fatter half of the seventeenth ceptury. TV* bells of Sea ton Parish church Deven, Eng., are still sound, though made fa 1480. L NING IN 1922 WEEVILS LIVE IN ICE! Yes, But it Doesn't Mean Anything Says Conradi. Clemson College.?Is it true that the boll weevil has been placed be tween two blocks of ice and was alive after all the ice had melted? This is a question asked frequently of Prof. A. F. Conradi, entomologist, and authority on boll weveil matters Prof. Conradi's answer to a recent inquirer should be of interest and t information to all, as it throws real ' light on the matter. 11 The Answer. I ^ That is very likely true. Another j1 < J - j.- i ^ I + iaa is iQ uure <% uuie in <x uiuuit ui ice in which a boll weevil is then 6 hermetically sealed for twenty-four c hours. Why should the experimen- 1 tor be surprised that the beetle is still alive? Melting ice has a tem- t perature of approximately 32 degrees i Fahrenheit, and a boll weevil seal- i ed within or between ice experiences J no radiation or evaporation and is therefore not in the least affected by j weather changes. I Partridges, rabbits, and other ( small game frequently seek shelter t under the snow in cold winter weath er. Ice floes and snow drifts are c not infrequently resorted to by man \ in the North for temporary shelter i in cold stormy weather. ? We have successfully kept weevils jf and other insects in brine chambers j t and ice boxes under dry atmospheric j t conditions, but we have never sue-1 r ceeded in keeping them for prolong- j t ad periods in ice boxes unprotected \ t against moisture. The weevil, like: people, responds much more easily j t to radical changes in cool weather [, than* to uniform conditions that ob-'.fc tain in an ice box. I a Putting the weevil in a block of! p ice is more than twenty years old. ' [t was done in Texas when the wee-' 0 yil first arrived, and as the weevil j c migrated eastward, this practice con-11 rinued to be one of the fads in new- j ^ ly infested territory year after year. s rhe test has no practical value1 c whatever, as there is no semblance' r ;o the natural changeable conditions; j ;hat obtain in the open. ! ^ rHE LIVESTOCK MARKETING PROBLEM | Clemson College.?There has been considerable dissatisfaction express- j &d recently by the farmers regarding the market offered them for their! ^ livestock. nartioulnrlv in sections I where a gTeat many farmers expect] bo be compelled to sell their animals [ before the fence law goes into effect | January 1. Consequently when live- j stock extension work is being pushed the fanner is apt to answer: "What [ need is a market for what I have;! [ don't need more to be left on my| hands." Just so, but just why can't} this livestock be marketed. South Carolina has never produced anywhere near all her pork and beef, j and she has paid high freight on all that has been shipped in. But, just as long as an inferior grade of ani mals is produced just that long will prices of home stuff not be satisfac tory. Pork which will dress only sixty per cent of live weight can not compete with that dressing eighty percent, nor can beef dressing forty five percent compete with that dress- ' ing sixty-five percent. Again, an analysis will show that scrub cattle and hogs do not have the weight in the high priced cuts. * We are just now getting to the place 1 where it is necessary to ship some of ( our livestock and because we get}s about one-half to two-thirds of the jv price quoted by the big markets. t we are prone to feel that we have 1 had a raw deal. As a matter of t fact, we get about our just dues. We ^ forget that the big markets are gov- t erned by high grade grain-fed cattle * and hogs from the corn belt and * western states. When we produce | * enough livestock that much of it * must be shipped, our farmers will * begin to see that the good animals 5a orirl urill afwiiwMwQV i ^ AO VVM>WU UIIU TV begin to grade up their herds, for * the quickest way 'to reach the aver age man is via the pocketbook. c On the other hand, just so long s as the local market will take care of all that is produced, the grading up g will not proceed very fast. The fact j t is that it is very hard to get high t quality beef or pork at our southern q meat markets, many of which handle ii I DOES PROHIBITION PROHIBIT? LISTEN! Major Haines, National Prohibi tion Commissioner, Sees Better Day Columbus, O., Feb. 11.?The aapthetic citizen" and the "lethar jic public official" are two of the >utstanding difficulties standing in Jie way of ibetter enforcement of )rohibition laws, Major Roy A. laines, national prohibition com nissoner declared in an address iere today at the state dry law en orcement convention. 4<T /J/v n A+ />llo OC +VinaO QTUIifllPti/* itizens and lethargic officials with he lawless," Major Haines said, 'but I cannot dissociate them from my problem of law enforcement. I ;now there is no form tff lawless iess, no matter how deeply in renched financially, poli/tically, or locially, that can stand in our :ountry, against the awakened pub ic consicence." There ar? thirty paid organiza ;ions, he said, striving day and light to "accomplish the impossible 'eat of causing the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment." Drinking among young people id in society, Mr. Haines said, must >e regarded as a national fad or ;raze, and not a permanently en ranched custom. "It would be just as logical," he :ontinued, "to charge the crime vave to woman's suffrage, as the >rohibition amendment. That is a vorld condition, and in Amerca, we ind the reflex. The facts show that he total known mportation during he last fiscal year was one-half of le per cent of the total consump ion of liquor in America the year jefore prohibition." "To the propaganda that prohi UL1UI1 id IlUt JJ1UV1II? OUttCOOlUl) AV s only necessary to say that prohi lition enforcement is going forward ,s rapidly as any sane, reasonable irohibitionist has right to expect. "A year ago, a lai-ge proporton if the (best citizens' of many of the ities were so violently prejudiced hat they -were n effect accessories o crime. Today, the best citizen hip, even in these great cities, is oming to recognize that any law nust be enforced, and that any idicy adopted iby the American na ion is entitled to a fair trial on its nerits." FOR LIVESTOCK OWNERS Beaufort, Feb. 9.?The organiz ng of the South Carolina Co-oper itive Livestock Association will >ring financial assistance to the live itock owners of the State and -will jlace this industry in a healthy :ondition. The Association is incorporated mder the provisions of the South Carolina Cooperative Marketing Vet of 1921. It is a non-profit, co operative marketing association, vith a capital stock of $50,000, livided into 500 shares of a par 'alue of $100 each. The capital stock must be subscribed to provide i working capital and also as an nitial fund for making loans and mying livestock from the members; vhich will in turn he sold to feed irs and to packers, in short, where sver the best market can be obtain ;d. It has been proven that cooper itive marketing through an associa ion will not only result in a better jrice to the producer, but will also aise the grade of that which is pro luced. A further purpose of the associa inn is t.ft stn.hiHz<? tho market for ivestock; to furnish a medium of s.xchange between the buyer and teller; and to make loans or ad vances with livestock as collateral o those who may for any reason do lot care to dump their livestock on he present demoralized market, rhese loans will be made to enable he farmer to hold his stock for a >etter market; to increase his herd; o raise the grade; and to get feed ers to fatten and sell at a future late; or in any way that pertain to his particular line of industry. Co-operative marketing has prov :d very successful in the past; in :act, the richest counties that we mly an inferior grade of animals for laughter. The moral is that the market is renerally as good in proportion a9 he quality of animals sold, and if he farmer will improve the average [uality, the price will take oare of tself. have are those that market co-o] atively. In accordance with the provisi of the War Finance Corpora Act, and the rulings of the Cor] ation, advances for agriculti purposes, including the (breed growing, fattening and markel of livestock will be made to coo] ative marketing associations ba on their iapital stock and the curity offered. Where the secu: is ample. advances would nrobz j run from eight to ten times | capital stock. j The capital stock sulbscript must be paid in cash or in banks notes and the said stock pays a ed annual dividend of 8 per c After this dividend is paid, and necessary running expenses of Association deducted, any sur] remaining is rebated back to shippers in proportion to amount that theiT shipments I to the total amount handled by Association. In other words, service is on a cost basis, i Proof. New York Sun. 'Do you believe in heredity, pop?" "I certainly do. "Why, for ' stance, is my six-months-old al* trying to get his toes in his mc if it isn't because of his dad's < stant struggle to make 'both e meet?" Higheit Grade Hemstitching < Picot Edge work. We make mach and know how to turn out the hi est grade work. Orders taken for pleating of kinds. We operate modern plant i do only the best work. Latest st electrically driven machines s on easy terms. All makes of machines repaired. Singer Sewing Machine Compan 505 Main St. Greenwood. Phone 1 V. B. Barnet, Mgr. Builc This You ( buildings t Price; er now tht Why Wei. prices. *1 1 ouilde A. H. JACKS* Lu $1 per- J PIGGLY-WIGGLY SUES HOGGLY-WOGGGLY SYSTE New Orleans.?Contending tl the use of the name "Hoggly-Wog ly" in connection with the sale food products and merchandise is : infringement of its copywright name, the Piggly-Wiggly Compar of Memphis, has filed suit agair the Oscar Dowling Products Coi pany, in the United States cou here. Dr. Oscar Dowling, the pre dent, is also head of the Louisia' state board of health. The Piggl A4 A AAA J _ , wiggiy uompany asKS ?iu,uuu u?j ages, and asks that all name plat and labels bearing the "Htjgg] Woggly" name be turned over to @1 What 1b more sentlmen Certainly it is not a r peddled around to the Lm generally disappoints re&ch?and w? have c< alon and every purse. ttmrti PRESS & BA Abbe 151 fiifiUiuaiiUiiiiiiisiaiaiaiaiHfg ling Ma > Is the Season t< and Repair cannot afford to e o decay. 3 of building mate m will be the cas not consult us to sad in the campa rs Supply ( ON, Manager. mber Yard at Ice Plan gaa??BgwiaaaHfi A Sure Recipe. The Customer?I can't lind. my wife anywhere^ What shall I do? The Shopwalker?Just start talk ing to our pretty assistant over there. W. A. HARRIS FUNERAL SUPPLIES PMRALMINfl Sl na ly in gs Iy it.' and Auto Hearse Service PHONES Day 395 Night 134 Hi: edding itations tal than a wedding Invitation? lere mechanical product to b? cheapest bidder. Cheap tlnery nj?. Our work la easily within orrect samples for every ocea CEn^ra vers, .and Jtatlonars SVTT.T.E iNNER COMPANY, ville, S. C. L i 9 Build illow valuable irials are low e again soon. day? ign for lower Company PHONE 68 it. jafiUHrajgnjEBizBuaBi?^;