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JVM5E OF INTER COMPANION CROP ! A MAKES CORN PAY South Can Beat Great Corn Belt So States Harper, Director of Soil Improvement J. X. Harper director of the soil improvement committee has given the foiloiving interview to urge the South Carolina farmer to consider well the advantages of growing leg aminous companion crops with corn: "The South Carolina farmer can not safely grow as many acres of cot ion to the plow as he did before the fcoll weevil came. What is he going to do with the acres taken from cotton? U?questionably one of the crops he is going to give a prominent place is corn. He knows how to raise corn ami he needs it as food for his fam ily and feed for his animals. "The complaint that most cotton fanners make against com is that there is no money in it. That is too often the case. "But since it is evident that the sorn acreage is going to be increased is this not the time to consider in what way to make the most of the corn field? "No corn field in the South is com plete or in a position to make the greatest returns unless there is plant ed with the corn some legumes like velvet beans, cow peas, soy beans or peanuts. No crop is more accommo dating to companion crops than corn and apparently the legumes find corn no overmastering competitor. "The corn belt of the North and West has no such opportunity as the South for growing companion crops Tvith corn. With the aid of lecrumes ttie South can grow corn so as to compete with the West and make aoney. In a sense the South can pit two crops against the West's one. "If the Southern fanner does not grow legumes in his corn, he may vake no profit at all. Certainly this is not a time when the cotton farm er can afford to grow a profitable crop uAside from bringing direct re turns the legumes in the corn will af ford an inexpensive means of adding nitrogen and humus to the soil. In (act there is hardly a better or more economic farm practice than that of growing legumes in corn. "Of course two crops growing {on the land at the same time increased the demand upon Ihe soil for plant food, especially for the mineral e.e ments of plant food. The legume will take care of most of its nitrogen requirements by drawing that ele ment from the air. A farmer who wants to make the most of the corn *nd legume crop should, therefore, in crease the applications of the miner *1 elements, phosphoric acid and pot ask, and a bit of increase in the ni trogen might be well. "Why not make the corn pay, by lettrag the legume help?" USE PLENTY OF COTTON SEED -tCkeroson College.?Many farmers ca are asking how early they should tie plant cotton under (boll weevil condi- a 1 Hons. The best time to plant in the j saj ^ast is th? best time to plant now, we .ays Prof. C. P. Black-well, agrono-jwe mist, who advises that cotton should J be planted just as soon as the ground is warm enough to give a prompt germination but that it is doubtful if it is ?ver advisable to fiant earlier than that. v. In any case where early planting is practiced a laige amount of seed *hould be put in, as a heavy seeding will come nearer to giving a good stand of cotton than will a thin seed ing. A good stand is extremely im portant under boll weevil conditions. If the land is in good condition, one Vuahel of seed per acre should be sufficient for a good stand, but it is 4odbtful if a smaller rate of seeding snaold be used under boll weevil P" conditions and with early planting. cei Mutual Forbearance Washington Star. "Do you claim to know all about Siu??ee?" "No," admitted Farmer Corntos ,?!, "I'm free to confess some of us t'fcHaers who talk about finance don't know any mor? about the subject thaa some of the financiers who tails ibeaife farming." EST TO F SAFE MILK SUPPLY FOR SMALL CITIES Milk inspection is of prime neces-| ty. In most of the larger cities boratories are maintained where icteria counts and chemical analy-| s are irequenmy maae on samples Elected from retail delivery wagons ores, and restaurants. But the -jail cities and towns that can not ford the expense of a tester and boratory find it hard to give oper supervision to their milk sup ies. The United States Department of( jriculture suggests that a practi 1 way for such cities and towns to sure a safe milk supply is through e cooperation of two or more ad cent towns hiring a milk inspec r and maintaining a laboratory, le cost of supervisig such a plan le cost of supervising such a plan wns on the basis of population hout the expenses toeing iburden me to any one of them. State and ;deral authorities are always will- J ? to cooperate in work of this rt. This plan of town cooperation in( ilk and da.ry inspection nas oeen rried out in different parts of the untry, probably the most -con-J icuous example being the group of wns in northern New Jersey ( town as "The Oranges." In these wns the plan has been in use for] number of years with results that ve 'been very satisfactory to all ncerned. NEET POTATOES FROM VINES I , -Clemson College.?In order that le may have a sufficient quantity potato vines for setting his field iring June or early July, it is very, scessary that the first planting be ade as early as the season will per- j it. The following recommendations ? (riven hv the horticulturists for! e production of vines for planting e main crop and do not apply to e production of large yields of po toes. (Plant on fertile soil and apply in e drill 'before planting, at the rate f 1,000 pounds per acre, a fer izer that will analyze 8 per cent oaphoric acid and 4 per cent ni? >gen. After the plants have begun run apply a tap dressing of ni ite of soda in order to force a pid vine growth. Disease-free potatoes can best be tained by using the vine cuttings j ther than the slips taken directly >m the seed bed. One acre plant in April will supply enough vines r planting 5 acres In June, provid the first acre is planted on rich id and the vines iprced to growj pidly. GROW SOME CELERY Clemson College, April 4.?Whi!e lery is not grown to any great, ex it in this state, it can be grown, ry profitably both for home use d local markets. The Giant Pas-1 I is one of the best winter varie-J is. The se.sd may be sown now in tvell prepared bed. It will be neces iy to shade the bed for 3 or 4 seks until the plants have become >11 established. After the plants ve formed the fourth or fifth leaf: ?y should be thinned out so as to md one inch apart in the rows,' lich should be about 6 inches wide, le thinning may be transplanted to other bed. In August the plants should bei insplanted to the field in rows 6 it wide and 8 inches apart in the w. Celery should be planted on ry rich soil and heavy application commercial fertilizer as well as rnyard manure should be applied. Le manure and the fertilizer should applied in the drill and thorough-1 mixed with the soil a week to ten a before the plants are trans lated. The earthing-up or blanching pro 33, begins as soon as the weather rns cool in late September or rly October, and the celery should ready for use in late November. Frenchman has invented a means using the leaves and fibrous stems banana plants as a substitute forj x. There are 17,885,646 Roman Cath-j cs in the United States. ARMERS S. C. WOMEN MAKE MONEY IN MARKETING CLUBS Products which brought farm wo men $99,715.64 were marketed in South Carolina during 1921 through associations aided in their organiza tion by extension workers with wo men. The United States Department of Agriculture has received reports from the South Carolina State exten sion workers in various counties des cribing the ways in which club mar kets and sales associations were or ganized, and what was accomplished. Realizing that the need of the country women was' to dispose ad vantageously of farm products which would increase the small amount of available cash during the period of financial depression, these extension workers endeavored to promote two particular phases of marketing. The sale of specialized products, put up by recipes tested by the State food conservation specialist, was con ducted through the South Carolina Home Producer's Association. Thii association limited the number of standard products to 10 which would be distinctive of the State, prepared special .labels and attractive contain ers, and handled the sales through a paid secretary. Contracts were signed by women who desired to become 1 4-a mmnlv memuers, uungauug uicm a certain amount of produce prepar ed according to recipe and packed in standard containers. This sales asso ciation is being developed in almost every county in South Carolina, with continuously increasing membership. The other phase of marketing de veloped was the establishment of club markets at which the producer may sell direct to the consumer. Pro duction campaigns were put on in which people were .encouraged to raise vegetables and chickens, ' to make butter, to bake cakes and ibread. The extension agents then worked to secure the use of public squares, vacent stores, and halls in which to establish markets. Twenty three club markets were established during the year. IN GARDEN AND ORCHARD Clemson College.?Plant garden corn and snap Ibeans. Use the string less varieties of beans. Plant enough vegetables of the standard sorts that you may have a surplus to can. | If you are troubled with wilt or root knot of tomatoes, set plants on land that has not been planted in tomatoes before. If snap 'beans or other tender vege tables are threatened by frost, cover th? plants lightly with soil until the dnger is past. Grow enough asparagus to have some to sell. It ships well and usual ly 'brings a good price on the local market. Remember that it is just as neces sary to rotate for garden crops as for field crops; therefore in the management of th? garden keep this fact in mind and avoid planting the same crop on the same land two or more seasons. To avoid having wormy peaches spray with arsenate of lead solution just as the flower shucks are drop ping and again two weeks later. Use one pound of the powdered arsenate and two poundB of lime to fifty gal lons of water. To prevent newly set fruit trees from dying their first summer, place around them a heavy mulch of stable manure, straw or pine needle. In planting spring flowers do not leave out the perennials Hollyhock, May pink, Sweet William, and fox glove are excellent standard sorts. In the sandy sections of the South a good lawn can made from Ber muda grass and bur clover. Plant the Bermuda roots now and in Septem ber sow the clover seed. COTTON EXCHANGE CLOSES 29TH TO MOVE QUARTERS New York, April 8.?The New York cotton exchange, it was an nounced today, will be closed on April 29 in order to facilitate the moving of its equipment to tempo rary quarters in Wall street. Opera tions -will ibe resumed May 1. The present home of the exchange will be torn down and a new 22-story structure erected. BOLL WEEVIL ! CONTROL FACT i ????? Methodi Generally Employed Wl | Success, and Mistakes Which Farmers Make. By C. A. Whittle, Soil Improvement Committee. The boll weevil has practically a i ered the cotton belt, but there seei to be no marked reduction in t (amount of cotton grown aa ,a resu The fact is the boll weevil can t and will not overthrow the Soutl greatest crop. How are farmers meeting t boll weevil most successfully? The are two main ways: (1) Pushing t cotton to early maturity and (2) Ki lng the boll weevil. The following questions and answe give the main thing3 that are bel done and also the mistakes that fi being made: PU8HING THE COTTON CROP, What soils are preferred for hast< Ing the crop? Well drained, j light soils warm earlier and grow off the cotton qul< er than heavy or poorly drained soi Sandy soils are, therefore, better th clayey soils. Is It advisable to us poor soil It would be a serious mistake. Po soils never did pay, and with the b i weevil taking toll, poor land cott will only put the farmer into a deep hole. Remember that it costs mors to grt cotton under boll weevil oondltioi and there must be enough cott to make It worth while to fight <wl the boll weevil. What varieties of cotton are pi ferrsd? Any variety which will set an abi dance of bolls early and will con tin to set fruit throughout the season, variety which is early but which al quits fruiting early is not desirat because the weevils will do heavi | damage to the bolls when they do o find squares to puncture, uieveiai strains are moat generally preferr , by farmers. I What methods of' cultivation a uaad to hasten maturity? ' Frequent, shallow cultivation un the greater part of the crop Is si , Then less frequent cultivation. T later "cultivation should be the sk: middle method, taking alternate ml dies and with the next cultivation U ing the one* that were skipped. Tt keepe half of the roots of the cotti plant undisturbed so that there will less shedding, more squaring and t? tor protection of the cotton bolls. i KILLIN1 THE WIIVIL. It la, but It Is a particular meth which many farmers may fall wl when they first try.lt, because th are not In the habit of doing partl< i lar things right the first time. If the rules for poisoning are i hered to strictly the cotton farm will get the most complete and e< nomic control of the weevil of a; method known. Any one contemplating the use poison should get complete lnstrt tions from the Government Boll W< , wll RtfltJnn TnlliilAh I .a .?tho Stn Entomologist, or agricultural ? leges. Does it pay to kill the weevils the young cotton stalks before squar begin to form? If the weevils come out of wint quarters in large numbers and threi en vjto take all the first squares, is considered advisable to kill as ma; of them as possible. Calcium arsena sprinkled from a perforated can from a cheese bag on the young plan is the most efficient and economic method of killing the weevils on ti young plants. It is not necessary to apply the p< son until just before the squares beg to form. Is it practical to gather and destr squares? If the poison method is not used will often be found necessary to gat er and destroy damaged squares th contain immature weevils, in order have assurance of any sort of a crc Picking up squares is not as efflcie nor as inexpensive as poisoning, b if thoroughly done a fair to good cri can be obtained. Is poisoned molaues applied to ct ton effective? Poisoned molasses or other poison' sweets will kill some boll weevils di lng dewless nights, but the polso&i sweets will kill honey bees and oth sweet loving insects that are needi to carry from flower to flower tl pollen that causes them to fruit. C< cium arsenate dust Is more effide and less expensive to use where in soned molasses are effective. Are boll weevil traps practical? A farmer never tries a trap mo than once. The government has trii all kinds and recommends none. Can the say of cotton be polsom so ss to poison or repel the weevl The Creator has given ail plants tl power to absorb througfi their roo plant food and to resist all that is n plant food. If plants could not resist tl poisons in the soil we might run risk of being poisoned every time \ Mt a nAtntn annlfi hprrv ettv Can the boil weevil be driven frc cotton by offensive odors? The boll weevil has not yet be successfully combattod through 1 breathl*^ organs. It haa bee* st Jected to the mast intense war gas without results. i WANT SEED New York, April 8.?With th< breakup of winter In the mountair villages of Central Armenia, Neai East Relief investigations revealec terrible starvation among refugee) and orphans. K. A. Downer of Kings ton, N. Y., returned from a fiv< day horse ibaclk visit to twenty vil lages having a population of 25, 000 people. He says that foodstuff throughout the area are exhausted. Bread is made from all sorts a ... 1..J! -Tl su'usututes, inciuaiiig coau am sawdust having no appreciable fooi value. The people are extracting un digested materials/from old refus and giving it to the children. Healtl conditions are critical. Gastric mu testinal troubles prevailing due t malnutrition. A large percent of th people are suffering from skin dia eases. One-fourth of the adults ar incapacitated and bed-ridden. Onl; one out of fifty of the population i nor&al. In the village* visited are 1,50' orphans who should ibe removed im mediately if they are to live. Even ii small villages the weekly death lia includes ten children. In many viJ lages all children have lost thei hair during the winter. Several cases were so desperat that the people resorted to eating o human flesh which practice wa sharply punished by the authoritiet Officials said that they are doing al they can to prevent It but the peopl lost their senses from hunger. At Mahmaudchuk, visited a famil of fifteen persons a month ago. Not only three of the family remain. Th dead are all the male members o the family. All village inhabitants expresse concern about securing seed an grain for spring planting. Hope is ea pressed that the Armenian Govern ment would obtain seed, particular! barley. * The Headman of the largest vi] lage said: "If we can secure seed w shall <be on our feet by tmid-summei If we don't get seed we are doome to death. ? Prof, Edgar Long, Chairman Due West, S. C. Timely Note* on Beef Cattle Clemson College. ?Keep & mac ter's eye on the thin cows that wil drop ca'lves this month. A little feei >n/4 whiflA envn urit: of IC ie ite er young calves are being turned t pasture Svill insure the raising of , good calf droj* and will mean a bet ter calf drop for the next year> Giv SPECIE SATURDAY, T. W..IV 24 lbs. Service Flour . 24 lbs. King Bird Self 24 Jbs. Jack Frost Plai 25 lbs. Sugar Best Rib Meat I y 4- T> n /il r at | jDest r hi jjciujv 1* Can Rosedale Dessei 1 Can, large size, Hon 1 Can, large size, Swe 3 lb. Can Maxwell H( Five Gallon Kerosene We will have a fresh shi] Fresh Tomatoes, Fr Friday an< WE DELIVER GOODS -T. W. M " SOUTH MAIN ST. tie ts jSiSJ3JS?3Sf3ISJS?333I3033EI33S13I3J3Ii be f BOYD'S SURE PC a ![?} ve g Will sure relieve your horse c a given with a teaspoon or small im e to sv.iillow the medicine to gc ^ touches the inside of the mou Send me a Post Office order fo age to you. Reasonable disc< en IS It3 1 [H * 8 ?i| S. A. MURPHY, P. TRANSPORTATION OT * THE TOMATO I Mutt Have Permit Of C? Commission, S*y? PWj A. F. Conraii Clemson College.?As I is at hand for the 8hipo?*k| mato plants, attention is to the fact that tomato transported into or' within Carolina must (bear permit * the South Carolina State Commission showing that 4 Atl/1 ??? *?<> A yt | auu IUC piCIUlSCd miCiV -1 free from dangerous diseases j sects, says Prof. A. IP. Cox tomologist for the Camnria "The transportation into in the state of South mato plants for planting prhibited unless such shij accompanied by a South Carolina State Commission. "These permits are satisfactory evidence has _ tained either through fidavit or a certificate competent inspector, the3e plants and the pre which they were grown were ed iby a competent found to fee apparently wilt and other dangerous and insects." * 7 r Arabians greet each, other ] ing cheek to cheek. ^ .. Camels sometimes live to| years old. the cow and her calf an with the coming of the nc (that is, feed them, a little and they will both do will get ready for the er and the cow will bring ter calf next year. Do not let the buB ran cows this month for this next year's calves come which is too early. Feed well and have him in food when you tarn him In the June. Castrate all scrtfb and calves and get a pure breeding purposes. Dehorn all yearlings ti ed to get in March. Cut to tie head, taking off a Select the calf that you ing to kill thds rammer in t Clubhand keep him that you may have a beef for yourself and your to eat lLS FO APRIL 15' !vr 1ARTIN -Rising Flour n Flour 1: *t Peaches liny et Corn >use Coffee Oil pment of Celery, aalt VviaL P/\fa4vUk? COIA Mm APIA A VI 1 Saturday. ANYWHERE IN ART PHONE ajgjgjgjgjgjg a uj fij uj R) HJ f2J fllJ^ RJ )P COLIC REM] ir mule or cow of the colic, syringe. The horse does not] it results. When the rc th, the blood takes up the ?r 75 cents and I will pay the sunts on larger orders. 3. Box 1133, Columbia,