Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SWAT THE TICK" ( Steer Infeste By CARL VROOMAN, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture. Two hundred and fifty-three thou sand square miles is obviously a lot of jfcerritory. Anybody can see that, by Just looking at the figures, but nobody ?an realize Jost how big such a stretch of country may be till he has had something to do with ousting from Buch an area a sit-back-and-hold-tlght citizen like the cattle tick. The folks j *?. io ueariy as Dig as Texas It ls more than four times os big as England. It is 15 times as big as Switzerland. It Is bigger than the whole German ampire In Europe, wilb Denmark, Bel TOMATOES FOR NORTH Florida and Texas Lead in Pro duction of Crop. Convenience, Care and Judgment Should Enter Into Preparation of Product for Market-Exclude All Leaky Fruit. (Bv li. C. CORBETT.) Commercial tomato growing in the southern states Is almost exclusively confined to the production of tomatoes at a season when they cannot be igrown in the North except in green houses. On this account the commer cial production of this crop is restrict ed to areas where there is very little, If any, freeziug during the winter months. Florida and Texas lead in the production of this crop. Where tomatoes are extensively grown for shipment to the North, con venience, care and judgment should enter bato the preparation of the prod uct for the market. It is always ad fvisable and usually necessary to assort and grade the fruits as they come from the field before placing them in the shipping boxes. If this work can be done in a shed located on the rail way over which the fruits are to bo transported, so much the better, but If it Is necessary to haul the tomatoes some distance for shipment then the packing shed should be located at the most convenient and accessible point for both harvesting and shipping. The same precautions in handling the fruits should be observed in the South as in the North. The fruits as they come from the Tines should pass the scrutiny of ex perienced sorters and graders so that tomatoes of a certain size and degree of ripeness will reach the same ship ping case. All leaky fruits should be excluded, and the stems, if any are found attached to the fruits, should ne removed. Experience has shown jthat fruits are less likely to be broken and leaky upon arrival at their des- ? tination if all stems are removed than ?when this feature is neglected. The individual fruits are wrapped In a soft brown or white tea paper packed in two-layer boxes or In CAMPAIGN IN SOUTH | glum and Holland all thrown In. ? Scope of Work. These figures give some faint Idea of the scope of the work of the depart ment of agriculture in its campaign against this scourge of the live stock Industry In the South. To get a full realization of the magnitude of this work, however, one must know how dif ficult It has been to push the fight in the face of popular opposition based on a widespread belief that the ar senical bath was poisonous to cattle and caused milk cows to go dry-must know that it usually tokes two or three years of preliminary demonstra tion work to persuade a county to vote for tick eradication, and that oc casionally dipping vats are blown up with dynamite by overenthusiastic op ponents of such new-fangled contrap tions. Now, however, the department seems to have the campaign well in hand, and the work of clearing territory is going forward smoothly. Over a third of the territory originally quarantined has already been released and popular sentiment is trending strongly ba favor of pushing the fight The department will demonstrate the use of the dipping vat anywhere, If there seems to be sufficient local in terest to encourage the experiment, but it will not begin systematic work at eradication in a quarantined area until the county has, by a special ref erendum election, voted in favor of such a campaign. Dipping Demonstrations, The din- 'nf '1r> ._uFuwcu uiar tue unimals suffer no harm from the bath. As a result of a few practical dem onstrations of this nature the county generally votes wet as regards the ar senical bath-sometimes by a major ity as large as ten to one. a six-basket peach carrier. Fruits packed In this way and shipped by express are successfully carried from Miami, Fia., to New York, and from Corpus Christi, Tex., to Chicago. For the long shipments wldch are necessary in order to place the Florida and Texas grown tomatoes in the markets, the fruits are picked as soon as they have reached full development and show the slightest change in color. The stage of ripeness at which fruits should be picked and shipped should be regulated by the season as well as by the demands of the market for which they are intended. During cool weather the fruit should be riper when gathered than during the warm season. Thc most distant shipments should be filled from the least ad vanced fruits. These features would appear to be self-evident, but they are worthy of enumeration, for they are important factors in gaining the highest success. STARVING ROOTS OF WEEDS If Foliage of Plant Is Constantly De stroyed Death ls Only Mere Mat? ' ter of Time. Perennial weeds of all kinds must be cut repeatedly to starve out the ! underground roots or stems. If the foliage of the plant is constantly de stroyed, the death of the plant is only a matter of time and will be caused directly by root starvation. Any breaking or cultivation of the soil in which these plants grow only serves the purpose of scattering them | unless that cultivation is persistent enough to keep down all growth of foliage. SOME WEEDS SERIOUS PESTS ! Rotation of Crops Is Most Effective Means of Eradication-Plow Up All Thistles. The fact that certain weeds are gen erally found as serious pests with cer tain cultivated crops an dare not gen-: erally serious pests with others sug-! gests the most important of all ways of combating the weeds, viz., by the rotation of farm crops. If the thistles and mullens overrun the pastures, plow them up and sow corn. CORN, OATS, WHEAT FOR FEED Interesting Experiment at Wisconsin Experiment Station With Three Lots of Heifers. In an experiment at the Wisconsin experiment station three lots of heif ers weighing about 350 pounds were I fed equal amounts of nutrients. For ! one lot the nutrients were wholly from the wheat plant, another from oats and the third from corn. All lots grew at about a normal rate, but after a few months lt became easily observable that the wheat lot was not so well nourished as the others. This was evi ; dent from the appearance of the coat. \ The corn and oat-fed lots bred earlier ; than the wheat fed one, showing that ! the latter were depressed in some de gree. The corn-fed lot produced calves which were of normal size and full of ! vigor. The oat-fed lot produced calves, which were of about normal size but j with very low vigor, while those from j the wheat lot were about half as large as the normal calf at birth and were ? dead or ready to die when born. When 1 half of the roughage of the wheat lot ! was replaced with alfalfa hay the j calves were normal. No reasons have yet been worked out as to why these foods should act so differently but lt is important to know how they affect animals. TREATING AN IRRITATED EYE Bathe Affected Organ With Ten Per Cent Solution of Boric Acid Si ig ht ly Darken Barn. When the eye of an a ni nial ls irri tated and watery bathe it with a ten I per cern, solution of boric acid twice dally, using a new swab of absorbent cotton each time. Slightly darken the stable. Wet all feed to prevent dust, and as far as possible keep the ani mal out of dust it muy be that the tear ducts are obstructed, and if so thev RhnnM _cuueu March 1915, '. in which 20 horses and mules were j used in the effort to find out the ef fects of silage as food, the following results were obtained. The results in dicate that silage can be successfully substituted for a part of the hay In the ration of horses at the rate of two pounds of silage for one pound of hay. The animals studied included draft Well-Built Mule. I horses and mules, saddle mares, draft and saddle foals, two-year-old fillies and three-year-old geldings divided I into pairs. Each animal received the same grain ration consisting of corn two parts, oats two parts, bran one part One of the animals In each pair of the growing and Idle horses re ceived alfalfa hay as Its roughage, part of which was fed at night and part in tho morning. The other animal In each pair received alfalfa hay in the morning and corn silage at night. The draft animals at work were fed the same except that timothy hay was used Instead of alfalfa. Some diffi culty was experienced in getting the animals that had been on dry feed previous to the test to eat the silage. With two exceptions the animals re ceiving silage were in a more thrifty condition at the end of the trial. The sllage-fer1 mule was kept In better condition as shown by the hair, skin and general appearance, and yet cost less to feed than a mule which re ceived no silage. FEEDING SKIM MILK TO PIGS Younger and Smaller the Animals tho More Valuable ls the Milk-Feed Mixed With Grain. Skim milk that is not from tubercu lar cows is a valuable pig feed. The best way to feed it Is three pounds of skim milk to one pound of grain. Fed in this proportion skim milk has se cured all the way from 31 to 40 cents per hundred pounds. The younger and smaller the pigs are the ;nore valuable is the milk. It she lld always be mixed with grain in the proportion given. fl "FERTILIZERS" The Anderson brands of fertilizers are made from the finest grades of quick acting ammoniates, are well fixed, fine and dry. They, will push your crops and give you a splendid return on the investment. See our local representative, Mr. J. W. Cheatham, Bdgefield, S. C., who will give you prices and look after the de liveries to your satisfaction. Anderson Phosphate Oil Co. J. W. Cheatham, Local Agent, Edgefield, S. C. SOUTHERN COMBINATION PLANTER Planting cotton, peas, velvet beans and rnrn. Will plant any distance aoarr nr the drill c.? ? - vo]v. : has PRICE $15.00 -SOLD BY Southern Planter Company, Columbia W. W. Adams & Company, Edgefield Derrick Brothers, Johnston Holman-Cullum Hardware Co., Batesburg P. C. STEVENS, Representative Hardware of all Kinds We want our Edgefield friends, particularly our farmer friends, to know that we carry a large stock of Hardware of all kinds, and can always supply their needs. It matters not what you need for the farm in the way of hard ware or agricultural implements we have it for you. Buy your plow steels, hames, traces, plow stocks, etc., of us and let us save you money It matters not what you need in hardware, we can supply your needs. If you have any building to do, come in and let us figure with you on the hard ware needed. We buy nails, hinges, locks in large quantities and can ma*ke very low prices. It will always be a pleasure for us to serve you. If we haven't what you want we will order it out at once. By trading with us you get the benefit of our large buying facilities. Hardware Department of . E. M. Andrews Furniture Company 1289 Broad Street Augusta, Georgia