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n ' / Clemson College South Carolina Ex | Press Bullet The Arnr ? f i Answers to Common Inquirers About rr*"> IV | X lit" .il 1UJ I! V1UM 1.?"What is the army worm? I An insect having four life history I stages, ?(a) eggs laid on food plants; 1 (b) caterpillars resembling corn ear t worms (worms) which hatch from w nuDa: When the cat - -oc, . erpillar becomes full-grown, it goes into the ground and changes to the resting stage or pupa; (d) moth, which comes from the pupa. 2.?Why called army worm? Because when the caterpillars are j very abundant they travel in droves, i and this suggests the name. 3.?What are its food plants? It has a large number of food plants. It has a preference for vetch and tortHor ot9?ps From these the cat ? ' erpillars migrate to corn and cotton i ^nd other cultivated plants including p garden crops. It is fond of the pods , of vetch. 4.?Has the ins-ect appeared yet this season? Yes, in Calhoun county. 5.?Will it do as rcuch damage as last season? The natural enemies are numerous and while it appears that they will ? , reduce the succeeding generations this should not be depended on. K 6.?rHow many generations a seaK son? f 7.?When first seen what should be done? Kill the worms as far as practicable by one or more of the methods suggested below or others that the j situation piay suggest. 8.?When confined to a field of ' ? ? *>?- +V>ntr Viq nrovpritPri j . vetcn or grass cau mc; uv v? from spreading? Yes, you can plow a d-eep furrow ? around the field and when the worms pile up in the furrow drag a log through it. Poison the adjoining margin of corn and cotton fields. Graze the infested area heavily. If ground is level use heavy roller. If a road or driveway separates the infested from the threatened crop, use drag in killing the caterpillars when crossing. Cut and cure the " infested grass for hay if far enough advanced and plow and plant to j another crop. 9.?When a crop is generally infest* ed, what can be done? Dust poison. 10.?What are the poisons? Arsenate of lead, Paris green and London purple are best in order ^ named. f 11.?How much poison is used per ^ acre? j About two pounds, less for very v young cotton and two and a half to three pounds for cotton more than three feet high. 10 "tT?.-rrr i r. nnW/loroH flTSPrintp ftf X6. javvy 10 ?"-> " uvi ~ ^ ? 1( cd prepared for use? It is ready for use when purchased. 13.?How is Paris green prepared? { By mixing it, equal parts with air , slaked lime. 14.?How is London purple prepared? Same as Paris green. It is not recommended except in extreme emergencies. 15.?Is there danger of burning foliage and injuring plants? / Arsenate of lead does not burn. t fans green aim uuuuuu purpic may foum more or less severely, therefore powdered arsenate of lead is emphati1 ' FOR SOIL BUILDING. By Following Well Recognized Law Farmers Can Help. Union Progress. Are you a soil builder and improver or a soil robber and murderer? ' When we look over the fields of many farms in Union county we see numerous and sad instances of how good land has been "killed," yes, deliberately and knowingly killed, so ^ that instead of crops that were once -rr?ATT r> rtf TVT?A /\ir> or An A gruwu. aic iiui pi UUUL1U5 uiicfifth as much as they originally did. iRnt thmip'h thp land has hppn "killd," and the farmer who is now attempting to work it is on the verge of death, still there is a hope for a P-4 glorious ressurrection, when fields i may be clad in verdure and be made to blossom as a rose, if now known and w'-ell recognized laws relative to agriculture are adopted and adhered to. Tfce law in question is nothing more or/ess than simply changing from riming the same crop consecutively for many years on the same land to Extension Work :periment Station in Xo. 120 .. \M y vr uiin. cally recommended. 16.?What is practical way of applying the poison? On small areas dust it through a cheese cloth hag attached to end of nlr 17.?What is the most practical way of dusting large areas? Two sacks and pole carried on horse back. 19.?How is this made? A strip of wood three inches wide, one inch thick and one foot longer than width of rows. Six inches from each end bore a hoie one inch or more in diameter. Make two sacks of cignt ounce duck six inches deep and tw^' ty inches long and about the width of the strip of wood. The open sid-es are tarcked to the ends of the strip (called pole) and these can be filled' with poison through the auger noie in +he -ends of the pole. A funnel can ' be used to advantage. 20.?How large an area can one man i poison per day? With the apparatus for poisoning1 two rows at a time, carried on horse back (as explained in question Xo. | 19) one man can poison twenty acres pc-r day. 21.?Is there danger of poisoning stock? ! Yes, after one or two heavy rains there is practically no danger, nor after an interval of atjout three weeks. The only cases of stock poisoning 1-"+Vi/ic?ft ti'Vioro nnicrm Tva <? KilU YV il di TT Li-LOOC ?? livi wasted when filling sacks and stock broke into the field. 22.?Do these poisons aggravate wounds or sores on man or animals? Sometimes they do. Before using the poison, it is well to cover open sores or wash 'them after the work is done. 23.?iHow 'can I prevent the mule from eating poisoned cotton or corn? Muzzle the mule. 24.Will poison blown on the mule be injurious to the animal ? Wash the mule after the work is 1 done. 25.?Using the stick and bag method, how do I know when I am dusting the right amount? By weighing pole and sacks before and after dusting a known area. Use good judgement. A small variation is good judgment. A small veriation is 2?.?.When is the best time to dust? In th-e morning when the dew is on and no heavy wind. 27.?May the sacks touch the foliage when dusting? No. It interferes with the amount passing out of the sack. When the leaves are moist it will clog the sack. I 28.?How can I regulate the amount of poison dusted? By judiciously varying the amount of jarring of the pole. 29.?Is it important that the pois"~6n be dusted uniformly? Yes, it is very important. 30.?Is it necessary to repeat dusting immediately after a heavy rain? I? is rarely necessary with arsenate of lead, but Paris green ana ixmaon purple wash off easily. These poisons must be redusted after rain. i 31.?When an army of caterpillars is not threatening a crop, should they' be destroyed by poisoning or otherwise? j Every time. This is to reduce as far as possible the generations which j are to follow. that of rotating it so that it will have a different kind of crop each year for | three or four years, at least one of these crops to be what is known as legumes, such as cowpeas, soy beans, I clover, vetch, peanuts or rye. Men who have studied agricultural conditions in this State, and where similar conditions exist are united in the opinion that it is not only profitable, but absolutely necessary for such rotations of crop* and declare if the farmers would go a step further j and plow under a good growth of j 1 green crop such as those mentioned 1 in the leguminous class .hat it would i place humus in the soil, and this de- j caying organic vegetable matter would result in producing crops many times the worth of that seemingly at the time sacrificed. As nowhere in the South is there a greater need for t'he putting of humus in the soil than on what are now commonly known as worn out or "killed" land of the Piedmont section, and as the plowing of them under as deeply as possible will more than offset for seemingly temporary loss we propose that a soil builders' associa tion be formed, j'or it seems to do anything effectively and succ-r-ssfully j there must be an organization with a pledg-, a.solemn binding pledge made now before the crops are planted and ! grown and made, so as to be as definite and unchanbeable as the laws of the Medes and Persians. In sub-j stance it should read something like this: 1 1 ~ ~ 1 1 *-vr>nm i eo + Vl 9 T t A I l nertjuy suiciiinx.y yi villus test th-e soil building plan on my own farm I will plant at 1-east two to ten acres of a leguminous crop to be ) turned under while green, and no j matter how much it may seem that I need th-e forage such crops would [ produce, or how mrch I dislike and j regret to fulfill the conditions of this j pledge in turning the crop back into the soil, at the proper time I agree to keep this pledge and if I note an im1 provement in the condition of the land | so tested when prepared for the next crop, I will repeat this process, doubling the number of acr-es next year, and so on, until I have practiced the soil rebuilding method on my entire farm "Signed "Date 1913." Xow that is a simple pledge. Cut! it out and sign it today. It. may take | more grit and grace to turn und-er a j .e nn-rt' riAo o votf?h nr M flVPT I lillt? Ui L/JLJ ui \*\j >y w ? ? than any one can imagine before experiencing it, but the man who takes Uhis pledge and lives up to it will prove that he is not merely a man of the present, but that he has a vision and foresight enough to prepare for the future by employing a method that is much more effective and much more economical than the use of so much high grade fertilizer. As for the organization its-: If, why I fh.o nroci^pnt vnn are the -vice i J uu ai ^ tut |/i vwimva*VJ j ~? ? ? president, the secretary and treasurer, | all the committers. Indeed you are the "whole thing," for the id-ea in this plan is not to multiply organizations by living separate and distinct soil builders' associations, but let you feel that you are an organization in your- ? self, and that upon you rests the in- a creased prosperity of your farm and J the corresponding increase in the prosperity of your country. c ~ ? - ' J??-.J i Soutflern f armers auviscu agamsi ^ Selling off Their Cows. During the past twelve months cattle buyers have been active in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida, purchasing cattle to be ^ shipped to the Middle Western markets as either canners or stoekers. The prices paid for canners during n tlhis period have be?ri so high that ? fnniioQnHc nf rows and heifers have gone to the shambles which should k have been ictajntii c-n the farms for Droed.'LK purges. This is especially tnoticeable wlvn tic: receipts of south- t( *rn cattle a- the St. Louis market for tthe last twelve months are compared ? with those for any previous period of similar length. The receipts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana cattle at that market have almost doubled I duriu.:} this period. j Since the first of February buyers ^ from the farms and ranches of the , i b I West ha*-e been scouring the Gulf ' States in rcarch of breeding s:ock. ! - P A few ;tars ago this class of cattle would" have been scorned by the t Western ranchman as breeding stock, ibut with the shortage of cows for ^ ! breeding purposes the ranchers are glad to get these cheap cows, to r I which they will breed good beef bulls. I * ? The half-breeds resulting from this [mating make fairly desirable beef j. 1 animals. ' Several thousand cattle have al- j. ready been sent from these States to I 0 i Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, and some of them are -said to have been , i ~ ti ; shipped as far as Montana. f Recently there were perhaps more t cattle unloaded at one time in BirmD ingham, Ala., for feed, water, and r^st | ^ while en route to the western ranges L than have ever been seen in that ;place j before in one day. Georgia and Florida are sending out thousands of these Q native southern cattle at tJhe present ^ time at prices ranging from. $15 to a $25 a head for mature animals. A shipment of 40 carloads of cattle was recently mad-e from Osceola county, ^ Florida, in one day. They were shipped to Kansas via Oklahoma City. The nartip were diDDed in arsenical solu- n tion before loading, to free tli'em of ticks, and were to be dipped again j, on arrival at Oklahoma City before- ^ soinsr above the federal quarantine line. s Some people of the South seem glad b that these cattle are l>eing shipped Q out, as the number of scrub cattle is being reduced and tihe South will get ^ better cattle as a result. They do not J ^ look far enough ahead, however, or D they would see that if the shortage of cattle is such as to cause buyers to come from the far West to buy these C] scrub cattle for breeding purposes, the T( chances of Southern farmers refilling g their pastures with good cattle are q 1 > if // It tells you h< phone line wi ssmp hto-h-rliit V JL Jl J. 4^ JL JL now enjoyed 1 If you Ha tell you how i You do not ol Address ne Ti SOUTHERN AND TELE | 163ISoi ures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. "he 'worst cases, no mauer 01 now iuuk siauuint, re cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. 'orter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves 'ain and Heals at the same time. 25c, 50c, $1.00 ITATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Sy C. C. Sc'humpert, Esquire, Probate Judge. Whereas, Mary J. Miller hath made uit to me, to grant her letters of AdQinistration of the Estate cf and efects of iMartha A. Miller These are therefore to cite and adoonish all and singular the kindred nr? Proriitnrs nf the said Martha J. liller, deceased, that they he and ap>ear before me, in the Court of Proate, to be held at Newberry, S. C., n 5th of July next after publication her-of, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, cj show cause, if any they xiave, why lie said Administration should not be rantecl. Given under my hand, this 17th day f June, Anno Domini, 1913. C. C. Schumpert, J. P. N. C. I adesd small, for wthere are these good 'reeding cattle to come from at a easonable price? The best and most irofitable way of getting good cattle hroughout the South is to breed up he native cattle by the use of pureired bulls; and by castrating all scrub mils at an early age. The South is especially adapted to aising cattle, because of the long ;razing season, the enormous areas f cheap iand much of which is now ping idle, the great variety of pasure grasses and legumes wthicfr grow uxuriantly on all soils, and because f the mild winters. t* woctorn ranchman r.an afford I r> pay Southern farmers good prices or cows, pay the high freight rates o the West, stand the losses which aturally occur during the shipping j bin cattle such long distances, also: ear ttbe losses due to a change of! limatic conditions, and then makej loney on them, why can not the | louthern farmer who already owns j lie cattle as well as the grazing lands, nd who needs the manure upon the oils, keep his stock on the farm and ecure the increased profits? He can : he will free his cattle of ticks, inrease tihe efficiency of his pastures by lanting mixtures, bur clover, white lover, or perhaps melilotus, alsike lover, and redtop over his pasture inds; and by raising more hays and Drage crops for wintering his stock nd finishing them for market. The < urplus cattle can then be fattened < y feeding cottonseed cake on grass, < r grazing fields of velvet beans while | < ;eamg some coiicfinrctie, m tiic^ i;au ( e finished in the dry lot during the 'inter months. For winter feeding j o roughage lhas proved more valuable < aan silage, as the addition of it to < ie feeding ration invariably in- t reases the size of the daily gains and i educes their cost, tnereby malting t reater profits. The quality antf ] uantity of silage which can be pro-Ji HSfc sk for It Today-A P 3W vou mav conne< <J ?/ th the Bell system is local and long di oy more than 5,000 YVil L a JL VlV^'IlV/ilV to get service at ve ^ligate yourself by i arest Bell Telephone Mc irmers* Line Department nWf v fiWSTnv c^nu DLLL ILL/I^rn GRAPH COMP, nth PryorSt, Atlanta, Ga. * 9 Notice to I have been advertising Indiana S the best investments tiiat any farm= best suggestion to our farmers. So\ peas o" soy beans, buy a Koger pea a the Feed from the vines, saving the < dirt from your hay, making it more s Tbe Koger will not choke or clog wi break two p?r cent of seed. See on regarding this wonderful machine. J. M. SW] Sales agent for Gasoline Enj Corn Shellers, Pea Threshers, Qour Pme Indiana V/UIICI9) &JCITT I\IgOj tiiuiunu >?< ? *910 West Main St., No. 666 This it a prescription prepared especially 1 for MALARIA or CHILLS & FEVER, t Five or six doses will break any case, and , if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not return. It acts on the liver better than 1 Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c % STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Court of Common Pleas. ^ Annie R. Harris, in her own right ^ and as executrix of Nancy Caroline 2 Harris, deceased, Plaintiff, j against ^ Annie J. Harris and James A. Mimnaugh, Defendants. By an order of the court herein I ^ will sell to the highest bidder before the court house at Newberry, S. C., within the legal hours of sale, on Monday, salesday, July 7, 1913, all ] that piece, parcel or lot of land lying * and being situate in the Town of Newberry, county and State aforesaid, J containing eleven thousand four hundred and forty-five square feet, more ] or less, and hounded by Friend street, which it fronts, and being otherwise ] bounded by the Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Railroad company, An- ] drew Eargle, Rufus Williams and perhaps others, the same being the lot of which Nancy Caroline Harris died seized and possessed, and being more particularly described by plat thereof made by F. W. Higgins, surveyor, on file with the records in this case. J Terms of sale cash; purchaser to : - e pay for papers. H. H. Rikard, " Master. Newberry, S. C., June 13, 1913. v r iiuced on some of these cheap lands r :an not be surpassed by the high pric- c 2d lands of the corn belt, whereas the t :ost of producing it is far less because f' - ^ ?Ti Art r? 10 ^ jl Lilt: uncap lawvi. . . The farmers of the South are there- ly .'ore urged to discontinue this wholesale shipping of their female cattle to f< )ther States, to free the pastures of c lhe cattle tick, and to increase the f] lumber and quality of their cattle by d :he use of purebred beef bulls. The t< Drogeny will not only grow faster and s< nake larger and better cattle, but will c \eeds QAAIT . Sfglfil' Free ostai Will Do ct your Tele, and get the stance service 1,000 people. this book will ry small cost, sending for it. mager, or ONE ANY II Farmers. ilos f c r some time, which is one of r can make. I now make very v every available foot of land in .nd bean thresher, which separates :ost of picking, cleans the grit and anitary and w'holesome for feeding, th vines, and is guaranteed not to write me for faithei particulars [NDLER, jines, Feed and Grist Mills, Grain Separators, Ensilage >s, Etc. Newberry, S. G Guaranteed Eczema Remedy. The constant Itching, burning, redless, rash and disagreeable effects of iczema, tetter, salt rheum, itch, piles tnd Irritating skin eruptions can be eadily cured and the skin made clear md smooth with DrJ Hobson's Eczena Ointment. Mr. J C. Evelad, )f Bath, 111., says: "I had eczema wenty-five years and had tried everyhing. AH failed. When I found Dr. lobson's Eczema Ointment I found l cure." This ointment is the firmu a of a physician and has been Is lse for years?not an experiment rhat is why we cap guarantee it All Iruggists. or by mail. Price 50c. 3feiffer Chemical Co., Philadelphia ind St. Louis. [ Pay Cash For Hens 12c lb Roosters 7c lb Frying Chickens 15c lb iggs 16c doz Jas. D. Quattlebaum, Prosneritv. S. C. 1 * , For Weakness and Loss of Appetite rhe Old Standard general strengthening tonic, JROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out Halaria and builds up the system. A true tonic ind sure Appetizer. For adults and children. 50c. ^ in roion on/1 Ia iai mule yi. uutaun, w eed than are the natives. The soils rill be increased in fertility by the nanure, which gives such profitable eturns when applied to the cotton, rop and puts vegetable matter into he soil. The amount of commercial ertilizer necessary to produce a crop rill be reduced and a more bountiful ield will be produced. Literature regarding methods of ceding cattle in the Soutlh and eradi ating the cattle ticks may be obtaited rom the bureau of animal industry, epartment of agriculture, Washingi>n, D. C. Southern farmers are alo advised to consult the department's