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II Sol SMALLEST COTTON CROP IN TWENTY-IV[ YEARS Forecast by Government-Production Placed at Little More Than Eight Million Males. 'Washington, July 1.-Cotton pro duction this year promises to b the smallest, crop of the last (iuarter of a century, today's forecast by the De partment of Agriculture placing it at 8,433,,000 bales, or nearly live million bales smaller than last year's crop and nearly eight million bales below the jecord crop of 1914. This year's acreage is 28.4 per cent smaller than last year's. Th( aereage this year is the small est since 1900 and never before, ac cordling to the Department of Agri culture, has there been so great a chance from one year to another in ae rca Li as there has been from last ye ; toc this year. The condition of the growing crop has not in twenty years been so low on June 25 as it was this year. All sections of the cotton belt has been fi Mt tic d. It is due, according to gov em ncit oxperts to an adversely late, wet s:I ig, and to the presence of boil wevil inl Iarg'te numbers. Owi~ng to the unfavorable conditions of April anid May and to other dis coura:Iging factors, hort age of ferti lizer, and unsatisfactory price; aban donrnit of planted cotton aceage has ben greater than usual east of the Mississiipi river, raniging from 5 per cent in North Carolina ancd Nissi ippi to as high as 10 per cent in Girgiai. West of the Mississippi abacnomnt has been slight. Thie a''ndient was taken into consid ecatit '.the crpc reprting hoard an. loucedl~-', ini its prceliminairy estimate of aereage-. The~ amountl ocf commciercial fecrtilizer M UQuality Tells * J.H. I M THE YOUN( *$5.50 * ~Don't Frei * Don't 1 Thlieppress aigent hi c! u h(Jto Rifigbyv's stor' U icnformi that he hail a: */ "'lhe YiouncgRlal. of Itiredi fieet we hadil 'lhe comnifoirtabIcles we IHlack K(id Oxfords wvii SComfor t. and style ailcini (an make a ni give ense and goodi 1< fceet. I Come and gel * liiprice is $5.50., *$5.50 * J.H. I U The Youn Big VATCH FOR I mething used per acre on cotton this year, ac cordin gto the reports representing the bureau of crop estimates, is about 66 per cent of the average amount used annually in the four years, 1917 20, Virginia reporting 86; North Caro lina 80; South Carolina 65; Georgia 73, Florida, 75; Alabama 72; Mississ ippi 60; Louisiana 32; Texas 47; Ar kansas (U; Tennesse 61. The returns of sales of fertilizer license tags, compared with last year, show to May 31 for North Carolina about 65 per cent anid to the close of June in South Carolina 50 per cent, Alabama 45 per cent, Mississippi 40 and Texas 33. Special returns to the agricul ture Department indicated only about 55 per cent as much as last year in North Carolina, 50 per cent in South Carolina, 42 per cent in Mississippi, compared with the usual only 49 per cent in Georgia and 33 per cent in Florida. Thus, Said the bureau's statement, all indications point to a reduction in absolute quantity of fertilizer pur chased much greater than the unpre cedented reduction inl acreage of cot ton, and this is confirmed by the figures quoted showing lessened use per acre. This lack is reflected in the relatively low condition of cot ton, which is almost ten points below the average condition at this (late. The quality is generally reported as lower than in previous years. -- ---o - EX'ERIMENT DESIGNED TO TEST LONGEVITY OF NUTGRASS NUTS Ai interesting experiment to cover fifteen years has been begun by the weed specialists of the United States P Deparitiment of Agriculture i toasCer ta in how long the nuts of nutgrass can stay in the soil and still retain their viability. Many ailmost unbe l iev'able stoies are told by farmers and others in the Southern Coastal Price Sells tIGBY. SRELIABLE $5.50 *i Vorry! e Happy!u U lFriday a fternoon to hipmnent of shoes for A t once this ship as to lit several Pair' n our waiting list. speak of are Ladies'3 h runbller heels. :oimbined. Th'lis shoe erchant famous and oks to many tired 'our size early. The J1. II. R. $5.50 * UGBYI g Reliable U IEE!EEEEE 'HEIR ANNOt ISSUE OF' Wonderfi States regarding the length of time nutgrass nuts remain viable in the soil. Some stories toll of grass nuts being dug up after 30 years' burial and still sprouting. A seemingly au thentic case has been found by the Government weed specialists where a house built in 1912 was removed from its site eight years later and grass nuts sprouted on the spot from which it hatd been removed. In order to get definite information on this point, four galvanized-iron cans, each about 2 feet square and 4 feet deep, without bottoms, were sunk into the soil at the Arlington farm near Washington, and 250 pounds of soil well filled with the grass nuts was placed in each. The cans were cover ed against light, and it is planned to open them on the 1st of June, 1923, 1926, 1931, and 1936, respectively, to test the viability of the nuts. Velvet bean vines are known to smother nutgrass, but if the nuts will remain viable in the soil for an inde finite period, it is seen that other means of extermination will be neces saryv. PN 31 ENTO-l>EPPlElR GitOWING SUCCEISS EN GILS' cLUBs One of the aims in the club work a mong the boys and girls of the 15 Southern States, conducted by the States Dairy Association in coopera tion with the State Agricultural Col leges, has been to foster the introduc tion and grow%'th of crops for which 'there is a wide and steady demand, or for which a demand can be easily built up locally. The Spanish pimiento, formerly imported firom Spain, is an example. Club girls in the South were first interestel about six years ago in grow ing pimiientos by way of v'ariety in their cdll) gardens. Tlhei r work gave an impetus to local use of the peppers, hot h fresh and cananet, they shortly. found that the pimiento wasl a valuable amilition to chutney, creole sauce, Dix it eli~h , pepper retlish , catsup, and similar prodlucts which toiunil a ready market. In 19'19 Sout hern club girls 'repiarled over 1 20,01)0 pi n ts of can nedl goodls in which pi mion tsc were usedl, and in 1921) over 200,)00t0 pint jars of whole ItimlienItos and( Iimienlto--Ilavor 'd relishes. The girls have found thIiat the pimIIientos may ibe kept f reshI duLr.. ing the winter mvonths by packing them in sa wdu st wvhiich is scerunulIous ly cleanead and thoroughly dry. TIIIOUGH'IT HEST' IO O11 Esl'gi I-or healt~h and( for (Ionom0icail use of the pasturage it is undesirable to keep heep on the same grou nd more than from 101 to 14 (lays, say sp'cia lists of tihe Un ited States D~eparatment of Ag ricou1.turo, in dliscussi ngt the riuest ion of' raising sheep on tem pora ry pastu res. 'he miost generally useful size of lot IA I acrec to 25 sheep. Thbis area, on (0 average, furinished in ex periments I4 dlays' feed. A rranginag the size of lots on the basis o~f I acre t~o 25 sheep is more sat is factory than seeding lareger areas and( using hlurdlecs to piermiit. advance tot fresh feed each dlay. less5 Ibor is nlecessa ry, and by going to entirely neOw grounid aifter' 10 or' 12 dlays tile danger of plicking upl Parasite larvae ((n gr'oundl g razedl OVer (ear]le is prie venitedI. With a I -acr'e lot, for 25 ewe's, or' correspondingly larger ones for larger flocks, it is anl adldd adviantage if the ir length is two 01 three times~ the braduoth. CHICH ETER S PILLS THP.~ LDkIAMOND HR)~sgAND.r 0 i e n el a nd n Idnea&) oxesseat d t ue ibbon.~Y yteasknown asDest, Safest, Always Reliable SOLD BY DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE IDE INCEMENT Ilh IHE TIMES. dand. With a heavy crop of forage that would last longer than was consider ed safe to hold the flock on the same ground, a short piece of cross fence can readily be put down to diviae the pasture into two parts. The smaller lots are also convenient with purebred flocks to provide for the separate pas turing of smaller lots of ram and ewe lambs. Movable fencing is not likely to be satisfactory for the outside-lot fences unless the whole prea to be used lies in a long strip with side fences, when only two end pieces need to be inl place at one time for the ground be ing grazed. -o PICK AND PICK BERRIES CAREFULLY FOR SIlPMENT If a grower 'vishes to ship black berries by parcel post, he should ex ercise care in picking and packing the berries. Carelessness in picking and handling blackberries sometimes caus es more injury to the fruit than does the treatment given while in transit, say specialists of the United States Department of Agriculture. Success in shipping blackberries is dependent largely on favorable Weather condi IALD U 24 a m N fam U ___ intel fot an U - I I I U U 'At LA ( I NEXT WEEP Aston ishi1 tions and the way in which the fruit is handled in transit. The shipping weight of a 16-quart crate of blackberries is from 27 to 30 pounds, and the charge for postage to points within the first and second pos tal zones is from 31 to 34 cents. The cost for crate and postage on a 16 quart crate of blackberries will vary, therefore, from 58 to 64 cents. It may be possible at times to snip more than one kind of berries in a crate, such as a combination shipment. 0 PINE BARK FISH STEW PROVES POPULAR CANNIED A new, popular product that is be ing markete'd by the canning clubs in the Southern States along the Atlan tic and Gulf Coasts is "Pine Bark Fish Stew." The development of com - bination foods peculiar to certain lo calities has been particularly foster ed by the extension agents of the United State sDepartment of Agri culture and the State agricultural col leges who carry on boys' and girls' club work. Almost every country in the world, and practically every dis trict in the United States, has a E.EENEEssEEEEEEEE E R M ) STORES IN 01 'Clarend n's Store< I'he Stf that mac >us.. V Store ti at appe; ligence, attr cts .your your body, soothes fattens your urse. AWe solicit yo patr t and Real Me chant E R M EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEni rig! special "one-piece" dish made of the products in that region. The gumbo of the far South, the New England boiled dinner, the bouillabaisse of Marseille, reproduced in New Orleans, Hungarian goulash, Chinese chop suey Indian curry, Irish stew, French ragout, are instance of this tendency to blend flavors in one dish. "Pine bark fish stew" is a charac teristic dish in South Carolina. Very probably it was introduced by settlers from the southern part of France and from Italy. Italians living in South ern California serve a similar fish stew. The home demonstration agents, seeking a popular and some what novel product which would not he in competition with commercial canned goods, decide(d to have the clubs make a specialty of canning "pine bark fish stew." Onions, toma toes, celery, pimento, and fish are the ingredients which are cooked slowly in vegetable oil and poured o'pr "southern style" rice. At large out of-doorf, gatherings and community iunches this is served on pieces of pine bark, giving the dish its name. In Florida, Georgi'a, and all the Gulf States various local fish are adapted to the combination. IN SM VE M U U M M U U U >fQaiy leMnnn U Ul oyu )Qulitse. U U U U 'S [e anning====