The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, June 22, 1921, Image 3
(FARM
ERATIYE MARKETING
TO HELP FARMERS
imbia. June 20.?The Co-op}
marketing association which
2g formed by the South Caroivision
of the American Cotton
ition proposes to effect many
tely necessary reforms in the
^ present system of cotton selling, ac'v:
cording'to President R. C. Hamer,
* first, by elimination of wasteful r^eth
ods, and secondly, through collective
selling, thereby assuring greater prof*
its to the producer Without unduly in
creasing costs to the consumer.
"Specifically," said Mr. Hamer "I
expect the association to do the fol*
lowing definite things for its members:
. "First, it will grade, staple and
weigh each bale of cotton delivered to
it by its members. This will place a
true value on the cotton in terms of
quality.
"Second, it will warehouseman cot?
delivered to it by its members,
will at once reduce the tremenloss
from "country damage" ested
at from $6 per bale upward.
> "Third, it will sell all of its cotton
in even running lots, each grade and
staple within its own pool. This will
assure a higher price than can be
obtained in any other way and save
to the producers the cost and profits
of middlemen and speculators who
buy mixed lots from growers and af
ter concentration and classification
sell in even lots to mills at higher
. prices.
"Fourth, it will sell its own sample
and warehouse certificates. This will
? again reduce another heavy ^oss,
known as the "city crop" and prevent
undergrading.
"Fifth, it will sell, collectively and
. only when the market demands it.
This will -reduce specialization and
tend to stabilize prices.
"Sixth, it will sell its cotton as directly
as possible. This will eliminate
many present wasteful methods, shorten
the route between the producer
and spinner and secure for the producer
a larger share of the price paid
by the spinner.
. * "Seventh, it will determine the cost
of production of cotton. This will assist
in asking a price which will yield
a profit to the producer.
"Eighth, it will encourage and de..alAn
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standard varieties. This will assist
still further in pool selling and in securing
a better price.
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Ninth, it will advise with growers
on production methods and problems.
This will be essentially helpful and
profitable.
"This program can be carried out
only in one way and that is under the
plan of organization outlined in the
marketing agreement of the cooperative
association. This association will
begin to function when a memberrpnppaentiri*
nt Ipnst 400.000
bales of cotton is secured. Each member,
regardless of the number of
bales he produces, signs a legally
binding mafketing contract with the
association, representing himself and
every other member, in which all
members agree to sell all of their
cotton through the association for a
period of five years. That's the big
point in the matter. It guarantees
that the association will stick and
that it will %e able to deliver the
goods.
COLLECTING WEEVIL-PCNCTURED
SQUARES
Clemson College,- June 20.-?Will it
pay to collect punctured squares? is
a question now being asked by cotton
growers in the boll weevil counties.
It will, say the entomologists, if
the labor is sufficiently low priced and
the collecting is done early in the
fruiting season. But fifty cents per
hundred suggested by correspondents
I is too high under the present condi
tions. Frequently we have paid 25
cents per hundred profitably in normal
times, but even that figure is too
high at the present price of cotton
and the correspondingly higher prices
of other commodities. About the best
plan to reduce cost to a minimum is
to get women and children interested
who have an interest in the crop.
Collecting squares should begin
about a week or ten days after the
first blooms appear. If one fails to
thoroughly pick the squares from the
ground, together with those dried on
the plants as well as those that show
discoloration or flaring, then the work
is likely to be unprofitable. Ordinarily
collecting should be done about once
a week for a period of six weeks.
Whatever else may be done* culture
should not be neglected. The crop
must be pushed as rapidly as possible.
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Bilious Fever, Cold9 and IiaGrippe,
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All Work Guaranteed
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TREATING WATERMELONS TO
PREVENT STEM-END ROT
Clemson College, June 20.?A
simple and inexpensive treatment of
the stems at the time watermelons are <
loaded for shipment will prevent
stem-end rot, the most menacing disease
that melon growers in the South
Atlantic States have to contend with,
says F. L. Harkey, field agent in mar- ,
keting, who is receiving many inquir
ies about the matter from melon
growers in this state. This disease,
which usually develops during transit
to market, causes an annual loss to
the growers of Florida, Alabama, .
Georgia, and South Carolina of over
2,500 carloads, worth approximately
$1,166,000, according to market values.
The treatment consists of applying
with a brush to the freshly cut
stems a disinfectant paste made of
common starch with which has been
mixed 6 per cent of copper sulphate,
commonly called bluestone. The
fresh cuts should be made at the car
and the disinfectant applied at once.
It is estimated that the disease
causes a loss of 20 prr cent of the
crop. The treatment, which has been
tested by the Department of Agriculture
during the past three seasons,
has shown uniformly favorable results.
The cost should not exceed
50 cents a car for material, a/id $1 a
car for labor. Application of the
paste, if properly made will not interfere
with the normal speed of packing
the car.
In making the disinfecting paste
use a large kettle of enameled ware,
as the bluestone attacks iron or tin.
Place 3 1-2 quarts of water, and 8
ounces of bluestone in the kettle and
bring the mixture to a boil. While it
is heating, mix in a separate vessel]
d nnnnps r?f staroh with one pint of I
cold water, stirring until a milky solution
free from lumps is obtained.
As soon as the bluestone is entirely
dissolved and the solution is boiling,
add the starch mixture, pouring it in
a slow stream and stirring vigorously
to prevent lumps. Continue boiling
and stirring until the starch thickens
evenly, which should not require more
than two minutes after the starch is
added.
The paste seems to be more readily
applied when fresh, but it will keep
a week or two by using one-fourth or
one-half the proportion pi^evioudly
specified and then diluting the resultant
thickened paste to the proper consistency
when needed. Fruit jars with
glass or enameline tops make convenient
containers.
OX SHIPPING WATERMELONS
Clemson College, June 18.?It is estimated
that there are 11,000 acres of
watermelons planted in South Carolina
in 1921, Barnwell County having
I the largest acreage and Allendale the
! next largest. A score or more of shipping
points in the several counties of
that section of the state will send
melons to market during the present
season, which lasts from about July
1 to September 1. The principal varieties
are ''Excel" and "Tom Wat
To Holders of
COTTON
;We have a profitable plan to offer you.
iWrite for letter O r>0 without obligation
on your part.
SERVICK
Rose & Son
COTTON BROKERS
*4 Stone St. New York
SIX
GILLETTE
BLADES
With
HOLDER
$1.25
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In Attractive Case
Satisfaction Guaranteed
or Money Refunded
This offer for a limited time
only.
Remit by money order or
cash?(no stamps)
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1475 Broadway j
New York City lj
son." Growing conditions have been
unfavorable in some sections but the i
outlook at present seems good, says
F. L. Harkey, agent in^ marketing,
who makes the following suggestions
concerning shipping watermelons.
Preparation and L/oading of Cars
Before loading with melons, cars
should be*swept free of all foreign
matter, and all cracks, especially
those in stock cars, should be slatted ,
to prevent pilfering and plugging of
the*melons. All cars should be ven- ,
tilated at the sides and ends. The
floor should be bedded with at least
three inches of pine needles or grain
straw. Watermelons are usually
loaded in ventilated cars 4 or* 5 layers
high, 4 layers being the maximum
advisable unless the melons are very
small. It is suggested that melons
under 24 pounds be stacked 4 to 5
layers deep, melons between 24 and
26 pounds 4 layers deep, melons over
36 pounds 3 layers deep.
The number of melons per car
suggested is: 18 pounds average,
1300 to 1430 melons; 25 pounds average,
1000 to 1200 melons; 30 to 36
pounds average, 800 to 950 melons.
The melons should be carefully handled
and neatly packed in rows and
stacks.
Tentative Grades
The state of South Carolina has now
no grades for watermelons, but the
following tentative grades have been
recommended by the Bureau of Markets,
U. S. D. A., and are given for
information.
. Grade No. 1.?Sound, ripe, freshly
clipped,' well-shaped watermelens,
free from stem-end rot, ground rot,
or other decay, and practically free
fr^>m sunburn, anthracnose and damage
caused by disease, insects, hail,
mechanical or other means.
To allow for variations incident to
commercial grading and handling 5
percent by count of the melons in any
lot may not meet the requirements
of this grade, but no melons showing
decay are to be included.
Grade No. 2.?Sound, ripe, freshly
clipped watermelons, free from stemend
rot, ground rot, or other decay,
but not meeting the requirements of
Grade No. 1.
Grade No. 3.?Any lot of watermelons
not meeting the requirements of
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the foregoing grades.
PNEUMATIC TIRES ON MOTOR
TRUCKS SAVE HIGHWAYS
Many roads not originally intended
to carry heavy traffic were seriously
damaged during the period of the war
by the impact of heavy motor trucks.
The natural result of this was to warn
highway engineers of tb?e importance
of planning all future roads with reference
to the kind of traffic that is
likely to use them. The engineers
responded immediately by bwilding
thicker roads and roads of more durable
material: but in the absence of
definite knowledge of the probable
strength of the impact they have not
known exactly how thick or how
strong the roads must be made.
Recent tests of the impact of motor j
trucks made by the Bureau of Public j
Roads. United States Department of j
Agriculture, develop the facts that!
when a solid-tire truck strikes a 1-'
inch obstruction, the impact may be.
as high as seven times the load, an \
average being about four times. * ;
The tests show, however, that the';
impact depends largely on the kind
and condition of the tire. Pneumatic i
j
tires cause the least damage to the j
road surface, the cushion rjf air re- j
ducing the impact so that is is sel-!
dom greater than 1 1-4 times the J
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static load on the wheels. Although J
the impact increases with the speed j
of the truck, and it is therefore highly j
desirable to limit speed by strict reg- !
ulation, the use of pneumatic tires j
would make higher speed permissible.;
The tests of the Bureau of Public J
Roads have pointed the way to more j
scientific designing ot roads for motor ;
truck traffic, and there is every assurance
that engineers will now be able
to build roads with practical certainty \
that they will withstand the blows of!
heavy vehicles.
Further reassurance in this respect j
lies in the information that manufacturers
are not building as many;
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trucks exceeding f> tons capacity as
formerly. The number of industries j
in which very large trucks can be kept i
continuously working is extremely '
NO MORE P ATCj
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or mice, after you use KAl-NAAt'.
It's a sure rodent killer. Try a
Pkg. and pr >vc it..Hats killcdf with
JIAT-SXAI* leave 110 smell. Cats
or dogs won't touch it. Guaranteed.
35c size (1 cake) enough for
Pantry, Kitchen or Cellar.
65c size (2 cakes) for Chicken
House, coops, or small buildings.
SI.25 size (5 cakes) enough for
all farm and out-buildings, storage
buddings, or factory building-:.
Sold and Guaranteed by I.cxingion
Pharmacy and Harmon Prag Co.
limited,, so that the likelihod of forth
coming motor truck damage to public
highways is considerably reduced.
WEEVILSv WEATHER *
AND- POISON | j
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Clemson College, June 16.?As the
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weather conditions constitute the de- g
termining factor in the amount of ^
boll weevil damage from year to year,
so will the weather dircetly affect the}
poisoning work from year to year, ae-1
cording to Prof. A. F. Conradi, ento-l
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mologist. who states that if during!
the earfy part of the* fruiting season
there is a month or more of hot and s
dry weather we may expect that this c
will control the weevil sufficiently to
make dusting not necessary or profit- 0
able. On the other hand, if this is a ^
period of frequent rains, the weevils 9
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will multiply very rapidly and severe
loss may be expected. The midday .
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showers of a rainy season have a tendency
to cause shedding of majiy 1
squares and young bolls. This results
in a concentration of weevils on the
remaining fruit, thus aggravating the c
situation.
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During the dusting season the
weather may be so rainy that it is impossible
to. keep a coat of poison on
the plants sufficiently long to be of 1
value. But farmers should not be '
unduly afraid of threatening weather
after poisoning has started. Experi- *
ence so far would indicate that every *
effory should be made to apply the
poison as nearly as possible according
to schedule. Since the weather '
conditions vary in different localities,
the. procedure can be determined only
during the dusting season and for '
f ich locality individually.
SANDY RUN DOTS.
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We were glad to see a nice shower
of rain Wednesday evening, which
was needed very much in this section. '
The children's day service at Oak '
Grove Sunday afternoon was enjoyed
by all who were present.
Mrs. H. M. Jumper and sons and
daughter visited Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Jumper Sunday.
Mrs. L. G. Culler and little grand- (
son Louie visited Mr. and Mrs. W.
W. Lucas Saturday evening. (
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Stabler motored
to Columbia Saturday afternoon.
Miss Lottie Felder of Orangeburg '
is visiting her little cousin, Marguerite
Furtick, on Sandy Run.
Miss Sallie Carrie Culler was the
guest of Miss Bessie Dantzler Thursday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Rucker spent
last Saturday night with Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Lucas.
Misses Mae and Bessie Stabler were
the guests of Miss Rosa Belle Rucker
Saturday afternoon.
A large crowd attended the birth-,
day dinner at Mr. Wilie Rueker's Sat- ?
urday.
Miss Sallie Carrie Culler was the
guest of Misses Mae and Bessie Stabler
Saturday evening.
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COLUMBIA PRODUCE MARKETS.
Fresh tomatoes from Lexington
nd other produce centers are beginting
to make their "debut" for the
921 summer season on the Columbia
markets, and are being eagerly
lurchased by the general public,
lliced iced tomatoes, or iced tomaoes
sliced,, or prepared otherwise
arry a general appeaVto the average
itizen and can be purchased at a
easonable price ranging around 20
ents per pound.
Okra "made at home" has also asumed
a place in the season's list of
ommodities in local grocery and protuce
shops. The price is about 25
ents per quart. Fresh cucumbers,
>eets, squash and turnips are also
.vailable to help fill the baskets of
'olumbia's Market Basketeers.
Imported cantaloupes have been
nuch in evidence in local cafes arfd
n many produce shops for the past
teveral weeks, but as yet the fresh
lome grown variety Is still under
'over. The imported kind which is
jsual rather small retail at about
15 to 23 cents each.
Information* secured from George
Mack indicate that prices on other
?opular vegetables in Columbia are
ibout as follows: Corn, fresh, 25 to
55 cents dozen; new beans, quart, 10
cents; cucumbers, fresh, 25 cents
lozen; new potatoes, 10 cents; fresh ;
turnips 5 to 10 cents bunch; parsley
5 to 10 cents bunch; cabbage 5 to 15
cents ;peas, new, quart 15 cents; radishes
5 to 10 cents bunch; squash,
dozen, 15 to 20 cents;' onions 5 to 10
cents; beets, 10 cents bunch; carrots,
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GASTON SPRAYS.
We have had some very refreshing
showers for which we thank the Lord,
and crops are looking much improved.
Our community was saddened Monday
morning when news reached us of
the death of our friend and neighbor,
Monroe Fallaw. The end carfte after a.
week of illness. His remains will be
laid to rest this morning at 11 o'clock.
at the cemetery here.
Mr. Fallaw has many friends who
extend sympathy to the bereaved family.
Miss Daisy McNeil of Hamlet, N.
?., spent a few days here last week
as the guest of Mrs. G. T. Goodwin.
Mr. Gary Goodwin of Columbia
spent Sunday with the homefolks.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Goodwin are
the proud parents of a fine son and
daughter. The twins arrived Thursday,
the 16th. Both mother and babes
are doing nicely.
The Gaston baseball team crossed
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afternoon, with a score of 3' to 1 in
favor of Gaston.
"SIS." .
Magistrate?"Can't this case be settled
out of court?"
Mulligan?"Sure, sure; that's what
we were trying to do, your honor,
when the police interfered."?United
Presbyterian.
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