The Dillon herald. (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, August 12, 1920, Image 7
MARLBORO PRAISED
BIT ARKANSAS PARTY.
Director Calls Attention to the greatest
Cotton County in United
A States.'*
Bennett8ville, Aug. 6?The Arkansas
Travelers, numbering 152, reached
BennettBville last night at a late hour.
1 Early this morning they were conducted
to the Hotel Evasoh and to
Rector's Restaurant for breakfast.
Automobiles were waiting and the
party made a tour of the country,
first passing out over the Cheraw road
to the Moore section, thence through
Sk. the Fletcher and Pine Grove neighborhood
on to McColl. In the Fletcher
neighborhood refreshments were served
and at McColl about noon a
lunch was served by the women of
McColl. A short address of welcome
was delivered by Mr. McMillan.
Continue to Clio.
The party then continued to Clio,
wnere it was weicumeu aim w?iciuicj-i
ons and fruit served. It proceeded'
through Hebron and out to Blenheim
Springs, where a short pause wasi
made, thence to the Drike neighborhood,
and the acre of corn on which
was raised the world's record, 254 1-4
bushels, was viewed. The party then
went by the old river road, passed the
flfc Evans farms, arriving at Bennettsville
about 3:30 o'clock. The members
. were entertained at dinner by the
town of Bennettsville. After this the
visitors were invited to a special picture
on at the new theater. I
i Marlboro crops seem to have done
their best for this Inspection of the
visitors. The intensive farming methods
and results were favorably commented
upon by the visitors. I
This is the fourth farming tour of
the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bureau
of the Board of Commerce of
Little Rock. The visitors were unn?ln?nrt
in a/ilrnnwlori vmpilt nf COlirte
qiuiicu iU MVauw T. ?- (
sles which have been extended to
them by the South Carolinians and
their appreciation of attentions shown
to them here added pleasure to the
honor that,the citizens felt in having
them here. It was a source of great
pxide to Marlboro county that these,'
Visitors stated that while they had,
seen many fine farms elsewhere, as
an agricultural country, Marlboro
surpassed not only anything else they 1
have seen, but even what they have
heard of Marlboro.
Off for North Carolina.
The party left Bennettsville tonight
.and will arrive at Wilson, N. C., ear- 1
ly tomorrow morning. H. M. Cottrell, |
director of the party, sent to the Ar-;
\kansas Gazette, Little Rock^the following
account of today's visit:
"Our party traveled today 110 miles
through cotton and corn fields in i
Marlboro County, South Carolina, the;
greatest cotton county in the United I
States. Last year 90,000 acres were'
planted in cotton and the average J
I yield for the entire acreage was 465;
" pounds lint an acre. The farmers used ;
last year oh all crops grown in the
county 65,000 tons of commercial fer-'
tilixer. while only 53,000 tons were I1
used in all Arkansas. All kinds of 1
land In thecounty were covered in 1
-?\ our trip. We saw a few farms where.'
? the cotton was poor. We drove mile,'
after mile upon every field which
would yield one to one and a half
bales an acre. The soils of the county
are almost entirely thin handy pin- i
ey lands like those in Arkansas that
produce a bale from five to six acres. I
The large yields throughout this '
county are produced by farming 1
methods that keep the soil filled with
vegetable matter; deep plowing, intensive
harrowing before planting, ,
seed bed for thirty years to produce i
high yields on the farms where it is'
planted through frequent and long|
cultivation and fertilizers.
Visit More Farms. :
"The growers say that if they left;
out any one of these conditions the,
yield would drop badly. We were on;
the sandy farm of J. A. Moore, who,
last year raised 2,000 bales on 2,000
acres. One tenant last year paid 500 j
bales of cotton for rent and had $75,-.
t 000 for his net profit.
J. T. Breeden raised last year one
and a half bales of cotton and 100
lTushels Irish potatoes on an acre. He!
planted his cotton in six foot rows!
with a row of Irish potatoes alternat-.
ing with each row of cotton.
"On one farm of 5,000 acres the cot-1
ton rows are one mile long. Last year
the yield was one bale long staple
A cotton to each two rows. Visited the
^ Drake farm and saw the acre that
yielded 254 bushels of corn.
0 I
ARMY WORM WILL DISAPPEAR.
Prof. Con null Advises Farmers -Not) to
(jet Excited Over Its Appearance.
The army worm is making its appearance
in Dillon county in large
numbers. After eating the grass between
the rows it attacks the cotton
leaves or whatever vegetation it finds.
The worm is all over the state and
is giving farmers much uneasiness.
Prof. Conradi of Clemson College says
however, that the worm will not do
much damage. It makes Its appear.ance
suddenly in large numbers and
disappears almost as suddenly at it
comes.
The following from the Anderson
Daily Mail will offer some encouragement
to Dillon county farmers who
ar6 worried over the appearance of
the worm:
"There is no use to worry about the
.army worms at present," said Professor
Conradi, head of the entomology
department of the extension service
of Clemson college this morning.
r "The infestation here seems to be a
light one, and the parasite, natural
enemies of the worms are well developed.
They will dispose of the worms
far quicker than we could do it."
Professor Conradi came to Anderson
at the urgent request of certain
4 farmers who telephoned Clemson college
when they found their cotton and
alfalfa patches pretty well overrun
with the pest. He came to Anderson
at once to examine the worms and to
see whether or not there was any use
in starting artifical methods to try
to kill the worms, or whether or not
it would be best to let nature take its
course.
"My advice at the present.'? said
Professor Conradi "is to do nothinc
The parasites will dispose of the
worms before they do very much damage.".
1
Professor Conrad! probably knows
more about bugs and insects than any
other man in South Carolina and his
explanation to farmers and others
are such that the farmer readily understands
the problems the chief is
attempting to explain.
The army worm develops from eggs
which are layed by a moth, very
similar to the ordinary candle fly and
this moth lays hundreds of eggs, each
eggs producing a worm of extraordinary
appetite, and which literally eats
its way through a crop. The multiplication
of the pest is so rapid that if
other parasites did not prey upon the
wftrm itsplf itn oontrnl would nroh
ably be out of the question.
Fortunately, a little fly can kill the
worm quicker than they can multiply.
This fly is commonly known as the
red tailed fly and is distinguished
from the ordinary house fly by the
brownish colored tail and brownish
head./The fly is very active and is a
clever hand at killing the worms. His
methods of killing worms is to lay his
egg on the worm, the egg soon hatching
and bringing forth a smaller
worm which devours the army worm
and turns into another fly capable of
laying countless other eggs on
worms.
. The fly is clever. It lays its egg on.
the back of the worm, and places it
in such position that the worm can
not bite it, or scrape It off. The egg
is easily seen and looks like a little
white dot upon the back of the worm.
The incubation of larvae of the fly is
rapid and in a few days, not only is
the worm killed, but another fly, capable
of killing thousands of other
worms is hatched out and starts its
own work of multiplying. Shortly, the
flies so outnumber the%worms that
there are not sufficient worms for the
files to lay eggs upon. The fly then
lays more than one egg on each worm
but rarely is the case that a fly will
la> more than one egg on each worm,
when there are plenty of worms on
which to feed.
"The army worm," said Professor
Conradi, "it not especially fond of
cotton. Figuratively speaking, if you
had a banquet for army worms, and
all the crops of the farm on the table
and offered Mr. Army Worm some
cotton, he'd likely decline and ask his
neighbor to please pass the vetch, or
some crab gr&ss, or other vegetation.
However, if there was nothing else,
he'd eat the cotton to keep from
starving. There are many forms of
vegetables that the army worm prefers,
but when starvation faces hint
he'll eat cotton.
"Lots of farmers have a seemingly
heavy infestation in a field of alfalfa
with cotton only a few feet away. A
road or a path may be between the
two and the farmer is discouraged for
he can see no hope of killing out the
millions of worms in his alfalfa patch
before they cross over to his cotton.
When the parasite is at work, there
is little damage to be expected. The
infected worms hardly have sufficient
Btrength to cross over to the cotton
and would not climb up and destroy
cotton if he succeeded in getting
across this hot space of ground that
was comparatively without vegetation.''
Farmers have stated that they have
had outbreaks of the worm and that
from millions of them in a small
patch, they have seen them suddenly
go away. The worms did not erawl
away, but the work of the fly preying
upon them is what killed off the
worms faster than they could breed.
Worms have been found practically
all over the state. In a very heavily
infested region some time ago, Professor
Conradi was called to help fight
them. He went into the field and examined
the worms, saying; nothing
about his examination or his findings.
When the anxious farmera asked what
they must do, he told them to do
nothing at all, that within ten days
they would doubtless all be gone.
Seeing millions of the worms, the
farmers thought that the chief was
crazy, but at the end of the time the
worms were gone and the farmers
were at a loss to explain where they
had gone. The parasite had done its
work and done it well.
Army worms have been found in
many sections of the county. They
are scattered over different spots and
up until the present time have done
practically little damage. Some damage,
of course has been done, but it
is slight. The chief's advice to farmers
is to do nothing at present if the
worms are infested by a parasite. Examination
of the worms will readily
show whether or not they are infect*
TT ? - A "tin.kflr fnnnH
ea. tie si?ies umi mc numu^i ivu..u
show that the whole counti/ is pretLIVER
DIDN'T ,
DICES
Sayt (5 year Old Kentucky Lidy,
After a Few Dose
Meadortrfle, Ky.-Mn. Cynthia
Hlgglabotham, of this tows, says: "At
my a?i, which Is 65, ths llrsr does
sot act so well as when young. A few
years aco, my stomach was all wit of
fix. ( was constipated, my llrer
didn't act My digestion was had, and
It took so little to upset me. My ap
petite was gone. I was very weaic...
I decided I would give BlackDraught
a thorough trial as I knew it
was highly recommended for this
trouble. I began taking it I felt
better after a few doses. My appetite
Improved and I became stronger. My
bowels acted naturally and the least
trouble was soon righted with a few
itjr well covered with the flies, and that.
the flies will doubtless get the worms1
out of the way before they can bring'
forth watch the worms carefully, i
noticing whether or not they are in
creasing. He will keep in touch with 1
the county, for there are certain ,
things and weather conditions that
are unfavorable to the parasites and '
which would advance the growth of ,
the worms here.
Of course there is a poison for the '
worms. A mixture of wheat bran,
molasses and paris green will kill
the worms very readily, but with the
number of parasites which are on the <
worms found here, Professor Conradi
states that the mixture would hardly
be economical for the flies will get '
the worms before they can do any (
real serious damage.
A TWICE-TOLD TALE." (
One of Interest to Our Readers.
Good news bears repeating, ~ and
'when it is confirmed after a long
lapse of time, evenif we hesitated to
believe it at first hearing, we feel secure
in accepting its truth now. The
following experience^of a Dillon man
is confirmed after four years:
f W. C. West, carpenter, Hampton,
St., Dillon, says: "Heavy lifting causled
my kidneys to get out of order.
'I had pains in the small of my back
land was so sore I could hardly keep
'going. My head ached and I had spells
of dizziness. Colds settled on my kidneys,
making my condition worse, and
the secretions were-unnatural. I
heard of Doan's Kidney Pills and
used them as disected. They soon relieved
me of all signs of kidney trouble."
i The above statement given Decemjber
29, 1918, Mr. West said: "I am
always ready to-recommend Doan's
I Kidney Pills after what they have
for me. My kidneys have been strong
and healthy and my back has been
strong ever since I recommended them
before."
60c, at all dealers. Foster-Milburn
Co. Mfgrs. Buffalo, N. Y.?8 7 2t.
Syracuse bird-lovers have identified
1200 species of birds in and about that
city.
SMOKING TOBACCO
FACTS FROM THE
ENCYCLOPAEDIA
The Ike of Flavorinns Defer
mines Difference In Brands .
I
The Encyclopaedia Britannica says ,
about the manufacture of smoking; tobacco:
"...on the Continent and in '
America, certain 'sauces' are employed ,
.. .the use of the 'sauces' is to improve
the flavour and burning qualities of the (
leaves." Which indicates that a smoker's <
enjoyment depends as much upon the
flavoring used as upon the tobacco. 1
Your nose is a sure guide in the mat- <
ter of flavorings. Try this simple test
with several tobacco brands: pour some
tobacco into your palm, rub briskly,
and smell. You will notice a distinct
difference in the fragrance of every
brand. The tobacco that smells best to <
you will smoke best in your pipe, you
can rest assured. q
Carefully aged, old Burlev tobacco,
,plus a dash of pure chocolate, gives
TUXEDO Tobacco a pure fragrance
your nose can quickly distinguish from
any other tobacco. Try it and sea.
SLOW
DEATH
Aches, pains, nervousness, difficulty
in urinating, often mean
serious disorders. The world's
standard remedy tor maneyp nver,
bladder and uric acid troubles?
GOLDMEDAL
bring quick relief and often ward off
deadly diseases. Known as the national
remedy of Holland for tnore than 200
years. All druggists, in three sites.
Look for tke nam* Gold Modal on every box
end accept no imitation
ACT
HON WAS BAD
Wko TeDo How St* Vu Rdbrod
of BUck-Dru(k.
doses of Black-Drought"
Seventy yeen of euceeetfol nee hag
made Thedford'a Black-Draught a
etandard, household remedy. Erem
member, of every family, at tlmee,
need the help that Black-Draught eac
giro In cleansing the ayitem and ra?
llevlng the troubles that come from
constitution, Indigestion, lazy liver,
etc. Tou cannot keep well unless your
stomach, liver and bowels are in good
working order. Keep them that way, I
Try Black-Draught. It acts promptly, |
gently and in a natural way. If you i
feel sluggish, take a dose tonight
You will feel fresh tomorrow. Price
23c. a package?One cent a dose '
! All druggists. J. Si ,
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