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. \ 1 Page Fourteen *' THE CLINTON CHRONICLE T DESTRUCTIVE FOREIGN WEED INVADES THE CAROLINAS C'lcm.^*n. Nov. 3—An Insidious t't'd ;*ai asite wit.'bweod — has ai'jx‘art*d for tho first time in’ the I'nited States ^at_ scattered loca tions in three counties in Worth Carolina abd three counties in South Carolina, acw^dipig to a Hunt announcement by the U. S. Ix partment of Agriculture, Clem- son Agricultural College, and North c arolina State College. This dreaded ‘pest destroys corn ant other erops (tf the grass fain- :i> In- attacking their roots. The wwd's discovery in Braden, Co lumbus. and Robeson counties in North Carolina and in' Marion. Dillon and Horry .counties in South Carolina, is the first re ported occurrence anywhere in the Western Hemisphere. '■* UKIXA scientists believe that if witchweed becomes widespread it might be capable of destroying more corn in the United States than the European -corn borer, which costs farmers more than £80 million a-year It could also attack summer - grqwiL small grains, sorghum sugarcane, rice, and pasture grasses in this coun try. WASHINGTON AND . "SMALL BUSINESS” Description And Damage ' , This harmless-looking'' win'd, seldom grows more than a few inches high, does its damage be low ground, where it penetrates the roots of host plants on which it lives and deprives them of nu- j trii nts and - water. A 'plant so para-j rltized Slows in growth and soon} shows acute symptoms 'of drought, j even when the soil is moist. Dr. M. D. Farrar, Clemson’s dean .of agriculture, says that witch weed has caused severe dam -1 age in the few corn fields it has 1 infested in-the Carolinas. It has I been found also in fields planted I to othe^ crops, along roadsides,; and orr vacant land. Although witch weed has been observed in tobacco, beans, peanuts, peas, sweet potatoes and other crops not related to grasses, it does not "parasitize these crops and so does I tTicm no damage. , Witchweed seeds cannot germi-| nate without the help of suitable host plants. They may lie dormant in the ground for years. Germina tion occurs only when the- seed comes near, or in contact with, the roots of corn and certain oth er plants, mainly grasses which Today's active people want (. m, I (igk" reuehmiAt l ight, dry (not too sweet) reduced in calories. refreshes /). ‘Today’s I’epsi i (vjMRN without filling. 'I * refreshes without filling Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company Since recent election, readers have inquited what results mean t» small business. * * * One wit along Potomac put it this way: “People bought GOP ‘Peace and Prosperity’ slogan and elected Eisenhower for peace; Demo-p e r a t i c Con gress for pros perity.” i * * * i Like all wtse-Vi cracks, this* does not con-i. tain whole' truth. Both! parties h a v e Congressmen who have long been champions of independent business. * « * But nationwide field reports received by National Federation of Independent Business indicate small businessmen do not feel this administration, so far, any more than recent past adminis trations. has protected independ ent enterprise. • • • Giant business has received from government great favorit ism. Prices of their stocks, earn ing and asset growth reports evidence this fact. * * * Condition of Independent busi ness is perhaps best judged by fact business failures this year are double 1952 rate. • • * Today government owes no more favors to giant business. Giant monopolies and cartel cor porations must be forced to abide by rules of fair trade in market place. Any underwriting of campaigns to promote people into office have no\<r been paid in full. • * • * There are also healthy indica tions at long last government w ill do something concrete about ' the problem. * • » For example, the President set (g) National Federation of Ind+pmdMit By C. WILSON HARDER up a Small Business Cabinet Committee which made 14 com prehensive recommendations that were incorporated and en dorsed in presidential^ and other campaign speeches. Both parties adopted the strongest small business platform planks ever written. • • • Thus, there has been wide spread public recognition of need for corrective measures to insure independent business fair play in the market place. • * • In addition, many Congress men not hitherto active on the problem, when home ruhning for reelection, found small business real issue and obligated them selves to do something about it. • * * Undoubtedly this all had a big bearing on almost unprecedented nature of the balloting. While majority preferred to keep same party in Wliite House, major ity also wanted to keep Congres sional committees which during past two years have been active ly investigating anti-trust en forcement, mergers, and other small business problems. • * * Americans today take a much deeper interest in governmental affairs affecting the domestic economy than they did two dec ades ago. • * • And ranking along with Amer ican ideals of freedom of speech, press and religion, is freedom of opportunity to own and operate a business. Deprive the people of any of these freedoms, as unrestricted monopoly and car tel practices the past few years have been destroying freedom to operate an independent business, and public opinion is aroused. Thus the split nature of the re cent election returns could very well be' the Boston Tea Party of discontent with the t»m deal in dependent entegjirisr has re ceived for too lotig. Until correc tive measures are takeh, this dis content is bound to grow. Conservation Notes By J. B. O'DELL Conservationist Eighteen cooperators of the Laures C6unty Soil Conservation district have ordered through the local Soil Conservation Service office (55,000 bi-color lespedeza plants for the establishment of quail food patches on their farms. These plants-are given each year by the South Carolina 'Wildlife Resources department of farmers and others who are interested in preserving wildlife orv their land. J F Griffin, of Greenville, who has recently bought the William Gould farm two miles west of Barksdale, has applied for 5,000 of the bi-tolor plants. Mr. Grif fin has already prepared the * land for the five patches he in tends to plant along woodland borders and in open spots in the woods. The plants will be set in rows three feet wide, 40Q feet long, one foot apart in the row and four rows to the patch'. This one-eighth acre area wll furnish sufficient feed for a covey of quail during the fall and win ter months. • * * »*“ C. W Copeland, G. P. Copeland ahd Hayne B. Workman, all of the Clinton area of the county, completed the construction of stock watering ponds on their farms last week- The ponds are located in pastures whore the water supply for their cattle is low during periods of drought. Each farmer will receive cost sharing payments through the local Agricultural'- Stabilization dnd Conservation office to help pay the cost of building the dam. So far this year the Soil Con: servatio'n Service assisting the district has helped cooperators .construct twenty-eight such ponds in the county. * • * j a Richard and Hugh Buford, dis trict cooperators of the Hopewell section of the county, have done an excellent as well as fimely job of terrace “maintenance on their farm this'’ fall. They do this job annually or at the same time the land is' prepared for planting. By so doing their terraces are I | kept in good working order with i little or no extra plowing. The Thursday./November 29, 1956 Bufords have the broad base, channel type of terraces over j which farm equipment can easly cross. Symptom* of Dtetre** ArWno from STOMACH ULCERS due to EXCESS ACID QUICK RELIEF OR NO COST Asfc About J 5-Day Trial Offer 1 . . -► Over five million packan* of tho WILLARD TRE A TMEMT hovo been eold lor relief of oymplotntof di Hires* arlrfng fro* Stomach and Duodenal Ulcer* duo to b- caoa Add—Poor Digestion, Sour or Upaot Stomach, Cattiness, Heartburn, Stoop- lettnote, ate., due to Ev*m Add. Aik for ‘ Willard's Mestaga” which fully erplaini in home treatmriu - free—at McGEE’S DRUG STORE YOUNG’S PHARMACY evidently secrete some substance * - that causes the weed seed to begin growing. But even in the. pres ence of these host plants, witch- weed seeds 1 normally remain dor mant for about 18 months. A sin gle witchweed may produce up to hull a million seeds, which are al most microscopic in size. Like the spores of a rust, fungus, the tiny seeds are easily distributed by wind and other means. Witchweed seems to prefer light soils, considered moisture, and warm temperatures, but in South Africa,’ where it’s a scourge of corn and sorghum, it has shown ability .to grow/under a wide range of soil,\noisture, and climatic con ditions. . Controls Being Studied ' Clemson entomologists say spraying with 2,4-D, or other weed killing chemicals, will destroy witchweed plants above ground, but the spray will have no effect on dormant witchweed seeds be low the soil surface. Scientists of the affected states and USDA are using various chemical weed-kill ers and soil fumigants to eradicate witchweed One of the control measures widely used in South Africa is the planting of "trap crops’’—non- susceptible plants that are not at tacked by witchweed but that have roots able to cause dormant seeds ot the pest to germinate. Plants of this type include peanuts, soy beans, and eowpeas. • The USDA cautions, however, that trap crops and other crop ping methods do not always insure witchweed eradication. And their use maiy be costly to farmers. USDA scientists point out that the main objective of any witch- wted control program is to. pre- >«nt the weed from producing seed. The parasite, though able to do a great deal of damage, is by no means uncontrollable. The following control methods that have proved practical in South Africa are suggested for the United States: , * 1. In, fields heavily infested with the pest, growing and plowing un der a susceptible crop, such as Sudan grass, can help reduce witchweed numbers. Light infestations can be re duced and eventually eliminated in many-.cases by mechanical or chemical weed control. 3. Rotating corn with a trap crop, such as eowpeas, is a worth while long-term practice wherever the pest threatens the corn crop. 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