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Fall Armyworms Threaten
BY M. L. OUTZ
COUN T Y AGENT
FALL ARMYWORMS- I have
been Informed by our State
Entomologist, W. C. Nettles,
that Fall Armyworms are
headed in oar direction. In fact,
I have already received a call
or two from folks who feel
suspicious fiat they have them.
As you know, this pest will
strip pastures, soybeans,
lawns, etc., in a hurry. It is
necessary that treatment be
given immediately after it is
recogniied that these worms
are present. Sevin is a good,
safe reliable insecticide and
will do a good job according to
Mr. Nettles. Our experience
verifies this also.
It seems that farmers go
from one emergency to another.
This is certainly something that
we need the very least of, after
having gone through this severe
draught If you have these
worms, please follow directions
in bringing them under control,
as it is known that they will do
a great deal of damage in a
short period of time. Also, it
is known that they love to at
tack the most luxurious growth
that we have.
With the conditions that we
have just gone through, it is ad-
visible for farmers to fertilize
their pastures liberally to over
come the drought situation. We
would recommend that
fertilizer be applied around the
middle of August, and apply it
according to the demands of
your cattle. Also, it might be
well to sow some fall grazing.
In planting this, I would suggest
that you get your land ready at
the earliest possible date. If
the land needs liming, lime it.
Apply fertilizer and keep it
fallowed. Rye has come to the
front in the minds of many far
mers as a hardy, winter annual
that will give a great amount of
grazing and will recover from
cold, freezing weather faster
than most other plants. As
everyone knows, oats make ex
cellent grazing; however, the
yield may be somewhat light.
Barley probably gives more
growth than oats, and it is
possible a little hardier. If
you don’t mind getting rye grass
on your land, I would say that
this plant will furnish a lot of
grazing and it is hardy, In fact,
if you have bermuda that you
want to get rid of, sow rye
grass real thick and fertilize it
heavily and it will choke out
your bermuda next spring. Also,
I would like to suggest for those
who plan to sow fescue this fell,
whether it be in pastures or in
lawns, the soil should be pre
pared well in advance and the
seed sown on a settled seed bed.
It is much too expensive to go
to all the expense involved and
then haphazardly sow your seed.
I would suggest that you plant
and prepare your land, ferti
lize it well, and make sure you
are sowing fescue and not rye
grass. So many people get
caught in somehow getting hold
of seed that is highly
contaminated.
The drought still exists in
some communities. I was talk
ing with Lewis Harrison of Roe
buck this week, and he has only
had about one inch of rain all
summer. Boyd Stoddard tells
me that he is far short of rain.
Jack Adair in Clinton is very
badly in need of rain. Walt
Smith of Fountain Inn called and
reports that he needs rain very
badly also. So, the rain has not
covered the area generally
speaking as yet Let’s hope
these folks get a rain, and soon.
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THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK:
I want my life today to be a channel through which the life of
Christ can be brought to others.
BY THAD REEVES
Asst County Agent
These Lauruns County 4-H
Livestock Club members at
tended a Beef Cattle Field Day
at Longview Stock Farm near
Woodruff recently. Those at
tending were: Mark Nivens,
farm manager; Mel Hunter,
Tommy Nivens (Mark’s son),
Dickie Garrett, Allen Garrett
Desiree Campbell, Robert
Estes, Gray Curry, Billie Gar
rett, and Billy Hunter, Peter,
Thomas and David Dennis.
Timely Tips
BY COUNTY AGENT
CATTLE FEEDER SALE-
For information concerning
Cattle Feeder Sales in our area
please call 984-3021.
SWINE SALES-A number of
swine production sales have
been announced for the month
of September, so if you are in
terested in securing some good
foundation stock most any <of
these sales would be a good
place Call us and we will give
you the information.
SNAIL CONTROL-There are
several different chemicals a-
vailable on the control of snails.
Let me suggest that you use
Sevin to start with. There are
others if this doesn’t do the
job-call us.
OTHER PESTS- We received
quite a number of calls on Ant
control, Bagworm control, and
I am sure we will be getting
calls on the Armyworm. If we
can assist in any way, please
call us.
JELLIES, JAMS AND PRE-
SERVES-We have booklets a-
vailable on how to make jel
lies, jams, and preserves.
Either call or come by, and
we will be glad to furnish them
to you.
COOKING EGGS- Cooking
eggs in the shell at a high
temperature for a long time
causes the green discoloration
on the yolk. The color is harm
less, but not appetizing.
THE EGG SHELL-The Egg
Shell is thinnest on the large
end of the egg-pierce the end
of the shell before you place
it in hot water, and the shell
won’t split during cooking.
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Urged
To Vote
BY MARY W. MONRQE
County Executive Director
Laurens County officials of
the Agricultural Stabilization
and Conservation Service are
encouraging all eligible far
mers to vote later this summer
in ASC committee elections.
Decisions made by farmer-
elected ASC committees can be
important to almost all farming
operations in the area. That’s
why we want to be sure every
farmer who is eligible to vote
in ASC elections Is on the list
to get a ballot.
We urge any farmer who has
not previously participated in
an ASC election, has changed
the location of his farming op
eration, or who has any other
reason to believe that his name
may not be listed in ASCS re
cords, to contact his county
ASCS office as soon as possible.
In this way, he will be assured
of receiving a ballot enabling
him to vote in the upcoming
election.
The ASC elections this year
will be held September 11. Bal
lots will be mailed to voters
about September 1. Farmers
voters will elect three com
munity committeemen and two
alternates in each ASC
Community in the county.
The ASC Committee Chair
man said that, in addition to
trying to be sure that every
eligible voter will get a ballot,
ASCS officials are urging far
mers to nominate candidates
forr community committee posts
by petition. Any sheet of paper
listing one candidate and having
signatures of at least six
eligible voters in the community
will serve as a nominating pet
ition. And voters may sign as
many petitions for their com
munities as they want If help
is needed in wording petitions,
the county ASC office will be
glad to be of assistance.
The nomination-by-petition
period for ASC community elec
tions continues through August
17.
A list of known eligible voters
in the county is open for in
spection at the county ASCS of
fice.
To be an eligible voter, a
person must be eligible to
participate In ahy ASCS pro
gram administered in the
community where he has his
farm interest Also, an eligible
voter must have a farm interest
as an owner, tenant or share
cropper and be of legal voting
age (21). If he is not of legal
voting age, he may vote inASC
elections if be supervises and
conducts the farming operations
on an entire farm.
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