The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, August 07, 1931, Image 3
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Buy Good Mgs Right
I Hit Market Right
I ci?"?s?n College, July 535.?"After
Lying Jfuod ri#ht? hitting the
[gh market is a moat important sueIjs
factor in feeding hogs," aays
K>fj. L. V. (Starkey, chief animal
lusbandman, discussing profitable
El production and marketing. I
"This year there seems to be a
circity ?t P'Ka ahd a fairly good
Lpply of feed on hand," Mr. Starkey
Efltinues. "For this reason pigs
Eiy sell too high, and it is necessary
I buy right if maximum profits are
E be made on the feeding operations.
E we pay six dpllara for a pig
Keighing only 30 pound* we are payEy
20 cents a pound, though at sellEr
time we will get only eight cents
I "September and early October are
Lilly the high months in the fall,
Ehile March and April are high in
|e spring. If farmer* do not have
Lir hogs up to weight when the
Lrket comes, they must take the
Lp in price, which often means that
L 205-pound hog sold late is not
Berth any more than the 175-pound
Ky was at the peak of prices.
"In buying feeder pigs we should
Bfce sure that they are thrifty and
right weight to be ready for the
Hgh market. Since a good average
ilygiiin is 1 1-2 pounds per head
Br day, we can figure about when
"Bhogs will mature."
airy Products
I Aid To Farmers
; i u
'Dairy products yielded Newberry
Hmty farmers a total of over a half
llion dollars last year," says T. F.
Holey, the only county dairy husHndry
extension agent in (South CarHna.
It was largely because of
trying in that section that the BorB
people decided to locate in the
Hy of Newberry their 'South CaroB
plant for daiiyring milk. "Over
B Newberry county farmers now
Bduce dairy products for sale, most
them selling sour cream," Mr.
Holey states. "There are 25 to 30
Hiry herds of commercial size in the
Hunty and the average small herd is
Hing improved and enlarged. The
velopment has been of much help
H farmers in adjusting themselves
B recent cnoditions. Many a one of
Bern has been saved by cash money,
B*|h not usually of large amount,
fBiting in regularly from products of
';.|B com, which help a lot in building
j^Bw/i Prices received for milk and
^Binfhave gone down, but not nearly
; much as have cotton and grain
BThe "President Hoover," newest
Ber of the Dollar line and the targH
passenger ship ever built in the
Bited States, is now in New York,
the maiden voyage from NewB^aratory
to starting on a voyage
San Frameisco by way of the PanB"r
Oakley, Kan., Miss Cleo
Br* was married to Edgar Smith,
B lemony being performed in a
B^t field in the shadow of a comB
bridal couple was showBd
w'^ wheat instead of the conBtlonal
nee, and the justice of the
B" ?ff'ciating accepted t-wn hnsh
of wheat, the weight of the bride,
I his marriage fee.
B?: Fnutson, 76, railroad and
m d' recto r and known as the
Jince of Beggars," is dead in LonB'
fa"owing an abdominal opera|
on duly 6. He died from a weak
Bri.and was a surprise.'", He
W" a hospital for which h* had
m nearly $25,000,000.
sunday excursions
f. Cent Per Mile Traveled
ween all points 1'50 mites oi
m Coo<i in coaches only. Returr
B date of sale.
week end tickets
and One-Fifth Feres
IB,, Round Trip
H\ Point* in Southeast. Sole
Saturdays and Sunday
B"!?? tr*ins. Return limit Tu?*
Icoaci^excursions
One-Tenth Far*
Bm n Round Trip
B point* in Sorrthaast. Sold Fri
cnl 4-^ and VB%XL2clBtt
I T??wi Railway
. "awl Br Train
1 _15* '&* % / r," ' ^ ? '.7 ~
Cannery Set Going
By Wisacky Farmers
Nothing by way of edible foodstuffs
is going to be allowed to go
to waste, whatever the market prices
be. on the farms of a group of substantial
planters in the Wisacky district
of Lee county. The group has
set up a small but real canning factory
on the place of L. F. Montgomery,
one of the group, and it is to
>o used primarily for conserving food
products for home use.
This means that we are going to
live at home throughout the year not
only as to things like meat and grain
products that we think of in connection
with all-year home living but
as to all kinds o? vegetable products
as well, ' says Mr. Montgomery. "We
are going to can. and keep for winter
use large quantities of all sorts of
fruits and vegetables, and probably
meats also, especially by-products of
hog killing consumed quickly. We
away unless consumed quickly. We
are going to put up stuff for supplying
our tenants as well as our own
homes. E#ch of the eight cooperative
owners of the cannery operates
eight to ten plows. iStuff will be
canned for non-members on a fee
basis of 5Va cents per number 2 can,
which includes the cost of the can.
The cannery has 3 retorts of medium
pressure and a capacity of about'
3,000 cans a day. The equipment
was bought at second hand and, with
its setting up, cost between $600 and
$700. It will >enable farm families
making use of it to provide, from
their own larders, a balanced dietary
the year round.
Lady Makes Good
With Large Farm
Rembert, July 30.?Miss Annie
Keels, Winthrop college graduate,
school teacher and extension service
worker who took over management
of a 44l5-acre farm shortly after the
World war when a brother died, is
setting a rapid pace for men farmers
in this locality.
For more than ten years she has
directed the large farm and, recently,
finding the area too smail for her
plans, rented 00 additional acres.
iShe bases her success largely on
power farming. Last year she gathered
300 pounds of lint cotton per
acre from 78 acres on which mules
were scarcely used. It was produced
at 5.S5 cents per pound.
Diversity is the rule of Miss Keels*
farming. "I produce anything that
I helipve can ho Hioposftd nf profitably,"
she said. And she sends something
to market every day or two.
"I peddle produce in Oamden one
or more days a week," she said. "On
a place like this there are many fragments
of production, small lots or
left-ovef^.from large shipments, if
I can 'take a load of luch things to
town and pick up five or si*"dollars
of extra cash, the effort may save
me, as it often does, from a, need
of borrowing money."
In cold weather she kills a hog
every week for sausage to supply a
select retail trade. In summer she
peddles fruit, vegetables, shrubbery,
and poultry and dairy products. She
grows much truck for a cannery in
Sumter and markets most of her
surplus grain via hogs raised for
" sale in "Richmond. On her place are
four share-croppers and one renter.
She keeps abreast of the scientific
literature on farming and is usually
a leap or two ahead of prevailing
practices.?Columbia Record.
Premier Mussolini of Italy celebrat,
ed his 48th birthdny anniversary on
Wednesday. According to Italian
' custom his two youngest children, 4
and 2, tweaked his ears one,time for
, each of his years.
1 USED TO SUFFER
v EACH MONTH
**I uaed to hare'aerere headaches
each month," writes Mrs.
Henry Heape, of 248 Lincoln St,
I Safannab, Oa. "I suffered a great
deal. The pain In my haad seemed
to ran down the back of my neck.
I felt like t was drawing back. I ;
Ohllls. I would here to ge. to bed. My
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AUGUST FARM CALENDAR
Things to Be Dene This Month A*
. Outlined by Clemson
Clem eon College, Aug. 3.?Important
phases of farm work that* may
not be neglected in August without
loss ^re given below by Clemson College
specialists.
Agronomy
Plan now for abundant winter legumes
for soil improvement, the most
economical wuy to increase soil fertility.
D<> not pull fodder; it is extremely
disagreeable, an expensive practice
and reduces the yield of corn.
Clean up weeds everywhere to prevent
seeding.
Horticulture
Want pansy seed for fall ttansplanting.
1 lant fail crop of Irish potatoes
as late as August 15.
t Beans planted in late August often
bring a good price.
Aftor peach harvest cut out ull
broken limbs, as a preventive for
shot-hole borers.
Insects and Diseases
Control the red spider with superfine
dusting sulphur.
Kill the chinch bug in lawns, by
spraying with one-half ounce of nicotine
sulphate and one ounce of soap
in one gallon of water.
Fight the fall army worm with
barriers, poisoned baits, and dusts.
Use rust-resistant beans for the
fall crop.
'Continue 4-4-<50 Bordeaux spray for
tomato leaf diseases.
After the fruit harvest, remove and
destroy all fruits 'left on the trees.
Agricultural Engineering
The side delivery rake and hay
loader are labor-saving machines for
curing choice hay.
For rat-proof grain storage buildings,
consider metal structures with
concrete foundations.
Watch feed adjustments on dusting
machines, to prevent the dust
from being wasted and to obtain an
even distribution of not more than
five pounds per acre.
Build a septic tank for farm sewage
disposal.
Animal Husbandry
Feed sows soon to farrow liberally,
and try to make them gentle through
handling.
Cull the swine herd and market the
culls in September, for the price
should be higher than later.
Turn hogs on soybeans when they
are 12 inches hjgh.
Breed ewes for spring lambs, allowing
30 ewes to one ram.
Change sheep pastures often and
treat sheep for stomach worms.
Pasture idle horses and mules.
Dairying
Mow pastures to keep grasses tender
and to kill weeds.
Maintain mirk flow by temporary
grazing of Sudan grass or Pearl
millet or by cutting green feed.
Plan winter grazing crops, purchase
sepd and select land.
Jfoep milk prrwWt.R elgnn anH
and deliver promptly.
Poultry
Do not force the pullets into production
too enrly.
Clean and disinfect the laying
houses before using.
Free pullets from internal and external
parasites before housing.
CnlL t.hA Trnji-nroducine hens.
General News Notes
The Canadian (National Rail-way,
through its president, -has announced
a reduction of all employes receiving
$3,000 and over, of 10 per cent.
Dispatches from Cape Town, South
Africa, report the killing and eating
by cannibals of M. Mallot, the Belgian
district commissioner of Leopoldville.
Four bandits, armed with shotguns
lined up 20 employes and patrons of
the West .Side Atlas bank in Chicago
on Tuesday and got away with $7,000
in cash.
Two members of the Pennsylvania
National Guard were burned to death
at Middletown, Tuesday, when the
plane they were in -hit a tree and
burned up.
Lewis F. Erchert, a school teacher,
was convicted at Clearwater, Fla.
on a charge of assault and battery
having whipped a 10-year-old pupil :r
his school last April.
At Condesburg, N. J., Frank Fitz
herbert and his neighbors tore dowr
his barn to rescue a littef of puppies
which had crawled into . a hole anc
could not be Teached exefept by tear
ing down the barn.'
Louis Lopez," 45, of Portersville
Cal., professed not to know that i:
was illegal to sell booze?never heart
of its being unlawfirt. The judg<
said $260 or 250 days.
Governor Murray, of Oklahorm
threatens" to shut down production oj
crude oil in that state unless the oi
operators raise the price for petrol
eum to $1 per barrel.
The revolutionary government o
President Zamora of Spain, has ptc
sen ted its resignation to tne consti
tutlonal assembly, which will sdec
a new president and premier.
Congressman Samuel C. Major
Democrat of Missouri, died at hii
home in Fayette, M<o., Tuesday. B:
tbe death of Major the party lineu]
ih congress is now 214 Republican'
and ^12 Democrats.
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