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|News Items of Interest to the Farmers i ""from the county agents i office H . I The buying of eggs in , the office ?f the county and home agent la bo fttmtiig moro popular each week. The I lirnt wook we only shipped 200 do*en I and title week we will receive well I over :too dozen. We will continue to Ihuv these tptsa *rom we?k to week las long ft fboro are enough surplus I eggs t? Justify it. The South Carolina Manufacturers | Association ia again offering prizes I (or Five Acre Cotton Improvement contest. Anyone desiring to enter I should either write or see the county agent for the application blank. I Farmers in Kershaw County are still putting orders for sweet potato plants and soybeans. -A total of 100,|ooo potato plants have been booked for farmers this week. W. C. McCarley, Co. Agt. (vegetable Varieties (For South Carolina I it is always a temptation for gard eners and commercial growers to plant some of the many new varieties and strains of vegetables which are offered each year instead Of thie old standard varieties, says County Agent w. C. McCarley. But the practical thing to ' do, especially this year when food-for freedom production must be assured, is to use only stahdard varieties, the agent advises. j Many varieties which have proved to be outstanding in other places may not grow so well lii this state, as they were bred for different conditions. But these are varieties which, from actual tests in South Carolina, have proved to be adapted to conditions in the state. In the following table are listed the standard varieties, to gether with some of the newer ones which are reoommendod for planting in South Carolina. [ Asparagus: Mary Washington. I Snap bean (bush): Strlngless Black Valentine, Tondergroen, Sure Crop wax (wax fthriety.) Lima bean: Henderson Bush, CaroHina Sieva (pole). Beet: Early Wonder, Detroit Dark J Broccoli: Italian Oreen Sprouting. Cabbage: Charleston Wakefield, Afarlon Market. Carrot: Imperator. I Sweet Corn: Golden Cross Bantam. Cucumber: A and C, Colorado. Musk melon: Hales Best, Imperial l5. Seed Breeders. f Watermelon: Stone Mountain, (lockly Sweet, Tom Watson, Dixie Queen. [English peas: Hundredfold, LaxHon's Progress. Pepper: California Wonder. ! Spinach: Long Standing Blooms Tomato: Marglobe, Pritchard, RutgV Turnip: Purple Top Globe. Potato: Irish Cobbler* - Bliss TriI Lettuce:'Imperial 847, Imperial 44. I Edible soybeans: ^Ilg&n, Emperor.j Subscribe To The Chronicle Early Spring Guide On Care of Livestock' Providing for ample foods and proper feeding ere the most important mat- ' ters in attention to livestock in early ' spring, says County Agent McCarley, , In making spring livestock suggestions. < . Animal Husbandry 1. (live brood sows special atten- I tion ut farrowing time. l>arge litters I mean greater profits. 2. Place soSvs 1 and young pigs on territory uninfest- ( od with parasites. 3. Cull out the un- < productive sows. 4. Plgn to plajnt ' some Biloxl soybeans for hog grazing. ; 5. Use barley, rye aud oats for grat- , lng with beef cattle and hogs. 6. Give i the ewee special care at lamblDg time. < "limbing time Is the shepherd^ harvest." 7. Prefer oats to corn when ( mules start heavy work. Dairying 1. Remove milking pws from lightly onion-infested pastures five hours before milking. Keep cows off of heavily Infested onion pastures. 2. Thoroughly clean up lots and haul off litter and manure to destroy breeding places for flies and make up for fertiliser shortages. 3. Use some acreage cut from cotton for more feed crops. 4. Silage and legume hay make ideal roughage feed for next winter. 5. Plant one-half acre per cow in pearl millet for summer grazing. 6. , Clear brush and apply 200 pounds of superphosphate and one ton of ground i limestone per acre to permanent pas>> tures. 7. Sow lespedeta on permanent pasture sod if none is present. Poultry 1. Raise baby chicks on new ground. I 2. Provide feed for chicks in clean troughs or hoppers. 3. Get chicks Into sunshine early. 4. Clean brooder houses regularly. 5. Plant green feed v for summer. 6. Arrange to procure stock for flock .improvement next season. Miss Fewell To j Instruct Classes Of Nutrition Group - 0 Civilians who are interested in securing the benefits of a course in nutrition are asked to contact Mrs. A. C. McKain at telephone 182 or the Red Cross Headquarters telephone 96. A 20 hour course In nutrition will offer Its first class Monday, March 29 at 8 p. m. in the library of the Camden High school. Miss Margaret Fewell, County Home Demonstration AgeftL will be instructor in charge. As each class will feature-a twohour session the 20 hour course will embrace 10 sessions. It is pointed out by Mrs. McKain that the growing scarcity of food stuffs coupled with the rationing restrictions should occasion every house wife to desire a greater knowledge in the'Uiatter of nutrition. Miss Fewell is an expert in the science of nutrition and those who receive instruction in her classes will undoubtedly reap much benefit there from. It is better to light a candle of Victory gardening than to curse the darkness of need for nutritive food. Weather Affects Family Washday Winter weather adds to the problem of washday. Italu, snow, freezing cold, and abort, dark day?ftll Affect the Job of home laundertim ti ud add to the difficult lea of keeping white clothe* white uud protecting delicate fubrlca. Miaa Margaret It. Few ell, County Home Demonutrat'on Agent of Kershaw County, here offers tipa from home economlca of the U. 8. Department of Agriculture for meeting theae problems. Hot water la necessary for soap to do its most efficient cleaning. Soak clothes before washing to save hot water, oimrgy and wear on clothes. A 15-mlnuie soak in soapy, lukewarm water Is enough to loosen dirt. 8ort very dirty garments separately from thoso slightly soiled, and white from colored. Let the washing machine stand a few hours in a warm room before It goes Into action; otherwise the grease may be too stiff to lubricate the machine as it runs. White clothes often 'become dingy In winter for lack of sun. Keep them white by thorough, rinsing, In soft water If possible. Boll clothes In fresh, hot, soapy water no longer than 10 minutes. Longer boiling yellows fabrics. A few tablespoons of kerosene, turpentine or lemon juice in boiling water help to whiten very dirty clothes. Bluing gives a white look only If clothes are thoroughly rinsed before going In to the tylulng water. When clothes must dry Indoors, hang in well-ventilated rooms with windows open at top and bottom so that the steamy air will pass out at the top and fresh cool air will enter at the bottom. Freezing may be hard on fabrics. Never Jet wool freeze. Handle frozen clothes carefully In order not to tear or break the fibers. County Needs More Peanut Acreage Kershaw county farmers need to increase tohelr peanut acreage by 184 per cent in >1943, if they are to meet the goal set u*p for this county, according to Mr. M. G. King, chairman of the County USDA War board. He said the acreage grown In the county in 1942 was 2400 acres, while this year's goal calls for 4500 acres, or an Increase of 2100 acres. "An increased supply of oils is one of our most vital war needs," Mr. King said in urging farmers to plant their proportionate share of the county peanut goal. "We should meet our goals both because our country needs the oil and because it Is good business to produce those commodities for which there Is the greatest demand." He said the Department of Agriculture Is making every effort to secure a saiisfactory price support program for peanuts in 1943. He pointed out that the Department has already recommended to Congress that a oneprice system be established for the sale of all peanuts this year. The change to the one-price system would require legislation. However, Congress Is already considering a bill to provide for such a change In the Agricultural Adjustment Act. Should the bill become law, Ifr would provide that the price of all peanuts be supported at about $125 per ton,'based on present parity pftces. Under the 1942 program, the price of edible peanuts (those grown within acreage allotments) was supported at 90 per cent of parity, while peanuts grown for oil were supported at a minimum price of $82 per ton for No. 1 Spanish type. IBM I with a CONCRETE POULTRY HOUSE M ore eggs for the United Nations requires more modern poultry houses on American farms. For healthier, more productive flocks, build' a concrete poultry house. Concrete has no crevices forlice,mitesandotherparasites; keeps out rats, weasels and vermin ; is easy to keep warm, clean and dry; does away with the need for frequent, costly repairs. Write for free booklet, "Concrete Poultry Houses," showing layouts of poultry, incubator andb brooder houses of various types approved by state agricultural colleges. Concrete farm (obs require a minimum of critical war materials. * j If you need help, get in touch with your concrete contractor or building material dealer. po?H oa potto/ ond moll for from lltorotvro PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION Hurt Bldg., Atlanta, Oe. J Jtaf Floor* OWcrtU Poultry _ Hof Hoom* Hooao* (MTOtOW) 1STBUT WAR SAVING AND BOMBS Seed Money There's only one thing more foolish than killing the goose that leys the golden eggs. That's living up the money that has bee* put away to buy the seed for next year's crops. Although G-E turbines and lamps and refrigerators don't grow from any seed you can buy at a seed store, yet any menu* facturer?n&) matter what he makes?has a seed problem just the same. For next year's models, and improved designs, and new products-all these cost money. Money for research, and engineering, and new tools, and advertising to-telt-th^public where a product can be obtained, and how much it will cost. * And the only place this money can come from 4s out of past earnings, or borrowing on the promise of earnings in the future. In other words?from seed money. - ^ From the seed of research and engineering, planted in years past by General Electric, have come some pretty amazing crops. Incandescent lamps Ave times as efficient as Edison's, vacuum tubes that made radiobroadcasting possible, refrigerators for the home and electric machines for industry to make important jobs easier. Right now the crops we're growing are all of the "Victory Garden" kind-weapons that are serving with our armed forces on land and sea and in the air, ~ * But we mustn't neglect the seed money for the future. We're looking forward to the continuance of the industrial system that will allow us to open up and cultivate other new and promising fields. So, tomorrow, look for important developments in television, fluorescent lighting, plastics, electronics. These will be familiar words in the post-war wpffd. General Electric L Company, Schenectady, tf. Y. "? GENERAL A ELECTRIC r ? ; r ; ? r. - ' t*' c ,.? r F.cJ.-rr A '* , . i> i ? item* Photo His Pigs Go to War Young Johnny Clay of Rooky Mount, North Carolina, la typical of farm children raising victory pigs and devoting profits to War Bonds. Farm Youth of U. S. Looks to Tomorrow ????? 1 npOMORHOW'S farmers and farm * homemakers are second to no school group in their enthusiasm for investing in War Bonds and Stamps to make sure their future is secure. Through the Schools At War program they are investing what they save und earn in War Stumps und Bonds. First evidence of this is the amount the 4-H Club boys and girls and the FFA boys invested in war savings in 11)43 from "Victory Pig" and other projects. A million ami a half 4-H Club members put $6,000,000 of their own savings in War Bonds and Stumps und sold $2,500,000 worth of War Savings to their neighbors. Nearly a quurter million members of Future Farmers of America' invested more than $1,500,000. Spurred by the realization that the financial welfare of farm families the next 20 years depends on how wiselv they use today s higher incomes from increased food and other wartime production, both grbups have set their goals still higher for 1M3. These farm youths are building financial reserves, and urging their parents to do the same, for afterthe-war necessities, to pneet financial emergencies and to help them get started in college. They're building Reserves today for tomorrow's farm buildings and for the other tilings they will need when they're tomorrow s farmers and -homemakers. ^ ???^ Practical Gardening Hints For Planting Clemson, March 6.?If more green and leafy vegetables were ea^n dally throughout the year, less money would be spent for doctor's bills, say Clemson and Wlnthrop specialists. These vegetables are valuable in the diet because they supply vitamins and minerals, the specialists remind us. For March work in the garden towards providing these needed vegetables the following practical suggestions for planting are made: Potatoes: Irish Cobbler, Bliss Triumph; tubers 4 Inches to 6 Inches deep, in rows 2 1-2 feet apart; hills 10 inches to 12 inches apart; 12 to 15 bushels per acre. Spinach: Long Standing Bloomsdale and Virginia Savoy; sow seed one-half inch deep in open, 1 ounce to 100 feet; rows 2 1-2 feet apart; thin 4 inches to 6 inches apart. Beets: Early Wonder, Detroit Dark Red; sow seed one-half inch to 1 inch deep: thin and transplant to rows 2 1-2 feet; seedlings 3 inches to 4 inches apart. Peas: Laxtons Progress or Hundredfold; sow seed 2 inches deep in open, 1 quart to 100 feet; rows 2 1-2 feet; sow thinly In drill. Parsley: Moss Curled; sow seed ope-half inch doep^in the open, 1-2 ounce to 100 feet; transplant seedlings 10 inches apart each way. Kale: Curled Siberian; sow onehalf inch deep in open; 1 ounce to 100 feet; rows 2 1-2 feet apart; thin four inches to 6 inches apart. Mustard: Giant Southern Curled; sow seed one-half inch deep In open; one-half ounce to 100 feet; rows 2 1-2 feet apart; thin seedlings three inches to four Inches apart. Cabbage, lettuce, onion seedlings, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts can be transplanted to the open ground. When soil conations are ready, the following may be planted: Spinach, lettuce, radish, carrots, turnips, parsley, parsnips, cauliflower. =-* Read The Chronicle Ads State Theatre I , Kershaw, S. C. FRIDAY, MARCH 19 I "THE BLACK SWAN" Tyrone JEowee-Majireen O'Harf I | SATURDAY, MARCH 20 I j "SHADOWS ON THE SAGE" Three Mesquiteers Sat, March 20, 10:30 p.m. I "NO PLACE FOR A LADY" William Gargan-Margaret Llnd- I say I Mon.-Tues., March 22-23 I "ROAD TO MOROCCO" L Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour and I Blng Crosby I I WED., MARCH 24 I "EYES IN THE NIGHT" I I i Edward Arnold-Ann Harding I THURS., MARCH 25 j j "ACROSS THE PACIFIC" I I Humphrey Bog artiMary Astor j Matins*?Adults 26c; child ran I | under 12, 11s j venlng?Adults, 60s; children I j - * r Mar. Farm Calendar To get ready for a better year In farming, County Agent McCarley makes these better farming suggestions for March: Agronomy 1. Make, save and use-,farm manures and compost in producing crops. B. Before buying fertilizer, study carefully the needs of your soil for plant food to feed the plants grown on that soil. 3. Plan to manufacture nitrogen on the farm; that is, grow more legumes. 4. Purchase enough Jtpproved seed to grow your next year's supply of seed, to maintain quality production. 5. If not already sown, sow lespedeza early in March. Horticulture 1. Set out fruit trees for home orchards if not already set. 2. Plant raspberries and blackberries any time this month. 3. Prune and spray fruit trees. 4. Apply spring fertilizer to orchards. 6. Plant hardy vegetables now, such as cabbage, turnip, mustard, spinach, kale, lettuce. 6. Begin now making plans to produce an abundant supply of vegetables for home use throughtujiy the year. 7. Get gardening publications from extension agents. Insect# and Diseases 1. Treat peanut seed and cotton seed to prevent damping-off and to obtain better stand. 2. Machine-delintlng of cotton seed should be done before and not after treating with mercury dust. 3. Gfrow corn as far as possible from last year to control blllbugs and borers. 4. Do not plant corn adjacent to small grain in chinch bug area. 5. Plant velvet beans or crotalaria on small grain or "resting" land in wireworm area. 6. Control cutworms with poisoned bran mash. 7. Plant wilt-resistant tomatoes and cotton. 8. Better care of bees will help out in sugar shortage. Agricultural Engineering 1. Check over farm machinery for needed repairs, and order parts now. 2. Plow terraces before planting to give them extra width and height. 3. Repair screens on doors and windows before the fly season opens. 4. If you have & small stream or other source of water supply on your farm. Investigate the possibilities of irrigating the Victory garden. April 1 Final Date For Crop Insurance Kershaw, county farmers were reminded this week that April 1, 1948, is the deadline- for applying for crop Insurance on the 194$ cotton crop. Mr. M. G. King, chairman of the county AAA committee, Issued this re* minder and, at *the same time, ealled attention to the fact that a large num* ber of South Carolina farmers last year "sold cotton from an empty wagon." He said more than a million dollars was paid to South Carolina farmers who suffered cotton crop losses in WHY BE FAT"VL It's Easy to Hsduco Ml Youcantoaeuglypoundaand havo a toon tlender, graceful figure. ' No laxative*. No druea. No ?MT?Wng. With thla AYD9 plan you % don't cut out any tnrala, oUrchoa, * VI ruTss'iVs'ii'sifisgiSI - -r. ' ^ News Notes From Forester's Office Importance wf Wood Product. To Our; S^hpol Children ? Have you stopped to think of how many articles a school child must have that aro inado of wood products . Almost everything the student comes in contact with is either all or part wood?the paper for writing, the hooks, pencils, all or . part of the building itself, desks, even some of the clothes they wear are made of wood products. If we continue to deplete our forest resources as we have in the'past, the school children of the next generation or so will not havo these products. Are we going to continue this WWteful cutting of our woodlands and deprive .our grandchildren of these tilings? We can always have a bountiful supply of these and other products if we cut our woodlands wisely and only when the trees are ready to bo harvested. \ The South Carolina State koreat Service stands ready to help you with your forestry problems, even if you , own onyl a small tract. And you can help the State Forest Service,, by notifying your nearest Towernian, Warden, or the County Hanger if you are going to burn, or when you see " f'r" 1,. E. Smith. C. E. It. Soil Conservation News (By V. T. Mullen K. S. Tupper, manager of Mulberry Plantation, has dug 10,000 kudtu crowns from his field on the Black River road. He is planting approximately 20 acres with these crowns, A row of kudzu is being planted as a roadside border to prevent erosion and act as a terrace outlet along the highway. Terrace lines were recently run by 'the Lynches River Soli Conservation district on Edgar Marsh's farm, h>-. cated on the Black River road. Lines were run on 40 acres of land and Mr. Marsh plans to build his terraces with a tractor and disc tiller. L. I. Gulon has seeded 6 acres of pasture on his farm, using .4 pounds of White Dutch clover, 10 pounds of Dalits grass, and 15 pounds of lespedeza per acre In the mixture. This land was treated with 2 tons of lime and 400 pounds of acid phosphate per acre. Terrace lines were located this week on L. L. McLaughlin's farm In the Oakland Community. Mr. McLaughlin plans to build his terraces with turn plow and V-drag. " Farmers that are purchasing kudzu crowns will receive them this week. These crowns will be delivered to community centers where they will 15e received by the farmer. 1943. While conditions over the state . as a whole were favorable, some areas suffered heavy losses. Mr. King said about 270 farmers in Kershaw county Insured their cotton crops in 1942, the first year of the program. Over the entire state, more __ 0 than 18,000 farmers had their crops Insured. The AAA chairman said the government offers farmers' either 50 or 75 per cent coverage on their cotton crops against all unavoidable hazards. Crop losses on insured farms amounted to about $100,000 in this countylast year. Full Information on the cotton crop insurance program may be obtained from the local AAA office. M. G. King, Chr. AAA Com.; ENDS TONIGHT FRIDAY, MARCH 19 An Adventure Without Parallel! "DESPERATE JOURNEY" With Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan SATURDAY, MARCH 20 r ' s ACTION! THRILLS! "RIDERS OF THE NORTHWEST MOUNTED" With Russell Harden. Plus Another Thrilling Episode of Our ? Serial "KING OF THE ROYAL MOUNTIE8" Also Comedies Made Just To Make You Laugh , f , MON^TUES , MAR. 22-23 ' A Brand New King of the Cowboys ROY ROGERS. In "IDAHO" With Smiley Burnetto. This la a big Western Special! WEDNESDAY, MAR. 24 1 An Action Special From Start To ^finish! ! "KID DYNAMITE" With Leo Georsey and Huntz Hall.' Plus a new chapter of "VANISHING MEHS i Our Wednesday Serial, Starring ?? BILL ELLIOTT THURS.-FRI., MAR. 25-26 What could be better than to bring yotf at this time 1942's Selected Best Picture? "MRS. MINIVAR" Starring the Best Actress of the Same Year, Greer Carson! This Is the One Picture Yon Must See. . t