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' * RED SPIDER TAKING ' WARPATHONCE MORE Little Insect Threatening Cotton May be Controlled by Burning Stalks. Clemson College, Aug. 2.?Report* * coming to Clemson College indicate that the cotton red spider is threatening serious damage to cotton in manj parts of the state and the entomolog\ division of the college has issued r statement of control measures which will help farmers to avoid the ravages of the tiny insect. The red spider is a very small, reddish, spinning mite on the undei 4 side of cotton leaves. It is injurioiu during dry weather. As soon as drj weather sets in, begin to watch foi the mite. It is not hard to recogniz< it. Infested leaves become deep re< on their upper surfaces. By looking f, on the under surface of such leaves ' one can notice the red spiders moving about. The earliest sign is merely i r\ blood rod spot on the upper surface o the leaf. The lower leaves of the plants ar< affected first. The red spider spread: by crawling and is also carried by birds, domestic animals, workmen aiu wind. The leaves that it attack: become distorted and brittle and droj off, thus weakening the plant. Sev oral species of insects attack the mit< 0 and in some seasons do much good but man must do the greatest part o the preventive work himself. The red spider has over fifty foo< plants, among the most important o which are violets, jimson weed, pok< weed, cowpea, bean, okra, wild black berry, and other common plants Violet and poke weed are especially clangorous because they afford winte food for the insect. As a preventiv< measure against red spider, kee] down weeds so far as practical an< guard especially against having vio lets or poke weed anywhere near ? cotton field. At the first signs of red spider, pul up all infested plants and born them ? When large patches in the field hav< become infested, use one of the re< spider sprays. Potassium sulfide am lime sulfur solution are cpnsidered tin best of these. Potassium sulfide maj be bought at drug stores and is usee I IT IS OUR INTEREST * PLETE WITH AN EXC J We are in business for y< fer below as an appreciat FOLLOWJNC Groi For the biggest pile of tol V bringing the most money . First Prize I Second Prize I Third Prize v p To the person selling the m ;prize for the best avera xnror nniirft t? nr i mac rmtta i u dc I VORITES.'WE WILL J ED THE CONTEST IN 1 KEEP UP WITH Y0UH ml '^1 I < I' \ ? - ~ . .. . * . / THE COW AND HER PRODyCI Clem son College Weekly Notes Toi 1 I Farmer and Dairyman. * . ! (These notes are prepared weekly . by the Dairy Division of Clcmson j College which will be glad to answci any questions pertaining to dairying.) Cottage cheese is one of the best hot weather dishes for supper. Be sure to milk with dry hands. 3 Dipping fingers in the milk means i dirty milk. Milk fast and milk the cow dry. A r calf never sucks slowly and never r leaves any milk if possible, i A good butter maker deserves a i good wage and will always get it? - from somebody. How Vnuch do you pay your milk ers? There is no work more import. ant. Cheap milkers ruin cows and get ; less milk. j It is a good plan to feed the cow r her grain while milking. It is best to * | feed grain and roughage separately. 1 j A pasture of burr clover and Berr muda grass and silo full of silage , make the dairyman independent of r the weather. 1 If you are going to have to depend f 011 root crops this winter, plant an acre of rutabaga turnips. This is a 3 good time for planting. Buttermilk should be sold wherever 7 cream is sold. Arrange to supply the 'j people in your town with good buttcrs milk. < >>N/??A WJ. VAIliV I4V/W ID II1C IIII1V -1 to get your bun* clover seed to plant -j on your Bermuda sod. There is a good supply of burr clover seed in Soutli Carolina this year. A change of milkers means a j change in the manner of milking anc - a loss of milk until the cow become? f, c I at the rate of .'1 pounds to 100 gallon? ; of water. Lime sufur solution, unles? " i made at home as for orchards, is no! j i 'so easily obtained locally. It is usee 'at the rate ?f one gallon to ")0 gallon?. I of water, (this is the same solutioi . that is used for scale in orchards.) For small spots a bucket pump i? sufficient. For larger areas, use a bai rel pump, if the plants are not toe j large. Equip the pump with fine nozj zles, as when spraying fruit trees ': About one hundred gallons of the j j spray is required for an acre. Three . i acres can bo nnravod wi.1i mvn in .mc I - ?? - ?day. In spraying, bo sure to spra> thoroughly the under sides of leaves f and also the plants nearest to the in1 fested spots. ? 0 OUR FARMER FRIENDi ' TO SERVE YOU. WE P.YI EILENT WAREHOUSEMAN AFTER YOUR INTERESTS, our welfare. We ask no odds o ion of your business which we al value but that you will con 1 IS A COMPI FT up One bacco sold on our floor and we offer as ... one $15.00 Set of Harness .. one $7.50 Pair of Trousers. one $5.00 Stetson Hat. largest number of pounds with u ge made on our floor during the ( average or : AWARDED AT THE END 0 HAND THEM OUT AS ABI SUCH A WAY THAT BOTE I SALES, AND WIN A PRIZE PEOPLE THE HORRY HERAL) * FAEUN I All Inquiries on Farm Su j] Through These ( jj M. W. WALL, Farm Dew accustomed to the new milker. Butter is one of the oldest articles of foody Do you eat good butter or poor butter? Good butter is easy to make when you know how and will j always sell well. Poor butter is hard to sell. It is better to cooperate and purchase good bulls so as to get better | blood in your herd than to cooperate | to try to hold up the price of milk j produced by poor cows. o .! INOCULATION IS NOT NECESSARY FOR PEAS Numerous Authorities Say Farmers Would Waste Money on Cul1 tures for Cow peas. Clemson College, July 2G.?Manj farmers in South Carolina are uncerI j tain as to whether or not it is neces sary to inoculate soil in this state foi the successful cultivation of cowpeas J Inquiries pn the subject are coming t< Clemson College. In the opinion o1 II the college authorities, South Carolina farmers should not spend monej 1, for commercial cultures for cowpeas | since the crop dogs not need it in this ii state at present. [j In replying to a letter from a bank , er in the lower part of the state, W I | ; W. Long, director or extension a ' I Clemson College and state agent o; 5j demonstration, writes: , I i j. T , ni ujiimi 11*i i 1111 ni vunr loitor. 1 na( all the literature on the subject in . vestigated, but in order to make as surance doubly sure and in order t< 1 settle this question and to get th< i basis for an opinion that may b< taken as authoritative, 1 telegraphec . some of the leading authorities in th< Southern States asking for an cxpre sion. All the replies support the con ) elusion that in the South generally . cowpea inoculation is unnecessary be cause not profitable." Mr. Long's letter then points ou 5 that in six publications on cowpea; ! i form Missouri, Texas, Deleware, Ken i j tucky, and the United States Depart , | ment of Agriculture, no statement n j made to the effect that it is necessary 5 to inoculate soil for cowpeas. In i " bulletin on the subject of inoculation Prof. Gar/nan, of the Kentucky Ex > OF HORRY COUNTY: : THE BEST LIGHTED ANG , ONE WHO HAS BEEN IN I TOGETHER WITH A BOOKif anv man anri nmmico vnn olu/ .J IVI | -J VIIMUV/ J UU Ul VV I ways get, a number of prizes vvti si der this as one method we hav E LIST OF THE Grou{ For the highest price pile o during the entire season, w pounds or over we offer as First Prize Second Prize tl: i n_!_. | i mru rrize : THREE GW s during the season we offer as; intire season we offer one $25.( 1 our floor during the entire sea; F THE SEASON IN ACCOM OVE STATED, THEREBY Al I THE SMALL AND LARGE I BESIDES GETTING THE Hit :s TOBAC T. N. FULLE D, CONWAY, S. O. jl 1ERS' ^1; bpartmeN*A: j bjects Will He Answered Columns. Address: 8 ? t. Agent, Conway, S. C. D ( mi periment Station, says: i "The cowpea organism has proved , very commonly, and is perhaps invariably, present wherever cowpeas have 1 been grown in the state, not, it is believed, because it is always present [ in soil, but because it is generally conveyed on the seeds themselves." That is to say, the seed of the cowpea generally carries the legume bac- j ' teria. i Among the telegraphic opinions re-; ceived were those from Director B. W. Kilgore, of the North Carolina Experiment Station; Director H. A.: Morgan, of the Tennessee Experiment Station, andvDirector J. F. Duggar, ; of the Alabama Experiment Station. All replies were to the effect that they . do not advise cultures for cowpeas. In view of these opinions and expressions and of its own investigation, the Extension Division of Clem- | son College advises farmers not to T spend their money for commercial J cultures with which to inoculate cow- j peas. Some one asked if lie should mound. . young peach trees.* Bv all means. It! > is easier for borers to destroy a small ' tree than a large one. ; COTTON oiiKTiON ; HAVING ATTENTION i t Replying to a letter from the Cham j [ bcr of Commerce of Charleston, S. C., to President Wilson enclosing resoluj tions of the chamber relative to the, _ difficulties farmers ol the South are . experiencing in the exportation of 3 cotton to Europe, tlie department of ? the Secretary of State, to which the letter was referred for answer, states 1 that the department keenly appreciat2 es the difficulty spoken of. ll is not - possible to outline the exact methods - to be pursued by the department, ac/ cording: to the letter, but it is asserted - that strong representations looking to ward the protection of the interests t of this imnortant commodity, are be? s ing and will continue to be made. The - department does not rare to indicate - the methods at this time. 3 o f Continue to spray late varieties of J 1 TJ" ' ? peucnus. 11 spraying is stopped now ' they will rot badly. AGGOMOOATiNG WAREH01 [HE BUSINESS SEVERAL YE -KEEPER THAT GETS YOUR ays the top of the market prices, lich should interest you, and whic e of showing our appreciation f PRIZES WE OFF ___ j1 I 1 a nw f tobacco sold on our floor eight to be one hundred Ai r nA a. *i ,/ r\ i . i. i one q>io.uu ouu 01 Glomes, one $7.50 Pair of Trousers. one $5.00 Stetson Hat iND PRIZES I a grand prize, one Suite of. Oak F )0 Drop Head Sewing Machine. A son we offer one Barrel of Best IANGE WITH THE RULES LA .LOWING EVERY MAN A GH TANTER WILL HAVE AN EQ 5HEST MARKET FRIGE FOR' CO WARE IRTON, Prop. % NFOKM AT10N AFOC ?' LIGHTNING HODS (Continued from Page Seven.) [t is impracticable to fully discuss icre methods of making connections ;o earth. In general terms the conductor should be carried down into the sarth and away from the buildings in i trench or other excavation, so as to reach an embed the conductor itself ar plates attached thereto in permanently moist earth. Connections with water pipes or other metal work itself connected to earth constitute good grounds. (8) Are Government buildings provided with lightning rods? Answer Yes; many of them, but naturally nol every one. (9) Does the Government use the material of the ro<ls or the system o1 any particular agency? Answer: No there is nothing mysterious or excep tional about lightning rods, the mater ial of which they are composed, o their construction and installation Suspicion may well he aroused as t< the reliability of those making extrav agant claims of superiority for thei particular wares to exclusion o others. (10) What Is the best arrangemen of rods on a building? Answer: i building completely screened and sur rounded by and inclosed beneath : cage or network of substantial metal lie conductors, all properly intercept nected and joined to the earth, woul be most effectively protected fror lightning dicharges. For ordinal* puropses a far simpler system is ade quate. For example, good prolectio is afforded by a conductor runnin along the ridge of a building and on tending to the earth, either at th middle of the sides or, preferably, a each of the four corners. Point should rise ahove any prominent Ten tures of the building*, such as ehim ncys or, in the absence of these fen teres, from the ridge ef the roof at ii tervals of 25 feet or thereabouts. Fu ler details of lightning-rod installs tion are to he found in Farmers' Bu letin 807, which may be had on appl cation. X9 Plant a few rows of garden peas fc early fall use. Plants beets now for use during fa and winter. Note how small are the local 1 grown peaches. Properly cultivatin the trees and thinning the fruit woul have made them larger. USE IN THIS SECTION. MS, ALSO A SPLENDID CHECK TO YOii IN A "Jif We believe that competition i U .../v U ?i.i. x .1 ii wt: nufju auraui your aueniK or the business you give us. <ER FOR YOUR Group For the largest number of pi the season we offer as Pirot Pri70 I II Ol I I u.v> ? < second Prize i Third Prize urniture (Three Pieces) value s a third grand prize?to the f Patent Flour. ID DOWN. ABSOLUTELY ANCETO WIN A PRIZE, DAL CHANGE. C0NTES1 rOUR TORACCO, AT THE 1HOUSE $ 9 THREE i MAKING OF SPRAYING A FIEASANTER TASK I , I j Suggestions For Preparing Bordeaux Mixture?Will ; Remove Features. ( Clemson College, Aug. 2.?At this . season of the >ear, every up-to-date farmer and gardener has occasion to t use Bordeaux mixture every few days j The making and using of Bordeaux I mixture is a pleasure, if gone about in the right way, but if not done as it '! should be it is about as dirty and dist J agreeable a task as one can imagine, i The first necessary is that of keeping stock solutions on hand. If a man . has to take the trouble to dissolve blue stone and hunt up good stono 1 -i-i > i uiuu uuu siimc u every lime ne wants -'to spray a few plants, the garden and _ | orchard are certain to go unsprayed J On the other hand, if he dissolves as rj much blue stone and slakes as much iimc as he wants to use during the a season and keeps them as stock solutions, he will find that it takes only a few minutes to make up any amount 1 I of spray mixture that he wants, f I When lime is slaked and kept covered with water, it remains good in t definitely for making Bordeaux. . Slake the lime and make it up to a known volume per pound of quick - lime used and store in glass or earthn en vessels. The botany division of - Clemson College slakes onf to two pounds tv> the gallon and puts it in . fruit jars or largo mouthed hottles. i Dissolve blue stone and dissolve in '' the same way and then when you y want Bordeaux mixture, all you have - to do is to dilute the stock solutions n to the proper strength ami pour together. Make up enough stock soiu^ lion to last through a season. A great many people object to o spraying because they dislike to get ^ the spray mixture on their hands. This is disagreeable, but if you will ? remember that both Bordeaux and i- lime sulphur are alkalies mixtures i r. ' "W 1 \f!ll v ? o 1 ? \'H11 o l^n?-\ Jo f houAiifvM'r ...... ..... i.f.i.to u.v.UWbi:iy in vinegar or some other weak acid l" when \ u have finished spraying', no I" 'tains or burns will result. A i- o ? ' * l" Make a planting of garden corn to come in just before frost. In transplanting truck plants at this season, it pays to set the plants deep. They will take root and grow )l off better. II It is not yet too late to put out j sweet potatoes. If no provisions have i yet been made for the winter's supg.' ply, got vines from a neighbor and set" hi tnem out at once, cor use at this sea son, vines are better than slips, 8 I mrnsmmmm e OUR FORCE IS COM- 1 AUCTIONEER TO LOOK I FT I is the life of trade, and of- | >n not merely through their | INSPECTION: I Three les sold on our floor during nnn ^ 1 K Qiiif nf Plr>fl^Ar> vyiiu VI v/.uu OUll Ol UlUlilLO. one $7.50 Pair of Trousers. . . .one $5.00 Stetson Hat. i $25.00. Second grand jerson making the poorest f NO 'PETS' NOR 'FAAS WE HAVE ARRAN6r BEGINS AT ONCE.