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iUTWORM REMEDIES AND HOW TO USE 'oisoned-Bran Baits Effective ?Other Remedies for ? 4,Extreme Outbreaks. IPU'** Tomatoes, cabbage, sweet potatoes, nd other vegetables and garden ilants, especially those which are tarted under glass and transplanted, ire subject to serious injury by cut vorms. These pests appear sometimes n great numbers in the spring and arlj^summer, and frequently do severe injury before their ravages arc Mioticed. Their method of attack is to ut off the young r'ants at about the lurface of the grou? .1, and as these aterpillurs are of large size, grul Y9% Jacious feeders, they aro capable of estroying many plants in a single P Jtht?frequently more than they can Every year these insects, HQpng generally throughout the I?., .v.,, UVUI-IO, I1UVIT UCOliUJTCU I1UIHIens of thousand of dollars' worth of rops. By the timely application of emed'es, however, as has been dehionk ated through field agents and they entomologists of the Departnent of Agriculture, they readily can )e controlled, and large areas have t^pn successfully treated. The usual nethod of control is by the use of poisoned baits. low to Mix and Apply Poisoned Baits. Tnlr,> .. V..10U.I ~P -1? i - - -?' ? I* ci uuomci u i vu y mull, ami i jound of white arsenic of Paris green, tnd mix it thoroughly into a mash vith 8 gallons of water in which has |>een stirred half a gallon of sorghum I >r otfcer cheap molasses. This amount vill he sufficient for the treatment of ibout 4 or .5 acres of cultivated crops. Vfter the mash has stood for several lours, scatter it, in lumps about the size of a marble, over the fields where he injury is beginning to appear and ibout the bases of the plants sot out. Apply late in the day, so as to place he poison about the plants before pi which is the time when tlie cutworms are active. Apply a second ime if necessary. What to Do When Cutworms Travel Like Army Worms. When cutwoms occur in unusual abundance, which happens locally, and Sometimes generally, in some seasons, hey exhaust their food supply and Ire d^'ven to migrate to other fields, 'his they do literally in armies, as iing what is called the army-worm it. At such times it is necessray real them the same as army ms. While the methods which e been advised are valuable in such ss, they may be too slow to destroy the cutworms, and other methods ;^be employed. These include lching, ditching, the plowing of p furrows in advance of the travel; cutworms to trap thern and the gging of logs or brush through the rows. If the trenches can be fdled h water, the addition of a small jptity of kerosene, so as to form a i scum on the surface, will prove il^to the cutworms. In extreme ps, barriers of fence boards are cted and the tops smeared with tar other sticky substances to stop the cutworms as they attempt to crawl Spraying With Arsenicals. n extremely severe attacks by cutrms to choice plants there is some kmes^no opportunity to prepare the |Blisoned bait. In such cases an arsenate of lead or Paris j^reen spray will answer quite as well. In some instances a parsley field was sprayed Bwith 4 pounds of arsenate of lead to B>0 gallons of water; this killed all the But worms, whereas if they had been eft alone for a day or two longer the Bie!^ probably would have been destroyed . The result, however, was a Bjerfect stand?the best ever made by Bhe grower. In this case five aplicaBions were made. l'1?il4iit*Ql \f/tiUiv/Ici ** * *! Z1?_ i - i _ uiiui ?i iTiviriivuo ami vn>l? ivoiilllOll. I Clean cultural methods and crop rotation are advisable, as are also fall Bdowing and disking, to prevent rccurB^enc^S of cutworm attacks. Many cut Bvorms can be destroyed where it is Bmssible to overflow the fields, particularly where irrigation is practiced. I A Wonderful Antiseptic.' B Germs and infections aggravate ailBnents and retard healing. Stop that Bnfectd?tp at once. Kill the germs and ^et rid of the poisons. For this purKose a single application of Slcan's Bdniment not only kills the pain but Blestroys the germs. This neutralizes Bnfection and gives nature assisance >v overcoming congestion and gives a thance for free and normal flow of the blood. Sloan's Liniment is an emergency doctor and should be kept BonsJtantly on hand. 25c., 50c. Tnc til.w size contains six times as much Ks the 25c.?adv. f * * 6ANG OF BANDITS ROB FAST TRAIN Muskogee, Okla.?Oct. 27.?The uninhabited fastness of the Miamichi hills in the far southeastern corner of Oklahoma, rendezvous of bandit gangs since frontier days were believed to be holding five of the eight men who held up and robbed a southbound limited train of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad at Onapa, 27 miles south of Muskogee. Three of the outlaws were thought to be in Texas, after having boldly ridden into Muskogee to secure medical aid and then harbored another southbound train. o OLD GENERAL PROSPERITY. (With Apologies to James Whitcomb Riley.) Old General Prosperity's come to [ our town to stay; the local merchants all are glad, now trade has come their way; there was a time when money vanished from us like a fog; "Enclosed find check, for which please send? as per your catalogue?"We had the same goods right at home; our prices, too, were right, but somehow no one understood; and on one saw the light; out-of-town concerns had methods that we din't know about?the mail order firms'll git you, ef you don't watch out. Once we had a citizen who wasn't very wise; he kept the General Store; but was too proud to advertise. His groceries and dry goods, an' his eggs and buttor , too, his hardwai'c and his boots an' shoes were good, but no one know; and so he spent our money where it didn't help a bit to make the I. _ U.it . r>1.? I.r. nf iw \> 11 cl uei wi ic, to in dive uo jiiuuvi vi i it; the big city got. the profit, and we ?what were we about? The mail order firm'll git you, of you don't watch out. The citizen at last woke up and advertised his goods an' all the others followed suit, and came out of the woods, an' they helped their home town paper which had alius done its share to boost the town and help to put it on the map somewhere. An' the paper it helped them in turn, an' people came to buy, an' found that money spent at home makes old Depression fly, and unless this mutual spirit kinda hovers all about, the mail order firms'll git YOU, ef you don't watch out. Fun For The Farmer. A few weeks ago the speculators began running up the price of cotton and just at the time they thought it had been run to the notch from which they might call the turn and catch the profits on the decline as they had on the rise, the Government crop report cut under them and it was found that cotton was bound to stay up. The bottom had dropped -out of speculation instead of dropping out of cotton, according to the expected order of things. At the same time, speculators in cotton seed oil found it an easy thing to manipulate that market upward?much easier than to call a halt. The traders are now moved to the confession that in cotton oil it is now a 'runaway market." In like manner lard and other cotton seed products are about to ?et away with the marlrr?f Ollfl titIi o f ir. -1 - ttww) Mini u iKu 10 i\nu11 tu tut; ti tiiit; corn oil is likewise flying a kite. Mean time, the Southern farmer is burning gasoline and enjoying the fun.?Charlotte Observer. o Estray Notice. Notice is hereby given that there has been taken up at the residence of W. C. Martin, R. F. D. No.. 2, Conway, S. C., one small mare mule, having but one eye, and that the owner of the same is unknown; and that the said mule has been estrayed before the undersigned, due appraisment made and the same duly filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Horry County. Unless the owner shall appear and prove this property within the period of four months from this date according to law, the same will be advertised and sold as provided by the statute. N. B. SMART, Magistrate. Dated September 21st, 1915 4 mos PR PC U Mill 1 CT I I ka \J I I III U U L L I New Catch properly handled and cured. Send me your orders for prompt attention. Give me your business in this line. Address, F. E. T 0 D D, Myrtle Beach, S. C. o To Prevent Blood Poisoning: tpply at one* the wonderful old reliable OR PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL. a mc gicat dressing that relieves pain and heals - the same time. Not a liniment. 25c. SOc Jl is HOBBY w?? A T.i | PREVENTING COTT Nearly every farmer who has grown many varieties of cotton has at one time or another suffered serious losses from the fungus boll rot known as anthracnqfvet Anthracnose is widespread and very destructive. It sometimes destroys all the bolls on a stalk and frequently destroys half the bolls In a field. It attacks the seedlings after they have come up and to this stage frequently destroys the stand of cotton. It attacks bolls when they have begun to develop and usually appears on bolls that are from two-thirds to three-fourths grown as small brown or pink spots. Where such spots occur on the surface of the boll, the seed and lint of the inside are usually found discolored and rotten. The disease enters the seed of slightly diseased bolls and when suoh seed are planted the following spring cuvthracnosp develops and attacks the young plants that the seed produce. In this way is anthracnose carried from field to field anfarm to farm. The Hnthruenose fungne lives in old diseased bolls und stalks in the field for about fifteen months. If the old The farmer needs co-operation more than the city man needs it. Organiza tion can (lo even more for the rural community than It does for the urban ' community. Let the farmers organize. 1 The county demonstration agents of Clomson College have instructions to j lend their efforts to every worthy attempt on the part of farmers to org'Aize. * ?v w - ^ Grow winter legumes as cover crops I and cut the nitrogen bill. | THE OLD ! Absolut MADE FROM CR I | 8^^^ feed bill a'l iHlr Red ? ly Horse andMule ^^^[jjjjl It's something ike horses an filing? appetite?starts the saliva Far superior to an all rain i mules a treat, and at the sanic 1? Our RED SKIRT (Crst Rrade) 1 contains Corn, Oats,'Ground All and pure cane molasses, and ana Protein 10%; Fat 3%; Fibi || PIEDMONT HORSE & MlilE MOLASSE 12%; Carbohydrates 55%. #SWAMP FOX HORSE & MULF WOL ASSES FEI I PERFECTION HORSE & MULE FEED ^ Protein 12%; Fat 3%; Fibre 12%; Carboh ^ oraln and ivroitn/l Alfalfa Moiil | RED SHIRT ] ^ FirBt Grade: A balanced ration contai: ^ keeps them in good conditio*. Increases tl ^ at a reduced cost of feeding. Contains j |J[, Ground Alfalfa, Pure Cane Molasses and ^ Fibre 12%; Carbohydrates 00%. I PIEDMONT DAIRY FEED I RED SHIRT HOG FEED Tr, We manufacture also RED SKIRT Serali K "SEYEN EGGS A WEEK" HEN MASH < Jwooss Rice, Cottonseed Meai, Cow Peas, Mc Protein 1S%; Fat 4%; Fibre 12%; < As shown on the bap* in our ad. ncarl products, even to the bags and twit Isrfl Corn, Wheat, Alfalfa 1 Wo also carry 8 \y Our feeds as shov ^r/ / Vf \V on scientific princ Wf \^/ Jl \\ greatest nourish/ j( \\ cost. I^et us si |v J) Molony & CHARLEJ GROW CAB B g WHEN PRICES ARE HICII. of North Carolina the finosLlot of CABBAG shipment during September and October, and ??}d.h'ir<17 an<* can stand the effects of tho hot Wo have only no variety, viz., THE FLORt B ?!ven "8 satisfaction, act during September a: B Sh??. N. C.. 1000 to 4000 (?) $1.50 per 1000; 6000 t 1000. Buyer paya express charges. Prices 1 9 WEGGETT PRODUCE CO., (Tho 700 Acr B Wm mimo Brow Cabbag* PUn^ for i 'n't Rl'd to ouppl] P, OOWWAY, S. O. ON ANTHRACNOSE stalks are plowed under in November, the fungus does not live longer than six or eight months. When fall plowing and rotations are practised the disease can readily be eliminated provided disease-free seed are used when cotton is again planted on the land. Seed free from the disease should always be used for planting. It is best to get these from a field where there is no anthcacnose, but if this is impossible. seed should be selected from stalks which are free from disease and which are not near diseased stalks. Anthracnose can also be spread at the gin and care ahould be taken tn ginning seed for next year's planting If the gin has previously been used to gin diseased cotton, It should be thoroughly cleaned out. Anthracnose can be prevented entirely by crop rotation and careful selection of seed. Now is the time to make your seed selections and to plan your rotation with n view to getting rid of this destructive disease. * H. W. BAttUE, Botanist. Clemson Agricultural College. Every member of the Clemson College experiment station and extension staffs is ready at all times to answer by correspondence questions that farmers ask. In writing, though, be sure to give your name and address plainly. t L Imi *** ? The extension division of Clemson College and the state department o* educaM":. are co-operating in ti.t teaching of agriculture in the ruia schools of South Carolina. RELIABLE POWDER sty Pure 0 , % | EAM OF TARTAR ImS khlRT H =*=ljm test th i if: ;.v. j dS3uL ?<&5&> 1 n feeding VL*J Wjt lEbui.d? up "the .lock. V^SJJS.P"2?L'rlil , ^ T ^ '^LnHY?ciRTERCO ? >H1RT ;MoeassesFeeo IJjj} d muies like?gives (nem an running and aids digestion. feed. Give your horses and ^?02 time save money. wzffig Horse and Mule Molasses Feed ralfa, made appetizing with salt W|| iyzes as follows: 1=^ re 12%; Carbohydrates 57% C rrcn Second Grade? Analyzes: ProJ 1 *'LU tcin 9V2%; Fat 2Vi%! Fibre 'R (3rd Grade) This analyzes: Protein 9%S^[ i?. Fat 2%; Fibre 12%; Carbohydintea 55%. ^ Mixed) We manufacture also a dry mixed (no ^ sues) Horse and Mule Feed, which analyzes: 5 lydrntcs 57%. This is composed of straight 5 V DAIRY FEED I % ling Molasses. Cattle nre very fond of it ? > he flow and enriches the quality of the milk f ground Corn, C. S. Meal. Wheat Middling, ; Salt. Analyzes: Protein 15%; Fat 3%; > ? -Analyzes: Protein 12%; Fat 2Vi%; Fibre X lrates 5J'/(. ^ of Di/restive Tankage, Ground Corn. Rice f? fattening. Keeps the hogs in good "ondition. /7h h Feed and RED SHIRT Raby Chick Feed. ,M 'omposed of Ground, Corn, Ground ijljjli )j?ts. Ground Wheat, Harley, Maize, at Meal and Linseed Meal. Analysis: - ~ Carbohydrates 40%. y all of our feed is made from Carolina le. We arc, therefore, in the market Hay and any other kind of Ilay "traw crain* 11 , l-ON, S. C. 1 toaupplyyour^m^l mar^et during De Wo have growing in the mountains B E PLANTS that has over been grown for 3 being grown in that climato, they nre toyj;h IB nun bet tor t han any other pluntn you ran get. EZ DA HEADER. The only cabbage that has id October. Prices, by express, f. o. b. Horse B o 8000 (h> $1.25 per 1000; 10O00 and over, $1 per fl I >y Parcel Post, 85c per 100. Address orders to B i ts Truck Farm) YONGES ISLAND, S. C. shipment from November to April H for o GERMAN PROBLEM I I OF FOOD SERIOUS Authorities Warn Against Repitition of Disorders. Distribution Plans. I A Berlin dispatch to the New Yorki World says: Because of the recent| housewives' riots, during which the! women, in their ctruggles to purchase butter and other commodities broke store windows and doors, the authorij ties have placarded th ceast side the poorer section of Berlin, with scarlet colored warnings pointing out the penalties for the violation of the imperial statutes regarding mobs and rioting and the regulations of martial law under which Berlin is governed. The Riot Law, the pesters point out provides a minimum imprisonment of three months when a mob openly assembles and acts in violence against persons and property. The leaders and instigators are liable to imprisonment in the penitentiary for ten years when found guilty of acts of violence imilist n.H'COnc! Ill' rtf -1~ [ - V . v? VI ^IUiIVICI 111^, in- I straying or damaging property in vio- I lation of the rules of martial law. The food supply situation in Germany, based on the nearly complete 1915 crop returns, which are declared I to be more than large enough for coming needs, is explained in a statement issued by Under Secretary of State Arnold Wahnschaffe, at the instance of Dr. von Betmann-Hollweg, '.he Imperial Chancellor. The Under Secretary says: "Especially in the foreign press there are appearing statements about a shortage of food, especially milk, Gutter and meat, in Germany. They arc intended to show to the rest of the world that the starvation plan of our enemies is an accomplished fact, that he Germans and their cattle are hunger-stricken, and that Germans want speedily to make peace. "It is true that our enemies have shut us off from the imporftation and seek to starve out the peaceful working population. Thereby, the entire economic life of Germany has been changed. Trade relations have been altered. The old law of supply and demand no longer controls the market, as iii peace. "Governmental regulations has replaced this law, in order to prevent too high prices for the poor. We have, in Germany, caried over so much from the old harvest to the new that we are compelled to reduce the supply by 60,000,000 hundred-weight which will be fed to the cattle. We can do this because we are now assured of the goodness and plenty of our crop. "We had a record potato crop, such as Germany, since its foundation never had. We had counted on a good harvest of nearly 900,000,000 hundredweight, but actually got 1,120,000,000 hundred-weight. In addition we have potatoes in excess from occupied territory which are offered for sale there "We do not have to draw on the inland at all for feeding our armies. Pork raising has taken an undreamed of impetus in the last nine months which was aided by the large potato crop. In short we have that we need in abundance. "The reason for the activity anent Germany's inner conditions is engaged in it'K'tiiJxing unuormiy such measures as already have been taken by individual local authorities and military commanders. The abundant potato crop will be apportioned out to the entire empire through an imperial potato center. Through 1he establishment of definite potato prices it will be arranged so that this important foodstuff will surely and cheaply be distributed to the civil population. ' Butter prices will be regulated for the empire by the rules for Berlin, promulgated by the Chancellor. Maximum prices will be set for milk. The needs nf rhil/li'nn oi 1 i?i ^ ....... v. , (tiling IIIUIUVIH <111(1 sick will ho specially cared for, through sales counters and special tickets. "A father regulation for the use of fat butter, is contemplated by fat butter cads. Measures also wiM be taken whereby the poorer portion of the pop ulation will be able to get eat at cheap prices in sufficient quantities through tickets oi- similar means. "To accomplish this, we shall be sparing of meat fat. In a few days we shall forbid the sale of meat and frying with fat in restaurants for several days a week, and so regulate the consunfytion that not only every one who can pay, but all who need them, will receive bread, potatoes and all other foods." o The Annual State Fair came off in Columbia last week and was a success. THREE FARMERS TOLD TO DRAIN WET UNO Thus Reclaim Land Non-producing And Aid the Rest Of The Farm AmiI DRAINAGE IN THIS COUNTRY JUST BEGUN Drainage Warms the Soil Giving Heat Which is Needed Factor. V v : J liy simple drainage much of the wet swampy farm land which can not be cultivated in its present condition may be made productive. There is also many a piece of cultivated land which is not producing what it could he made In d#\ if it worn nmnin'l v !?-> \ * -V " X/ ? V X/J^v I \ll (UIIV\I? 1 II deed, according to the department's specialists, drainage in the United States is only fairly begun, and its | immense possibilities are but little known. Lands that are too wet for the most profitable production of crops, such as wet level land, low spots, and the dry subsoils of flat areas on the summits of knolls, river and creek bottoms and peat bogs, should be drained . Even uplands may often be drained with profit, especially hillsides subject to erosion or inclined to be "spout." Indeed, drainage is profitable wherever it is necessary to the fullest Use of the land. It is not uncommon for lands, too wet for cultivation Ho> produce, when drained, 60 to TO bushels of corn or oats or from one to one and a half bales of cotton to the acre. On much of the drained land the incvmisn of virdd is from '2f? to 100 oer cent, and by the increased yield and decreased cost of cultivation the value of the land is often doubled. Drainage improves the physical con dition of the soil by making it more poms and friable. Thus stilY soils are made more easy to work. The roots of plants are given a greater feeding depth by the lowering of the water level and hence the ability of crops \o utilize moisture Is (nci'6AM><k \Velldrained soils also absorb more rainfall than undrained soils, thus decreasing erosion and damage by floods. Drainage warms the soil. Heat from the sun acts directly upon the soil when aecessivo moisture is removed by drainage. This is noticeable in the North, where the planting season is from one to two weeks earlier on drained land than on similar land when undrained. The danger of damage by frost both in the spring and in the fall is reduced. Warming of the Soil also causes the seed to germinate more rapidly, thereby giving a better stand of crops and causing the plants to grow more promptly. Drained lands can l>c plowed earlier :u the spring than undrained land. Crops can be cultivated sooner after rain, and if covered tile drains are used instead of open ditches machinoi'V r'jin lisrwl (^ Iwiflo > o/Kionfoi?n ! |? v V.^'V XI vx/ n/v VV^l ((\l VlUIUl^O and the cost of cultivation decreased. Health conditions are also improved by the drainage of swamps and standing water. The breeding places for mosquitoes are removed, with the consequent abolishment of malaria in the locality. The most practical drainage system is one that is adequate, permanent, uses the least possible land, and is not a hindrance to cultivation. The drains which empty into either open or closed outlets most nearly provide such a system. Hy the open ditch system much valuable land is occupied, the drainage is seldom through, and the ditches become filled and have to be cleaned out. Open ditches sometimes occupy as much as 10 per cent and fre quently f> per cent of the area drained. Thus it is that tile drains, while more expensive to install, are generally the most economical in the end. In laying out a drainage system, the outlet is the first consideration. On rolling or hilly lands channels have usually been washed out, although they may need to he straightened and cleaned out. On low, level land it is usually necessary to dig open ditches, and they should he straight and deep, since curves check the flow of water, while in a deep ditch water generally flows more rapidly and less vegetation is likely to be present . The outlets should bo deep enough to take care of the flow from branch drains, which may necessarily be placed low to secure sufficient fall. Open ditches work well with a drop of 4 feet to the mile, although some, of necessity, have no more than 1 foot (Continued on Page Seven.)