The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, January 04, 1917, Page THREE, Image 3
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Save a supply of "
good cotton seed
High Prices Are Causing Far1
mers io Want to Sell
to Mills
ALL KINDS LIKELY
VERY SHOaT IN SPRING
Early Maturing Long Staple
Varieties Should be Saved
For Planting.
The Bureau of Plant Industry,
"United Staler Department of Agriculture,
has issued the following
statement advising cotton growers
to make certain of that supply ol
seed for planting.
All kinds of cotton seed are likely
to be scarce at planting time next
spring. The unprecedented prices,
now being paid at the oil mills may
tempt many farmers to cut dowr.
their reserves of planting- seed or to
sell all of it, perhaps with the idea
of being able to buy seed of a better
variety for only a little more than
the mills arc now paying for ordinary
gin-run seed. While it is always
desirable to replace an inferior
slock with a better one, it would be
well to make sure of the good planting
seed as soon as possible.
Supplies of pure seed are always
inadequate, and the department frequently
has to tell many correspondents
who ask where pure seed
of superior varieties can be purchased
that no more is in sight. Although
special efforts are made to
keep in touch with farmers who are
maintaining pure stocks of any of
the varieties that have been distributed
by this department, all such
stocks are usually exhausted before
the planting season arrives.
Special Demand for Long-Staple
Another danger to the seed supply
lies in the possibility that growers
who have good seed of superior
varieties may think it easier to sell
it at once to the oil mill instead of
holding" it to sell for nlantinv Thi?
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is a special danger in connection
with.the new early-maturing longstaple
varieties. As only limited
supplies of good seed of these varieties
are in existence, it may be
urged that all of this should be saved
for planting purposes. There is
an active and rapidly increasing demand
for the longer staples, with no
immediate prospect of overproduction.
The present demand is likely
to increase as fast as the supply, if
the production of such cotton can be
established on an adequate scale, so
that manufacturers can have the
same confidence in being able to secure
stocks of long staple cotton that
they have with short staples.
At the present time the supply of
long-staple cotton, especially that
from 1 3-16 to 1 1-2 inches in length,
is much below the demand. This
fact is reflected in the large premiums
now being paid for these extra
staples. Prices are now higher
than at any time in the history of
cotton production.
New Areas of Long-Staple Production.
The new early-maturing longstaple
varieties which are proving
successful in meeting the boll weevil
conditions in the Delta region ol:
Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansnv
nvn nnmino1 ir?fr? nn<
' v vx/iiiiii^ jiivw V. UIH t(ltiv/|| V/ U t
side this former center of longstaple
production. Three other
areas now offer especially promising
prospects of an increased planting
of these cotton?southeastern Virginia
and adjacent regions of North
Carolina,, northern Mississippi, ana
western Tennessee, and the Red
River Valley of northeastern Texas.
While equally favorable conditions
are probably to be found in other
States, the experiments that have
been carried on for several years in
the districts mentioned have shown
the practical possibilities of prof
dusing satisfactory crops of longstaple
cotton in ordinary seasons. In
each of these areas yields of more
than a bale per acre have been obtained
for several of the early longstaple
varieties now being grown?
Columbia, Foster, Express, and Durango.
New Early-Maturing . Long-Staple
Varieties.
The development by the Department
of Agriculture of these earlymaturing
varieties has entirely
changed th? prospects of production
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o.i' long-staple fiber in hte American
cotton belt, both inside and outside
the areas infested by the boll
weevil. The old long-staple varieties,
such as Allen, Sunflower, Klorodora,
and numerous others, we! e
often s0 late in maturing that they
could not be considered a safe crop
except in the more southern districts,
and even there the yields
frequently were very small. The
chances of good crops were still further
reduced when the weevils came,
and most of the long-staple planters
turned to short staples or abandoned
cotton altogether.
The new long-staple varieties have
no relation to the old ones. They
were developed from different stocks
and have distinct botanical characters
and habits of growth. In their
general appearance, size of bolls, and
ability to mature in short seasons
they are much more like the shortc4
u%\ln irn itintino . C i-l>/\ n /#? i
oinjjiu voiicvici}, nunc u i uic
cultural drawbacks of the old longstaple
varieties applies to these r.ew
sorts, which are now being planted
to advantage in many parts of the
cotton belt. The best prospects of
utilization lie with organized communities
devoted to the production
of a single variety, because it is only
in such communities that slocks of
pure seed are likely to be maintained.
This precaution is especially
necessary with long-staple cotton, ::i
order to preserve uniformity and
thus secure the highest prices foi
both the lint and the seed.
Descriptions of New Varieties.
Four early-maturing long-staple
varieties bred by the Department of
Agriculture are now grown on a corn
mercial scale. Three of these, Co
'umbia, Foster, and Durango, have
been sent out through the congressional
seed distribution, while a
fourth variety, called Express, is being
planted under special conditions
in the bottom lands of Mississippi.
The Columbia variety, also known
as Webber, has proved to be weil
adapted to South Carolina and adjacent
States. It was developed by selection
from an eastern short-staple
variety and is as early and prolific
as most of the eastern short-staple
sorts. The staple has a length c.1
3-16 to 1 5-16 inches, uniform, and
of good quality. The center of production
is in the region of Hartsville,
in Darlington County, S. C..
where the variety was bred. Columbia
has also done well in western
Tennessee, but is not advised for the
drier conditions often encountered
farther west, though often giving
good results i? favorable seasons.
The tendency under the western conditions
is to produce very dense foliage
and mature only a small crop.
Foster is a medium long-staple variety,
producing fiber of from 1 1-2
to 1 3-8 inches, early enough to give
profitable yields under boll-weevil
conditions. It has been grown very
successfully in Mississippi and Louisiana
and appears to be the best
substitute for the old late-maturing
"Peeler" varieties in the region
where these were grown.
Express was developed in northern
Texas and is an extra-early variety,
but no general distribution was made
on account of features that seemed
likely to attract unfavorable attention,
such as small bolls, low percentage
of lint, and lack of uniformity.
Nevertheless, good results have been
reported in Mississippi, and the variety
may have value for rich bottom
lands where cotton usually- grows
rank and ripens late, but it is not
recommended for other parts of the
country.
Durango is a newly acclimatized
Mexican variety, bred at first in
Texas, but now proving to be adapted
to a wide range of conditions in
other States. Durango is distinctly
earlier than Columbia and has given
better results than other long-staple
varieties in the irrigated sections of
the Southwest, and in the upland
districts of the Southeast. Even as
far north as Norfolk, Va., it has
been grown on a commercial scale
for the last five years, about 1,600
acres being planted in the season of
1916. Durango is very prolific, frequently
outyields short-staple varieties,
and often shows a higher outturn
at the gin, the per centage being
usually above 30, often 32 to 34.
The lint attains a length of 1 1-4
inches under favorable conditions,
has a distinctive quality, and has
found a ready market, with substantial
premiums above the regular
prices for short cottons. Some 20,000
bales have been grown in the
Imperial Valley of California this
season, and are now being sold at
prices around 30 cents a pound.
O. F. COOK,
Bionomist, in charge of
Crop Acclimatization Investigations
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Up to Him.
The Lord sends the sunshine and
the rain, but the farmer must do his
own plowing.?Christian Herald.
HE HORRY HERA LJ
Dicky's hew Year
I
Bow Be Came (o Attend the
Brown Folks' Party.
DICKY sprawled ungracefully on
the floor, and at times ue bestowed
a sly and naughty kick
upon the unresisting legs of a
chair thut stood near him. His first
Impulse was to feel sorry for doing
this, his secoud to look uround and see
If any one had noticed this little outburst
of temper.
It may be that the Christ-nas festivities
of a few days before had been
too much for him: but. whatever it was,
Dicky was certainly cross and Inclined
to weep easily.
However, neither his mother nor his
Aunt Gertrude noticed how he kicked
the chair nor the way he scowled upon i
the world In general from under Ids
tawny curls. They were absorbed in
their preparations for entertaining the
guests of thut evening, and for ouce
Dicky was forgotten.
"If I was going to have a party ami
Invite all the people In the world I'd
invite my own little boy, Dicky, too
I wouldn't leave hiiu out," quoth Dicky
out of the silence.
"What's that V" asked his mot hot*
j eareleswly, absorbed In her own
thought*. "No. no. Dicky: this is a par
ty for mother's and fa titer's friends
Von wouldn't enjoy it."
"Oh. but I do want to come." persist
ed Dicky "I've heard you all talking
' ahout it. and I waut to see tltv new
year come in the window."
"What Ih the child talking ahout?"
asked his aunt.
"The new year It's coming in the
window, and I Ilea I'd mot iter toll how
you were all going to open It to wel- i
come ii in." replied Dicky, somewhat
impatient at his aunt for not under
standing so obvious a meaning.
"Nothing will come In at the win
dow, dear." said Ids mother gently.
"It's just a pretty custom. There will
not he anything for you to see. and
you will he much happier upstairs in
your nice warm bed."
Dicky wept a little at the time, and
when the hour came for'bed under the
stern eye of his father lie rehelliously
consented to he tucked In by Ids nurse,
although not without further remonstrances.
finding them of no avail, he
sobbed his woes into his pillow, while
his fa tiier and mot Iter went below to
'receive their guests.
11 y making a brave resistance to the
HrniVuilliiWU f h?i f It'll o Ifttir in w\n
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Dicky managed to keep awake until
the party had assembled In the parlor
below. Then he crept out of bed and
hung over the banisters, eagerly trying
to catch sight of the brilliant people in
the gathering. A man passed along
the hall Dicky thought it might be
his father and scampered back to bed
again as fast as his little bare feet
would carry him. And then without
more ado he soon fell asleep, "the
world forgetting, by the world forgot."
Downstairs the hours passed merrily,
and the old year drew to a happy
close. First there were only fifteen
minutes of it left; then there were only
ten. Finally the old year had but five
short periods, counting sixty seconds
each, to live. The men and women
gathered together showed nothing of
the solemnity that underlies the merriment
of all such gatherings. Four
minutes, three minutes, two minutesall!
They turned from the windows
in surprise to see Dicky standing in
the doorway.
He was not dressed for the party,
and his little nightgown afforded scant
protection against the drafts of the
lower room. He was not expected at
the party, either, and the expression
on his father's face suggested that ho
was not even welcome there. These
considerations might have disturbed
an adult guest, but they mattered little
to Dicky.
He did not look or speak to any one.
Ordinarily his father's sternness would
have sent him with a headlong rush to
the protection of his mother's arms.
Turning neither to the right nor to the
left, he went to the window, and, although
his eyes were closed, his little
j hands unlocked the catch that fastened
it and opened the great casements
without a mistake or hesitation.
Ills mother, choking hack a cry, took
a furred wrap and went to cover him.
His father looked, half in fright, at ids
brother, who was standing near.
"Be careful not to wake him suddenly."
said Dr. Tom. "He's walking in
his sleep!"
He raised the child gently in his arms
and held him in the full blaze of the
great chandelier, but Dicky's closed
eyelids never quivered as the light
struck agninst them.
When he opened his eyes he was
amazed to And himself at the party
after all, surrounded by men and women,
who all said cheerfully, "A happy
New Year to you, Dicky, dear!"
He was too drowsy to be frightened,
but as his father carried him back to
bed the child heard the great bells of
the city calling out to bim:
"A happy New Year, Dicky, dear,
and many of them!"
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HOW TO CHECK THAT COLD.
When it is*painful to breathe and
fever sends chills up and down your
back, you are in for a cold. A timely
dose of Dr. Bell's Pine Tar Honey
will stop the sneezes and sniffles.
The pine balsam loosens the phlegm
and clears the bronchial tubes, the
honey soothes and relieves the sore
throat. The antiseptic qualities kill
the germ and the congested condition
is relieved. Croup, whooping cou^h
quickly relieved. All Druggists, 25c.
) and chronic bronchial affections
D, CONWAY, 8. 0.
ENERGY IS WASTED
SPENT WITH WORRY
Save Your Nerves for the
Thick of the Task
Only.
Consider the automobile. When
the car is going to stand still foi
more than a few minutes the drivci
stops the engine. By doing this h<
saves gasoline, oil, ai d above all,
useless wear and tear on the machinery.
If he lets the engine "run idle '
i e has wasted a lot of valuable material,
shortened the life of his engine
and in the meantime the automobile
hasn't budged an inch.
The birds build nests for the preUv_.\n
of their young against thej
weather; tire foxes dig holes for se-j
curity against Iocs; the squiirels kyj
by store? of ruts against the coming
of winter; and dogs bury bone;
agairsv the v. / when b mcs will bo
scarce. There n.vo the manifestations
o'" a normal protective instinct arismct'
fvnttt il?l v l>M iV n/?n of mono
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many generations. So far as is
known though, no biiv. ever tried to
build more nests than hi'?. neighbor,
no fox ever fretted because he enl>
had one hole in which to hi ie; no
squirrel ever died of anxiety \ si he
should not lay by enough r.u.o foi
two winters instead of for one; and
no dog ever lost any sleep over the
! fact that he didn't have enoughi
bones laid aside to provide for i.
I declining years.
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This protective instinct is also j
present in the human mind and when
properly directed is a great source
ov prosperity both to the individu 1
and the nation. In order for man tc:
store up and lay by, to gain advance- |
nient either in honor of materia',
things, it is necessary that he take
some forethought of the morrow
but just so soon as ho carries thLbeyond
the normal point the mental
process becomes an exaggerated and
1 abnormal one. The normal protcc!
tive instinct is stimulated by a normal
fear of those events which are
reasonably sure to happen in the future
unless means are adopted
against them. The moment that this
fear becomes abnormal or exaggcr
|ated it over stimulates this proteo
i tive instinct and to nil ffnnrl nnvniici.
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because it results in worry. This
worry continues long after the necessity
for the normal stimulus of
l fear has passed, with the result tha*.
there is an impairment in mental
power and a dissipation of the ner
1 vous forces. In other words, the
I n\ental engine has been "lunnir.g
j idle" and at the same time delivering
! no propulsive power. In fact, worry
is an abnormal state.
Not all worry is preventable but
for the most part it can be avoided.
Most of our fears are never realized,
j and as a rule, if we meet our troubles
day by day as they come without
I worrying about them before they
arrive or fretting over them after
I they have passed, we will find that
wc have the strength to rise above
them. Worry undermines the health
to a certain extent. It really weakens
the mental forces by tiring them
out by doing nothing. Usually the
relief from wnvvv roufo wJfV?
- TW * j *. %/M VU TV till tlic V IV"
tim of this unhappy habit himself,
but sometimes the real causes are
not the ones which seem to explain
the condition and we must go deep
I into our lives or have the assistance
of those who are skilled in unraveling
mental processes.
! The best antidote for worry is a J
change of mental occupation, a getting
away from the scenes which
provoke worry, exercise in the open
air, a good book, a pleasant recreation,
or a temporary change of occupation.
As a matter of mental
[health every sufferer from this unfortunate
condition owes it to himself
to discover some simple means
of getting away from this habit
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wnicn is destructive to health an?*
peace of mind alike.
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PLAN TO RESUME
RAILWAY INQUIRY
AFTER MARCH 4TH
agreement, nowever, that many of the
Jlflleulties which confront th? railroads !
and which make It impossible for them 1
to meet the requirements of the na I
t ion's commerce promptly and satlsfac- >
torily arise from the haphazard and,
often conflicting measures of regulation
that have been adopted from time to
I time by the federal government and the
forty-eight states and that what is
needed is a well ordered, systematic
scheme of federal regulation that shall
cover the whole country and make it
possible for the railroads to provide the
extensions and improved facilities so
badly needed, while at the same time
i protecting fully the public lnterestsA___d
TO INCREASE THE
HONEY PRODUCTION
Clmnson College, S. C.?The beekeepers
of South Carolina numbering
12,528, own 75,422 colonies of bees,
irowi wnich they secure a return of
6511,119 pounds of honey valued at
$78,930 or $1.04 per stand, according
to figures of the United States bu
roan of Entomology. This return <
named above is on an investment of
* l .47, per stand, according to the
igures of the beekeepers themselves
given the enumerators of the censu..
While this appears to he a very
good return for the amounts invested,
the adoption of modern method*
cf beekeeping would increase this re
turn greatly. The change of bees t
movable frame hives, the prevention
of excessive swarming and o-tlie
d mn methods have prove i them
:o!vts for the department ar.d hund.
.cds of beekeepers over the country.
To got South Carolina beekeepcrr
and apiarists in the fifteen southern
states to become modern hooV^n^s
the dcpartn.eni of agriculture plans
to do a considerable amount of extension
work in the near future
North Carolina and Tennessee hav
ing already secured bee experts t
further the work in their states. I'
is hoped other States will take ad
vanta e of this and begin beekeep
i::g extension work to improve api- '
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^uuului i ui tiiiiuu:.
Any further information in refer
once to any branch of beekeeping |
v. ill bo furnished by the Extension |
Division of Clemson Co'loge, which J
is perfecting a cooperative arrange J
meat with the Division of Entomol
I ogy of Clemson College and the U.
S. Department of Agriculture.to car
vy on tMs work.
UGH! CALOMEL MAKES
YOU DEATHLY SICK
Stop using dangerous drug before
it salivates you!
It's horrible!
I
You've bilious, sluggish, constipated
and believe you need vile, dangerous
calomel to start your liver and
| clean your bowels.
Here's my guarantee! Ask your
druggist for a 50 cent bottle of Hudson's
Live Tone and take a spoonful
tonight. If it doesn't start your
liver and straighten you right up
better than calomel and without grip
i ing or making you sick I want you
to go back to the store and got your
money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you feel weak and sick and nauseated.
Don't lose a day's work. Take
a spoonful of harmless, vegetable
Dodson's Liver Tone tonight and
wake up feeling great. It's perfectly
harmless, so give it to your chill
dren any time. It can't salivate, so
let them eat anything afterwards.?
adv.
MAKEYOUifpUTTY
EASILY AT HOME
I
Clcmson College, S. C.?Get som>
I bolted whiting and linseed oil of J
your drug store man and for a small
| sum you can make some of the finest
ikind of putty with which you can reputty
your sashes. This will be a
fine little job when the winter is
coming on and when you haven't so
very much to do.
Mix the whiting and linseed as
thick as you can stir. As your stir
add more whiting and when the
batch becomes thick enough oil your
hands and work the putty just as
a housewife deos when she kneeds
1 l ' *r
ner oread. Keep on adding the whiting
until the putty has the proper
consistency and does not stick to the
hands.
Wlhen reputtying the old sash,
first remove all the old loose putty
and then prime over the bare wood
with lead and oil paint. When dry
apply the putty. If sash are puttied
without priming first the wood ab-u
sorbs the oil from the putty and the
putty soon peels off again.
COLDS & LaGRIPPE
R or 6 doses 600 will break
any case of Chills & Fever, Colds
& LaGrippe; it acts on the liver
better than Calomel and does not I
THRKB
GREAT IMPROVEMENT
WiTH COUNTY AGENTS
Improvements in Farming
Methods Due to Demonstration
Activities
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4.i?.
SPECIFIC STATEMENT
OF RESULTS OBTAINED
Local Associations of Farmers
Are Now Taking* Greater
Part in Work. , f*
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Through development of in.proved
organization and the growth of
more ocnnKe p?ojeot system the Of*
(ice of kxtemion Work in the North
u.vd West carried its demonstration
activities inVo closer relations to the
I * i ?v v k at needs o': liif farmers ot ihc;
vi'.'ijk'n outii.g vac past year, according
to tr.c a.mual revolt of the S'.utv.-*
Kviutiv>'..s Service o. the department.
i+jc:u associations of farmers
ook a grenecr part ;n the work end
move i.vti r.doa was devoted to
studies of .oca) wcr.cra-c facts upon
which to develop demonstrations of
V-ovraancnf value. Extension work in,
.ho special interests of farm women
was undertaken in the territory unv.ei
th oi.i e. aim ... mm uer of women
agents wire placed i.i the field.
am.v,.., the specn.c results from
he county-agent work of the Office
ter.sioi": Work in the North and
\Vcs. il.ti r?g tne year v?c.ei
Yields of corn in fields managed
as demonstrations under supervision
of tne county agents increased on an
average 12.8 bushels per acre over
tiie average yieid for the region.
Yields of wheat in fields managed
d? v> ,'s* rat ions increased 8.4 bush
v 1 c uer p. vc.
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Yields of Oats in lie s managed as
demonstrations inert used 11.7 bushj
Is per ukre.
Alfalfa was introduced on 11,311
farms.
Several seme registered stallions
and rams and seven al bundled registered
buds ar.d boa's were placed on
farms.
Neany a thousand fic.e buds no
longer useful ii: their comrnu.Jtics
because of danger of iimreedin.j
were saved f *orn the block and trans
j ferre-il to other communities,
t One hundred and forty-thre3 cowtesting
assoiiatioi s, DO live-stock
J breeding sj isolations, and 142 hog
cholera eo .tiol associations were organiuod.
More than 200 000 hogs were vaccinated
against cholera.
Better farm management was promote*!
through assistance given to
farmers in determining the factors
that make for success or failure in
farm enterprises.
Farmers' exchanges and cooperative
marketing associations were organized
and effected large savings
to members.
Three hundred and twenty-one
water-supply systems were introduced
into farm homes.
Club work was carried on with
more than 209,000 boys and girls.
Over 24,000 of these engaged in
profit-making projects, producing
over $509,000 worth of food products.
The club work was placed on a
more permanent basis as an extension
agency, and boys and girls are
now enrolling to pursue the work for
a series of years.
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i a liiv UK HULL WEEVIL
Convention to lie Held at Lexington
in January.
Lexington.?Under the auspices
of the Bank of Western Carolina a
big boll weevil convention will be
held in the county court house on
January 12, and among the speakers
will be Gov. Richard I. Mannning,
who headed the commission which
visited the boll weevil sections several
weeks ago, and who is considered
an authority on this time on the
subject. There will be many other
speakers of prominence?men who
iiutc 1^1 veil unit? ana study to the
question, and the attendance of farm
era is expected to be very large.
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We pretend to know what life is?
yet no man can explain ita mystery.
A mL m*Sml mill! I Up* Um
Bern mSm mr BUM fta Staaa*.
la jfldMos to other properties* Lax-Foe
contains Cascara in acceptable form* a
stimulating Laxative and Tonic. Lax-Foe
acts effectively and does not gripe roc
disturb stomach. At the same time, it ails