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/ \ ' ? ur?T tttvtv yxyvi DEMO? ; STR A TION WORK DEVELOPS Loca! leadership Among the People of Any Community LARGE GAINS IN COUNTY MEMBERSHIP Schools Aid in the Movement-Instruction in Canning Wanted Homo demonstration work carried on by representatives of the United States Department of Agriculture, cooperatng with the State agricultural colleges through an organization composed of the people of Hie community was undoubtedly much better understood at the end of J 020 than it was the year previous. People began to have a greater sense of their responsibilities with regard to the problems of better living. The relation of food 1 / i li n %Y* n ?l/.4 K...? i ~ vw i i .< . ii i > i j run. n;it\ , u i l() health and economy, of improved household conditions and conveniences to living; standards, appears to have been more clearly appreciated. Large (Jains in County .Membership. The proof of this is the increased number of rural women who acted as local leaders of demonstrations or who lent their support, encouragement. and personal interest to home demonstration work in the counties. Membership in the county extension organization increased in practically every state?in several sUites as much as 50 per cent. All states in the North and West report work in 1920 in some phase of clothing, nutrition, and home management work. Food preservation was a project in every state but one, health in all but two, and food production by women, especially poultry improvement wa. : _ i . . i : l . . l I \\r^ .i earned on us m.icuc - in an and Middle States, according to Cir. ITS, Status and Results of Homo Demonstration Work, Northern and Western States, 1920, just issued by the United States Department of Agriculture. Tiie problems of food, clothing, care of elti -Iron, the comfort of the home and the general business of *housekeeping confront every homemaker and every group of housekeepers in all parts of the country. The call for gi ii'.ar in clothing work in J9'?0 wrs ' o com! pel ling that clothing sp^c;m1 : -;1 : \1 ere added i.o exter don stall's of 1 ho agricultural colleges in a number of states. The circular pjc in1 - out that rura1 women do much of the family sowing. High prices of fabrics and of ready-made garments increased the amount of home sewing ill over the country, and farm women v arnly welcomed the assistance of t'ie home demot. Oration agent or state specialist. The fundamental idea underlying clothing demonstra Lion nas neon economy or tunc, ellort, money and material. Various phases of health work have | ]>eon carried on in every stale in cooperation with state boards of health, with county, school and Public Health Service officers, and in many instances with the Red Cross. Home nursing, sar.i'at'on, and various phases of child care, including nutrition, have been the projects of major importance. The circular calls attention to the fact that Massachusetts has done outstanding work *n dental hygiene. Schools Aid Work. While but little help in food preparaton has been desired, 1,717 communities have carried on work in food selectin, 1,890 have promoted the serving of a hot dish at noon in local schools, G03 have taken up work in child feeding proper, and 380 have carried on milk feeding demonstrations. The interest in child feeding has been due largely to the startling statistics accumulated during the past few years indicating the amount of malnutrition among American children of school and preschool ago. Observations reported by home demonstration agents and nutrition specialists indicate, according to the circular, that irregular habits, late and hurried breakfasts, cold^J.111 palatable and poorly selected school lunches 1 often only partially eaten, delayed chores, la<o hours, lack of sufficient] rest periods, and the common use of I tea and colVee by young children are I contributing causes to this prevalent condition of malnutrition. The country chid's diet has often boon found lacking in milk, fruit, and green vegetables. Sweets and pastry are often used in undue proportion, while poorly baked bread and scorched and greasy fried foods are erved more commonly than they should be. Home management, labor saving appliances, and household accounts) SHERIFF LEWIS ! GOES TO FLO YDS sueviIV .las. A. Lewis was called back into Floyds township Inst wcok in the matter of the Foley children,! whose custody was recently ordered to he taken away from Burroughs Strond And the children placed in one of the orphan asylums. Trouble had come up again in relation to the changing of the custody of these chil-! dren and the sherilV had to go up there to straighten this out. / \ I \ ero '.riven considerable attention, Poultry work was the major project in food production. Gardening, cheesemaking:, bee raising and small fruits interested the women in a few states. Putter making was increased as information spread on the need of butter in children's diet. Instruction in Canning Wanted. Meat canning with the pressure cooker was the principal development in food preservation work. Instruction in the canning of poultry was wanted wherever flocks wore culled. Community canning kitchens, which were closed following the armistice, reopened in twenty-one states. Cvmning in tin und co-operative buying of canning supplies also increased. Drying Was stimulated through samples of standard evaporated prod nets sent out by the Department of .Agriculture. Opinions frr.m all states show that in home demonstration work 1D1X was a year of emergency activities, 11)11) a year of transition, 11)20 a year of building for permanent work already under way. The development of strong local leaders, the part of the specialists in the program of work, the general interest in boys' and girls' clubs, and the outlook for 11)21 are all discussed fully in t he circular which is free upon application to the Department of Agriculture. CKMFNT WALKS Last week the town completed the new concrete sidewalk all the wa. '" om the corner at the Conway Mcth>'!ist Church to the" corner of the ; operty of W. A. Freeman, at Heat} ' rret. A hard walk was laid i; of the churcjj and adds much I.v. !'o appearance of the property. CREDITORS MEET The creditors of Thomas J. Pell net in Florence, S. C., on Tuesday of la t week and no claim was- filed gainst his estate except one by the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Com pain for a judgement taken against the bankrupt some years ago for a fertilizer debt. County Demonstration Agent W. O Davis has been a hard worker in helping along the movement to sign up 1he tobacco growers of this count; ;.n the co-operative marketing of that crow. Il( has put his time and experience 'it wrirk and to him, more than any one els ? is duo the success ihat the movement has had here. The farmerfc of this county are 'ohh.< the best they can to improv heir farms. They have built new honfes in a number of instances. In ofh( r ease thrv have cleaned up ne\ 1;'nd, du?r new ('inches and added nev barns and packing houses. All of 'l is will add to th- income for 1922. I JICE?)lJTL()OK I FOR NEW YEAR i Things Here Point to'Successful Operations During Year of IS??. enterprises"are' RUNNING ALL TIME New Manufacturing Plant Under Construction--Others in Contemplation jrf ho outlook for good business and hotter times, more like normalcy, . is very irood here considering the facts as they appear. All of the enterprises established here are running on about full time so far as we c,an learn. They have orders and are filling them. Among these are the Conway Lumber Company, Veneer Manufacturing Company, Ward-Bate Company, and a number of smaller concerns that nevertheless have done and are still doing a whole lot of business and a whole lot of good in the community. On the river side there is now in process of construction a new plant under the name of the W. IT. Winbourne Company and which will he engaged in the manufacture of lumber and wooden novelties. It will employ many hands to do the work as soon as it gets in operation. Some of he best business men of Conway are connected with this and they will make it go without question. Other enterprises are in contemplation. They have not started consi ruction and the particulars cannot yet be given out. They will become known in time. Prices of things have dropped, and while this has discouraged some of the farmers when selling the products of their labor, yet it must encourage them when they gc to buy the clothes 'they need or articles they cannot raise and must purchase in order 10 have them. Farmers are going into cooperative marketing. This groat movement in the interest of farmers is gaining rapid headway. Tt is the only way now for the farmers to do if they would make a living profit at what they do. Farmers are nlso learning how to live without cotton. It is easy for them' to do this in Horry County iiere there are plenty of good U> bacco lands. Taking everything into consideration the outlook is very bright in this section of the State! % CONWAY, S. 0., THURSDAY HORRY HERALD K BY GIVING AW What n Jin-eat many of the farmers of this county need to do is to read more. Pick out those who are the most progressive in any of our rural communities and they will he found to l?e the ones who read more than , the others. They are the ones who do more because they know more. Knowledge, when put into action be"omes power and power is a great thing on which every man and woman in the world should figure. Tho n VP I'M ivp f iivmov innct ? > nrx-l c? have his county paper in order to . keep up with the movements that are being made locally for his advancement and the advancement of his interests as a member of the community. Me needs also a good farm paper from which he c.un gain on ral information ab>ut what is do ing in agriculture. New methods as well as old are discussed in this from issue to issue. A good farm paper must come in for a shore of his patronage. It is worth many times what it cost. Outside of these he can, if he is able, take still .another newspaper of either state or national MUCH PLANT j FOOD WASTED Through Unwise Methods Used on the Farms by Tenants. STABLE MANURE AMD GREEN STUFF Commercial Fertilizers and Good Cultural Methods Are Things to Use. Richness and fertility arc often opposed to mean the same thing: when applied to soil, but there may < a wide fiilVerence, savs the United Stales Department of Agriculture. J The lii'ference is one that may mean] -access or i'ai tne :n crop production, j ; Some Rich Spoils Not Fertile* T?y fertility is meant the ability of t'".. soil to produce a good crop. A I soil is rich if il contains a consider!'!o (jnantity of each ,f the element reouired by the plant in the process of growth. Unless, however, these elements are available to the plant and the physical conditions of the i : i ' :><?!! cue such ;t-: to promote plant growth, the soil cannot ho said to I:<x Koi 1.i!o. Certain elements arc always wilable to the plant; others must oe acted upon l>y certain substances under suitable conditions to become available or soluble. A ten-ton crop of" sugar beets will require approximately thirty pounds i>r nitrogen, fourteen pounds of phosphorc acid and seventy-one pounds of potash; a twenty-bushel wheat crop will require approximately forty-o>< pounds of nitrogen, about thirteen i pounds of phosphoric acid and seven| teen pounds of -potash; a forty-bushel corn crop will require approximately fifty-six pounds of nitrogen, twentyone pounds of phosphoric acid and twenty-three pounds of potash; a twotwo clover crop will require approximately eighty-three pounds of nitrogen, eighteen pounds of phosphoric acid and eighty-eight pounds of potash. These elements are required by all field crops, and in addition, seven other elements are required in much smaller quantities. These elements are always present in agricultural xoils in larger or smaller quantities; ! the only question is as to the quail I tity of each and whether the elements are available to the plant. Soils may be rendered infertile through natural causes, such as leaching; and through artificial causes, such as single cropping, improper rotation and the improper proportion of live stock to crop production. One of the principal methods of increasing soil fertility is through addition of humus to the soil, either by stable manure or green crops plowed under. I .caching May Waste "Stable Manure Too much of the fertilizing properties of stable manure are wasted either by leeching in the barnyard or by evaporation when spread on the land and left on the surface. If the manure is spread and cannot l>e plowed under quickly it should be disced, unless the ground is frozen. If manure must be left on the surface of the field it is much better left in piles and spread just before it is plowed under. The effect of stable manure on the land , is cumulative and fre*<iuently is more marked with the sec( 1W] 4 i ii r* uiui ituji man wiui me first. ( reon crop's plowed under provide another source of ofl improvement. Such crops as peas, beans, clover and alfalfa are anion# the best for si pplyin# humus to the soil. These crops should be plowed under in the fall so as to have abundant* opportunity to , DROEMBrR, 29, 1.921. IELFS FARMERS 'AY FARM PAPERS . . A circulation, or both. If ho cannot take a he can take a weekly or emi-wcckly. Farm Paper Free. Tn onVr to aid in the spreading of knowlet'vr^ at a time when we need .mi tiir> inforjnation we can get, the Hera'd has arvan.'tod to give away a year's subscript ion to the Southern Agrieultui is* , 11 ii each yearly subscriptoii 1 tbo Herald, until the num*t>or or 200 have I ecu used up. This " as star-ted a ror vceks ago, and already a part of ti c 200 .are prone. wp want tho farmers and also business men to take up the rest of tlie 200 an ! thus the Herald-will have fur aished 200 copies of a pood farm paper to its own readers free of cost. All that is necessary is to pay $2.00 for a* year's subscription to the Herald .and say that you want * "''ee copy of iho Agriculturist. T:.c lierald is furnishing these until the 200 we bought are gone. Send in your two dollars now at tho beginning of the now year and b$gin readin;;- the farm news early. decay before the growing season begins the following spring. If a leguminous crop cannot be grown for green manure, other crops, such as oats, rye, barley, or even sorghum, may be used. The green crops will .add little material not already i:i the soil, but they may bring up needed elements from a considerable depth and when plowed j uguer ueposn; mom in soiume form in the sui face soil. For this reason deep rooed craps arc to bo preferred. If the required elements are not in < the soi or' are not readily available, Ihe need .should bo supplied by com-lercial fertilizers. The composition <>f tae fertilizer used will depend up requirements of li e cr pi- b !";own and upon the condition of th< soil which is used for crop nroduc i n V sugar beet cop. for instance, should iv. abundant potash, while for a wheM or corn crop attention should be given to the nitrogen supply. Fit Fertilizer to Soil Needs | A complete fertilizer consists of ni1 fr ger, pbophone a "id aid potash. j Materials cont fining these elements | n 'o mixed in different proportions for I diO'evont crops av>' >r different soil | requirements. It i'r .montly appears i j that a complete fertilizer i-; not rcI <|uired. For example, there may be present in the soil an abundant supply 'o'" available potash, but tho supply of nitrogen and phosphoric acid may be d'^i'Mont. In that vc:^o a fertilizer containing the re< mired amount of nitvopon red phosphoric .acid only should bo anplied. Under certain conditions comfnerfvi| fei'til-";,avs do no* seem, effective. This may be due to the fact that the fertilizing elements avo not used in proper proportions, or it may be due <o tho nhyscal conditions of <lio soil. The greatest benefits are obtained from commercial 'YHirers when the .oil is well supplied with humus. There should, of course, l>o a sufficient sunply of moi -ture to dissolve >nd hold in solutic > tl-o plant foods that are already present or that mav ho umplied in the form of commercial fertilizer. The benefits arising from 1he use of fertilizers, whether stable manure, green crops, or mineral coinpounds, are frequently noticeable over a period of several years; bonce, in estimating the value of a fertilizer the results of several seasons' crops should be taken into account. ENGLISH PEAS. Suggestions to Truckers and Market Gardeners. Clemson College?Many inquiries received by the horticultural division during the last few weeks in regard ! to host varities of English peas indicate that Keo;lish peas are going to he grown in some sections of South Carolina extensively ,as a truck crop, and by the market gardeners around the towns and cities of the state. Tn selecting varities it is accessary to secufe those that fire early, productive and hardy. While there are many desirable early varities. the three varities that have given most general satisfaction aro Thmnas ' "I m. Ma ka. and Philadelphia. Engli h peas for the early crop sh?" Id be planted during January gr early February. The land, after horourh preparation. is laul 0* in vows 3 feet wide, and an 8-4-fi ferii'iyeT i ; nnnlied in the drill. 1000 to I."000 pounds per aero. Tt is best to apply awl mix it with tho soil about too week before the seed aro planted. When hoavy applications of fertilizer are made and the seed dropped near iho fort.i'izor, there is clangor of 'ho socd being Villed by the ferirentat ion (' tho ili/or. This especially rue ir cottonseed meal is used. Two hv.shols ef FnglMi po.ns are usually required to plant an acre. Some grow* rs y.ant in double rows -paced 0 inches anai t with .SO inches hot a con each sot of double rows. This I ivethod seems to he g*r>.! n inin t -o the 'double rows of vine r.d to.support a jd hold oa< ; up. The sii.ivle row system is more nsily cultivated thru the d no' ? it vetmires about vv half hushel more peas per acre to nlant the douole 1 o\v system tlvin it does the single low. The seed should he planted in a furrow nt least 5 inches (loop. They \vi! tfcrmnate in cool weather and i^jikcs considerable root growth netoro mo pants appear above loo <nr aco o tlio s:t>iI. If the tops of tho slants aro killed by vory sever.* !l'oozos they will sprout njrain, and bo f'v >/,ino; o!T ?<f tho ion he no wa\ injures tho yield. if Ibo seod are covered only 2 inches there is danger of severe injnrv to the entire plant in case of severe freezes. Culti vat ion should I o shal'ow and frequent in order to maintain a soil lTMllch. I'auviish peas may he followed by siifb truck cops as beans, cucumbers, ton .atoes, nepners, etc. ON SHIPPIM; SWKKT POTATOES. Clemson Colle.ire.?South Carolina last season shipped her first sweet potatoes 1o nv.irket with the exception of three cars in 1010. In all i i\ty cars loft the -tale last season. ! The shipments did not bog'in until January when five or more cars moved. In February 10 were sent out, in March U>. in April 10, and in May 7. Practically all of those wont Nov'hei'n mm kots, and were packel. .r.'iauoa .and leaded under the super\ision of the Kxtension Service Collej.ro a.: demonstration shipments. 1>\ ' J1 cp"ofill loa*l>Mjr aul ?>aok inir of each ear, much was saved the hinnor.-; last oa or As an illu^ trat'on. one ear was not properly packed and lo.aded, since it was impossible for the dem< nstrators to roach this particular shipnintr point in time, an 1 as a result ? 1 Sn.OO was lost on this car alone. Tho shipments this season have a ready started anH sever'al will leave the state in the next two weeks, s.ays K. 1 i. Harkcy, ajrent in marketing, who uriros 1 he same care his season to prevent such losses as referred to above and to keep up a irood reputation in the markets. \ 11 j ? . i. .. A. .1 1 1 \l> S\\eei potatoes snoum ot? nnufully graded and sorted before shipi??? i>\ i\ll crates should be .well filled and handled to -prevent bruising. Before placing stock in the car the shipper should be certain that the car is free from salt, fertilizer, and other injurious chemicals, and is dry and free from leaks. BOOTH IS DEAD AT HOSPITAL tinners Loncj Time Following Operation for Amputation of Injured l ea N. E. LEWIS IS ~ CHARGED IN CASE Coroner L. W. Cooper Ho'ds an Inquest in the Country nt Booth's Home Memory TO. Booth, who was lingering at the hospital at Conway fot evera! weeks, following the amputation of his k g, died there at about o'cio'. A last Ki i<ia> night. ' ains were taken home by his father, Thomas K. Booth, and the interment took place in 11?< j country on last Saturday loiiowmg an inquest held by the coroner, L. YV. Cooper. Booth was injured or. November 20th, 1921, in th course of a difficulty which he had with Nathan E. Lewis. Nathan E. LcwLis had been away from home. When ho returned on that day, Memory E. Booth was there and had been there for some time before the former's return. Upon his return, Nathan K. Lewis busied himself in getting in firewood and was cutting some wood near the road not fai from his house when Booth went to 1 iin there and tho difficulty took place which resulted in tho injury of Booth. According to witnesses who were at tho house at tho time, there were no eyewitnesses to the affair, .1 doo-; not appear that Booth m!THo any statement before his death as to how it all occurred. following his ia.uay which oi & I .: 1 < w I I* <i /111 4 i.% Ill ln? ..... . .iwvtl U I It V ' H 111 II" Wil> taken to tho hospital for an opera tion. After the operation he ii proved for a time and it was ihoujv't that he would get well. On last Friday night he had an attack oi heart trouble and died almost at once. Coroner L. W. Cooper went to the Uooth hojne in the country and held an inquest on Saturday about the middle of the day. The jury found that he came to his doath from a> .vound inf'icted i>y Nathan E. Lewis, in* word* to that effect. Recently when it appeared tha1 Booth \ii'.'ht die from I lie effects of the operation, Nathan ll. Lewis wa !af(d in .[ail to await t.e outcome. Application will be made by at :rrj\(\s to obtain bail for him. / ; . NO. 37 CEMETERY WILL ... ROVED i Will Become 0 .0 of Most AtV? a:. - - ? ? u ctuive an i Artistic in State ENTRANCE WILL EE ORNAMENTED Two Walk Ways Will Enter the Cemetery--Plans Made to Employ Attendant Extensive improve nents in the Lakeside Omct? t y of Conway are n*ow in process of roli'/ition. When these are accomplished it is believed that this community will have one of the most artistic and attractive cemeteries in this sec ion of the state. The work is being' accomplished un!er he management of the Board of Cemetery Directors, mc lbers of which are. Dr. J. S. Dusenhury, D. T. McNeill and C. 11. Snider. Mr. Snider is in active charge of tho work and nlans. Through tho courtesy of F. A. Burroughs and D. M. Burroughs the. approach to tho cemetery will he much widened, sufficient footage on each side of tho present driveway being* donated to provide for widening tho same and for construction of side valks if desired. The present entrance to the cemetery will he moved forward some thirty feet or more jin'l "i g*ra<*ef.d semi-c?rc'lined with hed?;e plants and enclosed with a suiinble fence will extend toward the front. The entrance proper will he ornimented with handsome Egyptian vases and pedestals of commanding hoiirht which will serve as) receptacles for attractive vines. One each of tho-:o will stand on each side of the drive way. They will he ci.u'ht feet ap.ar4 and will lie connected with two four feet gates of suitable design. Two walk ways v ill enter the cemet^rv on each side of the drive way and the<e will he graced by a Grecian vase and pedestal on each side. These walks will be four feet in width and will be entered through proper gateways. ^ Four streels converge en the present center of the cemetery, which is in the form of a hollow souare. Tn this center a neatly designed octaoronal summer house wil be erected. Vines will be trailed iver this and a border of flowers will surround the structure. This trellised shelter will 'and in the center of the hollow square. Sufficient space will be reserved surrounding this summer house to pcvmit the circling: of hearses an*1 other vehicles. The present implement house which iMnd^ immediately on the or the ontra.nce and wlu'ch has. never been in keepi:m; with: the natural beauty of the cc letery has been moved to the extreme corner on 'he ri'vht of the front side of the cemetery. This will make the approach much more open ar.d n\ iM gave an unobstructed view of the entire hill side. This approach, under tli^ plans of' the hoard, will he very phasing. The driveway bordered by a lano of water oaks will ho flanked on each side by walkways. Those will lead directly up to the -emi-circulrr entrance in the center of which stand the artistic concrete vases which command the annroaeh. The hoard plans to have the various plots iti tho cemetery regularly mowed and cleaned of grass and weeds. Those who own plots have been writton in regard to this matter and asked to contribuo the sum of three dollars yearly to defrav tie expense of this work. This will not include tho planting or trimming of hedges surrounding or within the lots. For the payment of an additional sum the lot owners may have hedges planted and kept neatly trimmed. The plans of the hoard involve considerable expense. This must he met largely by owners of lots and others interested. It is believed that all the citizens of the town will endorse in a substantial way plans of the board t > rive the town a resting place for the dead in keeping artistically with the solemn purpose of the place. Much VP 1 liable tilllP Inst in hunt. hip; in this county. Wo have known the time when farmers complained that th. could not employ farm labor because the filling lured all of the women and boy. a^ well as many of the workimr merf, into the creeks and vivers. There '; need of recreation it; thi life of any man ov woman, but we rea'ize" that many of them overdue this. COTTAGES DONE WELL IS SUNK The four cottages of W. 1?. Chestnut hr>\^ m.11 been completed and are now nil occupied by tenants. l ''-t w^k :rn artcsi n well was sunk th? property and has been piped it s \ ',vood water U- finnished to Mich of the cottages. The cottages all front on 3rd Avenue.