The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, June 08, 1922, Image 8
START A FIGHT
ON WEEVIL NOW
Boll Weevils Do Not Kill Cotton
Plants as Insinuated
SQUARES FORMING NOW
First Application of Poison can
he Made With a Cheese
Cloth Bag
By C. A. Wlr'itle
Soil Improvement Committee
"When do cotton squares begin to
form?" This is a question which we
now fear 'not many farmers can answer.
A few days ago the ..( ie'* stated
in an article that the time to begin
a fight on the weevils was just before
the squares begin to form.
"When is that?" has been the surprising
response.
Farmers have not had occasion to
study the growth habits of cotton
closely, but scientists have, and
hence we turn to scientists to find out
when the cotton plants begin to form
squares.
In Bulletin 10s of the Georgia experiment
station Dr. H. C. White of
the University of Georgia tells us
that cotton planted on April 20 pro
riuced its first form or squares on
June 9. That would make 41 days
after planting; time, but Dr. White
watched closely and observed that
they set squares on an average of
thirty-four days after the seed began
to sprout.
This cotton had .its first bloom on
July (>, or 27 days after the first
square was formed. The first open
boll was on September 1.
Thus it will be seen that the time
is near when the squares or forms appeal*
on the cotton, which is the time
when the boll weevils begin to do
damage.
Reports have been sent out that the
boll weevils were killing young cotton.
Such reports are, of course,
without foundation. Boll weevils do
not kill cotton. If any insect is killing
young cotton plants it is not the
boll weevil, for the weevil destroys
only the cotton squares and bolls.
This it does by it* breeding habits
and not by its feeding habits. The
fact is that when weevils destroy the
squares the growth that would have
gone into the squares goes into the
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than the plant not infested with
weevils.
Therefore, boll weevils do not kill
cotton plants hut indirectly promote
their vegetable growth.
It is found that it is diffcult to convince
farmers that the boll weevil is
harmless until squares begin to form
and also that boll weevils cannot reproduce
until they can lay eggs in the
squares .
If they would understand this a
great deal of their present uneasiness
would be allayed. Therefore, we emphasize
again that boll weevils are
not now doing any damage to cotton. I
They have no way of doing damage.
They do not destroy cotton by feeding
and there will be no damage until
squares form, in which squares they
can lay eggs that hatch out into
worms, and until the worms or immature
weevil begins to food.
Again let us emphasize that the bol!
weevil is not now producing young.
The small weevils are mature. They
are runts. When a farmer learns
more about bol! weevils he will know
that weevils change color as they
grow older. The young are pinkish
brown, the middle age brownish black,
and the older are grayish. See if
you can find any other than grayish
weevils in your cotton before squares
form, and be convinced.
It* cotton was planted in April it
is apparent that now or within a few
days is the time to poison the old
weevils on the cotton before they have
;t In c-Aiioi'flu
For the general guidance of the cotton
farmer we would say that tlie
application of poison to kill old weevils
should he made from thirty-live
to forty days after planting.
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house is owned and oper,
I and I lorry counties, and 1
J friends know that their hoi
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Let US say again what was said iii
.1 previous article: There is 110 Rood
reason for putting more than one application
of poison on young cotton
before squares form. One will do
the work if it is put on at the time
indicated. If put on earlier it will
miss some of the weevils that have
not come out from their winter quarters.
Of course, if a heavy iiin comes
>long within twenty-four hours after
the poison is 'put on, then another
-hould be made at once. If the poison
is 011 the cotton twentv-four houis
before a rain comes it will have done
its work.
This first application of poison as
previously stated can he made with a
heesecloth bag, fertilizer horn with
'heesecloth over the end, or other
simple device. Two to three pounds
~?f calcium arsenate will treat an acre
>f small cotton, but do not lie stingy
with it. See that a little lust cloud
-ettles over the entire cotton plant.
One man ought to cover five ac.e> a
day.
Again we would emphasise that this
one application of poison must not bo
confused with those made after tl.e
squares form. The prison must then
be dusted on with special machines
for the purpose. Whether one is going
to use machines and poison the
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squares, it will pay to make this one
application of poison.
From fertilizer tonnage reports
there are indications that the cotton
crop has not been as well fertilized
as normally. If cotton farmers are
able to buy more fertilizers and intend
to make a side application, then
they should act quickly. If the fide
application cannot be made shortly
after the cotton is chopped out, don't
make it at all.
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HOW Hi: N.I AM IN FRANKLIN
WON SUCCESS
In the early days when young Benjamin
Franklin was struggling to get
a foothold in Philadelphia, shrewd
business men there predicted?even
when he was eating, sleeping, and
printing in one room?that he had a
great future because he was working
| with all his might to get up higher
and he carried himself in a way that
gave confidence
Everything he did was done so
well, with such ability, that it was a
prediction of very much larger things.
When he was only a journeyman
printer he did his work so much better
than others and his system w^s so
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nucii ih'uit man otners anoui mm,
and his system so much superior even
to his employer's, that people predicted
he would some day have the business
which went to that firm?which
lie did.
No one gets very far, or expresses
meat power, until he catches a
glimple of his higher self?until he
feels that the divinity which is stirring
within him and which impels
him on the way of his ambition, is
an indication, a prophecy of his ability
to reach the ideal which haunts
him.?The New Success.
What Franklin did you can at least
partly do.
Character is more than money.
I have known a man to come into
my office and 1 have given him a
check for $1,000,000 and I knew that
ho had not a cent in the world * * *
I Character is before money or property
or anything else. Money cannot
buy it.?J. I'ierpont Morgan.
Nothing has proved more conclusively
the resourcefulness of the women
of South Carolina than their unprecedented
initiative in the business
world during the strenuous years of
1921 and 1!)22. They have not only
pursued the various old lines of work
with energy and determination, but
are constantly developing successfully
new fields of endeavor. They
are in the promotion of the flower
industry of the state, appealing to
the aesthetic side of our nature while
going about the prosaic business of
helping to make a living.
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Make ready ;for the press association
when they pass through Conway
on Juno 21 bv cleaning tin tbo vavH?
the vacant lots, the sidewalks, the
streets.
VIULLINS, S. C.
Will Sell
ick W arehouse Comnanv. \\r
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>ee section know that the Bri<
ated by seventy of the Host fa
vve take this method of letting
jse will be open as usual to sell
lent O'DE
Mullins, S. C.
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THE HORRY HERALD, CON\
CLUB MEMBERS'
SUMMER COURSE
Begins at Winthrop College on
June 9th - - Lasts i
Six Days
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The state short course for home j
demonstration club members of South
Carolina will be held jat Winthrop |
College on June 9 to 15 inclusive.
About 400 women and girls from j
every part of the state are expected .
to attend. Five women and five girls
are sent from each county, these delegates
being selected for excellence
in Home demonstration work and their ]
ability as leaders. In addition to the (
regular delegates the county farm
women's councils will send special ,
representatives.
An interesting and instructive program
has been arranged by the state '
v i > ? <
iiuiih- ueiiuui>uiuu'u an<t ner
assistants. Prominent demonstrators
and lecturers from all parts of the '
country will he on the program. (
Among the speakers are Dr. C. B. .
Smith, O. B. Martin and Miss Florence
Ward from the United States
Department of Agriculture, Washing- '
ton, D. C. Dr. Ruby Green Smith,
associate state home demonstration 1
leader, New York state, Dr. Leon C.
Palmer, general superintendent, South
Carolina Sunday School Association; '
Mrs. Chauncey B. McDonald, secre- '
tary, S. C. Tuberculosis Association;
and Dr. L. A. Riser, of the state
board of health. Demonstrations '
along many lines of homemaking will (
he given by the specialists and the
county home demonstration agents.
Recreation will he an important
feature of the program. A trained J
director will have charge of the work
in the gymnasium, including drills,
games, folk dancing and swimming.
R. E. Mell of the Rock Hill Y. M. C.
A. will conduct the community sing- '
ing each evening. In addition to tho
entertainments mentioned above there
will he moving pictures, parties and
"stunts."
A feature of special interest to the
girls will he the course in health education,
conducted by Miss Harriett
Wedgewood of the United States Bureau
of Education. Here the girls
will he taught tho "Rules of the Health
Game" and "Right Living."
Indications are that this short ,
course will he the best ever hold.
President D. I?. Johnson has generously
given us the use of the Winthrop
college buildings and equipment, and ,
is co-operating in every possible way
to make the short course a success. (
HELEN THOMAS. ,
Home Demonstration Agent |
SWEET IN SUMMER J
When the heat of summer comes
the farm housewife has to take especial
pains to keep the family mi k
suppl \ sweet and to keep tho cream
cool enough to make good butter. If
no effort is made to cool the milk
much of it is wasted and the butter
is unfit for sale and can he used only
at nonie while it is fresh.
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HOrSKHOM) CAR ICS
Tax the Women of Conway (he Same I
as Elsewhere.
Hard to attend to household duties
With a constantly aching hack.
A woman should not have a bad
hack.
And she seldom would if the kidneys
are well.
Moan's Kidney Pills are endorsed
by thousands.
Have been used in kidney trouble
over 50 years.
Read what this Conway woman
says:
Mrs. I). W. Harrison says: "I had
a terrible backache and was nervous
and couldn't do my housework. Dizzy
spells bothered me and I had to hold
011 to something for fear of falling.
My kidneys acted irregularly, too. I
got a box of Doan's Kidney Pills and
after taking them was cured."
Price (>0c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mrs. Harrison had. Foster-Milbum
Co., Mfrs., Buffalo, N. V.?Adv.
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i think it our duly to let U
:k w ill Oi derate. This n
rmers of Dillon, Marion 5]
; them and their farmer J
their tobacco at auction. I|
<LL LEWIS, Manager nli
ITAY, S. C., JUNE 8, 1922
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
From Specialists' Correspondence
With Farmers
What is your opinion of the Otootan
ind Biloxi varieties of soy beans??
E. M. K., Blackstock.
They are very valuable new varieties
for soil improvement and for
lay. They are vigorous growing, Late
maturing varieties and will make a
large yield of hay, but a small yield
>f seed. They would not mature in
;he upper part of this state, but if
planted early will mature seed in the
ower part of the stato.
What is the matter with the accompanying
grape twigs??H. S. M..
Chester.
They are diseased with anthranose.
>pray with Bordeaux mixture. If the
lisease becomes very severe the applications
should l?e frequent and the
liseased twigs should be pruned out.
What is the best feed to rusk off
pigs one ynd one-half to three months
>ld??M. N. R., Govan.
If you have plenty of ski mm ilk or
buttermilk, feed cornmeal at the rate
sf I pound of meal to 3 to 5 pounds
)f skimmilk or buttermilk. Another
Lrood mixture is 5 parts corn, 2 parts
middlings, 2 parts reddog flour, 1 part
tankage. Still another common mixture
is equal parts of corn and midUings;
and a cheaper ration, not (|iiite
is good as the others, is corn and
tankage 8 to 1. We are decidedly in
favor of dairy byproducts to start
pigs oir.
Which makes the better hog pasture,
cowpeas or soy beans?
Soy beans give better results because
the soy bean will yield more
irrain than the cowpea.
Will you please toll me if beef could
be corned as late as this.?Mrs. G.
W. G.
Corning beef is especially desirable
Lit this season of the year because it
can be kept when fresh meat will
spoil. Let the carcass cool at a temperature
of about o(> degrees F. for
;ibout IS hours and then cut in pieces
ind cure according to directions.
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Scores of fire stations, school houses
and other municipal buildings leased
by the city to the American Legion
and other veterans' organizations, are
to be refitted to meet the ex-tsoldier's
needs following an order passed by
the Boston, Mass., city council.
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Habitual Constipation Cured
in ! ei vo 21 Days
'LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN" is a speciallyprepared
SyrupTonic-Laxaf ive for Habitual
Constipation. It relieves promptly but
ihould be taker, regularly for 14 to 21 days
Lo induce regular action. It Stimulates and
Regulates. Very Pleasant to Take. 60c
ar bottle.
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Will be run
buyers repi
Every far
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. son. We lo
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HOMEPRODUCE
ASSOCIATION
Making Headway Since it Was
Started in
1921
The home demonstration department
has realized for sometime that
the crying need of the country woirmn
is to dispose advantageously of what
produce she has. This could only be
accomplished through organization.
A co-operative organization handling
the products of many producers is in
a better position to establish and
man are the individual growers. Also
maintain outlets "for these products
it is a well known fact that organisations
brought into being as a result
of a well defined need, are very much
more secure than those created by
an appeal to prejudices or misconceptions.
The year l!)2l will ever be
remembered as a year of unprecedented
financial disaster and depression,
especially among the agricultural
class. Not since the Civil War has
the farmer been so perplexed with
problems as to his present need and
his hopes for the future, so it was
that conditions were ripe for launching
this new development of home
demonstration work. Plans for the
sale of specialized products through
an organization to be known ,*is the
South Carolina Home Producers' Association
were made in April, 1921.
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Some of us have been waiting on
the tearing down of the fences around
fields and yards until the stock law
could get into full effect. In some
neighborhoods it appears that the
people have not yet learned just how
to keep all of the stock up and IVom
wandering otf into the lots of neighbors.
There is some trouble yet from
certain owners allowing their live
stock to get into the fields of neighbors.
It usually brings on a lawsuit
and trouble of another kind.
IT obacco Grc
For tobacco barn flues comnumica
pany, Inc. We arc in position to .<
other Hue makers. We manutact
at Gurley, S. Get in touch wit
Our flues we will guarantee to gi
7 manship and material.
| SASSER CO
* Curie v, S. ('. ]
ARD WAREH0U2
jEY'S WAREHOL
Loris, S. C.
as usual indepe
esenting all the
mer should do
i grade of tobacc
ok for good medi
ight at auction.
iciate past patr
ive the pleasure
ason.
*DWICK & J. W.
>rietors Standard W
EY & SON,
Proprietors Casey's
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NOTICE OF SALE
Under and by virtue of the decree
and judgment of the court made by
his honor, S. W. G. Shipp, presiding
judge, in th?j case of Peoples National
Bank, a corporation, plaintiff, vs. E.
| Perry Hardee and Henry C. Gore,
defendants, and dated the 25th day *
of May, A. D. 11)22, I, the undersigned
W. L. Bryan, C. C. C. P. as
special master of Horry county, will
sell at public auction to the highest
bidder before the courthouse door at
Conway, in Horry county, and state
of South Carolina, during legal hours y
of sale, on salesday in July next, it
being the 3rd day of said month, all
and singular those certain lands situate
in Horry county, a ul described
as follows to wit:
All and singular, all that certain
piece, parcel or tract of land containing
ntty (oO) acres, more or less, situate,
lying and being in Simpson Creek
township and in the county aforesaid
and known as John Steven's place,
bounded on the north by W. F. Faulk,
on the east by estate lands of Allsbrook,
on the south by M M. Hardee
and on the west by run of White Oak
Swamp; this being the identical land
bought from Allsbrook Brothers. No
papers on above excrpt one for $100 ^
given to H. C. Gore in 1919.
Terms of sale cash, purchaser to
pay for papers.
Conwav, S. C., June 1, 1922.
W. L. BRYAN,
C. C. C. P. as Special Master.
H. H. WOODWARD.
Plaintiff's Attorney.
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Ethel?Oh, Richard, when we are
married 1 don't think I could live in
a little flat.
Fiance?You don't love me when
you say that, Ethel.
Ethel?Oh, yes, I do; but not on
such a small scale.?Boston Transcript.
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at the Herald shop.
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it'll you fines for less money than
ure the best flue in Horry county T
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