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WILLIAM EUGENE KING
Physician and Surgeon
AYNOR, S. C.
H. H. WOODWARD
Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
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ENOCH S. C. BAKER
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Offices in Taylor Building
2-9-3m Conway, S. C.
Law Offices of
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and
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Mullins, S. C.
DR. G. I. LEWIS
Dental Surgeon
Office Over Norton Drug Compan>
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SPRING BEE NOTES
Clemson College.?April 15 is the
day set by the Department of Agriculx
ture for this climate after which bees
A may be taken out of winter packing.
^ Three important steps in taking bees
out of winter packing are suggested
by E. S. Prevost, Extension Bee
Specialist. '
1. Remove the packing case and be
sure to leave the hives in the same
place and facing exactly as they did
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No Worms In a Healthy Child
All children troubled with Worms have an uohealthy
color, which indicates poor Mood, and as a
rule, thero to more or less stomach disturbauce.
GKOVE S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC tfiven regularly
for two or three weeks will enrich the blood,
improve tho digestion, ami act as a genernlStrengthening
Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, nnd theChiid will bo
In perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle.
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n Mrs. Anna Clover, of R. F. D. H
L3 5, Winfield, Kan 8., says: "1 H
g began to suffer some months ?4
55 ago wiin womaniyirouDies, ana M
I was afraid I was going to get H
in bed. Each month 1 suffered u
with my head, back and sides?a H
weak, aching, nervous feeling. Q
1 began to try medicines as I U
knew I was.getting worse. I H
did not seem to Find the right Q
remedy until someone told me of U
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Hie Woman's Tonic I
I used two bottles before I could jH
see any great change, but after Q
L1 that it ivaa rpmarvdhl* hAw fi I
THE I
YOUR OWN GARDEN ]
By Frank Crane.
We all love to own things, and
many of us make ourselves miserable
by our passion for ownership. Some
own -diamonds and are worried to \
death for fear they will be stolen. e
Some own vso much land they are
land-poor. Some own house$ that are \
white elephants. And sortie1 fcven F
make collections of canes, sriuflP boxes, 0
postage stamps and book plates. It ^
is often a question as to whether ownership
does not bring more trouble ^
than pleasure. .
But the one thing which it is a .
pure joy to own is a garden. Your .
own garden, where you have prepared
the soil yourself, and watched the c
green things grow with your own j
eyes, and fought otT the insect pests,
and hoed, and raked, and weeded and y.
watered and tended all the plants till J
you loved them as if they were your
own babies.
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All these blessed radishes, and j
peas and betts came out of nothing, 1
r,?ut of nowhere in^o here, and stand i
in their green rows like vigorous lit- (
tie soldiers of life.
They are'yours. You created them <
at least you are a partner with God |
in rrpntinw thnm A nrl flmm ft? ? I
... witvui* i 11 \ i VIIV^l V I ?"> CI I V
pleasure which the gardener takes in
growing something which is even I \
keener than the pleasure of the .
craftsman in making something
A garden of vegetables is the ideal
combination of use and beauty.
They are the best food in all the
world. Doctors often warn you
against eating too much meat., or too
much candy, or too much of this or
that, but rarely warns you against
eating too many vegetables. i
The garden is the poor man's <
friend. With it he can bid deftance 1
to the high cost of living. i
Gardening is the oldest and most
human of joys, the least artificial of 1
diversions, and of all occupations the <
most profitable. It is the one busi- i
ness where you can make one thou- <
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jjci tent uii yuur Lciuiuii.
When we think of the many back ;,
yards and vacant lots that are left i
*aste, we are struck by the vast re- .
sources of joy and profit that people ,
leave unused.
The great seed houses prepare for
you the best of seeds for a trifling
expenditure. Uncle Sam brings these
to you by parcel post, no matter in
what part of the country you live.
The rest is up to you.
You may do some thing's you regret
the coming year, but growing a
garden .and eating the fruits thereof
will not be among them.
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SOME REASONS WHY HOGS
ARE POPULAR FARM ANIMALS
What is the basis of the hop's popularity,
which, in spite of his" 'elativeJy
small size, enables him to s'and
third in total value among all our domestic
animals in the United States?
In the first place, of course, he produces
toofhsome meats which in some
form or other combine well with n.ost
of our common vegetables, but, according
to the Department of Agriculture,
there are other reasons why the
hog has become a favorite on more
than three-fourths of our farms.
The hog converts much of our corn
crop, 30 to 40 per cent annually, into
I a concentrated food, and in this work
I of concentration he is no waster. He is
an efficient user of feed. It . takes
about 6 pounds of grain and f> pounds
of hajf to produce a pound of lamb
j (live weight), 10 pounds of hav and
: 10 pounds of corn for a pound or pork.
Hogs are frequently used to "hog
down" or harvest crops and in this
way they save the labor of harvesting
In this country pork and lard enter
prominently into our food supply. The
nvoi'mi'o nr?mml nrtiiciimnfinn nnv onni
ta for the last five years was 67.3
pounds of pork and 13.5 pounds of lard
as compared with 00.0 pounds of beef.
in the packing cases.
2. Look through the colonies to see
that they have plenty of room for
brooding purposes and for honey."
3. Put the winter packing cases in a
good dry place where you can get
them next year.
Buying Bees
In starting bees, this is one of the
best times of the year to buy. If you
can find bees somewhere in your
neighborhood in box gums or any
other makeshift hive, and can '>e absolutely
sure they are free from di|
sease, you can transfer them to movable
frame hives. This is really the
[ cheapest way to get started in bees. ,
If you buy bees from some distance
or other states, be sure they have no
disease.
Practically all states have bee laws
which require an inspection to be :ure
they are free of diseases before they
can be shipped. Beekeepers should be
very careful in this respect.
STRAIGHTEN THAT BENT BACK
No need to suffer from that tired
dead ache In your back, that lameness,
those distressing, urinary disorders.
Conway people havti. found how to get
relief. Follow this Conway resident's
example. .
S. C. Richardson, njravoneat market,
Main St., says: 4Vi havj been in
the store f? a me several years and the
constant, standing so many hours a
day caused my back to become lfcme
and weak. I was troubled with a dull,
throbbing; ache in my back which was
so had at times my back felt as
though it were being torn in shreds.
I was all out of sorts and was nervous
and irritable. My kidneys acted so
sluprpfish I knew they were in bad
condition. I knesw many people whom
boan's Kidney Pills had helped and I
l\An?n n f nl/in rv f U aim r\ A KaV aT I
luniu^ Ul^ lilt VIIC WVA vm
Doan's cured me in fine shape."
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy?get
Doan's Kidney Pills?the same that
Mr. Richardson had. Foster-Milburn
SORRY HERALD, CONWAY, S
BIG FAST
SOULS FAILED
Jamestown, Ky.?Rev. Joseph
Voodridge, Methodist minister, who,
uttered upon a fast while engaged ih!
i revival meeting hefe with the beief.
he said, that through fasting and
>rayer his petition for the salvation
>f sinners would "be heard on high/'
oday ended the fast, a loser.
For more than a week he abstained
Vom nourishment and the denial so
old ujfon his strength that he had
o sit down four times during his
inal sermon. He delcared he would
;nd the "hunger strike" when some
>enitent had confessed sin and joined
;he church, but his appeal was in
fain. The revival closed without a
ioiner.
The minister declared he had fastid
before for religious reasons but
\dmitted sometimes he got no answer
from Heaven. For the failures, he
ilamed himself, saying his fiiith had
not been sufficient, although he had
ione his best to make it acceptable.
He says he follows Scriptural pre?edent
in the fasts; that the Bible
promises that those who pray with
sufficient faith will receive.
In breaking the fast, Woodridge
took only milk last night and graduated
into heavier foods today.
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MORE ORGANIC MATTER
The Greatest Present Need of Our
Soils
Clemson College.?The great need
of the soils ofthi sstate today is more
organic matter, and until this need is
filled, we are going to have to pay for
it in decreased yields of all crops.
Just what are the specific benefits
bo be derived from incorporating more
organic matter in the soil? This question
is answered by T. S. Buie, Assistant
Agronomist of the South Carolina
Experiment Station, who cites rotation
experiments conducted in this state.
Organic matter contains nitrogen,
which is a very necessary plant food,
and which in the case of leguminous
plants comes largely from the air. resulting
in a net gnin for the soil. The
addition of considerable amounts of
organic matter will increase the water
holding capacity of the soil (thereby
lessening the dangers of droughts)
and will greatly improve its physical
condition.
What farmers are most concerned
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iii. However, inLreaseu yieius, aiiu
it is interesting: to note just how much
the yieH may he increased by a rotation?one
of the great benefits of
which is to return organic matter to
the soil.
The South Carolina Experiment
Station has been conducting a rather
comprehensive fertilizer test at Florence
since 1914, in which cotton
?rown continously is compared with
the same crop grown in a three-year
rotation of cotton, corn, oats, and
peas. In 1914, the year the experiment
was begun, the unfertilized
plots in the continous series made a
yield of 1920 pounds of seed cotton
per acre, while the yield on the plots
afterwards devoted to a rotation made
a yield of 156<> pounds. This shows
that at that time the continuous
plots were slightly more fertile than
the rotation plots. In only a .short
time, however, the unfertilized rotation
plots overcame this handicap, and
during- the last three years they surpassed
the yield of the continous nlots
by an average of about 600 pounds of
seed cotton per acre. When this is added
to the handicap under which rotation
plots began, it is seen that the rotation
has resulted in a much higher
yield than that obtained on the continous
plots. None of these plots has
received any fertilizer.
Although no determination of the
organic matter in the soil has been
made, it is very evident that the rota
uon nas resulted m increased yields,
and we know that the plowing under
of crop residues and the leguminous
crops grown for soil improvement has
increased the amount of organic matter
in the soil. This practice is to he
recommended to every farmer in the
state who desires to increase his crop
yields economically.
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GARDEN NOTES
Tf the asparagus bed has not been
fertilized, this matter should not bo
delayed longer. Well decomposed
manure should be scattered broadcast
over the bed and worked into the first
three or four inches of soil. In addition
liberal applications of commercial
fertilizer should be made.
Plant string beans every two
weeks in order to have a continuous
supply for the home ' .
Plant bush lima beans and pole
lima beans. The Sivy, or small butterbean,
should be planted in sufficient
quantity to supply dry beans for the
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winter, mey grow wen along' the garden
fence.
Tomato seed of late varieties, such
as Stone, Brimmer, and Re.auty,
should be planted in the open ground
and transplanted in early June.
These will give a continuous supply
of tomatoes until frost.
As soon as the celery plants formed
the fifth leaf they should he trans-r
plantfeft' to a frame or to flats /in jrows
4 inches apart and 2 inches apart in
the rcfw. These plants will be ready
for transplanting to the field in late
July.
Plant StowelPs Evergreen and
Country Gentlemen sugar corn every
two weeks for a continuous supply. .?
Plhnt Georgia collard seed in the
open ground.,, in early May. These
plants will be* neaidy $or transplanting
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Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fails
to cure Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles. Instantly relieves Itching P>* "s, and yor.
an get re&tful a!**? afte- first anolication. 60r
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OLD WOMAN'S
PLEA HEEDED
A year ago, in New York, Miss
Adelaide Rothchild. of No. 425 East
166th street the Bronx, was standing
behind her counter in Macy's store.
She was a trusted employee. But for
six months or a year she had been in
poor health. Her nerves were disordered.
She had been receiving medical
attention for months.
As she stood there waiting1 on customers
an elderly woman among the
crowd of shoppers paused in front of
her and looked at her intently. The
girl wondered at the glance. "Excuse
me; I c.an't help looking- at you," said
the strange old woman. "So much
you look like my daughter! She's
dead."
The girl flushed with nervous pleasure.
The two fell into talk. The older
woman said that she was Mrs.
Theresa Cohfen, sixty, a widow, without
any relatives.
They became friends. The older
woman drifted into the store day after
day and the two would talk, when
the girl had time.
Store Detectives Watchful.
A month ago the old woman approached
the girl as usual and quickly
slipped a canvas hag across the
counter to her. Then she shuffled
away. An hour later she came back.
The girl passed the canvas bag to her
over the counter. Then the store detective
stepped up and arrested them
both.
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in me ^uncase tne oici woman carried,
they say, was found ribbon valued
at $132. They went to Mrs. Cohen's
home at No. 235 East 8fith St.,
and there they found ribbon worth
?319. All of it, the two admitted, had
been stolen by the salesgirl and turned
over to Mrs. Cohen.
After investigation, Probation OfMrs.
Cohen had gained the girl's affection
by telling her she resembled
her dead daughter she had suggested
that the girl steal the ribbon for her.
From time to time she gave the girl
fifty cents or a dollar; in aU, about
$10. Mrs. Cohen, he said, then went
. bout peddling the ribbon. She said
that she knew no other way to provide
for herself in her old age.
Girl Placed On Probatior
In Special Sessions, Justices Freschi,
O'Keefe, and Herbert passed sentence
upon the old woman and the
girl. The girl was placed upon probation
for a year. To Mrs. Cohen, Justice
Freschi said:
"We have had a long conference regarding
this case and it is difficult to
dispose of. Mrs. Cohen, you have
reached the threescore mark and you
have taught this young woman how
to become a thief. Your fear of poverty
prompted you 4to influence this
deak-minded young woman. You are
sentenced to serve three months in
the workhouse. If it were not for
your age we would send you to the
penitentiary.
in July.
The eggplant is a splendid vegetable
that is not planted as generally
as it should he. The plants may bo
set in the open ground about May.
Black Beauty and New York Purple
sire excellent varieties. It is not too
late to sow the seed, as the eggplant
will continlie to bear until frost.
Sow lettuce seed every three weeks
in order to give a continous supply.
Big Boston, Iceberg, and Improved
Hanson are excellent varieties.
Plant cantaloupes after some of
the earlier vegetables have matured,
or if ample room is available, plant
elsewhere. Fertilize and manure the
melons heavily in order to force them
into rapid growth. Cultivate clean
until the vines cover the ground.
Plant okra in rows 4 feet wide and
18 inches apart in the row.
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Says Leprosy Can Be Cured
London.?That leprosy can be effectually
cured by the injection of certain
oils, including ode liver and soja
bean oil, was claimed by Sir Leonard
Rogers in a paper read before a recent
meeting of the Royal Society of
Arts.
Sir Leonard declared that experiments
made in various parts of the
world had led physicians to ihe belief
that the disease could be cured
within the space of a few years
through the use of these oils.
There would appear to bo numerous
cases of leprosy In London, particularly
among army men who have
returned from Eastern countries
which are unrecognized.
reard7ng?arsenate
The Insoluble Arsenate Kills the
Weevils.
Clemson College.?There seems to
be considerable confusion among
farmers as to the value and purpose
of water-soluble arsenic In calcium
' senate. Many farmers are under
the impression that it is the water
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Growers Cooperative Association ^ 1
newspaper. There is no person more
tner or more likely to 'lo everything J
an the editor of your county paper. " l
[ will tell you each month what is Jjp
[>operative Association. Your county * |
week what is jroing on in the coun- % i
to know that. Generally, the infor- S
> local paper in a week is worth the
>er and keep your subscription paid \
*1 civic pride, and you certainly owe j,i
been your best friends.
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BABY CHICKS
HAVE TROUBLE
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Clemson College.?Baby chick troubles
come every year during the (
brooding1 season and hints along these
lines will tend to ward off a good 1
many, thinks N. R. Merhof, Extension
Poultry Husbandman, who makes
these suggestions.
I H ave plenty of heat under the
i brooder. Have the fire regulated be
fore the chicks are put under the
brooder. A temperature of about 100
degrees should be maintained for a
few days. When chickens become
cold they will crowd together, and we
must avoid this condition. Also, the
room about the brooder should he
large enough so that the chicks can
move away from the heat if it gets
too warm.
Have abundant supply of fresh air.
Fresh air is essential for the growth
and development of baby chicks. The
air of the brooder house should be
constantly changing, but should always
be free from drafts. Chicks that
do not have an abundant supply of
fresh air become weak and languid.
In short, give the chicks "the fresh
air treatment."
Teach chicks the source of heat.
When the chicks first come off and
are put in the brooder, it is necessary
to teach them the source of heat, this
being done by putting a 1-inch mesh
_i a j-'i- - i - J ?'
wire annul me nover ana inus preventing
them from getting away from
the heat. The wire is needed for
three or four days only, and each
succeeding day it should be enlarged.
Precaution: Give the chicks plenty of
room to get away from the heat if it
becomes too warm. It is also advisable
to round off the corners of the
house with wire boards or roofing
paper.
On cold days and nights late in the
brooding season, after the continuous
use of the stove is no longer absolutely
necessary, the chicks will crowd to
keep warm. On such occasions it is
always advisable to start a fire. Although
the chicks may not die, they
will cease eating, their digestive systems
will be disturbed, and growth
will stop, all of which will lower the
vitality and cause the chicks to be
more susceptible to all the diseases
known to baby chickens. To prevent
crowding have plenty of heat under
the brooder.
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FEDERAL RESERVE SAFE
LARGEST IN THE WORLD
Cleveland, O.?The largest safe in
the world is being installed in the
new fourth Federal Reserve Bank
building here, according to George
Oaks, of York, Pa., the constructing
engineer in charge of the work.
The steel frame vestibule of the
250-ton steel vault is in place and the
J safe door and other parts are due to
I ni'viirn cuciri IMin irnolllmln rtv fvnmn
weighs 200,900 pounds and the door
and the remainder of the gigantic
steel vault weighs 800,000 pounds
more.
The vault is 13 feet square and has
an all-around thickness of four feet of
the toughest chromium steel. The
vault is in a room 50 by 70 feet, with
no windows. The walls of the room
are seven feet thick all over and .are
made of rivet grip reinforced concrets,
heing almost a mass of steel
cemented by concrete.
Mr. Oaks said the vault, in case of
an attempted robbery would stand
against a haavy artillery fire for half
an hour, as its steel protection is
four times thicker than the armour
plate of a battleship.
soluble arsenic that kills the weevil
They are told that there must be less
than .75 of one per cent soluble arsenic
in calcium arsenate, and being under
the impression that the insoluble |
arsenic is of no value they feel that i
there is a tremendous waste.
The fact is, says Prof. A. F. Conradi.
Entomologist, that the insoluble
arsenic is the only arsenic that
counts. It is the arsenic that is not
soluble in water th.it kills boll weevils.
Every effort has been made for
rears to reduce and ultimately and
entirely get rid of the water-soluble
arsenic because it is in this form that
it injures the plant. The law re
quires thtyv fore that calcium arsenate
fdr c'otton dusting purposes shall
not have over .75 of one per cent soluble
arsenic because if it contains
more than that it may seriously injure
the cotton plants. Any calcium
arsenate purchased that has considerably
less than .75 of one per cent
is more desirable. Farmers should
particularly notice that this is .75 of
one per cent and not 75 per cent, as
stated in some of the letters received
The lower the percentage of watersoluble
arsenic the safer the material
to use on cotton. As calcium arsenate
contains not less than 40 per
cent of arsenic pentoxid, it shows that
practically every bit of this is elTect*
ve in killing the weevil.
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NEGRO LABOR
IS ENTICED
(Continued from page 1) .
iny time.
Always enclose a self addressed and
stamped envelope for immediate reilv
and write plainly.
Don't send in your application uness
you are a common laborer and
mean to do right.
Yours truly,
Parker & Parker.
Accompanying; the letter is an aplination
blank to be tilled out and reurned
to them with $2.00:
Date
Name
State City
Street or U. F. D
Occupation
Vljirrifirl i?v
- ~ -
[f married, how many in family
Are you in good health
Are you physically sound
Can you pay your own fare
If not will you remain in the employ
of the firm sending: for you until it is
paid
Can you make ready to leave on ten
days notice
Will you try and he a credit to your
race wherever you go
Mail this application with $2.00 in a
self addressed stamped envelope to
Parker & Parker, 419 East 42nd St.,
Chicago, Illinois.
The letter ahove makes it appear
that the employment concern is anxious
only to aid the negro in getting
out of the South and that the $2.00 fee
is a mere incident. In one small community
near Augusta, on the South
Carolina side of the river, more than
three hundred negroes left for the
North under inducements like this
within the past two months.
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EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
Resolved, that the district meeting
of the J. O. U. R. M., held this day
in Marion, most heartily endorses the
policies of the County Board of Education,
and of the County Trustees'
Association in furthering the cause of
education in both Mm
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ored schools, particularly along the
following lines:
1. In the consolidation of the rural
schools wherever practicable.
2. In the establishment of centralized
high schools, whereby each boy
and girl in the county may have the
opportunity of obtaining a high school
education at very little expense, hnd
without any handicap to those in
primary and elementary grades.
3. Wherever possible, establishing
a teachers' home and employing a
competent man to serve as principal
of the school and spend his entire
time in the community for twelve
months.
4. That we endorse the principle
of giving the colored race a fair
knowledge in the branches of reading,
writing and arithmetic, and in the
TN'*ir"inles of health, satitation, their
obedience to law and reverence for
God, ,and to train them for useful vocations
to obtain an honest living.
5. We commend most highly the
rv usees' AssocmHon *>nd the County
Board of Education holding joint
meetings at times when they deem it
expedient to inform themselves of the
various school laws, rules and regulations
of the State Board of Education,
and the most up-to-date methods
in operating the schools to the utmost
degree of efficiency .and economy, and
their high sense of the democratic
system of education whereby every
child in Marion County may have an
equal educational opportunity.
6. In keeping with the spirit of our
order, we recommend that each board
of trustees of the county require the
Holy Bible to he read in the schools
each day; the American flag display
ed whenever the school is in session,
and the weather will permit the same,
and we further recommend that the
teachers he instructed to give instructions
during one recitation period per
month as to the origin, meaning: and
purpose of our flag.
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FARMERS DISCOVERED SPREAD
OF WHEAT RUST BY BARBERRY
"Farmers proved that the common
barberry spreads black stem rust to
near-by wheat fields. Scientists showed
why fmd how. Both have shown
that rust epidemics disappeared when
the bushes were destroyed," says Dr.
E. C. Stakman, of the United States
Department of Agriculture. It is related
that as early as 1720 a farmer in
England became so angry at seeing a
large barberry bush on a neighbor's
farm, but near his own wheat, that he
poured boiling water around the roots
of the plant at night until he had killed
it.
A number of writers observed during
the time from about 1750 to 1865
that wherever barberry bushes were
found near wheat fields there also was
found infected grain. Although it was
not known just how rust could come
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irom cue oaroerry, 11 was natural tnat
many farmers who had noted the
damage to their own fields should l?e
convinced that the hushes were the
source of the trouble and should he removed.
Differences of opinion between
farmers and owners of barl>erry
bushes became so sharp as to cause a
so-called barberry war, which raged
from about 180r> to 1865. Farmers
svho.se grain had been destroyed by
black stem rust often destroyed the
guilty barberry bushes without even
asking the owner's permission.
"Scientists." says Dr. Stakman,
"finally tried to find our, whether the
farmers were right They were." Th^
matter was finally cleared up in 1865
by De Bary, a German scientist. ,
Hundreds of scientists have shown
that De Bary was right. No one any
longer questions the fact. The barberry
stands convicted.