The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, June 13, 1929, Image 3
THURSDAY, JUNB U, 1*29.
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NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED
ENTER CORN CONTEST
Jersey Sets Butterfat Record
Spartanburg, June 8.—Four hun
dred and ninety-four farmers entered
the State live-acre com contest being
conducted by the Extension Service to
promote larger and more economic
yields, according to S. L. Jeffords, Ex
tension agronomist at district head
quarters here, who has charge of the
contest. ;■ i \ -
When the entries closed June 1st,
and tabulations were completed, Mr.
Jeffords found that every county in
South Carolina had at least one en
try and that Orangeburg led with 32
contestants, followed by Richland
with 25, Florence and Clarendon with
24 each, Spartanburg with 23.
Because of soil, climate and other
differences, the State was divided into
three districts—Spartarburg district,
Florence District and Columbia dis
trict. There are 136 contestants
the Columbia District, as follows:
Columbia District.
Aiken 3
Allendale —— 4
Barnwell 4
Bamberg 8
Beaufort 0
Calhoun 4
Dorchester 5
Colleton 10
Edgefield J 9
Hampton 9
Jasper 9
Kershaw 9
Lexington 2
Orangeburg 32
Richland 25
Saluda 3
Total 136
in
HENS LAY EIGHT DOLLARS.
A labor income of S8.37 per hen
was obtained by W. H. Moody, Jr., of
Kline, Barnwell County! on hia flock
of 74 White Leghorn hens from No
vember 1, 1927 ,t© October 31, 1928,
as shown by records he kept in co
operation with the Poultry Division
of Clem son College. Mr. Moody made
the highest labor income per hen
among l.%9 demonstrators who kept
complete records for the year.. His
receipts were principally from eggs.
Oregon Jersey Produces One Thousand Pounds Butterfat.
For the first time In history an Im
ported Jersey cow has completed an
officiol test record of more than
1,000 pounds of butterfat. The new
record maker, Imported Xenia’s Ox
ford Lilac, 574105, is owned and
was tested by Harry D. Illff, of Sunny
Lea farm, Independence, Ore. She
has Just finished a 365-day official test
with a production record of 1,022.37
pounds of butterfat and 17,666 pounds
of milk. This cow was bred on the Is
land of Jersey, the island near the
coast of France where the Jersey breed
originated. She wps purchased and
placed on test in 1923 by Mr. Illff im
mediately after she made the 7,000-
mlle Journey across the Atlantic and
the United States. In that test she
produced 821 pounds of butterfat, 13,-
122 pounds of milk In 365 days, with
calf.
Xenia's Oxford Lilac Is not only the
highest record Imported cow, but she
Is also the twenty-second Jersey‘in
the United States to produce over !,•
000 pounds of butterfat, or 1,170
pounds of butter In one year.
Her daughter, the Lion's Lilac,
671<H»2, also owned by. Mr. Illff. Is
now on official test and is making such
a high' production record that it Is
probable that she, too, will produce
more than a 1,000 pounds of butter
fat In 365 days. In this event, Xenia’s
Oxford Lilac and her daughter will he
the only dam and daughter In the
Jersey breed to both exceed 1,000
pounds of butterfat on official test.
The Lion’s Lilac in a previous test of
305 days started when she was one
year and nine months of age, estab
lished a new world’s record for cows
of all breeds for that age class. With
her yield of 742 pounds of butterfat
and 10,752 pounds of milk, she won
the first Medal of Merit ever present
ed to a yearling cow by the American
Jersey Cattle club.
Mr. Illff owns two Jersey cows that
have produced more than 1,000 pounds
of butterfat In an official test These
two cows and the new 1,000-pound
producer, Imp. Xenia’s Oxford Lilac,
by their records, give Mr. Illff the hon
or of being the only breeder with
three Jersey sows !n the 1,000-pound
class in his herd. Mr. UlfTs Jersey
herd rarely numbers more than a doz
en cows, but these cows are such high
producers that they hold both national
and state championships in several
age classes as well as many other
notable honors.
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Around the Farm
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Commercial dusts for treating seed
corn are still on trial.
Grapes should receive the same
’’thorough cultivation that is given oth
er cultivated crops.
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Silage is ordinarily consider*
worth from four to five dollars per
ton, depending on the amount of
corn In It
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Sudan grass Is very often pastured
throughout the entire summer with
very good results, Is a prolific pro
ducer of green f
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Sweet clovey^improves the soil so
much that it runs itself out of a home
by making/the ground more suitable
to other/plants which can then crowd
it off the ground.
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On farms where alfalfa and grain
/Iropa are grown, it is seldom that suf
ficient manure is produced to meet the
demands of both. When the amount of
manure is limited, it is usually more
profitable to use it on the grata crops
and to apply superphosphate to the
alfalfa.
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Farmers Union Merc. Co.
Barnwell, S. C.
Buy only alfalfa seed which Is
known to be adapted to your locality
Is the warning recently Issued by the
United States Department of Agri
culture.
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To secure the greatest returns, the
woodlot must be protected from fire
and grazing animals, and a sound sys
tem of improvement cutting adopted.
Cutting Is the only practical method
for the stimulation of growth of this
type of crop. »
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How to Kill the Boll Weevil.
In demonstratiorr. conducted last
year by John Napier, county agent of
Darlington County, some interesting
_ , . | , ,, . results were shown. Tests were ean-
Some baby chicks were sold, also sur- ..... * ,,
, , , , ... / [ducted m four fields, two application.**
plus cockerels and cull her*. # . . . • . u • » Lj „ «
. . ... * I of 1-1-1 mixture being applied to fields
A number of poultrymen made. j k? * u i * ij Is o
. , \ * No. 1 and No. 3, while fields No. 2 and
labor incomes ranging from two to! 4 , ^
six dollars per hen. Only 11 out of
the 159 demonstrators failed to make
money.
**Mr. Moody’s birds averaged 173
eggs per hen, for the year,” says P.
H. Goodsin. extension poultry special
ist. “They were fed a ration made up
of corn, grown o*- the farm, at an
average rate of 10 pounds per day per
100 hens, and a well balanced egg
ma^h which was kept before them at
all times. As a result of this good
feeding, with good housing and
management, Mr. Moody’s 74 hens
returned him 4617.77 for attention
given them last year."*
INSURANCE
FIRE
WINDSTORM
PUBLIC LIABILITY
ACCIDENT - HEALTH
SURETY BONDS
AUTOMOBILE
THEFT
Calhoun and Co.
P. A. PRICE, Manager.
No. 4 were not poisoned. Checks
showed the following pertcentage of
infestation:
July 3
July 25
July :
Field
No.
1.. 0.0
2.6
4.6
Field
No.
2_. 11.8
23.4
47.4
Field
No.
3.. 0.0
0.0
3.0
Field
No.
4.. 5.7
13.4
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Barnwel), S.'C.
The above shows the benefits of
early poisonirg. Either 1-1-1 mixture
or dust applications may be applied.
Both are very affective on young cot
ton before squares are large enough
to puncture. Begin poisoning all old
cotton this week using one gallon of
molasses, one gallon of water and 1
pound oCcalcium arsenate or calcium
arsenate dust applied two to four
pounds P«r acre preferably when the
dew is on necessary when it is quiet
and still. Repeat treatment in four
to six days.
Dust asparagus every ten days with
calcium arsenate to control the aspara
gus beetle. This pest is doing
damage to many. of the asparagus
fields and in. some cases is affecting
the stand of asparagus one or two
years old
Antbiacnose Leaf Blight and Downy
Mildew are beginning to damage can
taloupes and watermelons. Several
applications of Bordeaux dust should
be applied to the cantaloupes, and
watermelons repeating twice at six
day. intervals. Nine farmers reported
last week the presence of these dis
eases and a number of farmers have
already begun the application of Bor
deaux dust.—H. G. Boylston, County
Agent.
A Ccttpir Defirtitton.
Warn Farmers on
Seed for Forage
Argentine Product Is Sus
ceptible to Disease and
Winterkills Easily.
A warning to farmer* against the
l»urciiiize of Argentine alfalfa seed be
cause It la not hardy, winterkills eas
ily and Is very susceptible to disease.
Is issued hy Waldo Kidder, agrono
mist for the extension sendee of the
Colorado Agricultural college.
Colorndo-grow’n Grimm or Cossack
varieties of alfalfa seed are types
most highly recommended.
Distinguish Argsntins Seed.
Argentine seed may he distinguished
easily because 10 per cent of It Is
stained orange red. by order of the
United States Department of Agricul
ture. as a warning to prospective pur
chasers that It Is Imported Argentine
seed and unhardy.
Quite a supply of this Argentine
seed has been received on the Colo
rado market, and is being offered for
sale by certain seed dealers. It Is be
ing offered at low’er prices than our
home-grown or northern seed.
Prospective purchasers are warned
that It Is undesirable for planting In
Colorado and the Rock Mountain re
gion generally.
There Is an unusual demand for al
falfa seed at this time, because 20 per
cent of the alfalfa acreage in Colorado
w’as lost through winter killing and
disease during the winter of 1927-28.
Farmers In the northern part of the
United States suffered the same mis
fortune, with a loss of between 15 and
20 per cent Part of this acreage
was reseeded last year and much will
be reseeded this spring.
Fair Supply of Seed.
Although Grimm and Cossack varie
ties are high and rather scarce there
seems to be a fair supply of Colorado-
grown and northern-grown common
alfalfa seed at reasonable p^ces. This
common seed is much preferable to
The Argentine.
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Should grain be fed to dairy cows
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