Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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■m 1 thi rsdat, junk tmi, in*. * * ' •. * Of Interest to Faralers Chicks shot] for the first 1 as they grow Barnwell Farmers Borrowed $51,996 Get That Amount frccn Government Farm Loan.—Orangeburg Farm ers Borrow Largest Amount. L. E. White, who went t° Columbia March 1st to supervise the distribu tion of the $0.iKK>,000 federal farm seed loan to tho farmers cf Georgia Virginia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama and South Carolina, has tc- turned to Washington for the sum mer months. Mr. White, who is ad ministrative officer of the federal farm loan burean, of Washington, Weevil Menace Increasing in the State, Infestation Check Shows First Generation of New Weevils Is Out in Allendale.—Orangeburg, Bam berg, Heavily Infested.—Abundant i«i< Peidmcctt Section. Clemson- College, June 24.—The boll weevil situation grows more serious from day to day, rains over the State making conditions ideal for the weevils to increase rapidly ard contii.ue their destructive work. The survey for the week ending June 22nd made by the boll weevil division at Florer.ce shows leaves T. M. Hamer in charge of tko an avera * e 16 - 3 P* r ce " t th * Columbia bureau for the summer. sl l uares infested in Orangeburg and All of the money which Congress' Bamber e Counties. The first genera- tion of rew weevils for this season is #' appropriated for the relief of the farmers in the six Southern States has been loaned and the Columbia of fice is beg ; rning \ lans to start collec tions on the loars in September. South Carolina farmers borrowed $1,326,320.75 of the $6,000,000 fund, it was reported by Mr. White Thurs day. Orangeburg County farmers led the counties of the State, securing loars totaling $156,868.50. Horry County secured the smallest sum, 01. Barnwell County farmers were red $51,996. The following figures were released Thursday by Mr. White, showing loans by counties in this section: Allendale $63,014.00 Aiken ............ 43,475.00 Bamberg ... 50,770.50 Barnwell ... jw 51,996.00 Colleton .... 68,037.00 Hampton ...... ........ 24,414.00 INSURANCE FIRE WINDSTORM PUBLIC LIABILITY ACCIDENT - HEALTH SURETY BONDS AUTOMOBILE THEFT Calhoun and Co. P. A. PRICE. Manager. out in Allendale County. Weevils are abundant also through out the Piedmont. Counts show 322 weevils average per acre in Green wood, 305 in Union, 509 ir. Fairfield, 360 in Chester. The average for the State is 136 weevils per acre. “Encouraging results are beirg se cured from early applications of poison and these should be continued until weevils begin to infest the squares/ says Director H. W. Barre of the South Carolina experiment station, in discussing last week’s report. “After square infestation begins, the most effective control meaure is calcium ar senate applied as a dust cloud when the plants are moist from dew. Every cotton grower should carefully exam ine his fields daily and apply poison wherever weevils are found, following instructions given in Extension Circu lar 95.” A. B. BRYAN, Agricultural Editor. Changes in Feed Must Done Quite Slowly Isbould be given the starter two or three weeks bu{ they can handle a feed with more bulk to It, so mix the •tarter with a good growing mash, gradually changing the propprtlona until you are feeding the growing mash straight. You cannot get a feed too good for young chicks as your egg yield will depend greatly on how your pullets are developed. The highest priced chick feeds on the market will cost you only about twelve cents a chick up to eight weeks of age. Chicks need sunshine, plenty of range, good ventilation, both day and night, lots of green food and clean sanitary quarters. ■LULL J.L =H MULES! Catch Weeds When Young to Improve Vegetables Weeds In the vegetable garden can be destroyed with least effort when they are in the seeding stage, advises the Farm Journal. There is a great loss of ground, seed and labor every year because many gardeners lose In terest when the weeds get the best of the vegetables in the garden. Such a condition need never exist If the gar dener will use cultivating tools which stir the soil To a shallow depth. When weeds are even slightly disturbed in their early growth Just beneath the surface of the soil, they usually die. Record Cucumber Season Comes to End- at Blackville Year’s Shipment Brings More Than $200,000.—First Carload of Canta loupes Leave for Market. Wm. McNAB riRR, HEALTH AMD ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. Personal attention given all Office In Harrieon Block, Mata BARNWELL. S. C *:~x~x~x~.*~x-x~.*~x-xk~xx~x~x~> # SPECIAL! “Mikado” Pencils: 6 for 25c. Per doz. 45c The People-Sentinel Barnwell, S. C. Blackville, June 19. — Blackville closed its largest cucumber season to day, and in many respects the most satisfactory in many years. The larg est number of crates ever on record were shipped, although not the great est number of cars. In 1927 there were 511 cars shipped and this year there were 398. In 1927 freight rates were different, and many of the cars shipped were not filled, some carry ing as few as 150 crates. The aver age car carried 600 crates this year. Freight rates were lower and all cars were filled to capacity; thus more cucumbers were shipped this year than ever before. Had the “cukes” been loaded as heretofore, the season's number would have reach ed 525 cars. The largest single day's ■hipping was thirty-three cars, though thirty or more cars were loaded several days. Prices were good on the whole. The highest sold for $2.76 a crate, but the average was $1.00. The demand was more than could be filled for packirg house graded cucumbers, and these brought good prici *. pick ing shed was run by Simon Brown’s Sons, and their ihip.ncnts v rre mu:h in demard. Buyers and planters real ise that only graded “cukes” can be must come by !!:iiirtatn ( B? pacKrr must come by maintaining acktrg houses and inspectors. Each crate shipped by Simon Brown’s Sons car ried the iodire label of South Carolina and a cucumber label of the grower. Shipments of cantaloupes began <-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-:-x-x-x-x-:-> ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. MONEY TO LOAN Loans made - same day application received. No Red Tape HARLEY & BLATT. Attomeys-at-Law Barnwell, S. C. ^ Only a Few Mules for Sale At Sacrifice Prices! Good Farm and Timber Mules I am offering these mules CHEAP for cash, or part cash with secjyypity for balarce. Thest mules can be seen at my stables in Barnwell. Come and look them over—it will be a pleasure for me to show them to anyone. f $ I f t T ♦14 by freight yesterday, one car being loaded. Today three were shipped, and three more are expected to leave tomorrow. Prior to this Tuesday ship ments were made by express. Prices or cantaloupes began lower this year than last. The average this year is $1.00 to $1.50. “Whiskers” on Red Clover Due to Bug Potato Leaf Hopper Always Attacks Smooth Variety. (Prvparvd by th* r*tt*4 State* Depart cm of Afrtcultar*.) Red clover In the United Slates grows M whlskers" that stand straight out from th* sterna of the plants, while in England the ancestral form of the American type Is still comparatively free from hairiness. In attempting an explanation of the change from the smooth to the hairy form. Dr. A J. Pieters of the United States Department of Agriculture, says It is “necessary to turn to the wild red clover” to which all clovers are related and which shows • tendency toward hairiness. The possibility of produc ing hairy plants was therefore ”!n the blood” of the relatively smooth type brought from England more thon 200 years ago, he says. Furthermore a few rough hairy plants may have oc curred In fields seeded with the Eng lish clovers. When this English clover was brought to America It encountered new conditions, among them a little Insect not’known in Europe and called the potato leaf hopper. This Insect damages red clover, especially the smooth forms, doing the most injury to the second, or seed, crop, Doctor Pieters says. It always keeps down the growth of the smooth plants of Eu ropean clovers grown In the United States so they will not seed well. The hairy American type Is little affected, especially when there are smooth plants on which the leaf hopper can feed. A reasonable Inference, says Doctor Pieters, may be drawn from what is known to happen today, and from the known facts the most reasonable an swer to the question of why American clover is hairy Is that the constant attacks of the leaf hopper carried on for more than one hundred years grad ually eliminated the smooth form by keeping down the production of seed, while the rough hairy form produced more seed than the other, and so con stantly increased. ^ CHARLIE BROWN BARNWELL, SO. CAR. Favor Sodium Fluoride to Destroy Parasites Sodium fluoride ought not be used on setting hens just before chicks or poults are hatched, because this chem ical does act as a very positive Irri tant to the lungs and breathing ap paratus of the young birds. Blue ointment is a much better agent to use for controlling lice on setting hens, but for best results it should be used a week or ten days before the hen Is set It Is possible, of course, that the breeding birds which produced the tur key eggs were * little low in vitality, or perhaps they were overfat Gen erally, yearling males mated to early- hatched yearling or two-year-old hena, will give better results than matings of old toms and old bens.—F. E. Mas- sekl. University of Nebraska. ’eopl • - Young Breeding Stock Should Not Be Fattened Pigs retained for breeding purposes should not be fed and handled in the same way as those to be sent to mar ket Young breeding stock shoujpi be grown rather than fattened. ^Strohg feet and legs and strong backs are more essential than fat in the develop ment of gilts for brood sows. They should be fed only enough corn to keep them In a good thrifty condi tion. The rest of their feed should consist of shorts or oats with suf ficient tankage or skim milk to bal ance the ration. • Fresh and Used Mules for sale. Also / <r * f§ one Ford touring car, second hand but in good running condition. . l-rfy.' ■ Farmers Union Mere. Co. Barnwell, S. C. ] HALL & COLE, Inc. 94.102 FANEU1L HALL MARKET, BOSTON, MASS. Commission Merchants, and Distributors of ASPARAGUS / t £ One of the Oldest Commission Houses in the Trade. Send for Shipping Stamp. Considerable Damage Is Done Pastures by Stock Considerable damage may be done to pastures by turning the stock on too early In the spring. If the pas tures are prVected until a cow can get a good mouthful, the forage will be much more vigorous and will stand much closer grating. A much higher yield of forage will be obtained than where stock Is turned In as soon «• growth starts. The ground Is often very soft In the early spring.-and when In this condition, damage may he done from tramping and packing the solL i LONG TERM MONEY to LEND 6 per cent, interest on large amounts- Private funds for small loans.l BROWN & BUSH BARNWELL. SOUTH CAROLINA. ADVERTISE in The People-Sentinel j : ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SENTINEL. His Trucks Run Better After -400,000-Miles, Says Burdge Red Bank, N.J., Operator Needs No Mechanics to Maintain his 15 Buses, Vans and Trucks Stresses Importance of Good Motor Oil The problem of lubrication fails to worry W. A. Burdge of Burdge & Sons, Red Bank, :ked N. J. He picked the proper motor oil when he id deper ' ‘ care of his trucks. It did. started business, and depended on it to take “Right now,” says Mr. Burdge, “any one of our 29-passenger buses can step out in high speed from a complete stop. That shows ex cellent condition if anything does. Most cars are worn out after 100,000 miles, but we don’t consider a bus really good until it has gone that far. Drivers Prefer Oldest Trucks “Pretty strong statement? Well—maybe. But recently I had to send a man on a long trip and told him to take our newest bus. Instead of being pleased he asked if he couldn’t take the one tnat has 375,000 miles credited to its motor. He knew it was the best job we have. “That,” continued Mr. Burdge. “merely illus trates my point—the value of good lubrica tion. Throughout the eleven years we have been in business we have used ‘Standard’ Motor Oil exclusively in every one of our buses, vans and trucks. “Here’s another secret. When a bus comes in from a hard run of many miles at high and steady speed we insert a dose of ‘Standard’ Penetrating Oil through the carburetor to lubricate the valves and keep them from sticking. Another way we keep the buses in good condition is to sprajr the springs with ^Standard’ Penetratin|jpOiL In fact, we use almost the entire line of ‘Standard* Oils and Greases.” Ni W. A. Burdge rightfully gets full value from hit trucks by using oilier motor oli . Good Treatment Helps A great many bus and truck operators agree with Mr*. Burdge, when he says that good trucks could be ruined easily with poor oils and careless treatment. But not with “Stand- f ard” Motor Oil, oilier, especially processed from crudes nicked for their qualities of lubrication. Tnoroutthly refined. A richer, smoother, full-bodied oil that smothers fric tion and clings and protects every metal contact surface. On safe everywhere you the “Standard* 9 Motor Ousign.