Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Of Interest to Farmers Weevil Infestation Is Becoming Serious ' _ - ■ ^ v ■, . t .. j • 1 More Than Twenty Per Cent, of the Squares in Some Fields Have f> ‘ i Been Punctured. New Air-Mail Service Between United States and Chile Boosts Friendship of Two Countries 0) r r Boll weevil infestation is beginning to become very serious in many of the fields of old cotton. More thata 20 per tent of the squares are being punctur ed at this time. This means much damage to the crop. 'Dusting cotton should begin when about ten per cent. f the squares have been punctured. Three applications should be made at intervals of four to five days. Any farmers who have cotton that would make'half a bale or more per acre should dust it thoroughly according to government recommendations. If be is called upon, the county ager.t will gladly assist those farmers who desire to begin properly. Asparagus farmers who have been having trouble with asparagus beetle can get good results by dusting with calcium arsenate. Many growers still have not done anything and will prob ably find that much damage will re sult from the effects of the beetle, es pecially on ore and’ two-year old crowns. Applications should be re peated every ten to fourteen days un til the beetle disappears. Three farmers report damage from the Mexican bean beetle. Bears in fested should be dusted thoroughly on top and bottom of leaves with a mix ture of seven parts of hydrated lime to one part of goof calcium arsenate. For the first time, Govemmert Ship ping Point Irspection is being used on watermelons ir Barnwell County, be ginning this week. Bamweil and Wil- liston have plaqred for this sendee and many of the farmers are interest ed to know to what extent benefits will be derived from the service. A better market should result from car ship- me» ts of melons which have been properly packed as well as handled and crated ami packed in the car.— Prepared by H. G. Boylston, county Ml ; ===**- T. South’s Cotton and Other Goods Find Market There While Chilean Nitrate, Copper and Iron Increasingly in Demand Here T HE air-mall service soon to be inaugurated by the United States Post Office Department, through a recent contract with the Pan-American Grace Airways, Inc., between the United States and Chile will, in the opinion of the Chilean Minister of Finance, Don Pablo Ra- mires, bring about a more friendly feeling between the two nations and further extend trade relations. factored goods, valued at approxi mately 150,000,000 annually. I pre dict there will be an Increasing amount of raw material furnished the United States manufacturers from Chile, while Chile will continue to take increasing amounts of finished products, chiefly in the form of cotton goods, mining equipment, electrical equipment, agricultural implements, railway equipment and other machin General view Chilean Nitrate of Soda mining and extracting plant, located in nitrate plains of Northern Chile, said to be the driest spot on earth. In the left foreground, caliche (the nitrate of soda ore) is being sorted from other rock and loaded onto cars for transporting to the extraction plant. At the plant (center) the caliche it crushed and dissolved in hot water to separate the insoluble substances from the nitrate. The solution is placed in Urge vats, where precipitation and crystallisation of the nitrate of sods take piece. Trains carrying the finished product to the Coast are observed in the right back ground. Workers* quarters are shown at the extreme right. (Insert) Don Pablo Rami re*. Chilean Minister of Finance, a recent visitor to to the United States. Weevil* Increasing Rapidly. H. W. Bane, of Clemaon College, director of the South Carolina experi ment statiot, issued in Columbia Morday the following warning: “The first generation of weevils are maturing it. the fields throughout the State j^fl a rapid increase in Infeata- tior ^/expected during this week and I t ext. The occasional showers through out the State and large cotton in the eastern counties make favorable con- ditiors for rapid increase of the w’ee- wils. Every eottoi. grower should ex amine his fields from day to day and be prepared to poison with calcium arsertate dust." Oyster Shell for Hens of Great Importance Profitable poultry raising depends on the elimination of weak, unhealthy chickens, subnormal egg production and soft-shelled eggs. Of course, there are many poultry feeds which will help to keep fowls healthy but there Is one mineral food which combined with a balanced ration and plenty of sunlight will do away with all three of the evils just mentioned. This is crushed oyster shell. The best form of crushed oyster shell contains^ 08 .per cent calcium car bonate and therein lies its value to poultry. The formation of the egg re quires three distinct steps. The yolk Is made first. This passes toXthe next stage where it is coated with the white or albumen. The final step of the proc ess is the formation of the shell. Egg shell consists mainly of calcium car bonate. Tt Is' therefore evident that if the hen has not a sufficient supply of this mineral in her system, fewer eggs will be produced and those that are produced may have soft shells. In other w’ords the calcium carbonate in the crushed oyster shell supplies the egg shell material. Senor Ramlret is tho first cabinet I official of the Chilean fcoYernment to | vlsL a foreign country during term of | office. He came to pay Chile's re spects to President Hoover and to confer with American importers rel ative to extend.ng the sales of nitrate of soda, one of the most valuable nat ural reaources of bis country. “Cutting the time from twenty to neven days in mall and perhaps pas- ery for the Installation of domestic In- d us trial plants. Already Chilean in dustries have employed more than $(50,000,000 of United States capital, mainly In her nitrate, copper and iron mines, and at the present rate of de velopment we must look to the United States or Euroiu (or. additional assist ance." Senor Ramires said. He advised the American Importers that the mining of nitrate of soda has Aid Strawberry • With Wild Ones Four Promising Varieties Are Found Suitable for Home Preserving. ‘ (Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture.) All the strawberries in the United States and most of those of the world —that is, the tame ones—are descend ants of two wild American strawber ries, one a native of the Pacific coast and the other a native of the eastern United States. There are many other wild straw berries, however, that did not take part in developing our present kinds. In the untried wild ones may lurk some valuable trait that can be bred into our domestic varieties which may make them even more desirable than they now are. At any rate, plant breeders are turning to the wUd c <go0» for improving the strawberry, espe cially to develop new types better adapted to such specific purposes as canning, preserving, and candy mak ing. Four Promising Varlstiss. George M. Darrow, who is In charge of strawberry-breeding work for the United States Department of Agricul ture, has already achieved some suc cess in this field. From the thousands of crosses made he has selected four promising varieties especially suited for preserving. They are known only . by number as yet, and will need to be tested for adaptation before they can be recommended for planting. The breeding of preserving sorts Is only begun, he says, and every region will need its own particular variety. Technique of Breeding. •The technique of breeding is rela tively simple, Mr. Darrow explains, but the important and difficult part is In making the selections. To breed a new kind, no matter for what pur pose, two parent varieties are crossed. They may be wild or tame. The pol len from the flower of one la placed on the pistil of the flower of the oth er. The seed developing from such a cross is plunteij and every resultant seedling grown to fruiting age before selections are made. If there are three acres of seedlings in fruiting there may be 8.000 kinds, each differ ent from the others. From this enor mous number certain promising ones are saved and each Is propagated In a separate short row. When they bear. If Is sufficient fruit, canning and preserving tests are made of the more promising ones by canoers and pre servers with whom Mr. Darrow has made co-operative arrangements. myfm X m Much Money Is Lost by Planting Inferior Seed Thousands r of dollars are lost every year by planting seed of low vitality. Seed of all field crops should be tested for germination before planting. This Is especially urgent now for corn and sorghums. One cannot tell from the appearance of seed how well it will grow. Last year 1-41 lots out of the 5,000 lots of seed tested at the state seed laboratory gerjpbiated from Ojto 50 per cent. Thi^neans that several thousand acres would have been plant ed to seed which would not grow. Gets CIS StltcW* Atlanta. Ga.—Six hundred and twen ty-eight tiltchea were Ukes In the body of J. W. after he drove kua riHM • Boatload of Chilean nitrate at Wilmington, N. C, on its way from the mines of Chile to cotton and corn fields of North and South Carolina. Each spring boats find their way into the ports along the Atlantic Coast, laden with Chilean nitrate to supply the farmers of the United States with their nitrogen plant food. % recently surpassed all previous rec- ords. “Your farmers," he said, “are now the greatest consumers of nitrate of soda, using approximately a million tons annually. With unlimited beds froth which to supply United States farmers with their nitrate fertilizer, my Government proposes tc do all within Its power to mine and deliver it in the best mechanical condition and at the lowest possible price." aenger~service betweea Xew York and Santiago, Chile, will be a great step forward in bringing us closer to the United States, as well as in establish ing a friendlier feeling and in adding to the rapidly-growing developments," he said. \ "At present more than one-fourth ol all the foreign or imported goods used in Chile come from the United States, largely In the form of manu- Farmets’ W r eek at Clemson College. Ar. invitation to the farm people of South Carolina is issued by Clemson College to attend the Third Farmers’ Week, August 5th to 10th. A full and varied program will be carried out, beginnirg at eight p. m. Monday even ing and/ runnir k through” "Friday. Morning lectures, midday sessions, af ternoon periods for demonstrations, band concerts, evening sessions of en tertainment will be the main division of the program each day. This pro gram, earryirg real instruction and in- > pi rat ion at the college, which is a place of natural beauty and restful ness, for which the Gemson campus is justly famed, should be enjoyed by every person who attends. , i -r . Further irformation may be secured by writing to Dr. W. W. Long, Chair man, Farmer s’Week Committee, Gem- son College, S. C. Those planning to go should write to Dr. Long ag soon as possible, asking for room reservation, so that accommodations will be pro vided for them.—Prepared by H. G. Boylston, county agent. — Andrew Boas of the Minnesota ex periment Ctytep aays Mlnaoy soy ADVERTISE IN The People* Sentinel. Haven't you often wished that you could be with friends who have moved to other cities? They may be far awav, yet you can easily keep in touch with them; talk over old times, and make plans for the future. When they're ill or when anniversaries and birthdays come around you can join them with your voice. Recent service improvements hsve made distant telephone conversations a pleasure. Generally, con nections are made almost as quickly as with local calls. In most cases you can hear just as clearly as if you were talking to a friend around the comet. You'll be surprised, too, to learn how inexpen sive these voice visits now are. At 8:30 o’clock in the evening, and again at midnight, reductions are made in the station-to-station rates. And long dis tance calls return so much in the way of friendship and satisfaction. Keep friendships alivc~by telephone. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY tlncury,rated) HALL & COLE, Inc. 94-102 FANEUIL HALL MARKET. BOSTON, Commission Merchants and Distributors of ASPARAGUS One of the Oldest ComoMsasoa Houses ia th Send for Shipping Stamp. >ooaoooo»o^o-»os»soeeaoeessssooseoe»sse»eeeesesee» ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE «NT1N|X. Rainbow? N owadays it teems to the average motorist that there 2s a different colored gasoline et every gas tank he draws up to. If you have tried these gasolines / —if you have been “through the rainbow*^—we ask you to do two things. • First, note that the new “Stand ard” Improved Gasoline is not colored. Second, try this gasoline and compere the results with emy other gasoline at regular prices yon have ever used in your car regard* less of color or claims. Compere it for power, mileage end anti-knock qualities. Thousands of motorists have al ready made this comparison.. The result is that more then twice as much “Standard” Improved' Oaaolinc tanew uted as foe near* est competing brand 1 % An oil company with the great est facilities for producing au *• finer gasoline is beck of “Staqd- r v urd* 9 Improved Gasoline—in back of it 100%, Remember, it*s perfermavee in the motor that sells gasoline! Prove it yourself! W ■ 'M BURNING ON ICICLES Jar th* **north pole 99 room where "Standard 9 * gasoline is tested in temperatures rang* Ing from 120 above to 40 below zero. Besides the "Standard" proving ground there is only one othgg laboratory with apparatus complete enoufh to hrinf out* side road conditions indoors. It ts the Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C. STANDARD Improved GASOLINE [ESSO—the Giant Power Fuel is colored red merely to distinguish it from “Stamiwd" Giusdrar.) IT’S THE CHAMPION—