Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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s ! THURSDAY, JULY 11TH, !•». as p Of Interest to Farmers : Aid Strawberry =r Weevil' Infestation ~ Is Becoming Serious More Than Twenty Per Cent, of the Squares in Some Fields Have V Been Punctured. New Air-Mail Service Between United States and Chile Boosts Friendship of Two Countries Boll weevil infestation is beginning to become very serious in many of the fields of old cotton. More than 20 per Cent of the squares are being punctur ed at this time. This means much damage to the crop. Dusting cottor, should begin when about ten per cent, of 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 he is called upon, the county agent 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. Bear* in fested should be dusted thoroughly or top and bottom of leaves with a mix ture of seven parts of hydrated lime to one part of gooi calcium arsenate. For the first time. Govern me r t Ship ping Point Inspection is being used on watermelons ir Barnwell County, be ginning this week. Barnwell and Wil- liston have plamed for this service and many of the farmers vre interest ed to know to what extent berefHs will derived from the service. A better market should result from car ship- me* ta of melons which have been properly packed as well as handled and crated and packed in the car.— Preps red by H. G. Boylston, county agent. South’s Cotton and Other Goods Find Market There While Chilean Nitrate, Copper and Iron Increasingly in Demand Here T HE alr-mal! 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 mirez, bring about a more friendly feeling between the two nations and further extend trade relations. factured goods, valued, at approxi mately $50,000,000 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 machln- W re*»U la c rra»inK Rapidly, H. W. Bari#, of Clemson College, director of the South Carolina experi ment statio:, issued in Columbia • '%• <■ VtafeM 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 is crushed end dissolved in hot water to separate the insoluble substances from the nitrate. The solution is placed in large vats, where precipitation and oyst alii ration of the nitrate of soda taka piars. Trains carrying the finished product to the Comm are observed in the right back ground. Workars' quarters are diown at the extreme right. (Inarrt) Don Pablo fUnurer. Chilean Munster of Finance, s recent visitor to So the United Staton Mor day the f< •wsng warning: *'Th«* first generation of weevil« are maturing it the fields through *ut the State and a rapid increase in infests- tior is expected during this week and i ext. The occasional showers through out the State and large cotton in the eastern counties make favorable con- dttiors for rapid increase of the wee vils. Every cottoi grower should ex amine hit fields from day to day and be prepared to poison with calcium arsenate 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 hut 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 to the 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. It 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 words the calcium carbonate in the crushed oyster shell supplies the egg shell material. Seoor Ramlres It the first cabinet official of the Chilean Government to vtaL 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 extending the sales of nitrate of aods. one of tb# mo»t valuable nat ural resources of his country. M Cutt!ng the time from twenty to •even days in matt and perhaps pas With Wild Ones Four Promising Varieties Are Found Suitable for Home Preserving. ery for the installation of domestic In dustrial 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 w# must look to the United States or Euroi.* for additional aasist- ante.” Senor Ramires said. He advised the American Importers that the mining of nitrate of soda has (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 wild sorts 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 Varlotlas. 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 s 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 Is placed on the pistil of the flower of the oth er. The seed developing from such a cross Is planted 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 there la sufficient fruit, canning and preserving tests are made of the mors promising ones by cunnera and pre servers with whom Mr. Darrow has made eo-of»er»ii\e HrsauumiL-uu. F/>n n. i Haven’t yexs often wished that you could! _ Ji -ffiPPA - M .. r -1 ffiiffiL t you be with friends who have moved to ocher dttorf They may be far away, yet you can easily keep in touch with them; talk over old timet, 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 have made distant • telephone conversations a pleasure. Generally, con~ nedtions 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 comer. 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 alive—by telephone. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY (1 near pom ttd) HALL 6 COLE, Inc. 94.102 FANEUIL HALL MARKET. BOSTON. Commission Merchants and Distributors of ASPARAGUS One of the Oldest Commiteion Hour— in the Ti Send for Shipping Stamp. ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. ADVERTISE IN THE PEOPLE-SIKTINtL. • ■ >© have been ifr"- ** 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. Rainbow? Much Money Is Lost by Planting Inferior Seed Thousands of dollars are lost every year by planting seed of low vitality. Seed pf 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 grotv. Last year 141 lots out of the 5,000 lots of seed tested at the state seed laboratory germinated from 0 to 50 per cent. This means that several thousand acres would have been plant ed to seed which would not grow. senger service between New York and Santiago, Chile, will be a great step forward In bringing us closer to the United States, as v/ell as in establish ing a friendlier feeling and in adding to the rapidly-growing developments,” .he said. , "At present more than one-fourth of all the foreign or imported goods used in Chile come from the United States, largely in the form of manu- .•ecently 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 frofli which to supply United States farmers with their nitrate fertilizer, my Goveriiment proposes tc do all within its power to mine and deliver it - in the best mechanical condition and at the lowest possible price.” Farmers’ Week at Clemson College. Gets da SHtcbee Atlanta, Ga.—Six hundred and twen ty-eight sUtcbea were token la fee body of J. W. Bandera, twenty- after he drove hla turn ctr ber% . An invitation to the iarm 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.fe . through Friday. Morning lectures, midday sessions, af ternoon/periods for demonstrations, band concerts, evening sessions of en tertainment will be the main diviaion of the program each day. This pro gram, carrying real instruction and in spiration at the college, which ia a place of natural beauty aud restful- ness, for which the Clemson campus is justly famed, should be enjoyed by every person who attends. . Further information may be secured by writing to Dr. W. W. Long, Chair man, Farmeis’Week Committee, Clem son College, S. C. Those planning to go ahould write to Dr. Long as soon as possible, asking for room reservation, so that accommodations will be pro vided for them^—Prepared by H. G. BoyUton, county agent. Andrew perlmeot bean* art, of the Minnesota ex N owadays r seems to the average motorist that there is e different colored gasoline at every gas tank he draws up to. Compare it for power, mileage a end enti-knoek qualities. If you have tried these gasoline# —if yon bavi rainbow" —we ask you to do two things. - Thousands of motorista have al ready made this comparison.. The result ii that more than fofer . Gasoline is now used aa the eat competing brand! First, note that the new "Stand-, ard” Improved Gasoline is not colored. Second* .try this gasoline end compare the results with mny other gasoline at regular prices you have ever used in your car regard less of color or claims. Remember, it’s performance im t motor that sells gmsoliue! Prove yourself! STANDAR ^Turning on icicles /* a* “north pole” room where “Standard" J asoline is tested in temperatures rang- ng from 120 above to 40 below zero. Besides the “Standard** proving ground there is only one other laboratory with apparatus complete enough to brin^ out- :iae road conditions indoors. It ts the Bureau of Standards in lb'as kin pern, D.C. Improved GASOLINE An oil company with the great est facilities lor prodneing finer gasoline ia bank of "Steqd- f > oxd** Improved Gasoline—in bank of it 100*. --.LL™ [ESSO-tke Giant Pt colored red merely to it from Pudis