The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 22, 1929, Image 3
THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1929.
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Of Interest to Farmers
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WHITE WARNS FARMERS
AS TO MARKETING CROPS
Administrative Officer Says Farmers May Sell Crops at Any Mar
ket-Loan Offices Designate No Official Firms.
Columbia, \Aug. 19.—Farmers who
have been borrowing money through
the loan fund provided by the govern
ment for the six Southern States suf
fering from storm damage a year ago
may market their cotton or other pro
ducts at any market they may choose,
according to*L. E. White, administra
tive officer, who returned to Columbia
Sunday to supervise the collection of
the loans.
Mr. White pointed out that letters
have been sent out recently by various
firms to farmers borrowing money
from the government and the infer
ence in these letters is that they have
been made official markets for cotton
by the farm loan headquarters, and
using this as a means of influencing
the farmers to ship their cotton many
miles to these markets, whereas it is
perfectly suitable to the government
to have the farmers sell their products
at their customary place- or their
nearest place.
It is imperative, of course, Mr.
White said, that farmers must pay
their obligations to the government
first, hut this is the only provision the
administrative officer has placed on
the loans. The farm loan office is
also erf^rerier ring a difficulty in that
other creditors of the farmers are de-
sirious of handling the products for
market, and Mr. White wishes to warn
the farmers against this.
•One of the letters which is particu
larly misleading was sent out recently
by a Savannah firm. It is printed be
low for the benefit of farmers, who
can beware of any other such corres
pondence.
“We have been in touch with
the Fanners’ Seed Loan Office,
Department of Agriculture, Col
umbia. S. C., for some ti me •J'dl _
have authority for you to ship
your cotton to us with instruc
tions for us to remit the Farm
ers’ Seed Loan office net pro
ceeds up to the amount of your
indebtedness. By handling your
cotton in this manner you will
receive the highest price obtain
able in Savannah and have your
crop mortgage paid promptly.
“If you prefer to store your
' cotton with us, the government
is perfectly willing to have you
do so if we send warehouse re
ceipts covering such cotton tc the
Farmers’ Seed Loan office, Col
umbia, S. C. This arrangement
can be carried out to your entire
satisfaction. v
“When shipping your cotton to
us please mark your initials on
each bale, also number each bale,
sending original order notify bill
of lading to Us immediately with
instructions as to selling or hold-
irg.
“Your ginner, warehouseman or
railroad agent will assist you in
maiking your cotton.
“Kindly state fr your first let
ter to us the amount of youh
mortgage, according to your rec
ords. This will.enable us to com
pare your figures with those we
have received from the govern
ment.
“Let’s make an early start and
pay up your crop mortgage as
scon as possible.”
Mr. White has been in Washington
for two mortbs, having returned
shortly after the money was all loan
ed out, but is back in Columbia now
to supervise the collection of these
loans. He has as his assistant in
collection of these loans, Johr> E.
Lynch, who waa also here last spring
when the office was opened.
VISIT FERTILIZER AND
CROI* DEMONSTRATION
Clemson College, August 19—Farm
ers c*m employ a few days of August
and September in no better way thai.
in visiting fertilizer ai d crop experi-
merts and demonstrations which are
being conducted in their vicinity, says
T. S. Buie, head of the agioromy
division. More benefit will be derived
from a personal visit than by readirg
about the success of a fellow w’orker.
“The Agronomy Division of Clem
son College has definitely planred ex
periments in mere than two-thirds of
the counties of the State embracing
rotations, fertilizer analysis, aid
time and rate of application,” coun-
tinue s Dr. Buie. “Each presents a
concrete lesson in soil fertility ar.d
improvemert.
“In addition to these experiments
there are in each county of the State
carefully plant ed demonstrations to
illustrate the value of ceitain practices
such as side applications of nitrogen
ous fertilizers to cotton and corn,
thick spacing of cotton, soil-buildir g
crops and the like. The purpose of
these is to carry to the individual
farmer information about beneficial
practices that have been developed by
experimental agencies.
“Each tourty farm agent is in
close touch with these local experi
ments and demorstrations, and will
gladly give information concerning
them to ar y farmer who exhibits in-
terest in such work.”
Agricultural Hints |
Sanitation Urged
for All Sections
Clean-Up of Fallen Fruit and
Destruction of Dumps
to Kill Pests.
Give the hens plenty of water.
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Hog lots and pastures used v year aft-
, er year are one of the causes of runty
pigs.
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There Is no such thing as too much
sweet corn. Don’t be stingy with your
planting.
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In recent years the soy bean has en*
: tered Into the regular cropping sys
tem on a very large number of farms.
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Xlie manure pile Is a fertile source
of danger through providing a breed
ing place for flies, but It la also the
moat valuable single adjunct a mixed
.farmer can have.
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_ Sweet clover hay should be cut be
fore the stalks get^too large to be good
fer bay. It la a too Important to cut
clover before tbe stalks get
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(Prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Discovery of the Mediterranean fruit
fly In Florida nnd Infested Florida cit
rus fruit in several other states re
cently haa centered the attention of
officials of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture on wide-spread
cleap-up measures in orchards and
fruit packing houses.
A Clean-Up Is Necessary.
Clean-up of fallen fruit and destruc
tion of fruit dumps and rejects is par
ticularly necessary this year not only
because of the fruit fly but also be
cause of other common pests, accord
ing to Dr. C. L. Marlntt, chief of the
plant quarantine and control admin
istration.
Such clean-up of orchards and safe
disposition of packing house culls is
probably seldom made. Doctor Mar-
latt says, but the necessity is clearly
apparent and lie has urged nil de
partment Inspectors to give wide pub
licity to the need for the practice and
If possible to secure its general adop
tion.
The reports of finding Infested Flor
ida citrus fruit received from other
states mention only the finding and
destruction of such fruit. Doctor Mar-
latt says, and make no mention of any
elean-up of storage places nnd prem
ises. Doctor Mnrlatt is anxious that
fruit handlers, dealers, and the pub
lie generally realize the necessity or
thoroughly cleaning nnd disinfecting
cars, storage rooms In refrigerating
plants boxes and oilier con-ftaers,
f.nd the Immediate surround’, tg** in
sheps or other places where such fruit
has been kept.
Reduce Risk of Spreading.
Risks of spreading the fruit fly and
other pests can be very much reduced,
Doctor Marlatt says, by making sure
that all boxes v and other contnin?n>
are thoroughly cleaned, followed by
very careful sweeping up of all dlit,
dust, and {rash which may be beneath
the boxes. Such sweepings should be
carefully taken up and burned.
Applications of oil, boiling water,
or steam to all places likely to be
infested with tbe larvae of the fruit
fly are advisable.
When^t
ter a farmer begins applying
needed limestone and growing leg
omen In bis regular rotation he not
only la guamoteeing a higher average
yield la kit succeeding grain craps, huf
Keep Poultry Yards
Clean and Sanitary
Parasites Undermine Health
and Sap Vigor of Birds.
(Prepared by the United Statee Department
of Agriculture.)
Care .exercised in keeping poultry
yards clean and In sanitary condition
has a double function in keeping the
flock clear of parasites that undermine
the health and sap the vigor of the
birds. The Injury by mites, lice, fleas,
and other parasitic organisms is some
times obvious, but it aiso happens
that some Insects and other small
creatures are carriers or intermediate
hosts of some of the Internal para
sites of poultry.
For example, according to special
ists in the United States Department
of Agriculture, one variety of round-
worm must develop for onq stage of
its life outside the poultry It affects.
The roundworm lays its eggs within
the chicken and they are eliminated
in the drqppings. They will not ma
ture if picked up by a fowl. They do
mature if a water flea picks up the
eggs. Then if a hen takes in the wa
ter flea with her drinking water the
round-wqfn parasite of the flea de
velops into a poultry parasite.
Many similar examples are known,
and others are suspected. The grass
hopper, for instance, has recently been
shown to transmit at least one impor
tant parasite of domestic poultry.
Sanitation and cleanliness which
prevents such insects from having ac
cess to the droppings may thus break
a cycle through which Infestation
reaches the flock. The Insects In
themselves may not be harmful to
poultry, but If they have hod on op
portunity to feed on contaminated
droppings they may be the means of
spreading these particular parasites.
Factor in Increasing
Production of Crops
Last year farmers bought more fer
tilizers than In many years. This in
creased use of fertilizer was a large
factor in increasing crop production.
The American farmer Is learning grad
ually the lesson offered by the Euro
pean fanner who spends more on
fertilizer per mere than any other
farmer in tbe world. Holland Is cuo
tinunlly enriching Its soil, which makes
possible the Intensive methods of the
country and puts it at the head of the
list of nations in the crop yield per
acre. Where the American farmer
was inclined formerly to plant over a
wide area of land of questionable fer
tility. he Is coming to realize that
with more Intensive methods, proper
fertilization, nnd greater attention to
the culture of his fields, he can make
more money with less labor and acre
age and undergo lets anxiety from
plant diseases and frosts.
MM. NX THEFTS
AID CHECK FORGERS
American Bankers Association in
Nationwide Warning Exposes
Methods and Gives Rules
to Combat Them.
NEW YORK.—Active operations in
many cities of mail box thieves, who
open bank communications to custom
ers, containing details of- their ac-
counts^ and cancelled checks showing
their banking signatures/ and use this
material In perpetrating check for
geries, have led the American Bankers
Association to issue a nation-wide
warning to its members with instruc
tions for combating this form of crime.
The warning as sent out by 'James E.
Baum in charge of the association’s
Protective Department says:
0 “Heavy losses are being sustained
through cancelled vouchers and state-
n^fits stolen from the mail boxes of
bank depositors in apartment and of
fice buildings, thus divulging the de
positors’ balances and supplying mod
els for forged checks. As a step
to put customers on guard against
these methods, banks are urged to in
struct every depositor to whom they
mail statements of deposit accounts on
the last business day of each month to
notify them promptly If such state
ment are not received by the dose of
the next day.
“Also banks should educate deposi
tors to safeguard blank checks and
cancelled vouchers as they would
money. Such paper stolen by forgers
soon puts real money in their hands.
If all blank checks and cancelled
vouchers were securely kept In safes
instead of filing cabinets or desks, the
check crooks would be denied their
chief stock in trade, namely, genuine
blank checks and signatures. Warn
ings to depositors against, leaving
blank or cancelled checks accessible to
sneak thieves or burglars should be
sent out at once.
“Estimates broadcast by surety com
panies indicate that individuals, mer
chants, hotels and others outside of
banking are shouldering more than 99
per cent of the total amount of for
gery lossej. The bulk of forgery lots
on checks is sustained by those who
are willing to risk accepting them
without reliable proof of Identity or
title of the presenter.
“Years ago the Protective Depart
ment of the American Bankers Asso
ciation adopted the slogan, ’Strangers
are not always crooks, bnt crooks are
usually strangers.’ "1fthose outside of
banking could be prevailed upon to
observe this rule and think about It
when considering accepting a check
for their merchandise or services, for
which they are also asked to give a
substantial sum in cash in change, one
of the biggest aids to the forgery busi
ness would he denied the crooks.”
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Soy Beans Are Popular
as Protein Supplement
Soy beans ore proving a popular
protein supplement In Indiana. Twen
ty-one of the twenty-fouf members of
the Hownrd-MIatrl Dairy Herd im-<
provement association are feeding soy
beans to their herds, according to L
0. Holliday.
The demand for linseed oil meal
nnd cottonseed meal is Increasing
each year. As the need for such pro-
tetn-rlch feeds as a supplement to
home-grown feeds for dairy cattle be
comes more fully realized the demand
for such by-products In dairy dis
tricts will continue to increase Some
other source of protein must be se
cured. Present indications are that
the soy bean may play an Important
part in the solution of this important
problem.
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Disk Before Plowing Is
Advantageous Practice
It has been pretty definitely proved
that pulverizing the top layer of tbe
soil with disk barrow before plow
ing is done Is a very advantageous
practice. When the furrow Is turned
over tiie pulverized soil breaks away
from the furrow and helps fill up the
furrow bottom much more effectively
than when the solid furrow is turned
over. In the latter case large openings
are often left which cause the soli to
dry out rapidly and become too bard
to work down well.
When using a disk for this purpose,
do not angle it too much. Let it run
rather straight and it will do satisfac
tory work.
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Dog, Cat, Groundhogs
Live Happily Together
Lithopolls, Ohio.—The “happiest”
family in the animal kingdom, com
posed of three baby groundhogs, two
kittens, a spaniel dog. and a cat, lives
at the borne here of Frank Rotbfuss.
Tbe burden of this unique family
falls upon the dog and cat The
cat brought hi tbe groundhogs which
became so friendly with tbe kittens
that they, were adopted.
For guarding tbe kittena, tbe dog
la rewarded with food gatbaiDd by
tba cat oa bar foraging trlpa.
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