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f I ) .Thursday, April 5, 1928 McCORMJCK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SoufM Carolina. , 'T Page Number TEfit !S- ■' When you get ready to c^ean house, don’t wcrjy. Let us do the worry ng for ^ou—we like it. We know what it takes to make houte clean ner a pleasure, and what it takes, we have, ALL THE THINGS NECESSARY FOR THE JOB Floor Paints and varn'shes of all kinds—paints and enamels sponges—chamois—^'umigators—soaps—ammonia, for woodwork and furniture—waxes and polishes of all kinds— IF WE HAVEN’T WHAT YOU WANT, WE’LL GET IT. STROMS’ DRUG STORE McCORMICK, S. C. . . SAVE HI ON GROCERIES Buying groceries for your home always takes time, but it takes more time in some stores than others. In our store we save you time by giving you the services which you have the right to expect from your grocer. And in addition, we give you merchandise of the highest quality at honest prices and cheerfully take back anything that is not satisfactory. Save time by buying here and you will have more time for the things you want to do. McCORMICK, S. C. PAV RV CHECK AND SAVE THE DIFFERENCE If you will make a habit of banking your money regularly and checking it out only when you need it, you will be surprised how quickly the unchecked surplus will grow. This is only one of the advantages of availing yourself of the services of this bank, which welcomes your checking account, however large or small. A checking account is the most eon- * venient way of keeping trace of your expenditures. It saves you time and money. THE PEOPEES BANK McCormick, S. C. SERVICE We are prepared to render, on short notice and at very moderate prices, up-to-date undertaking service in or out of town and county. Embalming on short notice and at reasonable price. Free ambulance service in town or county. Call or see G. P. or G. H. McCain or J. B. Smith G. P fCAIN Undertaker, McCormick, S. C. PHONE NO. 77. Some Of The Uses Of Cotton Seed Products One Of The Marvels Of The Age Is Use Of Cotton Seed And Their Products 'AUBURN, Ain., Mr.rch 27.—“One ->f the marvel-, of the present age is the exten-.ive uses made of cotton seed and cotton seed products,” de- cla'(3 Dr. L. N. Duncan, director of extension forces of Alabama in a statement issued here today, in which he pointed out some of the u^s to which these products arc put and in which he especially stressed the im pel tar.ee of every fr : end of Southern agr culture boosting the use of these pr^duc 4 ^- Dr. Duncan declared that “manu facturing cotton seed and its pro ducts into all the numerous useful and indispensable articles is o.’.e of the remarkable achievements of sc .?r»-.r>e. e~necially chemistry.” “When I was a small boy,” said Dr. Duncan, “and that has not been so many years ago, I assisted in op erating one of the old t’me horse gi^s a.:d one of our problems was to j o waste on the ground near the gin. “Cotton seed is one of the veiy valuable raw products of the South ern farmer. Anything that is due to increase the use of cotton seed there fore creates a market for the far mers’ products and is a help to the fa' mer. “All of these things being true it follows that every friend of South ern agriculture rhould boost the use of cotton seed and cotton seed pro ducts whenever ard wherever sup ported by the careful results of sci- cntif ; c reseaich and practical exper iments. “In line with the above thoughts the Alrbama Extension Service is a real friend to cotton seed and cot ton seed products and it is the policy of the service to recommend the use of these products when backed by the research department of the Ala bama Polytechnic Institute. “Based upon the recommendations of the Department of Animal Hus bandry the extension seiv ; ce recom mends the feeding of cotton seed meal as follows: “For the feeding of da'ry cows we recommend that as much as 40 per cent of the grain ration be composed of cotton seed meal if grass hay or other carbonaceous roughage is be ing used. If a mixed legume and grass hay is being used twenty-five per cent of the grain ration should be composed of cotton seed meal. If legume hay is being usee 1 ,, the grain ration should contain as much as twenty per cent of the meal. “For beef cattle for the wintering of the breeding herd, we recommend the use of one to two pounds of cot ton seed meal daily, together with a liberal amount or roughage. For the wintering of stockers and feed ers, one to two pounds of meal with hay, straw or silage. Fot fattening steers, we recommend that cotton seed meal compose the sole concen trate feed and that it be used up to the amount of seven pounds per head daily. The meal, of course, should be fed with silage or some other good roughage. “For horses and mules we recom mend that one pound of meal replace two pounds of corn in the ration of horses and mules and that not more than two pounds of meal daily be used. “In the feeding of sheep, our rec- ommendat'ons are that one^third to one-half of the concentrate rat ; on may be composed of cotton seed meal.” X Potato-Planting Tests Have Upset Old Prejudic es -■ 1 \ Phases of the moon and pos tion of the horns still govern planting op eration?, particularly of potatoes, in many sections of the country. The light or the dark of the moon, or whether the horns point upward or down are of no concern to horticul- turak'sts of the United .^tate De partment of Agriculture, but they are interested in providing informa- t on looking toward settlement of some of the other disputed questions dealing with potato planting. William Stuart and several asslst- ent.s report on experiments in pota to planting carried on in leading po tato-growing districts Norfolk, Va.. Presoue Isle, Me., Gieeley, Colo,, and Jerome, Idaho. Growers have long d'sputed the comparative merits cf potato sets cut from the stem end and from the get the cotton seed out of the way. ' eec * en ^ °f tubers. Some prev- i have seen large p ier, of them go ious experiments seem to have indi- t ^ , .j A ^ _ • cated considerable superiority for o. e end or the other. The seed val ues cf the two ends probably differ somewhat in different varieties. Re sults varied with the weight of the cct, accord ng to numerous tests, and the data ar a whole seem to indicate that as the weight of the set increases there is a greater res ponse from the apical (seed) set than from the basal (stem) set. Another fruitful source of argu ment is found in the value of over sized tubers for seed. Most growers of seed potatoes have a strong pre judice against using large sized tub ers. After three years of experi ment the investigators conclude that “sets from oversized tubers are evidently as productive as those from normal-sized tubers, and in seasons when a considerable propor tion of the seed stock grows too large to satisfy commercial demands it may be recommended for seed pur poses. The chief objections that have always been raised in regard to over sized tubers are that there is more wastage in cutting, involving a larg er quantity by weight to plant an acre, and in addition that they are slightly more difficult to cut.” Several experimenters have claim ed great advantages from the use of seed dug when it was somewhat im mature. Department experiments at three stations were inconclusive. At the Idaho station the increased yield from immature seed ranged from 77 bushels an acre for one variety to 180 bushels an acre for the best of three varieties. “Greening” potatoes for seed, that is, allowing them to sprout some what in sunlight is a common prac tice in Europe where the advantages seem to be distinctive. While green ing ordinarily would bring potatoes to maturity 10 days or two weeks earlier than would planting from un sprouted seed under cultural condi tions prevailing in the United States the gains if any, are. not considered gieat enough'to be profitable. X Babe Knocks 72 Homers In Film Sensational \Swatter Breaks His Own World?s Record While Working On Movie Lot Chesterfield Field County In Contest Will Be Well Represented By Farmers In Five Acre Cotton Patches Babe Ruth shattered i his own world’s record of fifty-nire home runs in a seasoti by knocking seven ty-two of them within a month! However, the sensational swatter of fast ones, curves and shoots was not fac'ng majc* league pitching. He established his new record while batting in the baseball scenes of F’rst National Pictures’ film offer ing at the Dixie Theatre, “Babe Comes Home,” in which he is starred, with Anna Q. Nilsson and Louise Fazenda in featured roles. Technically, only two games were played, which establishes a record of thirty-six home runs per game. The two games progressed day. after day, however, like a protracted cricket matbh. Motion picture production re quires many camera angles of each bit of action, so many a home run represented a different angle of one home run. Then there were many rehearsals and shots that were re taken. Ruth’s da'ly average of film home runs, counting working days cmly. Various Los Angeles pitchers, in- clud'ng the famous veteran, “Doc” Crandall, smoked th^ baseballs over the plate for the Babe. Dixie Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. ixi ' If eating is a necessity why didn’t nature arrange it so all women would enjoy cooking and dishwashing? IXI The greatest faith any McCormick woman can show in her husband is to sit quietly in the back seat and let him do the driving. CHESTERFIELD, April 2.—Ches terfield County is going to be well represented again this year in the list of entries in the five-acre cot ton contest which is being conducted by the extension forces of Clemson College, Major Wf. J. Tiller, county agent said today. P. M. Arant, who won first prize last year is again entering and will attempt to set the pace again for the cotton growers of the state while a number of ether progressive farmers of the county are going to compete with him and the hundreds of other growers over the state who are en tering. Major Tiller is rather proud of the showing which his 'county made last year, when eight contestants from the county produced a total yield of lint cotton on five-acre plots of 32,941 pounds, average yield of lint cotton for the eight contestants being 823.5 pounds per acre. This contest, says Major Tiller has pointed out the fact that it is possible under the proper soil man agement and fertilizer treatment and with the right varety of cotton to produce large yields of cotton of one inch or better staple. Mr. Arant, who won the state championship last year, had a yield of 5,857 pounds of lint on five acres. He had 34-inch rows and his cotton was about eight inches i n the d rill, with one or two stalks to the hill. He used 20 sacks of 10 per cent acid. 30 sacks of 8-4-4, 20 sacks of cotton sc?d meal, 2 sacks of kanit and 3809 &jjcnrr IT'S To *ST£n'' The Cream of the Tobacco Crop m. G> Underwood & Underwood WILLIE HOPPE Champion Billiard Player ivritest “The slightest cough or throat irritation might be fatai during a close match. On this account I prefer Luckies as a steady diet. They have never irritated my throat or caused the slightest cough* I am going to stick with Luckies* 99 “It’s toasted” No Throat Irritation-No Cough, ©1928, The American Tobacco.Co.. Inc. the Buck Style Show Si '‘iSSl'S Body by Fisher Showtnq Americans Smartest s^Motor Car Creations Opening Today—-Style Week at Buick showrooms! Everyone who loves the new and beautiful—every one who plans to buy a new car this Spring— is invited to attend this special showing of those smartest of motor car creations, the fine Buick models. Here are assembled a wide variety of Buick body- types by Fisher. All are arrayed in alluring new spring-time color harmonies. All are endowed with the most luxurious upholsteries and appoint ments. And all are months ahead of the mode in smart, low, dashing lines, low without any loss of head-room or road-clearance. Be sure to attend this magnificent Style Show! See the most beautiful motor car creations of the day—and the most durable, dependable and vibrationless of cars as well. Come any day or evening during the next seven days. A cordial welcome awaits you* Openinq Today HARRISON MOTOR COMPANY, Dealers Greenwood, S. C. •■-M pounds of nitrate of soda as fertil izer on the prize five-acre plot. He applied four side dressings off nitrate of soda to his cotton, being govern ed by the conditions of the plants as to the amount applied each time. The first side dressing of Nitrate of Soda was made after chopping, sec ond side dressing at first squares, tlv’rd side dressing at time of fiist in the running for first prize again! this year. The interest in the con test is much greater than last year, and the number entering will be much larger than any previous year. tx: Cheesecloth bags are excellent to put vegetables in when they are to be kept in the refrigerator after bloom and fourth side dressing at k e j n g. prepared for the next meal, lay-by time. | They are especially useful for let- Chesterf : eld County expects to be luce, cele y, watercress etc.