Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, February 4, 1932 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCOK>U< k, SOUTH * i _ ^ , \oi \4jMHER TWO T A Closei Race — By Albert T. Reid srnT ✓ M<0>TICE TO TH6 (jIZBAT mCtfASElHOlATHS from HOWR ACtroENK ATlOM. CHAHOM-ftK .AeM /WELL what in SAM HILL PIP HE ~\l COPY HIS F4CE FBoM, A Squash?) mM IF VI ARE PARFUAR ABOUT THE PRINTING • ' ^ • ■ ’ V that bears the name of your business, and you should be above all other things, then you will want us to serve you with the high class work that we create. We are prepared to give you t * ' • . ■ i. the very best service at prices you can well afford. Bring your next job to us. miCK MESSENGER McCormick, S. C. A Valuable Tree Crop ffort of the South Carolina State Forest Service to interest the p r - f South Carolina in the growing of pine trees and the broader movement to reforest all unproductive lands in the state di rects attention to other trees be sides the pine that may be grown wih profit. The value of the black walnut :1s generally known. Its wood has always been in great de mand for the manufacture of fur niture, and for interior decoration. There are many other trees that thrive in South Carolina and which are worth planting on worn lands, but none is more valuable than the black locust. Ever since the tele graph and telephone were Invented locust has been sought for the manufacture of the pins that sup port the insulators on the cross arms in line construction. The value of locust wood for fence posts is also known to farmers and it is in demand in other industries. According to H. Y. Forsythe, Dis trict Forester of Aiken, the South Carolina State Forest Service rec ommends the black locust as a tree crop and supplies the following in formation relating to it: “Few hardwood trees equ^J black U. S. Oiiicers To Continue Watch On Dove Baiting Vigilence to prevent baiting and illegal shooting of mourning doves will be continued by the Federal Government after the close of the open season, officials of the Bu reau of Biological Survey, U. S. De partment of Agriculture, announc ed today after having received in timations that preparations are be ing made in some localities to bait the birds for post-season shooting. The migratory bird treaty-act regulations as amended and ap proved by the President on March i 17, 1931, the officials pointed out, i prohibit hunting, killing, or taking of mourning doves on or over, at or near, any area which has been baited with salt, corn, wheat or other grain, or other food placed or scattered thereon. Shooting mourning doves after January 31, the last day of the open season, hunters were reminded, will be ille gal throughout the United States, and the Government will naintain special enforcement measures. The mourning dove is a door- yard bird protected at all seasons in many sections of the country, and several southern States have for some years had- laws prohibit- DE LA HOWE NEWS (Too late for last week.) Miss Edna Mims and Mrs. J. B„ Branch visited Misses Olive and Elizabeth Branch at Converse Col lege in Spartanburg, Saturday. Miss Telia Shuman spent Friday i with friends in McCormick. Little Charlie Lane has returned to the Infirmary from the Shriner’s Hospital in Greenville. Mrs. D. C. Roper is visiting in Birmingham, Ala. Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Shiflet of Mc Cormick visited friends here at the school last Monday afternoon. Miss Estelle Powell spent the week end in McCormick with Mrs. C. H. Huguley. Rev. D. V. Cason of the First- Baptist Church of McCormick con ducted the afternoon services Sun day. Other visitors to the school were: Mrs. R. C. Smith of Lowndesville, Mr. Harris Thomas, Miss Elizabeth Kennedy and. Miss Lucy Franklin of McCormick visited Miss Thelma Abbott Sunday afternoon. ( locust in growth for the first 20 to j ing shooting over baited fields. The 30 years. Its network of roots and ‘ Federal regulation was strongly ad- sprouts make it also a good tree to vocated by game commissioners plant to check erosion. Thick and many sportsmen in those sec- stands develop shade, which causes the young trees to drop their lower branches and develops clean, tions where the practice had con tinued and had resulted in such de struction of the birds as to threat- Aviators Get Special Weather Report Service Special weather forecasts made for aviators bring them up-to-the minute information on weather conditions as they speed through the air on their regular routes. These special forecasts usually cov- bined efforts of the State and Fed- | United states Department of eral Governments will put an end Agriculture. They are based on to the practice. -txt- straight poles in the first 10 to 15 en serious reduction in their num- , er on ^y three or four hours and are years of their growth. Shade is al- bers. It is expected that the com- issued by the Weather Bureau of so a deterrent to the locust borer, the tree’s worst enemy. “One-year old seedlings for planting may be bought from nurseries or from state forestry de partments. It is also easy to pro pagate planting stock on the farm. The seed should be soaked 8 to 12 hours in warm water, not over 160 degrees Fahrenheit and sown im mediately one-half inch deep. Spring sowing is preferable. “The tree thrives especially well in the Appalachian region and is grown successfully in most other parts of the United States. As post timber, good black locust in Ohio has shown 77 per cent of sound post after 42 years in the ground. the bureau’s general State fore casts, issued for 36 hours in ad- Keiorestaion x regress-I Aviation weather reports consist iricr In Smith Carnlirm of conditions of sk y and weather, mg in omnn U^aroillld ceiling> horizontal visibility, wind . direction and velocity, condition Over 170,000 forest tree seedlings anc j movement of upper-air cur- have been distributed in South ^ rents at specially selected stations, Carolina since January 1, 1932, for! ^ em p era ^ U re, barometric pressure, planting on abandoned farm lands | hew point, thunderstorms, squalls. Although a tree crop is not usual ly expected to yield as much profit as a cultivated crop, black locust timber on an abandoned cornfield in Ohio produced 3180 posts to the acre in 22 years, netting $350, or $16 per acre per year. Under ord inary forest conditions in the Ap palachian region, the stand will range from 1 to 20 cords per acre.” An annual net income of $15 per acre is more than millions of acres of farm lands in the South are yielding. In South Carolina these trees grow more rapidly than in Ohio, and the annual net income here would be even greater than in Ohio. Granting that it will amount to $16 per acre, as in Ohio, it will be seen that the locust crop may be made of great value to the South. One hundred acres of cut-over land or land that is unprofitable in field crops planted to locust trees would in the course of 20 years produce a crop of timber valued at $35,000. One cannot readily think of a more profitable investment or a better legacy for a farmer to leave to his family. The annual net profit on acreage devoted to the locust would equal or exceed the present market price of the land on which the trees would be planted. X Hog-Cholera Outbreaks Swine growers in many of the hog-producing States experienced serious losses from outbreaks of hog cholera in September, October and November, 1931. An estimate made by veterinarians of the Unit ed States Department of Agricul ture indicates that recent losses were about equal to chose experi enced in some secions during the seve.e outbreak of 1926, when the has found that it gets the most ac dis .se caused losses at the rate of curate records of temperatures by and eroded areas, according to As sistant State Forester N. T. Bar ron, who is in charge of planting. These seedlings are being distribut ed at cost by the State Forestry Commission. According to State Forester H. A. Smith, idle, aband oned farm lands, when planted to forest tree seedlings, immediately become productive, and in many cases saves the land from becoming eroded and unfit for any use. The State Forestry Commission has available for distribution now at its State Forest Tree Nursery the following seedling species: slash, longleaf and loblolly pines, and black locust. Pine seedlings range in height from 6 to 10 inches. Approximately 1,000 seedlings are planted to an acre, and of those planted last year from 62 to 84 per cent survived the extreme drought last summer. According to the For ester, 1,500 to 2,000 seedlings can be planted in a day by a crew of two men. The supply of longleaf, loblolly and black locust seedlings is being rapidly sold out. A good supply of unusually healthy slash pine seedlings are on hand for dis tribution at cost. Slash pines arp especially adapted to the Coastal Plain section of the State. Forest Planting in South Caro lina is a leaflet distributed free of charge by the South Carolina For est Service, Columbia, S. C., an swering most questions dealing with forest oree planting. Applica tions for this booklet and orders for seedlings may be made directly to the State Forest Service, Columbia, S. C., or through District Forests located in Spartanburg, Florence, Aiken and Walterboro. j \ x Placing Thermometers To avoid arguments about how cold or how hot it is hang your thermometer on the north side of the house in a sheltered place, such as a porch, and be sure it is an inch or two away from the wall. The United States Weather Bureau and state of landing fields. These reports give special attention ta fog, cloud formation, smoke, and haze, all of which are vitally im portant to the aviator. At many stations aviation weath er reports are received each hour simultaneously by means of a con necting telegraph or “teletype.” As a basis for the reports the Weath er Bureau has about 200 regular stations in all parts of the coun try, more than 50 airport stations, and about 300 secondary stations, along the air lines. x — Rabbit Meat Good Source Of Protein 70 hogs in each 1,000. I.ie outbreaks this year, however, exposing the Weather Bureau ther mometers—of which there are diminished rapidly with the liberal about 5,000 over the country—in a use of antihog-cholera serum and | covered or screened inclosure of the advent of winter. December | WO od slats which keep off rain, sun, showed a marked reduction in the 'snow, and radiation and also allow prevalence of the disease, in some free air circulation. -X- Stages che number of outbreaks receding almost 50 per cent. This One theory of the formation of 1931 experience is a reminder that, the craters on the moon is that the disease is by no means con- 1 rapidly moving meteors penetrated quered, says the department , and deep into the moon’s crust, then that constant efforts should be exploded and threw up a rampart made to prevent these destructive similar to craters caused on the waves of hog cholera. J earth by an aerial bomb. Recent tests made in the United States Department of Agriculture, show that rabbit meat compares favorably with other meats as a source of protein. The moisture and protein content of rabbit meat are relatively high and the fat content is rather low. In making the tests, department workers analyzed the flesh of four typical specimens of domestic rab bits, which included representatives; of the American White, Chinchilla, and New Zealand breeds. The rab bits varied in age from 10 weeks to 18 months. The meat was stripped from the hones of the carcass and the heart, liver and kidneys were vemoved. The moisture and protein content of the specimens averaged 66 per cent and 20 per ceht, respectively,/ whereas the fat content was rather low, slightly less than 12 per cent. The fuel value per pound was Ir on calories in one experiment and 716 calories in another, with an av erage of 855 calories for all deter minations. The proportion of dress ed weight to live weight was 51 per cent, somewhat less than that of the larger meat animals. 1XI Alfalfa Leafy alfalfa hay is an excellent addition to the poultry ration in winter. A good way to feed it is in a cylindrical frame made of poultry netting, about 1 fodt in diameter and 3 feet high. Fasten it to the wall or set it on the floor. TXT A 200 foot Zeppelin mooring mast may be erected on the eighty-five story Empire building, now under cor truction in New York city. ixi A'most 124,000 bird-study clubs havj been organized by the Audu bon Association, chiefly in schools of the United States and Canada.