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February 25, McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA PH IRMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June £, 1902 EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner Entered at* the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. _ -' SUBSCRIPTION RATES: — Strictly Cash In Advance — One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Months *.60 George Washing ton Was A Suc cessful Stockman Cut The Labor Costs Prune Bunch Grapes Against Lower Prices Without Fail-Rawl Tree Planting In creases In -South Car. Tree planting is playing a large part in the George Washington . Biceptennial celebration, according to Mr. Daniel Ravenel, State Chairman of the Bicentennial Commission of South Carolina. According to Mr. Ravenel, plant ings are being made by schools, civic bodies, woman’s clubs, and communities, in two distinct ^orms. Under one plan individual trees are being planted in joint com memoration of Washington and local prominent individuals. Un der a second plan areas up to sev- • era! acres in extent are being ^planted as groves, demonstration forests, and a combination of these ^•two. ) • i Where individual trees are to be ■m planted Mr. Ravenel recommends v . - trees from 5 to 10 feet in height ;£hat may be secured from local nurseries or from woodlands at ^ v small cost. Where demonstration foxpsts or memorial. groves are to Jjbe planted, trees of slash and lob- ‘ lolly pine may be obtained at cost .. ($3.00 per thousand) from the 1 Bouth Carolina State Forestry Com- > mission at Columbia,. S. C. y Trees supplied by the State For- estry Commission, according to the Stfl,te Chairman, are not suited for ,' planting as individual trees, due to * small size and species. They are, however, just right for reforesta- tion and* for memorial plantings on larger scale. The George Washington Bicen- * .tennial Commission is a National Commission, established by Presi- • dent Coolidge during his adminis- y tration, for the commemoration of the 200th ahniversary of George Washington’s birth; Already mil lions of trees have been registered with the Commi'jsion as memorial plantings, and thousands are being p\anted daily throughout the Unit ed States. . ■ . Additional information in regard to the work of the Commission may be secured by writing to Mr. Dan iel Ravenel, Stat^ Chairman, (George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Charleston, S. C. X— For Good ' * Hatching Eggs CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 15.— Proper feeding v/ill materially in crease the hatchability of eggs, says P. H. Gooding, extension poultry- man, who reminds us that high hatchability is the first requisite for a successful hatching season. A flock on green range fed a well balanced ration, containing 50 per centjOf yellow com, will receive the necessary nutritional requirements for the eggs to have high hatch- ability, Mr. Gooding points out. A good formula for a home-mix ed feed to meet these requirements would be ground yellow corn, 200 pounds; ground wheat or ship stuff, 200 pounds; meat scraps, 100 pounds. With this mash yellow corn should be fed 10 pounds per j day for each 100 Leghorn and 12 pounds per day for each 100 hens of heavy breecls. Oyster shell and water should be kept constantly before the birds. There are also! commercial feeds on the market that will produce good results. i It seems evident, Mr. Gooding continues, that the male has little to do with hatchability, the female being the controlling factor; and feeding and care are the important points in maintaining her ability. Both hatchability and fertility de crease after the hen reaches two years of age. The pullet and yearling years of both light and heavy breeds usually give the best hatches and the largest number of -chicks per hen. Yearling or old-, er hens usually give better hatches after they are given a rest prior to the hatching season. George Washington was a far mer as well as a soldier and a President, the United States De partment of Agriculture says. Washington was bom and raised on a farm and he always return ed to his Mount Vernon estate when he was not called to public duty by his country. Although tobacco was the im portant Virginia crop, Washington also took an active interest in live stock. At one time he had 130 horses on his Mount Vernon estate. His sheep numbered more than 600 in 1793 and in the same year he had over 300 cattle. Washingtoh was also probably the first person to raise mules in this country. He received two jacks and two jennets as a gift from the King of Spain and also received a jack and two jennets from Lafayette. Oxen were used for heavy work on the plan tation but Washington had many work horses also. He kept riding horses and broke and trained his oWn animals. He was interested in increasing the wool clip of his flocks and at one time got a 3 much as 5 1-4 pounds of wool co the fleece while his neighbors got only about 2 1-2 pounds. Washington’s will, made in the year of his death, listed more than 1,000 head of livestock, conserva tively valued at more than $15,000. He was handicapped in his live stock raising because his overseers and slaves were inefficient and he was forced to rely on them when Ixe was serving as President and at other times when he was in the public service. x Sweet 'Potato Contest Results Announced CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 6.— Meriwether-Clarks Hill News Items ® % CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 6.— J Mrs. L. H. Hines and Miss Joyce In periods of declining price levels, i “It is not too late to prune the Bridges spent Saturday in Augusta, such as we have been in for some bunch grapes, but the scuppernong! Mr. A. M. Bass and daughters, time, more serious thought needs to | type of grapes should not be prun- Misses Billie and Claudia, spent one be given not only to what to pro- j ed at this season, because this type day last week in Greenwood duce but to efficiency in production | of grape ‘bleeds’ badly if pruned and marketing, thinks O. M. Clark, much later than the first of De- iiibbers I AIKEN, Feb. 22.—Yields in the sweet potato contest conducted by the Extension Service in 1931 were much smaller than in 1930 because of unfavorable weather conditions, the highest yield being 186.6 bush-, els of No. 1’s per acre as compared with the high of 449 bushels in 1930, says L. P. Wat$on, extension horticulturist in charge of the con test. C. P. Green, Cherokee county, with 186.6 bushels of No. 1’s, is de clared state prize winner. First and second places in the Piedmont district were won by Preston Timms of Fairfield county and C. McLendon of Edgefield county, who made yields of 79 and 67.5 bushels of No. 1’s, respectively. In the Middle district, T. L. Gramling, Orangeburg county, won first prize with 180 bushels of No. 1’s. Mr. Gramling won the state prize in 1930 when he made a yield of 449 bushels of No. 1’s on an^ acre. The second prize in the Middle dis trict was won by R. D. Coggshall, Darlington county, who made 156.5 bushels. The lower district prizes were won by Otho L. Cox of Horry county, whose yield was 166.2 bush els, and J. M. Shelly of Marion county, who made 162 bushels. Mr. Green, winner of the state prize, used the Nancy Hall variety. His record book shows that he used 1600 pounds of an 8-3-12 (PNK) fertilizer under the plants. Mr. Gramling ,who made the second highest yield in the state, used 1400 pounds of a mixture of 8-3-16 fertilizer. Mr. Cox, whose* yield was third in the state, used 1,000 pounds of 8-3-10. With the exception of the upper district, the other prize winners followed the recommendations of the Extension Service by applying rather liberal amounts of a fertilizer relatively high in potash. extension economist in farm man agement, who advises both the keeping down of cash expenditures and the efficient use of labor and labor-saving implements where I practicable. | Man labor,- mule and tractor power with machinery are import ant factors in production costs, and on these points Mr. Clark says: i “Indications are that there will be a large supply of farm labor available at very low prices, be cause of the continued unsettled industrial situation and of the inability of farmers to pay higher wages. -y “The prices of mules in South Carolina has come down relatively more than the average price of commodities farmers sell. When prices of farm products improve, the demand for good young mules v/ill also increase, but there will be a very limited supply and prices are likely to be very high. It would seem, therefore, that for those who are able to do so the present is a good time to buy good mules. “Prices of farm machinery have been reduced very little during the past year. The substitution of tractors for mules is likely to be relatively slow because of economic conditions, but farmers who al ready have tractors and other im proved machinery should see that they are properly cared for and ef ficiently used. Result, demonstra tions conducted by the Extension Service show that machinery can be used efficiently to apply labor and power and thereby materially reduce production costs.” X cember,” says E. H. Rawl, extension horticulturist, answering inquiries from owners of home and market vineyards who have so far neglect ed this important matter. For- young and untrained vines Mr. Rawl suggests the “Four-cane Kniffin System’ After vines have been trained to this system, the pruning consists mainly of leaving four desirable fruiting canes and four two-bud renewal spurs, these fruiting canes or arms to be left not longer than two to three feet. On old vines it is best to remove at least two of the old arms annually and replace them v/ith new canes, pruning back to one or two. buds the laterals on these old arms that are not removed. On the Labrusca or American type of bunch grapes that have made an average amount of new growth, Mr. Rawl recommends that only 25 to 40 buds be left when pruned, or as many as 50 buds if the vines have made a very vigor ous growth the preceding summer. “Vines that are not pruned pro duce each succeeding crop further from their trunks and of very small and inferior bunches, with a ten dency to overbear, resulting in a weakening of the vines,” the horti culturist adds in explanation of the importance of pruning. -txt- Alfalfa Alfalfa needs more lime than any other common forage crop. All soils in the East except those of lime stone origin need lime for alfalfa, and even limestone soils, such as A Fire-Heated Hotbed those 111 the Shenandoah Valley, are often acid at the surface and dinner guest Monday evening Misses Blanche Middleton and Beryl Bass of Lander College spent last week end with homefolks. The Epworth League gave a soc ial Friday night, which was enjoy ed very much by everyone present. Those present outside the commun ity were T. W. Savage, Pat Robert son, Jack Wood and Clyde Morgan all of Parksville. Mr. E. C. Jefferson and little son, Jimmie, spent Saturday in \u gusta. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hines had as their dinner guests Sunday Mr. and Mrs. U. O. Hines and Mrs. Kates of Harlem, Ga., and Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Hines and Mr. Callahan of Meriwether. Messrs. Eddie and Hugh Middle- ton and Fred Bussey spent Satur day on the riyer Tishmg. Mr. A. M. Bass and daughter, Billie, spent last Thursday in Au gusta. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Sanders and little son, G. C., Jr., spent Saturday in Augusta. Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hines had as their dinner guests Tuesday, Mrs. Hill Fleming and little L. H. Hines, I • Tv .. of Leah. Ga.. and Mrs. B. T. i Sharpton of Baltimore, Md. Miss Blanche Middleton spent Saturday afternoon with Miss Mary Necma Eckard. Miss Claire Rich spent Saturday afternoon with Miss Jessie Lee ‘bowler. Mrs. J. J. Minarik. Mr. John Ry an, Miss Annie Martha Ryan and Mr. W. H. Ryap spent Saturday in Augusta. Mr. Warlick Kellar spent Satur- 4ay with Mr. Eubert Eckard. Mr. J. J. Minarik was up from j Augusta for the week end. Miss Mary Neoma Eckard was the to You’re in Styles When you wear rubbers now-a-days • • • for these new BALL-BAND Rub- • bers fit so well that they really look smart. They are ever so much better looking, and more com* fortable, than wet, un sightly shoes. And you will be surprised that rubbers so light will give such extra long wear. BALL#BAND| $1.25 values Now : wOl# To Start Early Sweets need lime. Except for the soils Miss Joyce Bridges. * j-i • j?• _ • t a t— r»rr4iTT 1 CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 6.— A satisfactory fire-heated hotbed at practically no cash outlay is recommended to farmers by exten sion specialists in Information Jo cular 14 of the Agricultural Engin eering Division. A hotbed six by 50 feet, built of logs and a little scrap material, may be had for 75 cents to> $11.00 in cash if labor, poles, and other material are avail able on the farm, and such a bed would accommodate 15 to 20 bushels of seed potatoes. “This state has not produced its proportion of the commercial crop of sweet potatoes,” says E. H. Rawl, extension horticulturist, who be lieves that an easy inexpensive method of producing early plants at home will result in development of the sweet potato industry. With the hotbed recommended in the circular Mr. Rawl states that it is possible to produce inexpen sively stocky well developed and hardened plants ready for the field by the time the frost-proof dates have arrived for transplanting in a given section. County farm agents are ready to help farmers with plans and specifications for the hotbeds as described and illustrated in Circular 14. X Buffalo School of the Pacific slope in the North- Miss Virginia Fox of Augusta west, most soils west of the ninety- j spent Monday afternoon with her, fifth meridian do not need liming. ( aunt, Mrs. D. E. Eckard. The form of lime makes little dif- I MiJs Joyce Bridges was the din- ference provided it supplies enough ner guest last Thursday evening to -txt- Shealy Reports Profit Collected COLUMBIA, Feb. 22.—The South Carolina department of agriculture turned over to the state treasurer $112,464.78 more than the expendi tures for the fiscal year, most of this coming from the various in spection taxes, the annual report issued by J. W. Shealy, commission er, shows. The statement concerning fi nances during the 12 months show that $171,798.02 were collected from oil inspection tax; $30,602.64, tax on foodstuffs; $1,302.50, seed inspec tion tax; $150, commercial disin fectants fund; total, $203,963.16. The total expenditures of the de partment amounted to $91,498.38, leaving a net profit of $112,464.78. FIRST GRADE— Thomas Britt John Wise SECOND GRADE— Elizabeth Brock Andrey Loveless THIRD GRADE— Elvin Brock Irvin Franklin Samuel Link FOURTH GRADE— Ansil Brock Lawrence Loveless SIXTH GRADE— Robert Link Louise Loveless IXt- calcium oxide. Soils that have not previously been limed will usually require at least 1 ton of burned lime or its equivalent to the acre. x 4-H Clubsters Profit Thru Larger Yields CLEMSON COLLEGE, Feb. 13.— A total of 904 South Carolina 4-H club boys submitted completed rec ords on 1044 acres of cotton in 1931, with an average of 1344 pounds of seed cotton per acre, or 505 pounds of lint, as against a state average of 250 pounds of lint per acre, says Dan Lewis, acting state boys’ club agent, pointing out that the total value of the cotton produced by these boys was $39,491.79, with a profit of $14,272.71. Fifty-three per cent of this acre age was grown by 544 boys who grew an average of 1666 pounds of seed cotton per acre, or 639 pounds of lint. These latter boys who grew a 500-pound bale of lint or more per acre produced cotton valued at $28,521.34 with a profit of $11,066.47, an average profit of $18.55 per acre as against an aver- Honor Roll age P rofit of $13.67 per acre for the j total of 904 boys, and an average • profit of only $7.16 per acre for | those who averaged less than a bale per acre. The 1304 clubsters submitting completed corn ciub reports aver aged 37.76 bushels per acre on 1451.75 acres, Mr. Lewis’ records Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Hines. End. Veterans Here Receive $140,863 If Bill Passes New Potato WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—It was learned at the offices of the vet erans’ bureau here Friday that if the bill for payment of adjusted service certificates to World war veterans is passed at the present time the following amounts would go to South Carolina: Abbeville $286,406 Aiken 382.108 Allendale 163,250 Anderson 994,053 Bamberg 283,354 Barnwell 260,593 Beaufort 267,888 Berkeley 273,058 Calhoun 205,161 | Charleston 1,240,894. Cherokee 395,428 Chester 390,540 Chesterfield 421,621 Clarendon ‘ 368,842 Colleton 317,081 Darlington 508,723 Dillon 316,001 Dorchester 232,779 Edgefield 237,323 Fairfield 1— 285,964 Florence 749,411 Georgetown 266,942 Greenville 1,436,870 Greenwood 443,037 Hampton 211,744 Horry I 483,537 Jasper 122,652 $1.25 $1.50 values now Just received New Lot of :$1.50 Wash Paries, good and heavy Qfif* for only Shirts, Broadcloth and Shantung, white and col ored, $1.50 and $2.00 values $1.00 now ^ w w Flannel Shirts 75c values, now WWW Boys’ Shirts, fancy Broad- clo;h, were $1.00 each, $1.00 I Men’s Linen and Soft Col- Is 10C 50c Silk Socks 4 pair for Men’s Underwear, Shirts and Shorts 1 Qf* now : IWW All Wool values $1.00 now Pants, $3.75 $1.95 Boys’ all Wool Pants, were from $2.50 to QC $3.00, now & 1 Patterson Clothing Company Main Street McCORMICK, S. C. McKinney-W eeks Of interest to a large circle of friends was the marriage of Mrs. Mollie McKinney and Mr. P. W. Weeks, the ceremony being per- show, while the state average was | Kershaw 393,819 formed by the Rev. O. L. Orr at the only 14.3 bushels per acre. These Lancaster 343,594 Baptist parsonage in Plum Branch clubsters grew their corn at a cost Laurens 516,914 at 3 o’clock Wednesday afternoon, of $15.53 per acre and realized a Lee 295,898 February 17th. profit of $7.97. However, 41 who grew 75 or more bushels per acre averaged 86.26 bushels. It cost these 41 boys an average of $24.29 per Lexington 448,146 McCormick 140,863 Marion 334,273 Marlboro 388,465 acre to grow this corn from which Newberry 425,883 they realized a profit of $28.93 per Oconee 409,759 Orangeburg 784,249 Pickens 413,946 acre. In other words, Mr. Lewis as- Plant breeders of the United serts, the larger the yields per acre Richland 1,076,550 Saluda 222,857 Spartanburg 1,428,446 Sumter 563,676 Union J 379,697 Williamsburg' 428,743 York 655,973 States Department of Agriculture on these cotton and corn demon- have originated a new variety of strations by 4-H club boys the potato that resists the disease greater the profits, known as mild mosaic. This new In conducting these 2208 demon potato is the Katahdin. The de- strations on 2496 acres, an average partment tested it in 100 localities' of 54 acres per county in the state, in 20 States last year and it show- | these young farmers were supervis ed no signs of mosaic, although ed in their activities by their coun- other varieties growing in the ty agents who helped them inter same fields became affected with pret and put into practice best the disease. “Mild” mosaic is not methods of cotton and corn produc- jness of meats has been designed for .income tax and $150,000 from"cor- a mild disease but causes severe' tion as shown by the South Caro-: use in experiments at the United | poration fees, he added, are antici- damage to the potato crop. 'lina Experiment Station data. [States department of agriculture. Ipated later in. 1932. Total $21,352,034 Mr. and Mrs. Weeks are making their home near McCormick, where they are receiving the good wishes cf a host of friends. 1X1 Income Tax Receipts Now Total $762,592 COLUMBIA, Feb. 23.—Income tax payments received this morning swelled the state returns to $762,- 592, said W. G. Query, chairman of the state tax commission. The total corporation license fees and income tax returns for the year reached $1,797,183.95, Query said. A machine that tests the tender- Further receipts of $500,000 from