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ER, Mcf ORMlCK, SOWH CAROLINA
PAGE NUMBER TWW
VtVQWKLCim! extent by South Carolina farmers
w ho experienced considerable loss
«very Ttmrsday
/established lane 5, 1902
VDMOND J. McCRACKEN,
Editor and .Owner
VnAered at the Post Office at Me*
Omnick, S. C., as mail matter of
Che second class.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
— Strictly Cash In Advance —
One Year $1.00
t9bc Months .75
Tliree Months .50
Feeding The Family
of home-killed meat during the
mild weather of 1931-32. This has
been accomplished by *the use of a
home-made meat-curing ice-box
which in effect enables farmers to
make" their own hog-killing weath
er. The box was designed by J. T.
McAlister, extension agricultural
engineer, and several of these box
es have been built and tried out
with success.
In November, 1932, Boyd Atkin
son of Marion county built a box
and cured out 800 pounds of meat
successfully, using only 600 pounds
of ice costing $2.50. The total
cost of the materials used in con
structing the box amounted to only
$13.00 Mr. Atkinson kept an ac
curate. record of the temperatures
during the curing period. The box
was charged with 600 pounds of ice
a day before the hogs were killed in
order to have the box chilled when
the meat was put in. After but-
Chering, the meat was salted and
VBlrector, South Carolina Food placed in the box, the outside tem-
J Dr. Roe. E. Remington
A Queer
Passenger
By CLARISSA MACKIE
ixch Laboratory, Charleston.)
IThis is the fourth of a series
t-T articles appearing weekly in
tftoe Messenger on the general
^ob ject of complete and adequ-
ate nutrition.
:
j,. In previous articles cf this
sr ries we have called your attention
tr» th? five requisites for a perfect
namely t5a£ it shall provide
which produce energy, which
knuld muscle, furnish vitamins and
elraaents, and water, and all in
adequate amount. ‘ ,
This week we discuss more in
paxticular the muscle building
ao necessary for growth in the
®nd to maintain the body in
Foodq of this class contain
frcrc&an—and muscles are largely
made up of protein. Farmers are
wary familiar With the word, and
Jbsve long been known to pay par-
tseidar attention to the protein
content of the ration of their cows
«r pigs, but, alas, too little to that
cf ttheir children. Unfortunately,
tiis word protein is not just the
jot one substance, but of a,
class of substances, more or
similar in composition, hut dif-
in make-up, according to
source from which it comes.
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The proteins of com are not, chem-
tesiSy, exactly the same as those of
wisest, and* still more different
Tram those of milk. All proteins
sons made up from about twenty
^compounds, which the
calls “amino acids.” Not
aH proteins contain all of them,
proportions of those that
is quite variable in dif-
proteins. Muscles contain
these amino acids or “building
In a certain fixed propor-
and most interesting and sur-
if one of them is abssnt in
food, the body, instead of mak-
» different kind of muscle,
leaving out the missing element,
Jiiasrrply builds.no muscle at all. It
•an artist who starts cut to
a beautiful mosaic, using
tiles cf twenty different shapes and
colons. If he doesn't have enough
Of itaae particular kind, his work is
2
is what we mean when we
of proteins of “good” or
r* quality.-"’ The nearest food
human muscle is naturally the
muscles of animals—lean meat. But
Ftriis us more eTcpemive than-protein
Irani 'gram,: so that it is well to
know that a variety of grains will
give practically all the needed am-
isMO acids, especially if supplement
ed tor milk. Neither a pig nor a
ctefid yflll do well on com alone, or
«r*. wheat alone.
You can feed your child all the
crsrn bread and molasses it will eat,
without some other muscle-
krcSdlng food, it will starve to
4*eath. T he best muscle-building
foods are lean meat, fish, eggs, and
xnOk. Nqts, peas, beans, wheat,
xyu, cats, and other grains are
perature being 60, the temperature
in the box 40, and the temperature
inside the meat 58 degrees. After
the fifth day the temperatures were
as follows: outside 65, inside the
box 44, inside the meat 44. The
meat was salted three times at six-
day intervals. The ice lasted about
19 days, after which the meat was
found to be satisfactorily cured.
The box has six-inch insulated
walls. T & G flooring is nailed
to 2x4 studding, inside and out.
Heavy tar building, paper is used
under the flooring and tjie four-
inch space is filled with dry wood
shavings. In outside dimensions
the box is seven feet long, five feet
wide, and four feet high. Special
ice racks are provided at each end
of the box for holding a 300-pound
block of ice. Meat racks are pro
vided in the center, which allow the
meat to be placed so that the cold
air can circulate around each piece.
The capacity of the box is approxi
mately 1000 pounds of tiimmed
meat, and two 300-pound blocks of
ice should be sufficient to cure out
such a quantity of meat. A limit
ed number of blueprint plans which
show construction details is now
available through county agents.
Four Points Of
Compass To Guide
Our Farmers
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan, 7.—
Better utilization of land, further
steps toward “subsistence” fanning,
more livestock in the farming
scheme, and co-operation in buying
and selling are four of the cardinal
points given by Dr. W. W. Long, di
rector of the Extension Service, to
direct farmers along the road to
better success in farming in 1933.
On these several points Dr. Long
says briefly:
A rearrangement of the present
ayout on most farms is urgent. En-
arging and reshaping fields will
ave 10 to 20 per cent in labor; and
using enterprises that do not de-
nand labor too heavily at the same
ime will bring more effective dis
tribution of labor over the year.
Transfer of lands net best for eco
nomic crop production to pasturage
and growing of trees must also be
considered.
The production of a large part of
the family living at home is of
first importance. The vegetables,
fruit, and meat products needed for
the table and the feeds needed for
the livestock may be grown largely
on each farm. While many farm
ers are now on a live-at-home
basis, there are thousands of others
who can and should thus avoid the
necessity of cash purchasing of
such needs.
More livestock in the farming
system will first of all mean better
utilization of land, give a better
distribution of labor, and build up
ge/sd but should be used in combin- ! soil productivity. Though the im-
with one another. Roots and mediate outlook for livestock is not
greens contain very little protein. | bright, the far-seeing farmer will
BCnst persons should have around begin now to establish herds and
tbre* to four ounces of protein a flocks at low cost against the time
day, but that’s a hard standard for when livestock will bring better
the mother of the family to apply. ‘ prices; and of course he will grow
If:* necessary to tell you something all home and farm needs of pork,
about proteins, and how they act, poultry, and other meats. Mean-
because a little later we are going while it is the best way to make our
to sihow you how to dombine dif- soils more productive.
Terent foods to make a good, nour-
irfcxng diet, and at low cost.
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Some form of co-operative buy
ing and co-operative selling will go
far towards eliminating much of
the coftly middleman service be
tween producer and consumer. The
joint buying of such things as
fertilizer, seeds, feeds, and imple
ments would save farmers much
icash; and co-operative selling of
— farm products should result in se-
CLEMSON COLLEGE, Jan. 7.-r- curing better advantages in the
Mark Twain’s famous remark that markets through uniform quality
xintortng is ever done about the of products, direct dealing with
waaJther has boon modified to some avge buy.-s, e;c,
Farmers Can
■ Make Own Hog-
S.C. WEEKLY
INDUSTRIAL
2 VIEW
.The following record of Industrial
activity lists items showing invest
ment of capital, employment of la
bor and business activities and op
portunities. Information from
which the paragraphs are prepared
is from local papers, usually of
towns mentioned, and may be con
sidered generally correct.
Voorhees — St. James building
for girls’ industries and Wright Hall
dedicated.
Allendale — Contract let for re
building two schools for negroes
in Jasper County.
About 2,000 men given work on
county roads recently.—George
town Times.
Greer — New quarters nearing
completion, to house Smith &
James Mens’ furnishing establish
ment.
Hartsville—Ten thousand pounds
of cotton seed shipped from here by
Coker’s Pedigreed Seed Co. to S. P.
Clark, director of. cotton improve
ment station at Adana, Turkey.
Georgetown — Farm Women’s
Club Market opened here.
McCormick — Plans being con-
oidered for building toll bridge over
Savannah River between Lincoln-
ton, Ga., and this place.
Walterboro — W. J. Moore, Jr.,
recently purchased Green’s Service
Station and will operate it under
name of Moore’s Service Station.
Columbia — Crazy Crystal Co.,
Mineral Well, Texas, opened store
here at 1613 Main St.
© by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
WNU Service
VjISS ANN RICHLAND locked the
back door of her small house, and
went out to the tumble-down old barn
which had become a shelter for the
ancient automobile that she vain-
glorlously called “the car.” She had
dusted and washed it that very morn
ing. There was a minute or two of
hesitation on the part of the car, after
Ann had stepped on the “gas,” and
then kn excitidg thrill shuddered
through the vehicle, and it rolled im
portantly through the open door and
down the Incline to the grassy yard,
where it rattled and snorted while all
the hens craned their necks curiously.
“Now, glddap !” commanded Ann Rich
land imperiously, as they reached the
road, and soon they were spinning
madly along toward the cross road
that led straight to* the railroad sta
tion. Since she had acquired the car
Ann had made It her business to meet
every Important train that stopped at
Little River. If the day was a stormy
one, the car was buttoned up snugly in
black rubber curtains and the passen
gers were kept warm and dry in return
for the 25-cent fare. But this morn
ing was a cool, delicious spring one.
The big “stage” that always met the
trains was already there when Ann
reached the station. Dan Mills was
the appointed carrier of mail hags to
and from the trains, and he grinned at
Ann and touched his cap.
“How’s she goin*?” he wanted to
know.
“Like a bird!” laughed Ann hap
pily.
“Humph,” grunted old Benjamin
Brown, who had come to the station
to meet his ne# hired man. “Like a
crow-bird—that old rattle trap humps
along. Here comes the train, I win
der what kind of a poor tramp they’re
sending me this time?”
Ann’s car was filled soon after the
train stopped, and she turned to run
to the village. But Benjamin Brown,
who had just taken on a single pas
senger, had cut in ahead of Ann's car.
She wnltqd uqtil he had passed, telling
herself that the passenger did not look
like a regular farmhand. After she
had left her passengers in the village
she went slowly homeward. Just as
she was turning Into her gate, Dan
Mills came jogging along, his empty
stage stretching behind him.
“W«U a minute, Ann,” he sang out.
Dan emerged from the stage fih(I
came over to/ talk to her. “Say, Ann,”
he said in a low tone, “did you see the
queer party that went home with Ben
Brown?’’ . ' - H
“I thought that he was to well
dressed for a farm hand,” admitted
Ann. “You acjL queer, Dan—-suspicious,
avefrt ' At
For an answer he thrust a hand
into an Inside coat pocket and brought
out a {taper—it contained pictures and
descriptions of several wanted crim
inals, and issued warnings against
them.
“Why!” Ann Richland pointed to
ward a familiar picture. “Benjamin/
Brown’s farmhand?”
“That’s what I want to know! You
see the hank has a registered bag com
ing along on the evening train—they’re
keeping the hank open after hours to
receive it and lock It up In the vaults—
and I’m wondering about that queer
character that went to Ben Brown’s.”
Ann locked her car in the old barn
and walked over to the house. She was
feeling very lonesome, and rather, up
set About what Dan Mills had told her,
for Brown’s land adjoined Ann’s on
the south ! She went around to the
south porch now. and started back
aghast at the sight of the strange
“farm-hand.”
“The same Ann Richland,!’ he said in
a vibrant voice that thrilled Ann.
“Why—” stammered Ann, “I do not
remember you—you have made a mis
take! And all the time she was wish
ing that Dan would come along so that
she might appeal to him for help. Then (conditions,
a sudden shocked expression came to 1 more 0 ii »
her charming face. “It must be Everett j
Lewis.” she said softly. { Th e tremendous heat genera.e:
“Of course it is—I know I look years ' in the automobile engine at high
older than you; but there was the war, {speeds, according to Mr. Gilreath
and it rather battered me up; since J causes motor oil to oxidize, formin,
then. I’ve been back at my old job j kludge and interfering with prope.
teaching school—until I was bitten
with a longing to come back to//Little
River and see the old place. Then I
saw an advertisement of old Ben
Brown’s place bpen for summer board
ers, ko I telegraphed that I would be
here on the two-thirty train today. Old
Ben was there, hustled me into his
wagon and ran me out to his place.
First-thing he said—something about
my being too dressed up for a hired
man—brought forth an explanation,
and he was so mad because he had
probably mislaid the real farmhand at
the station, that he put me off his
place—I’m on my way to the village
hotel. 1 stopped here, Ann, for the
sake of old times—you know what I
mean?”
Ann blushed beautifully and nodded
and offered to drive him to the village
hotel. In five minutes the old car had
become a wonderful chariot In which
two people rode once more through
the scenes of happy youth and relived
an old love story. Leaving Everett at
the village hotel, Ann drove happily
back home again.
That all happened years ago—and
the Little River bank has never yet
been robbed; while Ann Richland has
married Everett Lewis t And they live
a very happy, almost idyllic life in
the old house. Everett teaches the vil
lage school and Ann still drives the
old car to the station every day for
nagaenzers.
How Old?
i -
Facts On Motor
Oil Cbnsumption
“The average car running forty
miles an hour consumes oil twice as
fast as the same car at thirty miles
an hour. When yoti step On the
gas and run at fifty miles an hour,
you use four times as much oil as
at thirty miles an hour. At sixty
miles an hour, oil is consumed nine
times as fast.”
These facts, according to Mr. S.
L. Gilreath, General Salesman of
the Standard Oil Company of New
Jersey, are known to comparatively
few motorists.
“If you drive fast” says Mr. Gil
reath, “You can’t avoid high oil
consumption. . Of course some oils
consume much faster than others
just as some oils are more affected
by the heat of the engine and ox
idize faster. The speed at which
you drive has a lot more to do with
the amount of oil used than the
miles you travel. Thousands of
miles of carefully controlled tests
have established these facts.
“How often to change the oil in t
crankcase is a problem each drivei
must decide for his own car. Nc
hard and fast rules can be laid
down. Regarding the recommenda
tions for changing given by the ca
manufacturer, it is well to bear li
mind that these oil suggestions ar«.
for new motors and motors in firs
class mechanical condition, anc
even then are modified by driving
Old cars always us
circulation and lubrication. Oxi
dation is also responsible for for
mation of carbon. With some oils
this may be negligible while wit.,
others the condition is exaggerated
“To be on the safe side, “Mr. Gil
reath, says, “It is seldom wise
run more than a thousand mile^
between oil changes. Not only has
oxidation lowered the lubricating
and protective qualities of the aver
age oil by that time, but in spite of
air filters, oil filters, and other de
vices, enough fine road dust has
come in through the breather
tubes and the carburetor to cause
dangerous friction and wear—and
higher consumption of oil. The
faster one drives the more often
the oil should be changed.”
“If your crankcase holds five
quarts of oil and one quart of oil is
consumed every two hundred miles,
your total oil bill for a year would
be less than $18.00, with motor oil
at 25 cents a quart, providing it
is changed every thousand miles. If
you put off changing for two thou
sand miles, yo!u save only about
$3.00 a year, the lovugst premium
you could possibly pay on insur
ance against big repair bills.
He doesn’t look a day over fifty.
And feels like forty.
At the age of 62.
That’s the happy state of health
and pep a man enjoys when he gives
his vital organs a little stimulant!
When your system is stagnant
and you feel sluggish, headachy,
half-alive—don’t waste money on
“tonics” or “regulators” or similar
f >atent medicines. Stimulate the
iver and bowels. Use a famous
physician’s prescription every drug
store keeps. Just ask them for Dr.
Caldwell’s syrup pepsin.
This. appetizing syrup is made
from fresh laxative herbs, active
senna, and pure pepsin. One dose
will clear up almost any case of
headache, biliousness, constipation.
But. if you want to keep ia fine
shape, feel fit the year ’round, take
a spoonful of Dr. Caldwell’* syrup
pepsia every few days. You’ll eat
better, sleep better and feel better.
You will never need another laxative.
Give the children a little of this
delicious syrup two or three times a*-
week. A gentle, natural stimulant
that makes them eat and keeps the
bowels from clogging. And saves
them from so many sick spells and
colds.
Have a sound stomach, active
liver and strong bowel muscles that
expel every bit of waste and poison
every day l Just keep a bottle of
Dr. Caldwell’s syrup pepsin on
hand; take a stimulating spoonful
every now and then. See if yon
don’t feel new vigor in every uray.
Turns Now To National Problems
Relieved of hi* duties as governor of the state of New York at the beghh-
•mg of the new year, President-elect Roosevelt is now giving his full —
to national problems, to the selection of men .for his cabinet in eonffcr-
ence with Democratic leaders mapping out a definite program to be pnfc
Mito effect when he takes office, March 4. According to plans, Mr. Roeesvelh
will go again to Warm Springs, Ga., for a short vacation during Fehroar*.
V
They Will Stage Inaugural Show March 4