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Page Two >u * ’ORMICK, SOUTH CAROUNA ttcCORMICK MLiSENGER Published Every Thursday Established June 5, 1902 edmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. Less Intensive Feeding Is Way To Dairy Check Clemson College, April 7. — By reducing the grain ration of dairy iows and feeding more roughage greater profit majf be made on a lower milk yield, says C. G. Cush man, extension dairyman, who thinks that less intensive feeding is an effective means, of bringing about the reduction in output pro posed in the tentative dairy pro gram of the Agticultural Adjust ment Admifitistration. “The dairy farmer’s gross income be less if he has his cows on SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 Six Months .75 Three Mon tV !s .50 Rent Average Land roughage and pasture; but his T^i costs of production will be less also. In KedUCing Cotton It , is ne t income rather than gross income that counts”, Mr. Cushman ... 1 ' v ’*• * Clemson College, April 7. — The explains, purpose of the 40 per cent reduc- “Experiments show that when tion in cotton acreage is a similar we have good roughage to feed and reduction in the production of cot- cut our full graih ration in two, we ton in 1934, says R. W. Hamilton, get approximately 10 per cent less assistant to Director W. W. Long, milk than dh full grain feeding”, reminding farmers that land of says O. E. Reed, Chief of the Bu- good average fertility and not e- reau of Dairy Industry, U. S. De- roded, waste, or gullied land? is to partment of Agriculture. “When be taken out of cotton cultivation we depend oh roughage alone, we this year under the terms of the g^t about 30 per cent less milk contracts signed by southern grow- than we get on full grain feeding. ers - | “This drop in production does not' “Growers are not entitled, under involve a corresponding drop in the contract, to select old, worn- profits Dairy farmers who plan to out land and designate it as the f eec j i ess grain and grow more rented area specified in the con- roU ghage will benefit themselves tract”, says Cully A. Cobb, chief of also agriculture as a whole. 1 the cotton section of the Agricul- •' . - Agricul tural Adjustment Administration. “There should be no skipping about in the field, renting one poor spot here and another 'galled’ spot there. The rented acres must be “Less intensive feeding of dairy cattle involves an increase in pas- j ture and roughage acreage at the expense of cultivated crops. Itj helps tb solve the grain surplus BANKING RETURNS TOWARD NORMAL Reconstruction Finance Corpo ration Loan Repayments Show Banks Lead Procession in Recovery Movement Indicating a rapid return on the part of the hanks to a normal self-sustaining basis, 54 per cant oT the loans which they made from the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to tide them over the difficulties of the past two years have, been repaid by them, it is shown in a recent official report. The R. F. C. report, issued on March 8, says that the Corporation since it began operations in February, 1932, had made aggregate cash advances to railroads* agricultural and home loan agencies, insurance companies and va rious other institutions in the amount of $4,788,410,000. Of this sum banks and trust companies, to the number of 6,783, received actual cash advances of $1,520,540,000, but have already paid back $820,260,000, or 54 per cent. These figures are exclusive of.$376,390,000 in loans authorized but withdrawn or not availed of by the banks. Non-banking borrowers received R. F. C. advances in the amount of $3,265,- 870,000, and made repayments of $377,* 830,000, or less than 12 per cent. Among other classes of financial institutions reported as making high ratios of re payments are building and loan asso ciations which had received $114,020,- 000 and have repaid $53,880,000, or over 47 per cent, and insurance companies, whose borrowings totalled $88,590,000 and repayments $34,340,000, or nearly 39 per cent. None of the major non governmental financial groups showed so high a ratio of repayments as the banks and trust companies as a group! boring Beautiful Spring 1 x t « / 1 i i f .?nJ? • / ^ fvrl vi* / A MA N, r/ \Mk r "ZJ- V ' ~ Hj f \ M i C\ •y > 't ; ^ rs- ^ ^ -- -p *5- ^ ■f' o -^p _ z: lo o O O CX <<^ <s vr» .1 tlUabie tend tairly representattee P™ blem ' “ d *"*** the output of tbe average cotton land on the of ^vestock produc. farm, in other words, ment administration agrees to pay “In all regions where grasses or legumes grd* Well there are oppor-1 BANK LOANS AND BUSINESS RECOVERY growers benefit ftintals for land tunities tb shift advantageously th*t would average what the other from grains to grass and other cotton acres Will produce.” I roughage. In some regions legumes These acres of average land may hdt $tow well. Recent findings te ptit into food and feed crops indicate, however, that other grass- m Describes Efforts of Re- BrW, krrlnf Borrowers— Present Situatldii Typical ' for home use. IWod and feed crops are one of the great needs of jsputhem agriculture at this time, ftnd for this reason a splendid con cession was obtained in preparing tbe cotton contract so that this need might in part be filled. County and community oommit- WiU give special attention le land rented and the use to i this land is put, when they the farih later for compli ance with the tettns of the con tract/ - • !V.- ' » / • I' - . Farmer’s Spring Guide On Care, ! Of Livestock -iL -nhii ! es cut in an immature state con tain as much p¥6teL» as dw*iegumes cut at ordinary stage. The tfMft to grass and roughage is practicable to some extent almost everywhere”, Mr. Reed concludes. ’Greek God** to Co-Eds Clemson College, April 7. — Re minding buSy' farmers that spring care of livestock is important, ex tension specialists ’ suggest these pointers: Animal Husbandry By all means plant some soy beans for hog grazing. Put sows and pigs on territory where hogs have not been for sev eral months. Give sows with suckling pigs all they will eat of a well balanced ra tion. Castrate pigs at six weeks of age ‘ and wean them at eight weeks. \ Dispose of all non-producing sows. ] Give lambs grain in a creep, say five parts of corn to one of cotton- > seed meal, and have them fat to market as soon as they average 70 pounds. j Temper horses and mules which have been idle to the spring work, 1 and feed oats if available instead of corn, thus causing fewer cases of colic. Dairying Continue liberal grain ration, to cows in milk especially. i Plant plenty of corn for ensilage and grain for feed for next winter. Save land for ample soybean or* peavine hay. Keep cows off pasture in early ; April to give pasture good start. .. | Remove all manure and other fly-breeding rubbish from barn lots and premises. Keep salt boxes in pasture filled. \ Poultry Brpod young chicks on clean ranges and avoid carrying , dis eases and parasites from old stock to chicks. * ; I Peed chicks liberally a well bal anced ration in clean hoppers. Select best cockerels for next year’s breeders. Keep old hens laying by. provid ing a laying mash; get more eggs when prices arc !ow. m f .. ^ r*» ’ PHILADELPHIA . . . Robert Freeman (above) of Washington, D C. is 6 ft. 4 in. tall. He is captain elect and basketball champion at the University of Pennsylvania So ' what was more natural thaft that i the fair co-eds, in a voting contest j conducted by the college paper, { slio\ild crown him the. “Greek God’' j of the cagipus. THINGS WORTH KNOWING Blcmom Queer* ] Jti The smallest whales are about 20 feet long when fully grown. The small wasp-like insects oft en seen swarming around grain are beneficial, as they are attack ing and killing weevils and moths which ruin the crop. The laTest discovery at the ruins of Knossos in Crete is a residence containing pieces of 40 vessels and other objects related to a form of serpent worship. " Apropos~df*the part tbat-ftti fkM of btfitotes loatirf by banka occu- 1464 la tbe ear I y Stages of the btfines* raeoTerjr wjdch igJmcm gaining bead- a Federal Reserve Bank official recently gave an interesting review of tbe experiences of his Institution in this connection, in 1932 tbe Federal Reserve Banks Were empowered by law to make direct loa«s to individuals in unusual circumstances when they had been unable to obtain lottos from a commercial bank, he pointed out. From the middle of 1932 to the end of 1933 there were 1,286 applicants for loans at the New York Federal Reserve Bank under this law. The great major ity of these applications proved on ex amination to be for funds for capital purposes, which are properly supplied as an investment in the business, or else were mortgage loans or others un- classifiable as commercial. Only Fourteen Qualify Only 250, or.less than 20 per cent, were of the type which merited de tailed' investigation. The amount In volved was $9,525,000. After further study of these, the Federal Reserve Bank was forced to turn down the ap plications of 236, finally offering credit in the sum of $1,417,000 to 14 prospec tive borrowers. Of this amount, only $806,000 was actually loaned, more than one-half of which was still outstanding many months later. Two of the borrow ers went into receivership. “Since it was the special endeavor of the Federal Reserve Bank to make every possible loan under the emer gency provisions of the amendment, and since their best efforts resulted in the extension of so small a sum as to have no effect on the total volume of commercial loans, it is a reasonable as sumption that eligible borrowers en titled to bank credit afe being provided for by the commercial banks,” says the American Bankers Asso-va 1 ion Journal in commenting on this episode. It is characteristic, as shown by studies of past business cycles, for changes in the volume of commercial bank credit to follow behind either con traction or expansion of business ac tivity. says a financial writer in the New York Times. This was manifest recently in England's recent recovery where there was a lag between in creased business and increased com mercial loans. Nitroglycerol may be made to explode by hitting it with a ham mer. X-ray tubes running on 900,000 volts are being made and bid fair to become part of cancer hospital equipment. Eighty-two per cent of tele graphic matter in this country is now sent,, by typists using auto-r matic machines, replacing the Morse code operators. County Key Bankers Describing the activities of the Agri cultural Commission of the American Bankers Association, the Director, D. H. Otis, says: “With 2,500 agricultural ly minded bankers, designated as county key bankers, there is enlisted a tremendous force for the improvement of agriculture. These key bankers bring organized assistance to progres sive bankers, who are led to see the possibility of agricultural work in thsir communities. Banker - farmer tours are emphasized as A means of acquainting bankers, farmers and other business men with first-hand knowl edge of how agricultural improvement methods are working ont in practice. These give an opportunity for the key bankers to contact country bankers aiU work out new ideas.” FOR THIS CROSS It Means the REAL ARTICLE r i GENUINE ASPIRIN Of BSjrer Manufacture I WENATCHEE, Wa,h. . . . moberta Hensel (above), pretty I" year old high school girl, has been chpsen Queen of Blossom Land to rule over the annual Apple Blossom Festival here which comes much Earlier this year, due to a mild winter. tablet of teti aspirin of B a y man u fan ture is stamped ynth this cross. No tablet without this cross is GENUINE Bayer Asplrml Safe relief for headache, bolds, sore throat* pains of rheumatism and neuritis, etc. Genuine Boyer Aspirin Does Not Hdrm the Heart Remember this/or your own protection. Tell jfauf friends about it for their protection. , Demand and Genuine lyerAspiria.i mcmbcr n. r. a. (jn. KJtr- • •Han-svirgM i ■ Ac->r - Anne Lindbergh Honcfudj '■■'■Hi:- \ i* Dear v • V . . *» . t c . *. • A . - Customers and - Prospects: The seventh shipment of nice, smooth, sound, young TENNESSEE MULES arrived Wednesday. All WELL BROKEN and priced as CHEAP as the market permits. We are making every effort to serve the farmers faithfully, honestly, efficiently, and cheaply. We shall appreciate your coming to select Mules early, while we have a large variety. D. P. McCAIN \ The Rabim o WASHINGTON . , tii- Lindbergh (above) as she , here to be honored with tfiv Gold Medal of the NnV.i.-**. .*•*» graphical Society in ret'^nnw o.' • her radio work with tier faniou? «us- hand on their European ton.* J summer. She is' the first woinAn ew to receive the Hubbard Med&i. ••V.v v i 666 LIQUID, TABLETS, SALVE. NOSE DROPS Checks Malaria In 3 days, Colds first day. Headaches or Neuralgia in 30 minutes. FINE LAXATIVE AND TONIC Most Speedy Remedies Foowi . ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. . . “ Rabbit“ a baseball infield spark plug of the* Boston N r brert ofThe left teg dToJkS id Wh ° 86 8U * -orW.teto* upsteili,* MS “tX-SS* X* ““T* »« NM** MV*” Photo shows MteXutewS, ®oo*"'!"V>t at the hospital Min -33ft ■ ^