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* I jVM'ORMICK MKSSFNOER, Mcf;ORA ■ , - ri!i u l^AROl.i Thursday, February 25, 1937 ■; jft ip Insurance [essage Sent To Congress By President Roosevelt j in bis message. With reference to I this matter, he said, “Crop in- ; surance and a system of storage i rejerves should operate so that surpluses in years of good weather might be carried over for use in years of unfavorable growing con ditions.” He said that the Govern ment had a special interest in the proper lines. In discussing the merits of the President’s crop insu~ance . Senator Smith recalled that sev eral years ago, he and S'ne McNary of Oregon ’onducte i special Senate Investigation inie all phases of crop insurance. He said that the invesw^au ,ii closed that statistics concerning crop losses could be as readuy as- -XX- _____ • Farm News Bright Spots ‘"rom the date of bedding for the ’ower and middle sections of the state and proportionately later for e’er sections. It is very important that these plants be set out as soon as possible in order to have availalle an ample supply of vine cuttings to plant to .he field for the commercial crop as soon after the first of June as the wea«he: will permit. The plants should be set on a fairly fertile and moist soil in or der to hasten the development o vines. As soon as the plants com mence growing, a light application of nitrate of soda may be desired as a side-dressing in addition to fertilizer applied before the plants are set. Remember these fertilizer suggestions are for the productkn of vine cuttings for the commer cial crop and not for the produc tion of the commercial crop it self. 24, (This is the third of a series of articles on Sweet Potato Growing in South Carolina.) On Friday, February 18, 1937, . the President sent a message to measures which weuld assist in Congress, transmitting a report of guarding farmers and consumers -it the President’s Special Committee -gainst emergencies arising out of certamed as could actuarial sta- cn Crop Insurance, in which he xtremes of surpluses or shortages, astics on human lives xor me .a recommended the enactment of''Te said further that the expense sr--ce cron insurance legislation. in the past to Federal, State and The Senate Agriculture Com- The President, in transmitting local governments arising by rea- nm e wih prooao v c om this message said, “I am convinc- son of crop losses points to the de- public hearings on the Crop In- ed that the plan it outlines (crop irability of employing the prin- surance beginning next week, insurance) is practical, socially de- ciple of insurance in order to lessen sirable, and worthy of thoughtful the cost, financial and human, ol consideration.” He said that for future crop disasters, the year 1938 he suggested that The message from the President the program apply only to wheat & n d the Crop Insurance Report and that later legislation should were both referred to the Senate authorize application of similar Agriculture Committee, of which Bamberg, Feb. 20.—Farmers of programs to other commodities, Senator Smith of South Carolina, th^ Denmark community ha,ve in- when it is established that produc- is chairman. terested themselves in the growing ers desire them and ^noHcation of 1 After a recent conference with of tomatoes and string beans, the plan to wheat had provided Secretary Wallace, Senator Smith George E. Prince, extension mar- experience in applying the princi- said that he was heartily in favor keting agent, met with interested pies of c'rop insurance. i cf the “ever normal granary” plan farmers and discussed the market- Ventilated TTeilllOime The President also referred to and also of the proposed crop in- ing and the probable yields which the “ever normal- granary” plan surance bill, if worked out along might be expected from these two JJetter Alld FheclDCr _ —————— crops. A committee is now at work ^ a a f with County Farm Agent W. H. Craven obtaining a sufficient acre- Camden, Feb. 13.—A ventilated age of both crops to warrant a t y p e of poultry house which is get- satisfactory volume for marketing, ting excellent results, was design ed by D. L. Sowell of Camden, and. Barnwell, Feb. 20.—One small according to P. H. Gooding, poultry community has purchased 150 specialist of Clemson College Ex bushels of purebred cottonseed and tension Service, should prove to be it appears that much progress will a most desirable type to be used be made in improving the staple in the southeastern states, length of cotton in this communi- gowell was using the shed- ty. Cotton buyers are urging farm- r0 of type of house, but decided ers to use better seed as they now that his flock was not getting a find it hard to sell the shorter sufficient amount of air. Accord- lengths of cotton, and H. G. Boyl- i n gly, he ventilated his house by ston, county farm agent, reports tearing out the dropping boards that more five-acre staple im- anc j pi acec j the roosting poles about provement demonstrations will be 22 inches above the floor. He put planted in the county this year ^j-g framing below the roosting than ever. - poles in order to keep the birds out of the droppings. He next open- S - ~ Sr. t'-j. V'p* 4? <u CkuSSenS ''Vixm- CAKE ★ ★ t Tbo tart lemon flavor ot thJs deLigbtivJ cal* vrill tempt you too! Baked oi only the finoct ingredWtt. Ci-ausseh's Lemon Cheese Cal* is oce o! *he most popular ci all Claus***'* 12 varieties. Rich, light irresistible. Order it! AT VOVA 6AOCIA* J. B. WHITE & - in Augusta - SAYS IT WITH » VALUES! -in - 9 SPRING SALE DAYS Beginning Thurs., Feb. 25. Despite all high-powered appeals to sell you things, isn’t it the VALUE offered that really counts? We think it is and that’s why we planned this straight-forward, down-to-earth value giving event. 9 Spring Sale Days offers you special values now when you need things and when values count most. Remember Wholesale Prices are rising rap idly .Supply your needs! them ir dirty brooder houses, as serts P. H. Gooding, extension poul- tryman, who advises that it is use less to pay a high price for high grade chicks, if they are not given good care during the brooding period. “Ferrs of a uniform size and shape from selected birds produce the best chicks, but if these chicks are not given a good ration and comfortable surroundings, they will not develop into profitable indi viduals”, the specialist explains. A 10 by 12 brooder house and a good brooder will eliminate much Hampton, Feb, 20.-In November ed'up the“back“sTde“of The ho^e 0, . the worry connected with chick County Agent J. C. Anthony as- f rom the top of the roosting poles ■ raisin ^ an< ^ an sisted G. T. Padgett in buying 17 to eaves> arranging ventilators head of steers in Fairfield county j n SUC h a manner that they could to finish for beef, the bunch cost- ^ c i osec j during the winter months, ing $306.56. He turned them :n a This ventiIated type of poultry velvet bean field during Novembei house saved Sowell considerable and December and then fed them i um ber which he was using for in a lot during January, with corn- dropping boards. It further saved and-cob meal and cottonseed meal, the cost Qf windows which he was which cost $72.00. On January 1 using in order to give light he sold 15 head for $465.45. The two ^ drop pi n g board, and it enabled remaining calves are valued at $20, him tQ keep h - s birds C o 0 ier in the making a total cf $485.45. Deduct- cum mer * ♦ ♦ ♦ 25’ QaxiSSenS JILVER LABEL CAKEt It's pretty hard to beat NATURE ing the cost of feed, Mr. Padgett has a profit of $106.89, and the manure. * * * * * Orangeburg, Feb. 20—Plans are being made for improving farm marketing facilities during the year. The Holly Hill sugar pea -x- Place Fertilizer For Better Cotton Yields and their wives, Mrs. Jensen not- only stressed the value of using honey in the home, but emphasized that South Carolina beekeepers have a golden opportunity to profit. from increased honey production. She said that honey was growing in popularity every day, not only in the home but in many commer cial fields. She pointed out that, honey is even being used by golf ball manufacturers. High Dairy Records In December Tests all-mash ration will greatly simplify the feeding “The brooder house should be Clemson, Jan. 25. The nine Jer- built so that it can be moved to se y s owne d by Wheeler Brothers, clean ground for each brooding Salucla » with an average of 55.87 season, to lessen losses from dis- P ounc * s butterfat, led all herds eases and intestinal parasites that in tlle state on test during Decern- are carried over in the soil. Ceilings, ^ €r ’ sa y s C. Brannon, in charge walls, and floor should be swept Advanced Registry testing for carefully and scrubbed with lye S° u t;h Carolina Experiment and water, one can of lye to 15 St a U° n - Two of these Jerseys were gallons of water.” Raising a high percentage of chicks, it seems, is one of the most important factors in obtaining a high labor income from chickens. Mr. Gooding cites 161 brooding rec ords kept by farmers during a seven-year period, 1930-1936, the average mortality of chicks being among the first 10 individuals in butterfat production. Peer’s Royal Onyx placing fourth with 76.21 pounds, and Volunteer’s Beauty Vera placing seventh with 71.4& pounds. Second highest herd record was that of six Guernseys owned by J. B. Guess, Jr., Denmark, which averaged 54.55 pounds of butter- Florence, Feb. 13.-“Results from 20 6 ^ five farmers losing the growers have organized an active investigations in recent years show sma ji es t number of chicks each ■ Baron ’ s Stella in this herd market, and are now building a that the efficiency of fertilizer in year for the ggyen years an aver- made sixth highest individual rec- shed, which should greatly im- cotton production is determined ! ^g e mortality of only 4.8 per cenU- prove the marketing of sugar peas largely by the method of appli- made a labor i nC ome of $2.46 per in this area. Farm Products, Inc., cation and the position of the fer- which was organized in 1936 to tilizer with reference to the seed”. ii Kf / Y 'If Empress of the Jerseys STOCKVFELL’S APRIL POGIS, the only cow in the world twice winner of the President’s Cup of the American Jersey Cattle Club. Owned by OWEN MOON, publisher Win ston-Salem Journal and Sentinel, owner of Upwty farms, Woodstock, Vt» W E present a “dose-up" of a world-famous Tersey cow, Stockwell’s April Pogis of High Pastures — “April” for short. She made a world’s record over all breeds—3217 lbs. butter fat in 3 lac tation periods within 3V^ years, each under Clast A. A. with an average teat of 6.46%. No Jersey farm in the world has ever bred, raised and tested her equal. The pastures are full of Jersey cows—but there’s only one “April.” She's the empress—a hundred times more valuable than the rank and file of Jerseys—because Mother Nature gave her everything—a perfect natu ral balance of all the needed ele ments. So she eclipses all the others. Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda is another example of Nature’s bal ance of many different elements. Just as Nature favored “April,” she fa vored Natural Chilean. To this ni trogen fertilizer she gave a natural balance of vital elements—the so- called vital impurities in her own wise blend. That’s why Natural Chilean la more than just quick-acting nitrogen. That’s why it is such an cffectiv* food for your crops. ^ handle green com, is planning io handle snap beans and sugar peas also. The Branchville market which handled corn, tomatoes, and can taloupes, will again be in operation this year. The county agent is as sisting the marketing organizations in every way possible. -txi- Sweet Potatoes As A Cash Crop 3. GROWING PLANTS AND VINES Natural Chilean NITRATE of SOD A NATURAL AS THI GROUND IT COMES PROM With Vitai Elements in IS attire*$ Balance and Blend RADIO - "IbHCLE INATCHEL & SONNY” FAMOUS CHILEAN CALENDAR CHARACTERS See announcements of leading Southern Stations (By A. E. Schilletter, Exlensic:- Horticulturist) If the South Carolina -’ommer , • i,* cial sweet potato industry is to be j successful, the product shipped must not only be of a high qua'it'’ but must be free fr^m disease Vine cuttings are strongly recom mended over plants, as the latter are more subject to disease. Louis iana potato growers discovered the importance of this ard now Louis- i anna’s commercial crop, which as already pointed out is of excellent quality, is grown entirely from vine cuttings. Seed stock should be bedded in hotbeds four to six weeks before the average date of the last kill ing frost. This would give plants for transplanting into a vine cut ting patch (or “mother patch”) as soon as all danger of cold weather is over. There are two suitable types of hotbeds, fire-heated beds and ma nure-heated beds. The value of the fire-heated beds has been thor oughly demonstrated throughout the state during the past four years. Plants should be available for setting to the “mother”, or vine cutting patch, four to six weeks says E. E. Hall, superintendent of the Pee Dee Experiment Station. “Since 1930 fertilizer placement studies with cotton have been made at the Pee Dee Station in c: operation with the Bureau of Agricultural Engineering, U. S. De partment of Agriculture, using a ’or'iMnnticn planter and fertilizer distributor with which the fertilizer could be placed in any position desired in relation to the seed.” Summing up the principle fea tures of these tests, Mr. Hall points out the following results: When fertilizer was placed ir. narrow bands one, two, three, and four inches directly beneath the seed, germination was reduced, resulting in poor stands and low- By spreading the fertilizer over a wider area at corresponding depths beneath the seed, injury to germination w r as not as severe and higher yields resulted. No injury to seed occurred when fertilizer was placed about two inches to each side of the seed and slightly below the seed level. Best yields have been obtained from the side placements. • A few implement manufacturers ar developing machines that wil make sice fertilizer applications and plant the seed in one opera tion”, Mr. Hall states. “Until ma- ch nes of this type are available, fa mers can avoid fertilizer injury tr • ermination by applying the fer- ti ~er 10 days to two weeks pre vious to planting and thoroughly mi.-.ng it with the soil.” tx$ hen. The five farmers losing the largest number of chicks—a mor tality of 44 per cent—made a labor income of only $1.20 per hen. -xx- Golden Opportunity In Honey Production Clem^rn. Feb. 22.—The use of hor^v in the home was stressed ir a series of meetings of beekeener just completed in Six South Car olina counties. At three of these meetings, namely, WalterborO, Sa luda, and Newberry, this discussion was - conducted by Mrs. Malitta F Jensen, representative cf the American Honey Institute. Madi son, Wisconsin. Mrs. Jensen also speke to the Walterboro Lion- Club. The meetings in Anderson Union, and Spartanburg counties were in charge of E. S. Prevost bee specialist for the Clemson Col lege Extension Service. Others par ticipating in the meetings were A. D. Hlett, manager of the G. B. Lewis branch office, Lynchburg, Va., and H. J. Cary, manager of the A. I. Root office at Norfolk. Va. Those who heard Mrs. Jensen discuss the many uses of honey were fortunate in hearing probab ly the most outstanding authority on honey in the United States. It is Mrs. Jensen who tries out all recioes for the American Honey Healthy Chicks Mean Institute before they are recom- 0 1 tt r* mended for use. This institute is burer Poultry x rotits a non-commercial organization supported by the beekeepers Clemson, Feb. 22.—Thousands of throughout the nation, chicks are lost yearly by crowding In speaking to the beekeepers 45.08 pounds.. ord with 71.53 pounds, and Jewell er’s Esther qiade 10th place with 67.39 pounds. Seven Holsteins owned by Clem son Agricultural College won third herd honors averaging 52.73 pounds; and seven Guernseys own ed by R. B. Caldwell, Chester, rank ed as fourth highest herd with 51.40 pounds each. Hazelwood’s Hopeful, one of the Caldwell Guernseys, won ninth individual honor with a production of 68.49 pounds. Fifth ranking herd was that of the six Guernseys of S. H. Zimmer man, Columbia, averaging 50.94 pounds; and sixth was that of George B. Salley, Orangeburg, whose 12 Guernseys averaged 49.63 rounds. The 23 Guernseys owned by Ped- greed Seed Company. Hartsville, we raged 49.10 pounds, winning -eventh herd honor, and two of hese cows won high individual > ro'-ors: Cavalier Fancy with 78:68 rounds placing second, and Coker Aavalier’s Pink with 71.63 placing ifth. The 32 Holsteins of the St*te Hospital, Columbia, placed eighth among all herds' with an average of 47.69 pounds; and Ormsby De- Kol Lily in this herd was first? among all cows- on test with her production of 98.01 pounds. Boast Vera, also in this herd, was eightfr highest individual producer with 69.36 pounds. Ninth herd honor went to W. C:. King’s seven Guernseys as Bishop- ville, averaging 46.90 pounds. Third ir ’ividual honor, for a production of 78.68 pounds, went to New Delta’s Queen in the King herd. Tenth herd honor was won by the eight Guernseys of L. E. Stroud, Great Falls, with: their average of