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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-
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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.
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(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
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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-
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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
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ing the cost of feed, Mr. Padgett
has a profit of $106.89, and the
manure.
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Orangeburg, Feb. 20—Plans are
being made for improving farm
marketing facilities during the
year. The Holly Hill sugar pea
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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 $2.46 per
in this area. Farm Products, Inc., cation and the position of the fer-
which was organized in 1936 to tilizer with reference to the seed”.
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Empress of the Jerseys
STOCKVFELL’S APRIL
POGIS, the only cow in
the world twice winner of
the President’s Cup of the
American Jersey Cattle
Club. Owned by OWEN
MOON, publisher Win
ston-Salem Journal and
Sentinel, owner of Upwty
farms, Woodstock, Vt»
W E present a “dose-up" of a
world-famous Tersey cow,
Stockwell’s April Pogis of
High Pastures — “April” for short.
She made a world’s record over all
breeds—3217 lbs. butter fat in 3 lac
tation periods within 3V^ years, each
under Clast A. A. with an average
teat of 6.46%. No Jersey farm in the
world has ever bred, raised and
tested her equal.
The pastures are full of Jersey
cows—but there’s only one “April.”
She's the empress—a hundred times
more valuable than the rank and file
of Jerseys—because Mother Nature
gave her everything—a perfect natu
ral balance of all the needed ele
ments. So she eclipses all the others.
Natural Chilean Nitrate of Soda
is another example of Nature’s bal
ance of many different elements. Just
as Nature favored “April,” she fa
vored Natural Chilean. To this ni
trogen fertilizer she gave a natural
balance of vital elements—the so-
called vital impurities in her own
wise blend.
That’s why Natural Chilean la
more than just quick-acting nitrogen.
That’s why it is such an cffectiv*
food for your crops. ^
handle green com, is planning io
handle snap beans and sugar peas
also. The Branchville market which
handled corn, tomatoes, and can
taloupes, will again be in operation
this year. The county agent is as
sisting the marketing organizations
in every way possible.
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Sweet Potatoes
As A Cash Crop
3. GROWING PLANTS AND VINES
Natural Chilean
NITRATE of SOD A
NATURAL AS THI GROUND IT COMES PROM
With Vitai Elements in IS attire*$ 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.”
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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.
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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