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P3TT McT.OHMICK MESSENOEK. M.-*OKMICK. SOUTH 0aK01ji>a Thursday, March 25, 1937 Poultry And Egg Situation Good Clemson, March 20. — Those farmers who grow cut pullets thh spring for layers should receive c good pride for eggs during the ^ in ter of 1937 and 1933, advises P. T 1 Gooding, extension p^ult the basis of a report from the Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Hence, it would not be wise, he thinks, for farmers of this state to fail to brood chicks this spring and have to depend on old hens for eggs during 1938. From the Bureau's report of March 9 Gooding cites these state ments on the poultry and egg sit uation. “(1) The growing evidence of a reduction in the 1937 hatch from that of 1936, for which a feed sit uation unfavorable to the prrdtrv man is largely responsible; (2) the greater than usual seasonal de cline in the size of the farm laving flock, also due to the feed situa tion; and (3) the less than usual seasonal decline in the farm price of eggs—attributed in part to the Agricultural Adjustment Adminis tration egg-purchasing program— which gives promise that spring prices will be no lower than in 1936. “The feed-egg ratio in recent months has averaged 40 per cent above the level of a year earlier, from which it has been estimated that the total hatch (farm and commercial) is likely to be some seven to 10 per cent less than in 1936. From the standpoint of poul try prices this will probably result both in greater ease in clearing the present large storage holdings and also in smaller poultry marketings next fall. The seasonal decline in poultry prices which usually oc curs after May is likely, therefore, to be less than average; or it may not occur at all, as in 1935. “From the standpoint of egg prices, the lighter hatch, together with a more rapid reduction of lay ing flocks now, points toward few er egg marketings this fall and in early 1938 than a year before and, hence, to somewhat higher prices if consumer demand is maintain ed above the 1936 level.” TXX State Poultry Council Plans Participate In World Poultry Council Columbia, March 20.—The South Carolina Poultry Council is con sidering plans to take a part in the seventh World’s Poultry Congress and Exposition which will be held in 1939. This will be the first time in the history of the Congress that it has met in the United States. Approximately 65 countries be sides the United States are expect ed to be officially represented at this poultry event. Practically all of the poultry scientists of the world will participate in the pro gram which will include scientific and practical subjects. Just where the congress will be held has not yet been determined, but it is un derstood that Chicago is making a strong bid to play host to the great gathering. According to P. H. Gooding, poultry specialist of the Clemson College Extension Service and sec retary of the South Carolina Poul try Council, the Exposition will em- . brace educational and scientific exhibits, commercial exhibits of every description, a live bird ex hibit of all popular and rare va rieties of poultry, eggs, baby chicks, and dressed poultry displays. Twenty-five acres of floor space will be required to stage the nu merous features of the Exposition. This event, according to poultry authorities, will present a fine op portunity for South Carolina to demonstrate through exhibits some of the advantages this state offers to the poultry industry. rxx — Civil Service Exami nations Announced The United States Civil Service Commission has announced open competitive examinations as fol lows: Junior supervisor of grain in spection, $2,000 a year. Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Junior veterinarian, 82,000 a year. Bureau of Animal Industry. Radio engineers, various grades. $° 600 to $4,690 a year. Full information may be obtain ed from the Secretary of ihe Un.t- ed Sta f es Ci^il Serv?— d -f Examiners rt the post office or customhouse in any city which ha : a nest office cf the iirst or second class, or frem the United States Civil Service Commission, Wash ington, D. C. IT ATI ON Go LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION I 3TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County cf McCormick. v , 3y Hon. J. Frank Mattison, Probate ; Judge: WHEREAS. Mrs. Lucre^la H. | Watkins made suit to ne to grant, her Letters of Admioistra*ion de honis nor of the Estate and effects f G. r> . Watkins; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kindred and Creditors of the aid G. P. Watkins, deceased, that hey be and aopear before me, in he Court cf Probate, to be held it McCormick on April 7, 1937. Next, after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the forenoon, to show rau^e. if anv they have why the said Administration should not be .iranted. GIVEN under my hand, this 24th day of March, Anno Domini 1937. J. FRANK MATTISON, Probate Judge. 2t. SERVE THIS GLORIOUS CAKE FO checks COLDS and FEVER Liquid, Tablets Salve, Nose Drops first day Headache, 30 minutes Try “Rub-My-Tism'* World’s Best Liniment EE a; FRESH NlsS ClauSSenS HAUWHALF HALF CHOCOLATE • ••••• HALF COCOANUT & 25* . AT YOUR GROCERS The ideal Easter cake ... one side chocolate . . . one side cocoanut . . . every member oi the family will be pleased! Clever hostesses • recognise the many possibilities cf this mar- velous cake. Order it from your grocer today. '*8 AT V0V* s ► o C I R'l ClauSSenS ilLVER.LABEL CAKEt- B', A. ,K e;- d \ i \ gfef* YOU ■ 7 j •. • • ’ • * i. Have just received another shipment of good, votinar. sound Tennessee mules and hrood mares this • * week. You are invited to come to my stables on upper Main Street and look them over. J. L. SMITH McCORMICK, S. C. i « St *3 % « iff. • w sLl* LL HOW THEY tr rs 7] £/2< TART C. O. BHICE, Berwick, Ge., ssyss ”150 pounc’s of NV KAINIT per acre gave me a gain of 153 pounds of seed cotton per acre despite the worst drought I have seen in 40 years. I used 4-8-6 at planting but where no extra NV KAINIT was used a third of the crop was dead from Rust when picking began. The pickers would hunt for kainit cotton because it was so much easier to pick. The bolls were larger, better matured and wide open. The staple was better and the seed better matured.” —NV— M. H. EVANS, Ty Ty, G«. t *«y»: “I had about decided three years ago that I couldn’t make cotton because of Rust. Leaves would fall off before fruit reached maturity, bolls were knotty and the staple was poor grade. I decided I’d try NV KAINIT. I used 100 pounds of NV KAINIT with 300 pounds of 4-8-4 fertilizer per acre. My yield increased more than 50 per cent and I had no Rust at all. Before I started using NV KAINIT, my yield never went over a half bale per acre. Now I average more than three-quarters of a bale per acre and get a much better grade of staple. I’d hate to plant cotton without extra potash. It is the best crop insurance I can get, and the cheapest fertilizer I can buy.” —NV— W. R. ANDREWS, Cuthbert, G«., rays: “My 1936 cotton yield was 137 bales on 148 acres. For the last few years my crops have been equally as good. I use 400 pounds of 3-9-5 fertilizer at planting and top-dress with 200 pounds of 17-0-12. This gives me better maturity, cotton that is free from Rust, better lint and gin turn-out and a crop that is easy to pick. Where there is anv indication cf Rust, I apply extra kainit or muriate in addition to my regular fertilizer and top-dresser. “This year I expect to top-dress with 200 pounds per acre of a mixture consisting of 140 pounds of nkrate of soda and 60 pounds of muriate of potash. Any top-dresser with out some form of potash does not give cotton a fair chance. ^Potash is too cheap to let the lack of it cut my crop and w lower my profits. High-potash fertilizers are fine for corn, potatoes, small grains and other crops. The money that I spend for potash gives me the best returns.” H ERE are more farmers who have found that it pays to give cotton plenty of NV POTASH. If you have been using a low-potash fertilizer year after year—you too have some thing to look forward to when you start top-dressing with NV POTASH. Top-dressing with 200 pounds of NV KAINIT or 100 pounds of NV MURI ATE per acre keeps cotton strong and healthy, maturing fruit until a full crop is made (including a good top crop). It PREVENTS RUST, helps control Wilt and produces slronj vigorous plants with less shedding, larger bolls that are easier to pick and better yields of uniform, high- quality lint. The time to top-dress with NV POTASH is when you chop out. Use 200 pounds of NV KAINIT per acre, or 100 pounds of NV MURIATE, or a nitrogen-potash, mixed-goods top- dresser containing plenty of genuine NV POTASH. Remember, NV POTASH STOPS RUST and STARTS PROFITS. N. V. POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc., Hurt Bldg., ATLANTA » Royster Bldg., NORFOLK boy didn’t make a mistake. We expect to cure some more rusty land in 1937 and show Mr. Rust where to get off.” -NV— H. L. HERRING, Central Warehouse, Kinston, N. C., soys: “My cotton showed Rust for several years and in 1936 I used 4-8-10 fertilizer plus an application of 200 pounds of NV KAINIT per acre. The crop showed much improvement and very little Rust. I also believe in high-potash applica tions for tobacco, corn and beans.” to the top of the stalk and pick better. The yields are much larger and the lint is higher grade. I use the same fert ilizer for my corn and find that it pays by filling out the ear and making good grain.” —NV— GEO. A. COPELAND, Clinton, S. C., soys: “Foe the last few 14-0-10 i L. O. MOSELY, Kinston, N. C., says: “A six-acre field had been abandoned because of Rust. Three years ago I planted it to cotton. The first year I gave each acre 100 pounds of top-dresser made v,ith soda and kainit in equal parts. I made 9 bales on the six acres, but some of the top bolls were rusty and the leaves looked rusty. The second year I changed my top-dresser to equal parts of nitrate of soda and muriate of potash to get more potash. All the bolls opened wide and turned out a fluffy, white lint that brought a premium of $7.50 per bale. My return per acre was 976 pounds of lint, which brought $146.40 and 49 bushels of planting seed which sold for $73.50.*‘Think of growing fancy planting seed on old rusty abandoned cotton land.” • -NV- J. W. RICHARDSON, Monro*, N. C., sayt: “My young sop, not knowing the difference between NV MURIATE OF POTASH and other fertilizers, top-dressed a three-acre field of cotton twice with NV MURIATE OF POTASH, using 133 pounds per acre in addition to our regular fer tilizer. We thought he made a mistake, but the extra potash cured the Rust and gave us strong, healthy stalks that boiled right up to the top. The bolls were large and a man could pick twice as much and still have no skinned fingers. When night came, there were no rusty, dry leaves in the cotton to cause a bad sample. We made more than three bales where we were expecting only one and a half to two bales. The year before, the same field suffered badly from Rust and made only about one-half bale per acre. The stalks were dead long before picking time and produced some rusty bolls that were hard to pick. My M. E. SHULER, Holly Hill, S. C., says: “For years I used 3-8-3 and nitrogen top-dressing for cotton. But now I have changed to 3-8-8 under my cotton and use potash in my tep-dresser. One field which showed decided Rust for 15 years is now free of Rust and making as good cotton as any on the place. “I have found that peas following oats, fertilized wnth soda and kainit in equal parts, make more peas and hay. There was a big difference in the grain from the use of potash. I used to allow 18 bundles of oats to the hundred pounds, but it takes only 14 bundles now.” —NV— C. C. WALLACE, R. F. D. No. 3, Newberry, S. C., ■ay*: “I used fertilizer containing 10% potash and top-dressed rusty spots at first chopping with 100 pounds of NV MURIATE OF POTASH per acre. On 32 acres, having an average base production of 90 pounds of lint per acre, I produced an average of 300 pounds of lint per acre. Some of the best land ran as high as 500 pounds. The lint was uniform, wnth large, wide-open bolls, making picking easy. I had no Rust and shedding was materially reduced.” —NV— K. P. MILAM, Sandy Spring*, S. C., **y*: “I fertilized 125 acres of cotton wnth 600 pounds of 6-8-6 per acre. Six acres were top-dressed wnth 50 pounds of NV MURIATE and 75 pounds of soda. We had no rain from May 10 until August 15 except a few small showers. During this drought the potash top-dressed cotton kept growing, retained its color and held its fruit. It made more than a bale per acre and no sign of Rust or Wilt could be found.” —NV— M. W. JACKSON, W*g*n*r, S. C., say*: “For eight years I have lien using 8 to 10% potash in my cotton fer tilizers. People told me it would burn up my crop, but it never l..»s. It makes my cotton fruit better, boll right up years I have used a potash top-dresser I't-u-iu on my grain and have been well pleased writh the results obtained. Also, I have increased the amount of potash used * ider cotton to double what I W'as using a few years ago and fi id that it pays well—especially on sandy land.” ' -NV— WILLIAM A. SPRADLEY, Timmonsvill*, S. C., say*: “In 1935 our vocational teacher examined my cotton and found that it «as damaged by Rust. The leaves shed off the plants before the cotton was matured. The bells were small and the cotton hard to pick. The lint was short. In 1936 I used 100 pounds of NV MURIATE OF POTASH per acre, in addition to my regular fertilizer. As my cctton began to mature the leaves did not shed off. The bolls were large an i properly filled out. The lint was long and strong, and the yield was far better than it was last year. My net gain, after paying all expenses, was $12.42 an arre more tha.. \j year before. I am learning how to grow cotton.” A-107 TOP- DRE [Jse 200 pounds o/NV KAINIT per acre, or 100 pounds o/NV MURIATE, ora nitrogen-potash top-dresser made with genuine NV POTASH wif/z J. W. WILLIAMS, Goshen, A!*., ray*: “ NV POTASH paid mst well in 1936. Figuring conservatively, with seed cotton at four cents a pound, I made a profit of $13.60 per acre, after*- allowing for the cost of an extra 100 pounds of NV MURIATE OF POTASH per a.:re, in addition to myv regular fertilizer. The NV MURIATE was used as- a, top-dresser.” —NV— C. M. GAMMAGE, R.F.D. Ne. 5, Eulaula, At*., says: “One acre fertilized with 200 pounds of 6-8-4 mixed goods produced! 800 pounds of seed cotton. One acre with the above said 100» pounds of nitrate of soda produced 1,047 pounds of seed! cotton. One acre with the above amounts of mixed goods* and soda, which was top-dressed with 100 pounds of NV/ MURIATE OF POTASH, produced 1,299 pounds' of seed cotton. Where the extra potash was applied there was no Rust whatever.” ^ —NV— # W. P. BOYETT, R.F.D. No. t. Enterprise, Ala., say*: “Where I.' top-dressed with NV POTASH I made 933 pounds of seed cotton per acre against 746 pounds where I didn’t use it. The NV POTASH made enough extra cotton to pay for all the fertilizer, soda and potash and still return a profit of $3.10 per acre. My cotton was badly damaged by two storms. In a normal year I believe NV POTASH would pay a still greater profit. It produces larger bolls that are better matured and easier to pick.” All fertilizer analyses c., ^e ure expressed as NPK, nitrogen, phosp/u- -ic acid and potash.