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MrCORMICK MESSENGER. McGORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, April 8, 1937 Insurance April Farm Calendar lire Insurance And O Imt Kinds of Insurance cept Life. HUGH C. JSROWN, McGORMICK. S. C. y WANT ADV SALE—Wood’s Ir~cl 1 Cot- tO'i Seed; rarlv varietv: a*. ^1.00 per bushel. Also Peach Blowe” Irich Potatoes at $2.01 per bushel. W. A. Winn, Route 1, Plum Branch, S. C. f ■■ 1 1 ■ ■ FOR SALE—Coker T^o. 7 Cotton Seed, Tested 95% germination. $1.00 per bushel. J. L. Strother, Mc Cormick, S. C. ' —■— FREE! If excess acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, Nausea, get free sample doctor’s prescription, Udga, at Strcm’s Drug Store. Clemson, March 29.—Close-space the cotton plants, says R. W. Ham- AN ilton, extension agronomist. About 20,COO plants per acre are neces sary, he says, to obtain maximum results from land, labor, and fer tilizer. To obtain a good stand, Mr. Hamilton suggests further: i Prepare a finely pulverized seed- j bed. Mix fertilizer thoroughly with I .he soil. Plant one and one-naif to two oushels of good seed. Cover seed well at uniform depth. Pray for good weather. Horticulture Bed sweet potatoes if not already oedded. Sow temato seed for midseason rnd late crops. Plant tender vegetables. Transplant tomatoes, pepper. :tc.. in coldframes ard gradually r^'‘d''n for setting later. Fertilize fruit trees and start cul- ivation. Insects and Diseases Put spray equipment in good working order and have materials in readiness for summer sprays on apples and peaches. Remove and burn rough bark and codling moth bands from ap ple tre^s and secure new bands for Fit II YFIIS Fill IIERIY HAS COME FWM CkdSad 11E AI •n- id A (teaming, metal, man-made marvel leapt skyward . . . across a thous and miles, acorea of men expend time and thought and energy to keep that air-line mighty tl€T on its course . . IT TAKES ENERGY TO tOAM THE SKIES I / Since 1841—for 96 years— CLAUSSEN’S BREAD has been depended upon for food energy! Today, as always, CLAUSSEN’S BREAD is made of the finest ingredi ents, is baked under the most modern conditions. “Air- Conditioned’* (cooled and wrapped quickly at proper temperature) CLAUSSEN’S BREAD comes to you al ways fresh! Order it. ClauSSeriS I'M A NEW WOMAN THANKS TO PURSANG Yes, Pursangcontains, in properly balanced proportions, such proven elements as organic copper and iron. Quickly stimulates appetite and aids nature in building rich, red blood even in cases of simple anemia. When this happens, energy and strength usually return. You feel like new. Get Pursang from your druggist. MULES AND MARES " - ■ ■ Have just received another shipment of good, young, sound Tennessee mules and brood mares this week. You are invited to come to my stables on upper Main Street and look them over. McCOinncK. s. c. A jsirr ji < Wolstein-Guernsey Coy,- Presentr, Rare Twins B ■kwm: . .y.wA; , FaH ; SEATTLE. Wash. . . . Twins in the bovine world are almost as rare as quadruplets or quintuplet human babies. “Lady.” a Holstein-Guernsey cow. gave birth to twins here a week ago. They have been named “Jack and Jill.” \ use in May. In setting out plants, discard any hat are affected by disease or root knot. Plant wilt resistant cotton where oss from this disease has occurred. Control cutworms on tobacco and other plants with poison bait. Agricultural Engineering > Recondition fertilizer distributors i and planters to insure uniform dis tribution of fertilizer and seed. Sharpen plows and sweeps and make other needed repairs on cul tivating machinery. When “April showers” prevent j field work, make needed repairs 1 and improvements on fences and 1 gates and around yards, lots, and buildings. Soil Conservation Maintain tractor-built terraces by proper plowing and filling low places in the ridges. No earth J structure is permanent. J Sow newly constructed terraces in some close-growing crops the r irst season to give time for set- i tling. Do not allow the terrace outlet channels to cut below proper grade level. Repair immediately any wash outs in terrace outlet channels. txt Forest Conservation Conservation means protecting something from ruin, waste or de cay and may be applied to a great variety of objects from works of art to soils and from natural re sources to human resources. ” Forestry, in its many branches, 'erves in the conservation of nat ural resources such as timber prod ucts, watersheds of streams and lands that would otherwise be idle. Forestry also recognizes that cer tain wooded areas are needed for recreational use and that some >hould be preserved for their scenic ' beauty, historic interest, or unique formation. In saving and developing these areas forestry serves in the con-! servation of human resources by making available areas for whole some outdoor recreation and areas of beauty or magnificence that are an inspiration to people. The conservation of forest re sources is needed for the stabiliza tion of wood-using industries. The usual logging methods of “cut out and get out” brought temporary prosperity to many communities, j the boom lasting some times for ■*s long as fifty years. But with no ulans for future wood crops che •umber supply became exhausted and the mills moved on. or went Says Farm Credit Administration Little Effected By Court Decision Columbia, S. C., April 3, 1937.— Julian H. Scarborough, General agent of the Farm Credit Adminis tration of Columbia and president of the Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia, said today that the de cision of the United States Su preme Court upholding the con stitutionality of the Frazier-Lemke amendment to the bankruptcy act would produce relatively little ef fect upon the operations of the in stitutions of the Farm Credit Ad ministration of Columbia. “The pstabbeh^d equitable forec'os- ure policy hitherto pursued by the institutions comprising the Farm Credit Administration”, said Mr. 'itarooroueh, “and the provision" of Coneress relative to the Farm Credit Administration .will tend to make the Supreme Court’s decision produce relatively little effect up on the institutions comprising it’\ “The Federal Land Bank of Co lumbia, making farm loans on first mortgages, and acting as agent for the Land Bank Commissioner, clos ing first and second farm mort gage loans, has followed a pre-de- termined policy in regard to fore closure without questioning the constitutionality of the legislation. That policy has been that when the delinquent borrower is doing his level best to meet his payments and when no other covenants of the contract are being violated, the bank makes every effort to assist him through deferment, extension or reamortization of the loan. To protect the bank from loss entail ed by the pursuit of this equitable policy. Congress provided it with paid-in surplus for deferments and extensions. These are utilized upoi the decision of the bank that «he borrower is worthy of their appli cation.” In the opinion of Mr. Scar borough, the continued application of this foreclosure policy such a: has been followed in the past doe: not conflict with the intent an: purpose of the amendment to the Bankruptcy Act as confirmed by the Supreme Court. •practice it is essential that ade quate protection frem fire can be secured. Sustained yield plans fo wood-usirg industries can be se- iously altered by forest fires. And plantations of young trees, the new -iron, can be destroyed by fire. Wild life can be killed, or driven away, by fires. A watershed can be made a wilderness by fires. The first step, then, in the con servation of forest resources, wa- Statue of Cleopatra Is Egypt** Chief Attraction Though the Nile is lined with tem ples and statues erected to the honor of Egypt’s ancient pharaohs, many travelers search especially for the one ruler who is most vivid in their minds and most expressive of Egypt’s charm—Cleopatra. Actual ly, according to an authority, only one original likeness, sculptured in C caphtra’s own time, remains in ex stenee—the statue on the temple at Cendera. This shows Cleopatra in j the conventionally Stiff, Upright at- j titude. With the emblem of the god dess of love on her head and the little cacsarion, her son by Julius Caesar, at her side. ' —• • The temple at Dendera is one of the best preserved in Egypt. But the fact that it retains its statue of Cleopatra is due to a curious cir cumstance. When Julius Caesar had been assassinated in Rome, his successor, Augustus, vindictively commanded that all statues of Cleo patra be destroyed. A wealthy admirer of the great Queen, however, appealed to the cupidity of Augustus and bought immunity for her statues at the fabulous price of 2,000 talents— something more than $500,000. The image of Dendera, therefore, the only one remaining, may be un graceful from the modern point of view, but must rank as one of the costliest statues known. Blue Whale Is Largest; Heavier Than Elephants Of the fnany species of whale, the blue whale, ©r, as he is some times called, the sulphur bottom, is the largest. The whale is not a fish, I as is commonly supposed, but a ce tacean, says a writer in Pathfinder Magazine. A cetacean is o mammal that lives an aquatic life; a mam mal is an air-breathing, warm blooded animal that bears and suck les its young; a fish is a cold-blooded vertebrate, living in water and breathing through gills instead of lungs, and having fins instead of fingers or toes. Equipped with enormous heads,' one-fifth to one-third the size of the body, but apparently without any neck, whales have small eyes that 1 are set well back. These massive creatures can remain under water for half an. hour, if necessary, but usually they come to the surface every eight or ten minutes to • breathe, then remain on the surface about two minutes, blowing eight or ten times. They, are hunted chiefly! for their oil and whalebone, a single specimen sometimes yielding a n amount worth nearly $5,000. One of the largest blue whales of which there are authentic records measured ft., but, the- average is 76 ft. The weight of a large blue whale is more than that of five elephants.. Duping the Ducks Each season an eider duck will produce about half a pound of cidei: downv but it must be tricked into doing so r says Samuel J. Beckett in “A Wayfarer in Norway.” Artifi cial nests are placed in the rocks in the haunts of the bird, and there the ducks lay their eggs. As the eggs are systematically taken away, the bird continues to sit for long periods, all the time plucking the valuable down from her breast for the nest. Lokta is one of the centers for the eider down industry. Nature’s Barometer The Burmese, who, like the Chi nese, are fond of bettihg, have a novel method of gambling on the rains. No one knows accurately when the monsoons are going to break, says a writer in Pearson’s London Weekly, but there is a flower called the Padouk^ blooming three times between April and May, which the natives carefully watch. They say in Burma that when the Padouk flow ers for the third time it means an immediate downfall of rain. Meaning of Ore Dressing Ore as taken from the mines is usually contaminated with various impurities of no value. Mechanical methods of concentrating the valu able minerals and of separating one ore from another, as zinc sulphide from lead sulphide, are known as ore dressing. Ore is usually dis charged upon bar screens called grizzlies, where large lijimps of im* purities can be rejected by hand. The remainder passes through va rious mechanical processes. Turner Societies Have Long Dcen in Existence The first Turner hall in the United Stales was opened in Cincinnati on New Year’s day, 1C50. Within a few months Turner societies were begun in a half dozen other cities, and before the year had come to a close a convention had been called in Philadelphia at which the Union of Turner Societies of North America was founded, the parent of the American Turnrrbund, says a writ er in the .Detroit Free Press. Ey the tipie of the Civil war Tum or societies were strongly intrench ed in every community in the United States which cQjjld boast a German population, alid there were few of any size that couldn’t. Despite the fact that their ideals were wholly social and athletic and had no contact with political activi ties, the Turners nevertheless found themselves involved in the “Know Nothing” agitation of the 185G’s. The “Know Nothing” movement, which began as a political opposition ma neuver, was captured by a lawless gang element which used it as & i weapon for the persecution of the forcignborn element, especially the Germans and the Irish. , In self-defense the Turners band ed into militia companies to pro tect their lives and property. Many ; lurid street battles took place m! Philadelphia and other Permsylvi- j nia centers of German population. [ But when the agitation at last died down, the Turners returned to their games and singing contests. Stradivari First Maker cf the Perfect Violin There were violins before Stradi vari, but it was he who brought vio lin making to its perfection. How many instruments he actually made is unknown, but more than 500 vio lins and 50 violoncellos have sur vived. Although his violins have been studied, piece by piece, no one has been able to say definitely what gives them their superior tone, states a writer in the Washington Post. One expert claims that it is due to a uniform thickness and weight in the wood in all parts. Another says it is due to >good construction, and a few even^think that the very air of Cremona, Italy, his birth place, had something to do with it. His greatest advantage, however, is generally regarded to have been the varnish, thb-secret formula of which died with him and is un recoverable. The varnish was soft in texture, shading, from orange to red. Cones as Weather GuitTcs Weather and climate, affecting ev ery human being directly and un remittingly, .naturally has been the source of many supersitions. Almost any community has its individual with rheumatism, or who has suf fered injuries ^ to the joints, who claims to predict weather changes by sensations- in bones. Strangely enough, this ability, long laughed at by skeptics, appears to have a basis of scientific fact, asserts a writer in Literary Digest. Careful investigations- indicate that weather conditions have a. definite influence on such rule-of-thumb prophets, a shift in barometric pressure bring ing definite ' qhanges in the blood and tissues ollne joints. Arizona’s Petrified Forest America’s: most famous petrified forest is in Arizona. The fossil trees there are species of pine, now ex tinct, which grew in the Age of Rep tiles, or about 200,000,000 years ago. After falling, they-, were washed down a watercourse and lodged on a sand bank - , where they eventually became buried under sand and clay. Later the sand and clay was washed away, leaving the bare trunks ex posed. At one place a. stone log 110 feet long forms a natural bridge across a deep gulley which has been washed out.under: it. Tomb of St. Francis Eancien island, scene of the es tablishment of the first Christian mission in the Orient, is the land in which St. Francis Xavier estab lished a mission in spite of efforts to .keep him and his devoted band out of the Orient. And on this island he lies buried. In late. August, 1552. he- landed on the - island,, called Chahg-shuen-shan, oft. the-coast of Kwang-tung which served as a ren dezvous for Europeans. Sow after his arrival Xavier was seized with a .fever, and-died there. out of business. The mill towns be came ghost towns; merchants :’n nearby cities felt the loss of trade; and the railroads no longer put cars on the sidings to be loaded How different is the picture when a wood-using industry plans in advance to cut only an amount of wood each year equal to the growth of the forest. And make • provision for a new crop of tree to replace those taken. Then thr forest beermes a crop, no! a nine; the industry is there to stay; bank ers and merchants feci he bene ficial effects; and certainly .he workers in that industry have a feeling of security. Many wood - using industries in the country arc operating on that basis ..odry. But before successful results can be obtained from conservation ter-sheds of streams, outdoor rec reational areas, and wild life of the forests, fields, and streams, m st be forest fire protection. Forest fire protection is now he ir- given to almost one-fourth the forest land in South Carolina by cooperative efforts between the State Forestry Commission, the U. S Forest Service, groups of in- di idual landowners, and county wide organizations. This area be- ine protected is close to 3 million acres. The full benefits of forest conservation, in its many aspects, 1 will only be felt in South Carolina when all 12,800,000 acres of forest land in the State receive adequate fire protection. Pastures to Paints Giotto, who painted many of the frescoes in the church of San Fran cesco in Assisi,. Italy, was a shep herd boy when the painter Cimafcue discovered him drawing sheep on flat pasture stones, says Robert M. McBride in. “Hilltop Cities of Italy.” Cimabue taught the lad to paint; and today Giotto’s frescoes are among the most, sought out by visit ors to this medieval church. Raw Sienna in Paint Raw sienna, an earth pigment, is one of the most valuable colors used in the paint making industry. It received its name from the city « ■ Sienna, Italy. The sienna found near this eity was of a very fine, rich transparent color and possessed great beauty and color perma nence When mixed • with white base,, clear and. dclicoic tints , re- The Cloak Was Titian v That dress maketh ithe. man was noted . long ago. Titian, the famed Italian painter of dhe.-sixteentb cen tury walked home in t his working clothes unnoted, but-returning im mediately, to the street again, .in his court costume of purple velvet, orv- ery, person?i he met t bowed j and i did. him homage. Disgusted, Titian, hack ji»: his studio, threw the cloak on floor, exclaiming;.“Thou, then, ant. T.Bun; so much for drapery!” - Paint PrescriptidnsN “•Industrial'pfints” are.tbr~ooosto i>\s designed fcr use ir?> t!.,* jnult - fa ous products of r industry,• TTie- r; ge is very wide—from^ aotomo- hi.o to agricultural machinery and implements—and in cad!', cate the paint is designed for ils **po.' fie purpose, usually,u- ricr spcpiSualicuns, * of . I vt.a,rC,“.*.v• • .3,,.