Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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/ ( : A < McCORMICK MESSENGER. MH.OKMH K. aOLTB EAKOLti^A Thursday, April 15, 1937 Expect Cattle Prices To Continue Higher rrospe^ts for continued, stron consumer demand for beef and veal, smaller cattle and calf slaughter this year fian last, and higher average prices of practieai- ly all grades cf slaughte* cattle are reported as probable by live stock economists of «/he Clemso i College Extension Service, say.- County Agent R. D. Suber. In the opinion of the Bureau cf Agricultural Economics, slaughter spoplies cf cattle and calves prob ably will continue te be relatively large until pastures become an im portant factor in the feed situation in late May or June. For the en tire year, however, slaughter sup ply probably will be somewhat smaller than in 1936. • Prices of the better grades of slaughter cattle are expected to advance somewhat further from present relatively high levels, and prices of the lower grad3s so ad vance seasonally until May or June. Prices of the lower grades usually decline after mid-spring, but this year the Bureau expects the decline to be less than average in view of prospective continued Improvement in consumer demand for meats. Acreage Increase Of Watermelons May Reduce Price Columbia, April 5.—Reports from farmers planting watermelons this year indicate an increase in acre age which, with average yields and average weather conditions in con suming centers, may result in prices to growers lower than those received from last season’s crop, according to information received by George E. Prince, extension marketing agent, from the General Crops Section cf the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. The 1937 acreage of watermelons in the Southeastern states of Flor ida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, is expected to be about six per cent higher than it was last year. A recent report from the Bureau of Agricultural Eco nomics shows that growers intend to increase 1937 watermelon plant ings in Georgia by five per cent, in South Carolina by 5 per cent, and in Florida by 22 per cent. In terms of acres, Mr. Prince ex plains, Georgia growers intend to plant 63,000 acres, an increase of 3,000 acres over last year’s plant ings; South Carolina, 21,000 acres, an increase of 1,000 acres; Florida growers, 19,500 acres, an increase of 3,500 more acres^ North Caro lina, 12,800 acres, the same as last year. The increase in acreage this year, it is explained by the General Crops Section of the AAA, is large ly influenced by last year’s favor able prices, which averaged higher than at any time during the last half dozen seasons. Rainfall And Blight Of Irish Potatoes Recent Circular of State Experi ment Station Gives Results of Study ______________ ' Charleston, April 10.—There is a tiirect relation between rainfall and development of late blight of Irish potatoes, according to data gath ered by investigators at the Truck Experiment Station here and at other state experiment stations, says Dr. W. D. Moore, associate pathologist of the Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Department of Ag riculture, who until recently was located at the Truck Station. Dr. Moore’s study of the various phases of the subject of late blight have been published by the South Carolina Experiment Station as Circular 57, which may be had free through county farm agents or from the Publications Department at Clemson College. Conclusions drawn by Dr. Moore regarding late Wight and the prob lem of spraying as connected with temperature, humidity, and rainfall are briefly: 1. Late blight of potatoes has de veloped in the coastal section of South Carolina only five times in the past 20 years. 2. The mean temperature and the relative humidity apparently do not materially affect the develop ment of late blight in this section. 3. There is apparently a relation between the development of this disease and the amount and dis tribution of rainfall during the potato growing season. 4. In general, it is not economi cal to fo low a regular spraying 'r dusting program *or the control of TALK IT OVER WITH YOUR FERTILIZER MAN mm mi . \ ■ W&M- .■ : V' •v ... v.v.v : mm* mm- ~ -v »■% «.# MI IM I m ■ m mm ■ mm mm • . v • ’ '.A'V- tm - ? SSSSS iiiiii ^ ixmmz ZWm w* m ii ii I mm %M 1m .m mmzm ■ ■iim mm y ■y.m wM m mm m m mmm Wi ■ m m m mm m mm iiiiii mm v.-• • Wm mm tm mm mu \ will tell yon m Zg&mk r ’ "T, trade mark registcrcd STOPS RUST and STARTS PROFITS Ask Your Fertilizer Man why so many successful farmers top-dress cotton with NV POTASH. He will tell you that leading southern experiment stations, after long and extensive tests, now recommend pot ash as well as nitrogen as a top-dresser. extra pounds of valuable seed cotton added to your crop by potash top-dressing are very profitable because they are pro duced at such low cost. Top-dressing with NV POTASH keeps cotton strong and healthy, maturing fruit He will tell you that during the last ten #• until a full crop is made {including a years thousands of farmers have found that NV POTASH STOPS RUST and STARTS PROFITS. That the many good top crop). It PREVENTS RUST, helps control Wilt and produces strong, vigorous plants with less shedding, larger bolls that are easier to pick and better yields of uniform, high-quality lint. Follow your fertilizer man’s advice. Top- dress with 100 pounds of NV MURIATE per acre, or 200 pounds of NV KAINIT, or use his nitrogen-potash, mixed-goods top- dresser made with genuine NV POTASH. Remember, NV POTASH PAYS! N.V. POTASH EXPORT MY.. Inc. Hurt Bldg., ATLANTA • Royster Bldg., NORFOLK TOP-DRESS.WITH MV POTASH ▼HA»« MARK RCO. i ■ i—ip a >•*» : gg&s i late blight in this section. 5. From the rainfall data ac cumulated during any growing pe riod it is possible to predict the time and frequency of application of spray or dust advisable in the control of late blight of potatoes. Pastures Di rn In New Pu ilieatioa Clemson. /^'ii K ''"onomic importance of pasture grasses and plants In feed replacement, proper land use, and erosion control places peimanent pastures in first rank as a virtually new crop for de^eloo- ment in this state”, says C. G. Cushman, extension dairy special ist, calling attention to the recent ly published Extension Bulletin 99 Permanent Pastures for South Car olina. The new publication, which fit' - In logically with the Soil Consei- vation Program of the A 'ricalturu Adjustment Administration, we - prepared by a joint committee of specialists from the Extension Service, the Expcrime - '* Ptetiv and the So>l Conservati i Serv cc. Phases cf the subjec* discussed include the various past t~e plans pasture seeding, fertilicaticn,.im provement, and management. Pointing out that the pasture growing season In Seu.h Carohna - is long, varying with the location liom 196 to 240 days, Mr. Cushman states that much land now in cul- ‘t-alien or abandoned could with I olit be returned to grass as per- j anent pastures, and suggests vhat , those interested may secure free ^ pies of Bulletin 99 from county ■ m agents or from the Publica- 1m's Department at Clemson Col lege. V *o7 Cotton Contest i.. 1.0^6 tAiU Clemson. April 3.—Two new pro visions are announced by R. W. Hamilton, extension agronomist, in the regulations of the state five- acre cotton improvement contest for 1937: first, that lint of less than one inch will not be eligible for prizes; second, that previous first state prize winners will not be eli gible for prizes. | Prize money totaling $2,000 has been provided again by the Cotton Manufacturers Association of South Carolina, and the prizes will be the same as last year. First state \k . j will be $750, second state j p i ? $275. A first prize of $200 and i a t ond price of $125 will be of fered in each of three districts of ; ;he state. » The general rules of the contest v.:i: the same as fo. the past several years, objectives; being expressed in the contest slogan—“For better yields anct staple length”. A point of special significance in the general effects of the contest Is that found in the entry blank , «,vhich every contestant signs. Each contestant agrees not only to plant. - his contest acres with seed bred to a **e inch or longer staple, but al so try t j keep his seed from be- ! vc - ring mixed and endeavor to in- , f'sse the use of quality seed on, j hi . farm and in his community. . Farmers who desire to enter the' ontesf in 1937 may secure entry end information from ccun- : imm agents.