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IfcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 6, 1937 UcCORMICK MESSENGER Published Every Thursday l Established June 5, 1902 /Edmond j. McCracken, Editor and Owner Entered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of the second class. ECBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1.00 01x Months .75 Three Months .50 4 <-• Watch The Hens For Parasites Clemson, May 3.—During warm weather hens may become heavily infested with lice and mites in a short time, states P. H. Gooding, extension poultryman, warning farmers that with the planting sea son at hand most people are prone to pay too much attention to put ting seed in the ground and for get all about the hens. “In many cases these parasites are not noticed until egg produc tion drops, which is sure to hap pen if the hens get lousy or the house gets full of mites’', says the specialist. “Remember, also, that nothing is more deadly to babj chicks than lice or mites. A large share of the loss of baby chicks each year is attributed to these parasites. The most important fac tor in avoiding this loss is to free the laying flock from these pests before the chicks become infested. To rid the flock of lice, Mr. Gooding advises that nicotine sul fate be applied to the roosts about balf an hour before roosting time. It is best to apply the liquid in a thin stream with an oil can or with a small paint brush. Sodium fluoride, which can be bought at any drug store, may be used to eradicate lice by dusting the powder on the hens. To kill mites he suggests clean the poultry house thoroughly and then spray with a five per cent solution of some good creolin or coal tar disinfectant. The roosts- should be painted with a full strength of the solution. Motor oil drained from the car may be used. Give The Bees Room To Store More Honey Clemson, May 3.—“It is very im portant at this season of the year to see that bees have plenty o f room to store honey”, declares E. S. Prevost, bee specialist of the Clemson College Extension Service. “Beekeepers often make the mis take of not putting enough super.' on the hive”, Mr. Prevost says. ■“It is advisable to look into the super that is already cn the hive, and, if it is one-third to one-half full of honey, raise it and put ar. empty super with full sheets of foundation comb under it.” According to Mr. Prevost, bees usually build comb faster next to the brood. He advises beekeepers, therefore, to put the super with the full sheets of foundation comb on the brood chamber, and then to put the ether super on top of this one. Beekeepers interested in various phases of successful beekeeping will find valuable information in Extension Circular 153, Bee Cul ture, by Mr. Prevost. This publi cation may be had free from coun- \ ty farm agents or from the Publi cations Department at Clemson College. 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GODIN Sight Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally FitteH, 956 Broad Street Augusta, Ga. ■ «' 1 — '■ n WANT ADV. TREE! If excess acid causes you Stomach Ulcers, Gas Pains, In digestion, Heartburn, Belching, Bloating, Nausea, get free sample cicc 4 ^’? prescription, Udga, at •Strum's Drug Store. (By R. W. Hamilton, Extension Agronomist) All the soil types of South Caro- r.a are suitatlo in come degree to corn growing. The size and prof itableness of the yield depends argely upon the natural fertility and the water-holding capacity of the soil, both cf which are in di rect proportion to the content of organic matter. If South Carolina is to increase its corn production, every effort should be made to grow the re quired amount on a minimum acreage by planting on the more fertile fields or by building up the poorer fields until they have a deep, well-drained yet moist, fertile soil with high organic content. Only such soils as these are capable of supplying the tremendous amount of water required by corn during its growing period. Alluvial river bottoms and new ly cleared forest land meet these conditions most ideally, but such lands constitute only a small per centage of the state’s corn land most of the corn land having been reduced to a state of low produc tivity by continued destructive cropping. The productivity of the low- yielding field should be built up by turning under manure or soil- building crops. This increases the organic matter in the soil, which in turn supplies plant foods or makes them more available. It also improves the tilth of the soil and increases the water-holding capac ity to a point where the injurious effects of dry periods will be minimized. Vetch, crimson clover, and Aus trian winter peas sown alone or with rye and oats during Septem ber and October are outstanding winter crops for increasing corn yields. Soybeans, cowpeas, velvet beans, or crotalaria should be planted as a companion crop with all corn. In the Coastal Plains and Sandhill sections crotalaria is a very good green manure crop. It will produce a large tonnage of green material which compares very fav orably with the other legumes in nitrogen content. The time of planting crotalaria is about the same as for corn. Often crotalaria will give a good voluntary crop after corn once it has been allowed to reseed. These winter and summer soil-im proving crops will cost $1.50 to $5.00 per acre for seed and labor for planting and will return large profits annually on this cost for three to five years. (This is the first of a series of four articles on Corn Production in South Carolina.) Farm Record Keeping For Entire Family “A few minutes a day to make th? farm pay.” This is the slogan adopted bv the Clemson College Extension Service for farm families of South Carolina to use in keep- insr a farm and home account book, which summarizes the farm rec ords of the entire farm family, says R. D. Suber, county farm aeent. Keeping farm records is by no means a new thing. However, the new South Carolina record book provides a plan for the home ac count as well as the farm business, the county agent states. The entire farm business record consists of four general parts: first, an inventory of what the farm has at the beginning of the year; second, a record of wiiat was received from the sale or equiva lent of a sale of farm products during the year; third, a record of what was spent in the operation and maintenance of the farm dur ing the year; and fourth, an in ventory of what the farm has at the end of the year. According to M. C. Rochester, farm management specialist, farm families in the state are manifest ing a great deal of interest In keeping the records of their opera tions and, as a result, a number have started keeping farm ac counts. “It is important to know which combination of farm enterprises is paying”, Mr. Rochester says. “A farm without records is like a ship without a rudder. Record keeping is paramount in business like farming for it enables mem bers of the farm family not only to know which enterprise is pay ing. but also to ston leaks.” LIADIRSNIP 'T>jH»uuuiA IT TAKES STEEL-NERVED FOR 96 YEARS FOOD £nerVP HAS COME ROM CUi&nS BREAD $$55 ■mm A screaming, streaking perfect drive ... a crashing triple against the fence ... on green or diamond . . . court or field . . . IT TAKES ENERGY FOR STEEL- NERVED SPORTS! Since 1841 CLAUSSEN'S BREAD bos been recognized as a Taluable source of Food Energy! Today. "Air-Condition ed CLAUSSEN'S BREAD, because it Is removed from ovens, quickly cooled and wrapped at proper temperature. Is ALWAYS FRESH 1 Order it uSSenS <->/ i /-' COIMIOIIED- Insurance Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance Ex cept Life. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK, S. C. Visit Anderson’s Department Store Greenwood, S. C., For The Best Values In The Market. Dry Goods, Notions, Clothing, Ladies’ Ready-to- W ear. Shirts, Underwear, Hosiery, Hats, Men’s Suits, Shoes for all the family. Curtains, Curtain Goods, Window Shades, Dress Goods, Men’s and Boys’ Work Clothing, Men’s and Boys’ Pants, and most anything carried in an up-to-date -Department Store. Come to see us when in Greenwood. Use our convenient layaway plan. Good Goods Fair Prices. Anderson’s Department Store Greenwood, S. C. Bumps By DOROTHY DOUGLAS © McClure Newspaper Syndicate. WNU Service. J T OM GILBERT was always thankful that he had been stand ing in the doorway of his shop when the incident, just outside, took place, j He watched the girl, as he had: many times watched her, while she put a great bundle of magazines; in the mail box which was on the sidewalk just in front of his shop.:! Then he saw a good-looking man approaching the mail box, most ob viously intent on a flirtation with the girl. Gilbert never knew exactly how; it happened, but what he did see was the bundle of magazines bumped out of the girl’s arms and a swift stooping of both the man and the girl to pick them up. Apparently their heads came to gether in a violent collision for the girl crumpled into an uncon scious heap on the sidewalk. * “See, here, what’s happened?” he questioned, belligerently. “This young lady, a friend of mine, has bumped her head, that’s all—no need to make a fuss about it,” he said. “Since the young lady happens to be engaged to me—I think we will make a fuss—give her to me at once!” Gilbert scattered them all and 1 carried the girl of his dreams ten derly into the shop and from thence to the big living-room behind, where his mother sat. “She evidently got a nastyij bump,” said Gilbert, and gazed'* anxiously at the fluttering eyelids of the girl. “I don’t know whether that dirty dog who tried to claim her did it deliberately or not—it*; looked mighty suspicious,” he growled, and went out. Peggy sat up a moment later with the naturally puzzled look of re turning consciousness in her eyes.j' She also rubbed a swiftly growing bump on her temple. “You’re quite safe, my dear,”',; said Mrs. Gilbert. “You had a bump on the mail box and you are in the shop just beside it.” “You are a dear and how horribly silly of me to bump my head. I think I can stand now.” She smiled into Mrs. Gilbert’s eyes. “I’m so sorry to have put you to this trouble.” “It was no trouble. I am just thankful my son was looking out the window and—well, my dear, he fancies he rescued you from the clutches of a flirt—but don’t breathe a word to him about it.” Tom burst into the room to make inquiries. “Well, what a change from the littJe pals face I carried in, Moth er,” he said joyfully. Peggy Underwood looked up and held out a slim hand. “It was very, very kind of you,” she said sweetly with a swift, shy glance at Tom. “And your mother has been so good to me. I am Peggy Underwood and have charge of the library just around the cor ner.” She rose. “If you don’t mind, I must rush back as there is no one in charge, but if I may, I should love to come in this after noon. I have an hour off at four.” “Good,” said Tom. “I’ll be here, • too.” It was a wonderful tea party in the big living room and, when some one entered the shop, it was Mrs. Gilbert who arose to attend. The man who entered was the one whom Tom considered a cad. “Oh—I have just come in to in quire after the young lady your son is engaged to,” he said, and noticed the surprise in Mrs. Gil bert’s face. But she was equal to the occa sion. “She is all right now, thank you, and is having tea with us. Oh, Peggy dear,” she called out, and Peggy appeared at the door. “This is the gentleman whose head came into the collision with yours—he has called to see how you are.” “And to apologize. Your fiance rescued you from the‘hands of the villain,” the man said and watched her closely. “He was a bit of a caveman about it, too.” Peggy cast a swift glance at Tom, who had followed close on her heels. There was not the flicker of one long, silky eyelash as she said soft ly, “Well—that is what one’s fi ance is for—isn’t it?” And Tom exchanged a broad grin with the mail box outside. Goldbeater’s Skin Goldbeater’s skin is a fine mem brane made of the outer coat of the blind gut in cattle and used by goldbeaters to separate the leaves of metal during the last and most difficult stages of hammering out goldleaf. The intestine, after being put through several processes, is cut into pieces about five inches square. Its tenacity and powers of resistance are so great that it will resist the continuous pounding of a heavy hammer for several months. Goldbeaters do their work by hand as they did in ancient times. A large number of leaves are beaten at the same time and hammers ranging in weight from seven to twenty pounds are used. Same Fix! Proud Suburban Lady—You know my husband plays the organ. Acquaintance — Well, if things don’t improve, my husband will have to get one, too. — Hardware World. ... ... . <'»> * j *'rw i