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IfcCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 6, 1937
UcCORMICK MESSENGER
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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-
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ty farm agents or from the Publi
cations Department at Clemson
College.
If you have some
little folks like these to
take riding with you,
we know you’ll want to
give them the maximum
protection afforded by
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(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.”
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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.
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