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/ McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 1, 1937 VcCORMICK MESSENGER I Published Every Thursday Established Jana 5, IMS . EDMOND J. McCRACKEN, Editor and Owner fettered at the Post Office at Mc Cormick, S. C. t as man matter of the second class. Protecting Hogs Against Parasites SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One Year $1-00 Six Months •75 Three Months -50 Clemson, June 14.—Through the cooperation of the Clemson College Extension Service and the United States Bureau of Animal Industry, hog raisers of the state are putting on sanitation demonstrations de signed to minimize the pestilence f swine parasites. In addition to ^he sanitary control measures in corporated in this project, the farmers are practicing recom mended hog management and feeding methods. Feed Budget For | Family Milk Cow * — * ’ Clemson, June 26.—A simple feed budget for one milk cow for one year is suggested by C. G. Cush- j man* extension dairyman, for, guidance in the proper feeding of the family milk cow. These feed needs include: 1. Two to three tons of bright, leafy, green-cured legume hay (peavine, soybean, lespedeza, al falfa, oats or vetch). 2. Two acres of improved per manent pasture. 3. One-fourth acre annual graz ing crop (summer: pearl millet; winter: oats, rye, barley, or a mix ture of all three). 4. Eighteen bushels of corn or 40 bushels of oats or 25 bushels of barley, or 1250 pounds of all three 5. Four sacks of cottonseed meal Eight sacks if cottonseed meal is fed alone. Mr. Cushman recommends two grain mixtures for the family cow. First, 100 pounds of'each of com- and-cob meal, ground oats, ground bailey, and cottonseed meal, with four pounds of salt. Second, 300 pounds of either corn-and-cob meal, ground oats, or ground bar ley, (or a mixture of these in pro portions available) and 100 pounds of cottonseed meal, with four pounds of salt. As feeding guides Mr. Cushman advises: 1. Feed 2 1-2 to 3 quarts of grain mixture daily to each gallon of milk produced. 2. If cottonseed meal S is used alone, feed one quart daily to each gallon of milk produced. 3. If pasture or grazing is not abundant, feed all the legume hay the cow will consume. 4. 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Cushman, extension dairy specialist, pointing out that the roughages produced on the average farm are of rather low quality and therefore low feeding value. t The cured hays produced on most farms are of low quality, Mr. Cushman explains, for three prin cipal reasons: 1. Not enough seed is planted on the land so that the hay crop will crowd out grass and weeds. The thin stand also causes coarse and stemmy plants. 2. The hay is not cut at the proper time—usually too late, so that a great many of the leaves and the green color are lost and the plants become hard and woody. 3. After the crop is cut it is too often overcured, allowing the green color to be leached away; leaves, feeding value, and palatability are lost; and the residue is hard, woody, and of poor quality. Mr. Cushman believes that with the increased stress now being placed on soil-conserving crops it is more important than ever for South Carolina farmers to improve the quality of the hays harvested from such crops in order to make them of real value. As one step toward better curing of hays Mr. Cushman is advising the use of a hay-curing rack which has been in successful use at the Coast Experiment Station for sev eral years. Farmers may secure drawings of this rack from Mr. Cushman’s office at Clemson or through county farm agents. W — July Livestock Notes Above is an illustration of a plan of hog pasture with special ar rangements for feeding sows and young pigs so as to prevent infes tation of young pigs with kidney worms while they are with the sows. After weaning, the pigs should be kept on clean forage separate from older hogs. This plan was designed by the United States Bureau of Animal Industry following investigations conducted by scientists of this department which brought to light facts that have a practical bearing on kidney wcrm control. This year 40 farmers are putting on demonstrations under the su pervision of A. L. DuRant, extension livestock specialist, and Dr. E. E. Lent, veterinarian of the United States Bureau of Animal Industry. They are following the plan por trayed in the above figure in an effort not only to control the kid ney worm but to stamp out other worm diseases which interfere with successful hog raising. The most important point of the hog sanitation plan, according to Dr. Lent and Mr. DuRant, is the need for providing a bare strip all around t'he field and at one end an area more than sufficiently wide to accommodate the shelter houses, water barrels, creep for the pigs, and feeding pens for the sows. Farmers interested in putting on hog sanitation demonstrations are advised by the United States Bu reau of Animal Industry and the Extension Service to consult their county agents and the Clemson College Livestock Sanitary Office, Columbia. when it is in the glazed stage. ’ ly. An extended trip makes more Reserve some permanent pasture strenuous demands of an auto- to be grazed by beef cattle in late fall and e rly winter. Feed the workstock three times a day. Change pasture for livestock if possible. Provide shade and fresh water for all classes of livestock. mobile than does normal use around home, and it is only sensi ble, when planning such a trip, to see that every detail affecting per formance, safety and comfort is checked in advance. After a winter’s driving, it is al- wavs advisable to see that the cool- Observe the livestock for screw ing system is in shape for maxi worm infestation and give treat ment, if necessary,/ Dairying Mow pastures frequently. Destroy breeding places for flies, and use skimmilk-formaldehyde poison (3 gallons of skimmilk, 1 pint of 40 per cent formalin, 1 pound of sugar) in shallow pans to kill flies. As milk production falls off, sup plement pasture with balanced grain mixture. Feed up to two pounds of grain daily to growing stock to maintain normal growth. Keep milk or cream sold for manufacturing purposes in barrel! or tub of cold well or spring water. If retail milk producer with sur plus at this season, dry off all low producing cows that are bred for fall freshening. Poultry Keep mash before laying hens; t helps to keep their bodies cool and stimulates egg production. Reduce feed cost by culling non- iayers and not by reducing feed. Keep a grain feed before the pullets and don’t start feeding a aying mash until the birds are at .east five months old. If troubled with roup or chicken pox in past years, vaccinate pullets 7/hen two to four months old. VACATION SUGGESTIONS By W. C. WOOD National Director of Service Chevrolet Motor Division Gen eral Motors Sales Corporation ******** Clemson, June 28.—In midsum mer livestock need careful atten tion, say Clemson Extension spe cialists in timely notes for July. Animal Husbandry hogs grazing on Mile for mile, motor cars require less attention from their users to day than ever before. This is ex plained partly by the increased re liability of the product, and partly, no doubt, by the fact that motorists mum warm weather efficiency. If this has been neglected up to now. it should be attended to before that summer trip. The result will be a cooler engine, longer life from lu bricating oil, and generally im proved performance. Water should be checked occasionally during the journey, too, of course. Assuming that transmission and differential lubricants have been changed to the proper grade for summer driving, the levels of both should be checked before the start of a long journey. So should the oil in the crankcase, which, of course, should also be changed at the intervals recommended by the manufacturer. The solution in an automobile battery evaporates more rapidly in warm weather than in cold, and the short time it takes to have this detail checked, and water added if necessary, is always well invested. The average motorist thinks about tires only when he has a ‘flat.” A little extra attention to the subject will not only reduce tire troubles to a minimum, but add considerably to the comfort of riding and the ease of driving. Cars steer more easily when the tires are inflated to the proper pressure, and it is especially im portant that the pressure in the left and the right be the same. For complete comfort in motor ing, tires should be checked now and then during a journey. Pro tracted driving on hot pavements in summer may expand the air to a point where the ride becomes bumpy because the tires are so hard. On the other hand, tires with insufficient air wear out rapidly, because of the constant flexing of the casing near the point of con tact with the ground. They are also more likely to suffer rim-cuts traversing rough roads. Today’s cars rarely develop any serious trouble, even on extended AIR SERVICE OVER ATLANTIC PLANNED Britain Gathers Data to Plot Flying Charts. MINING OF METALS IN MONTANA BOOMS World Rearmament Opens Up Steady Market. London, England. —At Foynes, on the River Shannon in Ireland, imag inary flights are made daily over the Atlantic, in preparation for reg ular air service to America, \he air ministry has revealed. Meteorological experts of the air ministry and Imperial Airways plot a “flight” in accord with re ports of wind strength and direc tion and other weather information received by radio from ships and transferred immediately to “syn optic” charts thgt give a general picture of the weather over the 2,000 miles between Ireland and Newfoundland. The experiments were begun in I London, but when they reached an advanced stage they were trans ferred to Foynes, near which are the land and sea bases from which the Imperial and Pan-American planes will operate across the At lantic. Accepted Theories Erroneous. The work has shown that gen erally accepted beliefs about At lantic weather must be radically revised. Prevalent, for example, is the theory of a constant west to east wind, making all flights from Europe to America difficult and dangerous. This is generally true, but the weather men have discov ered that there are many days when conditions favor rather than hamper the westward flight. Qn a day in last December, for example, the wind was blowing so strongly from the east all the way across the ocean that a flight to America could have been made in record time. In addition to constant weather information received from transat lantic steamers the Foynes station has a weather expert journeying back and forth constantly across the north Atlantic on board the steam er Manchester Port. His duty is to discover all he can about prevail ing air currents and conditions in the upper air. His work will be continued for a year. Looses Small Balloons. He releases small colored bal loons of hydrogen, which rise at the rate of 500 feet a minute to the limit of visibility, which is about 10,000 feet. Variations of their course shoiv the direction and strength of winds affecting them. After lightning calculationT and comparisons with weather reports received by radio from other ships this data is flashed to Foynes. Up per air temperatures also are taken to combat the problem of ice for mation on the planes. The work has thrown into prom inence the need for a meteorologi cal station between the British isles and Greenland, to cover a zone which few sh’ps visit and where no trustworthy source of informa tion exists The goal of there efforts is the establishment of an organization capable of handing the commander of a transatlantic air liner, before he takes off, a complete, dependable analysis of weather then prevailing and likely to prevail for the duration of his flight across the ocean. Experimental flights by special transoceanic land planes, sea planes and the Mayo “composite,” or “pig gy-back,” ships will be carried out during the next few months. In formed British aviation opinion, however, believes that regular air mail flights will not be begun un til some time in 1938 and that pas senger schedules will not be pos sible before 1939 or 1940. Auto Mechanic Is Awarded Title of Baron by Court San Jose, Calif.—Ernest Siber, twenty-four-year-old auto mechanic has demonstrated that while the Constitution prevents any foreign country from conferring a title of nobility on an American citizen, there is nothing to prevent an Amer ican court from doing so. As a consequence, Siber is now Baron Ernst H. Von Schanenflugel. Siber explained his desire and predicament to the Superior court about the title as follows: His father, Harold Siber, is chief engineer at the San Jose hospital. His grandfather, however, who died in Germany a number of years ago, was authentically Baron von Schan enflugel. However, as the latter name was entirely too much for the average American to pronounce, his father had his name changed to “Siber.” The son, however, desirous of pre serving his grandfather’s name and the title, asked the court to restore him the family title, name and all, regardless of the difficulties of pro nunciation, and the court complied. are becoming educated in the sim ple routine procedure which keeps journeys. But a succession of minor their automobiles near peak ef- annoyances, easily averted by a ficiency all the time. little advance preparation, have With summer at hand, and hun-; often marred an ofeftferwise perfect dreds of thousands of owners plan- trip. The vacationist who looks af- green ning vacation trips in their cars, ter these details as a matter of routine is taking out good insurance Keep _ _ _ forage. | a * ew suggestions about prepara Arrange to turn hogs on corn tion for such journeys will be time on the success of his trip. Old Settlers Remember How Two Men Won Strike Rapid City, S. D.—An outmoded street car, exhibited in A park here, calls to mind among old settlers one of the most unusual strikes in the state’s history. The old street car company here owned one car, a horse drawn vehicle. It was op erated by two men. They formed a union. The management objected. And so the men struck. They de manded union recognition and no reduction in salary. Their salary was 75 cents a day. The strikers were victorious. Butte, Mont.—Montana mining of numerous metals is enjoying a heartening boom engendered by high gold prices, industrial recov ery, and demand for raw materials to supply world armament needs. A record of 35 per cent increased production in 1936 over 1935 was attained and even greater increase is considered by mining experts to be in the making for 1937. Pay rolls are near. World war and predepression highs. In tiny, re mote mining camps high in the mountains, as well as in the famed super-diggings here on “the rich est hill on earth,” the boom is on. The new-found prosperity has brought a resurgent optimism and capital is finding its way into the development of new workings and in increased operation of established properties. Changes in the law which enable the lone miner or prospector to sell in small quantities to the mints without employment of a middle man have led many veterans and novices of the pan and pick into the hills and along the streams in quest of gold and silver. A gold price of approximately $35 an ounce makes small operations profitable. According to the United States bureau of mines, Montana in 1936 produced $41,857,000 worth of gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc. The 1935 values were $30,918,000. Last year’s gold production was $6,265,- 000, about 179,000 ounces. The 1935 values were $5,258,081—about 151,- 000 ounces. Nearly all of the in crease was believed to have come from two huge placer properties, the Porter at Helena and the Hum phrey at old Virginia City, of pio neer vigilante fame. The Humphrey concern, operating the world’s larg est dry land tractor gold recovery dredge, originally was financed at Virginia City by a New Deal in dustrial loan. Proportionate increases were reg istered in silver, lead and zinc. Road Study Casts Light on Auto Tire Punctures London. — An exhaustive inquiry into the causes and cures of auto mobile tire punctures has just been concluded in Great Britain by 1,000 roads patrols. The investigation, confined large ly to the main roads of the country, was organized by the Automobile association after it had received many complaints that modern meth ods of road surfacing, combined with the higher braking power and quicker acceleration possessed by cars, shorten the life of the best tires by several thousand miles. An analysis of the return shows that three-quarters of the punctures that came under the notice of the ob servers were in the rear tires, and that of the number two-thirds were in tires on the near side rear wheel. The explanation was simple* Any loose material on a roadway is scat tered by passing cars to the edge of the highway, and the small flints and stone dressing lie there ready to embed themselves in the tires of the cars that follow. The rear tires, being on the driv ing wheels, are more prone to suf fer first; and the near side tires are those which come into contact with the most generous share of sharp points. The remedy suggest ed by an A. A. official is more care ful road surfacing and systematic road cleansing, with more atten tion to the sides. Robert Lincoln’s Life Saved by Edwin Booth Washington.—A story that the life of Abraham Lincoln’s late son, Rob ert Todd Lincoln, was saved by Ed win Booth, actor and brother of John Wilkes Booth, was told here by persons close to the Lincoln fam ily who asked that their identity not be disclosed. Robert Lincoln, who was presi dent of the Pullman company, told an intimate associate that as he was boarding a Washington-bound train at Jersey City his foot slipped and he feared that he would slide under the wheels. Suddenly a firm hand grasped his shoulder and pulled him out. He not only thanked Edwin Booth for the rescue, but remembered the in cident until the last days of his life. Urges Husbands to Sing in the Bath Cincinnati, O.—What this coun try needs, said Dr. Thomas James Kelly, is “not more pro fessional vocalists but a whole army of bathroom singers.” Widely known as a musical au thority, Dr. Kelly spoke before the closing session of a regional conference on adult education. America’s bathing tenors need not press the issue too hard in order to indulge their artistry, he suggested, “admitting” the pos sibility that too oftFn any sup pression was due to “their wives and families.” “Wives should not only encour age their husbands to sing in the bathtub,” declared Dr. Kelly, “but they should even bring thi out into the living room singing) TO OPEN FfiEE FARM FOR DRUG ADDICTS U. 3. Institution in Texas to Be Ready in 1£38. Fort Worth, Tex.—Sometime in 1938, the first patient will enter the new United States $4,500,900 set tlement designed to cure narcotic addicts. The buildings are expected to be under construction by the end of 1937. When completed, there will be room for 1,200 persons addicted to drugs to take treatments and v/ork at the same time. Quarters v/ill be provided for 250 doctors, nurses and other attendants. The hospital was the answer to a continuous plea from doctors, wel fare workers, police departments and citizens. The first such farm was built at Lexington, Ky., to care for federal prisoners addicted to narcotics. The new one, a few miles southeast cf Fort Worth, is almost a duplicate of the Louisville plant in plan, but its operation will be con siderably different: “Voluntary” Patients. Patients accepted here will be “voluntary” and many are expect- Vi to pay their expenses., Most un doubtedly will be from the list of persons convicod of selling or pos sessing narcotics. The paying pa tients will contribute $1 a day to their upkeep and help reduce the government’s loss in curing them by lending animals on the farm and making their own clothes in farm shops. Those accepted must sign a pledge to follow the prescribed treatment and to remain at the hos pital until the cure is complete. Regulations provide that those who are able must pay $1 a day for their upkeep. Narcotic law enforc ers, however, believe few addicts will be found with the funds to pay their own way. The system of cure devised for the Louisville farm by Dr. Law rence Kolb probably will be fol lowed. The Kolb treatment includes a complete mental and physical ex amination for each new padent. Many of them have diseases, such as tuberculosis, which must be cured before they are taken off the drug habit. Two Procedures Followed. Cne familiar treatment for those using drugs involves the simple re duction system—giving the addict less and less of the drug he craves until the habit is overcome. Dr. Kolb, however, is one who prefers the “cold turkey” system — an abrupt end to the narcotic supply. “Drastic methods give the best results,” Dr. Kolb said. “By this system a patient is suddenly and completely deprived of drugs. He <, becomes irritable and restless. He cannot sleep. . . he sneezes and sweats. . . and he may collapse . . . but he usually shows improve ment in a few days.” During the treatments the patient usually is given a nonopiate seda tive to quiet his nerves, soothing baths and electric ray treatments. Within two weeks a responsive pa tient is “off the habit.” Two months :s the most required for even a re- frcclory addict, according to Dr. Kolb. Remainder of the treatment con sists mainly of routine designed to keep former addicts from using drugs. The Fort Worth farm will have cattle and chickens for them' to tend; workshops for the men and sewing rooms for the women. Through these methods the Louis ville unit cured 1,048 cases of 1,864 admitted during the first two years. Li."! in Palace Chief Delight of Princess, 6 London. — Flaxen haired, blue eyed, six-year-old Princess Mar garet Rose, daughter of the king and queen, has discovered the delights cf running the elevator at Bucking ham palace. The quarters of Princess Eliza beth, ten, and Margaret Rose are on the. second floor of the palace. Their nurses use the self-working electric elevator when they take the children to see their parents on the ground floor. The first time they used the_ ele vator Margaret Rose gazed silently at the row of buttons. She watched her nurse push one and felt the ele vator descending. It was a new and delightful sensation. When the elevator stopped at the ground floor Margaret Rose refused to leave it. She wanted to push but tons, too. “Let me do it. Let me do it,” she clamored. Finally her nurse gave way and lifted the baby princess in her arms. But Margaret - Rese pushed the wrong button and the elevator rushed to the basement. Margaret Rose was delighted. Now, however, she has learned that the white button is “down” and the black button “up.” And it is her daily treat—if she has been good— when she and her sister join the king and queen for afternoon tea, to stand on the seat and work the ele vator. Chinchilla Goes A-Begging London.—A full-length chinchilla coat, said to be one of less than a dozen of its kind in the world, was offered for auction • here recently, but there was no sale. The reserve price was $10,000, and the auction eer suggested $3,000 as a starting bid, but nobody was willing to offer ►ven that. . _ - -