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MrCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, July 29, 1937 Card Of Thanks We wish to express cur thanks for the kindness shown us during the illness and death of our be loved mother, Martha Catherine Hughey, and especially to her faithful physician, Dr. Garnett Tuten, who ministered so lov ingly to her during her long ill ness. We also wish to thank each and every one for the many beau tiful floral offeringa. May God’s richest blessings rest and abide upon each of you. Mrs. R. T. West, *J. D. Hughey, W. B. Hughey. July 1, 1937, Crop Report South Carolina crops are off to a good start on an acreage about 5 per cent larger than last year. The acreage increase is mostly in cotton and tobacco, since acreage In food and feed crops is about one per cent below last year, ac cording to report issued by Frank O. Black, Agricultural Statistician, Columbia, July 12. Crops with increased acreage' are: Cowpcas, 10 per cent; Cotton. 1G per cent; Tobacco 24 per cent: Irish potatoes, 23 per cent; most of which was in early commercial potatoes. Decreases of 1 per cent are shown for Com and Oats; 5 per cent in Sweet Potatoes; 10 per cent in Rye; 15 per cent in Wheat and 13 per cent in Velvet Beans. Acreage in other crops is about the same as last year. Production outlook for food and feed crops is about 2 per cent above last year but 32 per cent above average productioji for the five years 1928-32. The condition of Corn at 76 per cent of normal indicates a crop of 23,403,000 bushels which is one per cent below last year’s production but 16 per cent above average for the 5-year period 1928-32. Wheat acreage was reduced 15 per cent but a better yield per acre renders the July 1 estimate of 1.560,000 bushels 6 per cent above last year. The Oats estimate of 9,966,000 bushels is 18 per cent above last year, 23 per cent above average and is exceeded only by the 1935 crop of 10,552,000 bushels. The condition of 69 per cent for Tame Hay indicates a crop of 416,- 000 tons which is 6 per cent below JESTER’S CASH MARKET Phone No. 25 Main Street • ' We Deliver McCormick, S. C. We earry a full line of Fresh Meats at all times and are always ready to be at your service. We highly appreciate your patronage. Before selling your cattle and ho^s, see us. We pay the market price for them. It belongs in your icebox at ome GREENWOOD COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. / Greenwood, S. C- Experience Service Facilities Those are the Important things in measuring the worth of a funeral director, and should be borne in mind when you have occasion to choose one DISTANCE IS NO HINDRANCE TO OUR SERVICE and there is no additional charge for service oat of town J. S. STROM Main Street McCormick, a. C. HAS TIMED ISO MILLION LIVES last year’s production but well above average. Seasons have been very favorable for Tobacco and the outlook on July 1 was for a crop of 98,000,000 pounds, which would be 34 per cent above last year’s production and 29 per cent above average for the years 1923-32. The Sweet Potato estimate of 4,590,000 bushels is 5 per cent below last year’s crop but about average. As to fruits, reports indicate a 5 per cent smaller grape crop; 17 per cent fewer peaches; and 40 per cent reduction in pears, but a 30 per cent increase in the apple crop. United States: Crops are off to about an average start according to the July estimates of the Crop Reporting Board of the United States Department of Agriculture. About the usual acreage of crops is expected to be harvested and moderately favorable growing con ditions now prevail over most of the country except portions of the Great Plains area, where rain is urgently needed. Unless present forecasts are upset by unusual weather conditions during the re mainder of the growing season, the production of the principal crops will be much greater than in the recent drought years, 1933, 1934 and 1936, and about equal to the average production during the 1928-32 period preceding. On the whole, the production of most crops may now be expected to meet prospective needs, so far as needs can be calculated when allowance has to be made for population growth, increasing industrial re quirements, changing export out lets, reduced numbers of grain consuming livestock on hand and depleted reserves in grain bins, com cribs and haymows. With winter wheat being har vested and spring wheat produc tion still very uncertain because of the threat of serious loss from rust, the total wheat crop is estimated at 882,000,000 bushels. This would be the largest wheat crop since 1931, but reserves are low and some wheat will be needed for feeding livestock until new corn can be harvested. The corn crop is urgently in need of rain in the Great Plains area, has been hurt by dry weather in parts of the South and was plant ed late in some northern areas, but it is growing well in the cen tral and eastern portions of the Com Belt and production in the United States is expected to be around 2,572,000,000 bushels. This would be the third largest corn crop since 1928 but Jess than the average production during the 10 previous years. A corn crop of the size now estimated, plus the about- average crops of oats, barley and grain sorghums expected, the low record carry-over of feed grain on farms, and a rough allowance for wheat to be fed, would give slight ly more than the usual supply of feed grain per head of livestock to be wintered. Current reports on hay show prospects for about the usual acre age and yield this season but a light supply of old hay on hand, indicating a total hay supply of about the usual tonnage and about the usual quantity per head of hay consuming livestock. However, the feeding value of the hay produced is likely to be below average due to wet weather during the haying season and extensive loss of new clover seedings during the drought last year. The indications for the food crops, other than wheat, show rather large supplies in prospect, for when the figures for 1937 are compared with the 1928 to 1932 average, a number of crops show increases considerably exceeding the estimated increase in popula tion. The estimated increases for potatoes and beans are about 3 per cent, sweetpotatoes and sugar beets about 10 per cent and rye and rice 32 to 14 per cent respectively. A rather large acre age of peanuts has also been plant ed. The fruit crops are expected to be good. Apples, pears, grapes, cherries, and apricots are each showing production greater than the 1928-32 average by 14 per cent or more, and altho peaches and prunes are expected to be only about average, the estimated total tonnage of all these fruits com bined shows an increase of nearly 14 per cent over the 5-year (1928- 32) average, and an increase of 16 per cent over production last year. The citrus and nut industries are also expanding. Due to last win ter’s freezes in California, only a moderate supply of oranges will be available this summer, but after fruit from this year’s bloom comes on the market next fall the supply of citrus fruits is expected to oe fully up to the large production of the last 12 months. An increase in orange production is expected to offset moderate decreases in grapefruit and lemons. The acreage of tobacco is nearly 18 per cent larger than the rather low acreage last year, but even though yield prospects are rather favorable, the indicated produc tion is not above production dur ing the 1928 to 1932 period. With the increasing demand and mod erate stocks, supplies of most types are not expected to be excessive. The acreages of soybeans and cowpeas show further expansion of 7 and 8 per cent this year. Ex cluding the large acreages inter- planted with corn in the South, soybeans are being grown on more than 6,000,000 acres, and cowpeas on more than 3,500,000 acres, the acreage in each case being about double the 1928-32 average. High feed costs this season have led to sharp culling of hens and to an abnormally small hatching of chicks, but the hens were lay ing unusually well on July 1 and daily egg production in the United States was about 2 per cent heavier than at the same season last year. Milk Production on July 1 .rep resented about the usual per capita supply for that season but was around 3 per cent higher than on the same date last year when drought and hot weather were re ducing the milk flow. Excellent pastures have maintained milk production in important dairy sec tions and good prices for dairy products have encouraged early weaning of calves in areas where many cows of beef and dual pur pose type are milked. txi Sunday School Lesson BY REV. CHARLES E. Dl'NN God Leads a People. Lesson for August 1st. Exodus 14:10-15 Golden Text: Isaiah 58:11. “The Lord shall guide you con tinually,” proclaims our Golden Text. In Bunyan’s “Pilgrim’s Progress” the Valley of the Shadow of Death is placed not at the end, but in the first half of the pil grim’s journey. A perilous path, with a ditch on one side and a quagmire on the other, it was dark as pitch, full of hobgoblins, satyrs, dragons, and beset with treacherous snares, nets, and pitfalls. And m its middle there yawned the mouth of Hell, out of which belched dis mal smoke and flame. Yet Chris tian, the pilgrim, was guided safe ly to the happier experiences be yond. One of Browning’s greatest poems is “Chiide Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” the tale of a sombre and horrible journey. Ro land advanced through a country chat was a desolate abomination where he saw evidences of combat, the marks of monsters, and a boil ing river emitting ffom its depths, as he thrust in his spear, a nerve- jhattering shriek. Suddenly a dreadful bird of the night brushed his cap with its wide wing, anu he looked up and beheld, to his profound amazement, the Tower! Roland was providentially guided to hirj goal. The prophecy of Ezekiel closes .vith these beautiful words, “The iame of t^e city from that day .hall be. The Lord is there.” When ever anyone of us finds himself in a tight spot, it is well to steady one’s self by remembering, “The Lord is there.” And what applies to the individ ual applies also to the nation. Our lesson presents the thrilling story of the discomfiture of the Egyp tians who pursued the Hebrew children after their flight. Natural ly the Israelites were greatly fiightened. But Moses steadied them with the heartening declara tion, “Do not be afraid; stand by and see how the Lord is going to Mve you today.” Thus did God save His people from dire disaster. TXI Good Summer E gg § Clemson, July 25.—The average e:g production from 12,106 hens •n 79 demonstration flocks was 12.3 r..gs per hen for June, according to P. H. Gooding, extension poul- vman. The hens ate 26 cents worth of feed each and returned a total income of 44 cents each, leaving 13 cents income per bird above feed cost. All other costs being 3.5 cents per hen, the net labor income averaged 14.5 cents per hen. Highest average production for the month was made by the 59 Barred Rocks of Mrs. J. W. Bair, Orangeburg, 22.7 eggs per hen. Urging the importance of greater attention to egg quality in summer, Mr. Gooding makes these sugges tions towards producing good sum mer eggs and greater profits: 1. Remove the males from the flock and produce infertile eggs. 2. Gather eggs twice daily. 3. Remove broody hens daily. 4. Provide one nest for each lour to five hens. 5. Store eggs in a cool place and viarket them often. When cellars are not available for storing eggs, a good practice is to store the eggs in ventilated baskets or crates and keep them covered with damp sacks. txi Farm News Bright Spots Abbeville. July 24.—The grain crop harvested this season by Ab beville farmers has turned out very satisfactory in spite of the insect injury early in the spring and se rious rust conditions. Some very high yields are being reported. The recent rains have made it possible for farmers to sow sufficient le gumes for producing forage for home consumption and also for compliance under the Soil Conser vation work, says County Agent Z. D. Robertson. Orangeburg, July 24.—“It is en couraging to note”, says L. B. Massey, county farm agent,' “the larger acreage v of all legumes be ing interplanted with corn, and practically all small grain land is being followed by cowpeas or soy beans. This indicates that Orange burg farmers will take full advan tage of the provisions of the Ag ricultural Conservation Program •to assist them in continuing to improve their soils.” Charleston, July 24.—Many grow ers in Charleston planted tomatoes this year for the first time, these to be marketed as “green wraps”. J. E. Youngblood, assistant county agent, was able to render service to. some of the growers by way of acquainting them with the ways to determine the correct stage of maturity at which the fruit must be picked for shipment. All of the tomatoes are being graded and packed by experts in the line. “Although dry weather severely re duced yields in some sections of the county, on the whole the to mato crop is proving to be a profit able crop this year ”, says Mr. Young olood. Laurens, July 24.—Good yields of oats and wheat are reported by County Agent C. B. Cannon. C. R. Bobo, Gray Court, planted Nov. 10, two acres of Coker’s 33- 3? oats, one bushel per acre, using 350 pounds of 8-3-3 fertilizer per acre, and topdressing with 200 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre March 1. He produced 130 bushels, or 65 bushels per acre. L. L. Templeton, Ov/ings, planted bluestem wheat Nov. 1, five pecks per acre, fertiliz ing his five acres with 600 pounds of 7-5-5 at seeding time, and top dressing with 100 pounds of nitrate of soda March 1. He produced 137 bushels or 27.4 bushels per acre. IXI Recent Farm Reading Uf Extension Service R. D. Suber, McCormick county farm agent, calls the attention of farm people and others interested to several new publications recent ly issued by the Extension Service of Clemson College, particularly to two that deal with the production and use of dairy products. These two publications are Cir cular 157, The Family Dairy Cow, and Bulletin 100, The Use of Milk and Its Products on the Farm, the former stressing the production of dairy products and the latter tell ing how to make the best use of these products. Closely related is another recent extension publication, Bulletin 99, Permanent Pastures for South Car olina, carrying valuable informa tion on making and maintaining good pastures, which are an im portant factor in milk production, says Mr. Suber. Two other Extension Service cir culars issued in iho pring the county agent thinks should be of interest an.* value farm people arc Circular 155, 'Ih? t .YjU Farm Ham 0 , discussing .exnonsi c .mprovements, ana Cucuia.: laJ, I he Cotton Ccnt.'st - 1937. .rav ing results, conclusion:, an.; suuj,- tions regarding the state cotton improvement contest. Anyone desiring copies of these publications, the county agent points out, may secure them through the agent’s office or di rectly by postcard request to the Publications Department at Clem son. —xxi Bagworms Menace ' To Arbor Vitae The bagworm, though not a new insect pest in South Carolina, is perhaps more abundant this year than usual on arbor vitae plants, says County Agent R. D. Suber, who advises spraying the plants as soon as the worms appear or picking off the developing worms now. On shrubs and small trees it is comparatively easy, he states, to remove and burn the worms. A statement from W. C. Nettles, extension entomologist, says that from the numerous inquiries re ceived it seems that bagworms con stitute a serious menace to arbor vitae throughout the state. “The pest is readily controlled by early spring application of poison such as two pounds of ar senate of lead to 50 gallons of water”, declares the entomologist. xx Wild Cherries Ripen In South Carolina The native wild black cherry of South Carolina is now ripe and' hangs in drooping clusters from the trees located along our high ways, roads and paths or eveir on the lawns and in the back yards' of homes in our cities. The fruit is about a half-inch in diameter and is dark red or black when ripe. Its occurence in clusters makes it conspicuous and easy to gather. The farm boy or girl is well ac quainted with the pleasant acid vinous flavor of the fruit. Our- birds, particularly the jays, feast on the fruit, well but not always wisely. They reach a condition’ similar to intoxication. The white flower clusters occur in the spring and lend beauty to the landscape. In the Autumn the leaves turn light yellow and russet in color and the tree thereby plays a prominent part in the riot of color in our woodlands. The wood of this cherry is used for lumber which largely gees to^ the furniture industry. A small quantity is used fof interior trim and paneling. The beauty and' workability of jyild cherry was well known to the early settlers of South Carolina as many pieces of our early and most beautiful furniture* was made from the wood of this tree. On account of the many benefits to man and wild life contributed by this tree, farmers, landowners, sportsmen and the general public should protect from fire areas where it occurs. Likewise, it should be given due consideration in cut ting of fuelwood and in logging operations, states the South Caro lina Forest Service. July 17, 1937. T Peruvian Balsam in Salvador Originally a popular remedy for healing wounds Balsam of Peru is used also as a perfume base. Be cause Spain was little concerned about the geography of her New- World treasure chest, everything ex otic was thought to come from Peru. Hence the name of a product found almost exclusively in Salva dor. In a special area set aside for the graceful balsam tree, tappers cut into the bark, stimulate the sap with torches, and attach cloths to> the cuts to catch-the flow of balsam. When the balsam has been boiled cut of the cloths, it is clarified by evaporation and packed into metal cases for shipment. X Where Snails Live Snails live, in summertime, in open woodlands and are found un der rocks and dead logs. In the summer they are usually a dull pinkish brown and are vegetarians, fer the most part. They haunt the same sort of shadowy, cool open; woods that the thrushes do, and hundreds of them are eaten by thrushes, v/ho pick the little ten ants out of their front doors and swallow them, leaving the shells tO' tell the story. txt The Wren Boys An old tradition of rural iTeland- is kept up on St. Stephen’s day (Boxing day), when the young men dress themselves in quaint clothes end; wearing weird' masks, collect tribute from the villagers. They- e: rry a gail;. -dceorr'cl bush which is supposed''«!.>• e rHcin the body of a wren. r ntbrvgrncrf' Water Makes Oases- 'Vpt'r- nr underground water sup- pi;.- mc’sium go. in n-ake up oares- - aero:". 3-.