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MtCORMTCK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA * Thursday, January 12, 1939
McCormick messenger ago and have c ° ntinued ^
push this crop op a quality basis
with fairly good results so far.
“What is true of these two crops
is, in the main, true of all our pos
sible cash crops. Whether it be
poultry, hogs, dairying, syrup-
making, sweet potatoes, or what
not, the farm people of this state
will take some crop or farm en
terprise, already known to them
but heretofore handled in an un
profitable manner and, by ap-
'Ivine what science has to teach
in regard to these enterprises, con
vert them from unprofitable to
profitable farm activities.”
Ui i tv Pointing out the fact that South
15100(1 Donors Carolina is one of the outstanding
j southern states in the production
One of the most important de-' of sma11 « rains - which are basic
vpVnirients of modem surgery is to the livestock industry. Director
which transfusion of Watkins continues:
bl-od from one person to another ,.3^, cattle _ dairy cat tle, hogs.
■omond 1. McCracken,
Editor and Owner
at the Pest Office at Mc
Cormick, S. C., as mail matter of
the second class.
1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
; One Year $1.00
Biz Months .79
Three Months.50
Red Cross
has been found useful in saving
lives and treating various serious
di**»ases.
Experience has shown that it is
not safe to put into anybodv’s
veins the blood of anyone else
who hapoens to be willing to come
to the aid of the sufferer. Not
only must the doctors be certain
that the blood so given is free
from any contamination by di
sease or heredity, but it must be
of the same structural composi
tion or “type” as that of the re
cipient.
In emergencies, as when the
victim of any accident is bleeding
to death, there is no time to make
the elaborate tests necessary,
even though there may happen to
be someone among the bystanders
who is willing to give a few
ounces of blood to save the life of
another. The large hospitals
have lists of “blood donors” who
can be called upon in emergen
cies, and so are able to save many
lives which would otherwise be
lost,
To make such a service avail
able to physicians and hospitals
everywhere is the latest service
being initiated bv the American
Red Cross. Local chapters which
are willing to do so and have the
cooperation of their community
physicians, take the responsibility
for enrolling volunteer donors
who are willing to give blood
without fee for indigent or semi-
fndlgent parties as well as in
emergencies.
Following the example of the
British and other European Red
Cross associations, several Ameri
can, chapters have already started
such a service. *
This seems like a peculiarly ap
propriate extension of the wide
philanthropic functions of the
Red C
Cross.
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Mrector Watkins On
Changing Agriculture
In South Carolina
and poultry all constitute impor
tant phases of the livestock pro
gram. People in this state at
last realize that none of these
types of livestock can be success
fully produced for cash income
purposes except through the
b iilding of permanent ana tem
porary pastures and the growing
of forage, hay, anct grain crops on
the farm for the livestock. Live
stock programs, therefore, are now
underway with these fundamen
tals first in mind, and, where they
are not kept to the forefront, we
advise would-be livestock farmers
to do something else.
“It would be a fine thing from
a strictly state standpoint if the
business interests around the cit
ies such as Columbia, Spartanburg
and Greenville, could in some way
give special consideration to the
purchase, use, or consumption by
their respective populations of lo
cally grown farm products. Money
thus would be kept in the trade
territory of the city and spent over
and over in the up-building of that
community.”
South Carolina Crop
Production, 1938
Clemson, Jan. 7.—“The present
outlook for future prices of cot
ton gives us a rather gloomy im
pression of the future of those
farmers who continue to depend
entirely on cotton to produce the
necessary cash for living”, says D.
W. Watksnis, director of the Ex
tension Service of Clemson Col
lege, in a New Year message to
fanners and other citizens on ag
ricultural conditions in the state.
“Other sources of income must
be developed and are being de
veloped”, he states. “Because the
individual cases are not spectacu
lar, many of us lose sight of the
total change being made and vis
ible when we look at state-wide
figures. The changes that are
taking place in our agriculture to
day are much greater than is
ccNDShibnly thought. With these
changes coming, the Extension
Service is especially interested in
developing additional sources of
income on cotton farms. Income
may either be in the form of cash
or better farm living.
"Illustrating the work of the
Extension Service in developing
crops to produce income, I mention
sweet betatoes and syrup. Sev
eral years ago we sent a truck to
the Government Experiment Sta
tion at Tifton, Georgia, and
brought in a load of sugarcane of
varieties which are disease-resis
tant. We look forward to the
creation of a cash crop from sugar
cane and sorghum. We brought
in good seed sweet potatoes a few
A review of South Carolina crop
production in 1938 shows record
crops of wheat, oats, and sweet
potatoes, r-d the largest corn
crop since 1923, but the smallest
cotton crop in sixteen years, ac
cording to report issued by Frank
O. Black, agricultural statistician,
Columbia, December 29th.
Aggregate production during
the year was 6 per cent below to
tal outturn in 1937 but 18 per
^ent above average for the years
1927-36—the decline from last
year being principally due to a re
duction of 36 per cent in cotton
production.
Yield per acre comparisons are
similar t# production—slightly be
low 1937 but above average.
Due mostly to acreage expansion,
production of food and feed crops
was 3 per cent above last year
and 31 per cent above the 10-year
(1927-36) average.
Production of 15 commercial
truck crops was 8 per cent above
’ast year and 14 per cent above
average.
Outturn was larger this year
than last for com, wheat, oats,
sweet potatoes, peanuts, sorghum
sirup, soybeans, peaches and
pears, but smaller for rye, Irish
potatoes, tobacco, tame hay, cot-
on, cowpeas and pecans.
Crops were harvested from ap-
moximately 4,982,000 acres this
ihg a decrease of 9 per cent each.
Commercial truck acreage was
about the same as last year but
16 per cent above average.
The December 1 COTTON esti
mate of 650,000 bales will stand
until final revisions next May.
This would be the second smallest
crop in 45 years—the low produc
tion being due mostly to acreage
reduction but in part to a yield
per acre lower than that of recent
years.
Assuming 85 pounds of seed for
each 35 pounds of lint, 289,000
tons of COTTONSEED were made.
This compares with 455,000 tons
in 1937 and 354,000 tons average
for the years 1927-36.
A CORN crop of 26,767,000'bush
els—the largest since 1923—is due
mostly to acreage increases in
recent years but partly to above-
average yield per acre.
The WHEAT crop of 1,771,000
bushels is the largest ever made
in the State altho the crop of
1935 closely approximated this
figure. The 161,000 acres har
vested is the third largest of re
cent years.
A crop of 10,648,000 bushels of
OATS is the State’s largest pro
duction altho only one per cent
larger than the 1936 crop. There
has been a gradual increase in
oats acreage during the past ten
years and the 467,000 acres har
vested exceeds that of any previ
ous year altho not greatly above
the acreage of recent years.
The TOBACCO estimate of 98,-
430,000 pounds harvested from
102,000 acres is 9 per cent below
last year in both production and
acreage but well above average.
TAME HAY acreage was 9 per
cent less and yield per acre 6 per
cent off so the crop of 431,000
tons is 14 per cent below produc
tion in 1937 altho 39 per cent a-
bove average.
SWEET POTATO production of
6,468,000 bushels is a record crop
altho the 66,000 acres harvested
has been exceeded in a number
of previous years. Improved va
rieties and better cultivation have
enhanced quality and increased
yield per acre in recent years and
a larger percentage of the crop is
being marketed.
The PEANUT estimate of 9,100,-
000 pounds is 13 per cent above
1937 and 7 per cent above average.
The PECAN estimate of 1,000,000
pounds is slightly below last year
but considerably above average.
PEACHES, PEARS, and GRAPES
were more plentiful this year but
APPLE production was almost a
third short.
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Program Calls For
Reduction In Cotton
Acreage And Increase
In Some Other Crops
With a comparatively large U. S.
and world carry-over of cotton,
•■he most constructive sugeestions
for improvement in the situation
^eem to be: (1) New uses for cot
ton: Improvement of the U. S.
cron through the use of better
'’ped with improved staple; (3)
The production of larger yields
per acre with lower costs per
pound through the use of legumes
the to to ticu and more ade
quate fertilization with better
balanced fertilizers: (4) Two cash
crops on every farm instead of
one: and (5) Enough food and
feed crons on every farm so as to
make cotton a cash crop in fact
as well as in theory.
This program naturally calls
for a reduction in the acreage of
Ze Tzr 1 fw Peci ?i Iy on the poorer soils.
With cotton, rust and wilt are
two of the chief factors that bring
^feased yields and poor
15 a fungous disease,
which clogs up the circulatory
passages of the plant and turns
the pith black, while cotton rust
is simply potash hunger. To con
trol rust farmers are using 8 per
$ ei Vm P 0 * 3 "®* 1 in their complete
fertilizer at planting plus 50 to 100
pounds of Muriate of Potash per
acre, or its equivalent in Kainit.
as a top-dresser, depending upon
the amount of rust present in the
fields in previous years. Extra
potash will also help to control
wilt but wilt-resistant seed ' are
necessary to fully control the di
sease and produce maximum
yields. On many fields farmers
find, also that pure bred seed
purchased direct from the breeder
“run-out”, quickly unless a high
potash fertilizer is used.
Today, farmers, fertilizer men
^nd scientists are paying a great
deal more attention to plant food
deficiency symptoms as they oc
cur in the fields than ever before.
For instance, the firing of corn
blades on the tip and along the
margins is direct evidence that
the crop has not received suffi- i
cient potash. If the green of the I
leaf fades prematurely as the
crops reach maturity, and there:
are yellow parallel streaks length- |
wise the blade, the plant food
deficiency is magnesium. And so
we march by progressive steps to
the goal of better fertilized crops,
from a standpoint both of yields
and quality.
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Keep A Keen Eye
On Laying Pullets
If the poultry flock owner wants
to make his laying pullets most i
profitable, he must keep an eye
on them from the time they are
put in the laying house until the
whole flock comes into production, I
County Agent R. D. Suber advises.
It may be that some of thermore
aggressive pullets will keep others
fought off from the feed hoppers. <
In such cases, additional feed
wm&
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DECEPTIVE WHITE DESERT
THE PUZZLING WHITE SANDS,
NEAR ALAMAGORDO, NEW
’MEXICO, ARE SOAKING WET A
.TEW INCHES BELOW THEIR
.SAHARA-LIKE SURFACE./'
UNDERWATER
UNDERWORLD
THE CRYSTAL-CLEAR
^WATERS OF SILVER-
SPRINGS NEAR t
OCALA, FLORIDA,’
REVEAL A STRANGE
SUB-SURFACE WORLD
..BUT NO
!• MERMAIDS!, ; V'
' ■' Attfj •; iV'
TOPSY-TURVY TRANSPORTATION
■THERE'S A
STATION IN’,
BOSTON, MASSA
CHUSETTS, WHERE
YOU GO DOWN
STAIRS TO BOARD
THE ELEVATED
TRAINS AND UP
STAIRS TO BOARD
THE SUBWAY!*’
wr$T OF
THE MISSISSIPPI
AS MANY PASSEN
GERS TRAVEL BY
GREYHOUND LINES
IEVERY YEAH AS
. THERE ARE
PEOPLE LIVING IN
ALL 22 STATES WEST OF
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
lor a reunutiuu ouv.ii v-tioco, auuibiuuai iceu j
. _ . . _ cotton With additional acres in hoppers may correct the trouble.
/ear compared to 5,223,000 acres legumes both for soil improve- i It would be wise to cull out the i ^ necessary to olace some of the
"T a 1 ment. and feed crons and addi-1 slow developing pullets that are
ast year and the average of 4,- tlona i acre s in food crops. Many late coming into oroduction. at nigh '' untl1
’60,000 acres for the years 1927- farmers are finding that where Work at the Clemson CoUege *®L th .® w
36. General increases in food and their wheat and oats receive a ooultry plant shewed that White 1 11 tnere 16 a iar s e numoer
WANT ADV.
Rawleigh Route now open. Real
nests may I opportunity for man who wants
feed crons did not auite offset de- complete fertilizer at planting and T.eerborns which did not start lav-! JlmfhiP m if f ° PPOrtUn * ~
P ,. ^ + k . a nitrogen-potash top-dresser in ing by the time they were six and ^ ie ^P correct this trouble. If permanent, profitable work. Start
tobacco, and SDr i n g f that both the yields ^ v.qif months old we^e culled or i one nest to every four cr five hens promptly. Write Rawleigh’s Dept
and the quality -of these crops are died before the end of the year, | is already provid2d, the agent scA _ 7 7_ K Richmond Vn ’
4 When the same fields according to p. H. — i -~ J ’ ’
creases in cotton,
hfiy.
Principal acreage increases were improved. When the same fields according to p. h. Gooding, ex-1 suggests darkening the nests by
3 ner cent in wheat ll ner cent in are planted to legumes. the tension poultryman. This loss was i making them deeper or by hang- ; —^ - --
J P 4. P *. *. residual effect of the fertilizer ap- approximately 50 per cent greater i infr somp fped baffS a hout 18 r ^ nut «
:orn, 16 per cent in sweet pota- ph ed to the small grains produces than with pullets laying at an - i n fhes in front o f them If the LO ® T 0n ® Black Poland China
toes, 18 per cent in peanuts, and increased yields of legumes to earlier age. I ^ , I ? 1 Ir ° nl °; inem ‘ .. A . , Female Pig, weighs about 35 or 40
56 per cent in soybeans, but cot- more than omet ^original cost £& ® e r would"be Jise 0 to pV the nesto on Pounds. Phone 5350, or see me, J.
ton acreage was oft 26 per cent of_the_ fertil^en^Go^ g^ ^tp b J ‘ t e 0 ht r00s t the (loor until the p Ullets g et W. Henderson, R. 3, McCormick, S.
farther, many
with tobacco and tame hay show- their legumes a complete fertili- to see if certain parts of the roost- accustomed to using them
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THE
YES &IMTHINK A FATHER SHOULD DEVOTEMORE>
YIN&10 THE Y0UH6BR GEHERATIOM...THINK IXIBUY
JUNIOR ONE OF THESE DISMEMBERED MODEL AIRPLANE
SETS AMD HELP THE LAD PUT fT TOGETHER... ITS >
MY DUTY TO EXPLAIN THE HIGHLY TECHNICAL C
INSTRUCTIONS SO THAT THE LAD CAN UNDERSTAND
— THEM.
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JsON, YOU AND I AjRE GOING TO BUILD THIS LITTLE^
PLANE... HOW I'VE STARTED TO CARVE WHAT IS J~*
KNOWN AS THE PROPELLOR-->
SWELL POP-PUT \
THINK THAT'PROP"
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WING WITH VERTICAL AND
DIAGONAL MEMBERS,WHICH
GIVES GREATER RIGIDITY..
/MAYBE I CAN HELP YOO^
NOW THE TAIL CONSISTS OF
A FIN,RUDDER,ELEVATORS,
AND STABALIZERS-ETCy
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—by Mac Arthur
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