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MrCORMTCK MESSENGER. M*CORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 30, 1938
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The Weevil Menace
To Cotton Yields
Benefit of Picking 1 up Squares
Urged on Farmers
Clemson, June 27.—Reports re
ceived from county agents, infor
mation gained by talking to
fanners, and field surveys made
by W. C. Nettles, extension ento
mologist, indicate tnat tne
boll weevil is a menace
to high cotton yields in
the Coastal Plains section this
year. Plants are too large for
early poisoning. A small percent
age of farmers are equipped to
dust, and they are cautioned to
use calcium arsenate dust spar
ingly so as not to damage soil
conditions.
Sentiment is strong for picking
up squares, and it is really sur
prising how many farmers are
following this practice. Last week
one farmer supplied the following
data on picking up squares:' One
boy can cover four acres a day.
Actual checkups have shown that
a careful person by exercising due
care can pick up 95 per cent of
the squares which have fallen.
Counts showed that he was pick
ing up 1200 live weevils to the
acre, a large portion of which
would emerge before July 4.
Mr. Nettles advises farmers to
give immediate thought to pick
ing up squares as a means of
weevil control, and suggests that
the weevils should be destroyed
toy burning or burying under at
least one foot of soil.
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Cosiest' Winner
WEEKLY BULLETIN =^»—.
i S.CGame cJFish Association
Game.
JishifiorcstcqnbcMaierialtxi
\foriktBenefi€ '
All hunters and fishermen are
interested in the provisions of the
new laws passed and old laws a-
mended as a result of the last
session of the legislature.
For your information and gui
dance we call your attention to
everal pieces of constructive
3gislation, all of which should
''nd to make'hunting and fishing
vj the sportsmen of the state
nore enioyable.
Act 728 empowers the Chief
Game Warden to desigr-*^
'treams of the state as fish sanc
tuaries, under certain ei>nd^ : ^
Realizing that game fish 'thrive
most successfully in our fine
(waters if given a reasonable op-
i portunity, we hope to materially
(increase the fish population of a
stream by setting apart a section
of the stream as a sanctuary , pro
hibiting all fishing of every kind
for a period of a year or more.
On the other hand we do not want
to close a stream that is furnish
ing recreation and enjoyment for
a great many fishermen. Conse
quently, the law is so constructed
that only a limited section—two
miles—of the stream is closed at
one time. This does mot seriously
affect anyone or deprive anyone
of their fishing, as the greatest
distance one would have to travel
on this account would be one mile.
This two-miles of protected water
—and I mean absolutely protected
against all fishing—will afford
wonderful facilities for the fish to
spawn and grow unmolested, and
it is reasonable to expect better
fishing in the area in two or
three years.
This department will be glad tc
discuss with any delegations con-
iitions of their streams and hov
he act may help them.
Zone 1* embracing the countie
>f Pickens. Oconee and Greenvilb
nave adopted a uniform game lav
throughout the zone.
An act was also passed quali
fying the state of South Carolina
for participation in the federal
wildlife bill providing federal aid
; to states in a wildlife restoration
; program. Through this enactment
I we hope to spend around forty
thousand dollars annually in
South Carolina for wildlife res
toration projects, the money com
ing from the federal government.
While the federal act does not
become effective until July 1, and
it will take some time for allot
ments to be made to the states on
approved projects, it is my hope
that soon we will see the building
of quail farms in the state, as a
definite step toward replenishing
the supply of this fine game bird
in South Carolina.
At the time of the purchase of
your hunting license you will be
handed a booklet describing the
changes in the shooting season.
Any other information will be
gladly furnished by this depart
ment upon request.
A. A. Richardson,
Chief Game Warden.
Columbia, S. C.,
June 20, 1938.
Marlboro Couaiy Mayor Is Com Raisir
■> •
John Xonir. Jr.. stuJent of voca
tional agriculturo in Holly Hill
High School, winner of $20.00
pri*e awarded by Chilean Nitrate
Educational Bureau in state-wide
vocational essay contest conducted
bjr state department Of agricultural
education. The subject for the con
test in which 1346 essays were sub
mitted by students of vocational
agriculture In South Carolina was:
■•■Plant Food Deficiencies cf th*
Crops Grown on My Farm and v
What 1 Am Doing to Overcome
Columbia, June 20.—John Norris,
Jr., Agricultural Student at Holly
Hill High School, is announced by
the State Department of Agricul
tural Education as the winner of
the first prize in the state-wide
vocational essay contest sponsored
by the South Carolina Association
of Future Farmers of America
and the Chilean Nitrate Educa
tional Bureau.
Young Norris states in his win
ning essay, “A farm is no better
than its soil, nothing is any better
than the material out of which it
is made. Since soil is the basis of
all agriculture, we must start with
the soil for constructive and per
manent improvement in farming”.
John Norris will be awarded a
cash prize of $30.00. Nineteen
other cash prizes will be awarded
toy the bureau in the contest, four
prizes awarded in each of five
districts.
The subject of the contest was,
•‘Plant Food Deficiencies of the
Crops Grown on My Farm and
What I am Doing To Overcome
* atm”. This required on the part
of each cDiiteiitant a thorough
Almo«t In th<* heart of *he town ever which he presides ai
Mayer, W. H. Woodley, of Clio, prodircrj 164 biii' Ms and 5»*J
pounds cf corn on one acre last year. Hue's how he did it:
H# plan led five p chs of scod corn on rows throe feet end
Uhar inches apart. The corn was irr3;utrrl iv/ico. Only feKli.
«m4 vas R00 pounds of natural Chilean ni'iT-te as a able dress.ns
• sen t»** corn was about five weebs old. Hund. d.s of P'onla
th* 1U;I<* Marlboro county town last year to see the
tors. Mr*. W. M Manning, of Ciio, guessed Vr.thin ono bnsh-el
w%*i* • ••m
study of the cropping and fertili
zer practice on the home farm
and a comparison of those prac
tices with the recommendations
of experiment stations, and pro
vided an opportunity for students
of vocational agriculture to make
a study of their crops, the effect
of plant foods upon the growth
and yield of these crops, the im
provements needed in the crop
ping system, methods of fertiliza
tion of each crop, use of cover
..lops, faim manures, and soil
amnagement in order to make
movements.
'ihere were 1346 essays submit-
„t:u in the contest, and the judges
.ad that iney were uniformly so
joud and evidenced so much in-
etest and work on the part of
the contestants, that a consola-
lon giit oi an attractive pencil
will be sent by the Chilean Nitrate
Educational Bureau to partici
pants not winning a cash prize
but whose essays showed merito
rious work.
$200.00 in cash prizes will be a-
warded to winners, and the list of
winners by districts follow:
Anderson District: Broadus
Coleman, Fountain Inn; Ware
Madden, Laurens; Frank Page
Smith, Easley; and Joseph Rogers,
Pelzer.
Spartanburg District: Pat Stro-
nan, Gaffney; Robert Simpson
Chester; John Edward Boulware
iilverstreet; and Lea Burnett
*uncan.
Columbia District: John Robert
Gurgamus, Chesterfield; James
Meetze, Lexington; E. M. Railings,
Pageland; and Ray Rudolph Jeff-
=P
The above chart, showing the
rise and fall of cotton spindles
during the past ten years, illus
trates graphically the progress
made in textiles throughout the
Orient, a decline of 24 per cent in into the United States increased
the United States, and a condition: in huge quantities, and during the
of virtual stagnation in South i one month of April, 1937, were
Carolina. During the same period _ equal to previous imports for the
imports of Japanese cpttpn cloth nine year period, 1926 to 1934.
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When days are hot.,.a. frosty bottle of Coca-Cola is
cold, ice-cold...and so refreshing. Look for the
familiar red cooler wi th the words “DrinkCoca-Cola’!
on it. Pause there and be refreshed.
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coat, Salley.
Walterboro District: John Norris,
Jr., Holly Hill; J. C. Bishop,
Beaufort; Herman Mizy.ell, St.
George; and dames Taylor, Ridge-
land.
Pee Dee District: Dwight Hy
man, Pamplico; Billie Rawlinson,
Manning; Morgan B. Coker, Tur-
beville; and Adolphus Collins,
Mullins.
The prizes will be awarded to
the winning students at the state
FFA convention which will be held
at the University the 4, 5, 6, of
August.
Plenty of EnenH—
Plenty ol Pepj
Uses And Formulas
Of Whitewash Given
Clemson, June 18.—Improved
appearance and protection from
weathering are important bene
fits from whitewashing farm
buildings, says C. V. Phagan, ex
tension agricultural engineer, in
issuing for free distribution a
mimeographed leaflet on The Use
of Whitewash on The Farm.
Mr. Phagan states that white
wash is especially useful for the
interior of bams or other out
buildings as it aids in giving bet
ter light and has certain disinfec
tant qualities as well.
‘ The best results with whitewash
ire obtained, the specialist says
when it is applied in clear, dry
veather on a surface which has
been well cleaned and dampened
so that the fresh wash will dry
gradually. If whitewash is applied
to a bone-dry surface it will us
ually chalk and rub off easily.
Several formulas for making
whitewash are given in the leaf
let, one for general farm use being
as follows:
Dissolve 15 pounds of common
salt in 7 1-2 gallons of water. To
this solution add 50 pounds (one
sack) ef hydrated lime or the
putty made by carefully slaking'
38 pounds (one-half bushel) of
fresh quick-lime. Mix thoroughly
until a thick paste Is formed and
strain through a fine screen be
fore using. Thin to desired con
sistency with fresh water.
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