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l \ McCORMICK MESSENGER. McCORMICK. SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, June 8, 1939 The 1-1-1 Mixture For Saving Cotton ' “The McCormick county fanner who would protect his investment and labor in this year’s cotton crop needs to apply without delay the 1-1-1 poison”* says County Agerft D. Austin Shelley. “This mixture will do much to reduce the toll which, according to all in dications, the boll weeVil may be expected to take this year..” The 1-1-1 mixture, the county agent explains, consists of one gallon of molasses, one gallon of water, and one pound of calcium arsenate and is applied with a hand ‘mop or with a machine. Three to five applications of the 1-1-1 mixture may be applied; but three is the maximum number which can be conveniently applied on most South Carolina farms. •The first application is made just before the earliest squares are kirge enough for weevils to punc ture, the other applications at in- tervals of five to seven days. It is best to make a paste of the calcium arsenate with a little water, add the full amount of water to the paste, and then stir in the syrup. It is essential to keep the mixture thoroughly stir red at all times to prevent set tling. It is essential also that only the amount sufficient for one day’s application be mixed, as at times damage to cotton foliage has been reported from the use of material more than one day old. How 4-H Club Mem bers May Observe National Flag Day WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14 im’H Eat _i«» Nails stomach ahould dicast two pound* of food Slater. When you sat boavy, greasy, coarse or risk Sands or when you are nervous, hurried or chew poorly your stomach often pours sut too sauah Said. Tour food doesn't digest and you haws flM, heartburn, nausea, pain ar sour atamacfiTYeu feel sour, sick and upset ail over. Sucton say naver take a laxative far stomach ■alSL It is dangerous and foolish. It takes those vtHa black tablets called Betl-ane for Indigestion te make the eseess stomach fluids harmless, rafleva illrtrsss la an ttaw and pvt you bask an your AML BaUef la an quick It Is amaalag and aaa 23c flaakaae proves U. Ask for BeU-aa* tar Indigestion. When our flag is mentioned we immediately see, or imagine we see, the red, white and blue wav ing softly in some high open space, or recall the lovely picture of Betsy Ross making the first flag. Most people should really see the U. S. A. flag at anytime or certainly in traveling through the local communities. This would be true if every school house (as do government buildings) could place a flag. This helps to Inspire bet ter citizenship. There are many lovely flags which can be seen. One of these waves over the lake at the state 4-H camp near Aiken, Camp Long when campers are there. This flag represents allegiance and loy alty for groups there. That par ticular flag represents the life of a farm youth, a Clemson lieuten ant, who pledged allegiance to his flag and voluntarily gave his life for his country. Every flag, like wise, stands fot the importance and fine things in the life and death of America’s loyal citizens. Unfortunately, 4-H groups will not be at Camp Long on June 14, or at any camps, due to coopera tion with the health department. This, however, is just a good op portunity for 4-H club members to practice cooperation and care of health even with keen disap pointment to themselves. Something which every member can do is to display a small U. S. flag and state flag, if available, on their porch or elsewhere at home. Of course, none will let the least flag touch, the ground, but treat it always as a possession of devotion and reverence. Many will recall the beautiful picture of a colonial home on the — the lowest fare in history! Spend leas en route—at Greyhound’s all-time-low fare- then spend what you save on having /tr, -i Af\ a longer visit and more fun at the Fair! Go Greyhound I STROM’S DRUG STORE Rd. Trip Phone 95 McCormick, S. C. NEW FURNITURE FOR OID! Not Aladdin's lamp •but DAVIS ZAHZLAC QuickDyinglWAll or Varnish Sfains! cover of a farm magazine of May, a year ago. It has the flag dis played on the balcony with the Confederate soldier, the World War soldier, and the 4-H club boy. The latter is a young man with determination evident that he will keep step with the others in service to his flag. Let us hope and pray that his service and the services of all 4-H girls and boys will be that of liv ing their lives happily and well and in building always in peace toward a greater loyalty to our flag and the great country for which it stands. By Harriet F. Johnson, State Girls’ Club Leader. W/ An old kitchen chair be- i comes a gay Chinese Red for the Sun Porch! A battered and scarred table from the attic gets a coat of mahogany varnish stain—and all your friends admire it! Every home has several pieces of furniture that can be rescued from the scrap pile. Zan-Z-Lac Enamels are bril liant in color and lustre— quick drying—easy to apply. Zan-Z-Lac Varnish Stains stain and varnish at a single operation—and dry with a beautiful waterproof finish!. And there are al ways plenty of small $3.50 articles around to use up leftovers. ; ^ GALLON DAVIS OP BALTIMORI SCREEN ENAMEL ‘ Made expressly for painting and pre serving wirescrecns. It will not dog the mesh. «'A. DAVIS ' OP BALTIMORI PICCANINNY BLACK A black enamel that serves equally well for interior or exterior—for wood, metal, concrete and all other surfaces. DAVIS OP BALTIMORI JACK RABBIT PAINT REMOVER Makes it easy to re move old paint and varnish, and secure a clean, smooth sur face. Will penetrate several coats. M. G. & J. J. DORN, Inc. McCORMICK, S. C. Cotton, 1938 Esti mates, Revised Revised estimates of the 1938 cotton cron for South Carolina show final production as 648,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight, 1.243,000 acres harvested, and a yield of 249 pounds lint per har vested acre, according to report issued by Frank O. Black. Agricul tural Statistician, Columbia, May 29. This is the smallest crop since 1922 when 492,000 five hundred pound bales were made, the sec ond smallest in 50 years, and com pares with the maximum produc tion of 1,649,000 bales in 1911. The harvested acreage was 27 ner cent below that of 1937 and the smallest in 60 years. AJtho onlv 3 per cent smaller than the acreage of 1934 it was 13 per cent average for the years 1933-1937 and less than half the all-time high of 2,821,000 acres harvested in 1918. On the other hand the vield per acre of 249 pounds lint compares favorably with previous years, being six pounds above the aver age of the past ten years altho 18 pounds below the relatively high average of the five year period 1933-1937. It is estimated that 1.263.000 acres were in cultivation on July I and that 1.6 per cent or 20.000 acres were r»inw*»d im fit Abandon ed from natural causes. Revised production figures are based on Census ginnings adiusted for cross-state movement of seed cotton for ginning, and considera tion was given the measured acre age of the Agricultural Adlust- ment Administration in revising acreage. The 1938 cotton growing season was considerably less favorable than the 1937 season but above average. Correspondents estimate that weather, insects, and plant diseases caused a 31 per cent loss from a full or normal yield, which comperes with 23 per cent in 1937 and the average of 33.5 ner cent for the ten years 1927-1936. Boll weevil damage of 16 per cent con stituted the largest single loss and climatic conditions accounted for II per cent loss. Assuming 65 nounds of • cotton seed for each 35 pounds of lint, cottonseed production is placed at 288,000 tons in 1938. Of this a- mount it is estimated that 163,000 ons have been or will be sold: 73,000 tons used for seed, feed, and fertilizer, and 52,000 tons ex changed for meal. Based on the seasonal farm price of 8.84 cents per pound, the estimated lint production of 323,- 885,000 pounds had a value of $28,631,000. The total value of cottonseed production is placed at $6,633,000 and the amount of cash snlfcs is estimated as $3,754,000. Thus the cash income from lint and seed was $32,385,000 for 1938. which compares with $49,299,000 “rom the crop of 1937. No information on the 1939 crop will be published until July 8 when an estimate of the acreage in cultivation on July 1 will be an nounced. The first production forecast will be as of August 1, made public on the 8th. x Apply Poison To Underside Of Leaf Garden Work For June The following suggestions should be helpful to interested McCor mick County gardeners: 1. Secure seed of Lookout Moun tain Irish Potatoes for planting in July. Prepare the soil as early as possible, so as to conserve mois ture. m 2. By mulching tomato plants with straw, leaves, or litter, mois ture will be conserved resulting in a longer fruiting season. 3. Deep planted tomato plants will stand the drouth much better. 4. Make successive plantings of: Corn: Stowell’s Evergreen or Country Gentlemen. •Beans: (snap) (bunch) Bounti ful and Stringless Green Pod. Beans: (Pole) Kentucky Wonder and McCaslan. 5. Transplant tomatoes, sweet potatoes, egg plant, and pepper. 6. Make plantings of seed for later transplanting for the fall and winter crop: Collard: Georgia or Georgia Southern is a good variety. One ounce of seed gives about 1500 plants. Sow in early June for fall crop. Cabbage: Succession and Late Flat Dutch are good varieties. One ounce Of seed gives about 1500 plants. Sow in June and early July for late fall and winter. Tomatoes: New Stone, Greater Baltimore and Marglobe (wilt re sistant) are recommended varie ties. One ounce of seed gives 1500-2000 plants. Sow seed now for transplanting in July. 7. Watch for insects and dis eases: Striped Cucumber Beetle: Spray with six level teaspoonfuls lead arsenate in one gallon of water or Bordeaux mixture or dust with one part calcium arsenate and 20 parts hydrated lime. Tomato Fruit Worm: Spray with six level teaspoonfuls lead arsen ate in one gallon of water or Bordeaux mixture. If water is used, add 2 teaspoonfuls Kayso or 6 teaspoonfuls hydrated lime. Dust with 1 part Calcium Arsenate and 6 parts hydrated lime. Tomato Leaf Spot and Late Blight: Spray with 4-4-50 Bor deaux mixture to control fungus leaf spots of tomato, and late blight of Irish potatoes and toma toes. D. Austin Shelley, County Agent. xx June Farm Calendar the farm is that much cash saved. Did you ever stop to think that you may make the most profit on what you sell to yourself? Poor tenants are usually found with poor landlords. Soil Conservation doesn’t con sist entirely of building terraces, not by any means. It’s a mistake to have livestock without growing plenty of feed— it’s a mistake to grow feed with out having livestock. Do you know how valuable a good pasture can be? Don’t eat the permanent pas ture to death. If grass grows best in the field when fertilized, why not fertilize the pasture. Better farming means better living. Keep the soil in the right place, on the farm. 1X1 TODAY and FRANK PARKER STOCK BRIDGE I HATS beavers When the first colonists of New England began to explore the na tural resources of the New World, they found the most valuable 11 thing for export was beaver skins. There were plenty of beavers, they were easy to catch, and their furs brought high prices in Ehg- land, for the beaver fur turned out to be the very best fur from which to make felt hats. A good beaver hat would last a lifetime or longer. It would shed water and was much lighter than hats made of rabbit or cheaper furs. I haven’t been able to find out when or by whom the shape of the hats worn by Englishmen was changed from the peaked crown to the flat-topped hat with out- curved sides, but it was some time in the 1700’s. Then a Frenchman, in 1760, in vented the silk hat, which is no good at all as a hat except for show. It spoils in the rain and it’s a lot heavier than a good felt hat. But by the early 1800’s every body who had the price was wear ing silk hats. No politician’s out fit is complete without a silk hat. Every “stuffed shirt” wears one. There are more silk hats sold in Washington than any other place in America. “Farmers applying the 1-1-1 liquid poison to cotton as a means of combating the boll weevil should be careful to apply the mixture to the under side of the leaf,” says D. Austin Shelley. County Agent. Most neople have gotten the idea that the. molasses is used be cause it is sweet and attracts the weevil. This is not the case. The true reason for using molasses is because it sticks to the plant. The weevil is attracted by the mois ture in the liquid poison, which evaporates much more slowly •*'hen placed on the underside c the leaf. Emphasizing further the impor tance of applying liquid poise correctly and at the right tirr the Agent states that a second a- plication should be made as sor as weather conditions perm when the noison is washed c within 24 hours after applicatie At least three applications shou be made at 5 to 7 day intervals 1 more effectively control the la' emerging weevils and those thr may hatch out in the first brooc’ As a further precaution the Agen points out that all farmers should make plans to pick up and burn all fallen squares, especially dur ing the first three weeks of blooming. Brief reminders by County Agent D. Austin Shelley for busy farm ers show much important work for early summer. Agronomy As soon as moisture conditions permit, plant cowpeas, soybeans, velvet beans, or crotalaria in all com middles and stubble land. Such acreage of legumes will aid in meeting the conditions of the new farm program, will produce food and feed, and will conserve and build up the soil. Horticulture Apply quickly available nitrogen to garden crops if not growing well. Cultivate crops shallow but frequently to save moisture. Mulch tomato plants heavily with straw or leaves to hold mois ture and prolong fruiting season. Pack vegetables and fruits in :he right kind of attractive pack age and get better prices. Plant a few tomato seed for a late crop. Order celery plants for late July or early August delivery. Insects and Diseases Get the boll weevil early with pre-square poison. Examine banded apple trees every ten days and kill codling moth larvae. Stop the spread of red spiders by burning weeds and badly in fested plants and applying super fine dusting sulphur. Spray or dust beans with derris to control Mexican bean beetles. Refrain from planting main crop of corn late to avoid “shatter worm” damage. Spray or dust peaches to control orown rot and curculio. Transfer and requeen bees. a Around The Farm” (By D. Austin Shelley, County Agent.) Cows and hens are rainy day cash registers. A year-around garden should not have-to-be prescribed by the family doctor. Just as a penny saved is a penny made, goods sold to yourself from WILSON dignity Shortly after Woodrow Wilson had become Governor of New Jersey I was talking with him a- bout the troubles of being a Gov ernor. He said that he had been notified by the head of the New Jersey National Guard that one of his duties was to review the state militia, riding a horse and wear ing a silk hat. “There’s no position I look worse in than on horseback.” Mr. Wilson complained, “and no kind of headgear I despise as I do a silk hat. I tried to get the Adju tant General to let me review the troops riding a bicycle and wear ing an old soft hat I’ve had for ten years, but he said that would not be dignified enough.” By the turn of the wheel of fate, Woodrow Wilson became President, and had to pose and be photographed wearing a silk hat oftener than any president before or since. He never was really happy in the stiff, uncomfortable topper. He stuck to his old, brown soft hat, however, whenever he could get away from public view and wear something really comfortable. * * * PRESIDENTS pomp I have known, or at least met in the White House, every President in the past sixty-odd years, begin ning with President Hayes. Most of them cared very little for the pomp and circumstance in my time were Arthur and Hard ing. President Arthur took great pride in being well-dressed. He was a very handsome man, and knew how to wear good clothes properly. Warren Harding always spent a lot of money on clothes, ever since I first knew him, when he was a small-town editor in Ohio. He also wore his clothes well. The first thing he did after toeing elected President was to give an order to his tailor for thirty new suits. President McKinley told me, soon after he came to the White House, that to him the greatest satisfaction he got out of his new job was being able to afford a pair of suspenders for every pair of trousers. “I’ve never owned more than one pair of suspenders at once,” he said. * * * COMFORT emancipation Most of us ordinary Americans, unless we have to dress in stiff, formal clothes for special occa sions, wear much more comfortable attire than we used to. We men haven’t yet got our Summer clothing down to the few ounces which the ladies wear, but we don’t wear such heavy clothes or as many of them as our fathers did. Men in the South dress for hot weather more sensibly than those in the North, though it can and does get as hot in July and Au gust in New England as in Texas. Most of us wear ready-made clothes, and I suppose there isn’t as much profit for the makers and dealers in cotton goods as in the wool they still try to clothe us in in Summer. We men have, however, achiev ed a considerable degree of eman cipation by the general adoption of the soft, unstarched shirt with attached collar as proper wear for all but the most formal occasions. We still wear too many folds of cloth around our necks in hot weather, but give us time. We may yet be as free as the girls. PAJAMAS nightshirts I don’t know what proportion of American men stick to the old- fashioned nightshirt; probably more than one would imagine if he tried to buy one in a store. Pajamas are a very modern in novation for sleeping wear in this country. I never saw or even heard of them until I was in my thirties. Pajamas, which are pronounced “pyamas” in the Hindu tongue whence we get the name, origi nated in the hot lands of India, where two simple cotton garments, tied in the middle with a string, are about all that anyone can stand, even for dress-up. The English administrators of the Indian government adopted pajamas as semi-formal lounge clothes for strictly “stag” affairs in the not Indian nights. They came to America from England. I don’t know why any man should prefer pajamas to the more comfortable long night shirt, cot ton in summer, cotton-flannel or wool in winter. I suspect that a very high percentage of American men feel the way I do; uncom fortable in bed with a string tied around the middle. I suspect, in fact, that many men still stick to nightshirts. Huge Winter Village New York—Sun Valley, the win ter wonderland at the New York World’s Fair 1939 will hold 7,000 persons at one time. The village will cluster around a frozen mill pond where 30 to 40 minute skating shows will be performed 12 times daily in open air. Be tween performances the rink will be carried beneath buildings by a 100-foot steel turntable. -xx Super-Chorus To Sing New York—The largest number of trained male voices ever assem- .... bled into a chorus in this country, or their CO nsisting of between 4,500 and official position, and preferred to 5,000 men will be heard in two free wear old clothes and old hats concerts in the Court of Peace at when not on display. the New York World’s Fair 1939. The Associated Glee Clubs of The two best-dressed Presidents America will present the program INSION $1.25 <f7riae%6c& POCKET AND WRIST WATCHES *1.00 to *3.95 ALARM CLOCKS *1.00 to *2.95 LOOK FOR ON THE DIAL