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9 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, May 2, 1940 v* ce Aid Of Birds To Control Insects Clemson, April 27.—Invite the aid of birds in controlling injuri- ous insects, suggests W. C. Nettles, extension entomologist. “When certain kinds of insects injure a farm crop, the attack of ten comes at the edge of the field, orchard, or woodland—not nt, the center”, Mr. Nettles states. "“‘If the fence rows or edges of the fields are attractive to birds, the farmer has ah auxiliary line of de fense against the insects. The birds may be able to destroy some of the insects before the insects ran lay their eggs or complete the immature period of development.” Securing Materials To Poison Weevils Aiken, April 27.—Cotton growers of the state will be able to buy calcium arsenate and molasses at reasonable prices this season to use in the 1-1-1 sweetened poison for boll weevil control, according to A. H. Ward, district agent of the Clemson College Extension Service, who is chairman of a special • committee of extension workers to handle •this matter Through arrangements made by Mr. Ward's committee, county farm agents are working out de tails for local dealers to handle these poisoning materials or for delivery by trucks from Savannah Opportunity To Visit Historical And Scenic Points Of Interest About Charleston Will Be Afforded Young Men At C. M. T. Camp At Fort Moultrie This Summer. The specialist cites the opinion 4 or other points. This should pre- of H. H. Bennett, of the Soil Con servation Service, that this is one of the reasons, often disregarded. vent wide variations in prices o the material, Mr. Ward thinks. In a number of counties tank that may make it wise to make trucks will deliver molasses to the edges of fields attractive to! various points in the county at 10 'wildlife. jto 11 cents per gallon, the farmer “Some weeds that grow in un- to furnish the container. In one tended margins of a field may instance a dealer is buying a tank harber diseases that attack crops, car and will sell for 9 1-2 cents per and the farmer may need to kill gallon, the farmer furnishing the out those weeds”, Mr. Nettles con- container. In other places the Unues. “Clean cultivation of pfTce is 10 cents and in others 1 fence rows or repeated mowing or cents. Usually where the dealer burning have been advised in the furnishes the barrel the price is past as means of controlling in- 13 to 14 cents per gallon, sects, but might it not be wiser to , Calcium arsenate can be pur- replace the weeds with berry- chased rather reasonably this bearing shrubs or a border of year, prices ranging from 6 cents herbaceous perennials such as to as high as 10 cents per pound, sericea lespedeza that will attract ^y? Mr - Ward. In some counties birds that help control insect dealers have agreed to deUver -‘ests?’ NOTICE Street Tax was due May 1st. Last day for oavment without makin & twotripo poison to various centers in the county for groups of farmers at 6 1-2 to 7 1-2 cents per pound. In some counties both molasses and arsenate will be delivered at rural centers at the same time, thereby saving farmers the trouble of penalty is May 31st. J. O. Patterson, Clerk. -txi- How One Woman Lost 20 Pounds of FAT Lost Her Prominent Hips Lost Her Double Chin Lost Her Sluggishness Gained a More Shapely Figure and the Increase in Physical Vigor rad Vivaciousness Which So Often Comes With Excess Fat Reduction. Thousands of women are getting fat and losing their appeal just be cause they do not know what to do. Why not be smart — do what thousands of women have done to get off pounds of unwanted fat. Take a half teaspoonful of Kruschen in a glass of hot water first thing every morning to gently activate liver, bowels and kidneys—cut down your caloric intake—eat wisely and satisfyingly—there need never be a hungry moment! Keep this plan up for 30 days. Tben weigh yourself and see if you haven’t lost pounds of ugly fat. Just see if this doesn’t prove to be the surprise of your life and make you feel like shouting the good news to other fat people. And best of all a jar of Kruschen that will last you for 4 weeks costs but little. If not joyfully satisfied—money back. IN HIS NAME —by— WILLIE S. CROMER “A TYPICAL CITY OF PALESTINE” ADVISES YOUNG GIRLS ENTERING WOMANHOOD Thousands of young girls entering wom anhood have found a “real friend’' in Lydia E. Pink ham’s Vegetable Com pound to help them go “smiling thru” rustless, moody, nervous spells, and relieve cramps, headache, backache and eaabamssing fainting spells due to female functional irregularities. Famous for over y* years. WORTH TRYING! j BABY CHICKS Georgia U. S. approved Pollorum tested chicks. Barred Rocks, R. I. Reds, New Hamp hires, Buff Orp., Wht. Leg. $6.95 Wht. Wyndottes and Wht. \ Bocks , j $6.45 i GEORGIA CAROLINA * HATCHERY 1025 Broad St., Augusta, Ga. A Vegetable Laxative For Headache, Biliousness, and Dizziness when caused by Constipation. 15 doses for only 10 cents. L)r. Hitchcgck’s LAXATIVE powder OUT/ WHAT? HO letterheads WHEN THIS HAPPENS, PHONE US and We’ll Print Some For You In A Hurry!! The one purpose of the plan of the typical city of ancient Pales tine was protection from possible attack of enemies. The city was built on a little mound or hill, surrounded by plains or deep val leys. One of the best examples of this is the ancient city of Jerusa lem, situated on the hill of Ophel. This made it necessary for an in vading army to advance up hill, which placed it at quite a disad vantage. We must remember that the ancients had none of our modern military equipment. Each city had a wall around it, varying in height but possibly av eraging about 30 feet, with one gate or more leading into the city. These walls were from six feet to about 14 feet in thickness. Houses were often built on the walls, as shown in the case of Rahab in Jericho. Some cities had more than one wall, and in the case of Jericho, three walls have been found. So if an army broke through the first wall, it was still outside the city. The cities were not very large, being exceedingly compact for pro tection. They ranged from six to seven acres in area to about 30 acres. The city of Jericho was about seven acres. We think this to be exceptionally small, but the city was so compact it held possi bly 2,000 or 3,000 people. The an cient city of Jerusalem on Ophel was about one-half mile long and in some places only 100 or 200 yards wide. One of the big problems of every ancient city was the water supply. Since the city was built on a hill, the water could be found only at the foot of the hill, and conse quently outside the city wall. So during attack, the people were cut off from the water supply. The city of Jerusalem met this problem by covering over the waters of Gihon, so that an enemy would not detect it: then cut a cave back in the hill for the water, and from the top of the ground, within the city, a tunnel was cut through the rock down to the water supply. In this way the in habitants could get water without having to go outside the wall. Since the typical city was so well protected, an enemy could not capture it at once; but generally bad to lay a seige on the city un til famine within the walls forced the people to surrender. Fort Moultrie, April 25.—An op portunity to visit the historical and scenic points of interest in and about- Charleston will be af forded several hundred young men from South Carolina and Georgia who are to attend the Citizens’ Military Training Camp at Fort Moultrie this summer. The camp itself is located on historic ground, for it is only a stone’s throw from old Fort Moul trie. named for Colonel William Moultrie, whose men withstood the attacks of a British fleet under Sir Peter Parker six days before fhe Declaration of Independence Near the original fort of palmetto logs and sand was erected the brick Fort Moultrie which still stands. The modem army post to which is attached the name ex tends now for a considerable dis tance northeast of the old fort. Edgar Allen Poe, one of Ameri ca’s immortals in literature, was garrisoned at Fort Moultrie for two years, becoming a sergeant- malor during that time. Both Port Moultrie and Fort Sumter, which is situated on a man-made Island in the harbor between Fort Moultrie and Fort Johnson, played major roles dur ing the War Between the States. The militarv history of Charleston is eoualled by few cities in Ameri ca, if any. Across the Cooper river from Fort Moultrie are the many his toric spots in the city of Charles ton. A few among these are St. Philip’s and St. Michael’s church, the old Powder Magazine, the Old Postoffice (Exchange) building, the French Hugenot church, the Dock Street Theater, the Charles ton Museum, the Washington Hey ward house, the Miles Brewton house, the Battery and others too numerous to mention. Other establishments which serve to make Charleston interest ing to visitors include the Charles- on . Navy Yard, the Ordinance Denot at North Charleston, Porter Military Academy, and The Cita del, the Military College of South Carolina. The entire day on July 4th will 3e given over to sight-seeing trips in and about Charleston for the C.M.T.C. trainees. This summer’s camn begins June 7th and terminates July 6th. Ap plication blanks may be secured either from the C.M.T.C. county representative or directly from the v.m.t. Camp Area Commander, Fort Moultrie, S. C. X Who says you can't have EVERYTHING! fou can have V-8 performance— and gas economy, too! An 85 h.p. Ford gave 24.92 miles per gallon in the annual official Gilmorc- Yosemite road test, open to all cars. This was best mileage of all standard- equipped cars in this class! You can have easy-handling— with big-car room and ride! Everyone knows how easy it is to drive a Ford. But no one could know, till he gets inside, how big this Ford is in leg- room, seat-room, knee-room ... nor what a thrillingly soft, steady, big-car ride it gives! You can have low cost upkeep— and enjoy real fine-car features! You shift gears on a Ford with the easy- acting type finger-tip shift used on costly cars. You get a semi-centrifugal clutch giving lower pedal pressure at shifting speeds, also typical of costly cars ... to say nothing of the biggest hydraulic brakes ever used on a low-cost car. Your Ford Dealer’s ready and willing to trade ... See him now! YOU GAN HAVE A FORD V-8 —and that's what you'll want when you try it! Ca tholic Informati on IS THE CATHOLIC MIND HIDE BOUND? In the little store below the street level, the delicatessen dealer figures his profits on the basic principle that two and two make four. He has to, or he’ll go wrong in his accounts. Behind the mahogany desk, the expert engineer plans the mam moth sky-scraper on the basic principle that two and two make four. He has to or his building will never stand. The humblest Catholic layman and the wisest theologian worship on the same basic principle—that Christ founded one Church which, Mke its Founder, is infallible in matters to do with the soul. If the theologian’s mind is hide bound because he must be guided by the same religious dogma . as the layman’s, then the engineer’s mind is hide-bound because he dare not deviate from the delica tessen dealer’s mathematical dogma. The dogmas of the Catholic Hhurcb are comparatively few— fewer than those of science and art—fewer than those of a pro fession or a business. You can’t even play a good ^ame of golf without following the basic principles of the game. Then, whv indict the Catholic who does the same thing in the vital matter of saving his soul’ Every belief and practice of the Church has behind it sound logic. T t is onlv because things Catholic are misunderstood that they are eritici^ed by the sincere non- Catholic. In the spirit of fair play, will vou not give us a chance to state the Catholic viewpoint on any Catholic subject which to vour mind is objectionable? Write to: Father Spiesman, P. O. Box No. 407, Anderson, S. C. cient to give an abundance summer grazing throughout mr't of the summer months.” Ample evidence of the wisdom ■ c a system of annual grazing cr' is cited by Mr. Cushman from • a accurate records of one dairy h 1 owner in the state whose hen' ; in Dairy Herd Improvement A elation work. This dairyman : set aside one-third of an acn ‘ land per mature cow and k"-"! this land in a rotation of wi 'r and summer grazing: oats, ba: ~ r , and crimson clover for winter r 'd spring, and nearl millet for sv * mer. In 1938 his herd grazed e equivalent of 3860 pounds of / 'y per acre from each acre of • is “Now is the time to plant pearl i land. On an acre basis the v Id millet in all parts of the state” ! was eouivalent to 11,586 pounds of Mr. Cushman advises. “It should bay which was grazed from b th be sown either in 20- to 24-inch of these crops. After deducting rows or in a grain drill broadcast all cost of land preparation, fer- at the rate of 30 to 40 pounds per tilizer. planting, and land rent, acre. On productive and fertile each acre of this grazing system land one-third to one-half acre was worth $64.50 of actual feed per mature animal will be suffi- value in its yield. Pastor, Duke Church. Street Baptist Ninety Six, S. C. Plant Pearl Millet For Annual Grazing Clemson, April 20.—Annual graz ing crops, permanent pastures, silage, and legume hays are the foundation stones upon which economical production of milk is built, says C. G. Cushman, exten sion dairyman, adding that these fundamental requirements apply to the family cow as well as to the large commercial herds. “Annual grazing crops, those planted specifically for grazing, are particularly important in this program”, the specialist asserts, “and pearl millet is the best single all-purpose summer grazing crop. It is drought-resistant and there is no danger from prussic acid poisoning as may sometimes be the case with a few other crops. i Author of Sister Mary’s Kitchen Ruth Wyeth Spears tells home makers how to wave magic wands throughout the house in her book, “Home Decoration with Fabric and Thread.” Working drawings accompany her concise instruc tions for the making of slip-covers, draperies, braided rag rugs and all sorts of clever ideas even to doll clothes. I can think of few shower gifts a bride would like better than this book. Mothers will find it a boon, too, because there are ways to keep small fingers busy during vacation days. Slip covers do so much for whole rooms as well as the furni ture they cover that you often see them without realizing that they are slip covers. Linens, cottons and chintzes are used to cover wool-upholstered chairs and da venports and make them look cool and delightful for spring and sum- Mrs. Spears proves that they easy to make” and tells you them. Fill with loose earth, tak ing care that the hump on the main cane is an inch or two be low the final level of the bed. Prune the canes if necessary and cover the whole bush with dirt and leave for ten days. The bushes must be well water ed once a week if there is scant rain because roses, like lots of water although they do not like “wet feet.” As soon as the leaves and buds begin to develop, spray regularly every two weeks with a good com bination spray that will take care of both insect pests and diseases. Grow Yellow Corn For The Hen’s Sake Grow at least enough yellow corn to feed the chickens, County Agent D. Austin Shelley advises. Since chickens are very sensitive to lack of the right ingredients, minerals, and vitamins in the ration, yellow corn is even more important for poultry than for other classes of livestock, he ex plains. Yellow corn contains vitamin A, which white corn does not contain. This vitamin is necessary to make liens lay well; to make the eggs hatch best; to make chicks grow how 'much material is needed! ^ astest; , and t0 prev t n ‘ , an eye disease known as ophthalmia or mer. are how to cut, fit, sew ar.d trim them. * * * Spring is the time to set out roses if you are an amateur grow er. The first thing to consider is your selection of varieties Choose inly the varieties that are suitable for your climate. Those standbys known as “hardy perpetuals” are entirely satisfactory and require a minimum of care. Of course your local rosarian will give you valua ble assistance in this choice. Be sure to get good sturdy stock. That described as “Two-year-old, field-grown, budded” stock is re liable. Before the frost is out of the ground prepare your beds by cov ering them with well-rotted cow or horse manure, coarse bone meal, leaf-mold and wood ashes. nutritional roup. About 45 bushels of yellow corn together with other ingredients will be required to brood 300 chicks and grow 100 pullets out of this brood to laying age, and one bushel is required for each hen in the flock per year. From these I facts and the approximate yield of corn per acre, the fanner can decide how much com to plant for poultry. Yellow corn, as a rule, is an early-maturing corn-and to get the largest yield, it should be grown on fertile soil. If seed is used from yellow com which has been grown in the state for some years the yield is as good as that obtained from white corn. Trials at Experiment Station ~ As soon as the frost is gone spade j in South Carolina show thr.t this top-dressing vrell into the Wood’s Hybrid Golden Prolifi' ground, digging the holes large, Marett’s Yellow Chief, Newber-- and deen. The holes must bejCcunty Yellow, and Wood’s Ind ' large enough to allow the roots to, Chief are some yellow varie; spread out to their full extent. I which yield about as much c: After the bush is put in the hole! per acre as common white va; i cover the roots well with soil and ties. There are probably otl. I tramp it down firmly around geed varieties of yellow’ com. Flashes From Afield Caught from Recent Reoorts of County Farm Agents. Wheat acreage is larger or more generally planted than heretofore and is making very satisfactory growth.—Z. D. Robertson, Abbe ville. Fifteen permanent pastures were seeded in March, using the recom mended pasture mixture of Dallis grass, common lespedeza, and' white Dutch clover.—FYank W. Corlev, Aiken. Thirteen farmers ordered 3380 pounds of pasture grass seed co operatively in March. More than 6000 pounds of crotalaria seed will be planted, in the county this year. —W. H. Mpsly, Allendale. Arrangements have been worked out with farmers and the Soil Conservation Service for five pasture demonstrations to be con ducted in the county this year.— W. H. Craven, Bamberg. Farmers are so much interested in crotalaria for soil building that there will probably be a two to three hundred per cent increase in crotalaria this year.—H. G. Bovlston, Barnwell. Thorogood Farm, owned by N. G. Roosevelt and managed by E. G. Carpenter, had Fine exhibits of hogs and steers at the Florence Fat Stock Show and won eight ribbons and $41 in premiums.— J. H. Harvey, Berkeley. m Nine truckloads and two car loads of sweet potatoes were sold in March at $1.00 and $1.05 net to growers and 1000 bushels of cold- damaged potatoes were sold at 50 cents per bushel.—Colin McLaurin, Calhoun. The farmers’ Irish potato school heM bv the Extension Service was well attended, and there was much favorable comment concern ing the valuable information given.—C. W. Carraway, Charles ton. Increased interest in late toma toes, cantaloupes, and watermelons indicates that the acreage in these crops may be double that of last year.—Boyce Miller, Cherokee. A large number of reauests has been received for terracing. Two terracing outfits have been put in shape for operation during the summer.—M. C. Crain, Chester. Farmers are interested in good seed as never before. Already more orders for cotton and com seed have been placed direct from the breeder by our office than in any past year.—F. W. Rast, Claren don. Four weekly shipments of hogs in March by the Dorchester Mar keting Association make total shipments from December 1, to March 31 of 3787 hogs netting $36,- 383.60.—J. M. Lewis, Dorchester. Farmers who were in the cotton contest last year and purchased seed direct from breeders are hav ing no trouble in disposing of their surplus seed.—R. H. Lemmon, Fairfield. Seed have been ordered for many pastures—both permanent, annual, and temporary. There is a great increase in the acreage of temporarv grazing crops.—Ed. B. Baskin, Florence.