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I / Typhoid Qinic Bethany White School, August 12 A typhoid clinic will be held at the Bethany white school begin ning Tuesday, August 12, at 9:30 eastern standard time. A fee of 25 cents will be charged for the three doses. All persons who have not had the typhoid immunization in the past three years should take advantage of this opportunity. Mauldin J. Boggs, Jr., Health Officer. XXI— McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, August 7, 1941 Merit Exams An nounced For Fifteen UCC Positions Dairy Conference Plans For Aug. 12-14 Given Merit examinations will be given within the next few weeks to ap plicants for fifteen responsible career positions in the service of the South Carolina Unemployment I ideas, three afternoons of demon- Compensation Commission, ac- | strations arid discussions of dairy Clemson, Aug. 2.—Plans for the second annual dairy conference at Clemson August 12-14 include three morning programs of dis cussion of dairying problems and cording to announcement made by E. H. Bradley of Due West, merit system supervisor. Applica tions for admission to these tests will be received until August 23, practices, rriid two evenings of interesting and instructive moving pictures, according to the program announced today by Prof. J. P. LaMaster, head of the Clemson Chevrolet- Versatility Of The Modern Truck 4.—As vast Soil Conservation forms Train August 11 supervisor and all applications must be on College Dairy Department, and C prepared by the | G. Cushman, dairy specialist of Farmers in the vicinity of Edge- field, McCormick and Greenwood will have an opportunity to see how soil conserving methods and other good farming practices can be put into effect on their own farms, when a train load of soil conservation exhibits will be on display at the Seaboard Station Freight Depot in Greenwood, on Monday, August 11, from 9:00 a. m. to 4:00 p. m., according to J. F. Jones, County Agent, and E. E. Epting of the Savannah Valley Soil Conservation District. Sponsored by the Soil Conserva tion Service, in cooperation with the State Extension Service, and the Seaboard Air Line Railway, the 'exhibits fill a 75-foot baggage car, Examinations will be held in the following position classifica tions with salary ranges as stated: Chief field deputy, $190-220; field deputy, $160-190; junior statisti- the Extension Service. The program Tuesday morning Aug. 12, will include, besides in troductory remarks by D. W. Wat kins, director of the Extension Service, H. P. Cooper, dean of the cian, $150-180; senior statistician, School of Agriculture and director $190-220; chief of research and of the Experiment Station, and statistics, $220-260; informational Prof. LaMaster, a discussion of the representative, $190-220; junior Dairy Outlook by O. M. Clark, ex claims examiner, $135-160; senior tension farm management spe- claims examiner, $150-180; princi- cialist, and Milk Flavors, Good and pal claims examiner, $190-220; ap- Bad, by Dr. Paul G. Miller, dairy peals referee, $210-240; chief of technologist of th,e South Carolina benefits, $220-260; chief of contri- Experiment Station. In the after- butions, $220-260; director of U C noon dairy cattle management Division, $275-350; assistant gen- practices will be demonstrated and eral counsel, $210-240; key punch I discussed to emphasize profitable operator, $90-105. The official announcement states that all new appointments will be made at the minimum salary in two flat cars. There is also the ranges established for the re- ° passenger coach in which sound spective positions, motion pictures illustrating the In order to qualify for admis- »test and most practical methods sion to' these examinations, all of conserving soil will be shown applicants must be citizens of the continuously during the time the United States, and residents of train will be there. South Carolina for at least three The two flat cars will be loaded years during the past five or for • ith various types of farm ma- two years immediately preceding chinery and tools especially useful the closing date (August 23) for ;n erosion control, including small receiving applications. Requests "arm tractors, horse-drawn and | for admission to the tests should be addressed to E. H., Bradley, Supervisor of Merit Examinations, Due West, S. C. tractor-drawn terracing equip ment, seed harvesting equipment, ^lip scrapes, and so on. In the baggage car will be ex hibits of all descriptions including model farms, photographs, auto matically projected lantern slides, •loU and sod samples, and charts designed to show all phases of a complete conservation program. A lew exhibits consist simply of pictures and posters. Many are lighted and contain moving ob jects. One exhibit entitled, “Erosion Control Through Reforestation”, xihows how extremely valuable trees are in the control of erosion end conservation of the soil. Prominent in the exhibits is a model farm showing a farm as it was before and after a complete program of erosion control was put into effect. The model shows gullies, contour rows, terraces, end even fences. Fertile topsoil is South Carolina's most valuable resource, so all the various soil conserving practices recommended for farms in the Savannah Valley Soil Conserva tion District will be featured in the exhibits—terracing, strip crop ping, use of cover crops, pasture management, retirement of badly eroding land from cultivation, planting of grass and trees, fire | Prices Received prevention, gully control, and the construction of farm ponds. There will be no admission charge. xx management of the dairy herd. Tuesday evening there will be an address by Dr. R. F. Poole, presi dent of Clemson College, an il lustrated lecture on Soil Fertility as Related to Permanent Pasture Development, by R. H. Lush, pas ture specialist of the National Fertilizer Association, and moving pictures. Wednesday morning, Aug. 13, there will be discussions of Cli mate Effects on Dairy Cattle by Prof. LaMaster; Silage Investiga tions and What They Mean, by Vance Henry, assistant extension dairy specialist; Minerals for Dairy Cattle, by Dr. George H. Wise, dairy nutritionist of the South Carolina Experiment Station; and This series of examinations, said Calf scours and Internal Parasites Mr. Bradley, should not be con fused with the series announced several weeks ago for eleven posi tions in the State Employment Service for which nearly 1800 ap plications were received before the closing date on July 21. Those whose applications were accepted at that time will be informed by mail in the near future when and where to appear for their tests. The regulations announced by the supervisor hold that only candidates who meet the mini mum qualifications as to educa tion and experience will be ad mitted to written examinations. Failure to meet the minimum pre- reouisites or failure to pass any part of an examination with a ^rade of 70 will disqualify the •^nnlicant in the entire examina tion. Members of the Merit System Council sponsoring these series of examinations are J. C. Todd, Due West, Chairman; J. Arthur Knight, Chesterfield; and Supt. J. W. Shealy, Sharon. By Farmers U.S.D.A. Will Continue Cotton Continuing the advance begun early this year, the general level of South Carolina prices rose 8 T) . -ll | ooints during the month ending Bagging Jrrogram | Tulv 15, and at 121 per cent of the 1909-14 average were 30 points a- The Department of Agriculture announces that the cotton-bag- ging-for-cotton-bales program, launched January 27, 1941, will continue into the new fiscal year. Under the program as announced and as continued, manufacturers have an opportunity to make and sell 2,000,000 “patterns” or bale coverings made of cotton, which are intended to be used in cover ing a part of the 1941 cotton crop. Federal payments at 15 cents per pattern will be made to ap proved manufacturers who agree to make patterns as specified and sell them to cotton producers, ginners, cottonseed oil mills, and other distributors of bagging for cotton. Manufacture or sale of the patterns before December 31, 1941, is required. The cotton-bagging-for-cotton- bales program represents one of the projects undertaken by the Department of Agriculture to stimulate development of new uses and new markets for domestic cotton. Among other programs having a similar purpose are chose for cotton insulation and for the manufacture of fine writing paper Irom cotton as a raw material. bove mid-July of last year, ac- ording to report issued July 31st by Fronk O. Black, Agricultural Statistician, Columbia. The upswing was paced by hogs and veal calves with gains of 16 •joints each during the thirty-day period, followed closely by cotton and eggs with 12 points each. Irish potatoes, cowpeas, and pea- puts also advanced, but prices for dairy products, cottonseed, wheat, oats and rye were the same as on Tune 15, while corn, hay, soybeans, 'weet potatoes and peaches showed slight to moderate declines. The farm price of lint cotton at 14.9 cents per pound on July 15 was the highest reported for any mid-month since April, 1930, and the price of cottonseed at $37.60 oer ton was the highest since May, 1937. Corn was 78 cents per bushel at the farm, wheat $1.00, oats 50 cents, cowpeas $2.10, soybeans $1.85. hay $13.60 per ton, Irish and sweet potatoes 95 cents, eggs 25.3 cents per dozen, hogs $9.50 per hundred pounds, beef cattle $6.90, veal calves $9.20, chickens 19 cents per pound, milk 11.2 cents per quart retail and 26 cents per gal lon wholesale. of Dairy Cattle, by Dr. G. W. An derson, animal pathologist of the Experiment Station. The afternoon will be devoted to discussion of pasture and forage crops and profitable dairy pro duction, and in the evening there will be moving pictures at the out-door theatre on the Clemson campus. On Thursday, Aug. 14, the morning program will include an address by Dr. H. H. Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service, Washington, D. C., and discussions on Dairy Sanitation by Prof. LaMaster, Dairy Profits by Mr. Cushman, and Mixing and Buying the Concentrate Ration by Dr. Wise. During the afternoon the dairy equipment in normal use at the Clemson College dairy barn and other equipment used by dairy farms of various sizes will be demonstrated, inspected, and dis-^ cussed. “The conference is planned for dairy farmers and farm boys over 14 years of age who are interested in dairying”, says Prof. LaMaster. “In sponsoring this program we plan to maintain the true spirit of a conference for the exchange of ideas between dairy farmers and ourselves. Each subject pre sented will be discussed with ample opportunity also for visit ing between dairy farmers and the faculty of the conference. We recognize that this mutual ex change of ideas and understand ing cannot help but be of value to the dairy industry of the state.” Arrangements are being made for those attending to room in one of the new dormitories at very nominal cost and for meals in the college mess hall at $1.00 per day. SMART MONEY HHOWS WHERE TO GO AFTER READING THE ADS... IN THIS NEWSPAPER .PRINTING to Order at O' PRINT SHO Detroit, Mich., Aug. American industry gears its resources in response to the de mands of national defense, veteran truck men recall echoes of an earlier day when the motor truck, a relatively untried factor in the transport picture, was “drafted” to play a major role in defense activ ities. Harking back to the 1917-1918 scene, W. E. Fish, manager of Chevrolet’s commercial car depart ment, contrasted the two periods. “At that time, the motor truck— of which only 355,407 were pro duced in the two-year period—was considered primarily as a piece of equipment designed to work side by side with the draft horse at fundamentally the same sort of job. No truck manufacturer could foresee the versatility of the com mercial car nor the vital influ ence it was to have in American life. “In the five-year period begin ning in 1914, only 546,437 trucks were produced, and their manu facture was spurred to a measur able extent by government order, as army transport officials vis ualized the role the truck could play. “By contrast, during the past five years 3,824,857 trucks have rolled from the assembly lines of the nation’s motor manufacturers, and in 1940, a total of 4,650,000 trucks were in use throughout the country. ‘Today the truck does hundreds of jobs undreamed of in 1914 and does them with an efficiency that would amaze the designers of those pioneer models. Yet today’s com mercial cars produce more power, operate with far greater efficiency, run more economically, and cost as little as a third the price of the average truck in 1914. “Just as the story of centuries may be read from the cross-sec tion of a giant redwood tree, so does the story of the truck illus trate the strides of modern civili zation. The same mass production that has provided a better living at lower cost, has created a superior motor truck at a fraction of its early price. “To illustrate: Taking as repre sentative of the industry its lead ing manufacturer of trucks, Chev rolet alone manufactures 60 body and chasis models, 15 body styles, 10 different wheelbase lengths. Represented among this inclusive line—the widest range of equip ment offered—are trucks designed specifically for a variety of jobs. “From the farm, trucks haul 68 per cent of the hogs, 65 per cent of live poultry, 62 per cent of the cattle, 61 per cent of the calves, 50 per cent of the horses and mules, 40 per cent of the fruit and vegetables, 39 per cent of the eggs, 29 per cent of the sheep and lambs, and 27 per cent of the but ter. • “In the city, virtually all de- ivery is by truck, with equipment designed especially for the door- to-door delivery of milk and baked roods, and for the merchant, the cleaner, the coal dealer, the dorist, express agencies, groceries, fuel oil suppliers, beverage bottlers, and scores of other businessmen. “In the service of the commu- lity, Chevrolet trucks perform ef ficiently as fire-fighting units, in oublic utilities service, for street cleaning and refuse collection, as buses for general transport and in school service, and for street re pair and maintenance, to cite only a few of their uses. “No little credit for our modern highway system is directly trace able to the truck industry,” Mr. Fish added, “for the tax revenues paid by truckers alone amounted to approximately $460,000,000 last year. “How much the course of our daily lives, and how much the course of history in the next few ears, may be affected by the motor truck defies estimation. HO In the summer we are justified in being lazy, making our heads save our heels and taking full ad vantage of the modern contri vances on the market. If you plan your work carefully you can get the strenuous jobs done in the cool of the morning and spend the heat of the day quietly in the shade. The range of today with its auto matic control will cook your dinner while you go on an afternoon jaunt. Research workers tell us that thoroughly chilled food will keep in good condition for two hours in the oven before the heat is turned on. Put your dinner in the oven, set your time and tem perature controls and go your way rejoicing to know that you will come home and find your dinner ready to serve. One-dish meals with a salad and dessert are ideal summer dinners, too. One hot dish is recommended for every meal and a casserole dish of meat and vegetables is easy to prepare and to serve. Old Mother Nature is very canny and if you serve her foods in their seasons you are going to provide interesting and healthful meals. We need less heavy food in summer than we do in winter. Light, easi ly digested menus with plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables—the very foods our gardens and mar kets are teeming with—make nourishing and pleasant fare. “A1 Fresco” meals are delightful on the porch or in the garden or at some favorite picnic spot. If you eat out in the open it’s a good idea to spray thoroughly under the chairs and tables and on near by trees and bushes. This will keep the flies and bugs away long enough for you to enjoy your meal. Use any good fly spray and use it generously. as meat along with cockerels for the broiler market. The egg-feed price ratio is at tractive to the poultry producer now, and the Government has an nounced that a favorable ratio will be maintained. It looks like this was the year to fill all avail able poultry houses with well- matured laying pullets, say the poultrymen, and a special effort should be made to withhold all well-developed pullets from slaughter. Flashes From Afield On Better Farm Living Generally speaking, it’s the moisture supply that determines the success of the summer garden All plants, trees and shrubs must have water whether naturally or artificially provided. If you have to water, do it thoroughly. Light sprinkling does actual harm be cause it brings the roots toward the surface in their effort to get moisture. When trees are watered it’s es sential that the water goes deep into the ground in order to form long strong roots. If watering is done during the day it should not be allowed to touch the foliage but applied di rectly at the roots. A slow constant stream will seep into the ground where the water will do the most good. Pullets Can Aid Food- For-Defense Program BUYER MEETS CCI I CD IN OUR AD ^UL'L.CIX COLUMNS...; 7*\3s> The Poor Cave Man Had No Newspaper To Advertise In. But You Have !! <$ i Clemson, July 29.—Keep your pullets and turn them into laying lens instead of putting them on the market this summer, thereby providing more eggs for Uncle Sam’s food-for-defense program and aiding your own income. This is the advice to poultry producers offered by P. H. Good ing and John W. Matthews, ex tension poultrymen. There’s no definite egg shortage now but there may be in the fu ture unless egg production is in creased, the specialists say. People are eating more eggs at home, the Army needs lots of eggs, and large Quantities are scheduled for ship ment overseas. The Government recently asked poultry producers to increase egg production 10 mil lion cases during a 15-month period ending next summer; and they have responded, but latest figures indicate the increase will fall short of that figure. We know that we can produce all the eggs needed in the food- for-defense program”, Gooding and Matthews assert. “It’s just a matter of having plenty of laying hens and taking care of them properly.” A recent United States Dep^ ^- ment of Agriculture report si— that about 19 per cent more cb have been hatched since Jam 1 than a year ago, but the inerr --c in numbers of young chicks m farms on June 1 was disappointing, they say. This would indicate that many pullets are being sold Present progress and even brighter prospects for better farm living in South Carolina are re vealed in these short stories from recent reports of county agents. Abbeville, Z. D. Robertson. — Plantings of millet, sudan grass, soybeans, and kafir corns will be larger than ever before in this county. Calhoun, Crayton McCown.—Ap proximately 15 electric brooders have recently been installed on REA lines. They range in size from 200 to 500 capacity. Cherokee, S. C. Stribling.—The county nutrition committee for mulated plans for a county-wide campaign to encourage canning of peaches this summer. Chester, D. H. Caughman.— Farmers continue to receive more income from the sale of milk to the Borden Plant. As of July 1 the number of patrons had increased to 499, who delivered 22,200 pounds of milk. Payments are well over $10,090 per month. Dorchester, J. M. Lewis.—In the fiscal year recently closed the Marketing Association marketed 10,121 hogs netting $137,193.16 for 493 growers. Fairfield, R. H. Lemmon.— Poultry production is on a much larger scale this year than usual. More pullets are being kept for fall production than ever before. Lancaster, T. B. Lee.—A large acreage of peas, beans, sorghum, etc. for feed has been seeded. Some special work along the milk routes is getting results in feed production and several new silos are planned. Laurens, C. B. Cannon.—Interest still grows in beef cattle and the farmers are fully aware of the importance of feed and pasture. Lexington, R. R. Mellette.—A survey of several grist mills shows that they are all willing to grind whole-wheat flour for farmers in their communities. * Pickens, T. A. Bowen.—We have more than 700 farm families en rolled in the 75 per cent food and feed production program. Richland, R. H. Lemmon, Jr.— Quite an^gQreage has been seeded to cane for ensilage, and practi cally every silo in the county will be filled at least one and one- half times this fall. Twenty-two family cows have been placed with families deficient in milk supply. Saluda, Claude Rothell.—The proper handling of milk for the farm family was a feature of the better farm living work in June. We expect to have a milk cooling box put in use in each community of the county. Sumter, J. M. Eleazer.—Our electric cooperative has 416 miles of rural lines with 844 members. Electricity for these hundreds of farms that had little if any chance of getting it otherwise is meaning a lot to rural life. York, L. W. Johnson.—We have a number of producers who grew plants from a pure strain of im proved Louisiana Porto Rico sweet potatoes and there was a plentiful supply of sweet potato plants in the county. ■ ■ 1 ■» A GOOD 5ALESM WHO WORKS CHEAP & t MEWPAPER 5^ ADV€RTISlH<3r <S> sa NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING AT YOUR SERVICE TOvHELP YOU SELL* ¥