McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, March 05, 1942, Image 4
f#
s
McCORMICK MKsafMIfiK. McCORMK K SUi (H CAROLINA Thursday, March 5, 1942
;’s really nothing mysteri
ous about this thing called “prun
ing," rather it’s a definitely com
mon sense procedure that is done
at stated seasons—spring and fall.
Here are four good reasons for
pruning shrubs and plants and
first you prune to obtain de
sired shape, size and, form.
Second you prune to rejuvenate
old* over-grown plants; third, to
thin out growth that has become
too dense and fourth to obtain
larger blossoms or to produce more
flowers or fruit. f
As a general rule shape should
be left according to the natural
habit of the plant. It's a mistake
to plant large varieties in small
spaces and then attempt by prim
ing to keep them dwarfed. How
ever, you can control the growth
and symmetry of any plant by
judicious pruning.
1
Rejuvenation of old plants is ac
complished by severe pruning to
gether with feeding and cultiva-
lion. Overgrown, bushy plants
need the removal of the oldest
’ bod right to the ground and the
shortening of other branches to
encourage new shoots from the
; oots.
Pruning to thin out growth that
has become too dense is combined
with the removal of injured, dis
eased and dead branches.
If you want lots of flowers or a
few very large ones you prune
Heavy top pruning encourages the
growth of more leaves and
branches. On the other har
root pruning lessens vegetative
growth but increases production of
fruit and flowers. Allowing many
flower buds to develop means av
erage size blooms whereby limiting
their number those remaining be
come larger because of the abund
ance of food available.
Be sure to remove wild shoots
and sucker growth from below the
union on grafted plants. Otherwise
they will eventually overcome the
more desirable grafted top.
When to prune depends largely
on the flowering habit of the
plant. Shrubs and ornamental
trees divide themselves into two
general groups—those which
bloom in the spring and early
summer and those blooming later
on wood of the current season
The early flowering varieties
should be pruned just after their
blossoms fade. This insures both
the finest show of flowers and the
best growth for next year’s bloom
ing.
Practically all fruit trees are
pruned in the spring. In order to
promote fine fruit careful pruning
is necessary.
As bearing trees reach maturity
the amount of pruning may be in
creased to maintain regular and
efficient production of quality
fruit.
—Buy Defense Bonds—
SMART MONEY
KNOWS
WHERE TO /m
GO AFTER
READING
THE ADS ,
IN THIS ^
NEWSPAPER,
HEALTH
ARTlfe MlOOVCtN
Select Your Foods With Care
The business woman who de
pends upon restaurant food for
her daily diet must exercise con
siderable care in the selection of
her foods if she would avoid di
gestive disturbances and the dan
ger of becoming overweight. Most
modern restaurants employ train
ed dieticians and offer the best
of food, but they are also quite
apt to cater to their patrons’
weaknesses for tempting dishes
which may be too rich to be
wholesome.
An occasional spree in the way
of a restaurant dinner with all the
frills does no one any particular
harm, but habitual overindulgence
can play havoc with the digestive
apparatus, the complexion, and
the figure.
Select the foods you eat when
dining out with the same care the
housewife uses when she plans
meals for her family. Don’t order
the “blue plate special” just be
cause it will save you a little time.
A cooked-to-order meal may take
ten or fifteen minutes for prepa
ration but it’s worth it. Stick to
the simple basic foods—broiled
lean meats, fish, fresh vegetables,
milk, eggs and fruits. Avoid the
goulashes and a-la-Newburgs that
must be heated and re-heated
over the steam table. An ounce
of caution in the choice of food is
far better than a pound of soda
bicarbonate or weeks of reducing
workouts.
Wooodlands Can
Aid In Nation’s
War Effori
NEW SHIPMENT
DISHfS and POTTERY
A.
JUST
RECEIVED
Mostly large
Pieces
4
«
Values
to $1.50
for only
Buy Your Dishes and Pottery As You Buy Your Merchandise
BEL# WHITE LUKE CO
AUGUSTA GEORGIA
i
m
FRESH MEATS,
OYSTERS AND FISH
Call on us for Fresh Oysters-Extra
Standards and Extra Selects-Pork,
Beef, Lamb, Veal and Fish of All
Kinds.
\
We grind sausage for the public at
any time.
We deliver.
JESTER’S CASH MARKET
PHONE 25 McCORMICK, S. C.
-r-
Buy Your Furniture From
J. S. STROM
Easy Payment Plan.
No Carrying Charge.
McCormick, S. C.
Encourage Good Eating
Habits Early
A recent survey by public health
officials throughout the country
has brought out the fact that the
majority of college students are
addicted to the worst possible eat
ing habits. Freshmen especially,
once they have left home cooked
meals, seem bent on breaking eve
ry known rule of dietetics. Milk,
fruits and vegetables are shunned.
Soft drinks, sweets and soda foun
tain concoctions are consumed in
amazing quantities. Meals are
gobbled at irregular hours and in-
between-time snacks destroy ap
petites for plain wholesome food.
Much is being done in the class
rooms toward pointing out the
dangers in these dietary indis
cretions. However, I feel that the
starting point is not in college but
in the home. Well-balanced meals
served at regular hours should be
an unbroken rule in every home
and for every member of the fam
ily. The children will eat what is
set before them and will look for
ward to their meals at the proper
time. Thus, regularity and prop
er selection of foods become al
most instinctive. Good habits es
tablished during childhood will re
main not only in college, but all
through life.
—Buy Defense Bonds—
X
Stop Cannibalism
Among The Chicks
Salt in the chick ration is a re
cently discovered preventive of
cannibalism among the chicks,
^ays County Agent M. A. Bouk-
night.
Cannibalism is a habit which is
most likely to occur to some ex
tent among closely confined
-'hicks, the agent points out. In-
iuries usually cause chicks to
start picking one another. The
blood from injuries attracts their
attention, and once they get the
taste of blood they seem to ers/ve
more.
Cannibalism can be avoider' to
some extent by giving the c 1 :s
nlenty of range and separatir i-
jured chicks from the bnr is
soon as possible. In b~“ ry
brooders it may be necessr to
use a fairly dark room to ^ :-id
toe-picking and feather-puT ’.
Recent evidence indicates 1 lat
cannibalism can be preventer by
feeding additional salt. In r ing
starting mashes, 1 or 1 1-2 p. ids
I of salt may be used to eacb 100
'pounds of mash. If cannib ism
! starts, this amount may be in
creased to 3 pounds per 100
pounds of mash but this quantity
should not be fed more than one
week. The salt should then be re
duced to 1 1-2 or 2 pounds per ICO
pounds of mash.
Clemson, Feb. 28—Home-grov;
lumber and fuel can aid in Amer
ica’s all-out war effort, says M. H
Bruner, forester of the Clemsor
College Extension Service.
Using home-grown lumber fo T
repairs and for new buildings or
farms to house increased pro
duction under the Food for Free
dom program helps reduce thp
transportation load of lumber and
other forest products. One of the
largest uses of freight cars and
trucks is for such transportation,
says the U. S. Forest Service.
Bruner warns farmers, however
that home-grown timber should
be well-seasoned before it is used
in new construction. Warping
and shrinking of green lumber
may result in serious defects in
the finished structure. Seasoning
for about a year is recommended,
and the lumber pile should be well
stacked, with stickers or slats be
tween freshly sawed boards and
timbers so that air can circulate
easily. Raising the lumber pile off
the ground six inches or more
with one end elevated aids in ven
tilating and keeping the pile dry.
In cutting, good practices call
for taking out mature trees to
give the young straight poles and
saplings a chance to grow. Old
trees often grow very slowly and
may be unprofitable in a high-
producing woods, because they use
so much soil moisture and crowd
younger and thriftier tre^s around
them.
Runty trees, wolf trees, deform
ed trees, and trees showing fire
scars, decay, disease, or insect
damage should be cut for fuel,
fence posts, or other products.
Such practice will improve rather
than harm the woods.
x
WOMEN in
the NEWS
POLICE TRAINING
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
is offering a new course for wom
en in police administration. In
struction includes work in crimi
nal identification, traffic control,
modern police methods and the
training of police personnel. Of
ficials of the university believe
that many intelligent and far-
sighted women will enroll for the
course.
* * *
BLITZ BABIES
IN NEW YORK, the Maternity
Center association has devised a
means to aid old man stork during
air raids. It consists of one small
kit, scarcely larger than an ordi
nary suitcase, which can even be
converted into an incubator when
necessary.
* * *
# *.
V-MINDED CLOTHES
THE VICTORY-MINDED wom
an will probably have to learn to
wear slacks whether she likes
them or not. That is the opinion
of Ruth Hutton, fashion design
instructor in New York’s Cooper
Union art schools. “Femininity is
necessarily one of. the first casual- j
ties of war,” says Miss Hutton, |
who believes that more women j
would like* slacks if they fit prop- i
eyly. j
ABOVE ^HULLABALOO
By LYTLE HULL
Lieutenant Douglas Fairbanks
On 'Mail From Home’
In a very touching interview in
a New York paper, Douglas Fair
banks, Jr.—as he is affectionately
known to us all—recently told of
the joys and sorrows attendant
upon the arrival of the mail at
some far-away station, or for some
homesick crew on naval patrol.
Lieutenant Fairbanks, of the
United States navy, had just re
turned from duty “somewhere at
sea” and spoke feelingly to
mothers, wives and friends of men
vho are serving their country in
,hese distant—and often lonely—
stations. He told a moving story
of the happiness of those whose
names were called when the mail
arrived—and a distressing tale of
the poor homesick kids who wait
ed until the last letter had been
landed out—only to turn away
empty-handed with a sob in theii
throats.
The writer was so impressed by
the interview that he wrote a let
ter asking for an answer which he
might reproduce in this column.
Here it is.
Dear Lytle:
Your very flattering letter
arrived and nothing would
please me more than to give
you what material I can for a
column on “letters to the
boys.”
The mail problem is a real
and serious one. The boys
serving in these bleak and
desolate outposts receive every
attention and consideration,
which a nation at war *can
give them. Their health and
welfare is supervised by experts
and their training the best a-
vailable. But, too often, the
strictly personal and intimate
stimulant is missing—and this
can only come from “the
folks back home.” In this war,
great units in the front line
spend long periods of inactiv
ity, and action is intermittent
—-violent and complete when
it comes. The Issues at stake
this time are greater than at
any other period In the
world’s history, and the war
takes on a sort of “Holy Cru
sade” appearance. Consequent
ly, the men need at all times,
to feel that the home front is
carrying on. Over and above
this they want homely con
tacts—they feel so far away—
so isolated—they starve for
details of every bit of home
news.
One young lad I know was
without mail for several weeks.
Finally he received news that
he was the father of a baby
girl. This man had an added
incentive for doing his job>
Others get news of much less
importance but it means al
most as much to them. None
of the services are “profes
sional” in the old military
sense—despite the fact that
many are Regulars. They are
all citizens—they are all very
home-minded. When a mail
ship comes in to a post away
from home the first question
which the signal lights blink
out to the newcomer is “have
you any mail for us?” If
there is, the ship’s work is
done with added vigor, and
spirits soar.
These men are doing a job
of work—that it is in their
line of duty and must be done
goes without saying. We take
it for granted that they should
make sacrifices—which is as it
should be—but we can help
them to do their job by letting
them know we are thinking of
them and “keeping the home
fires burning.” And, dear
Lytle, if your column can help
in getting this thought across
to their families and friends,
it will be a great thing.
As ever,
Doug.
—Buy Defense Bonds—
Better Farming Notes
Brief Stories Of Progress From
County Farm Agents
GOOD CARE
MORE AND MORE attention is
being given to the proper care of I
clothing, as designers, manufac-1
turers and chemists begin the dif- l
ficult task of making women’s j
clothes attractive without drawing
on the materials now limited or
unobtainable because of war de
mands.
* * *
PARACHUTISTS
TRAINING OF AMERICAN
women for duty with parachute
troops has begun, according to a
story from New York describing
Marion Blessing as the first girl
to register for parachute training
at the Bronx County building.
ibmmi.**
Primitive Methods
Need Not
Be
Followed
in
Advertising
Be Modern
ft
ADVERTISE HERE!! i
Laurens, C. B. Cannon.—Poultry
truck schedules are gathering
each Thursday approximately
1000 pounds of poultry. Farmers
are well pleased with this system
of marketing and are beginning to
show interest in baby chicks to
increase the flocks.
Marion, W. R. Wells, Jr.—Most
striking result in the 1941 better
arm living program was that 93
arm families established home
gardens who showed no gardens in
1940.
Marlboro, Colin McLaurin.—The
necessary tomato acreage has been
subscribed to take care of the Mc-
Coll cannery, and applications are
being taken to take care of the
cannery at Ta<:um.
Newberry, P. B. Ezell.—Building
of the Borden milk receiving sta
tion is well under way, and we
will hold 24 milk marketing edu
cational meetings in this and ad
joining counties.
Orangeburg, R. D. Suber.—The
County Delegation set up a re
volving fund of $10,000 to pur
chase cotton seed for farmers for
planting purposes. The average
germination of cotton seed in the
county on tests already run is on
ly 45 percent.
Pickens, T. A. Bowen.— Our new
terracing outfit recently purchas
ed by the County Delegation was
moved to the field during January
and we anticipate a more efficient
terracing program in the county
since we have this new equipment.
Richland, David R. Hopkins.—
Farmers are looking ahead pre
paring for increased numbers of
livestock through which increased
grain crops will be market ..l.
Hogs, beef cattle, poultry, r. ’ i
dairying will all be substantn /
increased as a result.
Saluda, Claude Rothell.—Fa'•••'-
ers with improved pastures i
plenty of hay are beginning o
accumulate young beef 'S
cattle which they willg... :e
through the summer.
‘ Sv.mt.er- J. M. Elcazcr.—In our
better farm living work we are
continuing all that has been
stressed in the past—gardens,,
whole wheat, poultry, dairy pro
ducts, etc., and we are specially
stressing two things—rice and
syrup.
, Williamsburg, R. A. Jackson.—
Sweet potatoes that have been
cured in tobacco barns converted
to curing houses are keeping nice
ly. Arrangements have been made
to dispose of most of the stock
locally.
York, L. W. Johnson.—Farmers
have shown a very responsive at
titude toward producing the sur
plus crops for war and the type of
cotton needed for war uses.
Anderson, T. A. Stallworth.—
Cattlemen are wintering their
cattle more satisfactorily this
year than last. More of them are
feeding silage and using a more
economical feeding program. Sev
eral are planning calf creeps for
this spring and summer.
Allendale, H. A. Bowers.—During
January 2218 bushels of sweet
potatoes were sold by farmers for
$2466.55 , making an average of
$1.11 f. o. b. Allendale county
points.
Greenwood, T. M. Clyburn.—The
local co-op sent members to Sa
luda county to study their method
of pulpwood sales. Several of our
farmers are interested and arfe
making plans to supply a “trial”
carload shipment. \
V/HAT? W
LETTERHEADS
OUT! ?
WHEN THIS
HAPPENS, PHONE US
and We’ll Print Some
For You In A Hurry!!