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a I f ' ' K 9 McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK StM I H CAROI IN \ Thursday, April 2, 1942 Soil Conservation Progress Made In McCormick County The main purpose of the work of Hie CCC camps that have been eperated within the Savannah Valley Soil Conservation District, in both Edgefield and McCormick coanties, was to demonstrate on as many farms as possible the best practices leading to efficient land use and the control of ero sion. Now that these camps have been abandoned, it is even more important that we all understand and apply the many practices that contribute to better farming in this county. Since the Savannah Valley Dis trict began operations in May 1940, farm plans—plans on which every acre on the farm is put to the most efficient use—have been prepared on 42 farms, represent ing 6,943 acres in McCormick ■county. A great many of the rec ommended practices have been applied on these farms, and many are yet to be applied. During the past year, these farmers have set up 224 acres of approved crop rotations; 100 acres r>f cultivated land were strip crop ped; 5 acres of Lespedeza Sericea T~ere planted; and 100 acres of terraces were constructed. These important farm operations were accomplished without any assis tance from the CCC camp labor and of course can still be put into effect by the farmers themselves The camps assisted in the planting of 40 acres of land to kudzu for use either as a hay crop, or as supplementary pasture, and 154 acres of more-severely e- roded land were ' planted to pine trees. In the future the farmers can easily complete any such planting by extending it over two or more years, if necessary, as the District will furnish the same a- mount of planting stock in coop erating with the farmers. improved pastures resulted on 100 acres in these farms. A large amount of this was accomplished by the farmers alone, and in other instances the camps assisted in the clearing and sodding of the land. This clearing of bottom land, where available, for pasture is an especially important prac tice in that it puts the pasture on that land best suited for the sup port of the necessary grasses. The camps also demonstrated good management of the farm woodland by thinning several small areas of woods in a manner that will result in better timber in the future. Harvesting the farm wood supply by the selective cut ting of diseased or crooked trees DON’T TAKE ANY CHANCES — PROTECT YOUR VALUABLE FUR COAT Against loss by fire, theft or damage by moths. We have the only Certified Cold Storage Vault in Augusta, Ga. Every fur stored with us is fully insured for your added protection. Don’t delay, store furs early. EXPERT WORKMANSHIP — Cleaning, glazing, repairing and remodeling, work of highest quality. Southeastern Fur Co. EXCLUSIVE FURRIERS 911 GREENE ST. AUGUSTA, GA. Buy Your Furniture From S. STROM I , Easy Payment Plan. No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. 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. will greatly increase our future re- K’pknrlrir»lr Tc lVTarlp» till*tv* frrtm tHo farm -nrnnrilanri XVCUliriL/l\. J.S, Farm Placement Supervisor In S. C. turns from the farm woodland. Several formerly unproductive j field borders were mulched by! camp crews ’before being seeded to Lespedeza Sericea which grows well on poorer land. This prac tice gives us a definite crop on areas that we have heretofore wasted seed and fertilizer in at tempting to cultivate cotton or ^orn, and can very easily be put into effect by all of us. In. planning for the coming year —the second year of National De fense—we must all plan to defend the soil along with our participa tion in the Food-for-Freedom pro gram, concludes the local Soil Conservation office. Regular Early Stands Of Cotton Important Clemson, March 28. — Shortages of boll weevil insecticidal ingre dients and equipment and indi cations of numerous hibernating weevils should encourage cotton rrowers to make every effort to secure good stands and early ma turity, W. C. Nettles, entomologist of the Clemson Extension Serv ice, said here today. When irregular stands are se cured and weevils are abundant, all insecticidal controls combined generally cannot insure a normal cottoh yield, he explained. Molas ses and dusting machines will be °specially hard to secure under war conditions. So the impor tance of cultural and other prac tices in securing good cotton stands reasonably early cannot be too greatly stressed as a first step in weevil damage prevention. “Numerous factors .contribute to securing good stands, such as planting seed of high germination, machine-delinting and treating to prevent seed decay and seedling diseases, and proper seedbed man agement to secure germination before the late April and May drought of frequent occurence be gins”, Mr. Nettles said. “Many growers in the Piedmont section fail in regard to this latter prac tice. Spring ploughing is retarded frequently because of wet weather. Then seed are planted in soil which dries rapidly and results in late-germinating and late-matur ing cotton, or ‘weevil fodder.’ “Conditions stated above assume even added importance this year in view of weevil hibernation re ports. In The Insect Pest Survey Bulletin, U. S. D. A., F. F. Ben dy, Bureau of Entomology, is quoted as of March 5: ‘In Florence county 42 samples of trash exam ined to date averaged 1,843 (boll) weevils per acre, as compared with 1960 weevils per acre in sim ilar examinations made during 1941, These early examinations in dicate that boll weevils are about as numerous as at this time last year.” Wilson O. Weldon Chosen To Preach USC Baccalaureate Coumbia, March 31.—The Rev. Wilson O. Weldon, pastor of the First Methodist church of China Grove, N. C., will deliver the bac calaureate sermon to the gradu ating class of the University of South Carolina May 31, President T. Rion McKissick announced to day. Mr. Weldon was graduated in 1931 from the University, where he won many honors as a student. Te was president of the senior class and the Euphradialn Literary Society. Under his editorship, rhe Gamecock, University student newspaper, was voted the best ollege weekly in the United States. After receiving his A. B. de^ee *rom the University, Mr. We v ’Tn was graduated from the l;e University School of Divinity. Ip •eturned to Columbia as assi- ' nt j the minister of the Was*' g- ton Street Methodist churcl n which capacity he did much xk vith Carolina students. He ir om Columbia to Winston-S*’'n .'T. C M beginning in his pr "n* pastorate at China Grove our /ears ago. Conley B. (“Jack”) Kendrick of Spartanburg has been designated as farm placement supervisor of the United States Employment {Service in South Carolina, Jos. L. Keitt, state director, announced today. Mr. Keitt said that Mr. Ken drick would have general super vision of the farm placement ac tivities in the entire state, advis ing the local Employment office managers in the farm placement employment problems and coordi nating this phase of Employment Service work in South Carolina. TLp appointment is in line with policies adopted and promulgated by the United States Employment Service, which is to give the great est possible assistance to farmers in helping them secure labor to meet the needs of the “Food For Victory” program sponsored by the United States Department of .Agriculture. The state director said that one representative in each local Em- oloyment office in South Carolina had been designated local farm placement officer and would give primary consideration at all times to the farm labor situation. Farm workers needing jobs and farmers seeding labor were urged to make full use of their local Employment Service office. The service is free to workers and employers. Full use of the service is more impor tant this year than in the history of the nation, due principally to expected shortages in labor as a result of the war program. Mr. Kendrick, a native of Union county, has had several years ex perience in Employment Service work. His early Employment Serv ice experience was with the Spar tanburg local office. From there he was promoted to the state ad ministrative office in Columbia. He was a member of the house of representatives in 1935 and 1936, and is a World war veteran. X Truck And Bus Operators To Study War Problems In Safety School At USC WOMEN in the NEWS i By JANET CUPLER .i 1 ♦ * WOMAN of the Week: Queen Elizabeth of England has set a gallant example by her courage, her strict economy and her wil lingness to observe rationing like everyone else. She buys no new clothes. With the rest of her family she has moved from Buck ingham palace into a small apart ment. When. King George visits air raid shelters, hospitals and bombed sections of London, she goes with him. Occasionally she and King George go to a movie. And when she is forced to spend time in a shelter she knits con stantly. t Author of Sitter M«ry'« Kitchea~ LAND ARMY: In Washington, D. C., the American Women’s Voluntary Services recently reg istered women for enlistment in a “woman’s volunteer land army.” Those registered are eligible to attend classes conducted by the University of Maryland extension service in the fundamentals of gardening, poultry care, dairying and probably in the operation farm machinery. * * * NEW LABELS: Housewives are advised to look carefully at the labels on sheets and pillow cases. By a new ruling of the Of fice of Price Administration which became effective in ' March, seconds” or substandard arti cles must be so marked by the manufacturer. ‘ Miss Helen Soren son, assistant professor of house hold management in the Uni versity of Illinois college of agri culture, points out, however, that ■in some cases this label may be removed before the articles are sold. T I-. V; i? i 5*' Columbia, March 31.—Problems engendered by the war will come up for consideration at the third annual safety school for truck and bus operators at the Univer sity of South Carolina April 7 and 8. Several hundred men employed in various fields of motor trans portation throughout the South east will attend the school which is conducted by the University’s extension division. Leading officials of automo bile associations, motor trans port lines, bus companies, public service commissions and other agencies will speak and lead dis cussions during the two-day ses- •ion, most subjects considered being connected with war-time problems. Topics to be considered include: conservation programs, new driv- jng hazards engendered by war time conditions, transportation of “xnlosives and other dangerous articles, how to reduce accidents through proper maintenance of present equipment, conservation of, tires and other equipment driver selection and training methods necessitated by person nel shortage, first aid instruction or drivers, what a driver should io during a blackout, and per- ormance and maintenance of ■'rakes. Registration will take place !rom 8:30 to 10 a. m. April 7 in the lobby of Drayton Hall on the University campus. Sessions will continue through the following afternoon. Agencies cooperating in the safety school are: bureau of motor carriers. Interstate Commerce commission; Motor Transporta tion Association of South Caro lina; South Carolina highway department and public service commission; South Carolina Pe troleum Industries Committee; National Bus Association; South Carolina Petroleum Haulers As sociation; American Trucking As sociation, Inc., and South Caro lina Hiahwav Users Conference. MORE AMBULANCES: Here’s good news. According to Mrs. Florence C. Barrete, director of the mid-west chapter of the British American Ambulance ’ corps, the Office of Production Manage ment has issued priority rights to that organization for 300 am- hiijanres to be used throughout America. * * * • FACTS ON FIGURES: The typical woman industrial worker is between 5 feet 2 inches and feet 7 inches tall. She weighs not less than 110 pounds and not more than 165. She is not left handed and she has a broad thumb. At least, those are the figures ar rived at by Mary Stuart Anderson state administrator of the NYA in Illinois, where the NYA conducts 49 “work experience centers.” SUNNY SIDE UP: A new kind of party ‘has grown out of the civilian defense program. People who meet for the first time at defense gatherings sometimes discover that they like each other so well that they get together a gain for a “block party.” —Buy Defense Bonds— xx Time was when the housewives throughout our land knew all a- bout “long sweetening” with home-grown sorghum molasses taking the place of our fine com mercial syrups of today. Sugarless Cake. Two and one-fourth cups sifted cake flour, 2 1-4 teaspoons double action baking powder or 3 1-4 sin gle action baking powder, 1-2 tea- spoon salt, 1-2 cup butter or other shortening, 2 teaspoons grated orange rind, 1 cup light corn syr up, 2 eggs (unbeaten), 1-2 cup milk, 1 1-2 teaspoons vanilla. Sift flour once, measure, add baking powder and salt and sift together three times. Cream shortening with orange rind and when light and creamy add syrup gradually, beating constantly and thoroughly. Add one-fourth the flour and beat until smooth and well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Add remaining flour alternately with of milk, beating well after each ad dition. Add vanilla. Bake in. two eight-inch layer pans in a mode rate oven for 30 minutes or until done. The oven temperature is 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Be sure to beat the batter thor oughly during the mixing. The frosting is made with semi sweet chocolate chips, using one package for each layer. As soon as cake can be removed from pans do so and place on a cookie sheet. Cover each layer with chocolate bits and slide into a warm oven just long enough to melt the chocolate. A tvarm cake will take about three minutes and a cold cake, six. Remove from ov en and spread softened chocolate over bottom layer, ieu,mg late run down over the sides. Ar range witn top layer and spread like bottom layer and then spread cnocolate evenly over the sides. Here Is a recipe for a steamed pudding that is delicious served with strained honey to which lem on juice has been added. Steamed Pudding Three tablespoons butter or oth er shortening, 1-2 cup molasses, 1-2 cup sweet milk, 1 7-8 cups flour, 1-2 teaspoon soda, 1-4 tea spoon each powdered clove and cinnamon, 1 cup stoned and chop ped dates, 1-2 teaspoon salt. Melt butter. Mix and sift flour, salt, soda and spices. Add with molasses and milk to melted but ter. Add dates and mix thorough ly. Turn into a buttered mold, cover and steam 2 1-2 hours. The amount of salt you use in a cake or pudding depends on the Kind of snortening you use. If you use an unsalted shortening naturally more salt is needed than with a salted shortening. —Buy Defense Bonds— XV DEFENSE BONDS -— - .a Vi U c/i<m J>a*1 fiv.- KfJ BU SEI There was a machinist named Harry Who worked in a steel mill at Gary, And always on pay day. Instead of a play day— He bought all the BOND? he could carry! You c;. n help fore' 1 t’ ^^'■=5 8tronnr*t anny in tlie »»otI '* Whether u 10® Defen' Stamp or nn J 10.75 Bono-- buy ref$jj!ar!y! Portugese Is Added To Curriculum Of USC Summer Session Columbia, March 31.—Portu gese will be taught for the first time at the summer session of the Jniversity of South Carolina vhich begins June 9, Dr. J. A. Stoddard, director, has an nounced. * Increased consciousnesss of the eed for closer association with '^atin American countries and mowledge of their language is responsible for the addition of qrtugese to the curriculum, Doc- jr Stoddard said. 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