Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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r McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, October 15, 1942 State Fair Extension Exhibit Shows Farm Contribution To War October 10. t— Visitors •to tkae State Fair October 19-24 look for the “horn of plenty" of the state Extension Serv ice for a fuller appreciation of the patriotic service the farmers ojt South Carolina are rendering in time of war. The theme of this year’s Exten sion Service exhibit is “South Caro lina Farmers’ Contribution to the War Effort/’ and the display will emphasize the stepped-up produc tion in 1942 of the food, feed, and N fiber and other farm products im portant in the conduct of all-out war. The production figures which will accompany the products dis play show fine results of the war efforts of farmers under the guid ance of extension and other lead ers. Food products from South Caro lina farms in 1942 will total 2,790,- 742,000 pounds, the figures show. Outstanding among these are 68,- 372,000 gallons of milk; 154,000,- 000 pounds of pork; 26,400,000 doz en eggs; 29,160,000 pounds of broil ers; 5,890,000 bushels of sweet potatoes; 3,108,000 bushels of Irish potatoes; 2,755,000 bushels of wheat for flour; 61,800,000 pounds of beef and veal; 798,700,000 pounds of vegetables; and 3,500,000 bushels of peaches. Feed for livestock will total 3,- 457,000,000 pounds, some of the principal items being 21,044,000 bushels of corn; 11,534,000 bushels of oats; 2,334,000 bushels of velvet MULES AND MARES -r ‘v m: ,\Y beans; 329,000,000 pounds of cotton seed meal; 182,000,000 pounds of cottonseed hulls; and 8,000,000 pounds of milk. Fiber products, including cotton, linters, and wool, will total 462,- 775,000 pounds; and other farm products will include 92,250,000 pounds of tobacco; 35,500,000 pounds of peanuts for oil; 194,712,000 pounds of seed for planting; 1,- 250,000,000 board feet of lumber; about one million cords each of pulpwood and firewood; and 12,- 000,000 pounds of rosin. The exhibit is being preparel by various members of the staff of the Extension Service under im mediate direction of a steering committee consisting of H. A. Woodle, agronomist, charman; C. G. Cushman, dairy specialist, E. C. Turner, conservation specialist; and Kermit Ray, assistant agricul tural engineer. x 'd/m? \ Just received a nice shipment of Good, Sound, Yodng Tennessee Mules and Mares. Call at my stables on Upper Main Street and look them over. J. L. SMITH Upper Main Street McCormick, S. C. MED JANET CUPLEIft CIVIL SERVICE: To help sup ply the war department in Wash ington with urgently needed stenographers, typists and clerks, the U. S. civil service commission has announced a special recruiting program. To qualify you must be 17 1-2 years old (there is no maxi mum age limit) and must pass a general intelligence test. Stenog raphers should have a minimum shorthand speed of 80 words, a minimum typing speed of 35 words, per minute. The required speed for typists is also 35 words per minute. The secretary of the board of civil service examiners at your nearest first or second class post office will give you the examination, or tell you where you can take it. 1 * * * PACKS ’CHUTES: Three years ago Maxine Robinson was the of ficial University of Texas “sweet heart." Today she is packing parachutes at Randolph Field. A lot has happened in the mean time. She was aboard the Athen ia, returning with school friends from a trip to Europe. They were eating dinner when a Nazi tor pedo crashed through the side of the ship. “I vowed then," Maxine says, “that I’d repay those mur derers." * * * NOT NECESSARY: There is ap parently a widespread miscon ception that auxiliaries (privates) in the WAAC must have a col lege degree. Only a high school education is required. This mis understanding has been a matter of great concern to Mrs. Oveta Culp Hobby, director of the WAAC, who says that she cannot under stand how it started. * * * ENLISTED WAVES: And while we’re at it, there’s another rumor we may as well dispose of. En listed WAVES will definitely not wear middy blouses, like those worn by seamen. There is very little difference between the uni forms of officers and enlisted per sonnel. Enlisted WAVES will not wear sleeve stripes. Black but- .ons will replace the gold ones .vorn by officers. Their hats will carry “U. S. Navy" in gold on the band instead of an anchor (chief petty officers will wear a gold anchor with “U. S. N.” superim posed). The style of the hat will be somewhat different. But the skirt and jacket will be the same as those worn by officers. X Harvest Sweet Potato Crop In October Sun Cultivator Disks in Reverse Easy Way to Handle Troublesome Vines Clemson, Oct. 3.—Reminding growers that October is the right month to harvest sweet potatoes intended for storage, Dr. J. B Edmond, associate horticulturist, and W. N. Adams, assistant agri cultural engineer, of the South Carolina Experiment Station, warn against the danger of letting frost kill the vines and explain an easy way of cutting and cov ering the vines for easier harvest ing. “The purpose of curing pota toes is to heal the cut and bruised TRUCK TIRES RECAPPED We have all sizes rubber. Send us your tires and rationing certificates, or see John Warren. HOLLOWAY-DOUGHTY 811 Ellis Street. Augusta, Ga. Tractor Tires Repaired. TRUCK AND CAR OWNERS! IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE FOR NEW TIRES, YOU CAN BUY THEM AT SEARS IN AUGUSTA. ALLSTATE TIRES GIVE MAXIMUM SERVICE dm w v ..... AUGUSTA’S MOST COMPLETE DEPARTMENT STORE SEARS. ROEBUCK AND CO AUGUSTA, GA. ikW. Wi: ... ■ F/, throw qour junk into tho Don’t think you’ve collected enough scrap already—no matter how hard you’ve worked at it! Our war production program still calls for six-million tons MORE scrap iron and steel! The enemy controls over 90% of the world’s crude rubber, and we won’t be turning out synthetic rubber for at least a year. War plants need every o^nce tfcey can get. Junk salvaging is all the people’s job. . . . That’s why the newspapers of S. C. are so interested in. this great endeavor. They’ve offered valuable • prizes to S. C. students, for salvage collection. The Grand Prize is a trip to Washingtgon, D. C, (all expenses paid) for the largest individual collection of scrap. You can count on America’s school youth to do a grand job* You and we can help them do a better iob. There’s nothing too small for their attention. There’s nothing too big. Scour your basements, your attic, your woodsheds, your clothes closets for scrap. Haye it ready for them when they call on you— or, if it is too heavy for them to carry—take it or send it to the Official Salvage Depot. 11 ir Help The Boys And Girls The pu. c school student! of Sc i-t Carolina are now en uged in a great Salvage Collection Drive, They’re doing their best to help " in the war, won’t .you h.vj by giving your iunk/ Thi* Advertisement Published in Cooperation With The S. C. Press Association by McCORMICK MESSENGER Buy Your Furniture From i. S. STROM Easy Payment Plan. # -' T No Carrying Charge. McCormick, S. C. surfaces, to develop a thick skin, and to increase the quality of the flesh," Dr. Edmond explains. “A thick, well developed skin is nec essary to reduce shrinkage in storage and to resist the attacks or rot-producing organisms. When the skin develops slowly, the po tatoes shrink badly and rot-pro ducing organisms gain easy en trance. The temperatures during the harvesting and curing periods largely determine the rate of new skin formation. High tempera tures promote a rapid development of the skin, while low tempera tures retard its development. For this reason the moderately warm, ,unny days of October are more 'avorable for rapid curing of the roots than the cool, rainy days of early Noverr«ber. “The belief that a frost should touch the vines before the pota- oes are harvested has resulted in cnsiderable losses in the past. These losses could be avoided ov larvesting when the weather is varm.” “One of the major problems that, arise at potato digging time is the fact that the vines are con- auaily choking up the plow and forcing it out of the ground," >ays Mr. McAdams. “Where eith er a one-row riding cultivator or \ one-row or two-row tractor cul tivator is avalable, the vines can be easily cut and covered in the middles. “Take the disk hillers that came with the cultivator and set the disks with a slight angle just op- nosite from the way that you would set them for throwing up a bed. The disks will shave off the sides of the bed, cutting the vines and covering them »in the middles." “Only those who have taken time to think through the bene fits resulting from serving school lunches can realize what it has meant to South Carolina to have the c^Iftren in schools fed at least one balanced lunch during the dajr. Attendance has been increased, scholarship has been raised 1 , and the general health conditions have been improved.”— Jessie H. Laurence, Women’s Coun- cil for the Common Good. DR. HENRY J. GODIN Sight * Specialist Eyes Examined Spectacles And Eye Glasses Professionally Fitted. B56 Broad Street Augusta. Ga. 's Country people have Natu great out-of-doors gratis for tbc'r parks, while city people pay mil lions for their man-made parks. xx “How can a man take root and thrive without land?"—John Bur roughs. INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance In cluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN, McCORMICK. S. C. The Poor Cave Man Had No Newspaper To Advertise In. ' • » But You Have !! ©f! Every good farmer makes war on waste in field or barn or shop. x When farmers cooperate they take some of the gamble out of Uieir business.