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I McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 8, 1945 ttctOKMlCft rabllshed Kvery Thursday established June ft, IMS BDMOND J. McCKACKEN, Editor and Owner •ntered at the Post Office at Me Oenalck, 8. Cm as nail matter of Ike second d ■CBSCRIPTION RATES: • One Year $1.00 8!* Months .75 Three Months .50 i V f- i t Jj&djCU/a+id XUhnoVunv by Dun Robinson ; crisis FATS . - Save fats! We have all seen and heard that request so often since Pearl Har bor that most of us, by now, must feel a sense of guilt when we throw toy fats away. Nevertheless, less than half of the fats which are known to be used in the kitchens of our country are turned in. i The other day I talked with one . of the key men in this fats salvage compaign. He explained to me just . why there is a shortage -of fats and oils, why they are of para mount importance to our war pro gram and to our civilian life, and why it is of the utmost importance that every possible pound of these products be salvaged during 1945. Here is the picture, in brief: This country used to import between one billion and two billion pounds otf fats and oils. Most of them came from the Pacific islands—^including the Philippines. Our source erf sup ply from ouside the country, there fore, was immediately cut off when the Japanese war started. And/ in spite of^the fact that we have now won back some of those islands, it may be two years before we can expect to get any quantities of fats and oils from islands stripped bara by the Japanese. In 1944, when cattle and truck farmers broke all records, they were still unable to supply the mini mum essential demands for fats' and oils. So. with no imports pos sible, the only possible way to fill our needs is by increased salvage. USES .... civilian Why do we need fats and oils? I was under the impression that the greatest demand today was fo^ the manufacture of munitions. But I found that was only one of many vital uses. We do need plenty of fats and oils for munitions, but! ; we’ll get those somethow. If the 1 shortage got bad enough the army : would probably corral all the butter : *tnd lard from the consumer mar-f ! Vet, If It had to, rather than per,' rnit any slowdown in munitions ! manufacture. I But there are thousands of otheij needs for fats and oils besides munitions and food. There is hard ly any product you can think of which does not employ these prod- 'Wets during manufacture, including snch unrelated products arf elothes, paint, machinery, cosme* *es, hardware and furniture. And e*' course large quantitites are needed for the production of all *ypes of soap and soap powders < both for war and civilian use. • [ Thus, if there was too great a ! shortage of fats and oils it would Irirt our whole economy. The S ianufacture of all kinds of prod* cts would be halted. So, when C u contribute to the fats salvage moaign. you are not only helping to ease the situation for the manu facture of munitiphs, but :"ou are contributing to your own futt' re wel fare. Even if the war should 9-top to morrow, and fats and oils no long er were needed for making muni tions, salvage would have to con tinue for many months in order to keep manufacturers of civilian goods operating normally. ^ FARMS .... goals One of the strange things about fat salvage is this: the biggest por tion of fats is turned in by city housewives although by far the biggest potential source of fats is the farm kitchen. There are a ’number of explana tions. In the first place, the city housewife has never known just how to dispose of used fats while the farm wife can find many uses for them. Secondly, the city wife, during meat rationing, is anxious to get the red points which are given for fats which are turned in, while the farm wife doesn’t have to wor ry much about meat rationing. And in the third place—when the farm wife is so used to seeing quan tities of fats available around the farm, it is very difficult for her to conceive of the fact that she is making a major contribution to war effort when she turns in little cans of dirty, used cooking fats. Actually, whether we have a serious shortage this year or not will hinge on increased fats salvage from farms. The goal for 1945 has been set 100.000.000 pounds ahead of last year because that increase is considered absolutely neces sary to meet our nation’s needs. City women, who have got the habit of turning in fats, can’t be expected to turn in a great deal more than last year. So meeting the increase is largely up to farm women. And we can be sure that, when they are convinced of the need for this con tribution, patriotic farm wives can be counted upon to 9apply enough fats to keep our economy operating smoothly. r J ainp?.r Outfit Pattern No. 8742—Smartly styled button-front jumper for the fashion- wise young lady. Add the crisp blouse for an outfit you’ll live in— and love—and long remember. Pattern No. 8742 is designed for sizes 11, 13, 15. 17 and 19. Size 13. jumper, requires 3 yards of 35 or 39- inch material; blouse, short sleeves, 1% yards. Name... Address. Name of paper Pattern No Size *, Send 20 cents in coin (for each pattern desired) Patricia Dow Patterns 1IM Sixth Ave., New Tork 19. N. T. By ELLIOTT PINE ' Gil Dodda. young track star who (±ft athletics to enter the ministry, telieves that he could easily beat Lie men who are now running ’in Important meets in the East. He holds the Indoor record for the /nile. At a youth rally in Dallas, L’exas, where he stopped on his evangelistic swing, Dodds told his {•udience that he learned from the r£pistles of Paul, “the importance !>f getting* rid of excess weight to He a trade man. I also learned hrom him that in the game of I ife we must get rid of the excess veight that is sin.“ j Tommy Farr, the Welsh heavy- [ veight fighter who is now manager rf a bar in London, paid a $45 fine lor breaking a sailor’s nose. He said the seaman and four compan ions refused to leave at closing time and used “objectionable language.’’ Jockey Jimmy Harrell was killed bn the race track at Tiajuana, Mex ico, when he fell from his mount land was trampled. Johnny Crim- mins rolled a 300 game recently in {Detroit, the first perfect score in Michigan bowling tournament his tory. It was Crimmins’ 18th 300 game. The wartime ban on horse racing will be lifted as soon as * conditions permit, according to a letter written by Lncins Clay, deputy director of war pro grams. Mort Cooper, Claude Passeau and a few other big leaguers think that 13 is their lucky number, but A1 Lopez, Pirates’ catcher, calls 12 his favorite figure ... he wore It on his uniform last season . . . last year turned out to be his 12th 100- game major league season, tying him with Gabby Hartnett for the all-time National league record. Byron Nelson picked up some more war bonds by defeating Har old (“Jug”) McSpaden in their play off in the New Orleans open golf championship tourney. Nelson’s 6? was 7 under par. Betting at ic» hockey games is a complicate.^ process . . . wagers tire made or every play . . . during the lav* period there is a frantic scramble to get even. Mrs. Isabel Michalxo shot a hole-in-one on the Bingham ton, N. Y., golf course, thereby du plicating her husband’s feat of two years ago . . . and on the same hole, toot f Ford Frick, president of the N*-1 tional league, plays golf in the low 80s. The Detroit Lions are consid ering Utah as a training site next falL Pvt. Tommy Thompson, quarterback on the Philadelphia Eagles, has been decorated for val or near Verdun. A bill has been introduced in the New Mexico senate which provides that boxing and wrestling matches would hr banned if spectators became “noisy, rough or profane.** Early Spring Guide On Care Of Livestock Cautions On Insects In Flour And GriW Clemson, Feb. 26. — W. C. Net tles, Clemson extension entomolo gist, warns housewives against danger of flour insects, especially in enriched flour and grits. He quotes a recent U. S. Department of Agriculture release as follows: Providing for ample feeds and proper feeding are the most im portant matters in attention to livestock in early spring, says County Agent G. W. Bonnette, in making spring livestock sugges tions. Animal Husbandry Give brood rows special atten tion at farrow 4 ^ time. Large lit ters mean greater profits. Place sows and young pigs on territory uninfested with para sites. Cull out the unproductive sows. Plan to plant some Biloxi soy beans if possible for hog grazing. Use barley, rye, and oats for gracing with beef cattle and hogs. Give the ewes special care at lambing time. “LamMng time is “Special precautions need to be taken during storage to detect the the shepherd’s harvest.” * presence of flour insects and use| Prefer oats to corn when mules up enriched flour promptly, or to start heavy work. fumigate, sift, or treat it with a centrifugal machine as soon as infestation is detected.” Dairying Remove milking cows from lightly onion-infested pastures In the absence of specific infor- five hours before mUking. Keep mation, similar precautions should C0W3 off heavily infested* onion be observed with regard to corn- pastures. meal and enriched grits, Mr. Net tles suggests. These are more im- poratnt in the Southern diet than elsewhere. Flour beetles breed more prolif- ically in enriched flour than in un enriched. the same release ex plains. Recent research by USDA entomologists in cooperation with the Kansas Experiment Station indicates that enriched flour is no more attractive than unenriched to the flour beetle, and its larvae (worms) do not grow any faster. However, many more beetles are produced by feeding on enriched flour, thus providing pests to spoil j the enriched flour once it is in fested. “That insects prefer the germ part of the seeds of cereal grains may be confirmed on nearly any South Carolina farm,” says Mr. Nettles. “Insects are not credited with intelligence, but perhaps through instinct they select the portion of the grain which nutri tional authorities say is vital for growth either naturally or through [ enrichment.” Thoroughly clean up lots and haul off litter and manure to de- strey breeding places for flies. Use available acreage for more feed crops. Silage and legume hay make ideal roughage feed for next win ter. Plant one-half acre per cow in pearl millet for summer grazing. Clear brush and apply 200 pounds of superphosphate and one ton of ground limestone per acre to permanent pastures. Sow lespedeza on permanent pasture sod if none is present. Poultry Raise baby chicks on new ground. Provide feed for chicks in clean troughs or hoppers. Get chicks into sunshine early. Clean brooder houses regularly. Plant green feed for summer. Arrange to procure stock for J flock improvement next season. rxt One tree will make ten thousand matches, and look what one match jean do to ten thousand trees! Khoir the Meaning dl "Lo^slies* NEW DISCOVERIES BOOST, S. OIL RESERVES ' ' ( PETROLEUM POOLS INCREASE DESPITE HIGH WAR OUTPUT By AL JEDLICKA Oil—the “black gold” that powers and lubricates 20th century machinery and makes possible the engineering marvels of the age—continues to be found at a rate exceed ing production in the U. S. Vital to the world’s most mechanized economy, 2,067,- 000,000 barrels of oil were found in this country last year, offsetting the record-breaking production of 1,678,421,000 barrels not only for military and industrial purposes but also for the manufacture of synthetic^ rubber to keep Allied wheels spin ning. Showing a net gain of 389.000,000 barrels for 1944, total U. S. reserves increased to 20,453,321,000 barrels, making the country by far the most highly developed petroleum area in the world. How much oil actually is avail able in the U. S. is not known since the American Petroleum Institute, in computin’g reserves, only in cludes accurate recoverable discov eries and does not speculate upon untested resources. As a result, the institute does not include oil under the unproved por tions of partly developed fields; oil in untested prospects; oil that may be present in unknown prospects in regions believed to be generally fa vorable: oil that may exist in mod erately low pressure fields; oil that may become available by second ary recovery methods from fields where such techniques have not yet been applied; oil that may become available through chemical process ing of natural gas, and oil that can be made from coal or other sub stitutes. In making its estimates, the in stitute covers extensions of old wells and development of newly drilled fields with adjoining areas whose general characteristics indi cate that they are closely related to the producers. Because of its conservative ap proach, the institute said, its esti mates of reserves in particular areas may fall below actual sup plies. “In the case of new dis coveries, which are seldom fully de veloped in the first year, and, in fact, for several years thereafter.” the institute explained, “the esti mates of proved reserves . . . rep resent but a part . . . which may ultimately be assigned to the new reservoirs discovered each year. “For a one well field, where de velopment has not yet gone beyond the discovery well, the area as signed as proved is usually small in regions of complicated geological condit be larger relatively itions, but it may where the geology is simple . . .*’ Because of natural conditions, the institute warned, it is difficult to compute the rate at which new wells may produce, except that ex perience has shown a gradual de cline in output. “Oil cannot be produced from the permeable rocks in which it occurs at any desired rate,” the institute said, “because the flow of oil through the pores of the oil-bearing rocks is definitely controlled by physical factors of the reser voir. . . .’’ During 19i4. it was revealed, Ala bama, as the 26th state, was added to the roster of U. S. oil pfodticefs. with output estimated at 43.000 bar rels and reserves at 317,000. Meanwhile, the neighboring states of Louisiana and Mississippi led. all other oil producers in the discovery of new reserves, with the former adding 219,000,000 barrels to its sur plus and the latter 186.000,000. Dur ing the year, new strikes attracted swarms of oil. men to Louisiana, and, it was reported; several poor people were greatly enriched by contracting for their holdings. With discoveries of new reserves of approximately 800,000,000 bar rels, however, Texas remained the No. 1 petroleum center of the U. S., with total supplies of 11,375.480,000 barrels, 55.6 per cent of the nation’s pool. Following Texas, California ranked second in new discoveries, with 318,- 000.000 barrels and total reserves of 3,344.552,000 barrels t arge dis coveries in Oklahoma. Kansas and Illinois added to their substantial existing pools. During record • breaking opera tions for 1944, states produced in accordance with the size of their reserves, with Texas leading the field with 747,790,000 barrels. Next in line were California with 311,- 771,000 barrels; Louisiana, 129,- 550,000; Oklahoma, 124,727,000; Kansas, 99,030,000; Illinois. 77,296,- 000; New Mexico, 39,556,000; Wyo ming, 32,569,000; Arkansas, 29,441,- 000; Michigan, 18,559,000; Mississip pi, 16,367,000; Pennsylvania, 14,185,- 000; Kentucky, 9,677,000; Montana, 8,582,000; Indiana, 5,090,000; New York, 4,694,000; West Virginia, 3,- 084,000; Ohio, 2,944,000; Colorado, 2,960,000; Nebraska, 419,000; Wyo ming, 61,000; and Alabama, 43,000. DEALER Will buy by the Pen, Unit or Boundary HARRY REAM McCormick, S. C. Consumers Quality Baby Chicks Furred and White Rocks, Rhode Island and New Hampshire Reds. Hatches off each Tuesday and Friday. no __ $14.75 50 __ 7.50 25 __ 3.95 Add 50c for postage on 100, 40c on 50, and 30c on 25. All flock blood tested. Con sumers chicks are U. S. Pul- lorum controlled. Place orders in advance. CONSUMERS HATCHERY Augusta, Ga. Owned and operated by Con sumers Seed Co., Augusta’s Leading Seed Store. CITATION OF LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION w J A sour soil is as inefficient as sick person. A Chinese proverb says: “Today j is yesterday’s pupil.” By the same j token, today’s farmers learn from a | yesterday’s farmers — and excel them. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County Of McCormick. BY J. W. CORLEY, Probate Judge: WHEREAS, Mrs. C. E. Graves made suit to me to grant her Let ters of Administration of the Es tate and effects of C. E. Graves; THESE ARE THEREFORE, to cite and admonish all and singu lar the Kindred and Creditors of the said C. E. Graves, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at McCormick on March 12, 1945, Next, after publication hereof, at 10 o’clock in the fore noon, to show cause, if any they have, why the said Administration should not be granted. GIVEN under my hand, th i 26th dav of February, Anno Domini, 1945. J. W. CORLEY, Probate Judge. AT FIRST SIGN OF A i CrQ 666f ColdiPreparationB* at ^directedj