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t • V McCORMICK MESSENGER, M^ORMlCk SOUTH CAROLINA Thursday, March 8, 1945 'Cooperate With Nature “Cooperate with Nature and the Almighty by making your crops fit the. land and the shape of the land, instead of trying to make the land fit your crops.” This is the advice to farmers from Dr,'H. H. Bennett, chief of the U. S. Soil Conservation Service, vrho was recently named as 1944 ' Man of the Year in Southern Ag- liculture” by a leading Southern farsa publication (The Progressive i armer.) In setting forth a 10-po^t “Southern Soil Conservation Plat- lorm,” Bennett emphasizes the im portance of proper use of the land by explaining that primarily this s.xans using the most level land on < ach farm for row crops, moder ately steep slopes for grass and grain, and keeping all very steep tiopes in trees and grass. As another point in the 10-point platform, Bennett suggests “A bet ter Southern farming system, in cluding especially better planned rotations, less land in row crops, tmd a better balance between crops and livestock. Contour farming, - listed as point No. 3, is another form of coopera- iion necessary to save soils,. Ben nett declares, adding that “straight line plowing in a slop ing country defies Nature and Invites disaster.” “Grow soil-holding crops with cr after all soil-robbing crops, with a constant effort to have two-thirds as much green land in winter as in summer,” Bennett urges as point No. 4. The slogan, “The South will come into its own v/hen its fields are green in win ter” deserves constant emphasis, lie says. Other points listed are: 5. Adequate high quality terrac ing. 6. Strip cropping to control e- rosion on long, gentle slopes. i. 7. A vegetative muTch on the soil surface. Soils. 9. Drainage of too-wet lands as a companion conservation meas ure to moisture-holding practices on too-dry lahd. 10. Cooperation with one’s neighbors in activities of the local soil conservation district to control erosion—the first necessity for all Southern farm progress. . , X-—* Insure Victory Garden Clemson, March 3. — Organic matter in the garden soil is drought insurance, declares A. E. Schilletter, Clemson extension horticulturist,. It is important, therefore, to incorporate a good supply of manure or compost in the garden soil as a first step in preparing for a good Victory gar den. Liberal additions of organic matter to garden soils have five important effects, Mr. Schilletter points out. These qre: 1. Organic matter aids in ab sorption and storage of moisture in the soil for the use of plants. This is true whether the water comes from rain, or irrigation. 2. Organic matter is the best soil conditioner. It makp heavy clays friable and easier to cultivate, and ♦ sandy soils more loamy and capa ble or holding water. ^ 3. Well rotted organic matter supplies some plant foed—manure supplies a good deal—and makes chemical fertilizers more efficient. 4. It acts as a buffer to prevent too rapid change of temperature and it protects plants against pos sible excess of harmful materials. 5. It is a source of food for bac teria and other micro-organisms that work in the soil for the wel fare of the plant. Mixed with clay, compost im proves the condition of the soil so j greatly that cultivation during the growing season is much lighter, | the horticulturist explains. So the gardener gains by not having to work so hard cultivating - in sum- WHY PlILPWOOD WORKERS / * * ^ ‘ t are draft deferred mer h eat - Added to sandy soils, 8. Kudzu, crotalaria, sericea les- comport improves the water-hold- pedeza, and ani^ial lespedeza— ing capacity, checks leaching of | The “Big Pour” among crops for fertilizer, and lightens the labor of I saving and improving Southern providing water for the crops. j ! R ecent draft regulations raising pulpwood produc tion from “essential" to “criti cal”, thereby giving pulpwood workers the highest deferment preference, emphasize the ex treme impor tance of pulpwood in the war. • ✓ \ ; More Men Needed Now .• * Any man who w'ants to serve his country to the fullest ex tent as a civilian can find this • • opportunity in pulpwood work In addition to its high draft rating, it is healthy, outdoor work; it pays well; has a fine post-war future; and positions are open in almost any rural community—you don’t have to go to some distant and over crowded city. If you want to find work in this vital war industry, see the wood buyer at our mill or any dealer from whom we buy. PREVENT FOREST FIRE! \ In wor or peace, growing timber is one of our most important national resources. Fire is waste! Don*! let it happen. Watch matches — cigarettes — fires. Be sure they are out. JOHN TO ONLV106 IBSr REGAINS 101RETONGA Mrs. Kennedy Says She Felt About As Weak And Run Down As Anyone Could And Keep Going. Retonga |i Far Beyond tter Expecta - - * • turns. Thousands of weak, undernour ished, underweight men and wom en are greatly praising Re tonga for the relief this noted medicine 'gave them. For instance Mrs. T. L. Kennedy, 211 E. Green St., Wil son, N. C„ happily states: “When I started taking Re to: J weighed only 106 pounds. N I weigh 116 and I feel splem For two or three years I felt a- nout as weak and rundown as a person could and keep going. My .• opetite was very poor and noth ing I ate seemed to give me any oiength. My nerves were easily unset, and I suffered badly from sluggish elimination. I suppose I was very toxic for at times I had hes and pains throughout my whole body. My weight started going down, and nothing I tried itemed to help. “Retonga gave me relief far be yond my expectations. I have a MRS. T. L. KENNEDY real appetite, and I have regain ed ten pounds. My nerves have settled down, I sleep fine, and ev en that terrible sluggish elimina tion is relieved. I feel lots strong er and my housework is again a pleasure. Retonga is simply grand.” Retonga is intended to relieve distress due to Vitamin B-l defi ciency, constipation, insufficient flow of digestive juices ip the stomach, and loss of appetite. Ac cept no substitute. Retonga may be obtained at Peoples Drug Store. —Adv. mi \ T WEST VIRGINIA PULP & PAPER CO. CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA «.f in touch with Ih. ctootor in your frritory from whom w» buy woo* , n. m. WINN. PLum UKAJNCH, S. C. VICTORY PULPWOOD CAMPAIGN POULTRY TRUCK AT McCOR MICK MONDAY, MARCH 12TH Nearly 5,000 Attend USC Religious Meets Columbia, Feb. 28. — Attendance upon sessions of the religious em phasis week recently held at the University of South Carolina to talled 4,956/official figures releas ed today revealed. More than 1,000 individual stu dents attended the various convo cations, seminares, and other group meetings which constituted the religious emphasis week pro gram. Speakers included many nationally known leaders of re ligious thought. This annual program is spon sored by the University religious organizations and . Columbia churches of all denominations. X Spouts Five Miles March Farm Calendar Last shipment of season. We will pay the follow ing prices for poultry at the depot platform at Mc Cormick on Monday. March 12, 1945, from 12 o’ clock noon to 1 o’clock p. m. COLORED HENS, per pound 26c LEGHORN HENS, per pound 23c ROOSTERS, per pound 15c DUCKS & GEESE, per pound 15c TURKEYS, per pound 30c GREENVILLE POULTRY CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. ' * A close view of waterspout which helps to dispel the belief that spouts are solid columns of water. Spray at the base of the column obscures the point where the waterspout touches the sea. This Pacific spout is 500 feet in diameter and rises five miles into the clouds. To get ready for a better year in farming, Cpunty Agent G. W. Bon- jmtte makes these better farming I suggestions for March: 1 Agronomy Make, save, and use farm ma nures and compost in producing crops. Study carefully the^ needs of your soil for food to feed the plants grown on that soil and buy fertilizer to suit. Plan to manufacture nitrogen on the farm; that is, grow more legumes. Buy enough improved seed to grow your next year’s supply of seed, to maintain quality produc tion. If not already sown, sow lespe deza early in March. Be sure to make last top-dress ing on grain before end of month. Horticulture Set out frujt trees for home or chards if not already set. Plant raspberries and blackber ries any time this month. Apply spring fertilizer to or chards. Plant hardy vegetables now, mch as cabbage, turnip, mustard, pinach, kale, lettuce. Begin now making plans to pro duce an abundant supply of. veg- tables for home use throughout .he year. Get gardening publications from extension agents. The Vic- cry garden was never more im- jortant than now. Insects and Diseases Treat cotton seed to prevent lamping-off and to obtain bet ter stand. Machine-delinting of cotton ecd should be done before and not ajfter treating with mercury dust. Get and study Extension Bulle tin 96, “Important Field Crop In jects”, for crop insect control. Control cutworms with poisoned bran mash. Plant wilt-resistant tomatoes and cotton. Get Extension Circular 262, “Longer Life for Fence Posts”. Better care of bees will help out in sugar shortage. Clean and repair bee equipment. Agricultural Engineering Check over all farm machinery for needed repairs, and purchase or order parts now. Put planters and fertilizer dis tributors in shape right away. Plow terraces before planting to give them extra width and height. Investigate the possibilities of irrigating the Victory garden. Order gin repair parts and e- quipment now. ; A GOOD SALESM WHO WORKS CHEAP NEWSPAPER ADV6RTISin4 & INSURANCE Fire Insurance And All Other Kinds of Insurance Ih« eluding Life Insurance. HUGH C. BROWN. McCORMICK. S. C. WANT ADV. HAULING — When you have any local hauling, contact us. Mrs. Lizzie C. Horne, Motor Express, Troy, S. C. FOR SALE — Several hundred bushels of oats, at $1.20 per bush el at my farm, where purchaser brings own sacks. H. E. Freeland, Parksville, S. C., R. 1. LOST — The No. 3 and No. 4 ration books of Jennings C. and John W. Brown. Mrs. Yarbrough Brown. R. 1, McCormick, S. C. “Now is indeed the golden op portunity for farmers to pay off every debt they possibly can, af ter buying a liberal amount of War Bonds. Realistic postwar planning can hardy have a bet ter goal than this: A debt-free term with ample savings in War Bonds to make delayed purchs''? of needed equipment and conv n- tences for farm and home.” — ”) \ Clarence Poe, in The Progres Farmer. -X- The road to the Land of B ter Farming is a sort of Pilgrim’s Progress with its Sloughs of De spond and its Hills of Delight. Charleston Wakefield Cabbage plants from reliable seed, $2.00 per M or 25 cents per hundred at my farm. C. E. Wilkie, R. 1, Plum Branch, S. C. X I will give $5.00 for recovery of small gold plated wrist watch with black band worn thin, lost Au gust 26, 1944. Edith Hardy, Mc Cormick, S. C. WRITE A WANT AD CASH IN ON STUFF f IN f** tHE ATTIC ***: E ATTIC =d - M