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.•>» *M > Thursday, August 16, 1945
Cotton Report As Of
August 1,1945
A South Carolina cotton cropo
*720,000 bales of 500 pounds gross
weight is indicated from condi
tions on August 1, according to
report issued August 8th by Frank
O. Black, agricultural statisti
cian, Columbia. This is 144,000
bales or 17 per cent below, pro
duction last year and 35,000 bales
c r 5 per cent below the 10-year
<1934-43) average outturn bu
flightly above production in. 1942
and 1943.
The reported condition of ^ 77
r»er cent of normal on August"
indicates a yield of 341 pounds lint
per acre which compares with the
record of 384 pounds made last
year and 280 pounds average for
the ten years 1934-43.
The forecast of 720,000 bales is
based on the estimate of 1,020,000
acres in cultivation on July 1,
less the ten-year average aban
donment, or 1,013,000 acres for
harvest.
Reported weevil infestation in
dicates final loss of about 15 per
cent from weevils which compares
with 6 per cent last year and the
average loss of 12.4 per cent for
the decade 1934-43.
Advancement of the crop is a-
breast of usual but about 3 days
inter than last year according to
reports on the date of opening.
Crop correspondents estimate
that 99.5 per cent of the cotton
acreage received commercial fer-
lilizer this year with an average
cf 525 pounds and a cost of $8.73
per acre. This compares with 505
pounds and $8.08 per acre in 1944
xnd represents a gradual rise
since 1932 when the average a-
mount applied was 240 pounds at
a cost of $2.47 per acre.
A United States cotton crop for
1945 of. 10,134,000 bales of 500
pounds gross weight is forecast by
ihe Crop Reporting Board, based
upon information as of August 1.,
Buch a production would be 17
per cent or 2,096,000 bales less than
production in 1944, and 2,159,000
tales less than average produc
tion for the 10-year (1934-43) pe
riod. The indicated lint yield
per acre of 269.7 pounds is 39
-pounds above average yield and
lias been exceeded in only three
years, namely, 1944, 1942, and
1937. Allowing for average a-
handonment on the acreage in
cultivation on July 1 the acreage
for harvest this year is computed
at 18,034,000 acres —- 10 per cent
below acreage harvested in 1944
and the smallest during any of
ihe past 60 years.
The crop generally is late and
there are numerous complaints of
poor stands. Open weather dur
ing the last half of July, howev
er, has been beneficial in most
areas. Per acre yields are expect
ed to be below' those harvested
last year in all States except
Florida, New Mexico, and Cali-
lomia. However, above-average
yields are in prospect for all States,
except Missouri, Oklahoma, Cali
fornia, Kentucky, and Illinois.^ In
Missouri, and in the Delta coun
ties of Kentucky, Illinois, and Ten
nessee, prospective yields are much
below average as the result of
'continued and excessive rainfall
during the spring months. Rains
and floods also took a toll of the
crop in the lowland counties of
Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louis
iana, but for these States as a
whole a good crop is in prospect.
Jn Texas, the yield will be about
average. In the north central and
eastern parts of that State there
has been too much rainfall for
proper fruiting of the plants and
in northwest Texas the acreage is
much reduced and the crop very
late due to continued drought
through mid-July. In the re
mainder of the State a good crop
is in prospect.
No estimate of cottonseed pro
duction will be made until De
cember. If the ratio of cotton
lint to cottonseed is the same as
the average for the past 5 years,
however, production of cottonseed
would be 4,179,000 tons.
The report from the Bureau of
the Census shows 132,541 bales of
cotton ginned from the • crop of
1945 prior to August 1, compared
with 48,182 bales for 1944 and
? 07,053 bales for 1943.
Boys And Girls
Help Harvest
35,000, Farm Families
Now Have Electricity
Peach Crop clemsorl ; A ug. e.—up to July 1
a 1945 ’ 1*6 Rural ^ectrification Ad
Clemson, Aug. 11. — Three I minlstratlon had allotted $11,000 -
Ired and thirty boys and girts, 000 in loan funds ^ rural e lectri-
Uving in camps and; wor 8 ^ I cooperatives in South Carolina
Spartanburg, Saluda, and '^T na t;i ona i rea, headquarters in St.
counties one to four weeks, he^>- reports
d harvest one of the largest cooperatives had built 11,-
'each crons South Carolina has ^ m ii e s of lines and brought e-
ever produced, says W. L. Bran " i ec t r i C ity to 35,000 farm families
non, assistant state farm ^ a ^ or and other rural consumers, thus
upervisor with the Clemson Ex " increasing the comfort, conveni-
tension Sendee. Several thousand ence> and efficiency of farming
’ocal boys and girls assisted also - anc | rU ral life.
The work In York county was An REA loans
are made on a
lone bv the boys at Camp Oppor- se if.liquidating, 100 per cent fi-
' unity Schorl, jr., which was op- n ancing basis, at 2 per cent in-
'mted h"* <he Adult Division °Hterest for periods not exceeding 35
the State Department of Educa- y ears South Carolina coop
tion in cooperation with the Ex- era ti V es are paying off their REA
tension Farm Labor program. T* 1 * 5 Moans on schedule from revenues
group worked for one week. derived from consumers’ electric
The Spartanburg Junior Col- bills, REA records show.
iprm y/pr n<?ed in caring for 65 v
girls and 65 boys who harvested I
peaches in Spartanburg county for
two weeks. Sixty-five of these
young people came from different A ^ ,
towns in South Carolina and 65 Proper attentlon to thelr llve-
were from rural areas. Twenty- enterprises In late summer
two counties were represented In H 1 ^ we “- says County
this group-Anderson, Bamberg, A * ent w - Bonnette, who gives
Charleston, Chester, Colleton, Dor- the “ Important reminders. >
Chester, Fairfield, Florence, Green- Animal Husbandry
vine, Greenwood, Georgetown, Keep hogs on green forage.
Kershaw, Laurens, Lexington, Me-1 Cut feed weeds or green
Cormick, Newberry, Orangeburg, ,0T W ^ h °Sf In dry lot.
Oconee, Pickens, Richland, Sum- chan f ca “ le shee P,. from
ter, and Union. one P as u " 10 an °‘ her 85 °«? n “
, „ , practical (every three weeks if
The group at Ridge Spring was p OSS ibie)
made up of 68 boys from Charles- See that aU Uvegtock have salt
ton. Greenwood, McCormick, a nd I shade, and fresh water.
Richland counties. These *>°ys Reserve a permanent pasture for
were housed In the high schodl fall and early
building at Ridge Spring and were Sow small gralns with crlmson
served meals at the school lunch c]over for wlnter and early sprlng
room - grazing.
The boys and girls helped with Creep-feed calves on whatever
such jobs as picking, grading, ring- grain is available,
ing, tubbing, filing tickets, top- Dairying
ping, and stamping. The groups August is hay-making month,
averaged about 16 years of age g e very careful, to cut at proper
UDGET
1— What was the most important invention of Benjamin
Franklin? (a) printing press, (b) bifdeal spectacles, (c) plow,
(d) lightning rod. -—
2— Prime Minister Attlee (a) graduated from Oxford, (b)
never attended college, <c) attended only a trade school, (d)
finished only common school.
3— Haiti is a republic with a population largely (a) Caucasian,
(b) Negroid, (c) Indian, (d) Oriental.
4— Kiln dried jam her will contain what per cent moisture?
(a) 1 per cent, (b) 10 per cent, (c) 15 per cent, (d) 20 per cent.
5— What state did not send delegates to the constitutional con
vention? (a) New York, (b) Virginia, (c) Rhode Island, (d) Penn
sylvania. ■■
ANSWERS:
1.—<b> Bifocal spectacles.
S.—lb) Negroid.
t.—(a) He graduated from Oxford.
4.—(b) From & to 1* per cent.
6*—<c) Rhode Island, who feared a national covernment would ruin
local commerce.
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Livestock Guide
TELEFACT
BUSINESS IN 1944 U.S.A.
(TOTAL GOODS AND SOMCCS PRODUCED)
SISISISISIS
130 MtiON DOLLARS
1943 0©0©0©©©0{
117 MUON DOLLARS
1944
197 MUON DOLLARS
and did an excellent job of work,
Mr. Brannon declares.
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Two New Forestry
Districts Established
In South Carolina
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WAKE UP BUSINESS
By Advertising In | /
This Newspaper
VuS/HESS
Leading Golfers
Columbia, August 6. — In order
to facilitate and localize its activ
ities the South Carolina State
Commission of Forestry has es
tablished two new districts in the
state.
State Forester Chas. H. Flory,
in commenting oti this change,
stated that the new Kingstree of
fice located in the, County Wel
fare...Building in. t|iat city, is in
charge of District Forester Harold
R. Lesselbaum, former district for
ester at Florence. This new Kings
tree district will include the
counties of Georgetown, Berkeley,
Clarendon and Williamsburg.
Prior to the recent passage of the
State-Wide Fire Control Act only
Georgetown County had a fire
control organization, but as soon
as additional fire towers and tel
ephone lines are constructed and
personnel selected and trained, the
remainder of the counties in this
new district will be incooperated
In the organized State-Wide For
est Protection System.
The new office at Newberry,
which is located on the fifth floor
of the Exchange Bank Building, is
in charge of District Forester F.
M. Renfroe. This district includes
Newberry, Union, Fairfield, Ches
ter, Laurens, Greenwood, McCor
mick, Edgefield and Saluda Coun
ties. Of these counties, only Ches
ter and Fairfield have heretofore
been under Intensive forest fire
protection, therefore, a considera
ble portion of the district activi
ties will be devoted to the con
struction of the necessary fire
towers and telephone lines, as
well as the training of personnel
so that these counties may also
be included in the state-wide pro
tection system. District Forester
Renfroe was formerly on duty in
the Aiken district office. He will
be assisted by District Ranger Mel
ton Wall who was formerly con
nected with the Camden office of
the State Commission of Forest-
ry.
The commission hopes that the
creating of these two new districts
in the state will not only facili
tate forest fire protection activi
ties, but will enable the personnel
of the commission to render in
creased aid to woodland owners in It takes “the everlastin’ team
all counties in regard to the ap- work of every bloomin’ soul” to
plication of good forestry prac- make a rural community worth
tices in the growing of timber. | living in.
stage and cure so that the great
est amount of leaves and green
color can be preserved.
Mow pasture to keep grasses
tender and to kill weeds.
Maintain milk flow by tempora
ry grazing of Sudan grass or pearl
millet or by cutting green feed.
Keep milk products clean and
cool and deliver promptly.
Plan to* construct a trench, box,
or other type of silo.
Watch com for silage and cut
at proper stage.
Poultfy
Do not force the pullets into
production too early.
Clean and disinfect the laying
houses before putting the new pul
lets in them.
Free pulltes from internal and
external parasites before housing
if birds are infested.
Cull the nonlaying hens from
the old flock. Vaccinate pullets
for fowl pox or sorehead.
EALTH
TH A SMILE
Diet for Hot Weather
By Dr. J. B. Warren
TruiT e»«. VeG4.TAfll.E
; ALAD
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For hot weather eating starch
, and fat foods should be cut down
* as they are great heat producers.
J Food* to eat are meat or eggs
; m usual amounts to help build
body tissues, and plenty of leafy
vegetables — lettuce, cabbage,
eelery, cauliflower, watercress
—which are bulky, “fill” the
stomach and give a feeling of
“fullness” that prevents over
contain
per cent,
they do not heat up the body as
; Jo starchy vegetables.
j Fruits and fruit juices should
i be taken freely.
I “fullness” that preven
rating. Also as they
very little starch, 5 to 10 ]
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ortRii s blistering 37-36—73, three
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•» C'iA’r.fUk Betty Hicks of Mlr-o
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Ca«^7 »*»w k* use her irons.
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Two-year-old Lulabelle. owned by
■Crs. Walter Ludwig, of Pittsburgh,
protends disdain of her record of
«*ylng 31 eggs in 31 days. She
Chen took two days off and started
Miother record. Few ducks ever
same near this record.
With our gardens yielding vege
tables in abundance we want to
use just as many in as many ways
as we possibly can. Fresh vege
tables are delicious in salads and
salads have definite appeal during
the dog days of August. From a
health standpoint, too, salads fur
nish an ideal way of serving vege
tables.
It is recommended that we eat
certain foods daily which combine
very happily in salad concoctions.
From the “Basic Seven” foods we
must eat at least one large serving
every day of yellow and leafy green
vegetables which comprise group
one; and oranges, tomatoes, grape
fruit, raw cabbage and salad
greens which make up group two.
The average Victory garden in
cludes such vegetables as toma
toes, carrots, peppers and cabbage
and such greens as lettuce, endive,
romaine and parsley so that we
can provide our families with food
groups one and two by gathering
the materials from our own gar
dens.
One of the secrets of sestful
salads lies in thorough mari
nating In french dressing be
fore combining for serving.
Make the dressing with lemon
juice in order to bring out the
bidden flavors of vegetables.
Another important point in
making salads with cooked
vegetables is to use extreme
care in cooking them. They
should be tender but not mushy
and shapeless from over-cook-
ink.
If a salad of string beans has
been anathema to you, try it this
way and see if you don’t really lik*
it: Choose slender beans from yoiw
garden and cut them diagonally la
inch lengths. Put them on to coo»
in boiling water, using just enough
to keep them from sticking to tho
pan before tender. Add salt tb**
last ten minutes of cooking. Drai»
if necessary, add one tablespoon of
finely minced young onions to eac>
cup of beans and cover at once wii>
french dressing. Cool and chill Sr
the dressing. Drain off most cf
the marinade before combining
with the salad green and sprinkl'
generously with chopped parsley.
Too often a few tablespoonfuls ^f
vegetables are left after a meal
Marinate them in french dressi.i*
and then combine them with m.^j
onnaise and use to stuff tomatoc:..
Speaking of tomatoes, they a.**
infinitely better peeled. Dip in boii
ing water and let stand two mir-
utes. Then dip in cold wHtt:.
Chill and when ready to us? ti:r
skin will slip off like magic.
Since “only God can make a
tree” and He takes His good time
about it, who should dare care
lessly destroy trees?
A GOOD
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WHO
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ADVSRTISIIK?
The landowner who does not
terrace his fields and plant soil-
retaining cover crops is likely to
| “lose ground”.
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MAN OR WOMAN WANTED.
Good nearby Rawleigh Route now
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FOR SALE—One 9-room house,,
with bathroom, three screened
porches, water, electric lights; lot,
00x200 feet, on Washington Street
n McCormick. H. D. Wideman,
McCormick. S. C.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of McCormick.
In The Court Of Probate.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs.
Leila P. Percival, Administratrix
of the estate of Jimmie H. Per
cival. deceased, has this day made
application unto me for a final
accounting and discharge as such
Administratrix, and the 4th day
of September, 1945, at 10 o’clock,
A. M., has been fixed for the
hearing of said petition.
All persons holding claims a-
gainst said estate are hereby no
tified to present same on or by
above date.
0 J. W. CORLEY,
Judge of Probate, McCormick
Co., S. C.
August 3, 1945.—4t.
FINAL SETTLEMENT
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of McCormick.
In The Court Of Probate.
Notice is hereby given that Mrs.
Sue L. Self, i Administratrix, of the
estate of William Thomas Self,
deceased, has this day made ap
plication unto me for a final ac
counting and discharge as such.
Administratrix, and the 27th day
of August, 1945, at 10 o’clock, A.
M., has been fixed for the hearing
of said petition.
All persons holding claims a-
gainst said estate are hereby no
tified to present same on or by
above date.
J. W. CORLEY,
Judge of Probate, McCormick
Co., S. C.
July 27, 1945.—4t.
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