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The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, August 1, 1968—PAGE 5
The
County Agents
Column
Everywhere Bugs
Nature’s abundant rainfall
has created bug problems for
every one farmer and town
folks alike.
On the farm side, it’s boll
weevil and boll worm in cot
ton, spittlebug on bermuda
fields and pastures, bean bee
tle and other insects on soy
beans and plenty of flies on
cattle. We city folks also have
plenty of flies and mosquitces
about the house and yard. In
the home garden its insects of
every sort to contend with.
Many pecan trees have a spit
tlebug infestation.
Time and space do not per
mit giving control measures
for all the insect problems. We
do Urge everyone to check
crops and livestock frequently
and carry out recommended
control measures.
A Few Suggestions
C O T TON
Cotton farmers should by
all means continue their battle
against insects. It doesn’t pay
to wait until you’re EATEN
UP before starting to control
boll weevils and boll worms A
regular poisoning schedule of
5 to 7 days is needed to keep
cotton insects from taking
your crop profits.
WATCH PASTURES
We’ve found heavy damage
in some areas to bermuda pas
tures caused by spittlebug.
•Brown or dead looking , spots
in common or coastal bermuda
is a pretty sure sign of Spit
tlebug. Best remedy is to cut
it now as close as possible to
expose these bugs to the hot
sun. Spraying with Savin may
be needed in addition to this
treatment.
CONTROL FLIES
If your cows could talk,
they’d surely complain about
the flies. We’ve seen more
cows fighting flies in recent
weeks than we’ve ever seen be
fore. We’re practical enough to
know you can’t dust or spray
all of them as often as need
ed. Your best' bet is to let
the cows treat themselves.
Backrubbers or dusting stations
are easily constructed and will
do a good job of keeping cat
tle free of flies.
FARM SAFETY WEEK
July 21-27 has been desig
nated as National Farm Safe
ty Week. Take time to do your
part.
Most farm accidents happen
because someone is just too
busy to carry out simple safety
practices.
Proper machinery operation,
safe handling and storage of
fuel and farm chemicals, pro
per handling of farm animals—
these are but a few of the im
portant things to consider dur
ing Farm Safety Week.
Take time to check up, clean
up and make your farm a safer
place to live and work during
this important week.
Order Tree Seedlings Now
More than 40,000,000 tree
seedlings are being grown at
tht four S. C. State Commiss
ion of Forestry nurseries for
distribution to South Carolina
landowners this winter.
Slash, loblolly, longleaf, and
shortleaf and Virginia pines
are sold at $4.50 per thousand
seedlings at the state nurser
ies. Yellow poplar sweetgum
and white pine are $8 per M
seedlings; red cedar seedlings
are $10 and Scotch pine, black
walnut and Arizona cypress
$12 per M.
The most magnificent thing
about any task is the spirit in
which it is done.
Boozer rites
to be today
Clifford C. Boozer, 81, of
Route 2, Prosperity, died sud
denly Tuesday afternoon at
his home.
He was a native of the Stony
Hill section of the county, a
son of the late John Wesley
and Azilee Rhodes Boozer. He
was a retired farmer and a
blacksmith and member of St.
Luke’s Lutheran church.
Surviving are his wife, Mrs.
Kay Whitman Boozer, a son,
Cecil Edwin Boozer of Colum
bus, Ga.; two daughters, Mrs.
Frank Lever of Augusta, Ga.,
and Mrs. Ray Taylyor, Green
wood; a sister, Mrs. Allen
Hunter of Prosperity.
Funeral services will be
held at his church this (Thurs
day) afternoon at 4 p.m.
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