Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Office Supplies 1 KER OA N I FresK and on in plain and fancy boxes fr knone better than Kern's. KINGSTRE I Magazines and ? I Periodicals tOIIl] Farmers of Wil Dear Sirs: , Bring your tol tree, the best tot the State, and see Mules, Buggies, S Harness, Saddles, Grain Drills, Etc. Yours to Williamsburg 1 i 1 Kingstree, WATCHES JEWELI t OPTICAL GOOD CUT GLASS S, THOM. rktiAT 1TV TIT! ? - J ~ 257 Kins St., - < | ScottDi ^ II Come to us for all d tides. Our selections and popular in price. Bring us your presc I are all fresh and the served in the compour scription. j jj A fresh supply of I | ways on hand. Whei come to us and get N< 1 Scott Di Kingstree, nil _ m t 1 BX. Pi J. L. ST I HAS] 1 Horses ai * | For Sale or 1 J. L. ST 3? Livery, Feed a j| Lake City, m 1 Toilet Articles | ji DIES ! Cold Storage om 10c tol$2.00. There's j For sale here oniy'by :e drug ! -. Kodaks and I pany supplies 1 liamsburg: . aacco to Kingslacco market in us for Horses, Surreys, Wagons, Mowers, Rakes, | I I 1 piease, ive Stock Co. - S. C. U DIAMONDS S SILVERWARE NOVELTIES ETC. A.S dS C o., I VCLERS, | CHARLESTON, S. C. | j PUff Co. South Carolina |j [rugs and toilet ar3 are very complete riptions. Our drugs utmost care is prelding of every pretforris' Candies al1 you want Candy, orris'. ug Co., j South Carolina. j P K ON 1 II 1U VII || UCKEYl BOTH I! id Mules I Exchange. | uckeyI; nd Sale Stable ^ atte: big ree ON entire gDUR? T obacco Come an< QUALITY A S. M THE BIG STORE I Kingstrei I When in Tcm Store Headq mammammmmmammmm All Fresh Meats]and Veg THE PEOPLI H.?. MILLE f Pnnrl Thii UUUU I Nil Let us contr comfort by regularly wi good to eat antee the qi price to pie? ? /? i^ewis ? 202 West Main St. VMOMBBBHinaBMMBaHBHHHnHi If you are in bring what you need the money 1 to place all accou of the late Edito C. W. Wolfe, in attorney for colle not to do this if s evaded. 1 hi' lli IITBM1M?MMM?MMI NTION! HJCTION MY CTAPV 01 JG THE Season! i Compare ND PRICES! arcus ONJTHEJCORNER B, - S. C. vn Make Our Lmd uarters. Dili Call 3est Market Price ^Paid etables on Hand in Season. E'S MARKET R, Proprietor. * ngs to Eat ibute to your ^serving you th: something . We] guar lality and the ise you. & Carter Phone No. 143 | arrears send or are due us. We md will soon have nts due the estate r and Owner, Mr. the hands of an 'Ction. We prefer uch a step can be 'HE COUNTY RECORD. mmmmmmmmmmmmmnamam STATE CAN GR( IF FARMERS ! Proper Selection of Seed One ol creasing Average Yi Look For AIn 1914 South Carolina planted 1,925,000 acres in corn, producing 36,638,000 bushels, or 18.2 bushels per acre. Wisconsin, in the same year, planted 1,725,000 acres, producing 69,538,000 bushels, or 18.2 bushels per acre. Although South Carolina planted 250,000 acres more than did Wisconsin, the latter state made 33,324,000 bushels more corn?almost twice as j much as this state. Thlc ia nnt aa It should be. We IHetare making selections, nx on tne I type of stalk and ear desired and stick I to this type. Keep it always in mind | so that the selection will be alike. i Selections should always be made under uniform and normal cinditions. g Do not select from the best land. ^ Always take an average spot in the I field The stalk must be the first considI oration. A large ear taken from a | pile of corn will not necessarily be a I producer of large ears, since it might | have had a better chance than some A others in the field, the stalk might I have been too tall and slender, and a the ear might have been too high on | the stalk. It is, therefore, necessary H to know the stalk from which an ear I comes. I Select from stalks which are strong | and stocky, and gently tapering from director 01 cAicnsiuu at vxtmovu, |v meeting was in the nature of a roundtable discussion, and the growers took it as an opportunity to exchange their ideas and experiences. It developed that, with a very few exceptions, the growers were operating at a loss. The consensus was that the growers' system of marketing was wrong. They were unanimous in the bel'ef that they ought to get together upon some united and concerted scheme of sorting, grading, packing and selling their product. The growers next invited the market agent at Clemson Coilege and C. E. Basset of the Office of Markets and | Rural Organization. U. S. department of agriculture, to attend an informal | meeting of asparagus men at Ridge ! finHn? and another at Trenton. At I the Ridge Spring meeting it soon de? teloperf rjjgr the grower* had noi; sort the ground up. The ear should not be growing higher than ones shoulder, as this has an important bearing on the labor of gathering. The shank BETTER MARKETS Association Formed By Growei Section's Co-operating with the Office of Markets at Washington* Clentson College Is working out some practical and ef ficient marketing schemes. Some of the farming enterprises of South Carolina have been operating at a loss and * it is up to all concerned to consider and determine upon some plan of action that will solve the problems of ; marketing the state's products. Al- i though the marketing situation has not. by any means, been definitely worked out, some very significant work has nevertheless been decided upon and begun. One of the marketing schemes now under way is that adopted recently by the asparagus growers in the vicinity of Ridge Spring, Trenton, Williston, Elko and Blackville. On July 19 about twenty of the asparagus growers met in an informal ' way at Columbia with W. W. Long, ! "" A? - a a Plom o>>n Tho should be able to make as much corn per acre as any state. The question I is, how are we to go about it? There are two principal ways to increase, our average and under our conditions both are necessary. The first step lie3 in improving our land by means of thorough preparation, increasing j the supply of humus, and using commercial fertilizers intelligently. The second step is the improvement of seed by careful field selection. It has already bean demonstrated that our improved lands are capable of making from 40 to more than 100 bushels per acre. Just how much more can be grown 011 one acre with properly selected seed is yet to be seen, but we | should certainly by all means give I the seed question more serious I: inougnt. The livestock breeder is far more i particular in selecting breeding stoci; than is the average corn grower in | selecting seed corn. Yet the laws governing livestock improvement are j the same as those governing corn improvement. The man who raises hogs keeps only the best sows, which give the largest and most vigorous litters I of pigs. As some sows give better litters than others, so some ears of 1 corn will produce more corn than other ears. Therefore, make an efj fort to select the best ears for seed.' || Alter selecting them, test them to see j which'yield best. Seed selection must i begin in the field, in order to know j what kinds of stalks the ears come | from and what kind of chance they I had. Making Field Selections. )W MORE CORN 1 WILL SELECT SEED ' -i ; i-i.s f Most Effective Methods of Ineld?Some Points to I in Corn. z ' *? ' ; t should be just long enough to permit the ear to turn down at maturity. If earllness is desired, such stalks can be kept separate. Do not gather the corn until it is well matured. Mark each desirable stalk with a tag or by some other method and leave it standing in the field. If the corn is to be cut ana shocked, tne markea corn can be left and shocked separately. After the Field Selection. Field selection is of large importance, but there is work still to be done after the corn has been shocked and taken to the barn. Experiments have snown that an ear which is cylindrical, gently tapering, and has straight rows of deep, plump kernels will prroduce the highest percentage of grain. The accompanying photograph shows an ear of the desired type. The cob should be medium to small, rather than large. Large cobs mean a smaller percentage of grain, as well as & possibility of causing the grain to mold on account of the cob's not drying out. The grains should be long and full. A gently wedge-shaped and .A: Jik 'm -ir "a B b a A GOOD AND A BAD EAR A?Shows poor ear with too much space .between kernels. a?shows poinied kernels of same. B?shows good ear with no space bttween kernels, b?shows plump kernels of same. plump kernel will leave very little space between the rows. Sharply pointed grains are usually loose on the cob. The spacing and shape of the kernels will vary with the variety, but care should always be taken to select only those ears that have well developed kernels that are not loose on the cob. The careful study and selection of the individual ears must ba done after the corn has been brought to the barn and the farmer can do it in his spare time. As soon as the corn has been carefully selected it should be stored in a well ventilated room out of reach of rats and mice. It should be inspected at intervals throughout winter to see that it is in good condition. F. G. TARBOX, JR., Extension Corn Breeding Expert, Clemson Agricultural College. JOFUSPARAGUS rs of Five Towns Will Handle Output. ed, graded and packed uniformly. Much emphasis was laid on the necessity of adopting standard grades and a standard pack and upon rigid sorting, grading, packing and inspection. Mr. Basset pointed out the value of forming an asparagus Growers' Association. adopting rules and methods satisfactory to' all conce/ned, and putting the management of the association in the hands of the best available manager. This manager was to have competent inspectors to see that all asparagus coming into and going out of the association quarters was up to the standard. The inspectors were to see that all cars were carefully loaded and routed in accordance with the manager's instructions. The manager was to keep in touch with all markets and prices, and to sell to the best markets. With these suggestions in mind, the growers formed a temporary organization. A meeting for further organization was then held at Trenton and representatives from Ridge Spring, Trenton. Williston, Elko and Blaekville were present. J. N. Knight was chosen as chairman and B. R. Tillman, Jr., as secretary and by-laws were adopted. Eight representative directors were selected who will mee*t in 1 t Vi n A-crQ T1 ivotlnn January 10 mc uiR?.>l(,Uk.uu, draft artlc'es of incorporation and definitely decide upon a manager, inspectors and officers for the association. The success of this asscci. tlcn will depend not only on procuriu a cap^ ble manager but also upon he concerted support of every mea ?er. FRED W. HOFMA JN, Market i ;ent, Clemson Agricultural Co 'eg*. . _ M