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NO IDLE SEASON WINTER MAY BE NTIL1ZED TO TROY INSECT TtbTS BY J Winter presents opportunities 011 il the farm which do not offer them- < elves at any other season of the year, < ays A. F. fnttrudi, chief of the division of entomology of Clemson College. It certainly is a mistake to re- 1 gard winter the off or idle season of . the year. < In conversation witk a farmer liv- ! ing in the cotton boli-weevil territory. I the writer was proudly told that this I ' ' *- 2 -n h ; o AAttATl ! I farmer naa aesiroyeu an III? WViVti | stalks early in the fall. He was con- 5 rinced that he had done the right ? thing and was resting easy and in- ] tended to rest until planting time, j That this farmer was able to get his it crop picked in time to destroy his t stalks early was excellent, but it < was only the beginning of the cam- 1 paign. His neighbors had not been f able to destroy the stalks early be- < cause it had not been possible to < gather the crop in time. On many farms this step is neglected or omitted because its importance is not f realized. 1 Fight the Boll Weevil During Winter. 1 On all the farms where cotton 1 stalks are destroyed early, as well as i on all the farms where this is. not ' done, winter will hold a great oppor- 1 tunity before the farmers for a heavv J1 blow against the boll weevil. Many j t over-wintering weevils can be found to trash and rubbish in the fields. They are at the mercy of the farmers if they only will refuse to believe that winter is the off season. Many of the weevils can be destroyed by collecting the trash and then composting or burning it. Plowing and subsequent harrowing the land is still more effective. The work does not end here. Multitudes of weevils leave the cotton fields and winter along hedges, fences, turnrows. old buildings and in other waste places. Can the farmer regard winter the season of rest when these winter hotels are on his farm sheltertag hordes of weevils? Old sorghum r Knbble, which traps all kind of rubbish blown about by the wind, offers protection to the pest. The Bureau of Entomology. United States Department of Agriculture, gives an illusvharo thfl first infestation by weevils In one of their experimental fields occurred in the immediate vistalty of an old peach orchard where ftte weeds grew unchecked from year to year. When State Entomologist of Texas (he writer had an Isolated experimental field on which during one season * were artificially Introduced 30,000 liv!ag weevils collected from other ' elds. Three weeks before the first hilling frost, after the cotton had been licked, the stalks were destroyed, the 1 field plowed and planted to a cover 1 crop. During the winter the neighborhood of the field was cleaned of trash, < weeds, old grass and underbrush. The < field was planted in cotton the next eason and no appreciable injury re- i suited from weevils. Possibly this < was an exceptional opportunity for i staking such a test but similar cases 1 are on record. Hundreds of cases can i he cited from the records of the Bu- J reau of Entomology and the expert- < estce of successful farmers, showing i Cattle relish the wet Bucke RUCKEYE HULLS, after t or twelve hours, acquire i the succulent ensilage oac Simply feed rBAOt MA RUCK W U COTTON5 V HUL UNTLE properly and your stock will li other roughage. Once they < they will not be satisfied with There is every reason why i Buckeye Hulls. They are ail worthless as forage; no dirt, t Other Advc Buckeye Hulls cost much less per T ton than old 3tyle hulls. T Buckeye Hulls allow better assimilation of other food- T Every pound goes farther. Mr. L R. Farmer, Louisville, Ga. that he has used no other hulls year and gets good results. C ered with cough since using Bi To secure the best results and to develop thoroughly twelve hoars before fe* wetting them down night and morning for this cannot be done, wet down at least feed the hulls dry, use only half as much Book of Mixed Gives tlie right formula for every co South. Tells how much to feed for tening, for work. Describes Buckeyt using them properly. Send for your Dept. k The Buckeye Co Atlanta Birm-nghim Creenwc Augusta Charlotte Jackson ON NHE FARM. GOOD ADVANTAGE TO DESPLOWING AND BURNING. he effectiveness of early destruction <f cotton stalks and clean farming iuring winter. The Corn-Stalk Borer. The notorious corn-stalk borer, which causes the windfalls of corn in July and August, stays in the stalks >r the stubbles of corn below the surface of the ground. From these worms :he candlefiies come next spring to ay eggs for a new brood of borers. 3o into any corn-stubble held in the 3outh. pull up a stubble and split it tnd you will see the larvae in the * - ? M*tiKKlA Kol/cor tho JKJl liUII ui 111C OlUUl/lo uviwtt vuv ground. Are we going to leave the stubble in the field all winter or make ivar on this army while they are at >ur mercy? Plow them under deep f possible. Otherwise plow them out ind expose them to the winter weathjr. We have killed as high as 80 per :ent in this manner. Preventing Red Spider in Cotton. While doing this we must not forget :hat along the edges of the field, along :erraces, ditch banks and other waste daces are the old poke-weed plant*, 'urnishing accommodations for cotton ed spider. Similar accommodations ?xist around tenant houses where vioets are grown. Destroy the poke weeds. root and all. It would be worth he effort to go over it with your teninfs and induce them to substitute tome other flowers for violets. Unloubtedlv. you have seen the red spiier spread from tenant houses a* een:ers: you have seen, time and again. *nttnn ruined alone terraces which were the homes of poke weeds. Life Everlasting, known by many is rabbit tobacco, i* a common weed In the sandy sections of the South, which shelters the bud-worm beetle luring winter. This pest comes forth nto corn fields in the spring, causing 'md-worm or fox-eared corn. It causes nuch replanting. Also, the weed harbors. on its roots, the cotton-root lice. Were they are diligently supported by ints which have made burrows from :heir nests to the roots of the plant, from where they transfer to the young jotton. If the winter food of the ouse is absent the ant loses Interest ind this fact Is taken advantage of. Dn one farm the damage was reduced from 35 per cent to almost nothing by winter cover crops and shallow cultivation when the cotton was young, rhe cover crop oonsists of rye and retch. It Is more than a cover crop, ft is a cleansing crop because it keeps lown the weeds. Fall plowing prior x> planting the cover crop ruins the lome of the cotton-boll worm. This Insect is the same as the corn-ear porrn and spends the winter about :wo and one-half Inches below the surface of the soil, provided the farmer leaves them there. The chinchbug stays under weeds, lead grass, rubbish, stones, around >ld stumps and other unkept places. The work of combating these pests should begin In the fall with cover jrope and carried through the winter is a general cleanlng-up campaign, rhis Is not only the most effective iray to fight field-crop Insects but It Is a very profitable procedure as part >f the yearly program of farm management. sweet odor of vo Hulls J V. A >eing wetted down for ten a taste or odor similar to >r that cattle like so welL PK ElYF >?ED 9 LS \ ss ike them better than any ire accustomed to them, i anything else. four cattle should relish roughage; no lint that is rash or dust. mtages hey take less space in the barn, hey are sacked?easy to handle. hey mix well, when wet, with other forage. , say*: but Buckeye for the past ows have not been bothickeye Hulls. the ensilage odor, wet the halls '.ding. It is easy to do this bj the next feeding. If at any time thirty (hinutes. If you prefer to i by bulk as of old style hulls. Feeds Free mbination of feeds used in the maintenance, for milk, for fat; Hulls and gives directions for copy to the nearest mill. tton Oil Co. Dept. K 11 r.d Little Rock Memphit Mucon Selma " ARMY AND NAVY siATl'JfJS. ' Food Uncle Sam Gives His Fighters on Land and Sea. Uncle .Sam has written generous menus for his lighting men on Ian*! and on sea and provides approx: matelv 2i> cents a day t? buy i'"- i for each one of his soldiers, and . like allowance is made for ids sailors. To i!ie housekeeper this >;wseems cniirelv inadequate, hut ii must iic remembered that L nc! Sani buys his supplies in ton lots and not by the pound. There is no guesswork in eithe: the army or the navy when it conic.to determining just how much food a man shall l?e given. All this has been figured out and the person charged with the responsibility of 8UDDlvinu the food merely follows ~ rr o certain tables. The fixed allowance or portion of food furnished a soldier or sailor each day is called a ration. It con sists of specified components or substitutive articles. There may be an overissue of any ration component, provided there is an underissue of equal value of other components, but the total cost of a man's rations at the end of a month must not exceed the average of the daily allowances for that period. In garrison or permanent camp, a soldier's allowance of food consist? of the following components and quantities or specified quantities of substitutes: Beef, 20 ounces; flour, 18 ounces; baking powder, .08 ounce; beans, 2.4 ounces; potatoes, 20 ounces; prunes, 1.28 ounces: coffee, 1.12 ounces; sugar, 3.2 ounces; evaporated milk, .5 ounce; vinegar. .16 gill; salt, .64 ounce; black pepper, .04 ounce; cinnamon, .014 ounce; lard, .64 ounce; butter, .5 ounce; sirup, .32 gill, and flavoring extract, .014 ounce. A number of substitute articles are provided for each of the ration components. For instance, instead of the 20 ounces of beef, a like quan tity of mutton may be supplied or 12 ounces of bacon, 16 of canned meat, 14 of dried fish or other meat substitutes. Instead of the bean component, 1.1G ounces of either rice or hominy may be supplied. Prescribed quantities of dried apples or peaches or of jam and preserves may be substituted for the prunes. The reserve ration is less varied.?Popular Science Monthly. A Dilatory Paintar. One of the characteristics of Sir Thomas Lawrence, the portrait I painter, was dilatoriness. "Lord j Normanton," says a writer, "must have had the patience of a Job wedded to the politeness of a Grandison, for, although in 1818 Lady Normanton had already been sitting off and on for three years, I find him still, in 1824, discussing in the politest manner what the background of her ladyship's picture shall be and only venturing in the mildest way to remVi/imoa fhnf ho had also Ill 111 U l^li lauuiuu ?w himself been sitting to him evei since the year 18151" The portrait was delivered in 1827. Cables of Human Hair. When the Nishi Hongwanji temple, Japan, was being built, humaD hair was woven into ropes and used to hoist the heavy beams into theii places. This temple, built in the twelfth century, has a quaint record. It is the temple of a famous Japanese hero who in a quarrel killed his best friend. Horrified and repentant over what he had done, the man became a monk. This old temple of his is beautifully cared for. One of the attractions of the place is a tree trimmed to represent a great ship. Important Amendment. He was a new member of the harbor board in a northern seaside town and was attending his first meeting. The board was discussing a proposal to place two buoys at the entrance to the harbor for the guidance of mariners. "I beg to propose an amendment," said the new member, "that one man should be placed there instead of two boys, as the latter are too young for such a responsible position."?London Tit-Bits. Saved by His Wit, A soldier of Marshal Saxe's army, being discovered in a theft, was condemned to be hanged. What he had stolen might be worth 5 shillings. The marshal, meeting him as he was being led to execution, said to him, "What a miserable fool you were to risk your life for 5 shillings!" "General," replied the soldier, "I have risked it every day for my pay, fivepence." This repartee saved his life. ? In Arrears. "Poor Jibway!" "What's the matter with him?" "He wants to own an automobile and never passes a salesroom that he doesn't east yearning looks inside." "Umph! He's better off than some people who are afraid to pas? fry certain automobile salesrooms fcecause they haven't finished paying for their cars."?Exehanc* LESTY we take occasion to Dry Goods, Hats is the niftiest ontl If you want to be r cession, come in and I I ungstne The St Kingstree. w TL!_ IIT1 iras vv] Y People nee< of the econc certain dore to "their" dore. Many hundre since become < THE economic the community "their" dore to You can cor fad: by making from us. We convince you. Main St. KINGSTREE, Oil FOR remind you that 011 Clothing,! and Clothiiu tit ever opened in ight up to the front < 1 let us fit you out. Dry Good; ore of Quality > ill Appe OU! d only to be cc my and reliabi induce them t< ids of people h convinced that al and reliable r, and are m "their" advant wince yourself a few te& pi ask an opporf JCR] ? Near Depc r* .1 ooutn / a GET 4 ir stock of Shoes, F > this town. )f the pro N Co a uu* S. C. II M / al to f > m mvinced ility of a ) makeit |L ave long THIS is &ore of aking it age. : of this urchases :unity to ER j )t. Carolina ^ i 'j ! i j