The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, January 10, 1918, Image 6
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