The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 02, 1922, Image 7
DISEASE MAY START
IN TOBACCO BEDS
Expert Tells How to Prevent Them
Appearing on Your Seedling
Plants.
Several of the most destructive diseases
of tobacco, including wildfire,'
angular leafs pot, sore shin and root
knot have been shown to originate!
in the plant bed, and consequently,1
to be carried to the fields at time
of transplanting. The most satisfactory
way of combating these dis- j
I eases is the prevention of their oc-1
I currence on the seedling plants. This
I can be accomplished largely by iving
attention to the three sources of infection,
namely: (a) the soil itself;
(b) the plant bed cloths; and (c) the
seed. ,
(a) The soil. The scarcity of wood
in many sections has made the burn-;
:? koH vprv oxDensive 1
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and in many cases the land is not
burned at all. In such cases, especially
when old plant beds are used,
there is considerable likelihood of the
occurrence of seedling diseases. Too
few growers realize that burning the
^ beds not only destroys the grass a^d
weed seeds and thus removes the
necessity of weeding, but also destroys
germs which may harbor in;
i the soil and which may attack the
seeding. Whether one plans to use
the same bed for a term of years or^
to make a new one every year, sterilization
should be regarded as an essential
part of seed bed preparation
which cannot with safety be omitted, i
Best results follow the use of steam !
in sterilization, but this is possible1
only for those provided with a steam
I engine or boiler. Detailed instructions
for the use of such an outfit
will gladly be furnished upon appli>
cation.
(b) The plant bed cloths. In cases
ir. which old cloths are used, since.
fields observations indicate that thesej
cloths can harbor disease germs, it'
is advisable that they be boiled in
water for a few minutes and dried (
before being placed upon the beds.
No such precaution, is of course necacaonr
with n?v dotllR.
(c) The seed. Since both wildfire
and angular leaf spot attack the pods |
as well as the leaves, seed saved
from diseased plants is almost certain
to be infected. If possible, disease-free
seed, which may be gathered
from fields which are entirely
free fror/i diseases, should be ob^atained.
If this cannot be done, chem^
ical treatment of seed must be employed.
The treatment is as follows:
The seed are put into a1 fruit jar
overed with a fine mesh screen. A
solution consisting of 2 tablespoonfuls
of commercial formaldehyde in
one pint of water is poured over the
seed. After about five minutes' soaking
in the solution, the seed are washed
thoroughly in water and spread
out to dry. Very good success in
treatment has been secured by some,
& % while others; report failure of treated
seed to germinate. If the seed are
*?t left in the solution longer than
minute::, and if they are washed
in several changes of water, no marked
injury to germination should result.
Hues precautions which are diiectI
ed toward the avoidance of disease
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BMgnt UC 9Uppi01IlCUWU u* auuiviviioi
sanitary precautions. Cases are
known in which farmers have visited
neighbors' plant beds to become familiar
with the appearance of these diseases,
have handled plants there, and
f then return and insperted their own
plant beds, and in this way contain
diseased plants, but during the operation
of drawing plants or of weed
iig, all the others have become infected.
Again, neighbors may exchange
er buy plants and in this way introduce
the infection into their own
crep.?F. A. Wolfe.
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Dairy Work in South Carolina. |
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<2 *lfrs. Francis Kline writing in
Hoard's Dairyman, published at Fori
Atkinson, Wis., says: A survey of
dairy conditions in South Carolina i
reveals the startling fact that over.
$14,000,000 worth of dairy products
' are shipped into this state every
year. An increase in the dairy herds j
of the state will not only help to
keep this money at home but will
i kelp to decrease materially the billj
for commercial fertilizer which anL
aually amounts to $53,000,000.
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m. wnne Mir SDUve ugures appiy uiuy
Wk to South Caroline., of national ira- I
portance ans the statistics which prove j
Hff that in 1920 Denmark imported 20,-'
990,000 pounds of butter to this coun-,
W try. This means that It behooves'
W all of us to get busy. Miss Elizabeth ;
1^ Forney, home demonstration dairy
specialist, with headquarters at Win-'
tkrop College, has accepted the challenge
and is getting busy in a most
effective way. She is developing her'
work through the mediums of state
aad county butter contests and milk
campaigns.
^ Seven cut of forty-six counties
^Jmrare eligible to representation in the
state butter contest, all seven of which
were represented. This is a very good
^representation the fact that the contestants
are only eligible o the state
butter contest after they have workL
ed in a county contest for a year.
Seven-one contestants were enrolled.
The final judging took the form of 5
a demonstration at the state fair in
Columbia on October 25,1921. It was
witnessed by a huge throng of interested
spectatords. t
County butter contests were put on i
in eleven counties with a total enroll- t
ment of 304 members. Miss Forney j i
gtates that the most marked improve-! t
ment was noticeable in the character ji
of the butter made by these demon-1
strators. Most of this butter is be- c
ing markeed in 4H cai tons by rep- a
resentatives of the state home dem-' r
onstration department. There is r
quite a demand for this standardiz- t
ed butter. , t
Milk campaigns were held in two f
counties, Sumter and Greenville, with i
the result of a reported increase in 11
the use of milk of 27.3%. ' r
The result of Miss Forney's work ?
can hardly be foretold as far as the i
future is concerned. However, one of ^
the important immediate results is t
the increase number of dairy cows (
which have been placed on the farms I
of the state. Through her influence, 1
working through the county agents,
93 good dairy cows have been pur- J
chased by demonstrators. i
Many interesting stories are told s
by the dairy specialist most of which, s
on account of the lack of space, will t
have to be omitted. However, will j i
have to tell you or the iaoy irom
Barnwell county who received a mes- 1
sage telling her of the illness of her
daughter, so she had to leave home :
despite the fact that a butter judging <
was scheduled for the following day J
and her cream was yet to be churn- <
ed. She was determined to have her <
butter ready for the contest, so she 2
hastily poured her cream into the
churn, wrapped a wet paper around <
it and brought it to town. On reach- <
ing there she persuaded her husband i
to stop at a friend's house in order 1
that die might churn, after which 1
she left her butter at a drag store 1
to await the contest. She then went 1
on to her daughter's, but returned 1
again the next day m order not to
miss a scoring. TTiis but illustrates 1
the intense interest exhibited by num-1 <
bers of the women. j 1
New Departments this Year.
Rock Hill, Jan. 30.?There will be
three new departments in the State
Teacher's Association tMs year, bringing
the number up to 21. Miss Kate
Wofford of the Commercial Department
of the Laurens city schools, is
arranging a program for the com-!
mercial teachers of the state. They j
plan to form an organization. The
music teachers under the leadership
of Dr. H. D. Guelich of Winthrop
College, will have a program and will
perhaps organize the department of
music teachers. Prof. Otto Harris of
Winthrop College is endeavoring to
get in touch with all the geography
teachers of the state for the purpose
of organizing a state council of geog
raphy teachers. These rew depart- j1
ments will be of interest to many I"
teachers in the state. |f
Already the departmental programs 1
are being sent in to the secretary, 1
and will be published within a few j
days. 11
The following are 3ome of the topics 1
to be discussed in the department *
of science and mathematics, of which
Supt. George Harris Webber of Beaufort
is president. <
1. The present status of Science
Institution in the High schools ofj i
South Carolina. Prof. B. L. Pnrltin- t
son. i
2. Objectives in High School In- j
stitution. Prof. Verd Peterson.
3. The Project Method in General j
Science. Miss Edrie Boylston. i
4. High School Science as seen t
by the College. Dr. Davidson Mc- j
Douglas. i
5. The Open Forum. Speakets 2
limited to five ^minutes. I
Do the women who pose for the car- <
pet sweeper ads do their owa work? <
Anyone who tells us what is wrong 1
and helps us to make it right is a 1
friend.
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LONELIEST LIFE OF ALL.
Solitary Existence of Men at Australian
Sheep Stations.
Every large sheep station in Ausralia
has upcn its territory three or
our lonely huts inwhich live the soliary
men who look after the sheep
n the remoter paddocks and ride
ound the wire fences, keeping them
n repair.
These men have but slight interourse
with the outside woi^. Once
i month perhaps, the bounaary rider
nay lock up his hut and ride to the
leanest township, spending a night or
;wo nights away; occasionally he
ides iti to the head station on busiless
connected with his sheep; once
n a while he may be called from his
egular work to assist at a lamb
narking camp or to join the muster?rs
at shearing time; but for the
nost part he lives absolutely alone
vith his dogs and his horses, except
'or the rare visits of the station ration
:arrier, the sheep overseer or some
massing traveler taking a short cut
prom one main road to another.
The boundary rider's hut is generilly
placed near a creek or permanent
vater hol^in the corner of a large
sheep paddock for which he is responsible.
As this inclosure may be
mything from twenty to sixty miles
n circumference a small paddock of
;wenty to thirty acre* is fenced to
lold his horses.
Of these he may have three or four
supplied by the station, and he is generally
allowed to keep one of his own,
so that he has sufficient for his needs
even when the hard conditions of flood
>r drought have partially reduced his
?tud.
His close companions, both at his
iaily work and in his long, lonely
evenings, are his sheep dogs. There
is no doubt that in many cases these
inimals supply the reliable strand in
the rope which holds back such a
lermit of the bush from the brink of
nental downfall which the peculiar
node of life brings near.
His hut consists of but a single
*oom. It is built of weatherboard or
>f rough slabs, like undimmed railray
sleepers, set on end. At one extremity
of the hut is a deep flrepldce
rod a chimney of galvanized iron.
)i< the hearth an immense log smollers
continuously." Most of the cookng
is done in a camp oven, a round
>ot on three short legs, which is set
ipon red hot wood cinders with a
generous supply of the same heaped
ipon its lid. In this are cooked the
nutton, the bread and the "brownie,"
hat simple but appetizing cake so
lear to the bushman.
At one side of the small room is
;he bed, which is simply a rough
)unk covered with old bagging or
iheepskins and a four inch layer of
fum leaves or pine tassels?a fragrant
as well as a soft mattress.
)n the other side of the room is a
small table consisting of a flat sheet
>:* bark on four supports. On a shelf
? the wall above it stand a few tins
?containing respectively salt, sugar,
tails, tobacco, golden synip, baking
>owder and strychnine for poisoning
lingoes?wild dogs.
Occasionally the owner makes n
ni stair# reirardinc th? two latter tins
ind then a vacancy occurs for a
>oondary rider.
Any man who has a job has an
>pportunity.
One-half of all jobs are filled with
nen and women ^ who are indifferent
x> their work. They ere not developing:
their jobs or themselves; they
ire just trying: to get by.
For instance, a young man walked
nto an office the other day, end told
he manager he would like to go into
he publishing business. He made a
food appearance, spoke convincingly
>f his ambitions, and altogether made
Hi excellent impression. An investifation
of his references, however, rerealed
that he had been fired by each
)' his last three employers because
>f indifference toward his work.
On his second call, this information
iras presented to him and he was
?sked to make an explanation.
His excuse was that the work was
:ot congenial, that he was not temperamentally
fitted to the employment
bad had. But he was certain that
:his new job was just what he wanted
ind that he would make good. He
isked for a chance.
The boss turned him down, and this
iras the way he reasoned It out:
Any man who is on a payroll owes
t to his employer to give his full
interest to the work he is paid to do.
ft is up to the employee to boost the
louse and do the b?3t he can on the
fob?or get out Anything less is
lishonest and unfair.
Uncongenial surroundings ore not
in excuse for indifference.
A man who has a job is like a pediler
who has one foot inside the door
EJie has at least a chance to be heard,
i much better chance than if he had
>oth feet on the back door steps.
Once a man is taken into an organization,
the house recognizes him
is one of the family. He has the ear
yt everyone in the place, up to and
including the boss. He may not be
able to break into the boss' office,
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but he can reach him more easily
than an outsider.
Just because a man doesn't like the
job he has is no reason why he should
lie down and howl. Let him pick the
job he wants, and fix his eyes on it,
and as a stepping stone to this better
job let him do his present job just
as well as he can.
Healthy discontent is the germ of
progress.
Sourness and indifference get nowhere.
The young man who was fired three
times because of indifference wanted
the plums but he didn't care to climb
the tree to get than. Any job exicept
the one he had looked good to
him. He wasn't willing to wash the
breakfast) dishes in order to enjoy
clean china for dinner.;
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and the best varieties of vegetable
' and field seeds to plant for each <
purpose is tuld in the
1922 Catalog of
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on request.
Reduced prices are quoted on
Seeds, Poultry Supplies, and
Feecis, Garden Tools and Spray
Materials.
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of Kingstree. Mala Street
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