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WATER MELONS. J r : t Proper Harvesting and Handling, and 1 What is Meant by Stem-End-Rot. t o When ready for harvesting handle s the melons as carefully as you would a eggs. Do not bruise. In cutting mel- c ons from the vines leave a long stem t so that the stem can be re-cut after t loading in the car and an application t of bluestone paste applied to the freshly cut stem to prevent stem-end- s rot. Melons should be loaded within s a few hours after cutting. j> Tka u'fioinn nr truck in which s melons are hauled to the car for p loading should be properly padded on 0 the sides and bottom and should be t free from all nails, splinters, or other p pointed objects that will scratch, c bruise or injure the melons. Do not e permit any one to stand or sit on p the melons at any time. t The car in which melons are loaded J for shipment should be preferably p of the ventilated type and should be t thoroughly cleaned. The sides of the c car should be lined with seme heavy I paper and care should be taken to t see that the ventilators are open. s The floor of the car should be well o bedded with thoroughly dry pine needles or straw. Watermelons are us- d ually loaded four or five layers high, e four layers being the maximum ad- t visable unless the melons are very o small. The largest melons should not tl be stacked over three layers deep. a Stem-end-rot is caused by a fungus a which gains entrance to the melon v through a wound or cut in the sur- ti face. In healthy melons carefully j< handled, the only wound is likely to js be where the stem was cut. Fungus ij pores which are present in the field, ii >on decayed melons lying about, on h foh.je or on the ground, are easily fi Jfclown or transferred by hands of a labcrers to the cut surface of the e stem and within a few hours cause t] the beginning of the disease. o During the growing period the fields u should be gone over once a week and t] all imperfect or infected melons carried out These culls may be fed to a hogs. The carts used for hauling s should be washed with a 2 per cent, t; sol'.'ttion of bluestone. . a The man who dins the melons must fi never touch or cut into a decayed o fruit for he will carry the disease d to healthy melons on his hands or t< knife. The melons must be hauled J to the station without delay. When i loads reach the railroad car one man working rapidly while the melons are I being packed can cut off a portion c of the stem and apply with a small r Marx Mad 1fe* Man Because a million we Get Yoi Silvei Main Street v r A ' ound brush a dab of bluestone paste o the out portion cf each melon, ie careful not to smear the end of he melon with paste?apply pasie inlv lo the freshly cut end of the tern. A quart of paste costing only few cents, will be needed for each ar. To this expense must be added he labor cost of a boy or man for he number of hours required to 1.. he car. Properly applied, the treatment conists of two steps. Recutting the tem of the melon at the time of loadng in the car, so that a firm green urface may be obtained, and an application with a brush of homemade r commercial disinfectant paste to he freshly cut stems. Make the paste of common starch with 6 per ent. bluestone (2 ounces bluestone to o/?K mm rt nf nactpl or hllV a DTP lared powder. The Adex Manufacturing Company, - 60450606 West *ratt street, Baltimore, Md., sell a iowder prepared for the Melon Disributors Association by the United States Department of Agriculture, t is a ready mixed powder, and all hat is necessary to prepare it is impljj to add boiling water, (not cold r warm water) to make the paste. If you prefer to make your ownj isinfecting paste use a large kettle of nameled ware, as the bluestone atacks iron or tin. Place 8% quarts f water and 8 ounces bluestone in he kettle and bring the mixture to boil. While it is heating mix in separate vessel eight ounces starch rith one pint cold water, stirring unil a milky solution free from lumps i obtained. As soon as the bluestone } entirely dissolved and the solution 3 boiling, add the starch, pouring ; in a slow stream and stirring the ot solution vigorously to prevent the inmnc P./vnfinn* hnillnp UJL 11 id W VI i VI tUiU^oi w nd stirring until the starch thickens venly, which should not require more han two minutes after the addition f the starch. It may be tested at itervals by allowing it to run from tie end of a paddle. The paste seems to be more readily pplied when fresh, but if it is deired to make up a quantity at one ime it can be depended upon to keep week or two by using only oneourth to one-half of the proportion f water previously specified, and then iluting the resultant thicker paste o the proper consistency as needed. Vuit jars with glass or enameline ops make convenient retainers. Careless treatment is not effective. f nncf-p is imnronerlv made and arelessly applied, heavy losses will esult ' ; Mad They Have ] : of these featt carers of Marx urs?ana uei: rman's Bordeaux .Mixture for Potato Vines. Washington. July 18.?Results of two year's work have shown that Bordeaux mixture will repel the leafhopper, control "hopperburn," and is the best remedy, declares the United States Department of Agriculture in Farmer's Bulletin 1225. The Potato Leafhopper and Its Control, now published for the benefit of growers whose crops are menaced by this serious insect pest. Bordeaux mixture made according to the 4-4-50 formula, containing four pounds of copper sulphate and four pounds unslaked lime to fifty gallons of water was used. Bordeaux combined with nicotine sulphate acts a little more quickly in ridding vines of leafhoppers than docs Bordeaux alone, but the results obtained do not appear to justify the added time and expense of using the added ingredient, it is said. Nicotine sulphate and soap combined were found very effective in killing nymphs and a few adults present when the spray was applied. There was no lasting effect, however, because leaf hoppers reappeared in a few days. "Hopperburn" was not controlled. The spray should be applied to the underside of the leaves thoroughly, at least 150 pounds pressure being used so that a fine mistlike spray is produced. At least three applications are recommended, with a fourth if necessary to keep down "hopperburn" until the crop is matured. Both sides of each row should be sprayed to make the application thorough. Additional details are contained in the bulletin, which may be had free upon application to the department at Washington, D. C. TOWN TREASURER'S REPORT. Receipts and disbursements for the Town of Kingstree, quarter ending June 30th, 1922. RECEIPTS: Rolonra fwim loaf niinrf.Ar 3.706.37 Taxes collected 7,757.47 Licenses collected 703.50 Fines and forfeits 207.50 Check from Light Co., ? 41.25 Total $12,416.0* DISBURSEMENTS: Street labor account $ 345.62 Expense account 1,746.47 Salary account 375.0' Police account 783.75 Library account 300.00 Note, Thomas McCutchen _ 1,040.0 Interest on old Bond issue _ 1,050.00 Feed account 51.08 Fire Department 2,446.35 Balance on hand 4,277.82 Total $12,416.09 J. F. SCOTT, Treasurer. . You: Should be r free circula ^ that will stt , UUllbll UCICU the trying s will not sag le Clc nv T?? nj. L/UI1C 1L rUJL\lVJU ires there are Made Clothing Satisfaction! Dep't. I KINGS! ! ^ K'HCSTREE i<5^ g|a^ Lodgf; Nj, 46 ; A. F.M. Meets the second Thursday night in each nonth. Visiting bretheren cordially invited. H. U. Kinder, W. M., Donald Montgomery, Secretary. 666 cores Biliocs Fever. IfF The Best Dressed Man in the World Why, surely he is the man who wears made-to-measure clothes. 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