The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, October 12, 1922, Image 2
FARM DEMONSTRATION
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Start Fighting Boll Weevil for 1923
Cotton Crop.
Will you make any cotton next
year ? I
Whether or not you are a cotton
grower, you are interested in whether
your county produces any cotton.
There is one big thing that you can
do now to help save your county. If
you are a farmer, cut your stalks at
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to get all your neighbors to do the
same. Organize your community now
for the purpose of destroying every
stalk.
If you are a banker or business
man this fight means just as much
or more to you, so go your limit to
get all stalks destroyed before frost.
If the stalks are destroyed now there
will be no place for the weevils to
live until hibernating season, and
they will die. Besides destroying
their food you cover up thousands of
young weevils that haven't hatched,
and it is these late hatched weevils
that come out late in the spring after
the squares are formed, so you can
readily see the necessity of destroying
their breeding places as early as
possible in the fall.
Try to get a green growing winter
??'?>? /?w\r? /\n all f?ott.dn land. Plant
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rye and vetch or oats and vetch. It
will improve your land by adding
Humus, and the vetch will take valuable
nitrogen from the air and store
it up in the soil for the next crop.
Boll weevils cannot live over winter
in green cover crops. They must
have dry*winter hotels to hibernate in. I
Don't burn your cotton stalks, cornj
stalks or grass off the field. It makes
your land poor. Turn all stalks,
grass, etc. under?It makes your land
richer. Plant cover crops for boll
weevils hotel, and you will have fewer
weevils next year.
?e a good citizen and do your part
to establish prosperity. Don't leave j
it all for the other fellow to do.
Destroy your stalks, then ask your
neighbors to do likewise.
Remember every weevil you destroy !
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destroy now means less weevils to!
live over winter.
""Kill the weevil before he kills you." j
Kill Stored Grain Insects.
Now is the time of the year to se>
lect your corn for the reduction of j
f wee vil injury. Go into the fields j
while the ears are still on the stalk
and select ears that have a tight fitting
shuck extending well over the
tip. This ear should be in a drooping
position so as it will shed water.
If it stands upright on the st&lx,
water will cause the silks to shrivel j
so that the weevils can enter and de-;
posit their eggs whil? the ears are {
still in the leld. Corn thus selected
should be kept separate and used for
seed another year.
Make the crib tight and apply car
bon bisulphide at tne rate ox < or o
pounds to the hundred bushels. Apply
evenly over the infested corn.
Dig holes in the corn, pour the calculated
amount in, pull the corn back
in the hole, and then, if some burlap
or crocus sacks are handy, cover the
gram to keep in the fumes. Do not
bother the crib for about 36 hours.
In Fumigating small grains as oats
and wheat, spread the grain on the
floor to a depth of 6 inches. Sprinkle
the grain with carbon bisulphide and
cover with some old burlap or crocus
bags.
In treating beans and cowpeas the
same directions can be used as those
given above for treating corn, in the
crib.
Caution?The gas that carbon bisulphide
gives off is highly inflammable
and explosive, so no fire should be
allowed around it.
An Acre of Corn Costs About 30
Bushels.
It takes about 30 bushels of corn
at ordinary prices to pay for the production,
of an acre of corn on the
average farm. Such yields of corn
pay you for your labor and for rent
on your land, but give no profit in
addition. It is evident that it is not
profitable to farm a large number of
acres in such a manner that the yields
secured barely pay for the actual cost
of production.
The sure way to#secure a profit is
to increase the yield. This may be
<lone by making the soil more productive
through the growing of leguminous
crops such as bur clover,
vetch, crimson clover, through the
keeping of livestock, through systematic
crop rotation, through better
cultivation, and through the use of
better seed.
The time to consider cultivation,
legume crops and better seed is right |
now. The farmers who are most successful
are those who make preparation
in the fall for next spring's
planting. Delay means another unprofitable
crop.
Orchard and Garden.
Have you planted your fall garden
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AGENT'S DEPARTMENT
M. Cathcart. ,
yet ? If not now is the time for beets,
i kale, lettuce, mustard, onion sets,
radish, rape, spinach and turnips.
Now is a good time to purchase :
books and send for bulletins or maga
zines in order to get new ideas for
making the work more ?profitable. 1
Every farmer should subscribe for at
least one good farm paper. Read
mpre and get the other fellow's ideas.
It will heln vou solve some of vour
nutty problems.
Grow a few bulbs in" pots; they
make nice house plants for winter '
blooming, making things more cheerful
when everything out of doors is
dead. :
Make cutting of bedding plants before
they are killed by frost. Tip !
cutting are best.
Why envy your town neighbor his 1
nice lawn? At small cost you can
have one equally as pretty.
If you haven't sown a cover crop 1
in your archard yet plant rye, oats
or vetch in it. It will pay you handsomely.
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The Nation's Seed-Bed.
A contented rural population is not
only the measure of our nation's
strength, an assurance of its peace '
when there should be peace, and a
resource of courage when peace would
be cowardice, but it is the nursery :
of the gTeat leaders who have made '
this country what it is.
Washington was born and lived in !
the country. '
Jefferson was a farmer.
Henry Clay rode his horse to the ]
mill through the slashes. *
Webster dreamed amid the solitude
of Marshfield.
Lincoln was a rail splitter. 1
Ben Hill walked between the handles
of the plow.
Brown peddled barefoot the product
| of his patch.
Stephens found immortality under
the trees of his country home.
Toombs and Cobb and Calhoun
were country gentlemen, and, afar ;
from cities' maddening strife, estab- \
Jlished that greatness that is the heri'tage
of their people.
The cities produce very few leaders.
Almost every great man in our
history formed his character in the
leisure and deliberations of our village
or country life, and drew his
strength from the drugs of the earth
even as a child draws his from mother's
breasts.?Henry W. Grady.
Why Williamsburg County Should
Raise More Dairy Cattle.
1. The dairy cow is the greatest
soil builder known.
2. The dairy cow pays the greatest
dividends of any other farm in|
vestment Assures a steady, sure income.
3. The dairy cow affords the highest
market for farm crops. A home
market
4. The dairy cow affords the most
profitable employment for farm labor
the year around.
5. Pigs and chickens make rapid
and profitable gains when fed skimmilk.
6. Every year over 15,000 pounds \
of butter is shipped into Kingstree.
This money could be kept in the county
if we had more dairy cows.
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Unthrifty Pigs Unprovable. v
An unthrifty pig is a sort of a j
standing invitation to any and all i;
kinds of disease. Clean quarters ana c
well kept stock is a very good in- e
surance against disease. Keep a j
good tonic powder before the pigs f
at all times. The following is a good
one: Charcoal one bushel, wood ashes f
one bushel, salt ten pounds and cop- ^
peras two and one-half pounds. Mix c
the charcoal, salt and wood ashes,
dissolve the copperas in a small ?
amount of hot water, and sprinkle ?
over the mixture of ashes, charcoal c
and salt, and stir until all is well j
mixed. Keep a little of this in boxes v
in a dry place at all times. ^
Wage War on Lice. t
Close observation will prove that i
many hogs are lousy. Lice are very v
injurious, especially to pigs. Normal j
development cannot be obtained from i
swine infested with lice. The loiiow- s
ing home mixtures are recommended 1
for ridding swine of lice: t
1. Equal parts of kerosene and i
machine oil. c
2. Crude oil thinned with kerosene, r
3. Make up a soapy water by stir- t
ring laundry soap in hot water. To
two gallons of this mixture add one 1
quart of kerosene. (
Numerous coal tar preparations or i
dips are on the market. These should }
give satisfactory results if used as ?
per directions. i
See that head, ears and flanks are
well sprayed. 1
Sleeping quarters must be kept ,
clean. Sprinkle floor and bedding i
with kerosene. i
This treatment should be repeated
every two weeks until lice disappear, i
then repeat every five or six weeks 1
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to keep down infestation.
In addition to keeping stock free
from lice, dipping at regular intervals
aids greatly in preventing disease.
Would Change County Government.
'Almost convinced" that the present
system of county government is
a "failure," the Saluda county grand
jury in its final presentment for the
year 1922 requests the legislature
delegation "to give their best thought
to the subject with a view of enacting
some law to better safeguard the
interests of the people of the county."
The grand jury would abolish the
supervisor's office and the chaingang
unless the latter can be financed mo:e
economically than in the past.
Suspicion that road authorities are
partly responsible for the "deplorable
condition" of roads and bridges
in the county is expressed in the presentment.
Rather than unduly shorten
the term of any school in the
county, the grand jury advises trustees
to borrow money and repay it
when deferred taxes are paid.?The
Saluda Standard.
If the conduct of the boys and girls
of today is as careless as some insist
the blame should be placed upon the
parents who have neglected to make
the home the institution it should be
in the forming of habits and the
building of character. No people will
rise higher than their home life and
unless it is made attractive, wholesome,
and worthy of imitation, the
child that grows up in it will not be
prepared to make the contribution to
society which the needs of his generation
demand. If the father laughs
at lawlessness, if the mother makes
pleasure seeking a profession, the
ihild will confuse liberty with license.
?Florence Times.
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ALIENS NOT FIT FOB
CITIZENSHIP BARRED
Reduction of Immigration Quota
and Stricter Tests
Proposed.
(Capital News Service)
Washington, Oct. y.?unairman
Johnson, of the Immigration Committee
of the House of Representatives,
is urging a reduction in quota and
stricter tests for incoming aliens.
Mr. Johnson has just stated: "The
jountry seems to want complete suspension
of immigration. That is impossible,
it seems to me, for we
should leave an opening for the admission
of immediate relatives of
ritizens of the United States and per
manently domiciled aliens; for their
fathers, mothers, and children, but not
for their uncles, cousins, and aunts."
The chairman's recommendations
ire to the effect that the present quota
>f three per cent of nationals of any
country already in the United States,
is the number to be admitted in a
jrear, be reduced to two or even one
md one-half per cent. He also ad/ises
that authority be provided for
;he exclusion of the mentally inferior
ind emotionally unstable, and wants
i stricter physical as well as mental |
examination. To prevent injustice, ?
Mr. Johnson proposes that certain
classes, such as students, actors, and
nembers of certain professions, be
idmitted beyond the quota number, ;
>ut for temporary stay only.
o Indiantown
News Notes.
Indiantown, Oct. 9.?The Rally Day
sxercises of the Sunday school, which
vere to have been held on October 1,
tut were postponed, were held on
ast Sunday, October 9. The program
onsisted of songs, music, dialogues,
itc., and was both interesting and
nstructive, and reflected credit on
>upils and teachers.
Mr. W. C. Wilson gave a fish fry
or his friends on Friday night, at
Vilson Lake. This affair was thor ughly
enjoyed by all present.
Mrs. F. H. Lovett has organized a
girl's scout club here, and already
Laa quite a number of members. An
irgamzation nice mis is mucn neeueu
iere, and let us hope that someone
rill organize a boy's scout club too.
Ne hope for the girls much success.
The circus given in the school audiorium
by the Girl Scouts Friday
light was quite a success in every
vay. The side shows afforded much
ileasure for the crowd, to say nothng
of the main show which was pre;ented
on the stage of the auditorium,
rhe children, directed by their capain,
Mrs. Lovett, did some real actng.
After the circus ice cream and
:ake were sold, also balloons, peamts,
etc. The neat little sum of
hirty-one dollars was realized.
Rev. W. R. Pritchett and Mr. M.
N. Rogers represented Indiantown
:hurch at the Presbyterian Synod held
n Chester last week. Mr. Kogers
las returned but Mr. Pritchett is
spending a few days with his mother
n Goldsboro, N. C.
Miss Emmie Wilson and Messrs
Wilmot Daniel, Cle mer Bartell and
loe McCutchen, students of the Kiogstree
high school, spent the week-end ,
sith their parents.
Mr. Kirk Cockfield of Johnsonviile,
was a pleasant visitor at Indiantown
ast Sunday afterncon. "t
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It's Your
Low-Priced
Battery
The CW Battery (Wood
Separator) is built for you
and the thousands of other
car owners who arc looking
for low prices?but who
can't afford to take chances
with batteries of unknown
or inferior make. Quality
plates?selected cedar
wood separators?best material
and workmanship
throughout. Sixes to fit
all cars.
Price: for 6-volt,
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ifyuiist ?io.i o
Kingstree Battery Co
R. E. Donnelly, Mgr.
At W. M. Vause & Sons
Shop.
Day I'hone 238
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Rub-My-Tism for Rheumatism.
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Pitman Connection to Ki
a self-adjusting device that
takes up wear?one of the j
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NOTICE.
The County Board of Commission*
era of Williamsburg County will receive
bids at their office in Kingatree
S. C., on Tuesday, September 6th, ana
on the first Tuesday in each month
thereafter, for groceries in bulk' lots
for the chaingang for one month at a
time.
S. J. SINGLETARY,
County Supervisor Williamsburg Co.
9-18-21-tf.
DR. FRANK 0. LENTZ
DENTIST
Office Over Baggett's Jewelry Store.
Main Street
OFFICE HOURS:
9 a. m. to 1 p. in. and 2 to 5 p. m.
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NOTICE
All claims against the county to
receive attention of the County board
of Commissioners must be filed in the
office, properly verified and itemized,
not later than Saturday before the regular
meeting on the first Tuesday In i
each month. . I
S. J. SINGLETAliY, v J
County Supervisor Williamsburg Co. a aM
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FUNERAL DIRECTOR AND EMBALMER
KINGSTREE HARDWARE CO.,
Day Phone 35 Night Phone 126
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