The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 02, 1922, Image 6
FARM DEMONSTRATION
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The South Carolina Home Producers'
Association, which is an organization
of faiTn women now has approximately
-00,000 containers of hiirh
class products ready for sale. About
forty per cent, of these products have
already been inspected. Even at this i
oarly dates numbers of stores have!
placed these products on their shelves, i
In the past, statistics have proved ^
that eighty per cent, of the canned :
and preserv ed products sold in this J
tate have been shipped in from other |
states. In the not very distant future, j
we hope to establish a new record |
whereby this old ruling will be re
versed and the Palmetto label will
be a familiar sight on our pantry
shelves.
There will be an attractive exhibit
of these products at the state
fair. Two home demonstration club
women, who have accomplished some j
outstanding work along marketing j
lines in their own counties will bej
present. Two demonstrations will be J
given by each, one in the morning j
end one in the afternooh. A different
type of work will be exploited
each day.
Mrs. S. W. Mims from Williamsburg
county will be one of the demonstrators
during the fair, be sure and
see this demonstration and exhibit.
When looking over the poultry at
the fair be sure and see the White
Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Bar
red Rocks and Cornish Games that
will be there from the Williamsburg
tabs.
The weak chickens, the ones with
low vitality; the ones with poor breeding
behind them are now suffering
with chicken-pox (sorehead). Not
only are the weak, but also the strong,
healthy., robust ones.
This disease causes millions of dollars
of losses throughout the country.
Sorehead is very prevalent through
the Southern states. We must prevent
the loss and thereby increase
. wur profits materially. We must prevent
the spread of disease in our
flocks. When we see a few sick chickens
in our flock, we lose interest; we
j become disheartened. Study your
' / flock at all times. Do not let them
become sick.
Sorehead, according to the investi
ration by the French government, is
caused by spores of the common mold,
aspergillus fumengatus. An outbreak
of the disease appears when fowls
or chickens come in contact with
moldy grain. It does not appear to
be a constitutional disease. It is
usually confined to the face, comb,
wattles and ear-lobes, eyes, nostrils,
and mouth, but is occasionally found
under the wings in advanced or neglected
cases. It is extremely contagious.
There are two varieties of sorehead:
the dry and the moist, the difference
depending on the surface the spores
attack. It is on the mucous membrane
of the eye, mouth, or nostrils,
the moist type develops; if it is on
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it will be the dry or warty variety.
The moist type of sorehead is a most
serious disease, since it grows rapidly
on the mucous membrane. It soon
eloses the eyelids, which swell to
enormous sizes, blinds the fowl, and
eauses it to waste away and die. If
it appears on the nasal mucous membrane,
the whole nasal cavity becomes
blocked and the fowl breathes with
pen mouth.
Treatment?Look for moldy litter,
moldy food like watermelons, moldy
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the chickens run. In certain parts
of the state, sorehead breaks out evp
ery summer from the mold in the
vegetable matter near the streams.
Keep the chickens away from mold
and tbey will not have this disease.
Treating them with salts and sulphur
is not a preventative of sorehead.
Catch each diseased chicken, and
immerse its head for fifteen seconds
in either of these remedies: (1) FerSul,
1 teaspoonful; water, 1 quart;
or, (2) Ciesoi, 2 teaspoonfuls; water,
1 quart.
This solution made from Fer-Sul
is the best cure for sorehead with
which we have had experience. It is
a brown liquid containing iron and
aulphur, and is made by the Westmoreland
Chemical Co., Philadelphia.
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olution and causing it to inhale the
liquid, brings the liquid into contact
with the disease air passages, and
soon dries up the mucous which is
being discharged. The application of
salves or liquids outside the head is
of little use, as this does not clear
the air passages, and the chicken becomes
worse and dies.
Continue immersing the chicken's
head in either solution two or three
times a day until a cure is affected.
Three or four duckings are usually
sufficient for or dinar}- cases.
While sorehead is an annoying and
disagreeable disease, it is not generally
a serious malady. If the fowls
are Seated as herein recommended,"
there shruld be a few losses, and the
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AGENT'S DEPARTMENT
M. Cathcart.
epidemic will <lie out in fioni two to
three weeks.
Another treatment used, is painting
the scab with tincture of iodine.
This treatment has given very satisfactory
results. The infected parts
of the comb and wattles are painted
with iodine, which causes the. scab
to dry and fall off.
Limberneck?'This is a fatal disease,
similar to ptomaine poisoning.
It results from eating decomposed
flesh. The name of the disease describes
the symptoms; the neck is
limber and falls to the ground; the
fowl is partly paralyzed; diarrhea is
present.
Treatment?The entire flock will
succomb unless the rotten flesh causing
the disease is found and buried.
Treat the chickens that are sitting
around and drooping at once and you
can save every one. Don't delay.
Buy a piece of gum asafedita. Cut
off as much as a cownea for a 1 1-4
pound chicken, half the dose for a
small chick, and double for an old
hen. Give the remedy every three
hours. Three doses will generally
cure. Another remedy is a good dose
of sa'ts at the rate of 1 pound to 100
birds, repeated every three days for
about a week.
All gardeners should realize that
a top dressing of nitrate of soda applied
to cabbage, beets, carrots and
turnips arising from the August
planting will double the size of these
and hasten the time of maturity,
nianing wiciii mutii mute v.iu|/ mm
better.
Cabbage, col lards and other vegetables
attacked by cabbage worms
and chewing insects should be dusted
with calcium arsenate or dusted with
air-slacked lime and arsenate of iead
10 to 1.
For the annihilation of the sucking
insects and harlequin bugs spray with
lime-sulphur or kerosene emulsion.
Transplant lettuce plants eight
inches in the row, thin beets and turnips
to six inches in the row, parsnips
and carrots to three inches in
the drill.
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from weeds and give them a heavy
earth mulch after each rain to insure
a food crop.
Plant spinach at intervals of four
weeks. When plants are three inches
high, thin to four inches apart
in drill. When begining to use them,
take out every other plant at first.
Celery plants may be set now where
they are to grow. Transplant them
in rich land, fertilize heavily and give
frequent cultivation.
The sowing of turnips may still
continue, the white globe, yellow
aberdeen, flat dutch, purple top and
cow horn for winter use.
Continue to sow onion seed and
plant sets until October 20. The
Spanish Brown and Australian Brown
are the very best keepers.
Do not forget to plant sweet peas,
pansies, and transplant your bulbs
now, for spring beauty.
Fall Plow to Kill Cotton Boll Worm.
This insect makes the large holes
in bolls and squares in late summer
and fall. It is the same as. the com
ear worm and the tomato fruit worm.
Its perferred food is corn in the
dough stage. Before that time it attacks
tomatoes and after that time
it attacks cowpeas, beans, etc. When
winter comes the caterpillar burrows
into the soil to a depth of 2 1-2 inches
where it makes its cell in which
it spends the winter as a pupa. The
damage is rarely heavy enough to
warrant expensive operations, but the
insect passes the winter successively
on cotton land and corn land that is
J left undisturbed from harvest time
to planting the following spring.
Late fall plowing, winter disking, early
spring plowing, are effective measures
against this insect. The least
damage occurs on such farms where
rotation is systematically practiced,
including winter cover crops.
Saving Labor on Com and Hogs.
Late com is, or should be, on the
stalk in the field, where it can dry
out well and get in shape for the
crib. Hogs that are being prepared
for the market are either on some
grazing crop or are in a pen. In
either case the farmer will soon be
pulling the com in the field and carrying
it to the hogs in the pen or
on the grazing crop. Considerable
labor will be required to do this, and
in the majority of cases, the only
benefit derived will be that the hogs
gain in weight. But there is a way
of getting more benefit from the
corn fed to the hogs. Here are
some of the advantages of letting the
hogs harvest the crop themselves,
rather than harvesting the crop and
hauljiig it to the hog. (1) More
pork is produced from the corn crop.
(2) Rapid and economic gains are
made by the hogs. (3) Labor and
expense are saved in harvesting and
marketing the com crop. (4) Crib
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space is saved because corn that is
hogged-off does not have to be stored.
(5) The corn crop is fed in the
held where grown, thus the plant
food contained in the crop is, to a
large extent, returned to the soil.
(6) The manure produced by the hogs
is evenly scattered over the land by
the hogs.
If you have never tried this plan
of saving labor and conserving plant
food and fertilizer, don't let this j
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perimcnt with it. After having trieo ,
it once you will pdobably keep it up j
since it is a splendid practice for!
any farmer raising hogs and corn. J
Orchard Notes.
The orchard should be plowed and
sown to a cover crop. If grain is
sown as a cover crop, it should be [
turned under next April and the land
then sown to peas. Crimson clover
may be used as a cover crop and
turned under during May and fol-!
lowed with peas. !
All dead limbs should be removed
from fruit trees, and all necessary
pruning completed by late December.
Fruit trees may be pruned any
time between the first of November
and the middle of March, but it is
best to prune in late fall in order
that the winter spray may be applied
in December, and, if necessary, a second
application in late February.
Scuppernong vines must be pruned
not later than the last of November
or the first week in December.
The scuppernong will be more productive
if grown on a trellis than if
grown on an arbor. Thin out the
vines so as to admit ample sunlight.
It is not desirable to spur back the
young canes, but simply to thin out
the older wood. Bear in mind that
all fruit is produced from buds formed
on the previous season's growth.
Bunch grapes, such as Concord,
Delaware, etc., can be pruned during
November and December. Cutting
of these grapes may be made anu
planted immediately after pruning.
These cuttings should be 8 to 12
inches long, and should have from
2 to 3 buds. Place the cuttings the
full length in the ground, in rows
S feet wide, 8 to 12 inches apart in
the row.
Order fruit trees for the home orchard
this fall and plant in November
and December.
Most of us won't take the trouble
to find out how easy it is to provide
good pastures for hogs.
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