The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, November 16, 1922, Image 7
FARM DEMONSTRATION J
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and When to Prune Bunch Grapes j
The habits of growth and fruit- |w
bearing of the bunch grape make it c<
' easy to prune and the work can be e:
L done much more systematically than j
L with most other fruits. Further- h<
B more, it will stand very seveie prun-j
ing without injury. The fruit is A
B borne on new shoots from the pre
ceding year's growth and unless the
B vine is continually cut back, the w
B fruiting area will become farther fc
removed from the main, stem eacn
ft year and will produce lotg, naked s|
ft canes, which serve no purpose other d;
than to convey plant food to the s<
ft more remote fruit-bearing parts, le
W Moreover, if the vine is left to it- a1
self, more fruit will form than the cc
plant can properly develop. The im- s?
portant objects in pruning, then, are i m
to get the most bearing wood in the I w
^smallest space and to limit the bear- d<
ing wood according to the ability of gi
the vine to produce well developed m
fruit. Not infrequently vines are al- ta
lowed to retain too much bearing
wood and there is a consequent waste s<
of energy in the pK>duction of many
small, inferior bunches. For best re- p
suits, our common varieties more than
four years old should be pruned so
as to bear not more than from seventy b<
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The method of pruning is determ- fx
ined in part by the kind of training d<
practiced. There are several good m
systems. One of the simplest, which
is also one of the best for this state, a;
is that known as the double Kniffin in
system of training, in which are de- ti
veloped two trunks, each of which tc
carries two arms trained to a two- w
wire trellis. pj
Use a one or two-year-old vine for b<
transplanting and cut back the top ?
to three or four strong buds. That s<
vigorous canes may be produced, rub cl
off all shoots that appear during ?
summer, except the strongest three, si
Only two shoots are necessary, but 0:
it is well to leave three, in case one
should be injured. The following q
winter (after constructing the trel,
lis) remove the weakest of the three
canes and cut back those remaining,
1 one at the first wire and the other at ^
I ft]
r the top wiie. Securely tied to the
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j wires, they form the permanent :
|V trunks of the vine. In the third year, .
ft. select two strong canes coming out
H near the extremity of each trunk and ?
K train them along the wires in oppo- ,.
M site directions to form arms. Then
p shorten them back to a length of ^
two, three or four feet, this depending
on the vigor of the vine. All .
other canes are cut off close to the
trunk. ^
Pruning in the fourth and subsequent
years consists in fcutting back ^
new canes to two buds or entirely
renewing the arms by cutting them
out and training new canes to take gj
their places. It is not always pos- ^
sible to renew an arm, because of the
probable lack of a strong cane to
take its place. On the other hand, ^
the practice of cutting back canes to ^
two buds, continued a long time, will ^
cause a thick, objectionable mass of ^
spurs to accumulate along the arms. ^
The most desirable way is to combine
the renewal plan with the spur meth- j
od and thereby suit the pruning to
the vigor and general form of the
vine. In * cases where it seems best ^
to prune an arm to spurs, thin them j
to a distance of six to eight inches ^
apart to prevent the setting of more j
fruit than the vine can properly develop.
Prune during November and j
December. . ,
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Crop Rotation has Many Advantages, p
Crop rotation is the foundation on jj
-which permanent agriculture is built. w
Below are six reasons why the one- v
crop system is unsafe and why it ^
should be abandoned and diversified farming
practiced: n
1. Because the system depends ^
,upon the market and crop conditions e
affecting the one crop alone; failure
ft of either brings serious disaster. ^
& 2. Because it does not provide for ^
W the maintenance of soil fertility. 0
j 3. Because it does not provide a
t sufficient live stock industry to consume
the waste products of the farm
and make its waste lands productive, o
4. Because it does not provide for f
a system of farm management under y
which labor, teams and tools may be j b
used to the fullest advantage. !c<
5. Because it brings returns in j ti
cash but once a year thereby fostering
a ruinous credit system. s!
6. Because it does not produce the s
necessary foods to supply the people f
upon the farm. o
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^ Some Advantages of Hogging-off Corn
1. More pork is produced from the jt
corn crop. I b
2. Rapid and economical gains are In
made by hogs. s
3. Labor and expense are saved in d
harvesting and marketing the corn p
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4. Crib space is saved because corn |
that is hogged-off does not have to | tl
be stored. ' a
lgent'S department
. Cathcart.
5. The corn crop is fed in the field
here grown, thus the plant food
>ntained in the crop is, to a large
dent, returned to the soil.
6. The manure produced by the
igs is evenly scattered over the land.
Day's Work May Pay $25; Spend
it Picking Seed Corn.
Do vau think a saiary of $25 a day
ould tempt you to vork harder or
>r a longer time?
This is what you may make by
lending from one to five or six
lys selecting and caring for your
;ed corn. Good seed corn means at
ast $25 to $50 more money for the
i-erage farm next year. If every
>rn grower in South Carolina would
dect seed com carefully it would
ean a large increase in the state's
ealth. Selection in the field may
jvelop a variety that matures well,
rows on a good stalk, and yields
ore gTain in proportion to the toil
weight.
It will pay every corn grower to
dect his seed corn early this fall.
ig Skins and Steer Hides Best Grain
Sacks on the Farm.
Pig skins and steer hides s^e the
;st grain sacks a man can nave on
le farm. War does not keep a pig
om making a hog of himself. War
>es not keep a cow from giving
ilk nor a hen from laying eggs.
The only safe way to success
gainst unfavorable markets, opposig
climatic conditions and destrucve
insect life, is to have something
? sell every week in the year. The
ay to dO tftlS IS 10 grow giims iu^
astures,- soy beans, cowpeas, velvet
?ans, peanuts, and alfalfa for hay?
>rn, oats and wheat for grain; have
>me cows, a few steers, pigs and
lickens and we will prosper and be>me
independent. This system spells
access for us no matter who we are
r where we live.
et Poultry Winter Quarters in Readiness.
The fall and winter months are aproaching
and it is very important
nd necessary that each and every
oultryman be certain that the houses
1 which the pullets and hens
ave to live are properly fixed. We
an not expect the birds to give us
ae best if we do not provide suitale
environmental conditions. The
oultry house shoud be so contracted
that we can obtain plenty of
unlight in the entire house someme
during the day. Then again it
riould be sanitary, for if the birds
ecome sick, their vitality is lowerd
and it will be impossible for them
) produce eggs economically.
Some of the other needs of proper
ousing are the following: there
iiould be no moisture in the house,
5r if there is, disease is bound to
rise; there should be plenty of
entilation but the birds should not
e subjected to drafts; to keep the
ealth and vigor up to a maximum
lere should' be plenty of room foi
le birds to exercise. The house
hould not be kept too hot or allowd
to become too cold, for either will
irow the birds out o*. condition,
hich will result in a low egg yield.
Now is the time to put the poulry
house in an ideal condition. It
hould be thoroughly disinfected and
leaned, and' should have plenty of
lean litter on the floor. This lit?r
is necessary for it is in this way
tiat we induce the birds to exercise
y feeding the grain mixtures in it.
The nests are a very important
art of the house equipment. The
en likes a dark secluded place in
'hich to lay her eggs. With this in
iew the nests should be located uner
the dropping boards. There
hould be clean dry straw in the
ests and it should be kept clean if
he hens are to produce good clear
ggs.
In short, cheery, clean, dry san;ary,
well ventilated, well 'littered
ouses mean dividends in the form
f a larger supply of eggs.
Care of Seed Corn.
Xo doubt many farmers have gone
ver their fields this fall and careullv
selected good seed com for next
ear's planting. They should now
e interested to know how the com
an hpst. hp rarer! for until Dlantine
ime next spring.
Seed corn, before it is stored away,
hould be thoroughly dry. If it is
tored damp it is likely to mold 01
reeze. It should never be placed in
r about a damp place, such as near a
,-ell or old cellar.
A good way to keep seed corn is
o place it in good ti^^ioxes 01
arrels. Flour
lake goodcontad^^^^^^Fparrels
hould be^Jfi^R^^HW^the air is
ry and circulates freely. Such a
lace is usually found in the bam
>ft.
Corn weevils, rats and mice are
he worst enemies of seed corn. Damge
from these pests can be pre
vented by properly storing and fumigating
with a gas called carbonbisulphide,
which can be purchased at
drug stores in a liquid form. A pint
can costs about forty cents and is
enough to fumigate about four barrels
of corn.
After the barrels are in position
and the ears of corn have been placed
carefully in them, pour about onefourth
of a pint of the liquid carbonbisulphide
over the corn in each barrel.
The liquid forms a gas when it,
conies in contact with the air, and it!
is necessary that the barrel be tight
so that the gas will not leak out
through the cracks. Spread a corn
sack over the toD of the barrel and
on this place a good board or tin
cover*. Weight down the cover with a
heavy rock or brick so that the rats
and mice will be kept out. Pick a
clean warm day on which to do the
fumigating.
This gas can be used by any farmer,
but there is one thing he must
be careful about. There must be no
fire near, not even a lighted pipe,
cigarette, or latern, for the gas will
explode on coming in contact with
fire.
Leave the corn in the barrels until
next spring, looking after it occasionally
to see that it* is not being disturbed.
Get Credit by Deserving it?Deversifi
cat ion is the Key.
How far do you devote your energies
to raising a single crop; or a
more important question, how far
do you diversify your farming by
giving attention to the raising of
foodstuffs for your family and feed
for your . animals! If you have a
garden and raise enough vegetables
and fruit to supply the family needs,
if you keep enough poultry, pigs and
other livestock to meet the requirements
of your household for eggs,
' meat, milk and butter, if you provide
enough pasture, hay and fodder
to feed your livestock, you have this
(advantage that when the cash crop,
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ready" for sale in the fall, it is not
tied up with a lien to meet a season's
advance for food or feed. You
are in position, therefore, to sell this
cash crop Whenever the marketing
conditions are favorable. Your
relatively favorable position will assist
you materially in commanding
the confidence of those who have
money to lend.
i On the other hand, consider the
\x farmer who grows only one crop,
; who comes to town and makes credit
purchases of bacon, cornmeal, 1
i canned goods for table use, and who
goes back to his farm with a bale of
hay or a sack of feed in his wagon
box. The only enterprise on his
farm is cotton or tobacco growing,
i and his crop is mortgaged in advance
to supply the food and feed purchased
i in town and consumed on the farm.
He has little credit at the bank. He
gets a limited store credit on an adi
vancing basis from a local merchant.
, His is the most expensive kind of
i credit and probably he is the farmer
' who is least able to pay for it.
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Items From Salters.
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Salters Depot, Nov. 13.'?We arc
, having some very unseasonable weath,
er the past week or ten days, the
I days are hot but nights cool. Frost
has been observed only two mornings
here so far this fall, which is
late for killing frost, as this is the
; middle of November.
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' around here; only a few potatoes re.
maining to be gathered.
Colds and fever have been very
i prominent here the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Mosely have
; been quite sick, but are better.
Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Mosely have
l been quite sick but are now improv1
ing.
Mr. Robert Cooper, who was confir..
ed to his room last week by sickness
, is improving, we are glad to say.
1 Mr. R. S. Burrows' little daughter,
, Odell, who has been quite sick for
the past week or ten days, is slowly
improving.
I Mr. J. H. Covington, Jr., who mov*
, ed to the Everett place here last week,
has been on the sick list with several
of his children.
Miss Dulcie Lifrage has been sick
! the past week.
Miss Willie Sparks is on the sick
; list this week.
Messrs Harvey and John Lewis Lii
frage were on the sick list last week.
: We are glad to say that all our sick
folks are improving.
, Mrs. S. G. Dillard and little daughi
ter have returned to their home in
1 Clinton, after a pleasant visit to relai
tives here. "
i |Iiss Jfma Nettles, after spending
sevMral days with relatives here,
! left jpriday morning for Colum
hp^rom there she will go to New
* Orleans, where she will enter the
i Baptist Bible Institute to go in train- j
i ing for religious work,
i Mrs. Fannie Park Osteen of Sum- J
i ter, gave an entertainment in the
town hall here on Saturday night, for
i the benefit of the blind of Columbia.
It was instructive and entertaining,
and enjoyed by all.
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WHY ALIENS SHOULD
BE REGISTERED.
Noted Criminal Chaser Supports Labor
Department Immigration
Restriction.
(Capital News Service.)
Washington, Nov. 13.?Shortly after
uncovering the nucleus to a worldwide
plot for revolution, with headquarters
in this country, and many
"red" workers engaged therein, William
J. Burns, chief the national
bureau of investigation, said:
"There is no objection, of course,
to people coming to our shores fiom
foreign lands if they follow peaceful
pursuits, but we need more stringent
laws to deal with radical agitators.
Under the provisions of the
bill fostered by Mr. Davis, registration
would drive undesirables out of
our country. An examination, fair
and thorough, would deal a severe
blow to radical agitators who try to
sow seeds of dissension. Although
the facilities at our command are being
appiled effectively at the present
time, the plan emboidied in the proposed
law would greatly facilitate
our work."
Many officials in the government
who have hitherto looked with doubt
upon the plan to make America's welcome
to the foreigner less^ cordial, are
coming to agree with the Department
of Labor that there is nothing in the
proposed registration of aliens whicn
is either a hardship upon the registered,
or a great tax upon the government.
It is pointed out that a
nation-wide registration of the young
men of the country was accomplished
in one day for the purposes of
raising a draft army, and without
any great expense. The men who
registered, it is noted, did not protest
or regard it as other than a patriotic
duty.
The law compelling registration of
all aliens, and supervision over their
activities, will not only, if passed,
serve to keep "red" agitators out of
the country, but will enable the government
to keep absolute check upon
those who remain here withuot being
interested enough to become citizens,
and those who make a whole-hearted
effort to become real Americans.
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Oyster Supper.
The public is cordially invited to
attend an oyster supper at the Nesmith
school house Wednesday, November
29th, benefit, painting school
building.?adv.
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