The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, June 03, 1914, Image 3
Tomato Club Notes
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To Canning Club Members:
Tou have already recel' \ letters
?41 and 6*1 In which you ware told
how to (fleet and prepare your
tenth acre, how to make hot beds,
raid frames and seed boxes, how to
transplat, ferUllse, and cultivate your
tomatoes. Tou may, at some time
dar ng the season, have trouble with
tomt to diseases. You must under
stsn that you ran much more easily
and cheaply take steps to koep your
plants . healthy than you can cure
them after they become diseased, in
fact, if the soil In which y<>u plant
your vegetables Is infected with some
of these diseases, you cannot hope to
have healthy plants. It la too late to
apply reanedle* after you see the trou?
ble. ( You have already been told not
to use soil for hot beds or cold
frames In which diseased tomatoes
trew last year.
Hulr* for Preventing Tomato Discuses.
Please read and follow carefully.
1. Rotation of crops?do not plant
tomatoes In the same soll offener
than* once In three years. Find what
trap' ares on the land last year and
leek out for diseases of other plants
which may also Infect tomatoes. One
of the most serious of these Is root
knot which occurs In sandy soils. You
can tell it by the knots or galls on
t*ie roota These are caused by very
tiny worms c* lied nematodes. Hoot
a..at attacks cotton, cowpeas. melons,
okhy heats* tomatoes, potatoes, and.
othr^'nMnta* &efi can only he freed'
front thai Ost by planting It for two or;
three years in crops which are not at?
tacked by the root-knot, such us Iron
cowpeas, corn, oats, velvet bean, and
penned' Be sure1 that you do not
plsfst your U>nu|tuos where any crop
wai infected with rootknot last year.
I. Avoid use of fr*sh manure- If
yoe? Aid not have well rotted manure
pic wed ojxder laut fall, it will be best
not to us? any* tmtrej freoh. manure
in 'rhe Spring will probably cause din
tee* ii.iK your plant*.
*. ^yruy b?*alth> punts, artlh Bor?
d?iux Mix tur? to pintfii from dfs
dllh
*t aW'i? plants in good condition
by careful cultivation.
f. Vl'll up, snd burn all diseased
PktfOa promptly.
.Spraying Tomatoes.
' fa get the best results, spraying
wl a Bo/deaux Mixture should be be
gui^wbjfe, the plants are young. Spra>
once about five days before trans
pli lilting, then again tve days after I
trtimplanting and repeat every ten.
daps until the fruit is full grown. A
hard rain will frequently wush off the
mittuTe and make it necessary to
?pray again. Five sprayings should \
be given during the season. Ten gal-1
loiOj of spray mixture will be neces-l
?avy for each spray tnir Flv?? pounds'
bliin-stone aad tu. pounds of fr?^?h
?tern* lime srlli b?- enough for th'?
aes?on. Secure thes? nuppHe? at the!
beginning of ito- season. Have the
bltfjf-ston* divided Into ftve one pound
lote. The entire quantity of lime inny
ba. slaked at the beginning by adding
waiter slowly until all the lumps are
sunned. Keep this slaked lime in a
bugket with a little water over It. As
lonjg as it Is covered with water It Is
goOjO but If It in exposed to the air
It grill dry out and become nlr slaked.
I.line eAdch ha? been air slaked can?
not be lined In Hordeaux Mixt rc.
To Make Bordeaux Mixture.
For ea? h spraying:
<<>pper sulphate (blue stone* ..1 lb.
Quick Ume.1 lb.
Water.10 gala
Making Blue-Stone Solution.
Put 5 Kallon? of water In a wooden
tub. Tie the blue-stone In a coarse
ftack and hang it in this water near
tog. Do not use a metal vessel bo
eanse ths action of the blue-stone on
the mstal will ruin tho vessel. Allow
several hours for the hlucslono to die*
solve. This can be doing more quick?
ly by using hot water.
Making Idme Solution.
Take one-fifth of tin- lime which
has been slaked by water and mix it
theroufhly In I gal Ions Of water.
Mixing.
Bordeaux Mixture is marie mir of
eqttal parts of these two solutions It
if Important that the) he carefully
mixed, and that only as geOjeh of lh*
mixture be made as tan be used at
one spraying Have the lime solu?
tion Intone vessel and the copper sul
phste solution In another. Have ready
a third tub or other wooden eoenol
Stir tho solution well before using.
I?et two people pour the two solutions
Into the third vessel >it the same lime,
?tlrrlug constantly to Insure thor?
ough mixing. A Krays stir the Nor*
deaux Mixture before putttna into the
sprayer.
To be of value, nnmylng must >>??
Uaaroojghl) done The spray mixture
Mtust cover the under side of I lie
an well as the upper.
pi?r the tenth Hi I'', a bucket s|U.t\
putup. coaling about I J or a Kit 11?
sank aprayer visiting ahoni |l, win be
sallsfaefory Kvery farm should hove
ano si these sprayt, which can be ?tod
for many purposes und will more than
pay for itself in one year. Wash the.
spray pump thoroughly after each
using.
Sincerely yours,
Mary E. Creswell,
Assistant in Olrls' Demonstration
Work.
Acknowledgment is made to Dr. W.
A. Orton, in charge of Truck Disease
Investigations, and to the publication
of the Louisiana, Florida, and Virgin?
ia Experiment Stations, for aid in the
preparation of this letter.
REPORT FROM THE CLUBS,
Trinity Club.
Our club is back at work again. Al
our motto is to make the best better,
our club is trying to do better this
year.
Our club reset their tomatoes May
15; they are growing fine. Hut they
are very thirsty t\>r a good rain. One
side of the tomatoes were plowed
May ZZ. The other side May 27.
Our chrysanthemum plants arc still
growing tine. They have not wilted
djwn any on account of no rain.
Mae Belle Dennis, President.
So. Lnchburg, May 27.
Concord Tomato Club.
(Writen by Pearl Brunsen, Secretary
of the Concord Tomato Club.)
v The majority of our members have
transplanted their tomatoes to the
tenth acre. They are growing tine,
except that they need rain very much.
Some of the plants arc hluq^nlmr.
The girls are commencing to prune
their plants. This is dono so all of
the strength can go to the main stalk
: and to permit the air and sunshine
'to reach all parts of the plant. When
we prune them we take out all of the
sprouts which grow between the leaf
and stalk. This will cause the toma?
to to make a better quality and
I quantity. |
> We are making booklets in whieh
wo will keep our crop histories and
also herbariums for our collection ol
wild tlowers.
Mifls Lemmon will send us recipes
for canning all kind of fruits.
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j WetigwteUi dak
(Clam Noivis. pi'?-s. i
A Her WS Organised 'he Wodgsfleld
[Tomato Clua wk nil mude our h?>?
bed* or cold ffSHBOS.
. W? koi our saod front T? w. Wood
A Bona, They were Earliam e, Stone,
and Acme.
While the seed were coming up we'
prepared our one-tenth of an acre by
plowing, manuring and raking the
I ground. We all set our tomatoes outj
April 19 and later we wutered the
plants at night and covered them up.
After they had beon up two weeks j
we had them hoed und plowed.
Our tomatoes are blooming and we
are pruning them.
On May 26 Prof. C. F. Nevin and
Miss Mary Lemmon'came to see our
tomatoes; they showed us how to
prune and spruy them, and Prof.
Nevin Rave us a talk about toma?
toes which was enjoyed by all.
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Bethel Tomato Club. i
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Th* Bethel Tomato Club is Retting
on very nieely In spite of the dry
weather. Our club now ha* nine
members, two having dropped out. So
far as 1 have heavd, all of the plots
are planted out, and growing well.
Some of us have already started
pruning. By beginning when the
plants are small, the pruning is not
only an easy task, but an interesting
one. I have a part of my patch al?
ready staked, Home of my plants hav?
ing small tomatoes on them. I want
I to tell the girls that 1 lind from ex?
perience that the plants are so much
JuM Cripple Around.
Some people Just eripple around
most of tho days of their life, worth
ubout half what they might be to
themselves and their families, with all
[OMfsjjf gone and only duty dragging
j them about their dally tasks. They
'dont know what is the matter, and
{treat first one symptom and then an
'other, without much result. The real
1 troublo is that the blood is net rich
ienough to supply the demands of the
system. This inek of the accessary
( lements may manifest Itself in ncrv
' ousness. in Indigestion, in rhcuma
'lisio. in enuiel.ttlnn. in that "all gone"
Ifeeling, .lust glvt yourself a chance
i>\ making your blood ail right and
see how quick nature will glvt yon
polar und energy. Many of your
neighbors have redeemed lives almost
j shipwrecked by the faithful use <-f
'Mrs. joe Person's Remedy, whieh is a
Kieat ciiintti.int nnd tonic. r clears
awaj the Impurities and then builds
up the system. That was the cans
with Mr. .lohn F PetttgroW <d Lt*S?
luirtr. X. t' . Who s:i\s "Several years
:iu'<> l w;is suffering, from Indigestion?
l'"t Ihres months I had to live on
I milk and bread. 1 w;is )ust as weult
.imT) nervous na F could he, Right b<?t
lles of Mrs Joe Person's Itemed)
cured in?-. nfl?*f Ihe doctor's mod lei in
ratted,"
Ymii ean inn this great reined) of
most drugglsta it yours doesn'l have
ii t<>r you send a dollar to tin Homed)
Sales Corporation, Charlotte, \ <'.,
and they will supply you.?Advt.
Miller to grow if they arc transplant?
ed jfrom Ihe hot* bed into a cold frame
before planting into plot. The plants
are sturdier and grow easier, having
deevloped more roots along the
stems. We are looking forward to a
visit from Miss Lemmon next week.
Shq will visit each member and make
helpful suggestions.
May ILaynsworth, President.
Former Sumter Boy.
Pee Dee Advocate.
The following is from the Wash?
ington Herald of May 16:
"II. C. Woodlcy of the National
Cathedral school for I Joys has re?
ceived an appointment as master of
tho English department of the Tome
School, Port Deposit, Md."
Prof. Woodlcy is a former Marl?
boro boy, and his many friends and
relatives in the county will be glad
to learn of his continued success.
Tome Institute is one of the best
equipped schools in the cast for boys
and young men. It has a faculty
of 20, and an endowment of two
million dollars.
Mr. Woodlcy is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. M. Woodley, who lived at
Dalzcll and in Sumter for a lum?
ber of years and has many friends in
this city.
CONDITION Ol' COTTON CROP.
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78.1! lVr Cetil May 2Skl, According to
Special Report.
New York, May 28.?The condition
of tlie cotton on an average date of
May 23 was 78.2 per cent, as com?
pared with 80.5 per cent u year ago,
70.9 in 1912 and 83.8 In 1911. The
ten-year average is 78.9 per cent.
Owing to continued drought in sever?
al of the States cotton is very late in
germinating, and estimates of con?
dition are incomplete. This is par?
ticularly true of the Carolinas and
Georgia, and to a leaser degree in
Alabama and Arkansas. The com?
paratively low condition in Texas and
Oklahoma is largely attributable to cx
ceaalve rains, which have rendered
conditions iti large sections very bad.
The season in Texas is unusually late,
averaging 24 TTays, while in Oklahoma
it averages is days. The winde bell
is about two weeks late.
Conditions by States, as compiled
from over 2|000 replies of special cor?
respondents of the Journal of Com
merce, bearing an average date of
May IS, follows:
1914. 1913. 1912. 1?U.
N. Carolina . .7!?. I 78.0 84.1 82.3
S. Carolina. ..77.!? 69.9 79.0 74.0
Georgia.82.0 75.3 74.0 89. 3
Florida. 88.0 79.9 72.4
Alabama . . . . 80.7 7!'.?'. 7 1.8
Mississippi . . .80.0 80.5 7".?;
Louisiana.81.5 81.6 71.0
Texas.75.0 M'.7 M.X
Arkansas. . . . 7*.<? 85.3 72.3
Tennessee . . ,82.1 xr:.:: 7::.r>
Missouri. . . .ft-i.r> s::.<> 7::.::
Oklahoma . . .77.0 89.6 7S.7
Averages . .78.2 fc'j.5 76.9
Continued rains in Texas and Okla
! homa have rendered the season so
backward that, a great many corre?
spondents refrain from making defi?
nite estimates on acreage. The same
feeling exists among our correspond?
ents in the Carolinas and Georgia and
to a lesser extent in some other States
.owing t<> continued drought causing
retarded germinution of seed.
Estimates on acreage, therefore,
will be subject to revision next
month, and the present estimate can
lonly be regarded as tentative and In?
complete. The results thus far ob?
tained suggest an Increase of l per
cent, made up as follows:
North Carolina, 98 per cent; South
Carolina. 101.1 per cent; Georgia,
100.5 per cent; Florida. 103.2 per
? cut; Alabama, 100,8 per < ent Missis?
sippi, 102.4 per cent; Louisiana, His
Iper cent; Texas, 100.2 per ? ent; Ar
cansas, I02.t per rent; Tennessee.
103 per cent; Missouri 105.5 per cent;
Oklahoma, 100 per cent. Average for
United states, 101 per cent.?Journal
(if i Commerce*
Death of An Infant.
Sarah Ixirine, the eight-months-ol-1
daughter of wt/T. and Mrs. Ollis
Lynch, died at the home of its par?
ents on North Magnolia street Thurs?
day afternoon at 5.30 o'clock. The
funeral services ./<rc held from the
lesidencc, at 3.30 o'clock Pride? after?
noon.
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