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avs Your PtMhM and Plums From Thlo Oootruotlvo DUmh. Clemson College.?-Brow? rot at pMch and plum is on# of the moot widespread and das true tire diseases of fruit that we hare to conteud with In many cases the entire crop la destroyed Just as the fruit begins to ripen. Practically every orchard In South Carolina is Infected with it and while It la widespread and very destructive, It is at the same time easy to control, according to Director H. W. Barre, of the South Carolina Experiment Station, by spraying with lime-sulfur. There are numerous commercial brands of lime-sulfur on the markst and some of these have been tested by careful experimenters and found to be very satisfactory. The ordinary eommsreial lime-sulfur solution has been used at the rate of one part to eighty parts of water with fair success. This mixture will control brown rot. Sometimes, however, and under certain conditions of temperature and humidity, it destroys a certain percentage of the foliage. The safest and best mixture to use is the home-made selfboiled lime-sulfur mixture, made as follows: Use 8 lbs. of fresh quick lime and 8 lbs. of sulfur (flour )to 60 gals, of water. Make this up by placing the eight pounds of fresh lime in a tub or barrel and add Just enourh water to alake It An excess of water , seems to drown the lime and retards the slaking process. As soon as the lime begins to crumble apart and a - -violent boiling Is set up, add eight -pounds of sulfur and stir In thoroughly, adding enough water to keep any part of the mixture from becoming dry or burning. Keep this well stirred and allow the boiling to continue for 6 to 10 minutes. Special care should be exercised at this time to keep any part of the mixture from becoming dry. Enough water should be added, in fact, so that the paste Is thin enough to be easily stirred. After the boiling has continued 5 to 10 minutes enough water sholud be added to cool the mixture. The trees should be sprayed two to three weeks after the shucka drop, and again at Intervals of from two to four weeks until the fruit begins to ripen. OAT SMUT. Easy Control Measures Prevent Orcat Loss. Clemson College.?Oat Smut is the most widespread and destructive dlsease of small grain. It frequently occurs as a serious disease wherever oats are grown if proper control measures are not practiced, This disease alone reduces the production of outs In this Stkte by at least 10 per cent, and In some fields there are losses as high as 60 per cent, which can easily be prevented by inexpensive seed treatment, says J. L. Seal, Extension Service plant pathologist. Thla diaeaae la cauaed by a (lingua which growa within the the tlnauea of the plant. The aporea germinate about the aame time that the young oat planta come up, and the fllamenta of the fungua remain alive la the oat planta without apparently caualng any aerioua damage until the planta begin to head in the apiing. It then concentratea ita efforta In the oat heada and fllla up the placea where the gralna ahould form with the black, aooty maaaea of Ita aporea. Aa theae maaaea of aporea break up. they are acattered by the wind to all parta of the field. Many of them lodge on healthy heada of oata In the field, while othera are lnfeated in the threahIng operation; but in both caaea the aporea remain alive on the grain ant!! planted in the fall. Seed for planting ahould nod he aaved from field a that ahow ever t to fi per cent of amutted heada, and In that caae the aeed ahould be treated. Even If a field ia praetlcally free of amuta and there are amutty fields neat* it. the aeed ahould be treated. In fact, the material for aeed treatment ia ao Inexpensive that there fa no reaaon why all grain aeed to be ' planted ahould not he treated beforehand. If there la a neighbor In your community who treated hla oat aeed laat fall, compare your field with hie and aee If there ia not money eaved by auch a practice. STEM-END ROT OF WATERMELON. Clemson College.?This disease is comparatively new, but ft causes a serious loss of melons In transit. There was a loss of 2,500 carloads of melons shipped from the southeastern states last summer, due entirely to this disease. It Is seldom found In the field and the shipper Is often astonished that 40 to 00 per cent of his melons rotted in transit, when at the time of shipping they nre apparently ' In *ood condition. The stern-end rot fungus is common on ripe or dying vegetation In and around melon fields, especially on cotton and corn stalks and old melon vines. These become covered with black fruiting bodies of the fungus In which countless spores are borne and from which they are scattered by the wind. When a melon Is cut from the vine, a drop of sap exudes from the cat stem and provides Ideal conditions for Infection. The knives and hands or workmen are often carrier* or infection. and thus perfectly healthy melona may become diseased. A Rood stockman must be a no sessful producer of feeda. \ Always [ BUY IT AT HOME If You Cau / , ?*. Renew i If your subscription to expire the following pre Thi Proi One Year You cannot afford in common with other I cent war conditions, bi will soon take on new I regulated home in the c The value of The and almost impossible t price. In this combina If your time is abc llAVE YOU PLANTED! SOY BEANS WITH YOURCORN? If Not, Be Sure to Plant a Crop of Them Before MidSummer. Clem son College.?The farmers of the southeastern states Lave not yet come to appreciate ttao value of soybeans, a* a soil Improver, us a food (or muit, or as a (sad (or animals, says Prof. (Iilbeart H. Colllngs, o( the Agronomy Division. The soybean In one of the most promising legumes of the South, and surely the South needs to grow legumes mors than any other group n( plants. In order that the southern fanner may socure larger and more profitable yields, the nitrogen and the organic matter of the soil must he built up. This can be done profitably only through the use of legumes in our rotations. The soybean, sometimes called the Boja bean, soya bean, or stock pea, was introduced into this country from Japan during the latter part of the twentieth century. Altho It Is not a native, the soil and cllmutic conditions of the southeastern states are Ideal for Its development. It Is an annual plant of upright growth, producing large yields of both hay and grain. At the present time soybeans are more profitable to the average farmer than peanuts, and when used to turn under are equal pound per pound of organic matter and nitrogen to cow peas, vetch, and other legumes. They are hetter Tlelders than rnwttnnu when planted in rows and cultivated.. They grow earlier In the spring and later in the fall and are more rnsiHtant to drought, heat, and froat than cowpeae. Ah a grazing crop for hoga soybean* are among the beat An a hay crop, altho Homewbat coarse, they are much relished hy livestock. The feeding value of the hay compare* very favorably with alfalfa hay. Aa a green manuring crop they add both organic mntter and nitrogen to the aoll. A teat conducted by the Connecticut Agricultural Rxperiment Station found that from 100 to 135 pounda of nitrogen wan returned to the aoll each year when the crop waa uaed for thin purpose. There la an ever Increasing demand for the seed, wh'ch are now being iiaed for a large variety of purposes One of the principal demands comes from the oil mills. The soybean seed are very rich In oil, one bushel yielding on an average one gallon of oil when pressed. For these reasons the acreage planted to soybeans each year la steadily Increasing and should cortlniM) bo Increase for some consld emble time to come. The preparation of the need hpd Is the same as the preparation of the seed bed for cotton. How ever, a thorough preparation must be emphasised, for by giving the plants a good start a long step has been made toward the successful production of the crop. The plant reacts readily to fertilisers, especially to the application of phosphatlc fertilisers. Some potassium can be applied profitably la the Coastal Plata, bat altrofga need apf be applied eitherJa the '"TiP' ' i hT'~1 ? r Now! The ADVERTISER has >position ought to interest e Jdveitist pesive Fai For $2.00, W to be without your count] local papers, has been hit it it is now emerging froi life, when it will be indisp ounty. Don't let it stop ri Progressive Farmer woi 0 exaggerate. It is wo tion you get it at half pric >ut up, send in your rene> At P'edmont Plateau or the Coastal Plain. Soybean* should alwnys ho planted In rows. whether they are grown for | .seed or for bay. The rows should b? [ 30 to 50 Inches apart, depending upon the fertility of the land and the variety grown. The ueed should be planted Just aa cotton or corn. An ordinary corn planter can he used Very successfully for thin purpose About 2C to 36 pounds of medium a'z? [ seed should be planted per am. In 1 planting, however, the seed should not ' he planted deeper than two Inches and under normal condltlonn not deeper I than one and one-half Inches. I Soybeans may be planted any time I from earlv spring until mid-summer For a grain crop they should he planted early, t>ut for a hay, pasture green-manure, or soiling crop tbev may be planted an late an August 1st ! Cultivation should begin an noon as the young need are above the ground One deep cultivation In advined. hut after that the cultivation* should he shallow. Travel cultivation In recorn mended, because harvesting Is thus greatly aided. About 10 to 30 bushels of grain and 1 to 0 tons of hay wfll ha produced 1 per acre, depending upon the varletv of bean, the climatic conditions, the fertility of the noil, and the cultivation received. The vines are cut wit1 * n mower or reaper, and Hhorked In fh? r field to dry. The curing In similar t~ Ihe ourlng of cowpea hay. The bean* may he thrashed out with an onlln ; nry thrashing machine, or they mav r he thraahed from the stalk hy special ji ly nrepered harvester* c The choice of a varletv must h# j, made hv the farmer himself T'?? t. Roiith Carolina * rlcnlhiral T'xpor' ment Station found that Mammo'1 ^ yellow Prawns. Aust'n. Tarheel Black - and ITolNbrook gave the he?t result'- l! ) In the order nsmed In the variety r 1 of soybeans conducted at that st- '' I tion. The Mammoth yellow is consld c i ered one of the heat vnr'eties for hay v As n general rule. In the southeast | em nt?teH the seed do not have to he ^ U/V/.11I0 t M.A TKU la rvoetlouloelii lei.a In the roastal Plain anils I' ynu have never teatod out th" soybean. give It a chance thin year A and tou *111 he fnlly repaid for your tmV* AH good reeds lend to prosperltr o TH* COTTON RED SPIDER 1 t Close Observation and Quick Action Will Control. 1 $ I Clemson College.?The cotton plant* of th? 1918 crop were perhaps more 8 generally Infented with red aplder t | than ever before. Almost every man t I who planted cotton laat year had borne J trouble with the red spider. It la r " pest that every cotton farmer ahould c know at thin time, j Shall the 1919 cotton crop be Infeat ed with thla pest? Thla depends principally on the Individual farmer The fields should be closely watched from the time the cotton la thinned ! until the picking begins. With the first appearance of the red spider, work should begin and be done thoroughly?as long as Is necessary to get the red spider under control. I The following are some of the measures to.adopt In controlling red spider:? I 1st: Keep the poke weed down. Tf | possible dig or grab ap and burn. All i r T.-ilMi- mt. i.... . , expired or is about to you. r/ mer orth $2.50 y paper. This paper, pretty hard by the ren these conditions and )ensable in every welliow. jld be hard to estimate >rth many times its full ;e. val Once! >oke wood alone terraces. ditches, iround stumps or on the border of lelds should he rut down and kept lown all summer. tnd: Cut down blackberry vines ind keep them rut at the nnme time :be poke weed la rut. 3rd: Carefully watch the rotton. rbe red spider usually starts In n "oraer or spots. Do not allow these ipots to enlarge. Pull up all Infested plants that are noticeably infested ipots?pile and burn these stalks on :he ground from which they have been pulled. 4th: Should these "spits" be too arge to pull up and burn, spray thoroughly when first noticed with l'meuilfur wash fuse the concentrated so utlon) one gallon of the wash to 100 if water. The under side of the eaves Is the principal part of the plant to spray. Use a pump that will nake a fine spray and will give inn to I2R pounds pressure, such nn a barrel iprav pump. Bth: The control of the red spider lepends on this factor: Thit It must ?e stopped as noon as it begins if posilble. This requires close observation ind quick acting. We need to- think more about !n-?n?lnr food and feed crops and then re won't need to tulk so much about educing the cotton crop. wnue couon planting was in protean u New York beur sent out u proihecy thut cotton mi>;ht brinK SO ent?. Of course his idea and his lope was that such a report would ause planters to raise such an imnense crop thut the price would drop ar below the cost of production. It * evident from the reports on cotton eduction that this sharper did not md the Southern farmer quite so asily deceived as he thought they tould be. .EMONS MAKE SKIN WHITE, SOFT, CLEAR Aake tbli Beauty Lotion for a Faw Cants and Sao for Yourself What jfirl or woman hasn't heard if lemon juice to remove complexion demishes; to whiten the skin and to >ring out the roses, the freshness and he hidden beauty? But lemon juice done is acid, therefore irritating, und hould be mixed with orchard white his way. Strain through a fine cloth he juice of two fresh lemona into i bottle containing about three >unces of orchard white, then ahake veil and you have a whole quarter >int of akin afid complexion lotion at ibout the coat one uaually paya for a imall jar of ordinary cold cream. Be ture to atrain the lemon juice ao no julp gets into the bottle, then this lotion will remain pure and fresh foi months. When applied daily to the race, neck, arms and hands it should help to bleach, clear, smothen and beautify the akin. Any druggist will auppy three >unces of orchard white at very little coat and the grocer has the le OM. Adv 5. y-.^ . . ... . .-Mm- -a . m k . .j. lit RED CROSS NURSE IS COMING HERE Public Health Nursing and Home Hygiene Instruction Part of Peace Time Program. SPEAKS AT CHAUTAUQUA. "Nuru the Most Needed Woman In the World," 8aya Mies Jane A. Delano, Director of the*Department of Nursing of the American Red Cross. To place the public health on a higher plane than It hus ever been Is the object of a national program undertaken by the American Ited Cross us pMrt of Its peace time plan. From coast to coast and from lake* to gulf the Ited Cross is spreading the gospel of good health and of the proper care of the sick by fostering the study and practice of nursing, both by organized public heulth activities and by members of the family in every home, j Through the Chautauqua en official representative of the Red Cross Department of Nursing will soon tell the people of this community the story of what Is being done and will ask their co-operation. Due of the great lessons of the world wur Is found In the unnecessarily low siandurds of physicul health revealed. This was brought out most forcibly in I lie greut number of rejections of young men called to the colors under the Selective Service law. Records show that throughout the United Slates one-third of the young men examined for uiilllury service were dismill H Hii/I fl*am Kau hImm * , k.viw wcmiUK aillin I Ol' I lit" I r country through minor physical defects, a large proportion of which might have been avoided by compulsory hcIiooI examination and proper medical and nursing care. , Urgent Need of Nurses. Portlier proof of the general urgent need of women trained In nursing was supplied by the epidemics of Spanish Influenza that have caused terrific loss of life and suffering throughout the country. Hundreds of thousands of persons died, and In many communities the plugue spread without any ndequate means of checking It because of the Impossibility of obtaining women capable of caring for the victims. Reports show that many persons uctuully died without attention because the overworked doctors could not reach them all, nurses could not he found who knew what to do, and neighbors feared to go neur the help less patients. The uselessness and danger of such a waste of "human power" Is only too apparent, for the health and strength of a nation can only he measured by the health and strength of Its people. Recognizing the fs?*t that the crux of the whole situation lies In gl\lng every community the means of building up Its own nursing strength, the Amerl can Red Cross, In co-opemtlon with the vurloua < 'huutauquas, Is send I lie broadcast the message that none can afTord to Ignore. Phases of Public Health Nuralng. Public health nursing Includes inanv phases, such us bedside nursing, In which the nurse islts the patients and gives them hourly care as necessary; school nursing; care of expect ant mothers, babies and amall clill tlren ; work In factories and Industrial centers; rural nursing, ami Inst rue tlon In Red Cross courses, home hyrl eno, home dietetics, care of the sl< k, and various other forms of commu | nlty service. To all American women the Red Cross sends thin message: "If yon ure Interested In nuralii;: as h profession, enter one of the (ruin Ing schools far nursea, tnunv of whlrli offer scholarships, and specialize In public health work. If you are nl ready a graduate nurse and anxious to enter this Held, the Ked Croat* has aeholarslilpH aiid loan funds which will equip you for this work. Wives and niothera ara urged to take the Ned Cross Course of Instruction In Home.I Hygiene and Care of the Sick ao thai they will lie aide to maintain to the highest degree Hie heulfh and to nurse members of their household In time of minor Illnesses." Throughout the length and breadth of the land the American Ked Cross, spreading the gos|>el of good health, is sounding u call to American women to adopt the study of nursing, either to Join s profession which Is dally he coming more highly valued or to fit themselves for nursing In the home. The Ked Cross lecturer soon i*? tipJ pear her will help her hearers visual : l/.e the remarkable history of cursing | service at home and abroad and will expound the Ideals of heultli conuervaI tloti so often neglected in many < t??n mutillles. Supplementing the sea I mental side of nursing, the mother touch, the lecturer will give n demon titration of efficiency In the sick room Mtfk.lt*i*n - ' * - ' ...... ... ...vinwiin ?/i pnuiiui mmi !lll*l Nil j ?*(i t i 11?* lilt mil i ii e of till* llldiv i < 111:11 Kick 1 himI of epidemics will aIno In- outlined I to her luillcnrf. | j NURSES FOLLOWED THE ARMY. "For four yours," dechires MImh June ' A. Helium, Director of the I input tumid of Nursing of the Ainerlenn llnil t'rosii "wlirrevcr the armies of Km ope mm Amerlrn hitve gone the Hell (Tost nurses followed. Now tluit pence line come, she Is si III the nu>at needed wo mini In the world, for It la her prW* llge to lend In ? great natti i wldl * erusade m/nlnst the Ignorance a d nag, leet A**.?rh nllows epldenrrtce sod dia en?e to driiln the vitality *?# life of our eltl/ena." tata of Ohio, City of Toledo. Lucas County, as. Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he i Is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney A Co . rtolnf buelnene In the City of Toledo, County and Htate aforesaid. I and that said firm will pay the sum of , ONE HUNDRED UOU.AKH for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot he I cured by the use of HALL'S CATAItltll MEDICINE. FRANK J. CIIENICY 1 Sworn to before me mid subscribed In I my presence, this <th day of December, 1 A. D. 1886 A. W. OLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is tai<cn In 1 ternally and sole through the Itlood on the Mucous Surfaces of tha System. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY A CO.. Toledo, O, old by all druggists. Wc. Hall's Family Flits for constipation. / , Thanks to PEF Mrs. Kate Marquis, Middleburg, liOgtui Co., Ohio, writes as follows: "I have used Porttnn with aucccmk. It Iium L'Uivd me of catarrh of the lioad and throat. It Im the bt"il medicine foi catarrh that I haw ever uxed. I am completely cured. Thanks to Pertuia." Mrs. Marquis is but ore of miny thousands who know the vji'.ie of f-ctina fcr thit citsrrhal condition of the membranes rs'ipomible for rr?- of the human ills. SERVIG I ! I If you deman your Bankirt you to conne THE FARM ruby, souti r. H. BURCH. R. M. Nil President. V. Our Savings i'la ff -= Bank of XJ The Oldest, LarjJ< Bank in Ghe.rt 4 Per Cent. Paid en Saving* Drf See L C. C. Dong I R. E. Rivers, President. L"' ?NOTICE Notice is herewith iciven that there .vill he a meeting ol the stockhold ers of the Kiehlund Lumber Company it tiie olhee of ilanna Ac iiunley, at torneys, Chestcrlield, S. C. Tuesday, June 10, l'Jl'J, for tiie purpose o! considering a resolution that said Richland Lumber Company liquidate its airairs and dissolve. Chesterfield, S. C., May 12, l'Jl'J. 1. C. TRIPLET'!', Pres., it Kiehlund Lumber Co. NOTICE Notice is herewith K'von that then .vill he a meeting of th< stockholder, of the Triplett Realty Company a ?.he olhee of Ilanna Ac iiunley, at .orneys, at Chesterlieid, S. ('., on Eri <lay, May 20th, l'Jl'J, for the pur pose of passing upon a resolution lo; said Realty Co. to liquidate its al fairs and that the corporation he dissolve! I. | 1. C. TRIPLET!', President amy tf<i, I 'J l HOW TO WIN HAPPINLSS Happiness is a by-product. We can't' l>uy it because it lias nn price. Some people try to purchase hap pincss by netting drunk; others line houses, anil some travel arouml tin world. but the ic<>nl is as elusive as the horizon. | I LIFT CORNS OR 1 CALLUSES OFF i Doesn't hurt! Lift any corn or callus off with finpers jr^ i Don't sulVer! A tiny bottle of 1'reezoiie routs but a few rents a: >ny druj.' store. Apply a few drops a the corns, calluses and "hard skin" .n bottom of feet, then lift thom ofT. Vt h'-n I' reezone removes corns rum the toes or calluses from the oottoni of fiet, the skin beneath is left pink and healthy and never sore, tender or irritated. a If yon c'ri'rrt to I14 :H remedies I ask for Pcruni ir. tililot form. I 'E id prompt service in a\\ ? Business, it will pay with J ERS BANK / J 1 CAROLINA \ 1 1WSOM M. L. RALEY, I Praiidrnt Caihiar. 1 n Is In tcre.*1 in t} | \ II heaterfield i5t and Stronj>eri erlield, S. CI iosits. $1.00 Start* An Account '? . la**, Ca*hier. D. L. Smith, A*?itt. Cashier I D. H. Douglass A*si?t. Cashier DR. L. H. TROTTI, Dental Surgeon Chc-Hlcrlicld, S. C. ? Ofllce on second lloor in Rom liuilduiK All who dcaiiv my services wil\ Itk'iisu see me al Cho.?lerlield, as 1 nave discontinued my vi.sila lo olhcl OW lib. DR. R. L. M c M A N U S Dentilt OMice over Bank of Chesterfield. V111 visit I'a^t land every Tuesday; It. Croatian every Wednesday. Other days in Chesterfield. I'riees reasonable. All work guar it I'cil J. AP I MUR KNIGHT Attorney-at-L.nw Olliee III Courthouse Cliritcrlirld, S. C. MANNA 6c 1IUNLEY ?Attorney!? i; llanna, C. b. Jlunley, lieraw. Chestcrheld Offices: Ins" Rank Hldj;., Chesterfield { in, uf I'lieraw Bid#., Cheraw _ v~ss ASHCRAFTS Condition Powders A hiyh-class remedy lor horses ni.d nudes in poor condition and in nred of a tonic. Builds soli:* muscle and fat; cleanses the sy; tern, thereby producing a snioott! rlo-e.y 'oont of h.tir 1?-.. if?t -? 1 ? U v-.* , %J n H f.ANFY < For Sal* By J^jI W. A. RIVERS Itmmm? --