The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1916-05-25
LEST We FORGET

To plant q crop In we'll prepared
seed bed and then give IT Intelligent
cultivation Is like building nice
. house and keeping It in repair but
d. withc ut protection by insurance.
She'd fire destroy 1t then 1t would be
q .otal loss. So It is with our crops.
Diseases and insect pests might over
i run them and then the crop Is loss
instead Of profit. We sent out warnings
In the fall and the winter. urging every
one to destroy the winter hotels Of
insects Have you none this careful
ly? Look again and see 1: there are
still any dirty terraces or ditch
banks on the farm. Are there still any
waste fields or neglected old orchards
near the fields planted In cotton and
corn. II there are, the bugs will take
their hats OF to you and say, THANK
you. we enjoyed your Hospitality very
much"
Did you destroy all the pokeweed?
Look again and be sure. What have
you done about the violets around the
tenant houses: on the farm? Are
you substituting other ornamental
plants or do you intend to spray
them? You are busy now making
your crops and would not want to
assure any one that those violets will
be sprayed When cotton becomes
large enough for the plants to touch
each other and dry weather sets IN 1t
Is too late and you will have cotton
red spider fight on your hands. The
fight Is your own game or may be that
of your neighbors; talk to them about
II.
The planting date for corn is impor-
tant in order tosrednce .bud-worm in
|; ;iury. Ask for bulletin s16t Of the s.
nc. Experiment Station; It is short and
can besfsAd in d few minutes -
.s.h ThosaSstony, stumpyn ~eedy fields.
and: :.tsrf4ras, on the iaSrn are ths: win
gtsfshotels that protected the chinch-
bugs. From these places they come
40, ths seeass andagtain endsM sMhenth these
[fafss hxrsSsteda the pessss march hrtoSs the
corn feIdsAs Such wasts places Ad6N not
DmerelSn.iooK bad on the farm but we
should remember that they are lodg-
ing houses that shelter the destructive
cases on the number OF insects that
amount of damage depends IN most
costs on the number Of insects that
passed through the winter success
fully. Let US look at II from this
viewpoint. It makes one angry and de-
termined that he will not tolerate
such places on the farm II he can help
r.
What plans have you made about
the manure this year? Are you going
to let It accumulate in heaps for the
housefly TO breed by the millions?
Have you thought about screening the
privy closet and to put barrel Of air
slaked lime to be used there? It
sould be done right now. II you fail
to do this the pests will be your unin-
vited guests at every meal Of the day.
They will force themselves on you and
you can not stop it. They are genial
guests coming to you direct from the
manure heaps and privy closets with
the putrid materials hanging to their
hairy coat, and they trail It over your
butter, meat and bread; they take a
bath In your milk and they fall into
the coffee. OF course you put out the
milk and coffee and get some more.
but what do you think Of It es remedy?
How many had bathed in the milk b.
fore Il came to the table and when you
were not looking? "sWatting" Is al
right as tar as Il goes. Every time
you hit ono square 80 as to mash It
there OF course there ds one fy less
II you look upon II as an arithmetic
problem. but do you suppose the.vhols
q. g. army could swat all the dies
that ksAfeed about one good sized M
ksps sdaary' /
Files can not chew solid food bat
they dissolve It with their saliva and
rthsr-taks- n Now 'fnsgiDs-seVeeaF
flies sitting on. the Jelly on your plata
or on the sugar, splitting on 1t and Hex,
ing ii With your hand you shoo the
fies away. run your knife or spoon un'
der the Jelly, sugar or whatever 1t
may be and pass to the mouth
Look after the manure and the
privy closets, which are the most i'm
porta.it breeding grounds. and reduce
the number OF flies at the source
b A. F. CONRADI.
En.omologist. Clemson College