Control Method
On Screw Worms
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County Agent Describes Me
thods To Control This Par
asite Which Causes Stock
Loss
! "There are a good many mis
statements about the danger of
screw worms", reports County
Agent A. S. Knowles. "It's true,
they are dangerous if not brought
under control, says the County
Agent.
Screw worms are caused by a
bjow fly laying eggs around a
scratch, cut or abrasion of hogs,
cattle and other domestic animals.
The eggs hatch within a few |
lipurs and the tiny worms enter
a? the cut and begin feeding on
l^ve tissue. The life cycle may be
completed in two to three weeks.
Usually the first sign of worms
i$ swelling around the cut or
scratch and some drainage.
, For treatment, clean out affect
ed place with peroxcide and swab
with cotton. Apply small amount
off benzol to affected part and
jilug with cotton for 3 to 5 min
lites. Remove cotton and any
Worms that appear dead. Repeat
treatment with benzol. Clean af
ffected part and add a few drops
of iodine. Smear pine tar or oil
around affected part ta repel flies
until healed. This treatment may
need to be repeated 4 or 5 days
later.
Farmers are asked to watch
for cuts and scratches on all ani
mals. It any are found they should
be treated with a good repelant.
Cold weather should stop the tro
uble for this year. The fly starts
out in Florida in the spring and j
migrates up the coast. The early1
spring and hot summer favored
their progress.
Judge Gets Prevue
Of Speeding Case
Among the police stories of
the week Patrolman J. C. Taylor
of Leland relates how he chased
William Haywood McAdams of j
Graham for 17 miles down Route j
76 and into Bladen county before
he could stop him.
Both cars were making it at 80
miles per hour, all of the way.
Rumor has it that the judge of
the Bladen county Recorder's
court was going down the same
highway in the same direction,
but not so fast.
Patrolman Taylor booked Mc
Adams for speeding and reckless
j operation. He is due to see the
judge about it later this week.
I '
Asks Farmers
To Check Crop
County Agent A. S. Knowles
Asks Farmers Trying For
100-Bushels Of Corn Per
Acre To Make Survey
All farmers trying to make 100
bushels of corn per acre this
year should make a preliminary
check to determine the yield, ac
Sweet Potato
Support Price
U. S. Department Of Agri
culture Has Announced
Support Price# For 1949
Sweet Potato Crop -
The U. S. Department of Agri
culture has announced support
prices for the 1949 sweet potato
crop, reports A. S. Knowles, coun
ty agent. For Puerto Rico sweet
potatoes the support price Sept
ember 1 to November 15 will be
$1.50 per bushel. Beginning Nov
ember 16 and thereafter the sup
port price will be $2.00 per bushel.
These prices are for U. S. No.
1 grade, washed, and packed in
new containers, F. O. B. cars or
trucks in car lots or truck loads.
Unwashed sweet ? potatoes are
supported at 5c per bushel less
than prices quoted above.
After November 30, 1949, the
commodity credit corporation re
serves the right to limit the rate
of delivery by time periods. It
is anticipated that potatoes will
sell above support price this year.
Gwyn Farm Will
Have Good Year
Longwood Man Reported
Here Last Week That Cot
ton Crop Appears To Be
Only One Which Is Below
Par
Here this week Rice Gwyn,
Brunswick's biggest planter, said
that his 1949 crop, especially to
bacco, was better in both quality
and price than last year. He
credited this largely to drainage,
a practice which he has been car
rying on extensively for the past
several years.
In addition to a great amount
of ditches, the Longwood man has
more than 20 miles of canals on
his farm, all dug out with drag
lines and affording an outlet for
the drainage ditches.
This year Mr. Gwyn and his
tenants had 60 acres in tobacco.
On this they averaged about 1450
pounds to the acre, the average
returns per acre being about
$750.00, he says.
He has a big acreage in corn
and Is making a splendid crop,
but the winds of the storm of two
weeks ago that swept across the
central part of thp state damag
ed it somewhat.
Mr. Gwyn said that the one
exception to good crops was cot
ton. The boll weevil has been
I cording to A. S. Knowles, county
agent.
In order to make the check,
measure off 25 feet down the mid
dle of a row and harvest the corn
from each of the two rows by
shucking the corn. Do this in 3
to 5 places in the field. Weigh
the shucked corn and get aver
age weight for the 50 foot row.
If the corn is dry use the fol
I lowing factors to multiply with
| average weight to give yield in
bushels: 3'/a feet rows use 3.49:
for 4 feet rows use 3.05. After
making this check, notify County
Agent Knowles. Those fields re
porting near 100 bushels will be
I checked by him.
the worst in 20 years he says.
With 80 acres in cotton, he will
not make more than 25 per cent
of a crop this year. This condition
or something likfe it, appears to
be general among all Brunswick
county farmers who planted cot
ton this year. However, the gen
eral acreage is relatively .small.
Mr. Gwyn looks upon drainage
as being the greatest improve
I ment that he has undertaken on
j his extensive lands during the
' past few years. He has very fer
I tile soils* but some of it is low
i and heavy and was subject to
j floods until he cut canals, open
j ed drainage ditches and also laid
I many carloads of tile for drain
i age. Now he feels that the pro
i duction of fine crops is no longer
l a gamble on what the summer
I weather may be.
'Shallotte Boy
Back In School
j
Halstead Holden Reporting
To Cross Country Track
Squad In Top Condition
This Fall
Halstead Holden, popular young
Shallotte and Holden Beach man,
leaves this week for his final
year at the University of North
Carolina. A midshipman in the
Navy, he is scheduled for two
years of sea duty when he finish
es at the University next spring.
Young Holden Is one of the
mainstays of the University track
squad. Dethroning Frank Maggee
of the V. P. I. in the 880 yard j
event at the conference meet last
spring, he reenters college this
week in the best form he has ever
shown as a track man.
Last year too many activities
during the summer months and a
desire to push some of his studies
caused him to refuse to go out
for the cross country squad in the
fall. In the spring he changed
his mind and yeiled to the re
quests of the coach.
The rangy young Shallotte boy
looks to be and says he is in the
best physical condition that he
has ever been in. He is the son
of Dr. and Mrs. R. H. Holden
of Shallotte.
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Timely Wreck
Monday Morning
Patrolman J. C. Taylor Put
To Very Little Extra Trou
ble When Forced To Bring
Two Defendants To South
port Court
It was ho trouble at all for
State Highway Patrolman J. C.
Taylor to bring a couple of fellows
to court here Monday. He was
just starting to come anyhow.
At 8:45 o'clock the officer was
preparing to set out from his
home at Leland to appear in
court here against various de
fendants whom he Bad arrested
or cited to appear in the Monday
session. He heard a crash on the
highway and in short order had
cited Clarence D. Gore to ap
pear for driving without a license.
At the same time he cited Fred
die Dewey Knighton to come
along for reckless driving.
Gore, a sailor, was on his way
home on emergency leave, his
mother being sick at her home
near Leland. He was driving a
1937 Packard and gave the pro
per signal whgh he started to
I make a right turn. Before he
could complete the turn the 1947
Studebaker, driven uy Knighton,
i crashed into him, the damage be
ing about $300.00 divided between
the two cars, according to Pat
rolman Taylor. This damage they
1 would have to settle between !
.themselves. Judge W. J. McLamb;
I assessed Knighton $25.00 and'
(costs for reckless operation and!
Gore the same^mouT(^
ing a car without
No one in either car ^
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