Home Demonstration April Meeting Schedule and Notes
County Home Demonstration Agent Annie C. Caughman lists March 1921 work totals and outlines April meeting schedule with clubs from Round Hill to Sunny South. Supervisors include Miss Bessie Harper. Emphasis on butter making and County better butter contest participation urged. meetings cover churning cooking sewing poultry insects and disease of chicks.
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Bessie Harper
Annie C. Caughman
County Home Demonstration Agt
Round Hill Home
Demon‘stration Club
Churning
Charter, Oak Home
Dem‘onstration Club
Prt
Liberty
Hill Home
prils—Red Knoll Home
Red Knoll
Boiling - Springs
Boiling, Springs
Newburs
Newbure
Pelion
North Edisto Povll
Calvary Home Demonstration Club
St. John's Cooking Club
Providence Home Demonstration Club
Sharp’s Hill Cooking Club
Red Star Poultry Club
Sunny South Sewing Club
Less Cotton Acreage Urged by South Planters
Louis I. Guion of Lugoff argues for reducing 1921 cotton acreage amid dire finances and boll weevil fears. He warns 40-cent cotton led Georgia, Florida, and Alabama to bankruptcy and says even $1 per pound wouldn’t cover costs. He urges shifting to food and feed crops, timothy hay, and decreasing rail costs by growing domestic staples.
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Louis I. Guion
Lugoff
Mr. Guion
Cotton
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
South
Bickett
North Carolina
Timothy Hay
West
Chicago
Columbus
Prune Tomato Plants For Better Yields At Clemson
Clemson College April 4. Thrifty tomato plants left unpruned spread four to six feet and yield a peck or more. Staked and pruned plants give similar fruit, but larger, cleaner, finer flavored, and save space for other crops. Pruning reduces suckers and promotes earlier maturity. Instructions cover staking distances, tying methods, and pruning techniques. Also outlines eight Boy’s Club work objectives and notes Lexington County’s strong corn and pig club enrollment. J. W. Shealy, County Agent.
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Lexington County
J. W. Shealy
Boll Weevil Gloat Over Mild Winter as Farmer Plans Different Crop
An Edgefield Chronicle reader reports how warm weather lets boll weevils thrive while a local farmer, despite plans to plant more cotton, faces rampant pest optimism. The farmer consults the county agent to switch to peas potatoes hay and other crops, hoping the weevils perish from stomach ache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weevil
Edgefield Chronicle
Early Cotton Bumper Crop Advice For Boll Weevil Areas
Clemson College reports practical steps for an early cotton crop under boll weevil conditions. key points include seed bed prep, ammonia-containing fertilizer worked into soil, choosing proven varieties like Short staple and Long staple types, thorough weed control, early chopping, close plant spacing, and delinting seed to improve germination.
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Clemson College
C. P. Blackwell
Agronomist
Cleveland
Dixie Triumph
Webber
Plenty to drink at ordination
A long-winded tale from Miss Ali Robertson of Oklahoma describes three barrels of liquor consumed at her grandfather's ordination to illustrate Prohibition. The piece contrasts her suffragette stance with anti-suffragist views and ends with a provincial joke about first men.
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Washington
Ali Robertson
Oklahoma
Miss Robertson
United States
Althogh
Indian Territory
Massachusetts
New York
Robertson
White Knoll School to Host Picture Show
White Knoll school invites patrons and community to a moving picture show at the schoolhouse Saturday night. Good pictures and a pleasant time are promised. The school will receive a portion of the admission proceeds.
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White Knoll School
Moving Picture Show at Centerville School
A moving picture show will be seen at Centerville School Friday night April 8. The program features first class pictures not previously shown in this section. A small admission will be charged, with proceeds benefiting the school.
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Dispatch News
HM. Cromer Oswald
Cleve Snelgrove
Oswald
Centerville
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Pine View
Summit
B. W
Geal
Walton, Ga
Tribune
Anil
Cromer
Yorkville Enquirer
America
Tommy
Adam
White Knoll
Lexington Electric Light & Power Co
Fis
Barr's Lower Pond
The
R. L. Bryant Co
Main Street
Columbia, S. C
Lexington
Ters
Suelerous Garage
Oswald’s
H. Cromer Oswald, Prop
Marcelle
A LaMode Beauty Parlor
Main
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