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7 ▼ i* - y • Pas:e Four FARMS.. AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Ever Hekr of This? D. M. Causey’s herd of 100 Here ford brood cows is now feasting on lush clover and fescue in^-the val leys' away up in 'the northeaster^ corner of Pickens county near tne t mountains. That pasture was irri- *• gated last summer. And that’s why, top of proper management^ he on now has plenty of grazing. Over 2,000 Ipales. of hay were cut there last summer when his pastures needed mowing. Most of this will be k)ld. As he showed me his hefd, I no- } ity potatoes has been the aim from the start. And that remarkable ex hibit of 150 bushel baskets of fine sweets by the boys at the Florence fair indicates the progress that has been made. Those potatoes were sold at the ‘close of the fair and 1 brought twice the current market price of the usual number one pota toes. This project is .carried right on to the] terminal markets when, later, the winning youngsters pool their curfd stock and accompany it to one of the big markets up Eas». ticed a few black cattle among ; Growing, showing, and marketing them. He explained they were his I’em, the youngsters get the whole fly catchers. He "said flies prefer) story. ^ * a bfack cow So he just keeps thej black ones sprayed with effective) Water poisons. And that takes care of his! I’ve been out at parched. places nsect problem | in the F ' ar West where it practically; 1 had never heard of that. So I : never rains. Saw clduds there at asked some of the dairy and cattle, turnip that looked like rain to me. folks here. They.said it was a fact,' But an old-timer said, “Bud, no one flies bother black cattle worse than ever tries to predict rain until he others. Even on a' Holstein, thatj had been here a hundred years, is 7 black and white, the flies work , And then Jigjs got better sense, on the black spots practically all- Looks like the clouds would just; together. * . 1 forget sometime and 'rain there ( Mr. Causey used to try to keep | anyway, his whole herd • sprayed f against Life and greenery out there, as flies. Now he just keeps the few elsewhere, iollow the water. At black ones sprayed. ,And thereb> J places I’ve seen them bringing it be saves over ^a hundred dollars a several hundred miles.. ''Where year on sprays and spraying.^ ( mountains get in its way, they tun-j Something new every day in this nel right on through. Where val-j diverse agriculture that’s growing leys bother, they build aquaducts in our midst. . - across, them. And where they run. Plan! Beauty Row into a dead end with it, they pump [ it up hundreds of feet to a new lev-, Did you. see our painted mqun-: el, from which it flows on to the tains and hills and hedge rows of a PP 0 ' nte< * spot. the Up Country in October? , ' With diversification of both farm Did you see the beauty spang-| a " d ' nd “ s ! r >' he, y we ore begin- led spots of the MicLState and Low , n ! r> e to vl,1, ; e * ate ( r And a Country, as autumn was painting ^ laccs w f alread >' feel the P mch of its great pictures there? ; 1 s sca * C1 y u a Truly, we live in a veritable . Go ° d L fr f sh * a - e! ' abund “ de fairvland each fall as the frosts of 15 g ettl *P tc ^ one of the worlds w rt ^nTh^gffSd and w^d bri.ioal items. Water is life land with rainbow colors. t0 *""> 'and Jartory. Ours is a L . L problem of conserving it. The Al- Maple, hickory*, sourwood, dog* | mighty sends plenty of it here to! wood, the gums and so on. My. us m()S t of it runs away be- what beauty they bring. And it is; f orp we „ an use ^ Then later we the occasional tree, the tree ex-. neet i Critically. Surely we can posed, where all, of the glory of fhej w0 rk out economical means of de- sun hits it, that wc see transcend-1 ^ a j n j n g more 0 f it for future'use. en4 ‘ ,. Our legislature is-considering laws ,Do you have one dr more of these to govern the beneficial use of our r varied sort? on your place" there by great water resource. We have a the house? If not, now'is the sea- long rocky road'ahead on that. -on to transplant - one from the * * * * woods. A young hickory, for. in stance. . - I never thought so much df one before. But a ten foot one on« our T !, from around vyhiA we cut oth er : oris iha‘. crowded, and shadeo it, was a billow of pure yellow and -.o.ci'for weeks. And as.the sun hit it, th? lignt was reflected in a sort ol lumnious glow that was simply, bewitching. ' We look at azaleas in .the spring, and they are gorgeous. I would Boys Are Thai Way We kids always hated to see summer go. But after the first 1 • frosts had -marred things, we liked to see them bite down hard anjCh" really give us winter. ■» It took- dried, sweet, -ripe per simmons, we thought to make the; ’possums fat. And it took sharp. - cold weather to get the “wolves’’ out of the backs of the squirrels.and rabbits. And, when the jackfrost spdwed take nothing from them. Lets from thi* ground, we knew an end have em, sure. But I would speak h^d been put to snakes. Therefore for the equally-inspiring - beauty' we were then free in our great out- that so often comes to the common of-doors. No danger then when we trees at • autumn. % They are na- waded through the brier paten to ture’s plants here, strong, hearty, get the rabbit out, or walked heed- and easy to have. So many we i lesslv across hedge or swamp. ' have are §5haded by pines, large Game was rather plentiful then. 1 oaks and "the dike. And surely we We trapped rabbits, caught pos-i want the majesty of great trees sums , and shot birds. '•around us too. But let’s stick a few Along the rail fences were our of hose that color best in the falfci favorite spots to" set rabbit traps in semi open places where the sun 0 r boxes, as we called ’em. They can hit and fal color can becomeSvould gnaw the rails where they intense. Then we can have color went through. And a frejh knaw spectacles in the fall that are the meanT a’ rabit oj; two for sure, for equal »of azaleas in the spring. And they used those paths over and they are, a lot easier to have. over. We were ever looking for Ask your county agent about re-[new gnaws, and would change our setting woodland things. The time boxes as the older places were out. is now.. * * ♦ * With dogs, we hunteef the wary, yet dumb, old ’possum at night. We’d build a fire and wait for the re- dogs to tree, as they circled a wide area, gqided by our occasional yells. i Said Well ^ , Senator 5 ; Aiken of Vermont, ce-ntly said: For the past few y ears, since’ Their bark would change when The end of World War..II. the world they had treed. Then we would put. has needed two things almost at*pve the fire out and go. No matter haw ail else. They are DDT. and the big the tree, it was cut. And .the American county agent. DDT to smallest ’possmus always/ seemed bring them health, and the county to go up the biggest trees, agent to help Ifyom make a living.” * *- * Present Farm Squeeze Our Mr. Rochester tells me that since the fall of 1952 farm prices have dropped an average of 16 per cent. That’s all of the things the farmer has to sell.- Some dropped* less and some more than that. At 1 the same time, the "many things farmers have to buy have dropped but 3 pei^pent. And that’s the squeeze that’s hurting now. The individual can’t remedy this. But there are a few things he can' do to help. He can try to improve efficiency and cut costs. And he can more, nearly live at home so he won’t have to buy as much. Then he will be improving his lot at both ends. And when you can do that, rt counts twice as fast. * * * Dr. Fred E. Holcombe OPTOMETRIST Offices at 200 South Broad St. Phone 658 Office Hour* ,9:00. to 5:3t h FAST, SAK Help V For coughs and acute bronchitis due to colds you can now set Crcomulsion specially prepared for Children in anew Best Potato Show The 4-H sweet potato exhibit of 150 one-bushel hampers'" at the Florence fair in late October “wasj the best iwgricultural display ever' put on in 'this state,” according to! District Agent J. T. Lazar, as quot-! ed by Bob Martin in his news fea ture on that subject. This 441 project was \ started 8 years ago with the aid of sponsor ing^ firms interested in the com- mertial development of the sweet potato. The highest yield of qual- -Vi pink and blue package and be sure: ' child will like it- (1) Your i (2) It contains only safe, proven ingredients. (3) It contains no narcotics to dis turb nature’s processes. (4) It will aid nature to soothe and heal raw, t tender, inflamed throat and bronchial membranes, thus relieving the cough and promoting rest and sleep. Ask for C reomuls ion for Chil dren in the pink and blue package. CREOMUCSION FOR CHILDREN r? u~ ■ «. ' - TlfE CLLNTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 7, 1954 For An Economical Tosto Troat Try Frank's LIVER MUSH » Largo Palmetto fresh FARM EGGS BEEF ROAST-45 Doz. Ctn. • e Cup 53C Mild Or Hot Pinky Pig PORK SAUSAGE First Grade Quality-Tender , FRESH GROINI BEEF ^ 39c Dairy Department Values! For Tasty Sandwichesl Cheese H-Uk Prints—Southern Gold Spread 69c Margarine Lb 25c Grade A Medium Shipped * Mountain View Farm EGGS ^ 59c Seafood Dopartmont Valuosl r.Tf.Tr.r»c Mr^Sc ^ POLE BEANS 2-35c Lbs. 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