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^ ~l"age 8 Farm Famili By Shermaan Briscoe, USE the^oys!*'' Mi^lsshwi State K: mons said to jne. re ^v.tly when plained how some tuir^grs are cotton acreage all< ""tnU, whi moving to town. ?~^?This summarises Muntt?I saw - (during a two-week t< . . <>f some ?f, the farming areas o. Texas, . Louisiana, Mississippi. / lah *.nia, . Florida, Georgia, and :ou h > ( dina. Some of the farmers were'v prospering Others had gene, ah<i . the rundown houses in .v.'rrii ih r\ ; used to live stood er. . . >r s'"?- ^ etituted for barns ami ! 'g<- i with v fciiy. : Altogether the Fx: \ ?? Sn:;-!f vice workers tool: me? > v:>it?2-1?r families. Most of the n ' fazed by reduced uer- .. ' allot-1 meats of cotU>n ami t" y-*- > < ton allotments have* 1 "i - '.u.-ed by-four million acres t ..u ' ?JI found -these?farmer.' Picking up for their smaler acreage by in- 'N creasing their yields and stepping poultry, and truck crops. FARMING EFFICIENCY | level of efficiency I nm sure they , never thought poss'ble. Where t they used to plow and plant and > chop two acres, for'every hale of i cotton they harvested, they now s get from a bale to a hale and a t half off one acre. . ' ' r Where some used to be satis* ? fied with 15 or 20 .bushels of corn j per acre, they noV average 50 to CO and sometimes get nearly 100. Actually, the increased produc-1 tion of feed crops is the basic fact ^ ^ behind their raf>id shift from cot-ir Ion to ivestock as one of their c main methods of adjustment. In-|* ?Meau 01 ngnting gras* they way 's I they used to do, most farmers are ^ now pampering it in an effort to a develop more an J more acres of.v improved pustures for their cat-1 ? tie and hogs. And intsead of be- j h dug contented with a few runty j pigs that root most of their food 0 - out of t.he earth beside empty j c corn cribs, farmers now grow 1 PA I NT Inside and Out i FINANCE UP TO 36 MO. Johnson Paint Store 711 HASDEX ST. PS1. AI. 3-8173 Five Points .Columbia! S. C. POPE'S PORO BEAUTY SCHOOL 2479-81 Mil AYOO!) AVENUE roiXMiiiA k?, s. e. A Registered and Appnned . StTUjnJ Beauty Culture For Information C?H AL l-'dT.'. AY. C. POPE, Ov : msski _ *.?" <../v.?Oo OC'^'-.Oi 'J Professional Card 2 rEl.EPHONS AI. ?-l 15!? DR. D. R. DIXSON " Dental Surgeori nff:? " uii.it Miiiirs: 9 A. M. To 1 P. M. and 3 P. M. To 7 P. M. and b> 220S Lady Street | ' Appointing/' Columbia, S. C. ] u, I JBQB0aC83nCU>Co-- 8Cftt* fOOLC r-? . ' * . . : 1 es Adjusting )A Information Specialist tre separating the men from x tension Leader \V. E. ^ AmI was m*his State as he exadhisting to their smaller le others are giving tip and icres nrtd acres of hybrid corn for lu Vre.de and purebred swiite to 1 of;' (or eat off the| stalk in he field) in a feeding practicerhi'.-h is navingi off in earlier iiorkctings of meatier hogs. For -example. Mr. and .Mrs. Dol hus Jones- of Caldwell. Texas, ho had only one hog and no cows few years ago. sold S!l."?S worth f beef cattle last year. Their ogs a to 1 x acres of.com 111 The ield. . . . Xear Newberry. S. M^\ ahd Irs. Eugene Graham arc now' Upplemcnthtg their, cotton income y growing a fe\y acres of Turiv.h tohjfcco. that brings them up o .$1.25 per pound. In Uniontown, Ala., Mr. and TrsT .A rt1'"" yrf(r gfcttinprfvtr.6 often off five toi l's t'io" us" i to get off 10. Tr-arVit'on. .;! ?.' ->w have -a- small lai.ry herd of 15 grozing in exrellent pastures of Dallis grass, A'.hite Dutch clover and lespedeza. The three Jerseys and five Guern>eys now being milked are prolucing more than 30 gallons of nilk a day which bring the swains a semi-monthly i 1 k ilant check of more than $100. JVING IS GOOD Down in Quincy, Fla., Mr. and Jrs. Willie Porcher are not woried about their tobacco allotment if a little over an acre, because hey are making a good living off ????" sausage. i ney butcher | rom three to 10 hogs ev^ry week! nd- grind t.hem into sausage vhich they pyt into casings and imoke. Nineteen stores in town andle their product. Mr. and Mrs. .fohnnin Simmons f Dixie, (Ja., put their eight-acre :otton allotment into t.he Soil HEADACHE Ease PAINS OF HEADACHE. NEURALGIA. NEURITIS w?th STAN8ACK TABLETS or POWDERS. STANBACK rcmtmes several medically proven pain relievers . . '.'The added effectiveness of these MULTIPLE ingredients brings faster, more complete relief, easing anxiety and tension usually acccm panr1Z ^n'5nop pM'P^iriU.on " Middle ci>;e is tiie period of ife \vhen you will do anything. !,lilting y>.i. y-'r/jvoo.woooo Doqooocrocb FOR RENT HREE DUPLEXES AT? 210?2210'i ( lark Street 21:Ur-221:V'a CKivk Street . .] 215?2217 C'lai k Street Four, and five rooms .Private bat.hs and entrances ,>20,>n> nod' 1 DIXIE REAL ESTATE 2C015 a Assembly Street * F.'u no A L 2-8218 ctccooocccaj [HE PAT MFrrn TJUTIEK Bf to Tighter j . # y^^saB^Mpij SHBPk*^ mwxMMWm KWAME NKRUMAH, prime i , the object of. widespread critic of African journalist Bankole the Ghana provenment- Nkrum; thy, editor of the Daily Graphic 1 after the paper ran a series ol . mail's administration. ..Bank this year and turned their full attention to truck crops. Mr. Simmons carries a small truckload of vegetables to Thomasville or . Valdo'sta twice a week and comes I home with from $30 to $150 in his pocket. . t Back of this transformation, ' which is bringing a better day tod i farmers making the adjustment, 1 , are 00(1 hnr t-wnrlrim, V" I' - ^ vt it'iig 11*A.tension Service agents and super- 1 visors. They are putting in long i1 hours to get impoftant research s information from the U. S. De- 1 ' ?' HEALTH? . \.^ ' . x. mcfA < -* "? /.::crninG to nutr _ s f^rtvs. wocr oaten . - c ? ' i it:s?0 fv a grtat?fl orcat-or:eg tv, | ,'V \ r. ffP^TUB t_Cf CA LCI r .nJ",A j - '4T l?r:jBTO cTvi ' j'" '-T j 1 ' V'M i \ I; ; v , [ / \ ! ' ) r I '' - -V T O ; p?': f'iiJT. 0V\ 'i"t . r I THt av:sa.i J * -\ \ A l\ - : BAVitTOIVAW to V A ?';/ t j I t>N.'i P.'.v I' " i v; ma too >iHfAKE \J- v" rou,?rs ^-'<V y* 1< FommuT^'S '|Vo? ".T.J^5, "- 1/0 K"-E-? 7 Li**-?'*}1', f A7 w i . O-: ? 7$&-* -';-ff==^^-'6?/jO OPT",IN Al ~T" '>---/ v'4\ _ - N'Vry>-AL VALl i L,s- . .-<fj-:' .'r - FRESH FRUIT! -* - ~ /V ~\ S?.1'.J VMRAW t-vcay i ./<?, ^ ARK GE.NKRAII //'> *=?* j'-> aflft.' -r^y IN CALOKifi ''A|'||V,I*./",.'..'iAA/-/> - ? - . ^ . . w.ww'.'.v.V.P.Q v.O.v.OA '3$ Room Accom< Benedict-Allen ? % Teacher^ PHONE AL f-8< o Mils. G. A. 0 g 1309 Pine Street ,Sati Acreage ' ' W yMBMM ^3MKBMWjiB ^ 4 > ' '' minister of Ghana, has he<; asm recently over the ouste Timothy, who was critical c Eih reportedly deported Time c, Ghana's leadinir newsp&rtci f articles critical of Nkri partment of Agriculuture, tl Land Grant Colleges, and the e: periment stations onto the furn and into the homes of farm fam lies. Visiting farm families froi year to year, one looks at the nai row peaks and broad valleys i the pattern of progress, and feel that the pace is a little slow. Br as one walks with the jeojle, h oegins to realize that altho'og the pace seems slow, the nonrC f ire moving ahead rapidly_in thei hinking and planning ?; By T.swis iCTS hW t?S R:*s '<>> ' ' . h^.$} trP ' j { f * - i FOODS HIGH IN^OTEI^^ VITAMINS AND MINERALS, 6U0H A3 LEAN M EAT, MILK AHD FKF.S'I FR'JITS AND VEGETABLES AREA HEALTHFUL ANSWER TO THE NEED FOR A WELL-BAL' A-!CED REDUCING DIET. RICH , Tup t ..'S'SERrs SHOULD BE KEPT J EOF TO A MINIMUM r*Ntr - ??? :? _ _ AT CUMg _ ? >A7,THCY 4 -Y LOW * , - , I 4 >dations For ; summer School Vvailahle i >26 or WHITE < LIPHANT J Columbia, S. C. < < x9>yxojoxi >?^:V:<-vjoc?:coo.OOJ00OJ.< . + ' - ft i irday, August 17, la37 Report Alabama -Negroes He!t! In Bondage ~ I MO^XC;OMKKY. Ala. ? An 1 Alabama lcgisilator sani last week ? that he has "reliable information" | that somo white planters in Alaj bama are hoIjUng Negroes in bondage by "paying" them with wel1 t?1~ xui c i uiuir*. i lie said '$ Fasbe-cnlold thatat -r i least throe big; landowners encourage unwed Negro mothers t o qualify for aid to dependent chil-' dien, threatening at the s a m" o time to have the payments stopped unless their families continue working. * ri State Sen. George* Little of Bar" | hour C'oounty made t.he disclosure in ail?mid-view itr _sjijiport of 'pending legislation, that would limit welfare payments to one illegitimate child in a family. H , Little sai.l it has "come to my ? attention from . reliable sources that some white farmers with ^ large Negro tenant populations ' are using aid to dependent ehildrcn as a means of paying their _ farm .help." ] He said t.'ie landowners pay litie tie or no_wages" and threaten to c" have the Negroes "taken off" the 18 welfare rolfs if they leave. ? 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