The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, July 28, 1949, Image 16
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
THURSDAY, JULY 2ft, 1949
Farms
&
.Folks
By J. M. ELEAZER.
Clemson Collar Extension Infor
mation Specialist
"Destroy confidence in farming
and you put dynamite under your
cities.
"You should all get agricultural
religion. If you don't, you will go
to agricultural hell pretty quickly.
"Publicity is a great thing for the
farmers".
Thus spoke Dr. Seaman A Knapp,
the daddy of cooperative extension
w: rk. at Memphis in 1910.
And at the same time, you recall,
the boll weevil was a rather far
away threat to us. And he said at
Me my his. "You can grow cotton in
the Si uth. boll weevil or no boll
wetvi ; ".
"The progress of the world is the
tr..-lavement of machinery. The man'
w r .s successful will use more ma-
ch.rer,v and less men.”
Mow that was queer talk and rare
vi- .n to be spoken back there in
1910.
And about that same time, when
the textile center of the nation was
up East'. t he predicted that the foot
hills i f the Carolinas would grow
into that position and do it rapidly.
Quite a man was that Dr. Knapp.
J-3.s eye dipped farther into the fu-
tu:e than average eyes can see. And
the betterment of agriculture through
the demonstration method of teach
ing has enriched this country, helped
teed the world, and has been extend-
t.i to a number of otVier countries
wh -end there experts here to study
it
I nave the pleasure of seeing you
often new.
On Saturdays I have a chat with
v u on the state network "Voice of
C cm.- n" radio program from 12:36
!c 12 42 p. m.
Or. Sundays I see you through the
ci :..mn "Seen Along the Roadside”
in all of the morning dailies.
And then on Thursdays we have
another chat through "Farms and
Folks” that appears in about three
j fourths of the afternoon and week-
[ly papers. Ahd quite a few papers
I publish both columns.
< ' t> .
I And about the most pleasure I
{get is in seeing so many of you as I
1 prowl around oyer the state with
the county agents and talk with
groups here and there.
I Our agriculture is in the midst of
great change. Change has always
been under way. But now it is fast
er. far faster, than usual. We talk
about it here a^d on the radio, as
.•e see it in our rounds.
Machinery, and grass, and irriga
tion. and clover, and trees, and grain
sorghum, and soybeans, and livestock
are words that carry new meaning
in what's happening on the farms
now. Experiment station, field dem
onstration. and farm e\peri$nce are
attuned to the task of chJhge, and
we are not groping. We itre on our
way. We don’t have all the answers
yet. but the new things are finding
their feet and helping ntakjfe the old
things like cotton and tobl0L-o more
secure. In all of this field of change
I am permitted by Clemjon to walk.;
observe, and then talk with you about
it three times a week-.
i . 1
So I'll be seeing you Saturday at
j 12:36 p. m. over the air. Sunday , in
I your daily paper, and on Thursday
in your afternoon and weekly papers.
“Day lilies growing wild by the
roadside! Just look! And in Califor
nia we have to go to great pains to
grow them.”
Thus spoke a man from out there
who was riding wild me recently.
As I've told you. I’ve been around
out there and in other parts of the
West right much of late. I saw many
wonderful and interesting things.
But none of them caused me to think
the less of South Carolina. In fact,
if we developed our resources as they
have, they would be pointing to the
wonders of tbe Southeast, I am sure.
And the way we are awakening, they
might be doing that before many
more years. ,
I asked County Agent Cain of
Calhoun if they had a community or
ganized in which to get all of the
cotton poisoned early, as many coun
ties have. He said they had it, but
their’s covers the whole county!
Now folks, that’s something new.
And it will be watched with inter
est. We have often wondered if the
boll weevil could not be held com
pletely in check if all of the cotton
was properly poisoned. This year we
will get light on that subject.
Three early dusts ,W ere applied to
practically all of theit'eotton accord
ing to Cain. And he tells me that a
number of those with large dusting
machines went right on and poison
ed the fields of the small neighbor
or two who did not have a dusting
machine. So the stage has been set.
We will read the results from the
fields this fall and t,eil you about
them.
A considerable crowd of farmers
and agricultural workers assembled
at J. D. Kemp’s farm at Edgefield
in early June to see Dr. Jarnegan of
the University of Georgia classify
Mr. Kemp’s fine Jerseys. And that
afternoon they went on over in
Greenwood to classify those of Paul
Lofton at Ninety Six.
Quality animals is the aim of a
number of Jersey breeders in the
state who are thus screening the an-
i imals in their herd: For, as Dr. Jar-
I negan pointed out, the way a cow
] looks, according to dairy standards,
has a lot to do with how she milks.
This noted Georgian has classified
cattle and judged at shows all over
the eastern part of the country and
, is familiar with cattle.
He said: ‘‘We are breeding better
cattle in the Southeast than any
where else in America”. And also,
"We get more grazing from $20 land
1 in the winter than they do from $400
per acre land in the mid-west in the
j summer.
And you may recall that we have
! talked a lot about that in this column.
SIX-INCH SERMON
By Rev. Robert H. Harper
PSALMS OF TRIST
Lesson for July 31: Psalms 34: 3-8
37 3-6; 46.1-3.
Memory Selection: Psalms 91:2.
* A number of the Psalms are the
songs of trust in the Lord, and as
such they touch the chords in every
heart. In Psalm 34 the author re
joices in the fact that God delivers
those who put their trust in him.
Out of his own experience in being
heard uf God and being saved from
all his troubles, the author invites
all to test God's goodness for them
selves.
But wicked men cannot look for
large blessings from God. for they
are not prepared to receive them
A man must trust in the - Lord and
di good if he would gain the great
est b.essings. •‘Commit thy way un
to the Lord.” The whole of life, with
all .ts plans and purposes, must be
given wholly unto God. if a man
wtu.d know "justice as the noon-
day "
In Psalm 46 singer of Israel
iCjOices that God is "a refuge and
strength” at all times. We need not
fear through all the changes about
us—changes symbolized in the cat-,
aclysms of nature. It should streng
then the heart at this time, when
there .s so much of unrest over the
world, need and hunger and suffer
ing. fear of future wars, and the
over-present dread of something to
befall tne nations and disturb the
fxace of men, that through faith we
need not fear.
Whatever your personal need may
be. Gc'd is able and ready to help
you when you come to him aright.
Learn to trust God for the help you
need. That is surely a great lesson tOj
be learned—peace and wellbeing de
pend upon it.
final settlement -
Take notice that on the 22nd day
of August, 1949. we will render a
final account of our acts and doings
as Administrators of the estate of R.
X. Cleland, irr the office of the Judge
oi Probate of Laurens County, at 10
o’clock, a m., and on the same day
will apply for a final discharge from
our trust as Administrators.
Any persons indebted to said es
tate is notified and required to make
payment on or before that date; and
all persons having claims against
said estate will present them on or
before said date, duly proven, or be
forever barred.
T. R. DAVIS,
A. A. CLELAND,
Administrators.
July 20, 1949. Aug. 11-p
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