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A /V ^ la \ Thursday, February 2, 1950 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pa,ge Five Farms & Folks slid the back pant o/ the—hog water. Wh!en it Br»J. ML ELEAZER. Cletason Coflef• Extensloa taler* Button SpeeUUst But that’s not all. Lespedeae- now [Ihey, slid the t goes with most of our grain. And it | in the scalding water. Wl^fei carries a ’ lot of meaning too. It is | pulled out that time, we \ the greatest crop to come to us in our time. It has gone far since a veter an 'county agent across the line in North Carolina went “hog wild” on it about 30 years ago. Some of our agents carried groups of farmers up there to see it back in the twenties. Chester, Lancaster, and Fairfield were among the first. And it spread until now it is a major crop in the state. Is It Geedbye Hone? It hasn’t been long $ince the horse or mule was a mighty important part of every farm. And we cherish ed the old critters almost like a member of the family. We took care of them in old age was ids were all set to see who could get the tail. With one grab, it^cleaned perfectly. Next week we Will have to finisn this. It’s already filled my space. Boys Arc That Way The most excitement for us was the killing of the hog. At first a good axeman tapped 'them in the head with an axe. But later we got a 22 rifle and that did a very neat job. As soon as the hog hit the ground, several men would jump in the pen, turn it on its back, and stick it so it would bleed good. Then the rail 1950 Ford Wins Foshion Academy Gold Medal Award rnounce that The new 1950 Ford has been chosen to receive the Fashion Academy Gold Medal Award for, 1950. M “Retaining the smart grace of line that characterized the 1949 Ford, the new edition, possesses added beauty and color, appointments* and designs and greater appeal in styling. It can rightfully make claim to' an import ant place in the 1950 fashion picture.! ' The Gold Medal will be presented to Ford at a later date when thef Fashion Academy makes its annual; selection of America’s Best, Dressed Women” for 1950. "locomotives was part of the road’s -pFogesKw- toward diesehiation of its operations. SUBSCRIBE TO THE C HR ONI CIA The Fashion Academy Gold Med al Award for outstanding design and fashion styling of 1950 automobiles! ^ has been awarded to the 1950 Ford,, j d *1 j it was announced by E. A. Hartman ' 5601)00rd KOllrOOd director of the academy. ! Order* 26 Diesel* This is the second consecutive year 1 v/rucr * the Ford line has been selected by the academy to receive the award The Fashion Academy, a Norfolk, Va., Feb. 1.—The Sea- New Line Railroad company has, fence would be taken down at one York school of fashion design, has announced that orders have been wfcar, fiaMc i place and a* 1 hands dragged the hog, become internationally known for its placed , Cs at a too. When they wore out m Uie fields out to the leaning scalding barrel' annual selection of “America's Best ' costpf$3,600 ’ 000 - and on the road, we turned them out j Hear the pots of boning wa ter. It Dressed Women”, and more recent- The Diesel locomotives were or- jn toe pasture to graze out toeir last ( was toned down with . a little co i d 1 ly for its annua i awa rd in the auto- dered from three manufacturers— days m 1 contentment. And when their, water as it was put in the barrel. ! motive field to “America’s Fashion 12 from the electromotive division teeth got bad, we ground choice feed ^ nd a bout a gallon of unleached Car for the Year.” of General Motors, 11 from the Am- for them. No, sir, the dog food peo ple didn’t get our worn-out critters then. Perish the thought! But in recent years the iron mule hardwood ashes added. The lye in! The Ford line was chosen to re- that made the hog clean nice and white. First the front part was sous ed in, allowed to soak erican Locomotive company and three from Baldwin Locomotive com- ceive the award again after 1950 au tomobile models of all makes and in pany a bit, and all price ranges were carefully stud- | The SAL said purchase of the new has been replacing the lice one of| turned a time or tw0 Then two of lied from the standpoint of excellence hide and sinew at rapid rate. So the strongest men pulled the hog out. much so that I have often seen more i^ s ^ f e n on a ] a yer of rails' every- tractors in the fields in a trip a £ ross |one, including us kids, lit in scrap- state than I did workstock. i ing and pulling hair. Feet and head I talked with a large farmer in the mid-state that had completely mechanized. He said the 400 acres of lend used for growing mule feed on that place in the past now grows pastures and feed from which he sells beef cattle. And they more than pay his fuel bill for tractors. And this thing has b^en going on at rapid pace on small farms as well, as large. Kotee and mule numbers j have been tumbling in a manner that j would make one think that breeding, had been stopped- To cap the climkx, now .we read that the Horse Association of Am erica has been dissolved! How will it be when the hurricane of hard-times hits and motor fuel does not come down? Of All Things Sometimes I’m going to list a lot of the unusual things that I have known of county agents being called upon to handle. I want to tell you this one now. A few weeks ago I \Vas in County Agent Hubbard’s office in Bamberg. A lady in distress called. She want ed him to come out and prescribe for a den of rattlesnakes that she had found in a hollow tree in her yard. They had had a few warm days, .and the snakes had begun to stir. —— And Carraway’s phone in-Charles ton rings frequently with the widest range of inquiries. One person wanted to know what to feed rain frogs. And would you believe jt, Carraway had the answer from an authoritative source in short order! These county agents, men of many sides! Seed Lespedeza And Top Dress Grain February is the time to seed lespe deza and top dress grain. In fact, both of these jobs can be done at the same time. - Then run a spike- tooth harrow over it. That kills the small weeds, works the grain, ties the lespedeza seed in:place, and,does the same for toe top dressing. Our grain acreage in South Car olina has doubled in recent years. And that has much meaning in the livestock and poultry development. were hard to clean; so the best work men got hold of them. When the front was about clean- rthe low-price field ed, a good man took each foot and 1 “It is indeed a pleasure in design, simplicity and feminine COMMERCIAL PRINTING style appeal, Mr. Hartman pointed This completely equipped combi- out. 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