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■ Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, May 18, 1950 Farms & Folks of this state cotton committee. * mate, Zeke, and I were put to the their economic experts say they can' sideration may be fiven to enlarging placed under an American, presum- l,— 1—j _n , i.w _* *w- — Ai — — *— ‘the Atlantic Pact into a Western de- ably Gen. Omar Bradley, present* Not only have they employed all,job of minding the gap there so the pay foj. By J. M. ELEAZER. Clemson College Extension Inf or- ^ mation Specialist The Cotton Fight known means of getting the proper cows wouldn’t get out into the corn| The big three decision to keep Ger- 1 fense aiK * economic organization to chairman of the U. S. Joint Chiefs of poisoning information out to the far- | across the road. 1 many an armed camp was announced incIude . not only Germany, but pos- Staff. Such a command would re- | mers, but they have done what they We piayed mere and had a good last night. It stressed for the first * ibI y Sweden, Turkey and other na- place the present five-nation Brus- could to get sufficient supplies of ma- j time eatill g dewberries and wild time the defensive nature of the oc- tions as welL : sels P ac i 0 1 ^ ga iJr®T >I J 1 h T ead : chines and poisons for the rush that’s 1 plums that grew in the fence cor- cupation troops, rather than their po- Other reports said a new supreme ed 'by British r ieid Marsna I Lord expected during the immediate n ers. Thefe was a right wide ditch lice duties. , Western defense command may be Montgomery. weeks ahead. Each cotton county has had washed between the fence Another uoshot of the three-dav' been organized for this through; an( j u.e road . Zeke and I 8 o, to ^eX Se.Xn ^er.c.’s | the county agricultural committee,. wondering if we could jump it. He of state A cheson, BriUin’s Ernest , and all agencies and interested com- t ri ed and made it all right. He was Revin and Franre’c Robert Srhu- mercial groups are participating on j ust a shade bigger than I was. But man was re fusal to give the go- j the state and county levels. rd try t0 equal him on everything. i^aiy ne- The cotton crop is coming along 30 1 wen t away back and got a good gotiations now But they said occu- TwiVaS hiih h^T^the^f ^ ^ L aP ^° aChe f ^ l^ h ’^ y ' pation controls would be realized , it. V\ e have high hopea for the har- nerve failed me, so I started again. st j'u further I vest. But we should know 1 by now That time I was literally flying. I 4that the boll weevil, and possibly made my leap and was just a few # 4 * LOANS The ministers said in a communi que: In view of the continued refusal , other bugs, can take it from us. I inches short. The toes of one foot Since ear!y_ spring the South Car- How Much Corn? made it to the firm bank and caught. 1 . , olmo Cotton Committee has been at Our corn yielj^ is headed up in this; A U that weight on one foot yank- . . *7® Soviet government to permit work towards helping get the most state. ,edmy foot up and sprained my ankle ^ . Thi work towards wiping get the most ! state - ; ed my foot up and sprained my ankle ' t rej 0 m the^r Z fe?low f country" • * ’ I effective job of cotton insect control! T t;^ did t n f 0 h t j “ st hi ^ n - Clevcis ? n ^ ^ in i men to a democratic and unified Ge^ A O 17* L f** done in the state. I have been rather worked . out the 5 P™* P r ^ ram the ^ an „ ^V 0 T/T many, it haT^ot been possible, and A K I P 1112111C6 close tc this committee and know of increasing corn yields The county cue. The thing pained bad and start- iU y ’ . . P 0 ^. ’ 1 the endless"hours'ttVy~put i'n7 Oilrlf* 611 ? po^op 'demonstrations of tL-ed swelUng almost immediately. IfaJjffW director.^D. w" "watkins, Ts'chairma'n « the counties a tew years ago. | called for someone else to watch the ofTTreaty^o? 1 ^ JritbGer ^ .w- ga and he carne d me up to the ,, inrac*: W1M1 many. . , Dr. Felder Smith Optometrist Laurens, S. C. 126 EAST MAIN STREET South Side Public Square HOURS FOR EYE EXAMINATIONS: 9:00 to 5:30 Wednesdays 0:00 to 12:30 Phone 79 i for Appointment COMMERCIAL HOUSEHOLD WIRING Electrical Appliance ' Repairing and Electrical Construction Work Floor Plugs A Specialty ARNOLD M. CANNON 406 W. Maple St. Tel. 312-XJ Many farmers saw it, and the prac tice soread. Now the state and coun- house on his back^ I was in for a ty co. h contests serve to further rap- , week with that. And got out of draw- l_ idly spread the new ideas about corn: ing a lot of water and bringing in a There have been reports that con- LOANS ON AUTOMOBILES, SIGNATURE, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES Friendly, Confidentiat Service- 104 PITTS STREET CLINTON, S. C. lot of stovewood. Pact Nations culture. The first four points are good pre paration of the land, good seed, thick er stands, and liberal fertilization. [ These have largely passed, as far as Try To Gauqe the 1950 corn crop is concerned, ^ ^ 7. all but the last one. And we will fin- U6tCnS6 COSt ish that one too soon with top-dress-! ing. London — Britain, France and the And that brings us to our point ; United States—determined' to keep Much nitrogen is needed to. make troops in Gtrmanv on guard' against, a lot of corn. You have prepared the possible Soviet aggression—met with land, put down a good complete fer- the other Atlantic Pact nations today tilizer under it, and planted your to try to line up west Europe’s de corn by now very likely. And that’s 1 fenses. all to the good. You have the stage [ The main problem confronting the set there for a good yield. But you, foreign ministers of the 12 nations, need two things to realize on it, wat- ^ as they opened their three-day meet- er and nitrogen. |j n g j s much they can afford to A few will supply the needed sho-, spend on defense without stifling wer by irri^Htion, but thcit s not 3t i economic recovery, widespread yet. j Some of the nations’ military chiefs But all can attend to the other have recommended in secret reports I necessity, nitrogen. Remember it takes about 2 pounds far more troops - and equipment than YOUR • CAR SICK? A CBAHCC % TO SERVE *«■. YOU,' COOPER MOTOR CO. Phone 515 West Main Street of nitrogen for each bushel of corn you get. Now, that’s got to come from the land of the fertilizer sack. Most of our land has only enough nitro gen in it to make yields like we used to make, 12 to 14 bushels per acre. What you get above that an ordinary land must come from the other things you have done there and that need ed nitrogen you have applied. A good many of your nitrogen ma terials carry in the neighborhood of 20 percent nitrogen for, you will need to use 100 pounds of such top-dress ing So Clemson’s Woodle and Craven! say to top-dress according to the stalks you have on the land to gel the yield potential that’s there. For it’s poor business to do everything j else that goes into a crop and then cheat yourself out of the yield by not putting enough nitrogen there, when 20 pounds of it would ordinari ly give you afoout 10 additional bush-’ J els of com. C: 1 ? If it’s bushels of corn you want,’ | watch your nitrogen. Boys Are That Way The balmy days of late May had arrived. It was Saturday afternoon We had put the tub half full of water J in the sun that morning to w’arm up j for the weekend bath. At noon we got that, put on clean overalls and shirt, ate dinner, and then went down in the pasture where the first baseball game of the season was to be playeS. 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