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I f > — Thursday, October 19,195(1 * THE CUNTON CHRONICLE Page Three Notes From The County Agent's Office By C. B. CANNON, County Agent Erskin^ Jacks, Technician of the tie J Laurens tooperative Breeding As sociation, is doing a good job as technician as shown by tabulated report from Clemson college. The report showed that in the month ' of July, his average percentage of non-return cows showed 68.4 per & cent settled as compared to the state average oft66.6 percent for all the associations. The reports are released periodically from the Clemson college dairy department to the county agent’s office and the associations. ' A special classification and prem ium list for the Laurens -county fair has been made for calves from arti ficial breeding. There is rib ques tion that much improvement will be seen in future years from off spring of dairy cattle in higher pro duction, as proven bulls from Clem son college dairy herd are used in J the artificial breeding program for Laurens county. This breeding ser vice is available to any and all persons having a dairy-type cow, seven days each week. Farmers wishing to have the service of the * association are requested to place their call each day over telephone 521 between the hours of 8:30 a. m. y and 10 a. m. to be sure the cows are bred that day. Calls may be placed also after the above named 1 hours if cow is noticed in heat after 10:00 a. m. The technician does not leave the office until 10:00 a. m. in order to arrange his schedule to cut down travel as much as possi ble. *9 f Need Part-Time Technician—Mr. Jacks needs a -part time technician 9 to help with the artificial breeding program as he is working seven days a week. Any person with a high school education, interested in part'time work ia requested to con- ( tack Mr. Jacks or the county agent's office at one*. It will be necessary for the person to take a few days * training at Clemson college begin^ mng October 23rd. The assoerition pays expenses for the#p-few days of training at the collet*. Chapman Wins t hu^xo Trip Sanford Chapman, son of Mr and I Mrs. Elbert S. Chapman. Sandy Springs Community, won i free trip to Chicago as winner of first place with his 4-H calf for Laurens county in the fitting and showing contest at the Piedmont Interstate Fair in Spartanburg last wegk The award was made by the Piedmont Interstate Fair Association. Other 4-H Dairy Calf Club mem bers from Laurens county cohnpet- ing in the contest at Spartanburg \ were: Herschel Gibbs, Trinity Ridge Community; Hyett Chapman, Sandy Springs Community, Wof ford Wood and Don Willis, Green- pond Community; Steven Tollison, . Hickory Tavern Community, and Eddie Jones, Mountville commun ity. County Agricultural Committse . To Meet ‘ Laurens county agricultural com mittee is to meet Monday, October 23rd at 10:00 a. m. in the agricul- * tural building to make recommend ations for the 1951 extension pro gram of work. J. W. Tinsley, Lau rens, Rt. 3, is chairman of the com mittee and will preside over the meeting. 1 The various sub-committees met this week to prepare their recom- g mendations tor the county com mittee meeting. Farm people, both men and women, representihg 'var ious lines of agriculture are on the committee. , Laursns County Fair Date Near October 30th through November 4th is Laurens county fair date and no time should be lost in getting m exhibits ready for the fair. Outside interest in showing hogs is encour aging. Farmers should notify the superintendents at once the expect ed number and kind of exhibits in order for space to be provided. All the educational exhibit booms were taken up at the draw ing for places held in the Agricul tural building last Wednesday af ternoon by thW notifying the "county and home demonstration agents their intentions. Community drawing for adult booth space to be used by Home Demonstration clubs were: Trinity Ridge, Shiloh, Lanford, Barksdale- Namie, Shady Grove, Long Branch and Hickory Tavern. Booths for junior department space drawn were: Ford F.F.A., * Clinton F.F.A., Gray Court J.H.A., Hickory Tavern J.H.A., Barksdale- Narnie 4-H, Long Branch 4-H, and Laurens J.H.A. and F.F.A. * , All superintendents and officials of the fair will be called together * in the near future for discussing final plans. 4 Good Dairy Bam Lighting Essential Speeds Up Work, Aids Sanitation Problems Good lighting in the dairy bam is not only convenient, but neces sary. For it speeds up work and helps the dairyman with his sanita tion problems. Farmers, therefore, are cautioned by agricultural engineers to wire their barns so that they have plenty of illumination on the job, around the job and going to and from the job. For these purposes, it is rec ommended that lighting outlets be located every 12 feet on the center line of the litter alley and every 20 A Three Days' Cough Is Your Danger Signal Creomulsion relieves promptly because it goes right to the seat of the trouble to help loosen and expel germ laden phlegm and aid nature to soothe and heal raw, tender, inflamed bronchial membranes. Guaranteed to please you or money refunded. Creomulsion has stood the test of millions of users. CREOMULSION The above picture illustrates lighting outlets at 12-foot Inter vals on the renter line of the litter alley and every ^ feet on the center line of the feed alley. feet on the center line of the feed alley. If more illumination is desired than can be obtained from the above plan, a second line of lights can be placed in the litter alley over the hind quarters of each row of cows. Flood lights on the outside cor ner of the bam. or conveniently placed yard lights, will help pre-* vent accidents by illuminating the farmer's path from the bam to the house. If a milk house loading plat form is used, it also should be well , lighted. Indiridiul Lifetime Meat Quota Set at 55 Animals Your lifetime quota of meat In terms of live animals represent 33 hogs. 10 Lambs, I steers and 4 veal calves, a livestock publication re ports. That’s provided you live to be 68.3 year* of age—the life expectan cy of a man bora in the United States today. The data was based upon actual consumption of the amount of meat eaten by the average perspn over a 52 year period. Since the turn of the century, average per capita meat consumption has been 67 pounds of pork, 61 pounds of beef. 7.5 pounds of veal and 6 pounds of | lamb. “Since the beginning of the cen tury,” the publication said, “the high point in per capita meat con sumption was reached in 1918 at 163 pounds. The low point was 117 pounds in 1935. Since that time, however, meat consumption per capita has been fluctuating around 150 pounds per year.” Final Vaccination Oscar Flores, director, (left) and General Harry H. Johnson, co-di rector, were on hand to see the flflal dose of vaccine administered in the three-year battle to eradicate foot-and-mouth disease in Mexico. During the campaign approxi mately 17,000,000 animals were vac cinated three times, and the ma jority of them received a fourth immunization. There have been no outbreaks of the disease since December, 1949. Fresh Market Vegetable Tonnage Tops Last Tear The total tonnage of vegetables for fresh market during the 1950 summer season was approximately t per cent more than last year, the United States department of agri culture reports. Substantially larger quantities of onions, watermelons, and cabbage, and more lettuce than last year, were noted in the report. Tonnages of celery, tomatoes and peas were down somewhat. 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