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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Thursday, February 1, 1951
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Farms
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By J. M. ELEAZER.
Clemson College Extension Infor
mation Specialist
Pine Posts That Last
Ten years a^o Clemson’s W. C.
Nettles visited various county agents
and put on fence post treating dem
onstrations with a material that was
rew. It was chron\ated zinc chloride.
County Agent Jackson of Williams
burg has kept an annual check on
the green unpeeled pine posts thus
treated there on two farms.
On the Marvin P. Mitchum farm
13 such posts were treated in 1940
and put in a line of fence. At' pres
ent all of these are still in service
and only one shows a bit of decay
where the staples were driven in it.
And on A. M. Gordan’s farm seven
posts were treated and used. All sev
en are still in use and five are show
ing some decay where the staples
entered.
Enduring fence posts from small
pine saplings that are neither split
nor peeled is something new. Clem
son’s circular 262 on ‘ Longer Life
lor Fence Posts” has just recently
been revised and is free for the ask
ing from your county agent’s office.
It covers this zinc and other methods
of treating fence posts. This form of
zinc is a DuPont product and can be
gotten through the usual channels.
•Mr. Nettles says it comes consider-
J. R. CRAWFORD
SURVEYING
Clinton, S. C.
ably cheaper in the larger container.
Corn in Marion
The 36 corn contestants in Marion
county averaged 72.3 bushels per ac
re last year, according to County
Agent King’s records. The 10 highest
of those averaged 103.2 bushels per
acre! “Hybrid strains led in yield per
acre! with Dixie 18 leading and N.
C. 27 a close second,” he says.
The Lord's Acre
The grand customN.of planting an
acre for the Lord still holds at places.
I was down in Clarendon when
they delivered their corn contest
prizes. Ed Player was one of the win
ners with 104 bushels on his acre.
That was his “Lord’s Acre," so plan
ned from the start.
There is something genuine, fine,
and gentle about the people of Clar
endon. I like to go down there. Elev
en of their farmers made over 100
bushels of corn per acre on their
prize fields the past season.
Lupines Killed
The hard freezes of early winter
cleaned up the thousands of acres
of blue lupines in the Allendale-
Barnwell-Hampton area.
County Agent Searson says there
has been a lot of planting over. But
it was mighty late for that. It has
proven to be such a good crop that
they just hated to miss out with it
this year and risked late replantings.
County Agent Thompson says that
!5 to 20 thousand acres were killed
by the cold in Hampton county.
It is a two-w’ay crop. A great soil
builder, and the seed make a good
money crop in addition. Searson says
some yields of soybeans following lu
pines were as high as 30-odd bushels
pei acre, w'hile those following grain
ran from 10 to 15 bushels.
Boys Are That Way
The first show’ I ever saw came to
our Stone Hills in a covered wagon
when I was about 7 years old. I think
it was the first of any sort that had
ever been there. That was about 1902.
The only ads it had w'ere the
gaudy pictures sketched on the can
vas cover. They scared us. And we
carried the w’ord home from school
that Friday afternoon.
Everybody went, and the little
schoolhouse was filled to overflow
ing that night. Money was very
scarce, but they would accept some
chickens and eggs for admission, or
corn and fodder for their two horses.
We arrived early, before good dark.
The monkey, one of the main fea
tures of the show, was tied on the
back side of the w'agon to a spoke.
We kids immediately drifted back
there. We were eating some cookies
that were hard and crunchy. We be
gan throwing some to the monkey.
He picked one up, bit on it, but it
was too crisp for his liking. So he
dropped it in a salmon can that they
had given-him some water in. He
left it in the water to soften. When
he reached in for it, it had gotten
perfectly soft and went between his
fingers. We thought that awful fun
ny and all laughed with glee. The
monkey looked at us curiously a
moment. Then he poked his hand
down there and stirred the soft
cooky and water together, turned
the can up and drank it down.
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Notes From The
County Agent's Office
By C. B. CANNON, County Agent
Pine Tree Seedling Shipment
The second cooperative pine tree
seedling shipment to arrive Wednes
day, January 31st at about 12:30 p.
m. at the Agricultural building by
truck.Nine landowners will receive
34,000 tree seedlings. On January
3rd, 19 landowners received 44,500
pine tree seedlings in a similar co
operative order. These shipments are
made through the cooperation of
County’ Agent’s oiffice and Laurens
County Soil Conservation District.
Notice received from the South
Carolina Commission of Forestry
that all pine tree seedlings available
for this season’s planting have been
taken up.
Fire, fire, fire continues to dam
age timber land in Laurens County,
similar to all other sections of the
state. Fire destruction to timber is
referred to back in the early days of
the Bible. In Joel 18, 19th verse:
“How do the beasts groan! the herds
of cattle are perplexed, because they
have no pasture; Yea, the flocks of
sheep are made desolate. O Lord, to
Thee will I cry, for the fire hath
devoured the pastures of the wilder
ness and the flame hath burned all
the trees of the field.” Also in Joel
I—26th verse: "The beasts of the
field cry also unto Thee for the riv
ers of waters are dried up, and the
fire hath devoured the pastures of
the wilderness.” Also in Isaiah 10:18-
19: “And shall consume the glory of
his forest and of his fruitful field;
and the rest of the ^ees of his forest
should be few, that a child may write
them.”
Land covered with growing trees
or grass is one of the best types of
soil conservation of the soil and wa
ter. Springs, streanp# and .wells are
all influenced by conservation of wa
ter in the soil. Lands with no vegeta
tive growth cover retains a small por
tion of the rainfall before it runs off.
It will not be long before spring
clearing of hedgerows, fence corners
and terraces by farmers will begin
and through negligence, use of fire,
many acres of timber land will be
burned as usual each year.
The records of the County Agent’s
office show that farmers are interest
ed in establishing surplus acreage,
to the growing of timber. In 1949
588,500 pine tree seedlings were used
in Laurens county. Of this number
416,000 were bought by commercial
concerns, leaving 172,500 seedlings
planted by individual farmers. In
1950, 83,000 seedlings have been or
dered.
According to the U. S. Department
of Agriculture Forest Service, Lau
rens county in 1949 produced a total
of 11,169 standard cords of pulp-
wood. At this season of the year, sur
plus farm labor may be used in cut
ting pulpwood which is in demand.
It is strongly recommended that all
cutting, whether pulpwood or saw
timber, be done on what is called se
lective cutting; that is removing un
desirable trees, such as crooked,
forked tops, those in a weakened or
dying condition and where the stand
is overcrowded.
In the case of pulpwood, selective
marking can be done by commercial
pulpwood companies who will have
the timber marked free of charge
to the landowner. In the ease of
marking saw timber, this might be
done through the District Forester
of the S. C. State Forestry Commis
sion at a small change of 50c per
thousand board feet. This marking
of saw timber, includes marking of
those trees to be cut and a tabulation
of the number of logs in the various
lengths plus the number of board feet
in the logs. Through this method, a
person wishing to sell timber would
have a fairly accurate estimate as to
the value of lumber he would have
to sell. This marking of saw timber
is done by a person trained in the
work.
It has not been proved that fire
is not a destroyer of timber land and
until this is proved, all efforts pos
sible should be made to prevent for
est fires. The state and national gov
ernments spend considerable money
each year in promoting forestry
work. In Laurens county there is an
organization set up to aid the fanner
in the control of forest fires. J. Shaw
Madden is the county forest ranger
with headquarters in the Agricultur
al building.
The records show that the highest
percentage of forest fires is caused
through negligence. If forest fires
could be prevented, nature would
reset practically all of*, the acreage
that should go back to the growing
of Itimber .
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Paper Evevrybody Reads"
High School Glee Club
To Present Cantata
February 9th
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Members of the high school glee
club will present a cantata, “The
Rose' Maiden” on February ninth in
the high school auditorium.
The program is under the direc
tion of Miss Martha Washington and
Dr. L. G. Nilson. Dough Blanten, a
young tenor from Presbyterian col
lege, will assist in the singing and
give several solos. Admission will be
Twenty-five and fifty cents.
Those taking part will be:
Sopranos—Joan Barker, Betty
Jean Caughman, Sue Cooper, Sara
Frances Copeland, Anna Corley, Jo
an Johnson, Claudette Parrish, Ern
estine Parrish, Annette Smith, Alma
Spillers, Sherill Spires, Sara Work
man, Joan Barron, Geraldine Bow
en, Joanne Copeland, Mary Ann
Copeland, Pat Davenport, Ada Ann
Furr, Betty Gregg, Clara Gosnelt,
Ann Hornsby, Betty Ruth Hueble,
Jolene McGee, Doris Phillips, Jay-
nette Sanders, and Carolyn Thomas.
Altos—(Mary Catherine Anderson,
Jeanette Bragg, Catherine Dunaway,
Kathryn Espieg, Inez Farmer, Dot
Mason, Sally Pitts, Betty Rowe, Pat
sy Rowe, Joan Tompkins, Nancy
Cook, Mary Sue Darr, Ruby Jo Darr,
Kitty Delaney, Catherine Eichelber-
ger, Ellen Fraser, Joan Vaughan, and
Charleen Turner.
Tenors—'Robert Franzen, James
Holland, Bobby Tinman and Robert
Yarborough^
Bass—Charles Johnson, Nick Tin
man, Tracy Dees, Richard Jacks, and
James Rhodes.
vinegar and catsup.
Juice from pickles and pickled
fruits makes a delicious liquid to
use for Harvard beets because it has
enough sweet and sour taste and is
thick enough for the glaze;
Crisp lettuce which has wilted in
well iced water to which is added a
sprinkling of lemon juice and salt.
For tea sandwiches, use 3 ounces
of cream cheese and 2 tablespoons
orange marmalade with . one-fourth
cup roasted unblanched almonds.
You’ll have good nibbling at tea
.>r dinner if you prepare a tray of
walnuts or pecans with cheese. Put
halves of nuts in cream cheese and
roll lightly in salt. Put together two.
halves.
Add a spoonful or two of green
tomato relish to your next batch of
gravy if you want extra flavor.
Parsley for garnish, keeps well if
washed and dried thoroughly. Place
in layers with a generous sprinkling
of salt on each layer in a covered
jar and refrigerate. Rinse before us
ing.
Cook maple sugar and water down
to a thick syrup and use it for glaz
ing fruit, such as apple rings. Place
the unpeeled apple rings, cut thick
into syrup and turn occasionally
while they glaze.
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Cheese Salad Dressing
1 cup cottage cheese
1 can (8-ounce) tomato sauce
1-4 cup salad oil
1-4 cup chili sauce
1 tablespoon chopped onion
Combine .all ingredients in bowl
and beat with rotary beater until
well blended. Chill. Serve over let
tuce or mixed greens.
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HO/HE
To give butter cookies an attrac
tive glaze, brush tops before baking,
with a mixture of slightly beaten
egg yolk or white and one table
spoon of water. Tops brushed with
cream milk will give a lighter
glaze than the egg.
An easy, attractive dessert uses a
scoop of peach or vanilla ice cream
in sherbet cups. Then sprinkle with
pink-tinted cocoanut and serve with
raspberry sauce.
Ham takes to mustard butter whe
ther you serve it straight from the
oven or in sandwiches. To one-
fourth cup creamed butter add a
clove of crushed garlic, 1 teaspoon
French mustard, one-fourth teaspoon
English mustard and a lew drops of
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