The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, June 07, 1951, Image 5
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By J. M. ELEAZEB,
Clemson Collere Extension Infers
i motion Specialist
Thursday, June 7, 1951
vale from our country storei w hcre
we had gone to get Vienna saus
age, large sweet crackers, and soft
drinks. The path led through Cou
sin Paul’s pasture. And our pulses
always quickened there, for a bad
bull was reputed to roam in that
pasture. We worked our way alert
ly a quarter of a mile through it,
always keeping fairly near an easy
climbing tree. As we climbed over
the rail fence on the other side,
our usual peace of mind returned.
^We played on along the pathway
by Cousin Paul’s spring. The damp
mossy path felt good to our bare
_ _ . yj-.fi.ui fe€t > and we tarried at the beauty
rm. T ^* ® , , spot there by the spring. The wash
Tlie Smiths °f Edgefield h pot, with its bed of dead embers,
tablished quite a record as cotton was near by The wash with
growers. ; inverted tubs, was there on the
Since the state cotton improve-. fern-covered bank of the spring
ment contest was started by Clem- drain. And the clothes paddle lay
son in 1926, Edgefield county has on the block that was set firmly
had 9 state winners. Six of these, in the ground. Overalls from the
■were Smiths. I field, with much ingrained dirt,
And during that time Edgefield were lathered and pounded clean
county has had 10 district winners, there.
of which 4 were Smiths. j Fringing the spring, great ferns
Begining in 1945 county prizes, shot fro mthe verdure, and wild
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of them and were making greater
plans as we heard someone com
ing down {he steep path.
We lit out. For the unwritten
law was for '“younguns” never to
play in the spring. The path soon
curved and we were never seen.
But I’m sure whoever that was
wondered what had muddied the
Hornsby Groduotes
At Infantry School
Pvt Lional L. Homjfcy, son of Mr. J
and Mrs. Lional L. Hornsby of this,
city, was recently graduated from the!
basic aiiborne course of the Infantry
school at Fort Benning, Ga., as a>
qualified parachutist, according to an
announcement by Major General
John H. Church, commandant.
too, were offered. Since 'then
Smiths have won 5 of the 12 coun
ty prizes, too.
And this is all the more remark
able when you consider that the
same man or same land can’t win
the same prize twice and each is
disqualified for anything lower
than he has already won. After
winning, he can only shoot at any
thing that’s higher. So now, a
good many of these Smiths have
only the grand sweepstakes prize
to shoot at. It is now $1,500 to the
one who beats the existing record (
made by J. Harvey Neely of Ches
ter county in 1946 when he pro-,
duced 8,275 pounds of lint cotton
on 5 acres.
Now, scores of other farmers
have been in that competition
there, too. The Herlongs and thej
Holmeses for instance each have
three winners. But they can’t hold
a light wiJn those Smiths who have |
15! All of them are good farmers.
There are just more Smiths.
County agents are now taking
applications for the 1951 cotton'
improvement contest.
Signs of Our Times Over S. C.
County Agent Kinard of Jasper
says marketing centers have been
established in 3 communities in
the county for cucumbers for the
Denmark plant. Each community ist
producing 150 acres of pickling
cukes. i
Peach plantings in the sandhills
of Lexington were extended by
many thousand trees that were
planted the past winter, according,
to County Agent Evans. Lexington;
orchards have been rather free of,
frost damage during the past few |
bad years that got most of 'em in
other areas. |
Due to prices and need, the cot-J
ton acreage will be up and that of|
sweet potatoes down some in >
Orangeburg this year is the way'
County Agent McComb sees it (
there.
Many farmers of Richland se
cured their boll weevil poison be-]
fore .hey planted the cotton this
time, a-coniing to County Agent |
Bob Bailey. They were running no |
chances on getting it. It looks like 1
all of their cotton will be poisoned
this time, says Bob.
J. D. Powers of Georgetown was
unable to sell his sweet potatoes
profitably at digging time; so he
cured ’em in his tobacco bam. Then
on out through the season he wasj
able to sell them profitably, ac-j
cording to County Agent McCord.
Cattle farmers in Clarendon are
planting some velvet beans for
winter use. County Agent Grainger
tells me. We used to plant a lot of,
’em. Now, that cattle are on the
increase, they can serve a very |
useful purpose for winter feed from
the field.
Assistant County Agent Fleming
of Florence told me that over 200
farmers attended the two fence
construction and fence post treat
ment demonstrations that Clem
son specialists put on there in the
county the past winter. Fences are
coming fast with our livestock de
velopment. We need to use posts
that last and to build ’em right,
says our engineer McKenzie, for
labor is the big thing now. We
can’t afford to be doing it over so
often.
Down in Kershaw 18 farmers are
planting Turkish tobacco, says
County Agent McCarley. Last year
there were nine. A good crop for
small farmers.
In the 4-H wildlife conservation
work in Lancaster county,
Agent Cannon tells me that 72,00U
lespedeza bicolor plants were se
along ditch banks and hedgerows
the past winter. .
For the past three years Assist-
nat County Agent Sams of Barn
well has had the high boy in the
state 4-H sweet potato production
contest. Yet potatoes are not much
of a commercial crop there yet. But
they are on the mend, he says.
Silage Venus Hay
Dairyman “Skeet” Allison
Richland uses silage more
hay. Because, he says, he can us
ually make better silage than hay-
Weather messes you up too often
iris bloomed in profusion there. As
we stirred around, several small
frogs jumped into the clear cool 1
water of the spring. They in- j
trigued us, and we got the long-!
handled water gourd and tried toj
catch them. Soon we had the,
spring all muddy, and a few small
minnows in it came to the top,|
gasping for air. We caught several
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