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Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, September 6, 1951 Notes From The County Agent's Office By C. B. CANNON. County Agent Laurens County Fair Judges The judges for the agriculture, livestock and poultry departments have been secured by the writer at the request of Laurens County Tair 'Committee. To judge the farm crops exhibits will be P. B. Ezell county agent, and W. A. Ridgeway, assistant county agent, Newberrv. Judging poultry and rabbits, P. H. Gooding, Extension Poultry Specialist, Clemson. Judg ing dairy cattle, C. G. Cushman, Extension Dairy Specialist, and judging the beef cattle and hogs will be W. R. Ritchie, teacher of Animal Husbandry at Clemson col lege. This year the judging of beef cat tle, dair\ r cattle and hogs will be <k>ne at night in order that more people may see the livestock judg ed. The poultry and rabbits and field crops will be done at 10:00 a m., Tuesday morning. One added feature this year is the poultry department will be 140 pullets exhibited by 14 4-H club members during the fair week and on Saturday morning at 10:00 a. m., these pullets will be sold at auction to the highest bidder. This: affords an opportunity for a person to buy some real nice birds that will be ready for egg production. , Tasting For Brucellosis Dr. W. D. Mayfield and Dr. W. W. Adams, veterinarians of Lau rens county, got off to a good start! early last - Monday morning in; drawing blood samples in testing cattle for Brucellosis (Bangs) dis ease. . This work is being carried on through the cooperation of Lau rens County Livestock^ Producers Association of which James T. lumbia. Thf county is being di-| livestock and poultry, nl his coun- vided into sections and allocated to try the major crops are coffee and agriculture teachers and local farm bananas. 'Other crops such as corn, leaders wot'king in cooperation | grain sorghum, tobacco, beans, to- with the county agents’ office in matoes and other vegetables ar? notifying livestock owners when grown. Costa Rica has a rollingjwa S organized ip 1949 with 12 to have their cattle penned for topography and heavy rainfall so the doctor. Addison of Joanna, is president and under the supervision of Dr. R. A. Mays, State Veterinarian, Co- ^// ^ i JUST tECEIVED.. A SHIPMENT Of THOSE MUCH-DEMANDED HARD-TO-GET firestone X'."; TIRES I HURRY... HURRY,.. I WHILE STOCKS ARE I COMPLETE IN ALL SIZES! ysNXC vAV Ai f J , 4J J ' A A M BEFOfte YOU ' '-wa *'(' ' y s / ' S ' < We need thousands of good used tires to keep our new tread shops operating at full capacity ... trade in your $ used tires today and get TOP DOLLAR ALLOWANCE! Hurry... act today! Pay As little As A WEEK . J ' 1 ^ y Cox Home & Anto Supply ‘‘Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed” 201 N. Broad St. Phone 12 . is Q that soil conservation is a major The testing for Bangs is free* and problem. Their chief source of all cattle six months old or older heal for their homes is electricity, are to be tested. The farmer is to due to the natural resources of have his cattle in a barn or cor- [ waterfalls. ral where they may be iield for: Mr. Norza states that it’s hard the drawing of blood. There is for him to become accustomed to no harm done to the mimal as the hot weather and {he high cost results of test. | of meals ip .the United States. It is estimated by government Blankets For 4-H Dairy Calvas officials that approximately $90,-! d. F. Patterson, executive vice- 000,000 loss each year by the cat- president of the Palmetto Bank, tie industry in the United States Laurens, has presented on behalf because of Brucellosis (Bangs) dis- of the bank, blankets for the use ease. Bangs causes abortion on the 4-H dairy calves to the among cattle and Undulant fever county agent’s office. The blankets among people. j are khaki in color wijtl\ green let- Latircnr county cattle owners arc tering "Laurens County 4-H club,” fortunate to have this important i and 4-H clover leaf on one side, testing of their cattle free, and it is. Mack George, son of Mr. and j hoped that the testing will be 100 Mrs. J. Scott George, Laurens, I per cent of all cattle. There is a Rt. 3, is president of the 4-H Coun- ^ law requiring cattle owners to have ty Dairy Calf club with 21 member, their cattle tested, but no one wish-, Eddie Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. es to think of the use of such by .H. T. Jones, Mountville, vice^resi- the state veterinarian. This is a big job to test all the cattle and it 1 is the duty of every person to co- j'j operate fully with the program. It is going to require several months •: to complete the testing. The vet erinarians will draw blood samples only m the mornings due to the hot weather. Colton Harvesting Important Laurens county cottoft crop fast maturing and opening. Open ii cotton remaining in the field ex ~ 2 posed to weather conditions can j$ lose from $10 to $20 per bale in the lowering of grade and staple. On , this basis Laurens county farmers could lose approximately $16,000 to $32,000 to this year's cotton crop due to weather conditions. The season of the year is ap proaching when we might expect increased rains and storms, blow-1 ing or beating cotton out on the ground. Labor to harvest this cot- ; ton may be a problem on some farms where the farmers are de pending on off-the-farm labor for iMrvMtiac. 1 • People working part-time or who 1 axe not working at all may earn i additional family income by pick ing cotton. Some schools operated in the [j summer in order to allow pupils to pick cotton in the early fall. It | might be that schools could adopt a policy of opening early in the moiT.mgs and turning out school early to allow time for cotton picking Newspaper editors discussing I th.- biem jn edit<T:*ls as well as spot news over radio, would help bring to the attention of the public Una cotton situation. It may be poauble that local rural chureh- es. Sunday schools and other or- ' ganuations could find opportunity to pick cptton and obtain finan cial aid Thu cotton crop u need ed not only from an economical standpoint of America, but to help supply needed goods for world trade Artificial Breading £aef Caflia Arrangements have been made 1 with the Livestock Department ofj Clerr son College to secure ford breed semen now to breed beef cattle artificially through the Laurens Cooperative Breeding As sociation. The charges for the beef cattle breeding is $7:50 for the service the same as u being charged for the! ; four dairy breeds, namely. Brown 1 Swiss. Holstein and Jersey. The beef bulls are same bulls heading the beef breeding program of the; college herd. By the addition of I the beef semen ther is another! ! added advantage to livestock own-1 ! ers in breeding beef cattle by not | | having to buy expensive bulls. Rufus Langston, technician for| the association, will do the w'ork in the same manner as for breeding dairy cattle. Mr. Langston’s breed ing record in settling cows is now 69.5 pre cent which is a good rec ord. Again this year there is a classi fication in the Laurens County Fair premium list for heifer calves re sulting from artificial breeding in Laurens county. Any calf pure bred or grade as result of such breeding is eligible to show. Last year a good exhibit of artificially bred heifers were shown and many favorable comments were made by the public of the improvement in stock. Costa Rica Agant Likes Laurens Carlos Luis Norza, county agent, from Palmares, Costa Rica, afr in Laurens last week to spend a few days studying and observing countv agent’s work in agriculture, Mr. Norza arrived in the United! States approximately two months' ago and has visited different sec tions of the country studying agri culture in the extension service. He will visit the Department of Agri culture in Washington for a few days when he leaves Laurens coun ty. Extension service is young in Costa Rica, beginning its organi zation and put into practice in his counftry approximately two and one half years ago. He is much impressed with the American peo ple and the kind reception given by those he came in contact with. Mr. Norza spoke before the young people's division of the First Methodist church in Laurens last Sunday morning on his country. He also attended the annual meeting of the REA last Saturday. He speaks English well and fluently. Mr.-Nokza is interested in study ing all types of agriculture, in cluding soil conservation, grass land farming, truck crops, forest ry, 4-H club work and all types of dent, and Nell Manley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tyre Manley, Gray Court, Rt. 2, is secretary and treas urer. The county 4-H Dairy Calf chib merrtbers with Charles Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Brown, of the Madden Station commun ity, as the first president Since the organziation of the club, the boys and girls have shown their animals at Fairview, Piedmont In- tersate, Newberry County, and Laurens county fairs, r with good records in placings. Last year the club members won a total of $439.- 50 on prize money at the four fairs and plan to show again this fall their animals at various fairs. The calves will be attractive on exhibit with the new blankets. ^..Congratulations to tne Palmetto Bank for sponsoring such a worth while and deserving project deal ing with the rural youth of Lau rens county CALL 74 FOR YOUR PRINTING AND OFFICE SUPPLY NEEDS BOOTHS AVAILABLE for... LAURENS COUNTY FAIR SEPT. 24-29 EXHIBITORS! • Yes, we have space available now for both inside and outside exhibits. • The commercial and civic space inside, or the outside space for such exhibits os cars, implements, machinery, etc., is limited, so make sure you have space this year. See or call John Gatlin, Sec. & General Mana ger, at WatUville Cafe, Wattcville, S. C. Belk’s... Shoes of Style, Quolity and Fit * A you can pay more • • |! m but you can’t buy better value! ■A 1 $2.98 to $4.98 Black, Brown, Green, Suede — Every Style, Every Color, Every Size ALL SHOES FITTED BY EXPERTS, CHECKED BY X-RAY — NO GUESS WORK