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i J > \ I; Eight THE CXINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, October 11, 1951 *- FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Dream Trip* I've had several dream trips. Bill Camp gave them to me to see and study irrigation. Charles Marshall, 4-H club boy of Sumter county, had one too back in late August. It, too, was given by Bill. For the boy or girl with the best 4-H record in Sumter county for the year, he offered an airplane trip to California a year ago. There was much competition among the some 800 4-H boys and girls of cures very quick and makes good hay. For good grazing, too, you need to hold it down. If it tends to get ahead of the cattle put more on it, or get the mower to work there, they say. The past dry summer showed us just how good this plant is. It Stands drought better than any pas ture plant I saw r . It is seeded in the spring. Church Bell f" Pilgrim Lutheran Church, in the county. I understand. Finally Lexington county, is rebuilding Charles was declared the winner, j'' grqnite. Over 3,000 hours of And what a trip he had. ‘ ree wo «l c free woHc has been given. They He flew across the continent in «<* *** **“■*!»" a dav. Spent a week with the are installing it in the new Camps at Bakersfield. There he ' I wls ]ad that; In . recCTt saw irrigation and agriculture in-, churches (and timately in the great San Joaquin town too) h d , scoriled the y , a T A , k f ,h hell. It always seemed to me that seeeral-hundred m'le bus trip with . , h „ f b „ h j he 4-H champions of Cahforma u, d , d m 8 0mi their annual jamboree at Davis. To just added something to Sunday the state fair at Sacramento, guest, ^ ^ ^ of the State Future Farmers and th{1 who , e * ut . of . do()rSf tells that ; a ueek-end seeing the sights of Jt ig the Day f R h San Francisco filled the busy week. church time ^ And ^, ) m D » a> r nnH truanfi ear. whether down on the) boarded a four motored plane and cwk or ^ b ^j m h • ! T 81 Columb,a Air ’ ture. cannot Vhcise but hear I port that night. Boys Ar. That W« y Bill says. "All of my fnends, Th e f )n t white frost was the sig-' l.Ked Charles very much, and you. f,,r setting our rabbit boxes 1 can tell his mother and day that w hen we were kids. By that time they need never worry about the "wolves' that often infested 1 Charles' manners when he u away them were out of their backs and from home We have enjoyed every they had grown fat on mature fall minute of his stay with us." forage fo^'d raising at home, leadership Jt was both business and pleasure training in 4 H. church and school with us. We practically furnished influences all go to make a well- the winter meat supply that way , rvunued youngster Many men and And each mornutg brought a new, men are being built out of that adventure, as we mde horseback' »« rt of youngster over South Car- hill and vale to the doten, okna And »ben they go .bmad in scattered boxes we set the i*nd they usually make South Mv brother was the early riser Ca o.ma proud <>f them While it-was still dark he got on ! Rats Oi If H wasn't \s we wen . I And Ml would cell me |man Nettles tells me you too cold. I joined him can just about say goodbye to rate retching out the horse* the faint ard mice when you use the new t u»w usually started in the east bait properly in a to-um or bam But the Horses knew our paths so It i* tA«rfann And now you can •ell that light and guidance grt it fr<en the U. A Wildlife Ser> •. hardly needed k* »n roopeeniiee orders at SI 7S The best place to set f* r a S-pound package of the ma- was where we found ft tenal that* ready for use County on the rail fences The n and home agents and agriculture aould gnaw the sharp edgr * rt f1fn,T, onU) where their paths went throuan And a fresh one meant action Af gnaws abbitt off ter it unused. weather beaten and • would then move the ■ 'dc-» t'<r it much as they did with rt'J squill that was used a lot in thj way in the past In the past with red squill the j bus to a fresh ajr» was to kill a lot of rats and One morning we were a little n .ce Bui. with it. we never early, and arrived at the first box taught of complete eradication while it was stiU dark My brother But with this new stuff, the auth- itrurk a match and saw that the onties speak of complete eradica- setter was down, so he dismounted. L*?’ set the bo* on end. opened the On meat farms rats have been door, and rammed his hand down tak.ng a toll every year. Now the into it to get the rabbit He as »dra of complete eradication comes quickly jerked his hand out and ai a peasing thought explained. **It , s a possum, I felt Lespedesa Sericaa his tail’" We got quite excited -•petiera Sericea, handled w hen w*e thought of what might right, is a good crop for both hay have happened if the thing's head ^nd grazing, says County Agent had been towards the door instead trill of Newberry, of its tail. And one of his farmers. Clifford After that he never reached in Sm.th. told me it was 'the poor until he had struck a match to be rran % alfaifa. sure. A ‘possum in a box was a But both of them cautioned that time or tw’o more. But rabbits were it must be handled right. It gets very rare catch. We did it only a tough rather quick for either hay or common catches. We averaged at grazing. Cut at the right time, it least one a morning. , Here’s Solid Evidence That Scalf’s Is Better County Teachers Hold First Fall Meeting In Laurens MR. AND MRS. J. J. HATFIELD ..Testimonial from honest, consci entious men and women like Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Hatfield, Fountain City, Tenn., are evidence that Scalfs Indian River Medicine is good for you. Mrs. Hatfield writes: “For many years I have used praised Scalf’s Indian River Medi cine. I felt so weak, tired and run down that I could not do my work and often had to lie down. It looked like every bite I ate caused painful gassy stomach misery so bad that 1 was afraid to eat what my poor appetite called for. Scalfs Indian River Medicine did woh- ders for me. Soon I could eat my fill and suffer no pain on Scalf’s Indian River Medicine. I regained weight and felt stronger and bet ter than in years. “At my request my husband, my children and even my grandchil dren have tried Scalf’s Indian Riv er Medicine and now they are great boosters of this fine medicine. I gladly recommend Scalfs Indian River Medicine to all suffering as I was.” Get your bottle of Scalfs In dian River Medicine today; the first bottle must satisfy or your money back. The Laurens County Education association held its first meeting of , the current school year last Thurs day afternoon in the Laurens* high j school auditorium. During a social hour teachers served sandwiches, cookies and mint punch at the reg istration tables in the front hall. The principal feature of the pro gram was a skit, “Know Your Lo cal, State and National Education Associations.” Originally written and produced by the Tamassee Workshop group, the skit consisted of three scenes in which twenty- five county teachers participated. Mrs. Nene D. Workman, mem ber of the Clinton schools faculty, and delegate to NEA from Laurens county, made a report of the con vention in San Francisco last sum mer. In the absence of C. K. Wright, ! chairman of the SCEA committee on salary adjustment. Miss Ruth Riddle, presiding officer, spoke briefly of the proposed salary sche dule and urged teachers to attend the district meeting to be held in Spartanburg October 23, at which time Mr. Wright will explain the schedule submitted by his com mittee. Dr. Felder Smith Optometrist Laurens, S. 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