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i » 't ^ Thursday, November 8, 1951 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Sere« Society... (Continued from page three) Friends, Club. Feted At Bridge Friday afternoon Mrs. J. L. Culp entertained friends for three tables ef bridge at her home in .the King apartments. Floral arrangements in blending yellow and orange featured chrysan themums combined with other au tumn flowers. Mrs. Pringle Copeland, Jr., and Mrs. Caldwell Henderson were score prize winners, and floating prize was kept by Mrs. William P. Jacobs, 3rd. After cards the hostess, assisted by Mrs. Raymond Crowson, served a salad course. On Saturday Mrs. Culp was host ess to members of her Mountville bridge club for a number of after noon games. Three tables were in play, with score awards presented to Mrs. Sa rah Dunlap Martin and Mrs. Roy Miller. 'Mrs. John T. Stokes won floating prize. On this occasion the lyistess served a salad course. Note; From The • County Agent's Office ^ ( By C. B. CANNON, County Agonl 4-H Calf Club Boy* Did It at Newberry Fair Laurens county 5-H dairy calf club boys placed well in.the dairy show at the Newberry fair to the ► tune of $77:00 in prize money. In the Jersey breed Wofford Wood, aon of Mr. and Mfs. F. W, Wood, Owings, took first place in * both fitting and showing. Also first in Junior show and second in open class. Gene Marlar, son of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Marlar, Foun tain Inn. Greenpond community, placed second in fitting, third in ^ showmanship, third in Junior show and third in open class. • Showing in the Guernsey breed, Sanford Chapman, son* of Mr. and . Mrs. Elbert Chapman, Laurens Rt. " 1, placed first in fitting, second in showmanship, second in Junior and third in open class. Hyett Chap man, brother of Sanford, placed first in Junior show, second in open class and fourth in showman ship. In all, the calf club boys did well regardless of the stiff competition in the show circuit. In addition to ^ the Newberry fair, the boys show- 9 ed at Greenville, Spartanburg, and Fairview shows. A total of $392 in prize money was won. The calves were blanketed with fresh new blankets made possible by donation of the Palmetto Bank of aurens for the 4-H calf club project. The boys showing their animals learned val uably knowledge of haidling and showing of livestock at fairs. Good Season For Pastures <( yhe season is ideal for complet ing the seeding of winter grazing acreage before freezing weather cornea. . Fescue and lachno clover for permanent winter pasture, and small grain, rye grass and Crimson clover for temporary winter graz ing. Some farmers are seeding or chard grass for the first time this year. Farmers should use not less than 800 to 1000 pounds of com plete fertilizer per acre on their newly seeded winter grazing and not Jess than 400 to 600 pounds on their old sod if the sod has not re- ; cieved an application in late sum mer or early fall. Profitable gjaz- 4t ing cannot be starved out of poorly fertilized pastures no more than profit can be had in poorly fed livestock. No profit in starvation. Farm Tenancy Is Low For Staia Dr., M. C. Rochester, leader, Clemson College Extension Agri cultural Economics Work, states that farm tenancy for South Caro lina has reached its lowest point since 1880 as shown by the 1950 Census of Agriculture. The trend away from ^arm ten ancy toward farm ownership in dicates a healthy growth in South Carolina. It provides greater sta bility and security of the farm peo ple and greater protection for thfe soil and other natural resources. Lie# On Birds Reduces Profit Owners of poultry flocks are of ten surprised to find lice on their birds. While lice do not eat eggs! they prevent egg production. Lin-| dane dusted at the rate of three pounds of one per cent indane to 1 1000 square feet, or used as a spray ! has given very satsifactory results in the control of mites. Culling of birds should be done at this time. In the case of small flocks, owner may take out the loafers for the table. Late mouters (are unprofitable as high priced as eggs are during the fall and winter. Warfaring For Rais The coming of cool weather, rats will be coming into biuldings for food and shelter. It is not too hard to get rats to eat the bait, nor will rats shy off from eating it. Wafarin does not kill rats at once. It may take from five to 14 days after the rat has eaten War farin to die. The material reduces the normal clotting ability of the blood and causes the rodents to die by internal bleeding. Committees Outline Program * The sub-committee of the county agriculture committee reports have been reported on peaches, forestry, poultry, 4-H club, dairying, wild life and crops. The following re ports of the sub-committee com pletes the recommendations adopt ed by the Laurens County Agri culture committee on extension | work for 1952 in its meeting held October 26, in the Agriculture building with J. W. Tinsley, chair man, presiding over the meeting. Recommendations for Animal j cattlemen to establish sufficient, pasture before buying cattle; use recommended amounts of lime and. fertilizer in establishing and main taining pastures and manage prop erly to produce maximum growth; 1 continue cooperative orders of TV A j ammonium nitrate for top dressing grazing; use good type bulls to im- 1 prove quality of cattle; encourage 4-H and FFA members in beef pro duction; conduct educational pro gram on control for Bangs and other contagious and infectious dis eases; transportation of livestock to prevent injuries; urge growers to control external and internal parasites in their herds; use graz ing to increase hog produation in the county for home use or mar- j keting; support county livestock! producers’ association; conduct beef cattle tours and field days; use creep feeding for calves. Home Beautification recommen- 1 dations—Assist in beautification of county home; remove unsightly ob jects from premises; beautify oth ers by means of fence or hedge; continue work on lawns, shrub bery, improvements and painting' of homes and tenant houses; con tinue to work on all projects al ready begun where not complet ed; assist and encourage the de velopment of telephone in all rural areas. Health and Nutrition recommen dations—Improvements of school sanitation, such as water supply, indoor toilets, school lunch room; conduct community dog clinics; ! emphasize the importance of TB and Bang tests for cows; hold den tal clinics in county schools; have county-wide project to spray for flies and other insects; encour age use of hospital bed owned by County Coucil of Farm Women; | tremendous project scattered over continue project of contributing j 200,009 acres northeast of here. pajamas to TB patients ' through Home Demonstration clubs; urge protection of families through health insuraneg. Langston Kaopa On Tha Job Rufus Langston, technician for the Laurens Cooperative Breeding Association, bred 79 cows artificial ly for first services during Octo ber. This being the highest num ber bred yet in a single month. He has semen from the Clemson bulls of the Jersey, Guernsey, Holstein and Brown Swiss dairy breeds and also one beef breed, Hereford. Farmers are waking up to the fact that good bulls being used in the artificial breeding program are not to be had in the county for use by the average farmer. Brown Chairman of Comxnittaa D. Eugene Brown, Laurens, Rt. 2, is chairman of the Brown Swiss sire selection committee represent ing South Carolina Federated Co operative Breeding Associatipn. He went with Jim Shirley, chairman of Holstein sire committee, and J. P. LaMaster, head, Dairy Depart ment, Clemson, to New Jersey and Maryland last June for the purpose of cooperating in selecting a new Brown Swiss sire for the Clemson bull stud. Lee’s Hill Country Gen tleman, a new calf born December 14, 1950, was purchased. He was delivered to Clemson on the 5th of July, 1951. A few days ago Mr. LaMaster had a letter from Vernon Hill, manager of Lee’s Hill farm, Morristown, N. J., indicating Coun try Gentleman's sister, Gypsy Jane of Lee’s Hill farm, had just fin ished a world’s record for the Brown Swiss breed for all ages and classes with 3Q.673 pounds of milk, 1358.18 pounds of butterfat, test ing 4.43 per cent butterfat. The dam of Lee’s Hill Country Gentle man is an excellent 900-pound but terfat record daughter of Jane of Vernon. Constellation and Lucky Strike are two other Swiss bulls in the Clemson stud out of excel lent 900-pound daughters of Jane of Vernon. Meanwhile, three and perhaps five officials of the E. I. duPont de Ne mours company are slated to tell the committee the labor story behind the building of such a project at top speed. Subpoenaed to testify are Robert K. Mason, manager of the Savainngh river project for duPont; J. W. Mercke, service supervisor, and H. K. Johnston, personnel supervisor. In addition, Granville F. Read, chief engineer for duPont, and F. H. Mackie, manager of the construction division, have indicated they might like to appear before the committee. DuPont is under contract to build the plant for the Atomic Energy commission on a cost plus a one dol lar fee basis. At the opening session of the hear ing, Curtis A. Nelson, manager of the 4- j project for AEC, told the committee that the job just couldn’t be don* on time “without resort to unions as a primary source of labor supply.” Nelson said that 80 per cent of the skilled construction workers in the nation belong to American Feder ation of Labor craft trades and that their assistance in recruiting work ers was essential. The AEC official noted, too, that the local labor supply was just about exhausted, and to man the job, work ers would have to be drawn from industrial areas all over the nation. In his testimony Nelson disclosed for the first time that the project by mid-1952 may employ as many as 40,000 to 45,000 workers. Previously the highest estimate for the project, for which congress al ready has appropriated $1,181,000,- 000, has been 36,000 workers. Nelson said that the project cur rently'is working about 17,800 people and that he had no idea how many were union or non-union. At the outset Committee Chainnaa Barden said one of the objective* of the hearing was to make certain that “all men, whether they may or may not have a union card, shall have the traditional right to work.” o Sarden added-that the committee wanted to make sure, too, that the “father of some fine boy in Korea* might not be turned away for lack, of a union card. The investigation by the commit tee was spurred, shortly before the congressional recess, by a speech by Rep. Don Wheeler (D-Ga.) Wheeler said he donner overall* for one day and went job hunting on the project to be told that he must have a ^nion card. He declared he also found examples of “waste and inefficiency.” SMEILY MESS! Bomb Plant May Cosf $2 Billi Augusta, Ga., Nov. 6. — A con gressman estimated yesterday that the ultimate cost of the sprawling H-bomb plant near here might run as high as two billion dollars. The estimate came from Rep. Gra ham A. Barden (D-NC), chairman of a House labor subcommittee delv ing into employment practices on the ■HOW TO WIN FRIENDS and Author of MUNNCE PEOPIT Emotional Problems a I7EW OF US are so well trained, so well developed that we never suffer from emotional problems. However, most of us have the capacity to solve those problems through force of character,” says Dr. Harry J. Johnson, in his book Invitation to. Health. Then he goes on'to say: “To be mentally well, one must accept and adhere to a stand ard of right conduct. Departure from an ethical principle does not insure a mental breakdown; nevertheless, to the extent that one departs from a right standard, to that extent he injures his mental health. “If you consider the counsel of the ten com mandments, it is easy to believe that anyone who accepts and lives up to them is a person in good mental health. “Religion provides to a majority of the pop-, ulation a standard of conduct which, when ac cepted and lived up to, is conducive to keeping one in mental health. The fact that some mentally ill persons express their warped state in religious 'ancies of hysteria should in no way reflect u .*e is so emotionally disturbed that he can’t help himself and finds it nee-’ essary to seek outside help, it fes well to get the advice of a physician trained «- field of psychiatry. « r-- 4l. . * 4 “A psychiatrist is, first of all, a physician wno nas been tramcv. in the fundamentals of medical diagnosis and healing. 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