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\ X i • * Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ■/ 4f FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist our Tommy. He was thrilled and keyl it in a large cage. Meat was hard to get for it; so we induced him to turn it loose. He did. And now many a night is made very | real with the distant hooting of | that great, owl. Nothing adds more | to the naturalness pf the night and I takes us back to ' me primitive i woods of childhood like the call of | the owl echoing across hill and vale. The next time we see one of these vanishing birds of the night, f Thursday, February 21, 1952 Grandeur From Grass j and the like. That carries theni fr’ r ji hope we will overcome that im- A new grandeur is coming from about four months, after which he,p U j se run f or g un They a re our ground with grass! . j ° ft ^ n ^ a c rop>ot*seed, and ^ on p o{ Nature’s ways of keeping 1 ride with the county agents ;• let that stuff go through its needed: rpdents in c heck. Checks and bal- They show me sleek fat ca t- funmer rest, and come out in^the a Nature has a lot of ’em. ■* *' ‘ w ! lat^ cummer anH fall nnH mak*' Boys Are That Way , v r«.=t.iro i late summer -and fall and make i c grazing on t it n 1 P ■ ..fithat reserve of growth that’s need- demonstrations. This in the dead oi'^ x _ t _] True tales of boyhood have been winter, while blizzards rage in t h e| edfo ^ th ^ f ^ rth "attl^ h/r^Ts a appcar , ing week ^ under this head range country, and cattle have to farmers with cattle, here is a ;for a j ong time ]yi an y have be moved for a season or fed! Breat.lesson for us all j asked me to put 'em in a book. So TD.'t „ V pfv farmer here who’ Observed En Route , last winter I went through ’em, ' ■ A few hours west from New Qr-1 picked a lot of *em out, and now in leans I noticed .the drinkers in the [March they are coming out in a club car started hitting straight; book entitled “A Country Boy from liqubt pretty hard. I wondered The^Dutcfi Fork.” It is being pub- every •planted winter pasturage does not have it now. In many cases it was grazed to 'death l^ast summer and fall. _ - \ And that brings up tne matter of why. lished by the University of South Carolina Press. Late the other night I w’as re turning to Clemson from the mid- . * . I soon found out. As we hit the pasture managejment. ui P tS 'Texas border they locked the bar men. Wodle and Craven, say Jha ; up And fQr th(?m that m ^ ant a long _ here, is where we all ha\e a lo drought, while we pounded the'state. As usual, out 17 miles from icarn. Ue know from expenence rails for 24 hours acr0Ss t h a t vast Columbia I turned right, through that we can have year-around graz ing. But just how to manage it so that there will be no hungry cat tle at any season is the problem. state. Two ladies from up East and one the familiar paths of childhood. The rocky ravine and big holes, from Texas happened to be seated !* hat we ca ^d a ropd 40 years ago, ’^bich mav be" creastd bv together in the diner. I overheard * 1S , now a beautifu ly curving strip) h ft ^ be ^eastd by of pavement winding through the tnesp mpthnf1s the* American Legion in South Caro lina. .BENJAMIN L. THOMPSON, THOMAS H. RICE, • / Declarants. Dated: February 14, 1952. 1c New cotton fabrics require differ ent laundering methods tharj the old ones since they're treated with so many different trimmings and treatments. Learn what you can about the fabric before buying and save all instructions which would help you. For best results, try to snip off a piece of fabric from an inside seam and launder this before doing the whole garment. You may learn something valuable that adds life to your garment.- Lukewarm water and mild suds are recommended for newer cottons rather than the hot suds. Special treatments such as ribbing, emboss ing and gold printing will not take to the hot water. Wash colored garments separate ly, as they may run the fir^J tirtie or two when washed. Colors running out the first time does not mean the material is not color-fast. If it keeps running after repeated wash ing, is not color-fast, of course. Avoid twisting, wringing and rubbing motions in laundering as most new cottons have special fin To accomplish this, the experts.—a—“- **-'• * 7— assure us that we need to makejthern talking. One of these from more use of summer pastures. That “P remarked about the vul- is. of the old stanbys like Bermuda | tue . s ^ saw sailing constantly grass. Dallis grass, and lespedeza.1 mailing, across the dry lands^ of the rOsn* wiiro with hpforo! brush country. The local lady said. , , T,.oe plants uere with us bel01 ^ Texas we call them snarrows ; ’! P lum thicket was taken in widen- the present pasture awakenmg and ^ ".xas eaU them spanows. ^ ^ ^ we see them as commonplace. And „.. . 4 ‘ we have brought in valuable new 1 With millions of guns out to grasses, winter grasses and clovers, sbo °t any wild thing that can run, hills. As I was passing through our part of the stone hills, memories came thick and fast. Our favorite to which we put plenty of lime and ftrtliizer. Now, folks, try the same thing on an old Bermuda and Dal- Jis pasture and see w-hat you get. At Clemson Professor Starkey has raised a fine batch of Hereford there w-here we had fought a yel low jacket nest as kids had been jump, or fly, it’s no, wonder 1 many leveled down so I could not mark of our creatures are becoming * be 9 P°b 0° down towards the scarce. j creek I rolled at lively clip. At the w 1 • bottofn of Ray Hill a large ’possum , There was a time when owls vis-1 , iroc , e T p , isii ss/iiS heifers on noting but grazing the where js there a country boy that | darkne5S from the lare ^ m year around. They have never been hac fod\ati.vthing else. And 1 they arc as these methods. On embossed cottons, smooth the garment into its original shape be fore hanging to dry. These should be ironed while evenly damp with not too hot an iron. Be careful when using a steam iron. RECIPE OF THE WEEK Frozen Vegetable Salad (Serves 6) 2 cups peas Sprig of mint 2 tablespoons chopped celery 1 slice onion, cut fine . ^ teaspoon salt 2 teaspoons sugar the most important plant in theiV y.'r.r-r,round grazing By—rotating the pastures and letting some of it get a big fall growth; he is able to keep the cattle on it until Christ- mas. Then he turns them on the winter mixtures of fescue. Ladino, yegrass, crimson clover, the grains, U „ . U * u 1 - J, vanvi.w* xiw... n.c s.cuc 01 jnv 1 CU P cream or evaporated has not shot these harmless and ^ j ights when j got t h e re, an d only milk, whipped i 1/ ♦ a h j the great stillness of the beautiful! v 4 cup mayonnaise pre.ty as you want to look at. Andiare \ery scarce. And now we bu y out-of-doors could be seen and I Cook peas, mint and celery with he tells me that Bermuda grass is poisons to try to do what they [ onion in enough water to cover, if - to do for us. [ i rodb on. thinking of that nld ' peas are fresh or frozen,, until ten- months - a^u l\ ncijjtrtJor set |’possum a steel trap on top of a^post to try ! when 1 to catch a hawk that was getting i j n our yodthi his chickens. That night it caught [been there. j and chill, fold in whipped cream or a great owl that attempted to light a few \yeeks ago I traveled that rnilk and mayonnaise. Freeze for 6 on that post. Luckily, it dicin’tj road a t no$n, stopped by our old bours in automatic refrigerator, in break its leg. And he gave it to home, where my uncle now lives, [ freezing unit. and they had ’possum and ’taters, x OT i CE OF APPLICATION FOR Phpne.979 coped u S . They also hod fresh pig ^ feet, cooked'Dutch Fork style! A'nd, L s ^ nt ^ n f ° f h f- ClV / 1 to a Dutchman, there is nothing C ° d i ° f , Ca rol ^a relating to , better. I feasted mostly on the lat-, pba rttable and eleemosynary corpor- f ter. Pig feet, with ’taters from the ; * Uops ’ and any amendments thereto, I ’possum, good eatin’! tlie undersigned will applj to the Secretary of State on or after Feb- ruarv 18, 1952, for the issuance of a Charter for a Corporation whose name shall be Pitts-Gary Post Num ber 205, American Legion, and whose principal place of business will be in Clinton, South Carolina, which company proposes to engage m the promotion of patriotic, civic, and charitable matters relating to Hours: 9:00 to 5:30 r LOANS $10.00 to $50.00 and up Friendly, Courteous, Confidential Service - ^ . DR. L B. MARION NATUROPATH Res. Phone 939 500 South Broad St. Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND—3% / ^ We invite savings accounts from the people of Clinton and vicinity. You will like .our friendly and efficient ser vice, and you will revive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount — from $1 up — opens an account. ' 1 j-' Each account is insured up to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $30,000 fully insured. - Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. Chartered and Supervised by the United States Government - Laurens Federal Savings & Loan Association Telephone 22271 LAURENS’ LARGEST SAVINGS INSTITUTION 104 West* Main Street Laurens, S. C. Go GREYHOUND -^and SAVE w !7- * J )fi A *4 k Save Your Car • Save Time • Save Money CHARLESTON . . $4.50 ATLANTA $4.75 ASHEVILLE $2.70 COLUMBIA $1.60 piu« U. B. Tax. S.T* an EXTRA 10% Each Way With a Round Trip Tick* CUNTON BUS STATION \ 1 * 'ft Carolina Ave. Phone 59 GREYHOUND American Credit Corporation Ted Marr, Manager 104 W. PITTS STREET — CLINTON, S. C. Automobiles - Furniture - Signature Sr CHEVROLET •mme-zm&zZim 4 - ■■■ <:■?■ LOWEST PRICED IN ITS FIELD! 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