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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Thursday, February 28, 1952
FARMS.....
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information
Specialist
New Prospect; Billy Mahon, Hick- •t nr l_ fl f_Cp CC ; nri
cry Tavern; Bruce Kuykendall, i “ n<, C ". ieSSIOn V
Long Branch; Bobby and James Rush rOCGS
McKelvey, Fountain Inn; Samuel ■ i *,
Gambreli, Joseph Malone and Carl LCgiSIOiUrfi
rt-C
Stoddard, Gray Courf-Owings com
munity, and Ben Brockington and
Harry Coulter, Clinton.
I All training meetings will be
Columbia, Feb. 25.—-Tile end-of-
the-session rush resumed Tuesday
when the General Assembly open-
Snlw' n Mi n „?' ed iRTTghth smd possibly its final
Cotton Is More Than Lint
The world generally thinks only
of Che lint when cotton is mention-
«d And it is the most valuable
-part at the present time. But some
dzy it could be different.
vVe need to keep in mind the
jrviny useful products that come
from cotton. These were illustrated
jn the exhibit of the State Depart
ment of Agriculture at the State
Fair last fall/ Out of 1,370 pounds
«f average seed cotton we get 500
p< hnds of lint. Add the usual 22
pounds of bagging and ties to that
and we have a bale weighing 522
pounds. And there is where w T e are
prone to stop in evaluating cotton.
But let's remember, with that
sam^. bale of cotton went '842
pourtdS'of seed. And those magic
st^d gave up these things: 128
pounds of oil, 379 pounds of meal,
170 pounds of hulls, and 83 pounds
of linters. The other 28 pounds
making up the 1,310 pounds of
f^td cotton was ginning loss of
moisture, trash, etc.
That oil is a good concentrated
human food. The meal is one of
the best protein feeds for livestock.
The hulls have many industrial
uses as well as being a livestock
feed. And the linters also have
.. .many industrial- uses,
one of-the chief of which is in the
making of high explosives.
So.--eotton, we salute you, the
crop that fills more of man’s needs
than any other! You largely clothe
Ihe world. And your seed add a
vast tonnage to the world’s .food
■ gupply—with thou-- wholesome and
nutritious oil. Your meal is one of
earth’s largest sources of protein
feed, your hulls add bulk to cattle
rations and fill many industrial
needs, while your linters have for
generations gone to make high
explosives that protected the Na
tion and to other industrial uses!
Largely through, the 5-acre cot
ton improvement contest, South
C arolina farmers have become bet
ter and better cotton growers jn
recent years. Last year saw us
make bur all-time yield record in
the state, and one farmer in Edge-
treld. J, Maurice Smith, sot, so far
as we have been able to determine,
a new world’s record production
•with bales per acre on his 5-
acre contest plot!
County agents will be enrolling
farmers in the immediate days
ahead for the 1952 cotton improve
ment contest.
v Pecan Market
County Agent Shelley of Barn
well says many farmers there got
2 to 5 cents a pound more for their
peacans the past fall by taking-
the-ni to the auction market at
Orangeburg.
That was the second year of that
market that County Agent Mc-
Comb and the extension marketing
places: Naco Farm Supply, Man
uel Senn, manager, Laurens, Feb- | u ^ wl ° e . ieg , siaung ’ weeK
ruary 21; .Pitts Implement com- 1 The drive for adjournment ran in-
pany, David T. Pitts, manager, *° a roadblock last week, but may
county have a good father-son di nton February 28. Laurens r,?ach fruition by Friday or Satur-
partnership in their large tur^y T rac tor and Implement company, day.
business, according fo C° unt y I Laurens, John W. Griffin, man-
Agent Bowen. He sa y^’ y® ar I ager, March 6; Pitts-Dillard Im-
they handled about 20.000 birds, plement company, Clinton, S. G.
have put in modern brooder houses j Dillard managert March 13, and
a dressing plant, and have|Qj- ver implement company, J.
added beef cattle production to Herman Power, Gray Court, Rt. 1,
their progiam. rrlanager, March 20.
If so, there/^ould be one or more
weeks of meetings to dispose of all
remaining local uncontested legisla
tion.
Winding up Statewide business
this week will mean a busy few days.
The. bulky House and Senate calen
dars bulge with important bills, and
it s npt too late to jerk others out of
committees. ,
Among bills already passed by the
House and awaiting Senate action
are ones to:
Revise the State’s mental Jiealjh*
laws and set up a sVaW ihental
health commission.
Insure children riding on State
school buses.
Provide for rotation of candidates’
names on ballots, and guard against
inist^Jyiig sample ballots for the real
thihj^
Make ineligible for old age assist
ance parents with children financial
ly able to support them.
Senate bills which could go to the
House and, by stretching parliamen
tary points, be enacted, provide for:
Having the merchant’s inventory
vfloor) tax assessed locally instead of
by the State Tax Commission.
Call an election on a Constitutional
amendment tp^provide for a popular
yote 'on ppyfnew Cdnst4«Uan writ-
ifcn by5'a^c6tiVention.'
The House may return to the Sen
ate a bill to increase the amount of
State aid to county health units. The
Senate has voted for a $200,000 in
crease from the $830,000 already
provided.. The House hiked this to
$250,000, nut other nonfinancial
amendments may, if adopted make
the bill too unpopular.-to clear the
Legislature.
V
I notice that some other turkey
growers over the state are combin
ing beef cattle and turkeys. Where
The 4-H club boys are being
trained in tractor maintenance ope-
the turkeys range it becomes V ery: ration " ec e ssar y/ or . ma 5? mun ] life
fertile. They have to rotate those of tractor and^not • trained as
areas. When the turkeys are off,, mec ‘ ianics -
abundant pasturage there takes'j ^
care of the cattle. The result di- Has Poem Published
versification, two crops rather i » ■
than one. In Beta Club Journal
Milk In Oconee | ♦
Milk deliveries on their route i The poem below was written by
held up better during-the winter; Dolores Ramage and published in
than they expected, according to the January issue of the Beta club
County Agent Morgan of Oconee.
And he says they have been work
ing on two new routes for the
county. This new farm income from
milk is thought to be well suited;
Journal. Dolores is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Ramage and
is a student at Bush River high
school, and active in school and
, club activities. She plans to enter
to the many small farms of Oconee, nurse’s training when she com-
Water! ! pietes her high school work. Her
We can’t‘appreciate what water , f a ther is connected with Joanna
is really worth until we don’t have; Cotton Mills.
it. Away out on the brush lands
and cactus country of Mexico Tve! America To Me
seen the—water.- boles—that -wera A^ -country frtted^wrth peaceful- f-
drying up. Folks and animals j men,
drained them td their last drop, A country living with less sin
And then they had to move on to Than any other in the world,
another one or to a river. Land as A country who has flag unfurled,
rich as cream is there. But its i Independence rules supreme,
parched surface only brings forth And God, .the mighty, is its King,
the puny things of the dry lands. With goodness and mercy you Can
Boys Are That Way i——seef—
When I was a kid, I felt a fel- ( This is America to me.
low my present age (56) was an . . .... , ... ,
old plan. And he was. For life was £ c0 ™. ,r >' '‘“T "fT ■ '
harder then. I don’t feel that I am *> r th, , n * s , that haPP 1 "^-
A country having little greed
nearly an old man yet.
But in some ways I must be get
ting to be some sort of an antique.
Look at me:
A country that is truly blessed.
Democracy rings out its cry.
And freedom proves that it’s no lie. 4
. I date back a third-of the way AffT t ?„^_ i!, |T‘ 1 Uy
to' George Washington. : ^ s 15 America to me.
/ And I date a fourth of the way When war abides in other lands
back to Indians here. ! America still proudly stands
I date back almost half way to
the first railroad. And I was bom
the year our state constitution was
adopted Tt895).
I’m older than the a^omobile
and the paved road, and almost
twice as old as radio.
Yes, I date back to the rail fence.
The first wire one to come to the!
stone hills still stands there in the
Dutch Fork.
I came along with homemade
jeans, clothes, home-knit stock
ings, the lightwood knot, and then
the lamp for -light. Never saw a!
flashlight until I was grown. It!
was a torch of lightwood splinters j
first and then we got one of the |
early lanters for night prowling.
Ours was the saddle, the road
A country having every truth
To guide its old and teach its
youth. ^
She’ll camly open wide her doors
To guide all men to freedom’s
shores, /
With light held high for all io see;
This is America to me.
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cart, and then the buggy. We slept
^ on a feather bed at night, and a
men assisted in getting it there. ^ on 8 bolster served as a pillow for
Both the buyers and the sellers
seem to like that form of selling.
all who slept in one bed.
We did all of our milling from
The nuts pass in front of the buy- 8 r ain and com we raised. And it i
ers on a moving belt. Thus they are was (P'ound at the mill down on the
able to see and examine all of cree k-
them. In that way they are not Pe grew °ur seasonings in the|
-"tiuying “a cat in the bag.” herb patch in the garden, and to|
Father-Son Partnership ibis day the store-bought sorts
J. E. Davis and son of Sumter
Attention—
Young Men and
Y oung Women
Business training pays divi
dends for life. Secure your
training for ‘a business career
at the GREENWOOD COL
LEGE OF COMMERCE. New
classes in all business courses
starting March 3. Write for in
formation regarding complete
business courses.
Greenwood
College of Commerce
Greenwood, South Carolina
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don’t taste just right to a Duch-
.man. _ —
Yes, when I look around, I see
great change on every hand that’s
taken place in my time. And I still
contend I’m not old yet. At our
35th class reunion last June we still i
spoke of “us boys
Notes From The
County Agent's Office
By C. B. CANNON, County Agent
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. MUSICAL COMEDY
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How to get what you want and need in a truck
Goodyear
and Tubes
BATTERIES AND
ACCESSORIES
McMillan
Service Station
Sinclair Products
Phone Nn. 2
_
Dr. Felder Smith
Optometrist
Laurens, S. C.
126 EAST MAIN STREET
Smith Side Public Squars
HOURS FOR EYI
EXAMINATIONS:
•:M ta 5:30
Wednesdays »:M to ItM
Phone 794
4-H Tractor Club Meetings
Planned
Laurens County 4-H Tractor
clubs met in the Agricultural build
ing in Laurens last week in the
first of a series of meetings in
tractor maintenance. M. B. Hender
son, Owings, a fanner, is local
leader. Mr. Henderson attended last
year a- short course at Clemson
college in 4-H tractor maintenance
work, and has a good practical
knowledge of the operation of farm
tractors. Mr. Henderson devotes
his time free to the 4-H club work.
He will be assisted by J. S. Boozer,
assistant county agent, and the va-
{rious machine dealers who are
j cooperating in the training meet-
j ings by using mechanics of their
place of business as instructors in
i the various phases of tractor ope-1
i ration.
i Billy Ray Traynham, son of Mr.
I and Mrs. Ray Traynham, Namie
I community, is president of the
l tractor club. Ray Stoddard, son
of Mr. and. Mrs. Fred Stoddard,
Owings community, is vice-presi
dent, and Curtis Wallace, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Carrol Wallace, Shi
loh community, is secretary-treas
urer. ,
There are 33 boys in the club
so far, and if other farm boys
wish to take the tractor course,
they should contact the county
agent’s o'ffice at once. Boys sign
ed up for the course in addition
to the officers are; J. R. Babb,
Carrol Campbell, Gene Holliday,
and Marshall Holliday, all of
the Barksdale-Namie community;
Charles Manley, Youngs commun
ity; pavid Watts and Milton Burns,
Mountville; Leonard Brewington,
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ou want.
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