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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, March 13, 1952
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FARMS.....
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information
Specialist
, Records Fall In '51
The South Carolina ARricultirral
Committee has adopted a program
i .uh year \of late. Last year you
recall it covered 15 points. These
were widely published and worked
on by the county' agents, ag teach
ers, farmers’ organizations, and
others in the agricultural field.
Now it is interesting to check
and see how far we got.
During the past year or so we es
tablished new high records in all of
these things:
In milk per cow, total produc
tion of milk in the state, dairy cat
tle artificially bred to superior
biills, beef bulls on the farms,
eggs per hen, broiler^ produced,
turkeys raised, percentage of cot
ton one inch or over, yield of to
bacco, total farm marketings, 4-H
enrollment, wheat production, ’and
capping it all a new record cotton
yield, including what is a world’s
record non-irrigated yield on five
acres, as far as we have been able
to learn! • /
So there we have it, folks. Many
records fell in 1951. And we are
now headed .r^ght into 1952 with
the will to heat those and set new
ones. _
With all costs up. high yields be
come necessary, if we are to come
out and make anything. And it
looks like we in South Carolina
.ire sure pushing those yields up.
With science in the saddle, we
-haven't reachod cTui - 1 imits ~yet
Irrigation Grows
Each season brings new success
es with irrigation in South Caro
lina. And as we approach each
new growing season we see other
farmers putting it in. --
Last year the Clemson portable
irrigation outfit irrigated a num
ber of demonstration areas over
the state. I have the records be
fore me on two of them that were
on tobacco. The one on the Priv-
ette farm in Darlington showed a
gain of $177.82 more per acre on
the irrigated part. And on the one
on the^Willis farm in Florence
county showed increased yield of
256 and 523 pounds each on the
two irrigated areas there.
Our tobacco specialist, J. M.
Lewis, says that something like
25 farmers tried irrigation on to
bacco last year. All were pleased,
and a good many others are get
ting ready to thus insure their to
bacco against the ravages of
drought this year.
In 1950 our tests on* tobacco
didn’t pay for the simple reason
that we had enough rain where
they were. And now, folks, that
tells the story on irrigation here.
It is purely a supplement to rain
fall. If and when we get enough
rain at the right times, we won’t
use this drought insurance. But
with an average of six droughts a
year for the past 50 years in South
Carolina, there won’t be many
years that the thing won’t be
needed on some crop or sod.
By rubbing out the effects of
J drought on the crops we can reach
with irrigation, we bring a whole
i new production potential into play,
and have a large measure of crop
J insurance there that we did not
have before.
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Sumter 4-H'ers Shine
Two state 4.-H . winners from
Sumter county were outstanding at
the National 4-H Club Congress at
Chicago back in December. They
were Jo Ann Myers and Betty Ann
Green, both of the Sherwood club.
Jtr-Ann was chosen fronr L^OO dele
gates to preside at the opening
session. And she did it with poise
and grace. Betty Ann was chosen
to give the response at a -big’sup-
EGGS
FRESH DAY-OLD EGGS FROM HEALTHY
HENS.
Raised under sanitary conditions. Packed in
one-doren cartons. Brought from our farm each
day. '
AVAILABLE AT JOE'S ESSO SERVICE
STATION.
You don't hove to get out of your car. We
give curb service.
Phone 128
Joe McDaniel
We Deliver Three Dozen or More
Office of
LAURENS COUNTY AUDITOR
MISS JENNIE V. CULBERTSON, Auditor
ITINERARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING
PROPERTY TAX RETURNS FOR 1952
For the convenience of taxpayers who have not made returns
.or this i year, I will be at th^ following places, throughout the
county on the dates listed below:
Joanna Wednesday, March-12—9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Joanna ^ - Thursday, March 13—9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Mtruntville Friday, March 14—10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Cross Hill ?r .... Friday, March 14—2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Fountain Inn (Henry Wood’s Store)—
4 Monday, March 17—10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
iberts Store .... Monday, March 17—11:00 a m. to 12 noon
?phens Store Monday, March 17—1:00 tovJ-30 p.m.
X B. CoblCs^Z^T. Monday, March 17—1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Robert Harris Monday, March 17—3:00 to 5:00 p.m
Owings Tuesday, March 18—10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Gray Court (W. T. Owings) Tuesday, March 28—1 to 5 p.m.
Laurens Mill ... r Wednesday, March 19—0:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Waterloo Thursday, March 20—2:00 to 4:00 p.m.
Clinton City f*.* Friday, March 21—9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m
Lanford Monday, March 24—1:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Ora Monday, March 24—4:00 to 5:00 p.m.
J. R. Coker’s Tuesday, March 25—1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Mt. Olive (Cooper’s Store)....Tuesday, March 25—2:30 to 3:30 pjn.
Martin’s Store Tuesday, March 25-^-3:30 to 5:00 p.m.
This is not a “Land Year,” so real estate should not be re
turned this year except in cases of newly acquired property or
where new buildings have been erected. All who have acquired
real estate and built new houses are especially urged to make
returns. All personal property, except household goods and fur
niture used in the home of the owner, which are not taxable,
must be returned this year.
You know more about your property than anyone else. By
making your own return you avoid errors.
If you have not made your return, meet me at the above
places. _ ! | ‘“i
MISS JENNIE V. CULBERTSON, County Auditor
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per party giveflP by a Chicago firm,
and she won additional honors in
thejlress review.
Building farm and home leaders,
that’s what 4-H is surely doing in
our midst. One of the trustees in
that school down there told me his
greatest fear from proposed school
consolidations was that they might
lose iome of the effectiveness of
their 4-H and women’s home dem
onstration clubs in their commun
ity, that centers there in the com
munity school.
Sweet Potatoes Luxury
Due to the shortest crop since
1881, the sweet potato has been in
the luxury class since the 1951 crop
came in.
Irish potatoes, too, have been
higher than usual. But good sweet
potatoes have been selling for over
twice the price Irish potatoes.
However, they should be higher,
for yields are usually less and ex
penses more.
County agents and ag - teachers
are again making up orders for
good sweet potato seed stock from
Clemson’s Edisto Station. And the
station will also grow a lot of good
plants that will be available, too,
as far as they will go. They have
made great progress there in mec-
anizing the production of this crop
that has required so much hand
labor in the past. Growers are
adopting these labor-saving prac
tices and the sweet potato will
likely take on life and grow as a
major food crop under that impe
tus.
Boys Are That Way
When I was growing up, the tail
of a shirt was something never to
be seen when you had it on. Not
even mentioned in mixed com
pany!
We all wore galluses then. I re
call quite clearly when I got my
first pair of pants that had belt
loops on them. And I didn’t. use
them at first. Continued to play
safe with suspenders.
It was the' height of humiliation
to be at play or anywhere else and
have your shirttail come out. That
occasionally happened, specially in
games like running base and tag,
where you had to catch the other
fellow. Or after you lay down on
the porch and took a nap and didn’t
notice the thing had worked out.
At school we often played tag,
boys and girls together. Once a girl
that I sort of secretly liked was
chasing me. I didn’t run as fast as
I could because I wanted her to
touch me. She grabbed the back of
my shirt, held on, and I came to a
halt. That put me in their bull pen.
As we walked hack I didn’t notice
she had pulled my shirttail out. The
first boy to notice it yelled out,
“Goody, goody gout, your shirt-
tail’s out!" That was our shibboleth
Tor such occasions.
Both the girl’s face and mine
turned crimson and there was
great embarrassment for us, as the
others grew hilarious with laugh
ter. And wouldn’t have thought of
tucking it in there with mixed com
pany around. I went behind the
schoolhouse to do that.
Now folks often wear their shirt-
CENTERPOISE
POWER
Farmers Plan Increase
In Lespedeza Acreage
The Laurens County Soil Con
servation district has set as a goal
the planting of 1300 acres of loaf
ing land to lespedeza sericea dur
ing the next two months.
Farmers cooperating with the
district will be planting the sericea
as a part of their soil and water
conservation plan designed to put
each acre to its best use.
The district supervisors have
made available over 16,000 pounds
of sericea seed to assist in meeting
the goal and to convert these acres
to a more productive use in keep
ing with land capability.
Most of these seed are being ob
tained by farmers on purchase or
ders issued by the Production and
Marketing administration as a part
of their agricultural conservation
program.
Technical assistance to farmers
in the form of soil conservation
plans, selection of land and seeding
recommendations are furnished by
technicians of Soil Conservation
Service.
The long dry summer of las^ year
made farmers realize as never be
fore the importance of this too
crop.
C. C. Herbert, a beef cattle farm-
much neglected hay and grazing
i er of the Gray Court community,
said: “My cows get more grazing
from sericea last year than from
other grazing crops.”
Ralph Paldrop, dairyman of Rt.
2, Laurens, is planning to sow addi
tional aerjeage to sericea this
spring. Mr. Walpdrop made this
statement: “I made a big mistake
by plowing up part of my old seri
cea last year. . What I had left was
a life saver during the drought
last summer. I need more of it.”
Probably the first farmer in the
county to- use sericea for grazing
was Ben Hunter of the Lanford
section. He has used it successful
ly for j>ver 10 years. Mr.^Hunter
said: '*Farmers“are finally believ
ing that sericea will give more and
better grazing during summer
droughts than any other plant we
have.” He now has over 65acres
that he uses for grazing and will
plant more this spring. “If you
will properly fertilize, sericea and
use the mowing machine when the
growth tends to get ahead of the
cattle, I’ll guarantee you will be
pleased with the results,” Mr. Hun
ter said.
During the past few years the
deep-rooted perennial has rapidly
increased in favor with farmers as
a soil conserving, land building and
a hay and grazing crop. At the end
of 1951, there were 7,260 acres of
sericea on farms of district coope-
! rators in Laurens county. The ac-
reage is expanding faster as pas-
ture in the South than any other
perennial legume, according to R
Y. Bailey, regional agronomist of
the Soil Conservation Service. In
dications are that more will be
planted this year than any previous
year.
SAY: .
‘I SAW IT IN THE CHRONICLE”
THANK YOU
tops
for
quality
tops
for
quality
tails out. Not just kids either. In
the summer I often wear mine out.
And, you know, the old Chinaman
who started that custom didn’t
have a bad idea at all. For it is
sure comfortable during hot
weather that way.
Dr. Felder Smith
Optometrist
Laurens, S. C.
128 EAST MAIN STREET
Sooth Side Public Square
HOURS POE EYE
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