The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 04, 1952, Image 12
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, December 4, 1952
TRINITY RIDGE MAN FINDS
IRRIGATION IS PROFITABLE
Laurens, Dec. 1.—J. Scott George,
of the Trinity Ridge community,
finds irrigation pays as a good in
vestment on his farm. Mr. George
purchased a small irrigation outfit
for $800 a few years ago.
The outfit uses a seven and a half
horsepower gas motor, pumps 50
gallons of water per minute from a
half-acre pond he built for $275.
The pond is fed from a large spring
located at the head of the pond.
Mr. George purchased 600 feet of
aluminum pipe, of which 540 feet is
three inches in diameter and 60 feet
of it is two inches, all equipped with
six sprinklers, which will cover ap
proximately one-half acre of land at
one setting.
The motor uses one gallon of gas
oline per hour.
In other words, Mr George says,
to cover an acre of land with one
inch of water it will require approx
imately nine and a half gallons of
gasoline and approximately nine and
one-half hours of operation. It re
quires 28,000.gallons of water to put
one inch of water on a acre of land.
In the spring of 1952, Mr. George
sold S500 of turnip greens on the lo
cal market from one acre of land.
His yield was attributed to the re-
sultjLjQf applying- water when -need
ed. He said, “I would not have made
one-half the yield on truck if I had
not used irrigation.”
He added: “Furthermore, I planted
an acre of late cantaloupes this
spring and sold $396 worth of canta
loupes, but would have made a com
plete failure if I had not had irri
gation.
“Drought hurts a truck farmer
more than insects or poor land, be
cause you can apply a liberal amount
of fertilizer and increase production
if you have the water situation un
der your control.”
Mr. George also tried irrigation on
cotton. He irrigated four acres out of
five with good results.
On November 13, Mr. George
started his irrigation system, apply
ing the second application to four
acres of temporary grazing, seeded
to 2 M bushels of barley and 25
pounds of reseeding crimson clover
per acre, that was coming up to a
good stand.
Mr. George has 1,000 laying hens
from which he sells eggs on the local
market and will use the compost
from the birds and other livestock on
his farm o'h acreage where irrigation
is to be applied in order to obtain
the maximum production for the
least possible man labor require
ment. This is what Mr. George has
done and is planning for the future.
Discussing irrigation, the long Hry
spell just ended was a wonderful op
portunity to prove the value of irri
gation not only here in Laurens
1952 County Soil
Program Reaches
All-Time High
With the year’s end still weeks
away, 1952 has already rung the bell
as a banner year-ia soil conservation
in Laurens county, J. B. O’Dell, work
unit conservationist of the Soil Con
servation service, reports.
As of November 30, a total of 124
new cooperators, representing 20,619
acres, had joined the soil conserva
tion district program during 1952,
which brings the total to 1432 farm
plans, covering 231,574 acres since
the beginning of the district 12 years
ago.
By December 31, at the present
rate, O’Dell estimated that 1344
farmers, representing 21,290 acres,
this year will have started conserva- j
tion farming in the district program I
—an all-time high. In addition, the^
Soil Conservation service has assist-!
ed 23 PMA participants in planning j
and applying permanent-type soil ■
conservation practices on their!
farms.
One of the factors in the increased
number of district cooperators has ‘
be^n the new system of progressive
planning, set up in the Laurens
County Soil Conservation district
with the approval of' the board of
supervisors, of which Ryan F. Law-
son, of Clinton, is chairman.
This new system enables a farmer
to start the initial phase of a soil
conservation district program imme
diately with one or two practices and
go on from there to the advanced
stage, and fiinally the basic stage of
farm planning in which a soil and
water conservation program is de
veloped for the entire farm
Another factor which is expected
to have an increasing effect in speed
ing up conservation f ork on the land
is the recent realignment of SCS per
sonnel. The former district conser
vationists have been replaced by a
smaller number of area conserva
tionists with supervision over a larg
er territory, thus making it possible
to have additional personnel for
technical on-site assistance to farm
ers on the land.
county, but throughout the Piedmont j
area There are f at least nine irriga
tion outfits in Laurens county, of
which three are small machines and
the other six are what is spoken of
as large outfits.
Nationwide Plan
For Safe Christmas
Announced By Council
♦
The National Safety Council has,
announced a nation-wide Christ-;
mas saving plan to stop accidents.
“If every American will join this |
savings plan before the. Christmas
holidays, a real yuletide bonus—
human life—will be paid,” said Ned
H. Dearborn, the council president.
The campaign has been joined by
more thah 160 national organiza
tions and by city and state public
officials and civic leaders. They will
unite in creating an awareness of the
special holiday hazards, and will en
list voluntary cooperation from ev
ery American to hold accidents to
a minimum this Christmas.
The year-end holiday season is the
most dangerous period of the year,
Mr. Dearborn said, and accidents an
nually mar the celebration in thou
sands of homes. Traffic accident
deaths on both Christmas eve and
Christmas day are about twice as
high as the annual daily average.
This year, with the holiday con
sisting of four days for many per
sons, the toll could be even higher
than the 351 traffic deaths reported
during the four - day Christmas
weekend last year, Mr. Dearborn
warned.
“Travel is especially heavy over
long holidays, which encourage tra
ditional family get-togethers even
when the members must drive con
siderable distance. The festive spirit
of the season, plus the normal win
ter hazards of bad weather, slippery
roads and longer periods of darkness
create added danger.”
For a safe and merry Christmas,
the National Safety Council suggests
these precautions:
1. Driving or walking, put the
Christmas spirit of “good will to
ward men” into practical use by
being extra courteous to others. And
take your time!
2. If streets are icy or slippery,
keep your speed down and your
caution up.
3. If you imbibe Christmas spirit
in liquid form, stay away from the
steering wheel of a car.
4. Avoid home hazards, too. Don’t
use candles, be sure tree lights and
wiring are in good condition and
keep gift wrappings away from the
fireplace or other source of heat.
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HOME
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Spaghetti Anchovy Sauce
( Serves 4)
8 ounces ready-cut spaghetti.
3 quarts boiling water.
1 tablespoon salt.
1-4 cup butter or substitute.
1-4 cup choped onion.
1-4 cup chopped parsley.
10 canned anchovy fillets, chop
ped.
I 2-3 cups canned chicken con
somme.
Freshly ground pepper.
1-4 pound processed American
cheese, shredded.
Add salt to boiling water and
cook spaghetti, uncovered, until
tender. Drain in colander. Melt
butter in heavy skillet, then add
onion, parsley and anchovies.
Blend in spaghetti and consomme
and stir well. Season with pepper
and cook for 15 minutes, stirring
occasionally.
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