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i Thursday, January 29, 1953 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Three . . ^ '*****■ ■■ ‘ ' T“t"f FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist "Dangerous 'Tim«»" I read a rather frightening ar ticle the other day about “the dan gerous times” which we are pass ing. History shows that practically every generation has lived through “dangerous times.’’ I can. remem ber several of ’em in my time. Thirty-five years ago the name Kaiser caused the whole world to Shudder. But a few years later ne died in exile in a foreign land where he, a beaten man, sought asylum. In the late twenties a great de pression gnawed at the very foun dation of our economy, and many men could then see no way out. Yet it was followed by our period of greatest prosperity. Then in the very late thirties a mad-man, who thought he had the power to conquer the world, struck in Europe, followed by another group that struck with him in the Pacific. Things looked awful dark then for peaceful people. But a few years later the mad-man was buried beneath the rubble of his blasted capitol, and the atomic bomb had written finis to the dark years in the Pacific. And now a few short years af terwards, dangerous times are up on us again. And they look like the worst. Each one has looked that way in its time. And one is led to wonder if one of them will yet succeed in its dark purpose and engulf the World in another Dark Age. Hardly, if we are vigilant, and stick to our ideals. These dark and dangerous times have hit agriculture too. It was indeed dark when the boll weevil . knocked the county where I was later agent from 65 thousand bales of cotton in 1920 to 9 thousand in 1922. And it was dangerous times, too, when for a time in 1932 there was simply no market for our cot ton, and hogs were quoted on the Chicago market at 2.9 cents a pound fof tops. And farm credit died completely, but for the Seed Loan. Yes, dark and .dangerous times have been our lot. Usually then we have been at our best, and soon came back. May it ever be so. not solved it to the satisfaction of all by any means, while hey have been working on it for many years. But the important fact is, they are putting all the water they have to beneficial use. Now, folks, that’s | bag^limits on all game and fish our task here. Up to now we have 1 10 estab]ish game zoneSt a nd to used very little of our water re-• regulate commercial fishing, sources. But with irrigation com ing for sure, and industrial and Wildlife Body Proposes Big Changes In Law Columbia, Jan. 29. — Sweeping changes in South Carolina’s hunt ing and fishing regulations are proposed in the recommendations of the newly-created State Wild life Resources Commission to the 1953 General Assembly. The commission is asking com plete authority to set seasons and Livestock Care Our livestock specialist, A. L. DuRant, suggests feeding a grain mixture to young cattle this winer that are to be fed out later for spring and early summer markets. About T parts corn, cob and shuck meal mixed with one part of cotton seed meal makes a good mixture, he says. At first feed them just a pound or two a day while grazing. Then, as grazing gets scarcer and the fattening season approaches, increase it gradually up to all they will eat And for hogs he suggests letting them clean up the fields good. At the same time give them a supple mentary protein feed made out of equal parts of tankage or fish meal and cotton seed meal or soybean meal mixed together. A half pound of this per day per shote is about right. * • * Modernized Water Law Such water laws as we have in South Carolina are entirely unsuit- ed to modern times. The soil con servation district supervisors in stituted a study of the situation through Dean Prince of the Law School of our University. An ex pert of the SCS spent some time in the state making a study of» our situation and rendered valuable assistance in getting some recom mendations to the legislature. I have visited most of the irriga- ion regions of the country. Regu lating the use of water has been one of their greatest problems. And they all told me that they had All existing laws governing these matters would be repealed and the commission given sole authority to set up new laws. Such regulations lature. are how made' by the State, Legis- In addition, the commission would abolis hthe present com plicated system of special fiShihg permits and provide a single fish ing license good anywhere in the state. The commission recommenda-* tions, based on a survey by the Wildlife Management Institute, were submitted to the legislature by Chairman George Warren. Warren said the commission must be able to fix seasons and bag limits in order to “intelligent ly” control wildlife resources. “A reading of the laws now in effect will disclose a variety of statutory provisions, some of which are obsolete, some conflicting, and some having no scientific basis in fact for their existence,’ [Warren declared. “We realize that the General As sembly, ever zealous in retention of its powers, may be hesitant in conferring the requeted authority upon a commission,” the former Hampton county senator said. “Our Sgt. H. L. Austin Serves In Korea V ♦ 1 With the 7th Infantry Div. in Korea. — Sgt. Harold L. Austin, son of Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Austin, Route 1. Clinton recently com pleted his eighth month in Korea with the 7th Infanty Division. The 7th has fought continuously in Korea since its landing at In chon in the, fall of 1950. During its two years of combat in the mountainous terrain the division has battled in every sector of the peninsula. Elements of the 7th were the only U. S. forces to reach the Yula river. A mechanic in Service Battery of the 31st t’ield Artillery Bat talion, Austin entered the Army in January, 1951. municipal needs for water growing constantly, it is high time for us to get some workable statutes on the books that will permit the use of our water most effectively. • • • Information Science knows a lot more about the things that bother you most in your farming than the average man knows. That information is prepar ed for you in practical form in Clemson’s bulletins that are free for the asking at your county agent’s office there in your county. 0 0 0 Boys Are That Way There is an old myth about a strange animal being at large in the community. We experienced it every few years when we were kids. > And I still hear of it at times now. Often it reaches print, and the whole community gets all scared up about it. Well can I remember several of these monsters that came our way when I was a kid. And how those tales scared us! One of them was what made me first scared of the darkness of night. This monster was supposed to roam only on dark _ _ nights. All you could hear was the justification is the better rustling in the leaves of the dry, life conditions that have resulted woods. Dogs were reputed to be where the regulations mentidncd deathly afraid of it for it ate dogs, i have been promulgated and en- Folks shut their dogs up at night.; forced by a commission or depart- I had nightmares in my“sleep about mentr" that thing and it made me not 1 . want to blow the lamp out. i Down the road where it was repu Another monster of the stone; fd to roam, we heard it was suck- hills was a bear-like thing that'i n 8 milk from cows and making walked upright. Someone had ac- them wild and nervous, and that i tually seen it, but we never kpew killed a full grown yearling who that someone was. ■ He always/ consumed it, not leaving a WANTED TOPSOIL Within two or three miles of road running from highway 56 to Philson Cross Roads, and also road to Duncan Creek Church. If you have any you would sell, please notify— BENNIE B. BLAKELY County Supervisor Laurens, S. C. A REMINDER Taxes Now Due COUNTY TAXES ARE NOW PAYABLE WITH THE FOLLOWING PENALTIES: Jan. 1 Feb. 1 1% March I ... 3% 2% April 1 .... 7% TAX BOOKS CLOSE APRIL 15 AND GO INTO EXECUTION WITH ADDED COSTS SAM M. LEAMAN TREASURER Say "I Saw It In The Chronicle” — Thank You! lived across the creek or away out trace. When one of those tales was t t: ST in the piney woods. Folks told of| ? broad in the-Dutch Fork, our pos its great tracks they had seen on; sum huntin’ was ruined for the the sand lanog streams. Said it; being. For the dark out of looked like a bear’s rack, but big- j doors carried many goblins then. - - ger than any ordinary bear_ that] j ever lived: That' was^ wheh"”f ^ only had muzzle loading guns. And most of them loaded theirs with heavy loads, using some buckshot, bb’s, or slugs from the blacksmith shot in it. They wanted to be sure of a kill if the monster came their way. And the word spread that it was killing cattle, being especially fond of calves. And it ate them bones and all. We heard great tales about it. MODERN Baking Equipment Helps Make ClauSSen’S AMER/CA'S FINEST BREAD! Dr. W. W. Adam, VETERINARIAN 614 Musgjove Street Clinton, S. C. Phones: Office 958 Residence 991-W , In The Happy Sunshine Yellow Wrapper STAYS FRESHER LONCER! Dodqe boosts in new trucks! Pleased to meet Wou!" Ife # When you need some item in drugs or sun dries, we hope you’ll keep us in mind. We shall count it a pleasure and a privilege fo meet and greet you . . . 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