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f I Thursday, February 12, 1953 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pasre Three BYRNES’ LEGISLATIVE SKILL STANDS HIM IN GOOD STEAD Oolumbia,— The South Carolina meat for the legislative saw. The House of Representatives approval Senate has yet to work on it, and at of the nearly $12 million perma- least one senator has sharpened his nent improvements bill for state wits against it. supported colleges and mental in- Notes From The County Agent's Office By C. B. CANNON. County Agent pepper at a guaranteed price of $100 per ton based on grade. A representative from a canning com pany in Georgia has contacted the county agent’s office and discussed the growing of pepper under con tract. The same company has been buying pepper in Anderson and Greenville counties. At least 200 Farmers Placing Orders For Bermuda m , Eleven farmers have placed re- jaw * ' , . , „ rvn.ntv acres are required to be grown to Sen. Rembert Dennis of Rerke- ^ f , Bprmu( i a have a receiving station located in ley this week criticized (in the g s pasture use (Laurens county during the harvest- strongest language gentlemen of gras stock Ior pasture use. ^ season. , the Upper House can use) the H. A. Woodle, Extension Agrono-j Several times the program was House Ways and Means Committee mist of Clemson college, thinks it, nro duro nimpntn nenner The almost on the rocks, but it was sal- for trying to spend the surplus be- is a grass that should be planted, , nreoared and neo- vaged through the Governor’s ef- fore they took up the appropria- on all livestock farms. The ber- j plants set at 30 to 36 inches in stitut ions was the hardest won vic tory of Gov. James Byrnes admin istration. forts and some mighty hard work tions bill, by such legislative leaders as House gp th e Governor’s legislative Speaker Sol Blatt and Charleston fight may have just begun. County Rep. Fritz Rollings, Clem- ^ son College President R. F. Poole, r r aj • and University of South Carolina Npui r«) Till PIC Mjirt President Donald Russell were called in to help sway some rep resentatives to favor the bill. It got down to just plain old pol- .. w iticking of the buttonhole variety M||||An m TPiir to line up a majority of the House ■ lllllwll III I vUI members. The carpet in the Gov- ♦ ernor’s office isn’t as thick as it In State Tods $16 muda grows similar to our , AQ . . . hermuda hut T>roduee«i more erowth.!® 11 ^ in ^ inch rows, fer- 1 thin thl na tilized at the ™ ie 0i 600 800 and quicker growth than the na- ...... , . - « o .. ° pounds of fertilizer analyzing 6-8-8 # . . or 5-10-10 at planting time. Top The writer, while judging pas- ^55^ a t ^e rate of 150 pounds ture contestants last September in j the lower part of the state, saw i Coastal Bermuda grass gowing and talked with farmers who had the' grass and were well pleased with 1 results. The Writer was in one j field of Coastal Bermuda that was 1 planted in April, 1952, and in Sep-1 . tember the same year, the grass j of a 10-10-10 the first of July and again about August 1st with the same amount. Plants are furnished by the com pany of the desired variety at a cost to the farmed of $2.50 per 1000. It will require approximately 5000 plants to set an ^cre which can be done by two men in a day. The plants should be set by a plant set ter which costs $5.00 from April 15th to May 15th. It is necessary for frequent shal low cultivation to control grass and weeds similar to that of cotton. Harvesting begins about August 1 and lasts until frost, depending on seasons. Pepper to be picked once each week when the pod is colored red and at least 1 5-8 inchs in diam eter. The pepper needs no special housing in that it may be spread out in a shed or under a' tree and kept until the day of delivery that week. Picking is similar to that of cotton. The yield should run from one and a half to three tons of graded pepper per acre depending on soil and season as well as cul tivation and management by the farmer. This pepper appears to the writer as being sound for additional cash income on a farm having family la- for the pepper matured to a red color and measures at least 1 5-8 inches in diameter. OFFICE SUPPLIES Complete line, all the little items needed for the office CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Phone 74 of the State) He Had Program The facts are that he did have a program and did get the strength to carry it through the House. But the curious thing is that Mr. Byrnes had to engage in the legis- as it Columbia, - Feb. 7.—South Caro was earlier in the week before lina’s new million dollar farmers’ had covered the ground and was House members began to visit with market has completed its first full knee high. It makes good quality him, invited or otherwise. calendar year of operation with a hay and is easy to cure. Subtle and caustic remarks were total volume of business amounting The writer and a few farmers at- made about this during the big de- to $16,156,182, Robert H. Martin, tended a meeting in Columbia a bate. Some speakers started their market manager- reported. f( w da y s ago and heard Dr. Glenn statements by declaring they had Known as the Columbia State W. Burton, Experiment Station, not been “dictated to,” but were Farmers Market, it has bechme fa Tifton, Ga., who is doing consider- favoring the program under the.r miliar all over the United States able experimental work on Coastal own steam. for its modem design and efficient Bermuda grass, talk and show col- At one time, the Governor was operation. City and state officials ored slides of some of his work, criticized for even having a pro- have come from many places to Ue is thoroughly sold to the possi- gram. (There is a constitutional study its facilities with the idea bilities of the grass as a grazing provision requiring him to report of improving or relocating such and hay crop. to the Legislature on the condition markets in their cities. ! T he grass is planted by spring Operating on a year-round basis and requires from six to twelve in the market are 42 wholesale bushels of sprigs to plant an acre, produce dealers and merchant Sprigs planted in spring and early truckers. During the year farmers summer on a well prepared land in from all over the south bring pro-[three to five foot rows will re ducts in for sale. In a single day Quire about 5000 plants. A com- last June 589 South Carolina farm- Plete fertilizer at the rate of 400 to lative tactics himself. Those who ers sold products. The market acts 6()0 pounds per acre should be drill- were sponsoring the bill on the j as a re-distribution point between. ed in the rows and mixed with the floor, the Ways and Means Com- north and south. On an out-going soil before setting the sprigs. Shal- mittee, - just plain didn’t have the basis most of the products moved low cultivation in early spring to wherewithal to do the job. That north of Columbia. Out of statejkeep down weeds and grass to al- was evident in the lack of organiza- buyers come mostly from Nortn l° w the runners to take root gives tion in the presentation of the bill Carolina, Virginia, Tennesee, West t> es t results. Also an application to the House. j Virginia, Kentucky and Georgia, j °t 200 pounds of nitrate of soda or Objections ranged widely. The However, in the big watermelon Its equivalent gives good results most logical, and most repeated, and cantaloupe season in June and when the grass is several inches was that the permanent improve-1 July, they come from as far away high. ment bill would spend a good as Michigan. j From this seed patch, plants may chunk of the state’s surplus before The state-owned facility was he harvested the following year to the lawmakers have even got constructed on the outskirts of Co- plant additional acreage on the around to taking up the all-im- lumbia near the state fairgounds. farm. Coastal Bermuda should not portant appropriations bill to run It replaced the old city market he planted \«here native Bemuda the government and institutions which was stretched out along is now planted. for the next fiscal year. J.Assembly.street. The old city mar- Coastal Bermuda is a hyhj'id But Mr. Byrnes asked top priori- 1 ket began about 30 ve^^gtr^whCT- whjch. wa.'y.drvplopf'cLJby^lDr. Bur-' ty for the measure. He perhaps farmers began to congregate with ton and- produces no seed for m-i reasoned that the legislators would their produce in the center of one creased planting. Planting is by j fight, as usual, over the appropri- of the Columbia streets. the use of plants (sod). The grass got through, leaving no time for From a monetary standpoint the does exceptionally well on our, ations bill and adjourn when they big ten items in Oder of their sales hght sandy type soils: The cost of, this program. He might also have were Irish potatoes, tomatoes, ba- the plants should not cost over $.751 calculated that the lawmakers nanas, watermelons, snap beans, to $1.00 per bushel. Any person ^ might also have conjured up a less oranges, cabbage, lettuce, apples, wishing to try Coastal Bermuda, desirable plan for spending the sur- and onions. Irish potatoes V(as the and wishes to have order included [ plus if he hadn’t put this one way only product that pased the two i n the cooperative order should out in front at the firsj^ j million dollar mark, totaling $2,- notify this office at once. Arrange- There is little basis for belief 005,266. The total value of water ments are to be worked out for a that the opposition came out of a melons was $1,196,667. The lowest truck to pick up and deliver the peeve of Stevenson supporters over of the big ten items, onions, totaled planting stock about the middle of the Governor’s stand for Eisenhow- $642,998. March. er. Only one reference like that' On a carlot equivalent basis, the Extension circular 374, Coastal was made during the nearly six biggest items during the past year Bermuda, gives brief discussion on in order were watermelons, Irish the grass that is free by asking potatoes, oranges, bananas, cab- trom the County Agent’s office. Your partq quests will welcome Coke Your guests—young or not—are sure to enjoy ice-cold Coke. Its matchless flavor sparks the party keeps the fun going. Remember, too, it’s ea&y to serve Coke*— ice cold, in the bottle. • • • hours of debating. Nevertheless, the permanent im provements program is still fresh bage, tomatoes, letuce, snap beans, 'tffoJ&Au/tL you gets do mOHEL Pepper As Another Cash Crop Laurens county farmers _ have an opportunity to grow pimento apples and onions.* Watermelons topped the list with a total of 2,281 carlot equivalents. They were far ahead of any other of the 97 prod ucts. 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