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Thursday, March 5, 1953 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Three 4 4.. +. \ jlfegn. I®* 7 FARMS AND FOLKS By ). M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information ^ Specialist Lespedaza Now Did you get your annual lespe- deza sown in February? Hugh Woodle says itfs still time to seed it on your grain in early March, 40 pounds per acre. Anderson county is a large pro ducer of lespedeza seed. County Ag ent Hopkins tells me the crop was short, due to drought, last year. And that made prices higher. On real dry springs and early summers, like we have had for the past two years, we often lose our stands of lespedeza. Then and there is where a little irrigation will work wonders. Summer before last irri gated lespedeza made a bumper hay crop and then came back and made a fine seed crop in the mid state. The balance of it there made neither hay nor a seed crop. Lupines I’ve been telling you about the rapid spread of blue lupines in the southern part of the state in recent years.. This crop came to us as a winter cover crop. It had the faculty of making a big growth in the fall and early winter, and was ready to turn under in plenty time to prepare the land for summer crops. And, being a legume, it enriched the soil fast. In the past few years we were offered a guarantee on the seed prize for lupines. This was designed for a god purpose, to insure farm ers who grew them for the vastly expanding acreage from possible losses. The price set seemed low- But the yield potential was so great that folks could afford to plant great acreages for the guaranteed price. The upshot of it was, a vast| expansion took place, practically all for seed, and very little for a cover crop. The price broke and the gov ernment had to take most of the seed. Warehouses in that area are still crammed with tons and tons of them that were stored there by the government several years ago. Now there is no price support on lupine seed, and the acreage has shrunk greatly. But County Agents Thompson and Rogers of Hampton and Allendale counties respectively tell me that the crop has gone back to its original basis, that of winter cover crop. Recent years have seen a lot of winter killing of lupines down there, many of which were planted a bit late on account of the land not being ready earlier in the fall. To get around that, the agents tell me a few farmers this year tried seeding them in cotton middles back in August, like up-state farmers of- Savings Accounts 3%—DIVIDEND—3% ‘ We invite savings accounts from the people of Clinton and vicinity. You will like our friendly and efficient ser vice, and you will receive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount — from $1 up — opens an account. Each account is insured up to $10,000 by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $30,000 fully insured. v „ Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. 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Even if early severe cold had come, they would have had a good cover crop growth there already and their purpose would have been accomplished. So maybe on this new basis, this great fall and winter soil builder will find its place on many farms of the Low Country yet. Fertilizer The fertilizer industry in this country is 100 years old. It started down here in our part of the coun try. With mild winters, heavy rain- J falls, and light soils, we needed it I first. Other richer areas thought for' a long time they’d never need it. But with heavy cropping and straight rows that aided erosion, they too are going to it fast. Our fertilizer industry w’as a giant already, but in the past five years it has doubled. And it looks like that growth will continue for a long time yet. Fertilizer properly used does not mean a decadent soil and a dwind ling agriculture. Used right, in ro tations, and with good soil saving and soil building practices, it in sures a growing plenty for the fu ture. The Navajos I was struck with the earnest ness and inteligence of some Nav ajo Indian boys helped guide us along the rim of grand Canyon. Having read a bit of the history of our treatment of them in the early days, I felt rather apologetic and humble in their presence. That once great tribe was never warlike. Peaceful herdsmen, they inhabited a lot of dry lands in that region. But the white folks kept pushing them back and back until they at last found themselves rele gated to a bit of rather barren wastes northeast of the Canyon there in Arizona, on which a jack- rabbit could hardly survive. From a tower they pointed out to me a part of the rolling desert where their race is slowly dying out. Boys Are That Way Axle grease had come into com- fnon use when I was a kid in the Dutch Fork. Before that our folks had used the fresh resin that came readily from any wound or cut on a pine tree. That was rather dur- able too, they told me. Yes, axle grease was a necessity then. - Both 'traggy antT wa^gri Tmir their axles greased good regularly and surely before any extended trip of several miles. But, as is usually the case, some folks were a bit negligent in attend ing to his chore. And before they would get back, those squeaking wheels could be heard marking their course across hill and vale. Those with any pride were ash amed to let that happen, for it meant heavy wear on the axle and heavier draft for the critter that pulled it. So, all in all, folks looked on an improperly greased vehicle as the mark of a rather sorry and no-account owner. But occasionally one would for get and find himself embarrassed j by a squeaking vehicle. He would usually find some pine resin to rem edy it with or stop and borrow a greasin’ of axle grease from some one in the event he could not find either of these things he would borrow a littte lard and that would get him home usually without an other squeak. Eisenhower Asks Nation To Support Red Cross Drive ; Augusta, Ga., March 1.—Presi dent Eisenhower appealed to the nation by television and radio to day to support the American Red Cross drive for funds and blood do nations. “This year,” said the President, “the Red Cross needs 93 million dollars to do its job. It also must collect five million pints of blood— for the armed services, for civil defense, for civilian sick and in jured—and for those most precious civilians af all—our chilciwm. “For now the Red Cross joins in the fight against infantile pa ralysis by providing gamma plob- ulin, which helps prevent the crip pling effect of polio.” The President’s remarks were recorded for television and radio before he came to Augusta from Washington la^t Thursday for a week-end vacation. His message was for use on all networks at various times during the day and evening. Speaking in conection with the official campaign by its national chairman, E. Roland Harriman, Eisenhower said: “The American Red Cross is one of the free institutions which has helped make thus 'country great. “What people do through the Red Cross, they do in the spirit of free men and women vountarily giving of themselves to help their neighbors in time of personal trag edy, disaster or emergency.” This year, the President, said, the Red Cross is serving nearly 3,600,000 men and women in the armed forces, and he added that many of them are “still enduring the rigors and dangers of Korean combat.” IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS We Announce the Opening of. • •• VA ••• South Carolina's Finest Woodworking Shop Manufacturers of Cabinets, Window Units, Mantles, Screens And Other Mill Work r r Free Estimates Gladly Given On All Work Contact ROBERT SPENCER at 454 Clinton Woodworking Company “Our Work Is Inexpensive But Not Cheap” W. Centennial St. Clinton, S. 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