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« & / * \ ■ •via.' ' ' Page Four THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, April 2, 1953 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Hand In Hand I like to see couples, young and old, walking hand in hand at times. You know there are no strained relations then. And a harmonious tearryriake> for,the finest living. WlWF.^orpe. aloti- boy and girl were too bashfyl for this, or feared teasing so. And life for the oldsters was hard They seldom, if ever, saw time to walk hand in hand and dream a bit. It is different now. I often see our fine boys and girls walking hand in hand, unabashed. And at the sum mer 4-H camps I see gallantries of ten thaei we did not know. . ^ ; Our most cherished moments now are walking at night, when the kids are at home. Hand in hand we go. And no matter how far we stroll, we want to turn back. Cotton Stands It’s about cotton planting time. A good stand means so much n making best yields now that we should do all we ^an. to get ’em. Our extension cotton man, Sam Williams, makes these suggestions: 1. Plant on warm natured, well drained land. 2. Use best seed of high germina tion. 3. Place fertilizer two inches to t side or below seed or mix it well GIVE OUR FLOWERS FOR EASTER JOY! LOV ELY CORSAGES.'FRAGRANT BOUQUETS, LONG LASTING PLANTS IN A WIDE ARRAY OF COLORFUL BLOOMS Sentiments of the Easter Season Are Beautifully Expressed With Flowers. A (JALA CORSAGE WILL MAKE HER “THE GRAND EST LADY IN THE EASTER PARADE’’ ORDER NOW- For Delivery Anywhere, When Wanted Eastside Greenhouse Phone 520-J Member F. T. D. A FIRST CLASS MOTOR OVERHAUL CALLS FOR KOTAFIN CRANKSHAFT wiuj: KOTAFIN* is s new method for reconditioning crank- them t'™** hotter bearing surface. KOTAFIN* eliminates the troublesome “wear-in" period— p r*! ents * n i u . r y to bearings and crankshaft during the first wiles—insures original clearance and high oil pres- suse for longer period of time. Save money and get s better overhaul job by asking for a KOTAFIN* crankshaft. AUTO REPAIRMEN & SHOP OWNERS: You can NOW give your customers genuine KOTA FIN* crankshafts. Elimi nate expensive comebacks! Satisfy more customers with a better job. CALL US FOR DEMON STRATION. Qua, A/eiu STORM-VULCAN KOTAFIN MACHINE too* *OR TMiS TRADfMAP* C‘. CtNU'WE KOTAfIN CSANKSHA'TS with the soil before planting. 4. Treat seed before planitng. 5. In case of rain, break crust as soon as dry enough. - ~ ’ i 6. The use of a weeder will help get cotton up and keep grass down. 7. Don’t thin until danger of early dying is over. 8. Leave good sland, 2 to 3 stalks to the foot. The value of these pointers has been p/oven by both experiment and experience. A common mistake is to take out too much cotton at thinning time. It is a pity to get a good stand and then tuin it by thinning too much. Most of the cotton I saw out West wasn’t thinned at all. And they really make it. They supply the needed water though, and we haven’t gotten to that yet generally witn cotton. But we do need to leave it about as Sam says above, 2 to 3 stalks per foot of row. Hybrid Seed Corn Short Our corn man, Woodle, tells me that our supply of good planting seed of adapted strains of hybrid corn is short in South Carolina this year. One thing that will help, he points out, is for us to become accustomed to planting round grains too. You know all corn has some of that sort on the ends of the ears. In the past we have always shelled those off and discarded them from our seed corn. But since the coming of hybrid corn, which is of necessity higher tha.i the other sort, experiment stations have found that the round grains make just as good corn as the flat ones. And they have the advantage of being both cheaper and having more grains to the bushel. So there is no reason why we should not use them. In fact there are good rea sons of economy why we should. We have tq^ise a special plate in the planter tc^put round grains out. I understand a soybean plate reamed out a bit or properly adjusted will handle them. It is a good plan to try it there on the hard ground in the yard to make sure it is putting them out right before you go to the field. “More Efficient Farming” “More Efficient Farming” is the theme of our state farm program for 1953. Now I don’t believe most of us think we are inefficient. But we qre. Every one of us could improve on the way to do things, if we were of a mind to. We are all human. And folks just naturally resist change. We don’t generally improve our methods until it becomes necessary. Well, it looks like it has become necessary for 1^53. For our Dr. Roch ester points out that it looks like what we have to buy will bo higher and what we sell lower. Now, folks, that calls for a change, if something isn’t to pt About the only avenue open nis to tighten up here and there, preventing the leaks of old ineffi ciencies, and thereby meet this squeeze that we are in. Your county agent can likely be of help in figuring on short cuts and efficiencies on your farm. * Boys Are That Way We liked everything about our ’possum hunts in the night woods of the Dutch Fork in the winter. Last week I told you all about our camp fires. We lay around ’em, roasting ’taters and peanuts until old Fido struck a trail or treed. We would get quiet every now and then and listen for him. Even if he was a half mile away, we' could hear him across the hills. He was stone deaf, and we always went to him, even if it was across the treacherous creek. If we had hunted the woods where we were out pretty well, we would put our fire out when we left. Most of us wore wool hats. We would turn them inside out and carry some wat er from the branch to put it out good with. We were always very fire con scious in the Fork, for we had to live from our small acreages, and the lit ter of those woods went into stables with the manure for the following crops. So we didn't allow woods fires. I never saw but one as a kid, and everyone turned out to help put it out before it got good started. Old Fido was a sure thing for ’possums. As one of the Colored boys who hunted with us said, “Dat old Fido, he kin jes make ’possums.” His deafness was a disadvantage though. You couldn’t call him off a trail. When he struck one, you just had to stay with him, even though it might be leaving time. He liked to hunt as well as we. And the only way you could ever terminate one was to catch him and take him home with you. He had on a leather collar. (continued from page 5) Miss Daisy Ledford, Joan Suttle, Mrs. Henry Suttle, Christine Gray, Patsy Lancaster, Mrs. Edna Smith* Mrs. S. B. Snelgrove, Myrtle Wal- lenzine, Margaret Wallenzine, Joan Page, Mrs. Harry Foster, Mrs. lone Walace, Joyce Mitchell, Betty Fo- shee, Louise Meadors, Jo Pruitt and Ott Thomas. Woman's Club Meets The Lydia Woman’s club mei tn the Community Center Thursday evening with its president, Miss Mary Johnson, presiding. Mrs. David Word led the devotions, and members answered roll call with ‘Naming their favorite room in the house.” After the business session, Miss Clyde Smith presented an inter esting program on the theme of “In the Looking Glass.” Those tak ing part were Rev. Billy Word, W. R. Anderson,, Mrs. John Spratt. Refreshments \yere served by the hostesses, Mrs. Horace Smith, Mrs. Mark Windsor, Mrs. Cecil McLen don and Mrs. Mattie Harvey. IF YOU DON’T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON’T GET THE NEWS We would hook a bullace vine through it and make him follow us. At first he would hang back and we had to drag him. 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