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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.
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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
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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. But soon he tired
of holding back, reconciled himself
to going home, and would follow
good.
No tree was too big for us to cut,
if old Fido treed up it. And he ney&r
fooled us. However, we found out
that the old adage was true, that the
smallest ’possums usually go up the
largest trees.
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