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i Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE ( Thursday, April 16, 1953 FARMS..... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Change The mule and the horse were the handmaidens of the pioneer, as he conquered the wilderness here. Now they have become so rare at many places that a New York zoo has put them in one of its exhibit pens. Once just about all of our folks farmed. Now less than 16 per cent of them do. Yet we make more and plots of experimenters. I see it cpming from the skilled hands of the plant breeder. I see it being demonstrated in the field by the county agents and* taught in the; schools by the ag teacher. And last of all, I see the latest things being adopted by progressive farm ers and thus spreading' over com munities. And with it all, the pow er that is latent in our land is ever ,> , . „ # j „ j being brought out, more and more. stuff and are better fed and clothed ’ .. , , Change, change, may it ever be: than ever. I can remember when the man who said he made a bale of cotton per acre was regarded with suspic ion. And the fellow who said he And may we always, freely brace it, as it comes in truth. em- 4-H Notes National 4-H club week was re made 100 bushels of corn per acTe cen tly observed by 52,000 boys and was regarded as a liar. Now we have records of over 3 bales per acre that folks don’t doubt. And the South Carolina 100 Bushel girls who are members in South Carolina. What a force we have there* All Corn Club has several hund^/of those youngsters learning by do- , .. ing surely makes for a better fu- ,r.em ei^. j ture on the farm and in the home. . It used to take a year to make a From handling a machine in the hog big enough to kill. Now. since I f t0 b a }u n g a good pie, they demonstration feeding pointed the ; are t au ght by county and home way in the late twenties, we make a g en t s an d the specialists from tops out of em in half that time. ! Clemson and Winthrop. The state Cotton once grew on .almost 3 million of our best acres. Now it is found on barely a million. And 4-H sweet potato champions from j Darlington county recently went with their car of potatoes to the on cotton s vast lost acres we see big markets up East, where they grass, trees, grain, soybeans, the- !Saw them sold. And the cherry pie lespedeza and clovers, grain sor-, CO oking champion, Shelva Jean ghum# and the resuting ! Coleman from Dillon, baked one of poultry, and dairy production that delicious pies recently at a na- a.. of this spells out. itional contest held in Chicago. Roads were once quagmires most j Y es, in 4-H they learn by doing. of the year. N6w they are cov ered with smooth surfaces as firm as rock. Where I was raised it took a half hour of hard plodding to get to the mill down on the creek. Tho ether day I shut my engine off and rolled there in 2 minutes without a bump. Change, change! My how’ it has come in our time! And with sci ence in the saddle, we haven't ar- -fived yet.—There is—plenty still' ahead. And through these youngsters a lot of new and better things have j come to the farms and homes of j the state of late. * ♦ . Colored Progress Yard beautification and home im provement have sure advanced over i the state in recent years. This ap- j plies to the homes of both white; and colored folks. I see it In the laboratoriesA" 101 '*! l ." t ‘ , “ uw '' llu ; home demonstration agents report I the following instances: PaHaII 1 During a recent month 11 Bam- VUIIUII well women had yard beautifica tion as their project and two pur- chased" kitchen mTrd" bathroom equipment. In Dardington, each club woman Laurens county ginned 15,220 bales is improving her bedroom. Tours of cotton from the 1952 crop the Bu- will be held to see the winners in reau of the Census reports, against, this. Five of the women’s clubs 14,746 for 1951, an increase of 474 there improved their church-school bales. (grounds. And meat canning dem- The state crop was considerably onstrations were held in all of the less than last year, totaling 670,997 clubs. compared to 871,644. ; And in Union county special em- Orangeburg, the biggest cotton- phasis has been placed on using na growing county in the state, dropped tive shrubbery for home beautifi- from 91,165 bales in 1951 to 55,959 cation, 38 women and 22 girls hav- last year. The serious summer i n g thus fhade the foundation drought was largely responsible for plantings around their homes, the big drop in the crop, especially * * * in the lower section of the state. > • Boys Are That Way Town and country boys start out in different worlds that later • merge. Their lingos are different. They dress different. And their reac tions are usually different. I To us it was “throw a rock”. But I to our city cousins i't was “chunk a brick”. We thought that awful sissy and laughed at ’em about it when they visited us. Then they laughted at us the way we said it when we w*ent down there. We wore homemade clothes that looked right to us. But I know they : must have looked funny to the city kids sure enough. Our pants weer i three-quarter length, reaching half way below our knees, and were PROCESSING SERVICE WE CUT UP AND WRAP MEAT FOR YOUR FREEZERS Call Us For Freeze* Supplies Country Market Phone 98 FINE FURNITURE Down Through the T. E. Jones * ^ "'a* ill Sons The Best for Over Fifty Years CLINTON, .S.C. Plus .Thirteen Other Stores in South Carolina mhde of heavy jeans. When they got set to both sitting and standing positions, they remained about half i cocked, making us look like we were about ready to jump all the time. Our city cousins wore bought clothes, their pants were of the j=kmekorhockgr_slvle and they were made^ out of wool plaids and worsT- eds. Our shoes were mostly of the leather, which we wore only When frost was likely. They had shiny shoes that they wore most of.the time. And so it went. « At Clemson a good many town boys take agricultural courses. They give some fancy answers to questions that every country boy can answer with his eyes shut. Here are a few answers given by town boys of late: In naming four cuts of beef, one boy listed “pork chops” as one. Another defined a dual-purpose cow this way: “You get a calf and grow him out to be a milk cow.” In answer to what a shote is, one said it was a cross between a sheep J and a goat. Now that was cute. [That boy was thinking. I’d have I given him a pretty good • mark on that. And another defined virgin wool as being wool from an unbred sheep. 'In Answer to what he thought of feeding a horse corn in the ear, one boy answered that he thought it would be better to feed it to him in the mouth. On another quiz, the group was asked to name three breeds of sheep. One city boy answered, “black sheep, white sheep, and hydraulic ram”. Well, enough of that. V /i BABY YOUR BUDGET! “The simplest way to ‘baby your budget’—Is to start the Dixie-Home shopping habitl You’ll find your budget EASY to MANAGE—as you enjoy your shopping—and at the same time, you can serve your family the BEST for LESS!” ^ Other Grocery Values! Swtd. Or Unswtd. Grapefruit Juice .'tfn’ tSc Rustic Spiced— C “bflpp|eS N !ar 33c Home Style Trappey’s Okra And fomatofis No ca 3 „ 03 19c Planters Cocktail Peanuts .con Golden Isle CtlUrdsnOc Creamy Chocolate Drops Brock’s .^29c Borden’s Instant Hot (Lb. Pkg. 49c) j Chocolate. ^ 26e Del Monte Large •Prunes ,% g . Frozen Food PictSweet Frozen Fresh Strawberries * Southland Frozen Fresh Cut Okra . PictSweet Frozen Fresh Cut Corn . -PictSweet Frozen Fresh Strawberry Preserves Nationally Famous Gerber’s Strained Baby Foods . Save Laundry With Marcal Paper 35c Dinner Napkins 12-Oz. Jar 25c 29c ^ 80-Ct. ( Pkg. 10c Salad Favorite—Hostess Bartlett No. 2Vi • • Can Assorted Flavors Jell-0 For Salad Croquettes—Alaska Pink 32c Salmon.. . T c°J! 47c Pears s Jell-0 Post’s Sugar & Honey Coated Cereal Puddings .3 Pkgs. 25c Sugar Crisp . ■ Pkg. 15c Z 53c Chili Con Carne With Beans No .300 Can Van Camp’s. . Del Monte Fancy 33c Whole Figs No. 303 Jar 33c Values! V 12-Oz. J Pkg. 29c 2 ^ 35c 2 001 35c Pkgs. Green Peas . . .2'r^ 35c Fish Dept. Valuer! Fresh Dressed Whiting 2 lb * 25c Fresh Large . ib 10c Porgies Pkgs. Quality-Tender U. S. Choice Beef CHUCK ROAST Enjoy the delicious tender ness of top quality beef—at this exceptionally low pricel 39 Only Top Grades Of Beef—Freshly Ground! Fresh Ground Beef u 39' Quality-Tender U. S. Choice Beef Dairy Values! Boneless Roast. 55c cTeeYeT 29c Quality-Tender U. S. Choice Beef Boneless Stew Lb. G 6 S 6 a ■ Cup Kraft Cheese Food 55c Velveeta . 2-Lb. Box 89c Pastel Paper Napkins MARCAL 2 60-Ct. OCm Pkgs. Z3C Large Tender Peas GREEN GIANT 19c No. 303 Can Niblets Whole Kernel CORN 35c Karo Red Label SYRUP 23c No. IVi Bot. Vegetable Shortening SNOWDRIFT 3-Lb. Can 89c For Salads, For Cooking WESSON OIL m35c Insecticide Bombs REAL-KILL 1.47 12-Oz. $ Size Effective Bug Killer REAL-KILL 69c Pint Can Puss ’n Boots CAT FOOD 8-°z. n Can DC Spaghetti DELMONICO 7 r£ 10c Short Grain Rice WATER MAID 2-Lb. Pkg. 30c New Crop Texas Yellow Lbs. 17 Crisp Green Iceberg Fresh Sweet Golden Bantam Lettuce. 13c Corn. .4 !l "29c Fresh Green Tender Young Yellow t if. Sugar Peas b 19c Squash . 2 21c Libby’s Corned BEEF HASH 16-Oz. Can Libby’s Rich BEEF STEW 37c Soap Powder OCTAGON n X 20c Libby’s Vienna SAUSAGE Libby’s Tasty DEVILED HAM 19c Can 18C Libby’s Strained BABY FOOD Fine For Dishwashing VEL 3 29c Lge. G Aft Pkg. Laundry Soap OCTAGON Household Cleanser OCTAGON 2 Ba, ‘ 15c Can 10c Libby’s CORNED BEEF 5J 49c For Family Wash FAB Lge. GflU Pkg. Foaming Action Cleanser AJAX 12c 14-Oz. Can v T I i 9 : r ,