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T i / A 1 1 l r~ Thursday, June 11, 1953 tHE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Five FARMS AND FOLKS B7J.IL ELEAZER Clemaon Extension Information Specialist Irrigation Last Yaar Irrigation sure paid where used right last year. At the Georgia Experiment Sta tion they made 742 pounds of seed cotton per acre without it and 2534 pounds of seed cotton per acre with irrigation. For the past four years their average gain from irrigation has been 657 pounds of seed cotton. Clemson’s Lynn had an irrigation test with cotton on the farm of Stewart Laney of Chesterfield county. Two irrigations there, to taling 3 inches of water, on July 2 and 9 gave over three times as much cotton as where it was not ir rigated there in a large uniform field. The five acres irrigated made 10,560 pounds of seed cotton, while the unirrigated 5 acres by it made 3,375 pounds of seed cotton. On the W. D. Willis farm in Florence county, irrigated sweet po tatoes made 1271 bushels of No. 1 po tatoes against ' 63 bushels made without it. Those potatoes netted $5.75 per bushel. Thus irrigation made him $36 8per acre addition al in potatoes. And so the story goes. Yes, last year was a very dry one. But our average of about 6 drouths a year hardly ever lets a crop get by without a need for more water. And, folks, this thing is spread ing. I know the county agent out at Springfield, Mo. He writes me, “It is unbelievable some of the things we are getting from irriga tion. Three tons of hay per acre in five weeks from seeding, over 100 bushels of com, and wonderful grazing all summer through." I plan to go out there and ride with him in July. Will be telling you about it. * • » Improve Mail Box The colored home demonstration agent of Union county reports good results from their campaign to “Im prove Your Mail Box." Home dem onstration women and 4-H club- sters took part in it. I see signs of that at other places pver the state, too. Neat name plates on the boxes, and flowers growing around them; there are some of the things I’ve noticed. • • * Sericea Lespedesa Clifford Smith, down in Newber ry county, has built his farm up to | a show place of good grassland farming since he finished Clemson in 1928. He has a large herd of fine Jersey cattle and also a beef cattle herd. Says they w’ork all right on the same farm. He always plans for plenty of lush grazing for his dairy herd. And when you have that, 'you will always have areas that get tough and need cutting off, or low- grade roughages not suited to high- producing dairy cattle, but OK for beef cattle, he says. In addition to grazing, he also feeds hay silage most of the time. And he has just about all of the types of grazing that are in the book. In showing us his sericea lespedeza, he said: “Here is the most underrated plant we have. And it is the poor man’s irrigation." Then he told of how it carried his stock during the record drought of last summer. He said it had to be managed right. And by that, he said, “Don’t let it get tough." If your cattle can’t keep it down, get the mowing machine out and make hay. He believes in fertilizer to all crops. ‘Tell him to use 600 pounds and he’ll use 800,” County Agent Ezell says. « » » Beauty In Manning On an early spring day, I know of no tnore beautiful avenue than the main street of Manning, coming in from Sumter. The great oaks, draped with wisteria, arch the wide street. The substantial old South ern homes are placed far enough apart and back to give them indi viduality and wide yards, in which a profusion of azaleas, camellias and dogwoods bloom. And not only that, but in those homes live a kind ly a nr cultured people that you don’t find just anywhere • • • Boys Aro Thai Way They were not stilts to us. They were “Tom Walkers.” And we didn’t know what a stilt was. We cut them frbm the dogwood. Cured, they were tougher and stronger and the stub of a limb left for the foot wouldn't split off easy. We cured ’em and valued ’em. But for us, Tom Walkers were playthings for the spring, summer and fall Never for the winter. For we hail shoes on then. And they would ruin your shoes at the instep. So our folks really read the law to us about that We couldn’t get by wth it either. For they left their unmistakable marks on a shoe. We would run races on them, and walk through briars, thorns and water with ’em. That was fun for sure. We tried tying the handles to our legs so our hands would be free. We thought diet’d be fun. Like rid ing a bike without holding the han dlebars, you know. But that never worked for us. We’d fall off. Or When we raised them to take a step, the things would slip from our feet It took that pull on the walker by the hand to keep it secure against the foot We got profiicent in walking on those things. We should. For hours on end, we walked no other way. We often had high ones. Some we had to get on from the cellar or well sheds. But they were rather unwieldy and we didn’t use them much. The sort we liked best and could really cavort around on were a foot to 18 inches high. We liked short handles best too. Some of the kids used long handles, doubling their forearms back and holding them by the top. But the best way was to keep your arms straight down, gripping the han dles. In that way you could keep them pulled tight aganst your feet and control them best. Most of us have high insteps still. I wonder if those Tom Walkers didn’t have something to do with that. For they sure pressed up right at that spot. Watch Far East, Eichelberger Says Greenville. — Americans should keep their eyes on the Far East says Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger. The former commander of the U.S. Eighth Army, now retired and a res ident of Asheville, N. C., said, “Your liberties and the question of whether or not your children and grandchil dren will grow up in the land of lib erty may be decided in the next two years in the Far East.’ Eichelberger told a meeting of the South Carolina chapter of the Society of Professional Engineers last night that the only Japan to fear would be a Japan taken over by the Reds. He asserted that the prevention of Red domination in Japan is one of Amer. lea’s greatest responsibilities. Adams Says Truce Would Still Leave World In Danger Canton, N. Y., June 7.—Sherman Adams, No. t assistant to President Eisenhower, declared today a Korean truce would still leave the free world in danger. He cautioned against any defense let-down lest it invite an atomic attack by Russia. Adams, making his first important public speech since taking over his White House assignment, voiced the’ first public administration statement that there seems to be a “promise" of an early truce in the three-year- old Korean War. In an address prepared for deliv ery at the commencement exercises at St. Lawrence University the for mer New Hampshire governor and U. S. House member said: “On the eve of what* appears to be the promise of an early truce in Ko rea it is well for us not to forget cer tain things that happened in the year 1946. Adams then went on to say that he was a member of Congress at that time and remembered the “terrific pressure" brought upon every mem ber to see that the World War II; “boys got home at the earliest pos-, sible moment.” Mindful of this, Adams said that j immediately after the last war ar mistice a great feeling of relief spread over the United States at first. This was followed by a “pleasant complacency about the future,” he added. “Yet the fact that we were at that moment in danger," he said adding: “At the moment of a Korean truce we shall be in danger. There will be nothing in the terms of such a truce which will give any perma nent relief in the ominous threat which confronts the free world. “Any such retard in carrying but vigorously the policies already in itiated to promote the security—ex ternally and internally—of this na tion will aggravate immeasurably the threat which confronts us. “Any such collapse as occurred in 1946 would actually beckon the Soviets to come* and attack with the forces—atomic and otherwise—they have already mobilized.” ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Bids will be received at the Of fice of Laurens County School Dis trict No. 55, 426 West Main Street, Laurens, South Carolina, at 11:00 o’clock A. M., EST, on June 25, 1953, for the construction of an ad dition to the Hickory Tavern School, Laurens County. Plans and specifications may be inspected without charge at the office of the architect, W. E. Freeman, Jr, A. I. A., 226 W. Washington Street, Greenville, South Carolina, or the Columbia, Greenville and Charlotte SEE AND BUY * QUALITY FARM EQUIPMENT ••• at ••• Laurens Tractor & Implement Co. Your Authorized JOHN DEERE Dealer for Laurens County Sales - Parts - Service New and Used Equipment Clinton Hwy.—\\ Mile Past City Limits Telephone 22396 Laurens, S. C. offices of the Associated General Contractors of America, or may be secured upon a deposit of twenty- five dollars per set. The entire deposit on one set and half of the deposit on additional sets will be refunded upon return of plans and specifications in good condition within five days after bids are re ceived. . The owner reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Board of Trustees, Laurens County School District No. 55. G. M. McCUEN. Chairman. THANKS! LAURENS COUNTY For Your Fine Support On June 2nd Charles C. 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