The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, October 29, 1953, Image 16
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
FARMS
AND FOLKS
. Bj J. M. ELEAZER
Clomson Extension Information
Specialist^
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Wild Geese Return
On this October full moon, the 1 • The past summer bitterweed was
twild geese are pouring back into the i more prevalent in pastures than it
Gaddy pond at Ansonville. Not by has been since we first started pre-
‘he dozens nor hundreds, but by the paring, liming, fertilizing, and seed-
thousands! jng them. Woodle tells me one reason
You recall, it was 1934 that the for that it is a poverty plant and very
first nine geese lit down on that drought - resistant. When drought
farm pond. Mn Gaddy did not shoot strangled other plants there, the bit-
at them, but threw corn to them.
They stayed. Next year they came
back, with their increase. And
since then the full moon in October
has seen them return with increased
numbers. Last year it was estimated
terweed* had full sway. But given
moisture those prepared pastures
will hold it down pretty well, spe
cially if we mow them.
Heap Much W'oodland
It's good we are now giving some
that over 12,000 came. "This year! attention to forestry. Out of our 20
there should be more.
million acres of land in South Car-
I have caused many to go there 0 ii nai 12 million acres are in woc~!
to :see that great sight. None have i anc is
beoii ^is a ppointed. It is Ansonville,; The r<Bl(lem forester in South
.North carolm.. Thats eight miles , he .
above W adesboro. And W adesboro is , . „ T c. u* v.
19 miles from our Chesterfield. From! late J"-- W "•, Lon * br ° u 6 h , , h<M *
Columbia, Ansonville is 109 miles. ^ , C,e ” s<)n , 0 ?f en J‘ on ' or f, sl “ “
, vi ’ -o cv.nl t September 1924. He corralled the
from rlorence *9, and from Spar- , - . . ,
few interested citizens an that sub-
tanburg it is 14^ miles. From the
south and east, you go through Ches
terfield. From the west you go
through Lancaster and Pageland.
With all the ponds we have over
this part of the country, it seems a
pity more folks don’t offer these
great wild creatures a safe place to
light.
Some of the pastures we prepared
and seeded some years ago are get-
:ng rather weedy. The mowing ma-
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jedt And they got the legislature in
terested. The upshot of that was, n
a few years they set up our state for
estry commission. And since then
we have made considerable progress
in Ihe proper conservation and use
of our valuable timber resources.
Grain Storage
Harper and Bowers have increased
their grain elevator storage space at
Estill to 715,000-bushels capacity.
Their equipment and facilities for
handling, drying, cleaning and stor
ing all sorts of grain and seeds are
j of the very latest sort. I have seen
i many outfits like this in the Mid-
; west. But they are older, and none
' that I’ve seen are sp up to date in
every detail as this vast structure at
Estill. You really feel like you are
out in the grain belt when you stand
there and look up to those many
great concrete towers.
Our- grain storage has doubled in
recent years in South Carolina. No;
only that, but the yields are up over
60 percent. Now, folks, that adds up
to a lot of grain. The great need now
is for adequate safe storage. They
tell me that vast facility at Estill
has had to turn away grain and
j seeds seeking storage all along. It
stays loaded to the gills. And the
| way prices have behaved in recent
years, that has meant money to a lot
! of folks.
Likes Sericea
County Agent Willis of Chester
field told me they sure liked ie&pe-
deza sericea H During the past three
i dry summers, it has saved many a
cattleman. It kept on when all other
grazing foiled. Clifford Smith of
Newberry calls it "the poorman’s
i alfalfa. 4 ' “Cut right, it makes good
hay,” he says.
J. W. Little of Cheraw is another
enthusiast for it. He grows a lot of
it for seed and has a seejd-cleaning
establishment. He says, “You must
lime it,” for best results. He says it
has made $10 an acre land into $109
per acre land for him. His seed yields
run from 1,000 pounds per acre on
damp river bottoms to 500 pounds
per acre on light sandy lands.
Boys Are That Way
Week before last we started
through the paths of childhood. I
didn’t have room to finish, I saw
, so much along those hallowed paths
when I went thereof late. So let’s
tarry there a bit more today.
From the wooded spot, where the
old schoolhouse stood, I walked on
{to the back of the place. The early
leaves of autumn were gently fall
ing yellow and crimson in the dim
path. I thought of the two-score
seasons that had passed since I walk
ed there as a dreaming barefoot boy.
iThe honey lucust was ripening *jn
the elf-same tree, but the old per
simmon was marked only by its rot
ting stump.
Away back there, where the field
we called the New Ground was,
young timber had come across the
old cotton beds that you could still
see there, padded with a soft cush
ion of straw. And the same pile of
rocks we had put in a terrace break,
when that was a field, made a mound
(there and*was over grown with vines.
From clean culture, and what not,
;the spring has long ago dried up.
'There I had ilngered often as a kid,
getting out of work in the fields.
jAnd on back across the Sites place
11 went. The old loghouse was gone
. and a wilderness of briers and hushes
was all that marked the fruitful old
'homestead of long ago. I walked on
{down where a wonderful scaly-bark
jtree used to grow on the terrace.
|The field had come to pines and had
been cut. And I couldn’t even find
where the fine scaly-bark tree had
been. Along through childhood’s de
lightful years, we never let any of
those nuts go to waste.
I swung back through the bottom
lands that border our creek. Saplings
had become great trees there and
had been cut. And 9 new growth
was dense. The creek had about
dried up, as it did once when I was
a kid, and I thought I could see a
rough line of rocks across the chan-
nell where we once built a crude
dam.
Back up to where we had lived
didn’t seem as far nor steep. And
iwhat used to be M the J>ig field” didn’t
{look big at all then.
• Memories, memories! 1 like to
travel back through them at times.
Thursday, October 29, 1953 ^
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16-Ox.
Can
27
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ORANGE JUICE .
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America’s Favorite! Home Style
Strawberry Preserves * 4
Real Must For The Pantry Shelf. Scott County
PORK & BEANS 3
46-Ox.
• • Can
12-Ox.
Jars
25c
No. 300
Cans
WILSON’S MEATS!
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* J'* Certified Vienna
Sausage 2
Certified
TIIPE
25c
16-Oz.
Con
4-Ox.
Cons
24-Oz..
35c
Con 49C
Vegetable Shortening
swimum
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Peanut Butter
SWIFT’S
37c
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PREM
43c
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Franks" 49* Chops “ 39*
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PEANUTS
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J 27c
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