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/ t 1 A-. Thursday, December 3, 1953 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Page Seven • • • • FARMS. AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist Granite In Fairfield Granite is much in evidence around Winntyboro. Their “Blue Granite” is famed afSar And there are other workng quarries there of this durable stone. You notice its use at every turn. I saw fence posts, solid fences, ter raced lots and yards, thresholds, house-,, churches, stores, filling sta-| lions, and the like made of this at- 1 tractive and everlasting rock over j there. lAiid, you know, it seems to me the sturdy folks there have taken on a gofodly portion of the substantial character of that native rock. They ' were all but floored by the boll’ weevil. But they were early in tak ing to grass and cattle. Their veteran county agent, R. H Lemmon, now l retired, was talking grass and cattle, away back when most folks in this state didn’t think much of .em. Wliile with County Agent Lynn there in the late summer, I saw the dismal work of the searing drought that had afflicted them. They were then feeding up short hay crops. And the winter wind was sure to whistle through the cracks of empty barm and cribs there this winter. But they had not despaired. More winter grazing than usual was be ing put in. And, if early showers came, they would be blessed with more than usual winter greenery to heip fill the gap. Their livestock association had an average attend ance of 67 the past year at its monthly meetings, according to Lynn. Fairfield too was early in grasp- ing tfce potential that timber held They were early in organizing a county forestry association, in which their county delegation was much interested and County Agent Lem mon a leader. Today they reap a far greater reward from pulpwood than any other county. And our forester, Cliff Hall, tells me that, with improved methods of cutting, it is growing about as fast as they! are taking it out. Trees and grass promise a perpetual harvest there. Newberry Doings The fall of 1952 was so dry the inoculation was killed on some of the alfalfa seeded in Newberry. County Agent Ezell called some of the men of Clemson down to see if anything could be done. They de cided to try something new on the I. T. Cousins farm. They had some liquid alfalfa in- oculant made up at Clemson. Lynn took the Camp irrigation outfit down there and applied that inoc- ulant in with the irrigation water. In the late summer I was by there and asked Assistant County Agent Ridgeway how it had worked. He said, “Fine.” The alfalfa immediate ly lost its yellow hue, came right out. and is normal now. On out from Newberry I passed the Henry O. Long farm. Once be fore I told you of the sign I had seen there by the road. It read, “H. O. Long—-Something to sell ev ery day—except Sunday.” Ezell told me why those words had been added. A man came by one Sunday to get some cotton planting seed. Mr. Long said he didn’t sell things on Sunday. The man pointed to the sign, “every day? it said. So Mr. Long then add ed the two words, “except Sunday.” * My, what a farmer that fellow Henry Long is! He bears down on those red hills and makes abund ance come from them. He is one farmer who had mastered the man agement of grass. And his large herd has it to their liking the year around. Even during the past three dry summers and x cold winters, he had it fine every day. Year-round grazing is not a dream there. It is a living reality. Irrigation Water From Walls At some places we seem to have enough ^underground water to do some irrigation from that source. On Cypress Woods Plantation in Jasper, they have a 12-inch well 340 feet deep that the manager,, Claud Farris, told me pumped 1,800' gallons a minute. They are putting down others and , impounding the swamp waters, too. They plan to irrigate 1,000 acres of fine swamp-1 land pastures as needed. We are learning more and more about irrigation here as time goes on. Boys Are Thai Way Along about this time of year we used to kill our first hog. We usually had two or three. One would be a big one, for the lard. Then a smaller one or so for the best trimmings and cured meat. This usually came some time af ter Thanksgiving. We had about tired of birds and rabbits by then, and pork came in good. Then, too, the weather had gotten cold enough so that the meat would keep. That’s about the only day they ever let us stay home from school, J butchering day. And we looked for ward to it almost like Christmas. I know we must have been in the way a lot, messing around there all day. But we liked it so they just tolerated us. We got up before day with the grown folks that morning. Pots had been filled with water the evening before, and good wood and light- wood piled high around them. So, soon after the match was struck, there was a roaring fire around them there in the heavy darkness of pre-dawn. There was often heavy ice on the water in the great iron pots and frost crystals sparkled on the grass and weeds,there in the flickering firelight. With torch or lantern, the men they went to the hogpen, axe in hand. We kids climbed up on the far, side of the pen to see the best axe-man' make the kill with one swift lick between the hog's ears. Then several sturdy men hopped in the pen, turned the stunned hog on its back, and one quickly found the right artery in its neck with the butcher knife. And, as it finished bleeding, we tore a side of the rail pen down and helped the men drag the hog back to the house. And there is where the day’s main de lights for us kids really began. That next week. OFFICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. 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PEARS 2 33c 25c U. S. NO. 1 WHITE POTATOES 65c 33c NEW CROP DELICIOUS YAMS 5 ^ ' 83c 49c U. S. NO. 1 YELLOW ONIONS 2 us 23c 9c HARD HEADS GREEN Cabbace 2 us 13c 9c PANCY TENDER GREEN BEANS 2 us 42c 29c re ice HAS DROPPED 14c 8c 32c 34c 14c 4c 13c CHUCK ROAST Na . V. S. Ommm I Pifcv Ha. 1^6 5c I Li 49c | li 16c Compare The** Price* TENDER SLICED LI Heavy Wntera Badge! Bee! Price I Price | Price Hm Dec. IMI I li SSc li. 39c li 16c PRIDE HOT OR MILD Li. FRESH GROUND BEEF r TRADE WIND PANTAIL BREADED SHRIMP ™ Ha* 45c 6c 16c 4c Extra Large Juicy Florida GRAPEFRUIT 8 ^ 39« Boneless Rib, Boneless Round or Rib STEAKS . V. S. Choice Try 'em for Lunch or Breakfmat! I Price Haa lHic Price Dm. 'SI Heavy Writrrn Bodge! Beel Price Hm Price New li 79c I li 69c I li 10c ll*« Bom! Boner Carter't TV COOKBOOK Every Thersday Afternoon . • . See yonr paper for time and station. This Christmaa Give Colonial GIFT CERTIFICATES ? SO ■> ?0 iO OO D! NOMiNAf IONS ’ . . . Owe that is gill.