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* ' ) ■I \ Page Eight THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, January 21,4954 J- L FARMS.. .. AND FOLKS \ By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Informat tor Specialist Corn . Corn is a mighty important crop, not only in tnc Corn Belt, but here, and just about all over the coun try.. « It is not only a giant as livestock feed, but one bushel out of every 6 gees into many industrial uses. So it is ah industrial giant too. As a human food it also ranks . h^h Corn pn the cob, cut and slewed, big hominy, grits, syrup, and the many good things made from _corn meal all go together to mark it is a major source of human food. During the long reign of King Cotton, com received little atten- - lion here. Yields were frequently so low asvto be unprofitable. But in our time attention has been turn ed to corn. The breeders have come up with high yielding adapted hy brids. Experiment and experience - have developeei-a lot of-4he knbw- hdw~for getting higher econormcaT yields. The result is,' our average yields of corn are just about twice what they were a scant 15 to 20 years ago. What meaning this has m terms of livestock, dairy, and poultry products. Doubling the average yield of a major crop is something, for sure. And our Hugh Woodle tells me that this can, and likely will, be pushed up further still. He groups tne essentials for higher corn yields under 5 points: Thorough soil prep aration, plant recommended sorts, 1 beral .fertilization — specially ni trogen. more plants per acre, ahd early shallow cultivation only. For lull details, con>ult your county agent. ♦ * * Handicrafts In about a 5 mile stretch of pine woods out of Charleston towards Georgetown I counted 74 basket ’ lacks by the roadside.#- There the Low Country Darkies sat by., their displays, weaving other items from strips of certain palmetto leaves and a grass that grows there. It is e.n ancient art, going back through generations. The children 1 in their early years are seen there weaving s.mpie • mats and the like* learning the trade of their people. There was a time that every com munity had its maker of baskets of a different sort. These were white oak split baskets that were found cn every farm. They had multiple uses. They were used for cotton, before the sheets of today came into use Potatoes, ear com'and the like were handled in these strong, light baskets. The art of making them is fast going with the diminishing need for them. W T e have all sorts of packages and crates today, most of which/are cheaper and serve the purpose better. And soon the old white oak split basket will be a lelic of the past. Few communities row' even have a skilled basket- maker left. That was arduous work and folks are not keen to learn it now. I * * * t Are we farm folks interested in exports? Are we interested in re ciprocal trade agreements that are designed to stimulate trade? , Well, w*e should be. A little over a third of our cotton is exported normally, and just un der a third of our tobacco’ t Let exports of those two great crops become sluggish and We be gin ta feel.it in our pocketbooks And, if it continues, we can't pay (ut, folks worry a lot, turn gray, grow old, and often lose their plates. \ FINE FURNITURE Down Through the Yeo/s T. E. Jones & Sons The Best for Oyer Fifty Years CLINTON, S.C. Plus Thirteen Other . Stores in South Carolina So every farmer has a stake in trade, a big one. Our abundance will destroy us if those gates are closed. Trade is a two way thing. Our leaders have a hard ’job finding just what things they can let come in, that won't hurt much, so some of out stuff can balance the scales by goiitg out. . I know of no- group ibsb has — a— greater stake in trade than we, with cotton and tobacco. * e ♦ * Water We used to use only a few gallons of water per day, perhaps not over 3 or 4 gallons for everything, on an average. Now we use at least 10 times that, or maybe more. Industry and irrigation, too. are calling for newv .water, gallons by the millions. Once we thought of good fresh water as tieing here in abundance. Now we need legislation to guard its use. we'll be hearing more about that during the present session of the legislature. Boy* Are Thai Way Recollections often take me back to our village blacksmith. His smoky shop with hallowed odors was at the- fork of the road down the hill from our house. I grew up playing around that- place. That good man, with mus- 1 cies of steel, could fix or make just about anything. He did everything from shrink a tire to make a buggy, from build a log cart to fix a coffee grinder, or make an axe handle to : fix a chair And when he made or : fixed anything, it was for good. Quality went into everything he did. Much of his work still stands there in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork, although he has been gone for many years. I remember his baskets. He cut fast growing young white oaks just at the right season. They were worked up into the* long white splits." Then they were dressed down as smooth as .varnish with the sharp edge of a breken piece' of glass. This was done by lacing 5| piece of thick leather just above h*£_ left knee. Then, as he sat out there 1 under the shed he would hold the' sharp eage o{ that piece of glass tight against the “split” as he drew -t across that leather on his knee. That shaved pff the rough oak fi bres and left the long ribbons or ‘‘splits'’ perfectly smooth. With these he fashioned baskets, not the rough sort we used to put j seed cotton in as we emptied our | sacks.’ He* was so busy keeping! things mended for the ^community that in his .later years he didn't have much time for basket making. But he would usually make a few on order. The^ went to new fam ilies mostly for quilt-patch baskets, egg, and feed baskets and the like. And they lasted a lifetime. I think for some weeks now we will dwell here on some of the oth-1 er glories of that village blacksmith at the foot of the hill, there in th'o! Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork When! I ‘uas a boy. r ; Danger In High Blood Pressure.. . Yes, high blood pressure is a danger signal that something, is wrong with the body and some organs are not functioning nor mally. In addition to the daily discomfort associated with high . blood pressure, the patient lives in constant fear of a stroke of paralysis, or even death itself, from cerebral hemorrhage. Disturbances, in the nervous system is the major cause ^ of high blood pressure and the Hart Chiropractic Clinic of Laurens, S. C., specializes in the correction of such disor ders. Find out for yourself how easy it is to control high blood pressure. Remove the daily dis comfort once and for all and feel well again. Call 22501 or go by the Hart Chiropractic Clinic at 205 Church St, Laurens, S. 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