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Thursday, April 1,1»54 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE C. B. CANNON, County Agent Interest Increase In LUeetoek A group of beef cattle producers met in the agricultural building last week to discuss the Feeder Call Sale at Greenwood on May 5. At this meeting, the cattle pro ducers present indicated there would be approximately 100 head from Laurens county in the Greenwood sale. James T. Addison, Joanna com munity, and C. C. Herbert, Trin ity Ridge community, were named as a committee to work with the committee from Greenwood. John F. Wise, Assistant County Agent, met with the committee on pre vious date to assist in making plans for the sale. There are 14 things in the rules and regulations to be observed by those selling feeder animals in the sale. A copy of these rules are in the hands of the committee and at the County Agents’ office. Patterson Bed Sweet Potatoes J. Taimadge Patterson and his son, W. A. Patterson, Lanford, were busy last Thursday bedding sweet potatoes. The bed is heated with ten fire boxes by wood fires, located on a sloping hillside. Over all dimension, the bed is approxi mately 75 feet by 210 feet, and will hold 1,200 bushels of seed po tatoes when full, but the Patter sons are Only bedding this year 700 bushels due to labor conditions. The copper colored Porto Rico va riety of potatoes being used. Ap proximately 1,500 plants per bush el produced as an average. The potatoes were inspected by representatives of the South Car olina Crop Pest Commission of Clemson College, both in field dur ing growing season and in storage, and treated with Borax at bed ding. From this bedding, certified sprouts will be sold. Plants are sold throughout the upper part of the state and sometimes as far south as Orangeburg county Hire was started under the po tato bed March 1 to have the bee warm when bedding began. Plants will be ooming up in approximate ly 15 days after bedding. The bed will be covered with builders paper to keep excessive rain water off the bed during ear ly period. To protect the young potato sprouts from late frost, straw and builders’ paper wtR be spread over the bed each night and removed during the day. In order to produce good clean sprouts each you on the same bed site, the bed is scraped off and clean red soil is used for the base, c0 ?? n,irat ^ then clean river sand applied. Next the treated potatoes are placed on this layer of sand, and then poul try wire is placed over the pota toes and another layer of clean sand applied. The wire being used to prevent pulling out of the ground the potato when pulling sprouts. Extension Circular S26 on “Sweet Potato Production in South Carolina” gives helpful in formation on growing sweet po tatoes and is free at the County Agents’ office. Livestock Producers Using ' Calfhood Vaccination Many* livestock producers are using calfhood vaccination against Bang's disease. Dr. W. W. Adams, veterinarian, Clinton, and Dr. W. D. Mayfield, vetemarian, Laurens, state that approximately 1,500 ani mals are treated each year, most ly for dairymen and 4-H club calves. Those now having calfhood vac cination against Bang's are: Les ter L Norton, C. W. Anderson, T. Caldwell Henderson, Thomwell Orphanage, State Training School, E. B. Copeland, P. W. Copeland A. A. Ramage, Jr., Fred Irwin, D. E. and T. P. Brown, J. M. Hold Grain Meeting April 13th at 10:00 a. m., in the agricultural building a grain conference will be held. A ries of nine such conferences are to be held over the state. Those taking part in the con- : erence will be Extension en gineer, entomlogist on standards and a marketing special ist ( on the grain situation. Also an Agri cultural Stabilization and Con- servation* representative on cans on grain and farm facili ties and storage standards. The meeting to be attended by county agents from adjoining counties, representatives of oth er interested agricultural agen cies, especially vocational agri cultural teachers and ASC per sonnel, Farm Bureau and Grange representatives, grain handlers and dealers, farmers and any other person interested in grain. Under the government pro gram, support price may be had on grain stored on the farm un der required regulations. The only solution in meeting grain problems in this state is the farm storage facilities in the opinion of the county agent. A few days ago, Laurens coun ty agent had the privilege of at- tending a grain Storage and mar keting Extension Conference in Asheville, N. C., with four other men from the Piedmont area. North Carolina is ahead of South Carolina in this question of prop er handling and marketing grain; and the series of meet-, ings arranged in this state dur ing the month of April is to aid ip improving the handling and marketing of the state’s grain crop SUMMONS State of South Carolina, County Of Laurens, COURT PE COMMON PLEAS John B. H. Ruth, Plaintiff, v» .G C. Alexander, Jr., and Douglas F. Hall, Defendants. TO THE DEFENDANTS ABOVE NAMED: YOU ARE HEREBY SUM MQNED and xequked ^ answer the Complaint in this action of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said Com plaint on the subscribers at their Page Three office, Jacobs Building, at Clin ton, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if you fail to answer the Complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in this action will apply to the Court for relief demanded in the Complaint OWENS & OWENS, . Atomeys for the Plaintiff March 15, 1954. NOTCU TO THE DEFENDANT ABOVE NAMED, Douglas F. Hall: Take notice that the complaint in this acton, together with the summons of which the foregoing is a copy, was filed in the office of the Clerk of Court for Lau rens County, South Carolina, bn March 24, 1954. OWENS St OWENS, Attorneys for the Plaintiff Clinton, South Carolina, March 24, 1954. 3c-o-A-8 from FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 26th day of April, 1954, we will ren der a final account of our acts ~~iainl ikMMfcjnjbMeufriflw o< <!>• estate of J. L Ferguson in the cff-f “ flee of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m. and on the same day will ap ply for a final discharge our trust as Executrices. Any person indebted to said estate is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven, or be forver barred. —LOIS McATEER WICKENBERG, HELEN F. KING, Executrices. March 23, 1954. 4c-w-A-15 dip it into the salt Then rub the surface. Wash immediately and then rub with rottenstone to prevent tarnishing. Subscribe to The Chronicle Phone 74 COPPER OR BRASS Put a handful of salt on a saucer. Take half a lemon and “DIE FOR ALL YOU ARE WORTH” Hugh L Eichelberger HEW YORK LIFE MAN 33 Years Experience - * PROFESSIONAL INSURANCE INFORMATION ___ FURNISHED FREE Member The National AaeoeUtien oTLire rude* »i (iui I m UUITY-TERBER VEAL SALE! • -k .- . ' Detkiowa Venl Gwfceto WNi Temnto Snwcel •vobty- Round Steak RIB CH0R.S : -59c. A Beni Tc Oeland, Jack Adair and Ed Tem- pletno, Baumberger Brothers, George and James Wasson, C. C. Herbert, Thomason Brothers, C D. WaJdreJj and Alex Simpson. There may be others not listed here in this list. No cattle producer can handle animals s&tisfactoryily without proper equipment, and it is dan gerous to a person as well as the animal to try to handle cattle without proper equipment. The foilowing list of cattle pro d needs have erected or built squeeze chutes: G. P. Copeland, S. G. Dillard, B. H. Boyd, C. W. Copeland, C. C. Herbert, Dr. L. L. Long, George Roper, Mrs. Sarah Erwin, Dr. M. B. Nickles, R. B, Roper, M. B. Cochran, J. B. Hum bert, Frank and Arthur Bamber ger and W. J, Greer. This list no doubt is not completed also. There are some faimers who have partially constructed chutes that are satisfactory hut do not have a head squeeze to hold an animal while being treated or worked with. Plans for construct ing head” squeeze and loading chute may be obtained from the County Agents’ office. The calfhood vaccination against Bang's disease is kqportacA, in that milk used by a person from the diseased animal is likely to have undUent fewer, a disease a Ptnctx very seldom recovers com pletely from. M eU calves were vaccinated *C*inst Bang's disease, the county would soon be freed of this dread ed disease. SOIL CONSERVATION NOTES By J. B. O'DELL J. Lawrence Davis, Rt. 3, Clin ton, W. W. Robertson of the Long Branch community and J. T. Manley of the Youngs com munity were planting kudzu last week. These men are dairy, farmers and are planting kudzu for supplementary grazing for their cows during dry periods. Other Laurens county dairy men who use kudzu to keep up milk production when other grazing is low are: Brown Broth' ers Dairy, T, P. and D. E. Brown of the Bailey community, Ralph Waldrop, Rt. 2, Laurens, and Rufus Langston of the Barksdale mmimity. — —- ~ j Many cooperators of the Lau rens district, for the past few years, have been high in their praise of kudzu for supplemental summer grazing. It and sericea lespedeza are two crops which withstand extremely dry weath er and afforded luscious grazing for livestock in Laurens county. • • • Robert A Harris of the Youngs community was assisted this past week in surveying a farm pond. Mr. Harris is having the pond built by a contractor with heavy equipment. A drag line was used in excavating the core for the dam. After completion the water will cover approxi mately one and one-fourth acres While the primary purpose of the pond is for stock watering, Mr. Harris will also stock the pond with bass and bream which will be secured by the district from the U. S. Department of Interior, Fish and Wildlife Ser vice. • • • 225 additional bushels of coastal bermuda were delivered last week to nine cooperators of the Laurens Soil Conservation District. This makes a total of 1452 bushels of the grass that have been delivered by the dis trict this season to 48 cooperat ing farmers. Coastal bermuda is another good drought resistant, soil cov ering. grazing crop, that is fast increasing in popularity with the farmers. «. FASHION SHOW AT HICKORY TAVERN The Home Economics depart ment of Hickory Tavern high school. Gray Court is presenting it’s annual fashion show on Sat urday night, April 3, 8:00 p. m. Seventy-five dresses that have been made in spring clothing classes will be modeled by the Home Economics girls, with awards being made to winners of different types of dresses. The groups include sunback, sports, street dresses and party dresses. Red Webb and his Blue Sky Rangers will present a program of music. Along with his group will be the Laurens Harmony Quartet, and guests from Ander son. A talent show of school chil dren will also be included in the program with first and second prizes to be awarded. The public is cordially invited to attend. All The Little Things Needed For The Office CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Call 74 LOIN CHOPS : - 69c 0 Ym <•■ r«4Mejd%tr*«s VEAL STEW SUmrs Ur Diitiafvishti Mtrclifladist fa? Faaiily# Haaia aad Yaarialfl A Aft&f Meat GROUND VEAL roncy . _ Yellow SQUASH 2 - 21c VaM MM Mr Juicy Florida GRAPEFRUIT 8£ 29c Sugary Sweet S. C. YAMS:3-35c fatre Fancy Washington Stoti APPLES . 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