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TMnraday, April 1,1954 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Pat* Ftra FARMS.-.. AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson College Information Specialist Grau and Litter If "Grass is the forgiveness of Nature” in healing man’s scars on the earth, as John J. Ingalls preached in his day, surely litter and leaves were a benediction to the soil in his day, as in ours. I just hate to see leaves, straw, or litter of any sort raked from the land or burned. For, folks, that’s the stuff with which Na ture builds and holds the topsoiL And that’s the little fertile outer crust of the earth from which we live. Dig through those precious inches and the other 12,500 miles of earth to its center profits us little, if any, except as a founda tion to* keep us from falling through. I fixed a flower bed. It was dead and lifeless clay, where the top-soil hao been graded away. First, the fall leaves that had dropped there were spaded in. It was left until late winter. A good scattering of partly decay ed litter from the woods and a bit of fertilizer were , applied and worked in. As spring dawned, flowers were seeded and set there. .They thrived and lush beauty was there until frost. There life had been brought to UP TO DATE WITH MODERN TASTE TRAM MAM REFRESHES WITHOUT FILLING Americans have decided, it’s more fan to be fit. Toady’s most popular food and drink are those that are kind to the waistline — which is all to the good for looks, for health, for more active living. Peps! today is up to date with modern taste— light, dry (not too sweet), reduced in calories. And more refreshing than ever, because it re freshes without filling! Have you had a Pepsi lately? You’ll find Pepsi-Cola, the modern, the light refreshment, in the familiar economy bottle that serves two people, and in the smaller, single-drink size. Re fresh without filling. Have a Pepsi! No Finer at Any Price! In Big 12-ounce Bottle PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO. GREENVILLE, S. C. T c r————————------r-rrrrrrfrrjj. > This Yea*' <3et wiuyreenuow For Commercial Crops ( ISxtra bales mean extra income. Increase your cotton yield per acre this year with new Special Formula Vertagreen for Commercial Crops. Tested and proven in the field, it is now available in an analysis especially prepared for soils and crops in this section. Cotton really thrives on the complete, better balance of plant food elements provided by Vertagreen. Order Vertagreen for Commercial Crops today from your Armour Agent. Vertagrten oho cornea in on analysis for lawns flowers, shrubs, trees and garden vegetables. AKMOUK FERTILIZER WORKS Hmyne B. Workman—G. E. Tomlin Clinton, 8. C.—Telephone IIS « dead spot by a bit of humus from leaves. The fertilizer alone could not have done that there in that dead red clay. The same applies in field, gar den, orchard, or grove. A poet said “men rise on step ping stones of their dead selves to higher things.” How true in reality of plants. Their dead parts return to life, life of the soil. And earth’s abundance is thus increased. But riot so when the plant parts are burned. The dead min- erals are retained in the, ash. But the growth element, nitrogen, and soil-life producer, humus, go with the smoke. * * • Tobacco. "BM” and "AM" On Nov. h 1932, H. A. McGee came to the Clemson Extension Service as our first tobacco spec ialist. He came with knowledge, practical and wide. That year we had averaged 580 pounds of tobacco per acre and the crop brought a little over 4 million dollars. * But from then on our tobacco statistics show a steady rise, a remarkable kftprovement right up to the very present. Like most years since Mr. Mc Gee came, last year has set an other record. Our average yield of tobacco was 1,420 pounds per acre. And the crop brought a bit over 9T million dollars! For the five years before Mr. McGee came, we averaged 685 pounds per a^re. For the past five years now our state has av eraged 1,344 pounds of tobacco per acre. I know we have progressed in all lines. But not like that. Many factors account for this to bacco progress, I know. But surely one of the principal ones is the impact of the gentle, gen teel. kindly, and knowing Mr. McGee. Since his retirement a few years ago, his understudy, J. M. Lewis, has carried on the tobac co work with equal effective ness. Before Mr. McGee came, little 'Science was applied to tobacco In fact we didn’t know much, and the average man planted largely like his father before him had About that time the breed ers started applying their magic to the crop’s improvement. Clemson s station at Florence se cured adequate land and ex panded its tobacco investiga tions. And Mr. McGee, with many practical ideas of his own, was working through the county agents in placing field demon strations of everything that was known" to improve the status of the crop. Then along came con trol that intensified efforts on the acreage that was tight. The upshot of all of this has been that, down to just about the very last grower, we see about the finest job being done in producing tobacco of any crop we grow. Yes, sir, down to the last man they are applying just about all that science has for them. And look at the result! So now, in talking about to bacco production in South Caro lina we need to divide time into two parts, “BM”, meaning before McGee, and “AM”, after McGee came. » • • Stand Counts With every- crop, it’s the stand that counts. Every skip is a loss, loss of land, fertilizer, labor and produce. Several things con tributed to stand. First is good seed. Did you have yours test ed? Your county agent will send them off for you. Then it takes a good seed bed and moisture to get ’em up. When dry, irriga tion is supplying the moisture that insures the stand, just as it will the final yield later on when drought strikes again. • • • Boys Are That Way When I was about 12 years old they let me go to Jacksonville. Yes, alone! Folks thought my parents very rash. But I had been around a little. My daddy was the coun try doctor and could get passes on the railroad. And I pestered them so about going, they let me go. I wanted to see the ostrich I had seen in our stereoptkian on the Ostrich Farm down there noon SUMS HAVES FLOWERS FRUITS VfGCT ARLES in Jacksonville, Florida. They saw me off on the South ern eerly one night from Colum bia. I know that going was a bit hard for them, and they would be uneasy. But I know my eyes sparkled with delight, there at the beginning of my great ad venture; It was summer and almost daylight when we reached Sa vannah. I was glad, for I could hang out the window and see things then. I ate some sand- w;iqhes of country ham and bis- cuit. fqr breakfast. The rest of the lunch I carried was a box of soda crackers, a can of sardines, and a can of Vienna sausage. They would keep for the later meals. For my folks didn’t know if I’d know how to find anything to eat in Jacksonville or not. None of them had ever been there. We got to Jacksonville about ,noon. I decided to eat u»e sau sage there in the depot before I struck out. The key wound off and a man finished opening the can for me with his knife. I had $1.35 in my pocket and felt Veil heeled. I asked that man how to get to the ostrich farm, and he put me on the right trolley car. I enjoyed that ride; Saw palm trees and ORANGES GROWING ON THE BUSH! I was simply intrigued by those great birds, the ostriches. Several had laid. I thought of what a pan full one of them would scramble into. Across from there, I made a discovery. But thah next week. SOIL CONSERVATION NOTES By J. B. O'DELL A number of Laurens County farmers will plant sericea mea dow outlets on their farms this spring, according to J. B. O’Dell of the Soil Conservation Service. The primary purpose of these outlets is to safely dispose of sur plus terrace water and run off from individual rows. However, in addition they are used for hay, grazing and seed production. “Open ditches, roads and gul lies used for water disposal are robbers of soil and fertilizer", he said. “The answer for such a sit uation is meadow outlets and grass waterways.” Ryan F. Lawson, chairman of the Board of District Supervisors said, “just as the foundation of a house should bo built first be cause the whole house rests on it, so the meadow outlets should be planted and established be fore other parts of the soil saving plan are started, because these meadow outlets are the founda tion of soil conservation when the problem is to stop water run off.” Craig Hunter of the Ora com munity has already seeded ap proximately eight acres of seri cea meadow outlets this spring. Mr. Hunter is establishing these meadows with theintention of later terracing the fields and emptying the surplus water into them This allows the water to spread, slow down and leave the top soil in the field. Mr.Hunter, along with nine other farmers of the county are using their cost sharing pay-1 ments through the local ASC of-1 fice to help with the expense of establishing meadow outlets. Ap proximately 100 acres are plan ned for establishment i—The Soil Conservation Service will lay out these meadows in accordance with engineering specifications and give recom mendations to farmers on liming, seeding and fertilizing to meet ASC requirements. MIDWAY Drive-In Theatre CLINTON - JOANNA Child, Age 6, Suffers "NERVES". Gets Well At Laurens Clinic This little girl, age 6, was brought to the Hart Clinic suf fering with "NERVES." The mother stated the child had been nervous for a long time but had developed into a se rious condition during the past two months. She suffer ed with, headaches, stomach distress. Complained of bad taste jp tfr* /ILfflmtUy FRUIT If fruit is spread out in an airy, dry place, allowing no two pieces to touch, it will keep much long er than in the basket or box. Suhscriba to Tha Chronic!# REV. T. A. WOOLBRIGHT ~ The Rev T. A. Woolbright, pastor of the Cross Hill and Bethabara Baptist churches for the past two years, completed his minictry there Sunday.* His resignation was due to his ac cepting a call to the pastorate of the Iva Baptist ehurcji in Ander son county. ’ r* Thursday April 1 First Run SAFARI DRUMS JOHNNY SHEFFIELD ‘ BARBARA BESTAR COMEDY — CARTOON FRI.-SAT. APRIL 2-3 First Run - KANSAS PACIFIC STERLING HAYDEN EVE MILLER 2 COMEDIES - CARTOON SUN.-MON. APRIL 4-5 UTTLEBOY LOST Bing: Crosby—Claude Dauphin CARTOON TUBS.-WED. APRIL 6-7 AD the Brothers Were Valiant Robert Albert Taylor Stewart Granger CARTOON THURSDAY APRIL 8 TRADER HORN AD Star Cast CARTOON ' SURVEYING J. R. CRAWFORD CLINTON, 8. C. Phone 3493 Joanna in swallowing, and a poor ap petite. Child had fall on head some trine before trouble be gan After 12 weeks chiropractic treatment at the Hart Clinic in Laurens the child was com pletely well again and was dis missed. She has had no further trouble since. 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