The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, May 06, 1954, Image 13
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Thuraday, May 6,1H4
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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Farm
C. B. CANNON,
Few fanners are buying stor
age bins for on-the-farm storage
of small grain Farmers should
not be misled on information
that might be given them by
some people in storing grain
with high moisture content in
the grain.
In other words, small grain
will not store satisfactorily when
higher moisture than 13 per cent.
Grain with 14 per cent moisture
will .^contain approximately one
gallon of water to the bushel,.
Grain with over 13 per cent
moisture will require turning on
fans used to circulate air. Just
so much moisture can be remov
ed by fans, and no person should
ever be led to believe that unus
ually wet grain can be put in a
bin and satisfactorily handled by
any method. The grain should
be thoroughly dry before stored.
Those wishing to store grain
on the farm under government
support price for a loan, must
keep in mind thart when the gov
ernment calls for the delivery or
taking over the grain as govern
ment property, the grain is to
meet certain grades. If the grain
does not grade satisfactorily, the
9*in remains the fanner’s and
the borrowed money, as a loan
on support price, is to be refund
ed to the government
There may be some over-en
thusiastic salesmen in the field
selling bins who might leave the
impression with a farmer that
his grain bin will store grain sat
isfactorily with over 13 per cent
moisture. The ASC office (old
PMA) has seed moisture testers
and any fanner may have his
grain moisture test made free. If
the grain is damaged in the Stor
age, the owner of the grain is the
one taking the loss, not the sales
man selling the bin—know what
you are doing in storing your
grain. Miscellaneous Circular,
“Save More in ’54 Grain Conser
vation Program,” sponsored by
the Clemson Extension Service,
and State Agricultural Stabiliza
tion and Conservation Commit
tee, a valuable publication for
those wishing to store grain on
the farm, is free to. any inter
ested person at the county
agent’s office.
Fanners Getting Pepper Plants
Laurens county farmers who
have signed contracts to grow
300 acres of pimento pepper this
County Agent
year were delivered April 28-29
at the Laurens county fair-
from the Pomona Products Co.,
grounds 704,250 pepper plants
Griffin, Ga.
The truck will be at the fair
grounds this Wednesday deliv
ering additional plants. The
plants hhould be set out as soon
as possible to insure maximm
production.
Already calls have been re
ported to the county agent’s of
fice of cutworms cutting off
newly set pepper plants. Rec
ommended control for cutworms,
use five to 10 per cent toxaphene
or Heptachlor dust, dusting of-
dust, or 10 per cent DDT dust,
ten and thoroughly the ground
around the plants.
Cutworms cut off plants just
above the sufrace of the ground
at night and stay about one half
inch deep in the soil near the
plant during the day. Cool,
cloudy, damp weather is ideal
for cutworms to worit.
Farmers signing contract to
grow pepper have guaranteed
price of $90 per ton for sound,
rep pepper measuring one anft
five-eighths inches in diameter,
delivered at collecting point in
Laurens county.' Approximate
ly 100 farmers have signed con
tracts to grow pepper this year.
Plans now that plants will,be
delivered this week and next at
the fair grounds. It might be that
a fanner has not signed a con
tract to grow pepper may sign
up yet. If so, would suggest
meeting at the fair grounds on
Wednesday morning.
Fly Control Demonstration
On the commercial dairy farm
of Rufus Langston, Barksdale
community, a fly control demon
stration will be held Friday, May
T, at 2:30 p. m. The public is in
vited. Flies have no respect of
person, and it is hoped the dem
onstration will be well attended.
Extension specialists from Clem
son College and commercial rep
resentatives will assist with the
demonstration, using molathion
material for fly control.
Silage For Cattle
Farmers are seeing the need of
silage for milk and beef produc
tion during dry weather and
mid-winter.
Trench or pit silos are practi
cal an inexpensive to store sil
age. Those constructing trench
sikif this spring are C. P. Hill,
Lanford; Roy Owene, Greenpond
community; Frank and Arthur
Beumberger, Hickory Tavern
community; Rufus Langkton,
Barksdale; Hance Finley, Mount-
ville; and Alex Simpson, Cross
Hill. No doubt others will be
constructed. Blueprintl on
trench silo construction may be
obtained free from the county
'agent’s office.
Weather conditions must be
favorable for making hay, bul
silage can be made when ever
condition^ are such to get in the
field to harvest the crop.
Ralph Waldrep, Laurens, had
erected another upright silo on
his farm this spring and was fill
ing* it last week with alfalfa end
barley with his new field har
vester. He used 40 pounds of
molasses per ton of silage as a
preservative.
A field harvester cuts the
plants in the field operation
ready to go int othe silo from
the truck by means of a blow
er. Four or five men with a
field harvester can.do the wort
of 10 to 12 men needed under
the old system of smoking sil
age
Temporoary Grazing
Sweet Sudan grass and pearl
millet are best temporary graz
ing, and should be seeded of suf
ficient acreage to afford ample
grazing for livestock, particu
larly the dairy cow.
Sweet Sudan is seeded at at
the rate of 30 to 40 pounds per
acre broadcast or with a grain
drill set at the rate of five pecks
per acre. Sudan grass like other
summer annuals should not be
grazed too closely. It is best to
use rotational grazing where
cattle can be taken off the field
and the field allowed to rest.
Pearl millet seed broadcast at
rate of 40 pounds or 10 to 20 in
drill per acre. Both crops may
be seeded at intervals during
May and June as needed. Seed
on well prepared seed bed and
fertilized at 500 to 600 pounds of
fertilizer and top dressed with
nitrogen as needed for maximum
grazing.
Cotton—A Bale or More in 1S54
Farmers should leave cotton
with three stalks per hill in
chopping, which will get under
way in a few days.
There should be left from 45,-
000 to 65,000 stalks per acre. Cot
ton is what pays debts, so don’t
deastroy a good stand in chop
ping. Based on one cotton stalk
every six inches in the drill rows
three feet wide with three and
one-half bolls of cotton average
per stalk, will produce 1450 lbs.
of seed cotton per acre, fiugring
70 bolls per pound.
There should be the aim of
each cotton farmer to produce a
bale or more in 1954 on each ac
re of land he planted to cotton
Close check cotton plants to
ae if thrip is damaging the ten
der leaf buds. Cotton leaves at
tacked will have a silvery like
color on under side of leaf. The
same dust that controls boll
weevils will control thrip.
V
Crop Situation
In State Termed
Generally Good
Columbia .— The South Caro
lina farm crop situation was de
scribed this week as “generally
satisfactory.”
"Plant growth is good to excel
lent for the state as a whole,” the
Federal-State Crop Reporting
MIDWAY
Drive-h Theatre
CLINTON - JOANNA
Thursday May 6
BIG LEAGUER
Edward 6. Robinson
Vera Ellen
COMEDY CARTOON
Friday-Saturday May 7-8
CANYON
PASSAGE
Susan Hayward and Dana
Andrews
COMEDY CARTOON
Sunday-Monday May 9-10
HERE COMES
THE GIRLS
Bob Hope, Arlene Dahl
News—Comedy—Cartoon
Service’s weekly crop bulletin
said.
Here’s the rest of the report: ,
“Planting was very active in
central and northern areas last
week where some of the late
start was overcome but comple
tion of seeding and cultivation
was delayed by rain in parts of
the South notably in the Bam-
well-Allendale area. Soil mois
ture is generally sufficient for
growing crops except in scatter
ed localities of the interior and
for commercial truck in Beau
fort, Charleston and Jasper coun
ties.
“Approximately 80 per cent of
the cotton land has been planted
ranging from nearly complete
downstate to about a third along
the northern border from Oconee
to Laurens counties. Chopping
and cultivation has begun south.
“Corn planting is a little slow
er with some two-thirds of the
state acreage seeded, progress
ranging from about 85 per cent
downstate to 30 per cent in the
upper half.
“About three-fourths- of—the
flue-cured tobacco has been set
under conditions favorable for
plant growth.
“Com, cotton and watermelon
are coming to good stands down-
state.
“Winter grains are very good,
approaching the ripening stage
south and heading freely north.
"Fruit prospects continue to
be good.
"Crimson clover is in full
bloom with prospects for a good
seed crop. Some early hay is be
ing cut from grain, fescue and
.clover.
“Commercial vegetable crops
are making fair to good progress
but needing rain for best devel
opment in some sections.
“Grazing crops are in good
condition and livestock is doing
well.”
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kerosene, but this sometimes
leaves a disagreeable odor. An
ideal cleanser is the half of a
lemon rind.
SOAP BUBBLES
For the child who is blowings
snap bubbles, add a few drops of
glycerine to the soap and water, ~
and the bubbles will have a
more brilliant color and will last v
much longer.
WE DO ALL KINDS OF
PRINTING—EXCEPT BAD
CHRONICLE PUB. CO.
BAKING
If several cakes are being bak
ed at the same time try putting
the required ingredients of bat-'
ter, into an ice rream freezer,
turn crank and beat in this way; 1
it will save much energy.
THE BATH TUB
The bath tub and wash bowl
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NOTICE
Arrangements Have Been Made for the
Laurens County Board Of ^
Registration To Be Open at the
_ Court House
for the purport of issuing Registration Certificates to
voters as follnwai — -*
THURSDAY. MAY 6—9 to L2 AM—1 to 5 PM
FRIDAY. MAY 7—SAME HOURS
SATURDAY, MAY 8—SAME HOURS
If you do not already have a certificate this will be your
last opportunity to get one in order to vote in the
June 8 primary.
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