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I THE CLINTON CHRONICLE JPjJg e Three FARMS... AMD FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson College laformmtloe Specialist Ftrtilizar Um In the lest eight yean, fer tilizer use has made its greatest gain in South Carolina, accord ing to figures worked up by our extension economists. Compared with the 3-year per iod ending with June, 1947, the past 3-year period has seen the uk of nitrogen upped by 34 per cent, potash by 1ft per cent, and phosphate by 41 percent. Now when you consider the fact that we were already the heaviest user of fertilizer those figures doom even larger. The past fiscal year we used 975,021 tons of fertilizer of all sorts That cost ft little over 50 million dol lars. This is about a fourth of what our combined cotton and tobacco crops brought. So it looks like we are share cropping with the fertilizer man. But surely that is not bad. For what’s left after the fertilizer bill is paid is a lot more than we would have if we hadn’t gone to that expense With barnyard manures so nearly gone, in this mechanical age, it is frightening to contemplate what our fate would be now without the power that’s packed in bags of fertil izer. | Since we are spending such a fabulous fund for fertilizers each year, it is of utmost importance that we know all we can about their most effective uk. And that’s what makes the fertilizer plots at our experiment stations and the field triads and demon strations put on by the county agents so important. For we are dealing with big stakes in this fertilizer thing, and to do it ig norantly would bring about wastage indeed. Weed Control Does your present grain crop have a tot of weeds in it? Thistle and wild mustard grew into a real menace yvhile our grain acreage was doubling in re cent yean. Then science devel oped the weed spray. County ag ents dmonstrated it some years ago. It spread. And now the once familiar sight of fields yeUow with bloomng mustard or choked with thistle, there where grain was intended, has become rare indeed Clemson worked up simple spray rigs mounted behind a tractor. These were demon strated at many a field meeting back in the mid-forties. The ma terial used really cleaned the weds (Ait of the grain, not hurt ing the grain. Many custom out fits operated and still operate, where needed. County Agent Cain says 35,000 acres of grain in Calhoun county was thus sprayed the past spring. Not that the weeds are so bad now, but ... First Stops to Fm4m a "Look, I’m riding by myself!” A simple act, perhaps, » > but to her k brings • tingling thrill ... the human pride of taking a first step to freedom! Why not assure your children an essential freedom ... financial freedom <•.. m that they will be prepared for future opportunities—and you will have peace of mind today. Liberty Life’s Career-Choice plans can help you accomplish this. 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On the dryest year the thicker the spacing the more com they made on the irrigated parts and the less on that not ir rigated. This brings out an important point. To get the most out of ir rigation, we have a whole new agriculture to learn. For we must build up a big yield potential there for that added water to work with. But the average yield due to irrigation, irreepec tive of fertilizer-and spacing, was more than doubled. Bird Food Our Wildlife Resources De partment here in South Carolina has distributed over 30 millton kespedeza bicolor plants to land owners over the state since this program started 7 years ago. Folks, that’s the greatest bird- feed plant that grows so we! along hedge rows, ditch banks, and openings in the woods. The 4-H chib boys alone have set out millions of them on their home farms as a part of their wildlife conservation work. Boys Are That Way There we were. Back across the forbidden creek with a load of treasured canes cut from the thicket over there. And the only way we knew to get acroas was on that old giant of a tree that had fatten across, with a big limb obstructing passage. Going over, we had held on and skinned around it. But now each had his toad of tong green canes that he treasured highly. Ben took a cane and tested the depth of the water below. It was over our heads. So we had to be cautious. He skinned around the limb and we handed his canes around to him, one by one. And each did that. It is a wonder at least one of u$ didn’t fall from that giant tree trunk into the water below. For it was rough and ridged, and that big bmb sticking straight up was hard to 1 get around. For our bare feet held well to the rough bark, and we made the creasing safely. Then we had to re-tie our bundies of canes. The hickory bark had proved none too good. But there in the eroded creek bank we found a tot of unpro- tectad elm roots. We peeled the tough bark from them and it proved almost as good as raw hide for our purpose. So, with our (bundles, we went to the edB* of the clearing. The cattle had finished their noon rest aad had started graz ing agata. They were out near the center of the long opening across which we needed to go. We watched their drift, and knew it would be a tong time, maybe dark, before they wouM reach the far corner away from our course. Occasionally the bad bull woud let out a blood-curd ling hettow that resounded through the vaiky. A decision had to be made. We knew we had to be home before dark, or the folks would be so uneasy, and it would also give us away. We decided to flank the wooded creek bank to the lower and and there hit the woods and work on our way around to the other side of the clearing where our path led off up through the woods towards home. It was aw ful rough going, with those burdens of bound bamboo. A few of the smaller ones fell behind and began to snicker. The older ones fussed at ’em a shit, but waited until they could catch up. None would countenance throw ing any of the canes away. So the huger boys took some from the bundles of the smaller ones, and we plodded on. We ate dinner first. The folks asked us why the hurry? We didn’t answer, but slipped away from the table early. Down in the pasture we went. Some of the kids had already gotten back. We let our water* squirters rest, that we had made that morning from the large canes we had gotten from that forbidden back country beyond the creek on the Sunday before. Ben had about finished mak ing a whistle when we got back. So we all set into them. With those wonderful canes, we could make larger and better whistles than we had ever had. We made singles ones, double ones, and fluted ones, all sorts. And length end size determined different tones. And when we got to the blowing, there was pandemon ium for sure down there in the pasture. The old milk cow, un easy about her calf, came over to investigate. And we chased her with our water skeeters. Sharp knives had already ac counted tor several cut fingers. I got one of the most severe, and still carry the scar from it Thore were bound with strips tom from our handkerchiefs and soon quit bleeding, and on we went on our happy way. By mid-afternoon each boy had his supply of whistles made We lay there on the grass tooting and enjoying , them. Occasion ally a boy would manage to get a new sort of squeak or combina tion of sounds out of one or more blown at a time. He’d get tick led, call for order, get all of us quiet and demonstrate his new find. Then each boy would try to do the same thing and add that to his accomplishments. Soon the novelty of the whis tles started wearing off or we got tired of blowing them. Then we went bade and had another de lightful spell with our water shooters. We’d all fill our guns. Get together in a clump. Aim them straight ig>. And as soon the leader said all that goes up as the leader finshed saying “All that goes up must come down,” we’d fire the water up and run. If any boy was slow on the get-away, he would get a sprinkling. We had a lot of fun that way. After that came the pop-gun* That for next week. Local Boy Included In Army Enlistments M-Sgt Guy F. Parker, Su tton Commander of the U. S Army and U. S. Air Force SU- tion in Greenwood, has an nounced that thirty-two men en listed in the Army and Air Force during the month of May. M- Sgt. Parker stated that this is the third highest number of en listments since be has been in charge of the station. He also stated that there are now two additional men assigned to this office and that in the future someone will be on duty six days a week, live hours are from eight in the morning until five in the afternoon on week-days, and from eight until noon on Saturdays Included in the enlistments in the army is Raymond Fulmer of this city. 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