The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, September 09, 1954, Image 10
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
FARMS...
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson College
Information Specialist
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Turnip Paidi
On the past three dry falls
folks have had trouble getting
stuff for winter greens and graz
ing up.
Those with irrigation don’t
have to worry. They seed ’em in
the dust. Then throw a shower
on. And they come up. Then
the stuff has made good growth
when cold weather comes, and
you have it all through the win
ter.
This applies to both grazing for
livestock and green stuff for the
N folks too.
The turnip patch, and other
winter greens. Do you have ’em
»yup yet? They should be.
At times you have enough
moisture in the land to get ’em
up. But late, hot, dry weather
kills your stand. I knew a fel
low once who protected his fall-
sown greens there in his garden
by scattering just a few cowpeas
along at seeding time. They
come up readily. And their
broad leaves would protect a lot
of the little seedlings. Then lat
er he would pull the peas out
when things looked safe, or he’d
just leave ’em and let frost take
care of that.
We know the value of green
stuff for stock. And the dieti
tians tell us it is just as neces
sary for us. In recent years we
have had best luck with rape and
mustard for mixed greens. Lice
and cold got our turnips. But
rape and mustard pulled
through.
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Drought Did This
Bob Little, SCS man of Bish
op vi lie, says: “Due to the ex
treme drought, requests for as
sistance in locating sources of
water and designs for irrigation
systems have been far in excess
of what we could service."
In mid-July Clemson’s exten
sion irrigation man, Herman
Lynn, told me he was called to
6 farms that week to prospect for
irrigation. Five of them had no
adequate source of water and
one did. He designed an irriga
tion system for the one, and for
the others he outlined how some
dams could store water for the
future.
Although we do have a rather
heavy rainfall, water for irriga
tion is our great problem. For it
is not here when we need it. And
that calls for storage, all sorts of
storage. Storage takes time,
time to build and time to fill. Re
member, next summer is not far
off.
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Farm Folks Dwindle
Our Dr. Rochester tells me 73
per cent of the folks in this coun
try farmed in 1870. By 1900 that
had dropped to 50 per cent. And
now it is only 15 per cent!
No wonder it dwindled. Last
year that 15 pier cent on the
farms received only 6 per cent
of the national income. Yet a lot
of folks who do not understand
are blaming the farmers for the
high cost of fobd and raimant.
It’s processing, services, and
transportation after it leaves the
farm that takes most of your
food and clothing dollar. So
let’s not howl at the farmer. If
he’s getting so much why are
so many leaving his ranks?
Never in history have so many
utterly depended on so few for
food and raimant as now. And
our population experts say the
farm percentage will continue to
drop some yet.
It seems that the vast growing
group off the farms should be a
bit concerned with that. For
they can’t eat brick and stone
and steel. Nor can they be
clothed with mechanisms, plans,
and professions. A sturdy ag
riculture is surely for the good
of all. And for the 15 per cent
of our population, who feed and
clothe the nation, to get only 6
per cent of its income just isn’t
right.
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Neighbors
I liked the case Crayton Mc-
Cown, assistant county agent
over in Spartanburg, told me
about. One farmer put in a
peach cooling outfit His neigh
bor got an irrigation outfit.
Working together, each had the
benefit of both of these ad
vanced steps in orcharding. And
each had a wonderful season
with peaches. And without them
they would have had a dismal
season.
Often advanced steps are like
that. By planning and hard hit
ting we can often do things we
otherwise couldn’t. The old say
ing, "Where there’s a will there
is a way,’’ is still very true. Dur
ing a pinch, night work too often
is often necessary. Tobacco
farmers well know what I’m
talking about.
Boys Are Thai Way
Winters! seemed long and hard
when I was a kid. And the wind
was often whistling through the
bare crapks in our empty bam
ere the robin left.
The going for the critters was
rather tough then. The com pile
usually lasted, but for roughage
it was usually the ^com shucks
and chickweed pulled from the
garden from then on out to grass.
It was in late May and early
June that our bamloft was re
plenished. The oats and wheat
came in then, yfe cut it with
a cradle and tied it by hand. It
was thus shocked in the field for
about a week to dry out good.
Often rains came and messed it
up. We’d have to tear the shocks
apart and let it dry out again.
We liked to haul it in from the
field. It rode so good high up
there on that carefully stacked
load of bundles. We packed the
Joft to the rafters and awaited
the coming of the thrashers for
the wheat and enough oats for
seed. The rest we fed in the
bundle, concentrate and rough-
age in one.
We liked to play and hide up
there in that grain. And that
was the one season our chickens
didn’t have to chase bugs for
something to,eat. They feasted
on grain and soon eggs were in
abundance.
The wary rat, too .thrived on
that seasonal abundance. And
much of.it had been reduced to
smelly straw when „ it finally
reached the trough.
Later in the season the fodder
and hay came in. Let’s talk about
them next week.
Presbyterians
Adopt Budget
Of $738,600
The Presbyterian Synod of
South Carolina, in its annual
meet here last week at Presbyte
rian college, adopted a budget of
$738,600 at its closing session on
Thursday afternoon.
This figure represents an in
crease of $39,693 over the 1954
budget, which^ totalled $698,907.
A place of meeting for next
year was not decided upon, this
being left in the hands of a com
mittee.
Presbyterian college receives
the largest share of the increase
for synod causes being placed in
the budget for $76,000, compared
to $56,100 this year.
Thomwell orphanage, howev
er, gets the largest overall total
in the amount of $90,000.
Other 1955 budget items for
synod causes include:
Churah extension, $27,500;
Queens College, $17,600; Colum
bia Theological Seminary, $17,-
600; student work, $11,000; relig
ious education, $23,100; office of
executive secretary, $16,500;
Christian Action Council, $550;
William Brearley Home, $1,100;
and Tiome for the aged, $2,200.
Hie budget for general assembly
causes: world missions, $223,138;
church extension, $102,424;
Christian education, $39,154; an
nuities and relief, $32,323; gen
eral fund, $56,870; and inter-
church agencies, $1,441.
Division of the total 1955 bud
get amount presbyteries of the
synod reads: Bethel presbytery,
$107,822; Charleston $62,773;
Congaree $91,426; Enoree $166,-
753; Harmony $82,564; Pee Dee
$88,989; Piedmont $51,695; and
South Carolina $86,578.
In one of the final actions be
fore adjournment the following
committee members, directors
and trustees were named:
Trustee of synod, Frank Mc
Gowan of Columbia; promotion
committee, E. B. Bankhead of
Chester, the Rev. Tom Cook of
Laurens, the Rev. E. D. Lilly of
Charleston, R. M. Cooper of Wi-
sacky, end the Rev. F. B. Estes
of Orangeburg; church exten
sion committee, J. I. Smith of
Greenville, Julius W. Anderson
of Anderson, the Rev. Fred A.
Hopkins of York, the Rev. Frank
B. Estes of Orangeburg, the Rev.
William B. Ward of Spartanburg,
J. G. Leland of Georgetown, and
Fred T. McGill of Donalds; relig
ious education committee, the
Rev. Don B. Bailey of Kingstree;
student work committee, the
Rev. H. G. Wardlaw of Orange
burg and H. L. Sneed of Chester;
the home for aged, John D. Wy
lie of Lancaster, C. G. F. Kirk
patrick of Blenheim, Mrs. Hugh
McLaurin, Jr., of Wedgefield,
and W. L. Heinz of Columbia;
stewardship and finance, C. S.
Rigby of Columbia; world mis
sion^ D. W. A. Neville of New
berry ; educational institutions,
Dr. W. R. Turner of Clinton;
lite^tuxe for hospitals, Dr. W. P
Beckham of Columbia; women of
the church, Joel Elcan of Colum
bia, assembly work committee,
L. F. Broughton of Rock Hill, the
Rev. Tom Hoover of West Co
lumbia, Dan McEachem of Flor
ence and J. A. Cathcart, Jr., of
Seneca.
Directors and trustees:
Columbia Theological Semi
nary—the Rev. J. L. Doom, of
Hartsville, Junes H. Woodside of
Greenville, and Frank S. Hay of
Charleston.
Thomwell Orphanage — H. J.
Winn of Greenville, Henry T.
Mills of Greenville, and Dr- M.
A. Macdonald of Clinton.
Presbyterian College, synod at
large—the Rev, Hubert G. Ward-
law of Orangeburg, Dr. G. R.
Wilkinson of Greenville, and J.
F. McLeod of Chesterfield.
Piedmont Presbytery —T.
Frank Watkins of Anderson.
Charleston Preebytery—J. W.
Chapman of Charleston.
Harmony Presbytery—Gifford
Show of Sumter.
Queens College—Mrs. J. M. H.
Fitzgerald of Columbia, and El
lis M. Johnston of Greenville.
William Brearley Home— The
Rev. F. W. Gregg of Rode Hill,
and Dan W. Cothran of Green
ville.
South Carolina f'ellowsljip of
Churches—The Rev. Frank B.
Estes of Orangeburg, and Dr. W.
R. Turner of Clinton.
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Time Arrives For
Planting Fall Garden
Clemson — There are several
jobs that vegetable gardners
should do in early September.
These include planting the fall
garden, keeping weeds and grass
out of the garden, gathering and
conserving crops already pro
duced, and controlling insects
and diseases.
In the latest Extension Garden
Letter, A. E. Schilletter, Clem
son associate extension horticul
turist, points out that crops for
the fall garden should be planted
promptly. He says that each day
counts, as the time for “Jade
Frost” gets nearer.
Suggested crops to be planted
now include three kinds of tur
nips — rutabagas, which should
be planted at once; Extra Early
Purple Top and White Egg which
may be planted up to September
15 for turnips; and Shogoin,
which may be planted as late as
October for greens. Other
crops for immediate planting are
beans, beets, carrots and com.
Collard, celery, cabbage and to
mato plants should be trans
planted.
Clean Grounds
Mr. Schilletter advises garden
ers to keep their gardens clean
to prevent grass and weeds from
going to seed, and to clean up the
ground where vegetables have
matured. This is important be
cause decaying vegetables and
plants are likely to increase di
sease and insect damage next
season.
“Keep your vegetables, fruits,
and flowers gathered,” Mr. Schil
letter suggests, “to encourage
longer bearing. Also prepare
vegetables for cooking, canning,
or freezing immediately after
they are gathered so they won’t
lose any of their food value and
taste. This is especially neces
sary for sweet com, which loses
some of its sugar if gathered and
allowed to stand long enough to
wilt before cooking, he adds.
Gardeners are also cautioned
to be on the lookout for insects
and diseases, and they are advis
ed to apply recommended con
trols promptly.
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