The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, August 11, 1955, Image 12
Page Twelve
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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FARMS...
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson College
Information Specialist
A number of county 4-H club Bill gave him a circular describ-
councils have promoted mail box ing the procedure used up East,
name plates. The project has Hubert said he imagined it was
been specially active in Newber- not practical here. But he just
ry county. Acqording to County wanted tc see if he could do it.
Agent Ezell, 720* of those attrac- To Bill - S sur p nse j n March he
tive name plates have been sold received a sample of good maple
over the county by 4-H club svrup from Hubert. The maple
members. trees were tapped about the mid-
Thus marking the mail boxes die of January. Hubert says he
is also a detail in the commun- thinks that was a bit late, as the
ity improvement work that’s un- sap didn't flow long after that,
derway in many communities He collected about 100 gallons of
over the state, and for which maple sap and ended up with 2
The Progressive Farmer supplies gallons of syrup, good syrup, ae-
liberal prizes. j cording to Bill. He plans to col-
“Community improvement!" I 601 sa P earlier next winter and
That implies much. For it is make some more syrup,
there we live And improving I often speak of the various
our fanns, homes, churches, products this part of our favored
schools, and countryside touches land will produce. But I hadn't
all angles of a good life. If we included maple syrup before
are proud of our home and com- . * • * ,
munity, why not put legible and Farm and Home Week
attractive names on our mail Last call. Farm and Home
boxes. The 4-H boys and girls in Week, August 15-19, at Clemson.
most counties can get them for My, my, have you seen a pro-
you for a dollar. ; gram? There’s just about every-
* * * thing on it. And all manner of
Maple Syrup In Saluda organizations meet here that
Who’d thought of it? Maple week, too.
syrup being made in Saluda. Folks will be here by the
My old friend Hubert Ellis was thousands. They always are. And
up to Clemson last winter ahd each year seems to get bigger
asked about making syrup from and better.
the sap of our maples. He was There should be nc( scarcity of
sent to our forester. Bill Barker, 1 rooms this year, as the vast dor-
who knows things about trees mitory expansion is complete.
Pepsi-Cola Refreshes
without
filling
No
Finer
at Any
Price
Reduced
In
Calories
TAKE HOME
A CARTON
TODAY!
PEPSI-COLA BOTTLING CO.
Greenville, S. C.
And the new dining hall can seat
over 3,000 at a time.
The general exhibit tent will
be over 400 feet long, and the
million- dollar machinery dis
plays will cover acres and acres.
Diversified argriculture and
modern home-making on the
march w’ill be the theme of the
week.
• • •
Who Can Beal This?
Count Agent Livingston of Dil
lon showed me the acre and a
quarter of Coastal Bermuda grass
Bob Moody put out in the spring
of last year. On August 3 of last
year he cut 5.300 pounds of good
hay from it. And after that he
grazed 25 cattle 41 days on it.
No wonder Hugh Woodle de
scribes it as “The grass you can’t
lie about.”
Time and again in recent years
someone has told what many
thought was a tale about it. But
before you knew it another fel
low had come along and beaten
him.
With plenty of fertilizer, spec
ially nitrogen. Coastal Bermuda
will make records that are hard
to believe. And it’s not only fine
grazing but excellent for hay and
silage, too. So in football lang
uage, it is the great triple threat
crop-excelling in all three, hay.
grazing, and silage.
A lot of it was put out the past
spring. Tours have been and will
be held to see a lot of these dem
onstration plantings. Ask your
county agent where you might
see fields of it. For this is a
grass we sure need to keep an
eye on. It likes hot weather and
should be shouting from now
until fall.
* t t
Boys Are That Way
Last week I told you of going
to the Beef Club on Friday after
noons in the late summer when
other meats had about given out
on the farm where I came up.
A 8-inch tree trunk was trim
med at the large end and insert
ed between the poles of the log
barn about 7 feet up, the other
end resting on the ground. The
hind legs of the beef were skin
ned to above the knees and a
large gambrel stick inserted
This was pushed up the pole, as
all hands pushed and lifted the
other end up to where it was
level and the animal hanging
from the hind legs. Two heavy
forked props leaning towards the
bam held the thing in place se
curely. Then a few men with
sharp knives soon had the hide
off. The head was severed and
the beef opened up. Down be
hind the barn or woodpile some
members of the family cleaned
the tripe. It was theirs, not di
vided like the beef.
The cut you got was rotated,
round, loin, brisket, neck. We
always liked to get the round,
for there was more meat on it.
There were two portions of each
of these, one from each half car
cass. If it was an 8 handed club,
that whole batch was yours. It
would be cut into chunks with
an axe. We had never seen a
meat saw then. The chunks
would be divided as equally as
the cutter could divide them.
Then a disinterested person
would turn his back and name
whose pile each was, as someone
pointed to them.
More next week.
By C. B. CANNON. County Agent
The check on boll weevil in
festation last week showed con
siderable increase in infestation
over the previous week. Hie in
festation is very spotted through
out the county.
Many farmers are continuing to
apply dust or spray, while other
farmers are quiting and trustins
the weather will control the wee
vil.
Some of the cotton is rather
rank in growth and makes it diffi
cult to use tractors in dusting. Hie
County Agent’s office has blue
prints, on using 100 pound grease
cans in making guards for tractor
wheels, that are free for the ask
ing. Coleman Mitchedl and his son,
William, got a copy of the blue
print last week as they have cot
ton they wish to dust for weevil
control.
Keep this in mind, the saving
of one boll of cotton each 10 feet
of row, will produce enough more
cotton to pay for one application of
poison. Also the protecting of a
boll of cotton until it is 21 days
old will make it safe against boll
weevil.
The county faces prospects for*
a good cotton, com and hay crop.
Wise use of poison for boll weevil
control should be most profitable
at the stage of cotton growth—
poison should be applied at four
to five days apart at the time of
cotton growth.
Spray Control Pasture Weeds
T. P. and B. Eugene Brown,
father and son commercial dairy
men, Bailey community, have
done an excellent job in the con
trol of Bull or Horse Nettle, com
monly called “Treadsoft” briers,
in their bottom pasture on south
side of Clinton-Laurens highway
near the Country club.
The nettle was sprayed with one
of the 2,4-D sprays, using small
three gallon sprayers carried on
shoulder by man who spot sprayed
the’ plants.
Livestock producers may well
make up their minds to do neces
sary spraying of pasture grasses
to control undesirable weeds.
Farmers wishing to hpve further
information on pasture spraying
should contact the County Agent’s
office.
Sheep Producer* To Vote
August 19th
Sheep producers to vote on wool
and lamb program by August 19
referendum to decide whether or
not an agreement providing for
advertising, promotional and re
lated market development activi
ties on wool and lambs under sec
tion 708 of the National Wool Act
of 1994 will be put into effect.
The voting will 'be under the su
pervision of the County ASC com
mittee, and ballots may be secured
through their office, in case you
have not already received a ballot.
Agreement approval by produc
ers requires a favorable vote by
owners of at least two-thirds of
the sheep and lambs represented
in the referendum.
August 15-19 Farm And Home
Week
The annual Farm and Home
week will be held at Clemson col
lege August 15-19. All indications
of a wonderful program including
educational, recreational, musical
and many demonstrations.
Those interested in bees should
attend Tuesday morning and aft
ernoon program and also Wednes
day morning—an excellent pro
gram arranged with many out
standing speakers and practical
beemen taHng part.
Sheep day, Tuesday. Dairying,
Tuesday, Wedn&day and Thurs
day. Beef cattle, Wednesday and
Thursday. Poultry, Tuesday, Wed
nesday, Thursday and Friday
morning. Agronomy, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday morning.
Agricultural engineering, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Also horticulture, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
morning. Forestry, Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday. Home eco
nomics, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday morning. In
sects, diseases and weed control,
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday morning.
Rural church conference, Tues-
JTharadaj^Aiwast 11,1MI
day, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday morning.
Hie dedication of the Agricul
tural Center will be Wednesday
afternoon. Hie South Carolina
Livestock association banquet will
be held at the Clemson House
Wednesday evening. \
The ninth annual South Caro
lina seed short course, agronomy,
entomobology and plant pathology
meeting to be held Tuesday morn
ing. Cooperative conference Tues
day afternoon. The South Carolina
crop reporters conference will be
held Wednesday morning.
Tour of 12-mile creek watershed
project Thursday afternoon in Pic
kens county. Also tours of the col
lege campus will be conducted dur
ing the afternoon.
Hie South Carolina Frozen Food
Locker association will meet
Thursday afternoon.
Over 17,000 Drivers Lose
Licenses During 1954-55
Over IT,000 South Carolinians
lost their driving privileges
through driver license suspension
and revocation during the 1954-
55 fiscal year, a State Highway
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Department report reveals.
From July 1, 1954, through
June 30, 1955, the department
suspended 17,059 drivers licenses.
Of these, 9,961, or 58.3 per cent,
were for driving under the in
fluence of intoxicants. Violation
of the safety responsibility law
accounted for 5,698 suspensions
during the 12-month period. This
is 33.5 per cent of the total. Reck
less driving (two convictions oi
this charge brings a mandator
driver license suspension
brought about 975 suspension!
or 5.7 per cent, and the poin
system law was responsible to
275 suspensions, or 1.6 per cer
of the total number during th
fiscal year.
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