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i Volume LVIi ^ 2^ Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy^Februory 1,1956 Number 5 ' 4,k *****'*****+++**+*+000000+000+00000000*00**+*** FARMS... AND FOLKS ‘4: By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson College Information Specialist My, we have seen change in our time! It hasn’t been long since a mule and a man largely account ed for farm production. And neither cost much then. But not so now. Farming has become big business, when it comes to investment and annual expenses. USDA figures say in vestments range from $7,OOQ per farm worker on the small farms of the Southeast to $70,000 per farm worker on the vast wheat lands 6Hh* Northwest. The av erage inveistment per farm work er in the Whole country is $20,OCR), or about twice the investment in dustry has per worker. And we need to remember, the that going along with the agricul-' tural worker, fair prices and good yields become necessary, if he is to stay in business. And we need to remmeber, the farmer’s business is everybody’s business, in that we all require food and raiment. • • • Good reports continue to come from our Coastal Bermuda plant ings. Down on Buckfield plantation, in Hampton county, they have an extensive cattle development project underway, including both prbwing beef cattle and finishing them out in the feed lot for mar ket. They are developing a lot needed. They are trying various of pastures that they irrigate as grasses . and clovers. Their first patch of Coastal Bermuda grass had its second season’s growth the past summer. Mason Gaston, the manager, tells me he ’grazed^ 21 yearlings weighing about pounds each on the four and fraction acres for 35 days 1 summer and also made two cut tings of hay that weighed up 24 tons. And when I was there after frost he still hda a lot of dry ing there he was cutting off cattle. He said, “We certainly lik looks of this Coastal,” and t put out a kJtnftref'of H. y Our grass mna, Wood lei tells ms early spring is the befit time to sprig in this grass. Anq that’s not far off now. County agents can put you in tou<^h with good local seed sources. r 0000*000000000000*000000*000*00 Rio* la Stubbs and McCuen, Who have been reviving the rice industry down in Colleton a bit, the past summer cleared 147 acres of flat- woods land in Berkeley and planted it to rice. They threw -the usual .contour 'banks up through and around it, prepara tory to pumping the water on it at the right time. But County Agent Mason tells me| they pump ed very little water on it, as rain fall proved sufficient. On those tight soils, the rainfall accumulated there and stood on the rice properly to make the crop. And a pretty good crop it was, averaging 50 bushles of good rice per acre. G. BROWNING GOLDSMITH , representing the * METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 1 Madison Ave., New York 10, N. Y. * will gladly recommend a program planned to fit your personal Life iiysur- ance needs. Call or write: TELEPHONE Sit 107 Calhoun St, P. L Box 154 Clinton. 8. C. 1 This, along with their other rice, was milled and enriched at their Walterboro , plant. Mason tells me it sold readily and they could have handled a lot more. He says the acreage will be in creased there if they can get the necessary allotment. Berkeley has a lot of land of that sort, as do many of the other Low Coun try counties. I often speak of our undevel oped potentials. We really have ’em here in this part of the South east. Out yonder in the future, when this country needs a lot more food and fiber, these great potentials will serve us well. We can grow just about every important crop, except citrus. No other area in this country can say that. In fact, in other re gions what they can grow is rather limited. The wide range of our adaptations is a mighty fort. We need to appreciate that and exploit it more. Yes, the A1 mighty just emptied the bag when He got here. » • • , Treating Umber unty Agent Grainger was telling of the timber treating plant B. G. Alderman has down th?re in Clarendon. He treats lumber and fence posts. He II sell the treated product to ybu or he will treat yours on a tom basis. Green pine post are reated by the vacuum method hat gives full penetration and long‘life. , Labor is the big item in build ing Ihings today, whether its a fence or a building. , By using treated timoers, you only have one labor expense in many years. And the poor quality of most timber today makes this treating them important. Once we had heart- lumber that wuold last. Now it won’t, unless its treated. Grainger said fariners were sure making use of the Alderman plant. Buildng for permanence there. • • • Boys Are Thai Way The strangest catch we ever made in our rabbit boxes was a weasel. ' • ^ My brother had become quite a bit wary after touching the tail of a big 'possum in one one morn ing before good day. So he car ried a few matches to look in be fore inserting has hand when it was still dark. He didn’t fear a rabbit at all. He’d reach around down in there, get it by its hind legs, and yank it out. But for a ’possum or weasel, that’s differ ent. So when we caught the weasel, we carried it, too, home in the box. Abdlit a dozen of ’em came home with us that afternoon to see it. They were our mortal ene mies. One, maybe this same one, had killed a lot of our prized chickens a few nights before. So we were taking no chance of missing it with a shot if we turn ed it out. Down in the pasture a pot-hole in the ditch was full of water. My brother opened the door and soused it under the water. We didn’t know our weasels. Water to it was lik6 a brier patch to a rabbit. He popped up out of the water, as dry as powder, and scampered off in the weeds be fore we could recover our senses or even pick up a rcok to throw at it * We sure felt silly for a while there. We didn’t know much about weasels. But that taught us a little. V Savings Accounts 3% —DIVIDEND—3% We invite savings accounts from the people of Clin ton and vicinity. You will like our friendly aird efficient service, and you will receive your dividend promptly each January 1st and July 1st. Any amount—from $1 up—opens an account.— , — Each account is insured up to $10,000 by the Fed eral Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation. Two people may have up to $30,000 fuDy Jpsured. v / —* ■ Accounts by mail promptly acknowledged. j ' ’ * f* Chartered and Supervised by the United State$ Government LAURENS FEDERAL SAVINGS & LOAN ASSOCIATION 194 W. 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