The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 02, 1956, Image 9
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Volume LVIi
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Clinton, S. C., Thursdoy^Februory 1,1956
Number 5
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FARMS...
AND FOLKS
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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, 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.
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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.
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