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Thursday, March 1, 1956 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE >. Page Niae FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. m. eleazer Clemson College Information Specialist “**• * ~rrrrffrjrf jjj FerttlWiiff Coastal Dr. Glean Burton, speaking in Farm Forum, gives us some late word about fertilizing the great gram. Coastal Bermuda, that he produced: t "At Tiftoo, Ga., Coastal Ber muda fertilized in early March with 100 pounds of nitrogen and * 500 pounds of 0-12-00 per acre, haa produced over 2 tons of hay per acre the latter part of May —several times more than unfer tilized or May-fertilized grass.” And he goes on to say, “Recent studies indicate that an acre of plants uses about the same amount of water regardless of the amount of fertilizer applied. Thus, fertili zation which increases yields will also increase the pounds of for age produced per inch of rain fall. Obviously, early fertilization will make for more efficient use of the soH moisture accumulated in the soil during the. winter and spring. Efficient rise of this mois ture can be very important, espe cially during dry years like 1064.” * The season is a little later in most of South Carolina than at Tifton. except in extreme south ern portion. And in' applying this information from Dr. Burton about early March , fertilization there, this should be taken into account, according to Clemson’s Woodle and Turner. Mid-Marsh in the ILoweountry and late March in the Uprtate is about right for fer tilizing Coastal here. , Coastal is sprigged in the spring. The county agents and SOS men can refer you to reliable sources of it. . . Live And Leant The potato was discovered by * the Spaniards in South America m 1907. Folks then thought eating it caused leprosy, tuberculosis, ric kets, and, all manner of plagues. That belief can be explained in the h^vt of what we know about balanced diet now, for the potato was used so heavily by the poor as to greatly imbalance the diet. The potato was introduced over other parts of the world after its discovery there. It took hold spe cially in Ireland, and was even tually called the Irish potato, the name it still holds. At long last, scientists disproved the contention that it caused disease. The result of unbalance^ diet had given rise to that belief. And now the potato is a great world food staple, and •about the only crop grown in every state in the Union. Likewise, the tomato was once thought to be poison. R was grown in English yards as an ornamental i for many years before American’s started eating it. They called it “Love Apple.” Now it too is one of the world’s great food plants. The constancy of change. Farm Efficiency Ever think of it, aH of the folks used to farm! Yes, it took all of them, every man to grow his food. As the fanner gradually increased his ef ficiency, some could go and start making other things. And today there is one farm worker left for about 18 that are making other things! We are led to wonder, how long And I understand it has been working O. K. too. In a recent report, Bowen tells how it works: ‘The grain is stored in metal bins, conveyed to the feed mill, molasses is pumped in, the feed is mixed, blown into stor age bin, and from there il is car ried by a screw type conveyor into a long wooden trough under cov er.” Efficiency on the term! We be gin to see that at every turn. No more laborers standing around in each other’s way, or working with crude hand implements much any more. No. Industry has been call ing them so test that few remain. But their efforts are made to count with machinery and efficiency. And their daily earning is thus multiplied too. Bays Am That Way More about our year-around meat supply, without refrigeration, in the Stone Hills when I was a boy. Out in August, when we had tired of ham or eaten it all up, the side meat had become too ran cid to fry, the fryers had either all been eaten or had grown up to .where they would crow or cackle, we’d start a pork club. Four neigh- bore would go together and ro tate killing a ahote each week. We were hungry for fresh pork then and it tasted awful good. That gave out about the first of Sep tember and we started sbmething else. It was then our 8 and 16 hand ed beef chibs started killi**. Bight large families went together and one killed a good beef each Fri day. Sixteen small families like wise went together and half killed each year. Thus, for 8 weeks in the fall, we had plenty of beef. Good beef, too it was, for each tried to outdo the other. And that carried up to about the time we started killing and curing hogs again. If there was a little lapse in between, we’d fill that out with game, that was plentiful, and a few chickens. So, the Dutchman never suffer ed for meat. And it, like just about eveiything else, came from his thnfy hand. I can well remember the first fresh meat I ever saw for sale. Mr. Ellisor had it at Paak. And we got some fresh sau&^e in the summertime! He had beef too, and cut it with a saw! Ours had always been cut up with a sharp axe at our beef clubs. Look now, with the benediction of electricity down practically every rural home! Change, chaise, the constancy of it! the Hero, ^ppleton, 1952. A murder mystery. Moray, Helga. Tisa. McKay, 1952. A novel of the Turkish Em pire in the late 16th century. Ronald, James. The Sparks Fly Upward. Messner, 1953. A novel about a lonely boy—the son of an obscure artist and a "stupid, in competent mother who never wanted him.” Sohulberg, Budd W. Water front. Random House, 1955. A murder mystery of the New York waterfront. Seligman, S. J.. Honey On the HilL Sloane, 1953. "... a novel that bares one man’s soul in his ruthless, frantic drive toward power.” Shannon, Jimmy, pseud. The Devil’s Passkey. A Ruff Morgan thriller. Shaw, Irwin. “The Troubled Afr. Random House, 1951. A novel which "probes to the heart of people who, out of earnestness or a mistaken human!tarianism or naivete, or even treachery align ed themselves with either Com munism or violent reaction in the U. S.” Simeons, A. T. W. The Mask of a Lion. Knopf, 1952. "A shat tering, powerful, humane novel about the India unknown to most Westerners.” Spalding, Albert. A fiddle, a sword, and a lady; the romance of Guiseppe Tartini. A novel based on the life of a famous IBth century Italian violinist. - Stewart, George R. Years of the City. Houghton, 1955. Story of an ancient Greek colonial city. Stout, Rex. Prisoner’s Base, a Nero Wolfe novel. Viking Press, 1952. “ * Sumner, Nick. The Border Queen. Dodd, 1953. A western. Sumner, Cid Ricketts. The Hornbeam Tree. Bobbs-Merrill, 1953. A novel about a New Eng land spinster. White, 'Patrick. Tree of Man. Viking, 1955. Story of pioneer life at the turn of the century. Conservation Notes . By J. B. O'DELL Conservationist Some Recent Additions at Library Greig, Maysie. Dark Carnival. Random House, 1950. "A novel of romance and murder against the bright gaiety of the Riviera.” Gruber, Frank. Fort Starva- iton. Rinehart, c!953. A west ern. ^ • 1 Hawley, Cameron. Cash Mc Call .“Houghton, 1955. A stosy Of this movement from the. farm can “Jugh larama in the world of busi- f emtimte, and still there be Hood and raiment enough? But surely we haven’t approached that point yet. For everywhere we turn, we see farm surpluses. Yes that one man is making more than his 18 others use. And to think, once it took everybody fanning to make enough! Feed tug Steers County Agent Bowen of Sumter kvowod me Clayton Lowder’s up- to-date steer feeding arrangement. It was designed for one man to handle the feeding of 1,000 steers. ness.” s—■ Hodson, James Lansdale. Morn ing Star. Simon and Schuster, 1952. "... an exciting story of the fight to save a liberal news paper from being swallowed up in a great newspaper chain.” Keir, Ursula. The Vintage. Sloane, 1953. A story set in France at the time of the grape harvest. McCutcheon, Hugh. None Shall Sleep Tonight Dutton, 1953. A mystery. Maries, RichardLee. March of Furnan E. Thomason Candidate for County Commissioner 42 years Farmer and Mveeteck producer in Trinity Ridge section of eennty, Prince ten Bead. Deacon and Sapertntendent Sunday School In Chestnut Ridge Bapttat Church. Director and preside ni-Heet fat La arena Rotary elak. ~~ Director and Acting Secretary in Piedmont Rural Tele- Coop, Ine. Director and Fast President of State life-1 Director and R< tme Member in Reporter in Young County Farm Bn- of America No. 1» Masonic Lodge in that I might of the county. I would like to be one of year be of oenriee to all the people in I have ne pet projeets. I paying ail my own expenses and will expoet In return only the ■alary too office pays and the satisfaction of being of service to my follow man. I will cooperate with toe Supervisor and other i in giving too greatest service possible far every dollar priatod by the eennty delegation. If elected I pledge to give yea an like administration. or net yon vote for me, be The following cooperators of the Laurens Soil Conservation district have had meadow outlets layed out on their farms, so as to estab lish sericea or fescue and kadino clover in them prior to the con struction of terraces next fall: R. E. Bums, Jr., Wilson Foster, Bill Gray, Craig. Hunter, Min tone Mc Gee, Fred Pitts, Harold Senn and John Earle Smith. All the above mentioned termers have requested coot-sharing assistance through the local ASC office in the construc tion of the terraces. The majority have requested the ^help . of the district’s terracing machine in the building of the terraces. Two of the above plan to build their ter races with farm equipment. In order to be eligible for this coot-sharing assistance the fanner must have first things first. In the particular cases mentioned above the meadow outlets are necessary prior to terracing in ord er to have sufficient disposal areas for the water to safely travel out. In some cases where there are natural outlets already available, such as weeds or .pastures prior meadow outlet establishment is not necessary. However, all dis tinct depressions or natural drain age areas subject to erosion must, be seeded prior to terracing, in order to do an effective job. The Soil Conservation Service furnish es the district with the necessary technical* help in planning these water disposal systems and for surveying the terrace lines. B. W. Crouch of the Mountvitle section is making plans to plant approximately 6 acres of coastal bermuda grass. Mr. Crouch re cently had a district soil and wat er conservation farm plan prepar ed for his farm. This establish ment of summer pasture is in com pliance with his plan for the best use of each acre with treatment according to its needs. Mr. Crouch is planting the coas tal bermuda with cost-sharing as sistance through the local Agricul tural Stabilization and Conserva tion office. So far this year there are 21 other district cooperatore who are making plans to plant coastal ber muda this spring. Ibe district’s automatic bermuda planter is al ready being scheduled for assist ance in the planting job. In addi tion to being an excellent soil conservation crop, this grass fur nishes excellent grazing as well as hary or silage. Farmers are fortunate to have a good supply of certified coastal bermuda stolen* available in the county on the term of E. B. Cog- gins, Rt. 2, Laurens, New Pros pect community. Mr. Coggins planted the grass two years ago in cooperation with County Agent C. B. Cannon and the Clenwon Extension Service in their program to establish a nursery patch of certified coastal bermuda in each county in the state. Due to tills good work Mr. Coggins now has approximately ten acres from which to harvest staler* for in creased plantings of this new grass. “A good pasture furnishes cheap- ed feed than any other crop on the term.” Thomason brothers of the Trin ity Ridge community were aaast- ad last week ki the surveying of a stock watering pond on their farm. They have applied for cost- aharing assistance through the lo cal ASC office at the rate of 10 cents per cubic yard of earth used in the construction of the dam. in order for fanners to be elig ible for this assistance there mutiAf; be a need for the pond for stoclW- water at a location which will bring about the desired protection of vegetative cover through prop er distribution of livestock, rota tion grazing or better grassland management. Ponds must be locat ed within or adjacent to a perma nent pasture. Fish ponds as such are not eligible for cost-sharing assistance. permitted^ These areas are con sidered by wildlife technicians and local sportsmen to be very avorable for deer. Paul Shrauder, wildlife biolo gist with the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department at McCormick, and District Ranger James B. Cartwright, U. S. Forest Service at Newberry, will direct the managemfiht of the coopera tive projects. These projects are similar to ones established m Newberry and Laurens counties in. 1954 where deer, released in early 1955, now are thriving. New Wildlife Area To Be Established On Enoree River . ♦ Establishment of two new wild life areas on the Sum tar National Forest in Laurens, Union and Chester counties was announced in Columbia by Director A. A. Richardson, of the South Carolina Wildlife Resources Department, and Forest Suprevisor R. J. Rie- hold of the U. S. Forest Service. One of the new cooperative game management projects, the second on the Enoree Division, is located on both the Union and Laurens county sides of the En oree river, southeast of Jones Bridge. It contains 25,300 cares, most of which is national forest land. An initial stocking of deer will be made shortly. Hie other area, scheduled for stocking of deer in 1957, is located in Chester and Union counties on both sides of the Broad river, two miles south of Lockhart. The deer to be used in stock ing the new. areas will be obtain ed from the Francis Marion Wild life Preserve in Charleston and Berkeley counties. Deer trapping and transplanting will be done by the South Carolina Wildlife Re sources Department. The wildlife areas will be closed to hunting after stocking for at least five years. When a suffic ient deer population has been built up, managed hunting’will be Dr. David T. Mixon OPTOMETRIST 201 N. 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