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, * \ ■ Thursday, December 6, 1954) TDK CLINTON CHRONICLE Nm* FARMS... * AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Olemson College Information Specialist '00000>00000000000000+ age from ex.panding down there now Boys Are That Way A milk cow was a must in our community. Each family had one. And when she dried up for a few weeks before calving, neighbors shared their milk. 1 can recall but one that this didn’t work. The cows of our most intimate neighbors dried up about the same time. But ours was in full milk. A large Holstein cow, she poured out the milk, enough to share well with them. But she got killed, neck broke. We were too lazy to draw water from our well lor her. My, how that big old cow could soak up the water, bucketful after bQcketfUl! Our pas ture wasn’t much; so we tied her on ditch bonks and along the road side with a chain. To save draw ing water, one of the boys was driving her to a spring down back of the place where she? could fill up with ease. He was on horse, back and he just let that long chain drag. After he got down there below the cedars he got in a hurrty and was running her. They^ had always told us not to run the milk cow, for then she iMr. Branham pumps his water wouldn’t let down the milk. But from the river, a half mile away, he must have been running her into a reservoir. Then he has it fast. The horse stepped on the near his crops when needed. Ichain, throwing her a somersaplt, And E. T. Bowen of Blaney ir-'and breaking her neck rigated cotton, corn, and pastures i Therefore neither we nor neigh- from his 8 ponds. His SOS man, ,501-5 milk f or awhile. And Y - T'- Mullen, tells me Mr. Brown | that cramps a'Dutchman power fully. But in a little while we kids noted that the delicious brown gravy that we liked with every thing that was fried reappeared. There was cream Tor the coffee. And one otf our greatest treats returned to the table, cream black berry pie, "family pies’’ we called ’em. They were deep affairs, with much good crust ond plenty of berries and cream. We were in the midst of one of those blackberry delights for sup per one night. All of a sudden one Turkey Grazing Grazing is the very foundation of successful livestock farming. Both experiment and experience have abundantly proved this. And It Is so with turkeys too. County Agent McCarley tells me Mrs. Hettie Rickett got fine graz- •ing for her 2,500 turkeys last sum mer on fust one acre of Swanee Bermuda grass. ,lt was well fer tilized and the droppings kept it lush all summer. She used limited or controlled grazing on it so they wouldn’t trample and kill it out. And down in Newberry the oth er year Ezell showed me turkey growers who were grazing off grain sorghum in the fall and winter. They liked it and figured it saved close to a dollar per bird on feed cost. Irrigation In Kershaw County Agent McCarley tells me one of his farmers, Finley Bran ham, irrigated a lot of soy-beans and com last summer. Some of it overlapped on his cotton that was mot irrigated. Mack said, “You could tell the difference too.” So next year will likely see water go ing to cotton too, if drought re turns. News From The County Agent C. B. CANNON* County Agent Farmers To Vote On Cotton Referendum Cotton, peanut and rice farm ers throughout the producing area‘s will vote December 11 be tween the hours of 8:00 a. m and 7:00 p nV on marketing quotas. In Laurens cmJYity this will in terest farmers growing cotton. The Secretary of Agriculture, [ Mr. Benson, under JLlje jaw passed ! by Congress has declared a sur- j plus of the above named crops 1 and is calling for a referendum December 11. The referendum will be held under direction of the Laurens County ASC County Committee, consisting of Hugh B. Workman, Clinton, chairman; Fred S. Stod- oard, Chvings, and Grocer C- Ro- pgr, Laurens, Rt. 3. Community referendum com mittees and places for voting will be selected by the County ASC Cocnmittee._ The purpose of the referendum is for the farmers to decide them selves whether or not they with to have control quotas on crops. Crops on allotted acres may be handled on the markets without penalties, and those over-planting .on restricted acreage will pay a penalty on the over-planted acre age' production. The farmers \vill have no al ternative plans for his choice! He votes yes or no for control. Take it or leave it as it is. Since the old AAA. days, the farmers of South Carolina have been voting in favor of quotas, yhey wTre never given a chance to vote on an ailternativt; propo sition of yes or no on the ques tion of control or not control questions. Frortt year to year the cotton acreage has been cut by allbt- ments, and no doubt Laurens counly farmers will take further cotton acreage reduction for 1957. The foreign countries are increas ing their acreage planted to cot ton each year, and at the sarpe time the American cotton farth ers are, reducing tlyeir cotton acreage, which, of course, is ap preciated by foreign nations,. Piedmont District Green Pasture Awards The Piedmont District Green Pasture contest awards for 4958 will be made December 14 at a field day meeting held on the farm of Dave Cameron, York J. W. Tinsley, Trinity Ridge community, and E. Brock Cog gins, Madden Station, have been selected by the State Pasturt eommittdfe to receive awards on their Coastal Bermuda demon strations. They will attend, the field day meeting with County Agents from this county. The program will begin at 10:00 a. m The field meeting is open to the public and any farmers wish ing to attend are requested to notify the county agent’s office at once in order that, we might notify the county agent of York as to the number to have lunch prepared for. An' interesting’ program has been arranged Among . other things, the following stops and observations will be made: truck crops (tomatoes, sweet corn, can taloupes) vgrown in sod rotation yields per acre of crops or aver, in strips; irrigation and water l^ge, production per animal storage facilities for irrigating These new high production to- truck crops; water conservation,*t.iN for -the state ire: Tobacco, water storage ajjd fishing pro- Mfe,000.(K)0. pound-.; soybeans, 2,- gram; winter pasture, and. live- 592,000 bushe. ; milk produce , stock program, steep, rough acres a97,041),000 pounds; and eggs pro- planted to pines! ponds and w r ater duced, 510,000,000. storage newly developed on swampy areas; rescue grass and fescue, separate and in combina tion, for winter grazing; irriga tion and fertilization of pasturse; renovation of olc^ fescue ^sod. Coastal Bermuda, self feeding hay barn, etc. - _ The program will be completed niilk per cow and 179 egg- per hen This Way • - r longer lasting’ The new high iver.ige r<- nr : for /per-.r-re production of ,'t jK.unds per Cw^Ieom, pcaniH^pJVmds'per acre, 950. , - hay, pounds per acre,. 2,020 hign averages (J 3,930 pounds o> at the farm about noon. The group will then meet at the coun ty agricultural building m-York at 12 30 for a dutch luncheon, at which time the awards will be made for the Piedmont District Green Pastures contest for 1956 were established. The 1 thoso- record s -^s -baaod- obtained from, the Bureau of' Ag ricultural Economics Crop Repor- iag Service, USDA. the- South 1 Carolina agricultural statistician i The title of the Extension Ser vice Report is “Agricultural Prog ress in South Carolina, Farm arid Home Development, 1955.’’ Copies are Available at offices of county .agents an<^ at the C Iran son Agn- sultura! Publications Department, j The-report contains a-summan- ! zation of the individual reports off j the more than 300 workers of the — service. The summaries of ,a * iv;- Clemson, Dec. 1 — Agricultural, 1 ^'-' and results are grouped un progress continues in South Cam- Z 1 '' ' ‘ '' •' : ‘i’- , . propfiate pictures'ahd char's arc lina as shown by information pre- ^ Agricultural Progress Shown In Report Of Extension Service to illustrate the phase- sented in the 1955 annual report of work covered by each-hcaiding the Clemsoh Agricultural Exten sion Seiwice Last yeaf farmers of the stat-' set 11 mkv high records of pro duction Of the 1 r new records, 4 are for new high records in the total production of principal crop>, livestock and lj.vestoJ\k proTuc’s, and 7 are for new' high average , A trained specialist will gi%e your car'* chassis a complete lubrication check. Ovr lubrication chart for your make and model car tells where and how often to gise the chassis Mariak — your assurance — of vr; Kith, cushiony driving. Onca on the lift* your car s underside is afioThspected for muffler and, tail pipe holes, tire cuts and other possible troubla alters. Drive in for Marfak lubrication. STOP IN AND SEE YOUR TEXACO DEALER SOON J. R. Crawford SURVEYING CLINTON. 8. C. Phone 3493 Joanna H. D. Payne & Co, Your Texaco Distributer Laurens Cmintv ■« , is putting in two more ponds. A dependable source of water is, of course, the first considera tion. Know you have that first be fore you make the next- move to wards irrigation. Dairy Improvement In Richland Dairy improvement through their artificial breeding program is advancing right along in Rich land, according to Mr. Shuman of the county agent’s office there, with whom I rode the otheif day. Their technician, who does this w r ork, Cecil Wiggins, is a Clemson j Q f us as ] te( j i "Where did you get trained man and for two years now has received the coveted “Certifi cate of Merit” for his work there They' have records on a ndmber of their artificially produced heif ers, and they are consistently bet ter than their mothers were. Yes. iast and sure cattle im provement comes from this work. For, with it, the average farmer can get far better bull service than he could afford otherwise. And this general improvement is show ing up all over the country. Al though outnumber of dairy cows in this countny is down a bit, their production is constantly climbing. Better management, feeding, and breeding account for this. Rice In Jasper We have very little informations^ on fertilizing rice. Since this crop shows some signs of coming back in our coastal area, Clemson put on some fertilizer tests with it the past summer. ^lAssiitant County Agent Hayden of Jasper says: “We have fertilized rice that made as high as 80 bushels per acre.” This state used to grow practi cally all of the rice this country used. But it went with slavery, and mechanized production came further west. Now the machine has been adapted to rice h£re and it is coming back. The county agents down there tell me acreage control on rice is all that keeps the acre- this cream from?” An evasive an swer brought further suspicions. Soon it was, .admitted that it was gbat’s milk! Well sir, that finished us! We kids quit eating right there. My brother and I got a little pale and my sister went out on the back, porch and didn't come back to the table that night. The milk was from my bid nan ny goat. I had a pair, and she had two kids. Parents knew that milk was perfectly all right. But kids ate slaves of habit and want noth ing to do with the new. After that H was hard to get us to eat any thing much that might have had milk in it until we got another cow. IT YOU DON'T READ THE CHRONICLE YOU DON'T GET THE NEWS 74 666 ...FIOMTS JU4.COLM SYMPTOMS AT ONE TIM*... IN LESS TIMKI ITS THE PROVEN COLDS MEDICINE FINAL SETTLEMENT Take notice that on the 15th day of January, 1957, I will ren der a final account of my acts and doings as Executrix of the estate of Frederick L. Webb in the of fice of the Judge of Probate of Laurens County, at 10 o’clock a. m., and on the same day will ap ply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any preson indebted to said estate is notifed and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before that date, duly proven, or be forever barred. EMILY E. PENTON WEBB, Executrix Nov. 28. 1956 ' 4c-D-27 CREDITORS' NOTICE All persons having claims against the estate of Edgar F. Dunaway, deceased, are hereby notified to file the same duly verified, with the undersigned, and those indebted to said estate will please make payment like wise. 1 VINOLA MOORHEAD DUNAWAY, Executrix * Nov. 26. 1956 3c-D-13 LAURENS COUNTY Tax Books Now Open \ The tax books of Laurens County are open for pay ment of the following taxes:. - t County Wide Special School School Bonds School Deficit Board Edoc. s s| 2 H Laurens No. 55 18 25 » 49 Laurens No. 56 18 22 4 3 46 Greenville No. 520 18c 42 Vi 53'/ 2 Ware Shoals 51 18 35 60 (County-wide includes: Ordinary county, 9 mills; bonds, 8 mills; hospital, 1 mill—Total, 18 mills). (Mauldin-Simpsonville-Fountain Inn Water Dish levy 13 mills). Every male between the ages of 21 and 60 years, who is not physically disabled is required to pay $1.00 poll tax. Tax books opened October 1, 1966 and remain open without penalty through December 31, 1956. Taxes will be collected through April 15, 1957, with penalty added, and will go into execution April 16, 1957. The following penalties will be collected: January, 1 per cent; February, 2 per cent; March, 3 per cent; and from April 1 to April 15, 7 per cent. SAM M. LEAMAN County Treasurer Lay-A way Now For Christmas SHOP WITH HOME FOLKS AND FRIENDLY CLERKS FOR EACH DOLLAR DEPOSITED ON A LAY-AWAY GIFT, YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO WIN THE 1956 FORD TUDOR For each dollar paid on account to noon December 15, you get an additional opportunity to win the Trade Days 1956 Ford Tudor. ■ . ? • , " - ■ ■ Convenience Attractive Stores and Merchandise MoreThan *2,200°° In Free Prizes ... . ‘ ' s # # Those are the gifts to you from Clinton Trade Days merchants, showing their appreciation t6 you, their friends and customers. , ATTEND THE DRAWING SATURDAY DON’T MISS THE FINAL DRAWING DECEMBER 15 WHEN THE 1956 FORD TUDOR will be given a Clinton Trade Days customer. WHEN YOU SPEND YOUR CHRISTMAS MONEY, GET A CUNTON TRADE DAYS TICKET FROM- Adair’s Men’s Shop Baldwin Motor Co. Baldwin Appliance Co. Clinton Cleaners Chronicle Publishing Co. Clinton Mills Store Carolina Service Station Economy Auto Store Holland’s Food Center Howard’s Pharmacy Irby’s Meat Market McGee’s Dru gStore McMillan Service Station Moore’s Shoe Store Murray Garber Co. Palmetto Motors, Inc. Plaxico Motors Inc. J. C. Thomas, Jewelers D. E. Tribble Co. Young’s Pharmacy John A. Addison Gulf Dist. Wilson Curb Market Anderson Appliance Co. A. & P. Tea Co. Dillard Boland, Jeweler Belk’s Department Store Burriss-Harrison Furniture Co. Cato’s Charlie’s Gulf Center Center Service Station Cooper Motor Co. Clinton Drug Store Clinton Tire & Recapping Co. Colonial Stores, Inc. Copeland Hdw. & Supply Co. Clinton Service Station Cox Home & Auto Supply Co. Gene’s Cafe Farmer’s Feed & Seed Store • Hamilton’s, Inc. Johnson Bros. Super Market The E. L. Lewis Co. T. E. Jones & Sons Furn. Co. Lydia Mills Store Ladies’ Ready o Wear Shoppe H. D. Payne & Co. Maxwell Bros. & Wilkes Furn. J. C. Penney Co. Pitts Country Market Rose’s 5 & 10 Store Pitts Service Station Sears, Roebuck & Co. Prather-Simpson Furn. Co. Sunshine Cleaners Sadler-Owens Pharmacy Western Auto Asso. Store Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. Wilson’s Grocery Giles Chevrolet Co. Johnson & Pitts Men’s Shop Additional Sponsors Of Clinton Trade Days But Not Issuing Tickets Include— Bank of Clinton Citizens Federal Savings ** o d -i pc d i and Loan Assn. M. S. Bailey & Son, Bankers