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■■ • h ■ Thursday, January 10, 1957 1 • I- THE ClJlNTON CHRONICLE Pa*e Nine FARMS... AND FOLKS N By J. M. ELEAZER Giemson College Information Spedalist WHAT AILS LESPEDEZA? In our time we have seen les- pedeza grow from a weed left bv Sherman’s cavalry camps into a major hay, grazing, and soi. building crop. It thrived in that role for a while, and then its de cline set in. And the past year 1 saw practically none of it growing where vast acreages of it stretch ed across hill and vale before. I’ve inquired around a lot as to the cause of this eclipse of lespe- deza. The main reason I’ve got ten is that we now plant our grain a lot thicker. That, with spring and summer droughts, is just too much competition, and the les- pedeza seeded with it just dieo out. And late spring forsts hav^ gotten a lot of it, too. Hugh .McGee, emminent farme: 1 of Anderson, incorporated these same ideas in hie answer, and said, “We’ve got to make a crop out of lespedeza and not .try to just let it tag along in grain.’’ And he pointed to a fine field of it where he prepared the land in late March and seeded it there in early April. With better varieties, heaviei. seedings, and more fertilizer, we are making a lot more grain than we used to. In fact, our grain yields last year were above the national average for the first time. And this grain is proving profitable. So we are not goin to change our way of growing it in order for lespedeza to be suc- ciissfully interplanted with it, as’ was the old custom. The past summer was a dry one and ruined most of what little lespedeza we had sown on grain. Yet, Hugh McGee’s, that was planted by itself, was just about as fine as you ever saw. So maybe Hugh has the answer to the question, “What Ails Lespereza?” • • • FUTILITY OF WAR r ' - One is almost made a pacifist when he considers the futility oi war. But when a man gets loose in the world with power, whai else is the remedy? Everywhere we turn we set scars of war that never heal. These are mostly in the hearts fo loved ones. Some are in evi dence, like McGregory Garden, up in Chesterfield. There, in a pleasant shaded dell surroundeL. by green pastures on where Santa Gert graze, is a recreatii McGregor, develope )lling hills, idis cattk park J. S. in memor^ of his son and a devoted nephe both juniors in the/r family, were taken by the heartless hand ol war. Of late I’ve visited two farms where generations of traditional good farmers abided long. In both i cases, war had taken an only child, each educated at Clemson for a purpose there. And now, in the twilight that fast settles, there is no succession for tomor row. Yes, a dynasty ends. Trage dy, yes, for the present, and fu ture, too! * * * PONDS APLENTY County Agent Miller, of York, tells me a farmer, Dave Cameron, has 22 ponds, some of them largt ones, and backed right up against each other. . Mr. Cameron is a poineer with irrigation. He has a unique way of irrigating truck. He has en ough perforated plastic pipe to go down the rows of 18 acre! qt truck. It is placed there for the season and covered with strajv mulch. Then you never se'e the water, it just oozes out there un der the mulch and doesn’t get on the foliage at all. This is obvi ously a rather expensive setup. But the interesting thing about it is that it pays off, and yields are enormous. A few years ago I saw Mr. Cameron doing more with a large pond than I’d ever seen before. He irrigated extensively from n in the summer, grew fish, and en joyed recreation there. Then in early fall, when he didp’t need the water, he drained it, got en ough mature fish to stock the freezers on his place, and h e pu the smaller ones in another pone, to keep Then sowed winter graz ing in the 7-acre bottom of th pond. It made fine grazing ar the cattle droppings and fert ^ lizer residue was left to fertilize the fish that were put back when he grazing was giving out in the spring and the water allowed to accumulate in there again. Then the fish’ were put back in and grew to nice size that summei, there in the -fertilized water.. Now I call that really working a pond! • * • BOYS ARE THAT WAY The old covered wagon show brought many wonders into oui restricted worljd in 1902 in the Dutch Fork. 'For the past two weeks I’ve beeh telling you about that great-jevent. Today I want to tell you of the crowning act. We had seen the monkey pm’ his cracker in his water ^|to soft en it, and then when it dissolved, we saw him mix it up good anu drink the entire thing.' We sa the slight of hand man and heard our first talking machine, wit. great wonder and considerable misgivings. But as great as they were,‘they didn’t touch the mov ing picture! That was saved for the last ol the show. The men up front were asked to get the twTJ-^-Uqterns down and blow them out. |hey had let the fire die down on pur pose and the embers were cover ed with ashes so there coold be no light in the room to mar the picture. They lit up something on the table there at the back oi the room. It sputtered and fizzeo like it might explode. But soon it settled down to a steady pur.. Then, very dramatically, the man announced, . “Ladids and gentlemen, get ready for the treat of- your lives.” And with that, intense light flickered on the bed sheet that had been tacked up a.t the other end of the room. Fig ures'jumped across the screen be fore the picture came. Then aTt of a sudden there it was, a rail road leading right up to you. And to our perfect consternation, away up the -track we -could see a train coming right at us! As it approached, a bit of restlessness grew in the room. Everyone seemed to forget where he was, and to feel that he was alone, standing in the middle of the track, with that monster of fire and steam coming right at him! As got closer it seemed to come faster. Someone opened a shut ter and a half dozen folks jump ed out of the window. Mothers drew their cnildren close to them and awaited the consequences. Several screamed out, and the show-man announced there was no danger. The film fluttered and broke before the train quite got there. After a ten-minute pause to fix it, it was run again And when the engine finally got there and looked like it was jumping right out of the screen at you, there were squeaks all over the place. Two men fell backwards from the top of the wood box,where they were sit ting. Soon the lanterns were lit again. Folks rubbed their eyes to see if they~fcra£hbeen dreaming, and wondered if they hadn’t been “seeing things.” And the talk about that train running and spouting steam and smoke there on that sheet in our school house never ceased around there for weeks. , January Fanning Hints For greater success in farming in 1957, County Agent C. B Can- nnon makes these important sug gestions for January. Agronomy 1. Get registered or certified cotton seed for planting the 196/ is 80 per cent or better. Plant all crop and be sure the germination allotted cotton acreage or release to county committee fir reissue. 2. Use certified seed of recom mended varieties for planting oats were not planted in the fail to meet farm needs, plant this month, weather permitting. 4. Clean up hedge rows and patches between fields. 5. Order and spread limestone. 6. Plan for ad ditional forage and pasture crops in 1957. Order fertilizers earfy. 8. Use nitrogen fertilizer for-top dressing winter grazing and small grains. 9. Start a nursery patch of Coastal Bermuda this year covered with a “blanket of without fail.* 10 Keep your field-; green.” * Hortciulture 1. Prepare Hotbeds and cola frames to be able to have an abundance of cabbage, tomato, pepper, sweet potato, and other plants for your garden. 2. Plant English peas (in lower part of state) if soil .is in condition. 3. Prepare land for Irish potatoes and order certified seed. 4. Prune fruit trees and vines preparatory to sprayings 5 Plant fruit trees at once, if soil is in condition. 6. Terrace all new orchard land be fore planting. Don’t forget the economic values you can get from growing plants in electrically heated hotbeds. Agricultural Engineering 1. Check over farm machinery * « 1 Sm Th« Amazing Display of Lovaly &X GREEN STAMP MERCHANDISE in tho • ' , *4. ~ — - - — — 1 ‘ - " ! . 1 . j Green Stamp Mobile Store... Don't miss seeing this "store-on-wheels" . . . ottroctively arranged to show you the vast collection of high- quality S. b H. Green Stomp merchandise. Courteous attendants will be on hand to answer your questions about America's oldest, best known savings plan. The plan that redeems more stamps than all. other plans combined. The whole family will enjoy this unique "Store On Wheels." It will be open for your inspection this THURSDAY TIOE SOUTMMN NOSPITAUTT *», IS OUI IUIE FOR COUITESV , At Your Friendly * DIXIE - HOME West Main Street • . Let the Courteous Attendant Help You Make Your Selection From Over 1500 Free Gifts! • » Shop Dixie-Home... For Friendly, Courteous Service for needed repairs and roder re pair parts now. ^2. Arrange sheds and farm shop fdf better care ot machinery and equipment. 3. To insure efficient Operation of farm machinery, f ol 1 o w instruction manual recommended on methods of lubrication, adjustment, etc 4 2 K.U rats. 3. Treat cotton sere. Make needed repairs and ini- be’forp planting. 4 Do not bun. provements^ on buldings, fences, land gates. . f Insects and Diseases San Jose scale and leaf curl. < 1. Resolve now to control 'pests. ; hotenone will control grufbfi in backs of cattle. Lindane. DDT, or methoxychlor effectively con- forests to control insects. 5 Apply’' trols lice 7. Order certified Irish dormant spray to peach trees to potato seed Symptoms of Distress Arising from STOMACH ULCERS due to EXCESS ACID QUICK REUEF OR NO COST Ask About 15-Day Trial Offer! > Or.r five million packs*,, of llu- WILLARD TRCAT*ENT have b™ - 1 for relief of .ymptoni. of di.tres. .rising fr >tn Stamech and DvoUanal Ulc.rt due to Ez- CMS Acid—e.or OigestlMi, Seer ur Upaat Stamach, Cauinau. H. art bum. Maap- launaM, a**., due to Czcaa. Acid. A«k for “Willard’. 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