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Thursday, February 7, 1957 i THE CLINTON CHRONICLE m m m AND FOLKS By I 'M. ELEAZER Gtemson College Information Spedaliat COASTAL BERMUDA ENEMY Coastal Bermuda grass, like other crops, has its enemies, but fewer than most. * County Agent Johnson, of Beaufort, tells me a fine 60-acre field of it at Bluffton was just about eaten up last summer By army worms. Of course, it came right back out after the brood of worms- passed. What they did amounted to a cutting of hay or close grazing. But where we are depending upon it, we need to keep a watch out for army worms in it in late summer and earlj^ fall. For we have effective reme- ries for them. * * * DROUGHT CUT COTTON Drought really cut our cotton crop over most of South Carolina last summer. In 1955 they got good rains in Abbevifle county, according to County Agent Bull, and they av eraged 486. pounds of lint, per acre. Last summer they had a protracted drought and only got 227 puonds. I saw several farmers over the state and the experiment station at Clemson where they irrigated some cotton and left the rest. They averaged about like Abbe ville without it, a scant half bale per acre. But where they irri gated their cotton turned out a good bale and a half per acre. Mississippi, Arkansas and Mis souri have started irrigating con siderable cotton in the past few years. This is reflected in their average yields, which are a bale to a bit over per acre. Before this irigation boost hit their aver age yield it was about the same as ours. And still not nearly all of their cotton is irrigated yet But enough of'it is to have push ed their average yield up about 50 per cent. • * • BALANCED FARMING We have long been principally a crop farming area. But in re cent years substantial progress has been made in balancing this up with livestock. Roughly, about three-fourths of our farm income is still from crops and one fourth from livestock. In this latter item, poultry leads, followed closely by meat animals, and then dairy products. * * * FARM PROGRAM Farm programs are designed,.to improve the farmer’s position. 1 get the impression most folks feel they have helped in that, al though there is yet much to be desired. The new Conservation Reserve and Soil Bank Program is essen tially a good one, according to Hugh Agnew, president of our state Farm Bureau, who has made quite a study of it But 666 ...FIGHTS ALL COLDS SYMPTOMS AT ONE DM*.* IN LESS TIMS I ITS THE PROVEN COLDS MEDICINE the main trouble so far, he says, is that it has been poorly admin istered. Maybe time will iron that out. t At least, we need to give it a good try. The amount of government money a program puts in the farmer’s pocket is not the big it em, although it is important. In 1955 just slgihtly over one per cent of the farm income in South Carolina was from these pay ments. But the biggest benefits likely to come are from shaping production better to prospective demand and getting better land use practices adopted. * * ♦ TEACHING IMPROVED RICE The Negro home demonstration agents, specially in the Low Country, have been demonstrat ing the use of rice steamers for cooking enriched rice. This was before groups of their home dem onstration women . and school lunch room worker^. The process for enrichifyj ricd with needed minerals and vita mins was* worked out by Dr.'E. J. Lease, of Clemson, and we now have a law requiring the enrich ment of rice sold itT the state. Dr. Lease tell me we are the first and only state so far to take this for ward step in .better nutrition. He tells me our rice is thoroughly cleaned before it is enriched and packaged. Therefore, it does hot need washing before cooking. And when cooked properly in a steamer, it retains all of its nat ural food values, as well as the protective elements that are needed. It is recalled that Dr. Lease al so worked out the enrichment of corn meal and grits. We have had that for some years now. A num ber of other st,ates have adopted jt, as well as several foreign countries, too. , . . • • * * BOYS ARE THAT WAY Last week I hold you of the glories of our first ice cream, made in a syrup bucket, in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork a half century ago." •Tragedy struck our keen an ticipation on successive Saturday afternoons. The old wood burner arrived at our station with the ice in burlap bags and sawdust pH right. We got the ice and had all of the makings there on the back steps'at home. But, alas, our watering mouths didn’t get the treat expected—ice cream. On the first of these tragic week-ends, our mother trusted us to freeze the creapi. She caution ed us about watching it and not letting the salty water get up too high so as to leak into the friction top bucket in which the cream was. We turned it back and forth by the handle, as usual, and our sister, who was older, took the top off several times and cut the freezing mixture from the side of the bucket. And it froze fine But when we filled our saucers and lit in, we executed a sudden halt. For salt had gotten in there and ruined our ice cream! 1 have seldom seen a gloomier moment than that. It was so salty that even the hungry cats and dogs wouldn’t eat it. Next week I will tell you ot our second ice cream tragedy.. COMPARE EARLY SPRING HINTS Well laid plans for breeding and feeding are keynotes to suc cess with livestock in early spring, says County Agent C B. Cannon, making these suggest ions: Animal Husbandry 1. Graze winter forage crops— Ladino, fescue, crimson clover, rye grass and small grains—with beef cattle. 2. Castrate and de horn calves for fall feeder calf sales. 3. Treat beef cattle for lice and grubs. 4. Graze sows and pigs on Ladino clover, small grains, or other winter grazing. 5. If sows have lice, treat them with used motor oil two or three weeks before farrowing or spray with BHC. 6. Give sows special attention at farrowing time to save more oigs. 7. Graze sheep on winter grazing crops and feed three-quarters pound of grain per day consisting of 1-3 each by measure corn wheat bran, and oats. 8. Dock' and castrate lambs I when they are 7 to 14 days old. 9. Plan to sow lespedeza on summer permanent pastures and in s/nall grains in February and March f6r summer grazing or hay. 10. Sup ply all livestock with mineral mixture and loose salt. Dairying 1. Make plans for next year’s feed supply. 2. Fpllow winter grains with legumes for hay or grain sorghums for grain or broadcast mixtures of grain sorg hums. millet, soybeans, or peas for silage. 3, Plan to refill silos this spring with winter grains or excess spring grazing. 4. Heav ily fertilize permanent pastures this spring. 5. Treat cattle for lice. 6 Breed cows for Novem- fresl Page Nin« ber and December freshening. Poultry 1. Put brooding equipment in working order 2 Purchase chicks in early spring if they are to be tion 2. Records have shown that range for chicks and pulltes 4. early hatched chicks are the most Hold hatching eggs not over 14 used for commercial egg produc- i profitable layers. 3. Provide clean , days before netting. THE MIGHTY CHRYSLER Most glamorous car in a generation TF YOU DONT READ THE CHRONICLE ’ YOU DONT GET THE NEWS Phono 74 o This Is an estreme eaample of soil acidity resulting from continuous use of ammonia nitrogen without lime Regular use of Chilean helps correct acidity, maintains favorable pH. v and you'll choose' CHILEAN NITRATE OF SODA 'More than anything else, when spring growth begins, small grain needs an ample supply of fast-acting nitrate nitrogen. And that means Chilean Nitrate’of Soda. The nitrogen in it is 100 per cent nitrate nitrogen —fast-acting and ready fb help the hungry crop through its most difficult period and push it ahead. More than 100 years of consistently ’satisfactory experience with Natural Chilean Soda have demonstrated that there is nothing to com pare with it for top-dressing small grain. It is a rare natural combina tion of nitrate nitrogen, sodium and minor elements. The nitrogen is 100 per cent nitrate nitrogen —ready to work, rain or shine, as soon as it’s applied. This is especially important because at top-dressing time every moment counts. There is nothing like nitrate nitrogen for a small grain crop —and there is no source of nitrate nitrogen that can com pare with Natural Chilean Soda. Then, there's the sodium and minor elements. Sodium, particu larly, adds much to the value and effectiveness of Chilean Soda. It conserves the supplies of magnesium, potash and calcium in the soil" and substitutes for calcium and potash, if necessary. It increases the supply of available phosphate. Every ton of Chilean contains sodium equivalent to 650 pounds of commercial limestone to destroy soil acidity and correct acid-forming effects of ammonia nitrogen. This explains why regular, systematic use of Chilean Soda helps so much to maintain a favorable pH level for the production of top yields of top-quality crops. If you have any question about the top-dressing for your small grain crop this year, we urge you to try Natural Chilean Soda, if only in a small way to begin with, and see the difference for yourself. You’ll find it is the most economical and satisfactory nitrate nitrogen fertilizer you can buy for top-dressing your small grain crops. LOOK FOR THI tULLDOO ON THI »AO! CALL 538 For Concrete Blocks and Ready Mix Ready-Mix Ready For Delivery From the Smallest to largest Construction Jobs Pipe , Steel Sash Septic Tank Tops Sand Stone Cement CALL US FOR SERVICE AND QUALITY C. & L CONCRETE Co. Clinton, S. C. W. 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