The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, February 07, 1957, Image 9
Thursday, February 7, 1957
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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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-
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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.
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'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.
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