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Thursday, March 21, 1957 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Oiemson College Information Specialist A ^ ' ,v< / C, ( I I-- I * DAIRY IMPROVEMENT Artificial insemination of dairy cattle reached a new high in Or angeburg county the paste No vember, when 501 cattle were thus bred, first services, accord ing to County Agent Frank Keanse. 1 They are planning a sale of ar tificially aired heifers for some tinte in August, the first such sale to be held in South Carolina. Exact date will be announced soon. And up in Chester this artific ial breeding program is coming along well, too, according to County Agent Wylie During that same month of November they thus bred 325 dairy cows. With fine bull service being multiplied .dairy cattle improve ment is advancing far faster than ever before in history. In the past the best bulls were not in reach of many farmers. But now they are, even if the man has but one cow. — The Clemson stud of 34 fine bulls supplies the material, through fast refrigeration, to the various points over the state, where the trained technicians ad minister it. * * * FARM TOURS As a county agent for 28 years, I conducted many farm tours. These were to see new things there in the County, and some were to other counties or states for the same purpose. To get a new practice adopted, 11 found nothing quite as effective as for folks to go there and see what you were talking about. Now the experts tell me 85 7r of what we learn comes through the eye. Only 105V comes through the ear. And the other 5% comes through the other three senses, feeling, tasting, and smelling. No wonder then the farm tour is so improtant, provided you really have something to show. And through the eye also comes reading, of course. But nothing teaches quite as much as seeing the thing, it seems to me. * * * COASTAL BERMUDA District Agent A. H. Ward said on a recent grazing tour, "The coming of Costal Bermuda grass is the most significant thing to happen in South Carolina agri culture in the past dozen years.” On that tour, County Agent Al ford introduced Clemson’s ex tension agronomist as "Bermuda” Woodle. True, he has been its greatest advocate. And he said, “South Carolina, as small as it is, tops all states in acreage of Coastal Bermuda.” Judging from the way I see it being put in over the state, it is likely that our state will lead in acreage of this great forage crop for some time to come. By the way, now is the best time for sprigging it in. Even though Hugh Woodle tells me he has seen it successfully planted duriitg every month of the year, spring is best, he says. * * * LIKES IRRIGATION W. A. Fletcher, farmer of near Tifton, Ga., is quoted in the Cot- tpn Gin and Oil Mill Press as say- ing: "I’ve never seen a year > since 1919 when our crops didn’t need more rain than we got. Irriga lion’s made $2,000 or more for me every year I've had it.” Yes, if it’s not dry when you are trying to prepare and plant the land, it will likely be when the crop is trying to come up. Or if it is not dry then, it will likely be when you are trying to trans plant one or topdress another. Or if not at any of these times, it will likely come out when the crop reaches the critical stage and its valued fruiting parts be gin to form, be it blade, tuber, boll, seed or pod. * • * SPRAY PASTURES NOW Ernest Turner reminds us that now is the time to kill wee^tf' in pastures with 2,4-D. “While - they are small, in the seedling stage, is the time to hit them,” he says. And with most bothersome /pas ture weeds, that is now, March. Ask your county agent for par ticulars. Bitterweed, dock, dog fenneL buttercups, . thistle, and wild onions can thus be control- ded. BOYS ARE THAT WAY We made most of the things we had in the stone hills of the Dutch Fork when I was coming up.. And this went all the way from clothes to wagons and grain cradles. No farm then could get along without blacksmith shop. Home- burned charcoal was used in the forge. Well can I remember the yearly coal kiln we burned down in the pasture. Mostly green pine wood was used. Piled properly in a stack, covered over with dirt, and just a vent left, it would smolder for a day or so until wood had turned into charcoal. Then the dirt was shoveled off, and there Was the year’s supply of charcoal. It not only fed the flaming forge, but it filled the old charcoal smoothing irons that were a luxury then. As soon as it cooled. off good. We would sack it up and haul it to the shop. We did that for two reasons. It is very porous and would soak up water so as to make it useless. And the stock would soon eat it all up if we left it down there in the pasture. I rernember how funny I thought that was, for stock to eat coal. But now I know it was the min erals they were craving. Enlight ened husbandry of today takes care of that. It was hard to get steel hot en ough with a charcoal fire to weld and you had to keep feeding it. But it left no clinkers that both ered with welding like when nat ural coal is-used, we later found out. But until I was perhaps a dozen years old. I had never seen | apy of that natural coal that; comes out pf the ground. I'll tell 1 you about that next week Sen. Thurmond , mittee’s Veterans Affairs sub committee, I am now presiding over hearings on a number of bills of gr^at importance to vet erans. These bills include amend ments or extensions of the pro visions of the Veterans Readjust ment Assistance Act. This is usually called the Korean GI Bill of Rights. AUTO MARKETING STUDY Another sub-committee of which I am a member has also started new hearings on automo bile financing and marketing practices. Thus is the Automo bile Marketing Practices sub committee of the Senate Com merce Committee. Since it is impossible for all committees to schedule their meetings and hearings to avoid conflicts with other' committee meetings, we Senators simply have to divide our time between the oommvtitees of which we are members Of course, in a case such as my being Chairman of the Veterans Afafirs sub-commit- tee,* I shall devote every miute possible to it. EVERYBODY'S HEADING FOR LONG WORK SCHEDULE DAILY /4n addition to the regular schedule of committee and sub committee meetings, the Senate, itself, also meets long hours. Per haps there are people who have heard that the Senate usually / • / 'v" . Page Niae ’ rrteets at noon and perhaps they! Senator must pun bark and fqrth dp ail the. things I would like to wonder what Senators do all the from his committees to the Coot get done morning. | of the Senate. — Actually, committees st^rt. So the average .Senator's work you DON'T READ early in the day and sometime?! day runs from early to late. Then THE CHRONICLE continue meetings while the Sen- his home work rune just as long V ott rvni*»T -ner irr-tara ate is in session. This means that as he can hold his ^yes open p . ^ _ when roll call votes are taken a i There is seldom enough time to raonm % . Reports ! BUSY TIME FOR SENATORS This is one of the busiest times | of the year for the Senate. Dur ing the past week I have been at, tending a great number of meet- i ings of committees and sub-com- , mittees of which I am a member. Since appearing with the group of special representatives of the State of South Carolina before the Senate Judiciary sub-com mittee in opposition to the so- called civil rights bills, I have been attending meetings of the Senate Commerce Committee on several subjects, including tele vision service to the public. During the past week several ! hearings have been held by the Railroad Retirement sub-com mittee of the Senate Labor Com mittee .of which I am also a member. 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