The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, November 21, 1957, Image 9
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THE CLINTOSf CHRONICLE
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AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
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Information SpedaHol
NEW PESTS
As new crops come, new
appear
These pests are not always new
in the true sense, but adapt them
selves to new crops, that become
generally planted.
A typical case of this is with soy
beans. I well recall, as county
agent 30 to 40 years ago, when this
crop was just being introduced.
Common insect pests didn’t seem
to bother it then. Only the army
worm would occasionally damage
a field of it.
Along through the years, soy
beans have gained, in favor. This
has been very rapid in recent
years, since the breeders have
given us high-yielding, non-shat
tering strains suited to this area.
And now some counties have sev
eral tinaes the acreage of soys they
do of cotton.
As bugs find soybeans on so
many of the fields where they used
to feed on other crops, they some
times adapt themselves to the soy
bean, too. And, thus, nisects never
before considered a pest on this
crop become of prime importance.
For instance, 4 never heard of
"the old Mexican bean beetle that
ruins your snap and butter beans
so, being a pest on soybeans be
fore. But this year the agents in
all parts of the state listed it'as a
major pest that had ot be fought
no soys. - .
Likewise the com earworm did
not bother soys early. But a few
years ago it started insidiously slip
ping in lush bean fields and eating
the tender beans out of the pod.
And soon the farmer waked up to
the fact that he had only forage
there, no beans. So |ow the county
agents teach their farmers to de
tect this pest early, whhen it can
be controlled in time.
And now the common old looper,
or measuring worm, has taken to
soys, too, and has to be dealt with,
as has the blister beetle.
So, all of tl^s must leave the
farmer wondering, “What next?” I
saw county agents wet to the knees
examining lush bean fields over
their counties in early August look
ing for the first elusive signs of
these pests in soybean fields. And,
finding them, they then went on the
air ,in the papers, and out through
circular letters to their growers,
giving the situation and the reme
dy. The farmer can’t slumber now.
There’s always something new.
land, lots on the Laurens to -Green
ville highway $900.
Canal Wood Corporation to Wade
H. Orr, 2 acres in Cross Hill town
ship $800.
Sarah Fowler to Willis Fotvler,
Kf
lot on W. Hampton Street, Laurj
$1.00.
B. V.' Hedrick Gravel and Sand
Company to Campbell Limestone
Company, 68 acres two miles east
of the town of Gray Court. $10 and
other valuable considerations.
James Earl Jackson to John B.
Arnold, lot on Airport Drive, Laur
ens, $10 and other considerations.
Bill H. Allen and Elizabeth L.
Allen to Sammie M. Pinson and
Frances B Pinson, lot on Elm St 1 ,, and Peggy Sue Willard, Clinton
Ginton $10 and other considera
tions.
'•s'.
Marriage licenses issued in Laur
ens County:
Vernon Richard Ginn. ' Clinton, | N' C
Ralph Dean HflwaTdrGinton, and
Elizabeth Frost, Clinton
James Sloan Norris. Clinton, and
Gazzie M. Underwood. Waynesville.
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— ^^Kefmeth R.ay Kelley. Clinton, and
Cacol^ Grace Martin, Clinton
Xohn Allen Harris, Fountain Inn,
and Arrie Mills., Gray Court.
-Horace -Huckahy, Woodruff, and
Jessie Carlton, Woodruff
SCREW WORMS BAD
This is one year the coming of
frost was eagerly welcomed. For
it 'fmarks the end of the screw
worm scourge that has plagued us
this time. Starting early in the
summer, this' pest built up such
numbers as to reach epidemic
form by late summer and fall.
Back in August County Ager#
McCord of Georgetown, told me:
“Screw worms have shown up in
horses, hogs, and are a serious
problem in the deer population.
One man said he counted 25 deer
dead with screw worms and sev
eral others affected in a small
area he saw in one day.”
This insect does not normally live
through the* winter here. But due
to The rn/ildpwinter, it likely lived
over further north than usual in
Florida or South Geirgia and there
by arrived here earlier, too. That
gave it time to build up extra gen
erations before frost this fall and
much damage was done to game
and livestock.
A fascinating attempt to eradi
cate this pest from the mainland
is being tried It worked on an is
land of Florida. It consists of rais
ing male flies ny the millions, ex
posing them to special radium rays
so as to destroy their fertility, and
then turning them loose over their
limited wintering areas farther
south. Females bred to these then
lay only infertile eggs. The scien
tists have great hope this will work
here as it did on that Island.
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SWITCHING POISONS
County Agent Bowen of Sumter,
says: “Our Cotton crop was gen
erally good. This, we think, can be
attributed to a good poisoning and
fertilizing program. Almost to a
man, farmers have switched from
one poison to the other this year
and it apparently paid big divi
dends”. That changing poisons
along w'as designed to get around
any resistance weevils might have
built up against any one poison.
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OCONEE APPLES
The Long Creek community of
Oconee is building soundly with ap
ples. A light set of fruit this year
gave them only a half crop of 50,-
000 bushels, according to Coupty
Agent Morgan. They are extending
their acreage a little each year.
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BOYS ARE THAT WAY
We still occasionally hear of
“breaking” a horse or mule. But
not of “breaking” shoes.
That was always a painful pro
cess for us country kids.
W'e went barefooted from the last
frost of spring to the first one jn
the fall. So, during that long
spring, summer, and early fall, our
feet just had their unimpeded way.
We either got snoes that did not
fit, or feet that spread so that ho
normal shoe would fit. When we
got a new pair of shoes, we had to
conquer them to comfort. At first
they rubbed and hurt everywhere
they touched. And the coarse
thread of my home-made stockings
made their print where the shie fit
tightest. A sea pi would come un
der the sole of my foot and it would
burn like fire there when I had on
new shoes: \ .
If there were old folks with the
same foot, they would offer to
“break” our shoes for us. What a
service that was! I only had that
good fortune once. After he wore
my stiff shbes a few days they felt
all right on me.
And, unfortunately, at church
was where we suffered most from
breaking in new shoes. A new pair
was always our “Sunday shoes”
for a good while until the old every
day ones were worn out.
So our feet gave ’us little peace at
church, winter or summer. During
the winter the new shoes hurt. And
in the summer any sort of shoe*
caused a streak of fire to strike
down the middle of the sole of the
foot where that seam formed when
the foot was crowded into a shoe
And this was made worse by shoes
for fast growing boys just about al
ways being foo §maH. A Sunday
shoe will last a good while, and if
it fit at first, it didn’t long. But
we had to wear ’em until they wore"
out, unless there was_ a smaller
ehild> in the family to hand them
down to. I was youngest; so I
couldn't do that. Guess that's why
the thing impressed jne so. ,
County Records
Mrs. Mildred Scarborough to T.
David Sloan, Jr., lot on Fleming
Street extension, Laurens, $800 and
assumption of mortgage.
Niles C. Gark and Agnes A. Clark
to Claude F. Hughes, Jr., lot on
Lake Greenwood, $10 and other val
uable considerations.
Niles C. Clark and Agnes A. Clark
to Carl R. Rogers, lot on Lake
Greenwood. $10 and other valuable
considerations.
Mrs. Grace C. McGowan to James
M. Watson and Elizabeth L. Watson,
lot on the corner of Manning Street
and South Harper Street, $10 and
other considerations.
Otis Mahaffey to Mrs. Nora Ma-
haffey, 32 acres bounded by lands
of L. J. Blakely, $5, love and affec
tion.
Furman E Ott to Vivian Long Bo-
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