The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, April 10, 1958, Image 9
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Thursday. April 10. 1958
THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
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FARMS...
AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
demson College
Information Spedaiiat
FARM IMPROVEMENT
In 1910 a third of our people farm
ed. In 1935 only a fourth of ’em
did. And now less than 12 per cent
farm. Yet we are fed and clothed
better now than then.
Efficiency is the only word that
can explain this. The harnessing
of more power per man, better va
rieties, improced methods, and so
on account for this.
And the trend of farmers is still
downward. How low can it go be
fore there won’t be enough stuff to
go around. Economists think, con
siderably lower, maybe down to 5
per cent. For there is still a lot of
room for much more efficiency in
production and distribution than
what we’ve had.
It has been figured out that im
proved Jarm practices give us the
equivalent of 5 million more tilled
acres each year. And that is what
has been keeping production up,
while acres of most things and num
bers of farmers have been going
steadily down. Surely there must be
a limit to this. But it appears that
we haven’t nearly reached it yet.
Fewer acres, fewer farmers, yet
more and more stuff. That’s the mi
racle of modern farm production
Who has benefitted most from
this? Surely it is the handlers, haul
ers, processors, distributors, and
retailers. For the grower has been
getting less and less of the retail
food and clothing dollar
Bu.l wait a moment' I’m getting
into a deep subject, and don’t have
room here to develop it properly
So, let me get back to my by-ways
over South Carolina
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WE NEED MORE MflJt IN DIET
NutnUonists tell us we need more
milk in our diet. How to get folks to
produce and drink more of it has
long been a project of the home
demonstration agents, county coun
cils of farm women, the school
lunch folks, and vinous other
At Clemaon the milk vending ms
chines put out a lot of nulk la the
momiag and afternoon breaks that
would have otherwise gone to soft
drinks or water To make milk easy
to get seems to help a lot
la Idaho they made a milk study
Only a per cent of the folks drank
milk if they had to Mk for tt Half
of them took * when asked if they
wasted ft. But tt per cent drank ft
where M was put on the table ahead
of time
At the last Iwe meetings sf the ag
rtcuhural eollege editors (la Coto-
rado last year and Pennsylvania the
year before) instead of having “Cef-
foe Breaks" on the schedule, they
had "Milk Breaks" at imdmonun.
and at msd afternoon And we really
soaked up the cold milk both plain
sad chocolate
Maybe this great food product
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COASTAL BERMUDA NOW
Hugh Woodle says spring is the
best time to plant Coastal Bermuda.
It has been successfully sprigged in
at all seasons of the year. But
spring plantings have usually been
best.
Thousands of farms now have
some of this grass, and many farm
ers know from experience that it’s
very good. We have a lot to learn
about its fertilization and manage
ment, like with all new things. It
has shown for sure that it can use
a lot of fertilizer profitably, special
ly nitrogen. So we need to keep that
in mind with it.
In some counties farmers have
suitable machinery for planting it.
In some, the counties own such
equipment. If you are in need of any
such service, your county agent can
tell you what’s available there.
BOYS ARE THAT WAY
Favorite goods from childhood!
I touched on three last week; the
first, wild plums, June apples, and
chittertmg hash. And there are oth
ers. Strangely, my taste hasn’t
changed much, and foods that rank
ed high back then are still right
up there in my estimation.
Watermelon! If I was listing them
in order, it would be first. My. the
gastronomic thrill of a cool, lush
watermelon on a summer day! They
don’t agree with some, but they
always did with me I can eat some
of the things I tike until they don’t
taste good But not so with a water
melon It tastes good right up to the
very time 1 can't swallow any more.
This state has had a part in develop
ing the four beat there are, the
Congo. Charleston Gray, the Gar
rison, and the Blackstone
And cantaloupe*, they vary so
But a real good one must come In
my list of favorite foods At last a
high quality one has been brad for
our conditions here It w the Edisto,
bred by Dr M B Hughes at Clem
son's Ediato Station
From childhood, too. came the
liking for good country ham To me.
it's tops m meats But like the can
taloupe of the past, they vary to
Some are not much account, a dts-
apouitmmt But I've found a source
ta this state from which you eon get
good ones (W N sod Fred Hoodeo
son. Ninety-Sts S C.). Not ooty
(heir taste, put their aroma! To
«metl ft afryia when you pass a
is like a magnet toyin' la pud
For it surely ahods Us
oo the air
Common eld rowpoas sad
bread, a lowly dish, is fit for
Tito lads and I ofton ask for a meal
of nothing else We want our fill of
it. unencumbered by other
I'm not much fur the streaked
ooked with vegetables But
cooked w«h pens is greet, a Mt with
each mouthful
And collards. too. after frost
(added Us savor They coa
we hunger, like a cow. for greenery
I Kraut too. at that season We al
ways made a barrel of it each wia
| <en when 1 was comm along Easy
I un the stomach, and good for what
| ails you. wo always thought And I
like it. too, with sweet ‘talers a]
ways
On and on this could go But this
I is lone enough
—In Washington
THIS WEEK
By Clinton Davidson
Washington military, diplomatic
and congressional leaders are mea
suring the relative U. S. and Rus
sian military potentials in prepara
tion for a firm stand at the forth
coming summit talks.
The yardstick .being used is strik
ing power, measured both in total
force and ability to move rapidly to
counter attack once the first blow
has been delivered. The opinion of
military experts we’ve talked with
is that neither nation could deliver
an initial knockout blow.
Japan, they recall, delivered an
all-out sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
that crippled otir Navy. Our su
periority in the movement of men
and material to distant parts of the
world proved, in the end, to be de
cisive.
Russia undoubtedly has, or will
soon have, the ability to strike an
even more punishing first blow
through the use of long-range mis
siles. But we now have the ability to
move fully equipped armies thou
sands of miles in a matter of hours,
and to keep them supplied through
an aerial pipeline.
Secretary of the Air Force, James
H. Douglas, pointed out that, in
addition to an undisclosed number
of military planes, the U. S. has on
a standby basis some 2,500 civilian
cargo and passenger planes in a
Civil Reserve Air Fleet that would
dwarf the famous Berlin ailrift
Except for the availability of the
CRAF, the military budget now
before Congress might be appreci
ably larger. Secretary Douglas rec
ognized this when he told a congre*
sional military appropriation* com
mittee;
"We have not ordered any turbo-
jet transport aircraft for the Mili
tary Air Transport Service, such as
the airlines have on order in large
numbers, and which we count on the
airlines making a part of CRAF.
Tins fleet is an essential part of our
wartime airlift ability.”
These views are shared by Con
gressmen with whom we have talk
ed Rep Prince H. Preston, (D ,-
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DANIEL E. ORK, D. V. M.
Ga ), Chairman of the House Appro
priations Subcommittee for the Air
Force, 4 told us in an interview:
"Our not so«*ecrrt weapon, more
significant than ail the sputniks, Is
the Civil Reserve Air Fleet. It
should be maintained and strength-
enH to give us unmatched ability
to shift and concentrate our strik
ing power tn a matter of hours, not
days or weeks
''The bulding of a strong civilian
air fleet through government as
sistance not only is good sense, R
also is good economy The Rerlin
airlift demonstrated the value of our
ability to move people and supplies
safely and speedily '-
Rep. Albeit Thomas . fD, Tex ). |
another member of the subcom
mittee. told us that "if and when the j
next war starts, the -initial move-
men of men and uspplios must be I
done by air This can be done only
if we maintain and strengthen 'our
air ower, both military and civilian
An adequate reserve throutfi the
commercial airlines is of the utmost
z
importance ’’
Kep John J. Rooney (D , NYl,
also a member of the Air Force
subcommittee, said "air power will
continue to be of vital importance in
our total defense for some time I
favor maximum utilization of both
military and civilian plane* as the
most economical method for mam
taining our air strength/’
without filling
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