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FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. M ELEAZER OtomaoM Colkff* Information Spadallnt at M •' If aay Owy POULTRY PRIM.HESS Experiments showed we could make male broilers weigh 162 pounds in 8 weeks back in 1930 By 1938 it was up to 1.89. and 2.17 in 1946 But in 1954 we were growing broilers weighing 2.81 pounds in 8 ' weeks, as reported by Wallaces' Farmer. Not only that, but we are growing ’em witl^'less feed. Look at this: In 1937 it took 13 weeks and 13 pounds of feed to grow a 3-fc>und broiler. In 1947 it took 11 weeks and 10 pounds of feed to do it. Now we are making 3- pound broilers in 8 weeks on 7.25 pounds of feed! Thus, in 20 years growers have cut the time required to grow a 3- pound broiler by 5 weeks and the feed required by 5 pounds per bird! Efficiency! There you have it. And it touches everyone of us in cheaper, better chickens. Most chickens are being grown on contract now. This assumes va ried forms. The five most common • are: 1 On straight shares, the grower getting about two-thirds and the supplier the other third But this varies some, according to exact arrangements as to what each does and furnishes. 2. Then there's the guaranteed share, in which the grower gets something like $40 to $50 per thou sand birds started plus half the net return, if any 3 The fee basis, the grower get ting $50 to $75 per thousand birds started, regardless of what they bring 4 Efficiency of operation, based on ratio of feed used to pounds of meat nude • ft Salary basis, m which grower would not cost the government any thing And good cotton areas would be able to maintain their cotton economy on a paying basis for gins, warehousemen, fertilizer dealers, and farmers alike. BOYS ARE THAT WAY About the only fruit we ever had in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork when I was coming up was what we raised Scale had not come and other insects and diseases were rare. You’d set a peach, apple, cherry, or pear sprout out on the ditch bank or terrace and it would live about as long as you did. The small place my folks bought before I was born had a dandy or chard on it when they got it. In fact, it was mature and very pro ductive then. And it started playing out as I came along. When I was about ten we set out some bought trees below the old or chard there in the straw field, meaning to plow out the broom straw middles later. But we never got to it that spring, and the straw came up waist high over it, as usual. During the busy early summer, we had largely forgot about those tiny trees we had set out there the winter before On a June day at noon I chanced to go down in the orchard to look around I went through the old orchard The snags and sprouts there were loaded with friut. but only the chemes were ripening The old native fruits were mostly late 1 happened to think of those new bought trees wr had planted, and walked down in the straw field to tee them I could hardly find the little twdehot there m the tall thick straw The spring bad been very dry. and those Dim lived barely dnt year when I was la Eurepe I an- tired the sinking difTrrAwe be tween American* and European* Europeans have much lees than we have in a material way. yet they seem to be much happier with what they do have They don't drive themsetvm like we do They know ^ the value of a midday rest, and practice it, particularly in the smaller towns We were in Komgs- feld, Germany, for a week It is a small town in the Black Forest. At twelve o’clock every business es tablishment, including the post of fice, closed down until two. I re member reading a small sign in an apartment house over the doorbell, “Don’t ring thus bell between twelve and two.” My wife early in marriage learn-, ed the value of mid-day rest. Like many young mothers today she had her children and they were active. She knew that pre-school children needed a nap in the afternoon and she saw that ours got it. She knew she saw that ours got it At the same time, she took resj herself. Every mother can do that and should The child who misses his nap will usually reveal the fact by being cross and uncooperative. He will quarrel with his mother more read ily and grow angry at his brother or sister on slight provocation. Young children require proper food and sleep, and show it much more •rv chfliri TV 4ay ft* 4 Being wKh artlv* ymng all day is vary exbau*tiag I m a grandfather now and my grandrhil drrti when they g«4 togrthrr can wear me down in a few hour*, even though I love them dearly, We are al subject to many inter ruptions during the day. and the home is not immune There are tel ephone calls, doorbells, deliveries, etc Very few of these are finer gencies, and it isn't necessary to jump out of the bathtub or up from a needed rest to answer either the telephone or the doorbell. Nine out of ten of these calls can wait We would not answer them if we were not at home. Mothers, learn the value of reg ular' rest for your children and for yourself Not every adult can take a au*4ay rmt. km m lhaa As Take R M a •M w a chair with CITATION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION The State of South Carolina, County of Laurens By J. H. Wasson, Probate Judge: WHEREAS 'Herman Bernard Henderson made suit to me to grant him Letters of Administration of the Estate and effects of Sara M. DeGroff. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular the Kin dred and Creditors of the said Sara M DeGroff, deceased, that they be and appear before me, in the Court of Probate, to be held at Laurens Court House, Laurens, S. C., on Gtwu uad day of April J HEWLETTE .WASSON. 2r M * J P L C. U -- - - i --§■ - -- — - - - ■ - I IMI NiTTLEMEVT Take notice that on the 9th day June 1958. I will render a final account of my acta and doings as Executrix of the estate of Frank C. Young, Sr , in the office of Judge of Probate of I,aurens County, at 10 o'clock a m,, and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Executrix. Any person indebted to said es late is notified and required to make payment on or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly ! proven, or he forever barred * LOIS ADAIR.YOUNG, i Executrix May 6, 1958 41-M-29 PWwty of rwt in bed and real n the Lord will do more tb give a HATS Straw and Felts By STEPHEN !.. STETSON L. B. DILLARD IN JUST 15 MINUTES IF YOU HAVE TO SCRATCH YOUR ITCH— Your 48c back at any drug store. Apply ITCH-ME-NOT. It deadens your itch and burning in minutes: kills germs, fungi on contact. Won derful for eczema, foot itch, ring worm. insect bites, surface rashes. Todav at Young Pharmacy M 1-15-29-3r OFTICE SUPPLIES CHRONICLE PUB. CO. PHONE 74 Earh account insured up to $14,- 900 00 hy a duly licensed Casualty Insurance Co. Each employee under $1 000.000 00 Bond Winchester Graham Inc. Ilivendfied Finaming 1402 Sumter St. Columhia. S. t. SAVE NOW for ' —Vacation Travel —Additional Income / ' —Retirement Funds Begin a Savings Account Today and Add to It Regularly v At Laurens County’s Largest Savings Institution * Laurexs Federal Savings AND LOAN ASSOCIATION ▼ ME SECURITY O F A NATION LIES IN THE HOMES OF ITS PCOPLC LAURENS. SOUTH CAROLINA Open an Account Now — ( urrent Dividend Kate Z x h c c per Annum IVIRYTHINa FOft V CAREFREK Outdoor Eating! CpCC| 5-lb. package of Aunt Jemima Corn Meal * Mix or Quaker Grit* to everyone who buys a ticket in our store to the Aunt Jemima Hand wagon Jamboree ftpotuored by the Civitan Club. AUNT JEMIMA To UMfT QUAMTrTMft CORN MEAL MIX 5ib bM37c <H AKER QUICK OR REG GRITS 5 u. 33c The Cleanest Stores in Town...o Pleasant Place to Shop! DIXII HOMI Perfect For P»cn*cft iced TEA 33< ULY PLATES PAPER CUPS *!£ 99* Th 89* VEAL SALE! BEST MAT BUT! 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