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Pm« Eiffct THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Thursday, August 7, 1958 FARMS... AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Cleinson College Information Specialist FARM AND IIOMF WEKK Well, it's here again! Farm and Home Week at Clemson August 11- 15 You can st'e a program at your county or home agent's office. Or you can pick up one of your own when you get to Clemson and reg ister. • * The week is jammed full of, things to suit every interest of farm and home Lectures, demon strations. tours, exhibits, entertain ment—all amid the beauty of the fmitbills and with congenial col lege and farm folks at every hafid. Really, Farm and Home Week at Clemson gets bigger and better ^ each year. Every facility of the! college is bent to bringing you the latest things of science. Truly, the farmer or homemaker who attends these events regularly can’t be far behind in their knowledge of what’s breaking in their fyxrow. TIMBER AND COTTON Down in Bamberg County Agent have bought a lot of land On thi$, Hubbard told me the timber folks they turned the cotton allotments back into the county office. For now those lands have gone from cotton for good I’m wondering lif those allotments can t now be used to bring the acre ages of the good cotton farms they have up to the point where econo mic production will again be pos sible In recent years acreages have been so restricted in many cases that mechanization and full use of the cotton potential can’t be used. The transfer of unwanted acreage to places in the county where it is wanted is a great need at many places in South Carolina. Some at tempts to do this have helped, but they have been of a temporary na ture. A farmer needs to know he Telephone Talk IKE EDWARDS Your Telephone Manager HAD YOUR “TALKIE” BREAK this morning? If* mighty good with that second cup of coffee. A leisurely phone call, and you can catch up on the newt ... swap recipes ... enjoy the kind of friendly, unhurried visit that makes phoning the fun-time of the morning. And anytime you need h, your telephone is there. It helps with your errands ... keeps you in touch ... assures you of imme diate help when emergencies arise. So when it’s time for a few minutes of leisure, enjoy them with a friend. Have a “talkie" break—by phone! VACATION TIP: Be sure you have a place to atayf Camping out in the car la no way to start a vacation. Smart travelers phone a- head for reeervabone Joat another way that your phone can bdp make yossr vacation • happy one. And whfle you’re away, remember to keep m touch with (ha folks at home. A Long Distance call can reassure them ... add pence ai to your trip. Coats so link. mo. Par bargain rates call after six and aQ day Sunday. Save by caUing Stauoo-to-Statioo. OOOD NEWS AHEAD: la spite of a downturn oi business about tbs middle of l9ST t Southern Beil is fos* ahead in 1931 wkh a bsg ton program—about $250 million. The entire BeO I h apand^ $2 bOhoa 200 mfflion on new construction In •» The modcrai ration plans under way wfll continue at a normal rate ... research and development wfll be slapped op ... more eagmeen will be trained in new arts of com- This is food news far all of as. For, by going •business as usual" your Telephone Cbmpesy wfll have a Amu in boistariag the wcO-baiag of our antiou’s tvfUK—y. and each of ns wfll bsoatit from the program being made in tbe operation of Southern BdTs ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ ★ i—i—=— -/9t it it it it ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ONE-STOP SERVICE youll appreciate You save time and trouble with our one-etop eervice. We are * equipped to serve all your ear needs: ★ 1. Trained lubrication service with Marfak lubricant At 2. Automatic tranamiaeion aervice with Texamatic Fluid. 3. Highest quality tires, betteries and acceasoriee. 4. Top octane Texaco Sky Chief gaaoline supercharged ” with Petrox ... or emergency-power Fire Chief at the rep- ★ ular gasoline price. They’re both 100% CUmaU-ControlUd ^ for top performance. , 5. Havoline Special 10W-S0 — the all-temperature motor W oil fof quicker rtarts, more power, more gaaoline miles. -fa writ aiwats kady to sctvi youi STOP AT YOUR NEAREST TEXACO STATION H. D. Payne & Co. DISTRIBUTOR PHOS E 579 CLINTON, g. G ha* acreage fur good before be can rebuild his firm setup to take care of M. And we do have good cotton lands and setups at places which, by all rime and reason, should be largely in cotftn This is a time of specUdization. And if a fellow is to be a cotton farmer, he needs enough to do something with and enough ot gainfully employ the gadgets"of mechanization Yes. many of our lands have gone or are gonig from cotton, for evident reasons. But others, well suited to the crop under present conditions, will stay with it, if per- \ mitted to do so. Acreage needs to be put where it is wanted, and not allowed to escape into thin air from those areas not wanting it. To treat all of those alike it’s murdering cotton in those areas where it is the economic crpp to grow. County Agent Bowen, speaking for the Sumter cotton committee, brought this out forcefully at last winter's state cotton meeting. 1 un derstand a bill has been introduced in Congress to permit something like I’m talking about. CHICKENS IN’ DORCHESTER On some of as poor land as there is in the state, C. C. Rumph has shown what can be done with chick ens down in Dorchester. For years he has grown and dressed broilers by the thousands. And the cleanings from those houses have enriched his land to where he wins in corn contests. j > Trees are his other major in come. He does careful forestry, and his trees, like his chickens/have been good to him. You should see the home they built. And then he has corn, grain sorguhm, and hogs, too. Also a fine pond. You’ll find him fishing there a lot. The public can fish there, too, by putting their fee in a box at the gate. • • • BOYS ARE THAT WAY Last week we talked a bit of com here. We told of what it meant to us in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork when I was coming along. Back then the only com improve ment we knew was to save the best ears as we shucked it along through the year. But in 1911 a new man came to our county. We called him the "demonstrator" or "demonstra- tkln agent ” Some folks called him "a book farmer" and thought it a joke, that fellow from Celmson try-1 mg to tell them bow to do But all did not feel that way, for this man was capable His name was E. E i Hall, later long-time superintendent of Clemson .< Florence Experiment Station who retired just a few years ago And folks began to pay heed to him One of the first things he taught us was to ’field select’* our seed, corn He showed us the folly of se lecting tt in the crib, for Looking For A ‘New’ Meat Dish? Try Glazed Leg O’Lamb Roast!' Sy Nancy Carter Roast leg of lamb is one of the most popular meat dishes hi better restaurants and hotels from coast to coast. However, some women hesitate to buy this roast which can add excellent variety to family and company meals. HOW TO SUY A ROAST Top quality lamb is available in your supermarket year round. You can buy it by government grade and by store brand so there’s no guesswork in getting tine meat. A full leg of lamb weighs 8 to 9 pounds. Rut supermarkets cut this in half and you may buy either the sirloin roast portion weighing about 4 pounds or the short leg which also weighs about 4 pounds. Allow about H to H pound per serving. HOW TO ROAST LAMS There is a tasteless thin paper-like covering over lamb called “fell ” It is not necessary to remove it before cooking although it makes carving easier if it is removed. Wipe meat with a damp paper towel. Place meat, fat side up, on a low rack in a shallow open pan. Insert a roast meat thermo meter into the center of the roast if you have one. This take* the guesswork out of cooking to the right degree of doneness. Roast in a slow oven, 325 degrees, until the meat thermometer indicates 170 degn-es for medium or 182 degrees for well done. A whole leg of lamb, 8 pounds, requires about 4 4 hours roasting to be well done. A half leg. weighing 4 to 5 pounds, requires about S'i hours. Fifteen minutes before the lamb is done it may be glazed by spreading with mint or currant jelly, or tjus mixture: 7* cup brown sugar. H teaspoon ginger, Jt teaspoon ground cloves and one tablespoon vinegar. cheerfully that our duracter ma tures and develops In an amazing story of Joseph's rise to his important post in Egypt, the Book of Genesis quotes him as saying, “God has caused me to be fruitful in the Isnd of my afflic tion.” Sometime ago I was talking with a medical doctor who earned his medical degree at the cost of en countering many obstacles and ex periencing much personal suffer ing. He had to fight every step of tbe way. In the course of his educa tional career he experienced a ner vous breakdown. But through it all he was never deterred from his goal. In the course of the conversation, I observed that those things through wheih he had passed should be very helpful to him in his min istry to suffering humanity. He re plied efhphatically that this was the truth. His experience reminds us of SL Paul whose ministry was accom plished through much personal suf fering, and in the fact of almost insuperable obstacles. Realizing the purpose of this, he wrote, ‘Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of it! comfort; who com forts us in afl our afflictions so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God ... If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are com forted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same suffering that we suffer.” St. Peter who had the same ex perience, wrote, “Now for a sea son, if need be, you are in heavi ness through manifold temptations; that the trial ot your faith, bein| much more precious than oi gfed that peririMth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honor and glory at tbe appearing of Jesus Christ." As an old man. looking back upon some of his moat difficult expe riences, St. Paul wrote, "Notwith standing the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me." How true are tbe words in the Epistle to the Hebrews, "Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: Neveii theless, afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby. Wherefore lift up the hands which nang dowh, and the feeble knees; and make straight paths for your feet . . . Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord." SAVE or INVEST with % Safety — Profit — Convenience more blustery day you seldom s«e. A friend was heard to remark, “The old folks said it always rains when a good person passes ” It does seem funerals hit more than their share of rainy days The church was full that day. As 1 sat on the front row with the other pallbearers, I saw the usual wasp clumsily flitting against the windows, as they did when I was a barefoot boy there. And I recalled how dutrariing they were to me as a kid I always kept a close eye on them and heard little of the ser vice. For I had a horror of one of those things lighting on me Once one of those church wasps Ut on the preacher’s coot collar. I there we'sod others almost had a At as it EVERYDAY COUNSELOR By Dr. Herbert ftpaagfc Almighty God has a deep, rich purpose in the permissive provi dence of suffering. It is only as we learn to bear the burdens of hi crawled there to his bare arck Cousin MeU could stand it no iongsr Quietly, and as seif-effacing as bs could, he sidled up there and gave M a snap wkh ha finger ll fell ever there an the mea t side, and cousin Paul mash hi,, ed it with his feet pick i l oune. I the pile there in the crib Next week a bit more of the lore of the corn pile, as it used to be. Few could tell nothing of the character uf the stalk, how many ears it had. . or whether it was specially favored by spore, being near the manure pile, etc So after that it was our job to put cotton picking sacks on our shoulders before the con vested, go over the fields. , _ the ears from the nght sort of . stalk.* at Hall had taught us Of j u,r **« «*ker ■ i t Ukr that much for •• rimrch er ast, I u and all at that stuff • mon * strangers me was anathema to me But it did im »*** 1 ^ prove our corn more than the eld a ot select mg seed con from * cw,> “ ** folks there that day wore familiar But aO ns meg were helped me rail their names But I time sure changes things I saw a, 1 don t gti la visit much ta the there who wm ben Dutch Fork new But afl routes UBCr j lhoM tort of bend m that direction, as I j Gracious, you ad go about the state Se I ride ^ thMt j through there frequently, always , m ^ I a c left there far c«L amid a shower of memories Fu-jfcg, m ltl2 mvot lived nerals of the old tuners are what unce But I'm familiar with mostly call me there now ^ r>r * qU pgr they I went to one of late A may drav mr Almost anywhere down j ^ ^ there to take the route that leads through the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fort. 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