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Thursday. April IS, 1961 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 11 Farms and Folks By L C. Hamilton Ciemaen Extension Information Specialist thank goodness for spring. Unless the established order of the seasons goes unexpectedly hay-wire, there’s a lot of reasons why we may look ahead with op timism. 1 suppose it’s been that way from the beginning of time. If nature follows the usual pat tern this year, the unfolding leaves (rill produce a«succession of fruits for your use and enjoy ment in the coming months. Jon quils and asparagus are among the earliest. Tobacco, cotton, and apples will come later in the year. What brings them forth? You might say that warm tem perature, sunshine, and rainfall are the “dements ” of a season. Man can’t do much about these dements. We simply expect na ture to provide than in the right proportion and at the correct time. Of the three elements, water is perhaps the most variable from the standpoint of supply. At cer tain times, a shortage of water may throw crops and garden plants into a very critical con dition. When it does, we can often give nature an assist by watering or irrigating plants. You’ve dope it, I’m sure. BUt perhaps you’ve never placed a dollar and cents value on watering plants. 8. A. Nunnery and T. V. Wilson. Clemson agricultural engineers, studied the dollar and cents value on irrigation in a comprehensive 7-year study at Clemson. Their research involved irrigation of cotton—a plant we normally think of as having good drought resist ance. Their work may give you a fair idea of the value of watering other plants as well. Does it pay to irrigate? Their research indicates a definite “yes.” It was worth, in net prof its, $28.30 an acre on the average for the seven years. Before giving this profit esti mate, the engineers carefully cal culated'all costs. Only the cost of mdking the water available was omitted. This would be so vari able as to be almost meaningless, they said. Since the experiment ran over a seven-year period, you can ac- Around Clinton High By Trade Davis In the Student Council elections that have been going on for the past two weeks, Judy Bedenbaugh was elected president of the coun cil, with Mike Red deck as vice- president. The new council mem bars will elect a secretary and a treasurer after they take over the responsibilities of the outgoing council. Since the Sentinel came out Monday, I can tell you who is Student of the Month. She is presi dent of the senior class this year. Did you guess Patsy Williams? If you did you guessed right! The Student of the Month for March is eligible for an Old EngUsh “C” because of her outstanding work on The Clintonian. Patsy is also a member of the senior play cast. The Student Council sponsored a spring dance April 7. Those at tending the frolic wore Sunday outfits. The council members fur nished the refreshments which were enjoyed by all. Last Friday the Transportation Club was responsible for the chapel program. As the guest speaker that morning, Sergeant Henry Fallow kept the entire stu dent body in stitches. Even though his talk was liberally peppered with jokes, he pointed out many reasons why safety is one impor tant factor while driving. Speaking of Fridays, tomorrow is the last day for the senior girls to tell Mr. J. C. Thomas which is her choice of silver patterns. The deadline has been shortened that there will be ample time be fore Thomas’ party to get the sil ver we want. Please cooperate with him and get your card in before tomorrow! Besides the party that we will have at Thomas’ Jewelry Store, the seniors will also have an an nual party May 2. At this party members of the senior class as well as of the Clintonian staff will receive the 1961 Clintonian. ' The Juniors, sophomores, and freshmen will get their annuals May 8. Those seniors taking part in the senior play, “Finders Creep ers,” are Trecie Davis, Mimi Martin, Joanne Todd, Lonnie Far- nell, Mary Cole, and Louise Speake. Others are Jimmy Johnson, Jimmie Orr, Nancy Neighbors, Patsy Williams, Wayne Morgan, Jerry Hall, Marvin Sanders, and Butch McLendon. This play is a mystery-comedy in three acts. The play reveals the events that took place during • week end at a mortician’s Don’t forgot to see “Finders Creepers” April 28! cept their estimate of value as fairly average for this crop. Net profits from Irrigation ranged from a low of $11.00 an acre in 1966 to a high of $60.00 in 1964. Observations further indi cated that irrigation was not needed at all one year out of sev en; that the crop would have “gotten by” four years and that it would have suffered severely two years. The best time to start irrigating cotton, the engineers found, was on the first day cotton began to wilt by 10 o’clock in the morning. The time to start irrigating va ries with crops. Tobacco, for in stance, may be damaged by wilt ing, and you’d want to start ear lier. Irrigation not only increased cotton yield, it also increased quality — showing that Sample lengths can be increased 1-16 to 3-32 inch by watering at the cor rect time. Home gardeners are usually more fortunate than farmers in their ability to supplement rain fall during critical periods of the growing season. It’s usually a matter of hooking the water hose to the faucet. But when farmers start irrigat ing crops, it follows a major man agement decision and a fairly high capital investment. Despite this, many of our experts feel that such an investment may be, in many cases, a wise one. • * * Saluda County 4-H’er Arthur Nichols used Clemson's 5-point corn program to take top honors in the county’s 1960 corn contest. In a nut shell, here’s how he did it: he planted one of the recom mended hybrids; seeded it thick on land to which he had previous ly broadcast 800 pounds of 0-14-14 fertilizer; he applied an additional 250 pounds of 4-12-12 at planting time; and later side-dressed the corn with 100 pounds of actual nitrogen; and irrigated twice. The result? One hundred and thirty bushels an acre. All of which reminds us, corn planting time is here again. • • .* Why do' cotton seedlings die? Most of them just catch cold, according to Orangebury County Agent J. C. King. Wet, cold soils favor the devel opment of seedling diseases. The little plants, fighting to germin ate and grow under such condi tions, just fall prey to the “bugs” and die. To remedy the situation, Mr. King suggests applying more pre cise methods to determine exactly when to plant. Research has shown that cotton grows off best when planted in a soil that is 65 degrees fahrenheit s i x inches down from the surface. “Take the soil temperature at 9 o’clock for three consecutive mornings—if it’s up to 65 degrees, start planting.” , A thermometer, of all things! What tools will farmers use next? ^ A look at the map shows soy bean production in the east and middle west. In crop importance, it ranks number 2 in several mid west states—in South Carolina, number 4, which is greater, inci dentally, than the ranking in any other South Atlantic state. School District No. 5« School Lunch Menu ■Week of April 17-21 MONDAY Milk, grilled luncheon meat, cole slaw with dressing, pork and beans, biscuit, butter, and bananas. TUESDAY Milk, egg salad sandwiches, vegetable soup with beef, corn bread, butter, and cake with chocolate icing. 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