Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Thursday, December 14, 1961 THE CLINTON CHRONICLE 1 IS FARMS AND FOLKS By L. C. HAMILTON Clemsoo College Extension Information Specialist WATCH FOR THE NEWEST VARIETIES You’ll want to be on the look out, in the near future, for re lease of new plant variety recom mendations issued by Clemson College. acre more by planting registered and certified seed. This is an in crease of 15 to-40 per cent in yield. “Planting registered and certi fied seed of our recommended va rieties could well pay more divi dends than any other single prac tice a farmer might adopt.” Mr. Garrison could have ap plied this statement to other crop seed. It’s Just as important to get the correct cotton, soybean, or corn seed. Varieties for the vege table and fruit garden must be chosen with care also. Just because a seed catalog is nationally circulated is not suf ficient reason to believe that all the seed it recommends are suit able to our soil, climate, and oth er conditions. CENTIPEDE OK UNDER PINES Elijah Dobson, a retired Penn, sylvanian who has moved to a lakeside lot east of McCormick, says he finds Centipede grass all right to plant under pines in his part of the state. SEED IS BIG BUSINESS The value Of the registered and certified seed sold in South Caro lina is estimated to be 11 or 12 million dollars annually. South Carolina’s seed certifica tion program started in 1947. At that time, the value of certified and registered seed sold in the state was about 1* million dol lars. • • • HOG KILUNG TIME AGAIN When the temperature dips down into the twenties; when the frost covers the ground like a silver blanket; when your fingers ache; and the margins of your ears sting—it’s hog killing time. You need the cold weather to provide chilling. Thus you can prevent spoilage while the salt is soaking in to the innermost parts of the meat. As County Agent J. C. King ad vised Orangeburg farmers: “Salt preserves the meat and sugar fla vors it. If you use saltpeter, that’s for setting the red color.” Ah! For some country cured ham! • • • WHICH BULB IS BURNED OUT? Don't wait too late to buy that Christmas tree light circuit. I know from experience that the frayed one you’ve used for five years will be used again unless replaced before the tree arrives. Bill Gladden, Clemson exten- tion agricultural engineer, says the circuits with two wires going to each socket are more expen sive but more reliable. “In the long run they’ll be cheaper and much less trouble.” By trouble, he undoubtedly means the systematic search for the burned out light bulb on cir cuits wired in series. But when the circuits are parallel (two wires), only the bulb that’s honi ed out will go off. • • « HONOR AMONG THE SMALLEST McCormick is the steond smallest and the second as west county in South Carolina. Only Lee is smaller and newer. County Agent G. W. Bonnstte says the county contains 239,089 acres of land. Farm income of about 1 million dollars annually is evenly distributed between crops, forestry and livestock. The development of better plant varieties never stops, and during any particular year you’re likely to have a number of superior va rieties developed which you’ll want to know about. A plant variety which appears on Clemson’s recommended list has just successfully run one of the toughest obstacle courses known. It’s safest for planting in South Carolina. There are several reasons why other “good" varieties might not appear on this list. Poor disease or insect resistance might make it a poor risk under our condi tions. Such things as day length might prevent production of a crop in South Carolina. Yet. the variety may be a heavy yielder in another latitude. It could be, the variety that you think is “good” may not have been test ed. This process normally takes a couple of years, sometimes more. The safest procedure in select ing a variety is to get it from lat est recommended list, available at your county agent’s office. Se lect all your varieties from this list. Next, buy only seed that are registered and certified for true ness of type and purity. They will bear a tag of the South Carolina Crop Improvement Association The increased yield is likely to more than pay for the added cost R H. Garrison, head of Clem son’s .Seed Certification Depart ment, has this to say about reg istered and certified small grain seed: "Small grain farmers stand to gain yields of 5 to 10 bushels per Social Security Question--I am 67 years old, but have never applied for social security benefits because I am still working and earning between $1500 and $1900 each year. My neighbor told me that 1 could re ceive benefits under the new law and that 1 should apply Is this so? Answer—Yes. You should ap ply for social security immedi ately. As a result of recent amendments to the law, you will probably be able to get some benefits even though you earn 1 quite a bit more than $i200 a year Your social security office can tell you about the latest changes Question—1 am 57 years old and had to stop working seven months ago because of a severe disability. Are there any provis ions under the social security law in cases like mine? Answer—Yes, you may be eli gible for monthly social security disability benefits, and certain members of your family may al so be paid monthly benefits. Question—I have heard that a worker who is disabled may now get social security disability pay ments I would like to know how disabled you must be to collect Answer—You must have a con dition which shows up in a medi cal examination or test and is so severe that you are unable to en gage in any substantial gainful work. If you can no longer work at your regular Job but still can do other substantial gainful work, you probably will not qualify un der t h e disability provisions Your condition must be one that has lasted for 6 months or more and is expected to continue for a long and indefinite time —For— • HEATING • AIR CONDITIONING • PLUMBING • SHEET METAL WORK Call or Write Phone 833-1057 P. O. Box 552 Clinton, S. C. Representing THE OTT COMPANY 1306 South Harper St. Laurens, S. C. ivwrir * miviiivg Sjiced Cheese • • Palmetto Parma Whale Barbecued Chicken Watt Virginia Brand, Pull Half Hygrade Hams • • 14k Pkg. Country Cured Hams Tatty Medium Mullet Fish lb. lb. 89' 15 Hafaia Cooked Canned Hams*1.99. 3 - *2.99 Selected, Skinless, Sliced Beef Liver 39 Mild and Mollow Cheese..... 1 39* Limit 1 af yaur choica with a $5.00 or mart order ASTOR MAXWELL HOUSE Coffee=49* s 59t Dtcp ' uth Strawberry or Ptach ) HOLIDAY FEASTING—PORK LOIN SALE! Center Cut J "U taler tit ZA. 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