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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE Otataa, & C, 10, 1904 -r WHEELERS HAVE EGG BUSINESS “I would rather have laying hens than any other farm enter prise”, so said W. S. Wheeler of Owings. Mr. Wheeler is an active man of sixty-four years. He and Mrs. Wheeler have had laying hens for the past eight yean. The Wheelers started with 500 layers and now have 1800. The eggs are sold to retail customers from house to house and a few are sold wholesale to stores in Owings and Gray Court. The eggs are delivered on Thursday and Fri day. k I asked Mr. Wheeler about management problems. He start ed with a statement about record keeping. “I keep daily records on egg production along with such matters as feed consump tion, and I also cull loafing birds.” “On disease and health care, 1 usually follow the poultry letter and find it very useful in giving tips on taking care of the hens. A clean poultry house is a neces sity also.” Rats are a tremendous prob lem around a chicken house be cause of the feed and water sup ply. But Mr. Wheeler has no rats. This gentleman has done the best job of eradicating rats I’ve seen. I asked him about it and he says that he used D-Con by the pound. “When rats are in the house, I will put out D-Con and after two weeks another supply is put out.” Mr. Wheeler has found that every trick in the book must be used as well. He has a rat terrier dog that does a good job of killing rats and he also uses a rifle and shotgun. I would guess that rats get less than five pounds of feed on the Wheeler farm W year. Both Mi 1 .'and Mrs. Wheeler are in their early sixties, yet they do all the work. They feed the birds by hand, gather, grade and pack the eggs. Then they are ready for Mr. Wheeler to deliver to his customers. The Wheelers have taken the middle man out and receive full price for the eggs. The customer gets a fresh er product delivered to his door. Ross Cook. Fred Pitts and George Roper, as well as many others in this county, are doing this same type production and marketing. I believe that with the tremendous market available at Greenville and Spartanburg, more farmers should try this method. After all. milk has been delivered to the door for many years so why not eggs. One ad vantage is the fact that very little land Is required. In fact, the Wheelers have only two acres, yet they make a nice liv ing. Congratulations to the Wheelers for the fine job they are doing. A/d Vou/Cnow? Fever is a ^eaptom. not a die- sqm. R warns that something Wimig HI mIH uuuy. inTEClKW It usual j-f****. but other things FOURTEENTH ANNUAL d ; estioa( Christmas music presented by CONVIKSI COLLEGE CHOOALf WOFFORD COLLEGE GLEE CLUB SPARTANBURG HIGH SCHOOL CHORUS SPARTANBURG SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA GUEST SOLOISTS ADMISSION FREE SPARTANBURG MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM iimdwy, Dec. 13 — 3 p.m. and B p.ae. Sponsored by Citixeas and Sou there National Bank Comaianity Super Markets Duka Puwur Company Jonathan Lagan, lac. Kohlnr Company Spartanburg Coca-Cola Bottling Ca. Tho Spartanburg County Foundation Tht Junior League of Spartanburg, lac ta at .. said M. L. Is presMent ef the Coanty 4-H Council. This past week he prnidrd ever ear 4-H ALLEN FINLEY Allen Finley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Finley of Mount- ville, is a a new member of the livestock club. Allen re cently purchased a registered polled Hereford calf and won top honors for having the best fitted animal in the Junior Beef cattle show at the Laurens County fair. Congratulations to Allen. • * • 4-H’ers were in Chicago last week. Five Laurens County members were there looking over the windy city and at tending the International Live stock Exposition. Those from the county were Calvin Robert, son, Pam Watts, Larry Cock rell, Jack Marier and Ronald Kellett. Miss Myrtice Taylor, our home agent, accompanied the group. Congratulations to these fine young people. * • • D. H. I. A records show Lau rens County out front in dairy production. With more than 900 cows on test, our average is 11,703 pounds of milk with 542 pounds of butter fat. Eleven herds are on test in the coun ty. Those on test are as fol lows: Jack Davis, L. F. Davis, Caldwell Henderson, Ralph Waldrop, Hance Finley, Harry Ingraham, Jamoe Martin, Boyd and Gene Stoddard, White Plains Farm, Whitten Village, and Tbornweil Orphanage. The reason for this high pro duction is better feeding and breeding practices along with improvement in general man agement. Since 1966 Laurens County dairy farmers have bred ap proximately 9,000 cows artific ially. Most of the sires were proven and out of the beat dairy herds in the U. S. A. This has caused a constant improve ment in milk production as well as type. No doubt in the future dairy farmers will breed about one hundred per cent of their herds to such outstanding animals. Almost any herd that material things. Look what has happened to our one day a week set aside for rest and spiri tual restoration. No woadar we are a nation of nervous wrecks with our emotionally inspired diseases skyrocketing and filling our hospitals. Not only have we lost our some of love for God, but we have lost It for oaft another. We have a fine on-coming gen eration of young people, but they are starved for love and ap preciation. Ask any juvenile court judge, social worker, psy chiatrist, psychologist, or clergy man. Over the years I’ve dealt with hundreds of domectic cas es. Hie basic trouble with all of them is boredom caused by lack of appreciation and love. This season should find us very thoughtful and very hum ble. We should recall the words that the Lord gave to Solomon many years ago: “If my people, which are called by My name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek My face, and turn from their wickad ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” (II Chronicles 7:14) •rvice £ Veterans EHgibJe For Gl lose ranee More than a million and a half veterans may not know that they are eligible for the reopening of GI insurance, Laurens County Service Officer Howard Watkins said this week. They are those who disabilities, although adjudged to be service connected, are so slight they do not rate monthly pensatlon payments since are less than 10 per cent dis abling. The fact, however, that their disabilities are service connect ed makes them eligible to apply for National Service Life Insur ance, Mr. Watkins poiotod out The VA has no way to trace these individuals to notify them of their eligibility. These veterans are probably entitled to the lowest insurance rates under the reopening plan since their physical impairments are of such a slight nature, ffk. Watkins said. Inquiries majr be addressed to the VA Regional Office, Columbia, South, Caroli na, or to your local County Ser vice Officer. Fever bums protein, carbohydrates and fet at fast rate. Body loses fluids from perspiring. If fever is protonced, S physicia.i should be ccneuitcd. EVERYDAY COUNSELOR ■y Biahep Herbert Bpaugh We should spend this holiday season in somber reflection and humble thanksgiving for the many blessings we have but are on the way of losing. In the midst of material plenty wo are unhappy and fearful people. We are losing them because we have lost our sense of spiritual vahasa. We are trying to buy happiness with money, and it cannot ho done. Other civilizations have is using the service has a great incraaeS in production. The service man. Jamas R. Jacks, reports that there will he approximately 2,000 cows bred artificially this year. This shows a constant increase each year since 1166. I don’t believe it is possible for a dairyman to own the typo bulls available through the ser vice. I also feel that those who don’t use it will eventually he out of business. There simply isn’t any wap to stay up with rising costs without getting higher production per cow. tried it, failed, and have gone down to ruin. We are likewise on the way to destroy ourselves. One indication is our disposi tion to grumble and complain. There is an old adage which says, “Those who grumble have too much.” That proverb is basi cally correct. Grumbling la a sign of a long-time luxurious standard that makes people un appreciative. How many of you readers have family prayers in tbs morning and say grace before each meal? You young parent* are falling in your duty 'f you don’t teach your children ta pause before they eat aad offer a prayer of gratitade. We are not only unappreciative of the material blessinRs which a loving God hat permitted as to acquire, hut we are more unappreciative and lectfui of our spiritual The Bible tells us that God is love, but we have lost our com munion with Him, and so we have lost our sense qt love. The time we should spend In spiritual renewal we occupy with CHRONICLE PUB. CO. ADD MORE PIECES TO HER COLLECTION NOW Lncky the maa whose wife owns Towu Sterling Christmas Rhoppiag is assy for Urn. Bacauas a lady who owns Towu really enjoys bar sterliag. Few things make her happier than that added place setting, that longed for serving place. Just he sure you know the name of her pattem-if not. brine • teaspoon along Well help you to accomplish your mission lio.es arse ttt.io A TONIC’S Can4Uti|M Mfty term E. TONU S KMr tlehart CImm* S«rvM| KsNt C TOWU S Old Itetltr C«td MM F«rk 0. TONU S l-«ato tMttw Karts 110.00 DILLARD BOLAND Jeweler Pitta Street Clinton, 8. 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