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p ▼ ▼ f r r. ▼ f F ^ I - ».*♦*—*»*» . . -V -} ,-l THE CLINTON CHRONICLE CHnton, S. C., Thursday, D«csrnb«r IB, 19iB By M. L. OUT/, County Agent Jimmy Hellams of Wattsvllle in front of a catch cage of quail. Mr. Hellams raises several hundred quail as a hobby each year. Mr. Hellams in a patch of cow-peas sown in the spring for wildlife food. He sa>s that birds and rabbits will live and do well on cowpeas. Cowreas. according to Mr. Hel lams, do not shatter and will hold out for a long period of time dur,ng the winter months. (Co. Ext. Office Pnoto). “Laurens County could be come a hunter s paradise," says Jimmy Hellams of Wattsville. - Mr. Hellams is one of those fellows who real ly enjoys hunting and pro vides the cover and food for game. Jimmy knows game. Somehow you enjoy talking with a person who has learn- The Thoughtful Gift That Keeps Friends Together Stationery gifts are a nice way of telling someone apodal: “Let’s keep in touch.” Choose from our wide collection. THfc CHRONICLE STATIONERY department birds. From there, we visited his quail project. He has sev eral hundred in cages. Think ing possibly that some of these would t{o out to farms and be turned loose. I asked Jimmy what he planned to d 0 with them. “These will be sold to local people who want a mess of quail,'’ he added. “Birds and other gaip* will build up on land if farmers Avill provide food and cover for them.'' he continued. At the farm we found cowpeas, millet and lespedeza fqr quail and other game. According to Mr. Hellams, cowpeas make very good wildlife food. He says that cowpeas wDl not shatter like many other types of peas. Millet is very good for doves in the fall. I asked about bi-color, and he said that bi-color was good after Christmas. It seems that Mr. Hellams had taken a grain drill and gone around much of his land and planted cow peas. “Cowpeas will grow on any kind of land.'' he said. 1. asked Mr. Hellams about the cost of seeding, and he said that the ASCS office gave assistance. I checked with the office and found that assis tance is available, running from $2.50 to $10.00 per acre. Assistance is available in seeding millet. lespedeza, cowpeas, soybeans, vetch, and bi-color lespedeza. Those in terested may sign after Jan uary 1 and make a request for help. Wildlife food patches will not interfere with regular farming operations. They only need to be planted in open places in woods, in narrow corners, and where possible, along the edges of fields. “If this is done, one can expect a covy of quail for every eight acres or there about,” de clared Jimmy. Some years ago the Wild life Resource Department raised quail, to ’turn ; loosc on farms. According to our game wardens, most of those quail starved because they couldn't rustle for food. It was felt that if food and shel ter were provided by farm ers that the wild game would increase. That is what Mr. Hellams is doing. The Wildlife Resource De partment has three very ca pable genHpment assigned to Laurens County to assist land owners with their game prob lems and to protect game. They are G. B. O’Dell of \Vare Shoals, Sidney Lee of Laur ens. and I. V. Burdette of Laurens. These men are known as "game wardens.” They spend a great deiil of their time in protecting game and fish. They are available to assist those trying to in crease wildlife population. Call them for advice. Mr. Hellams believes that several farmers should work together in providing food and cover for game, and then lease their land to hunters who do not have hunting land. This is being done to some extent, and has great possibilities. Landow'ners interested in planning a wildlife program should get in touch with any agricultural agency or the game wardens. What about the future of cotton? Will it hold to a place at the market counter? What are the problems facing this wonder fiber as it is known? Man-made synthetics have made dangerous inroads into the field of this qualify pro duct. Foreign production of cotton has also increased. It is also felt that cotton produc tion is scattered over such a wide area that organization and promotion w as been dif ficult. . ' > The greatest problem has been the new fibers. The tre mendous research and pro motion that has gone along yvith these synthetics has made them go. In fact, some say that as many as two mil lion bales of cotton has been lost to synthetics in the last two years. New synthetic fi ber plkais" with a capacity equal to 3.5 million bales of cotton will be completed by the end of' 1967. One other big factor was mentioned above, concerning the widespread production, which prevented to some ex tent a good promotion pro* gram. But I believe the one thing that has contributed to this is the independence that farmers have had through the years. They have assumed since the beginning of time that there would be a ready market for cotton. This has been the case, but not any more. This year farmers have told me that the mills didn’t want their cotton. The mills seem to be in the driver’s seat from a political standpoint al so. So they are tying quality factors heretofore never heard of to the support price program. Welli farmers will have an opportunity to express them selves toward a research and promotion program in a ref erendum to be held Decem ber 5-9. If producers approve, they will be assessed $1 a bale for all cotton marketed. A cottop board, set up by the Secretary, of Agriculture, will administer the program. Each cotton producing state “will have a representative on the board, and an additional member for each million bales of cotton or major fraction thereof. The cotton board, with( the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, will make con tracts or agreements to de velop research and promotion plans or • projects. This will be paid for cut of the $1 per bale collected trom the pro ducers. It will take a two-thirds ma jority for this program to be come effective. Producers who do not favor the program can get a refund by making an application up to 90 days after the assessment. The money will be refunded with in 60 dys. I am sure there are a great many who will disagree with this program. However, I’m sure there are many who will agree one one point, and that is’ simply that cotton must get some help from s o m e- where, or else. USE CHRISTMAS SEALS 1566 v. 'tssi v|; FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS and other . Respiratory Diseases & W-DUADA CHOICE CHUCK Steaks W-D U.S.P.A. 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