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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-
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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.
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