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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Sept. 12, 1968 19 Drought Has Damaged Many County Crops BY M. L. OUTZ County Agent How much damage has the drought done to crops in the Coun ty? Well, of course, cotton and pastures have suffered tremend ously, and so have gardens, soy beans and late corn. I’ve been trying to give soy beans credit for standing the drought a little better than some other crops. In fact most beans are putting on a new crop of young beans. This is an addi tion to the few old beans that is on the stalk. So I feel that a few showers along will bring them on to maturity. Lets hope so. Cotton has been severly dam aged in Laurens County. The in tense heat together with the lack of water caused cotton to shed fruit and to cut down on boll size. Some farmers hare hoping for 3/4 boll. I hope we do bet ter. There has been local show ers in areas over the County that I hope some farmers will bene fit from. Dairy farmers have suffered a great deal in their forage pro duction. Of course, it takes alot of water to produce forage. Ear ly corn did come through with good yield. I was talking with Lucius Burns of Mountville about his corn crop. He said his ear liest corn should go to 100 bush els while some planted late would go about 30 bushels. It pays to get that corn in early and get it natured before droughts hit. If rains will come we still have time to get a lot of growth for hay. Very often we see enough hi. L. Ol'TZ, County Agent hay harvested in the fall to carry the herd through. Gardens were burned up un less they were irrigated. So fall vegetables will be scarce. I have had the poorest luck with tomatoes this year, I have ever had. It isn’t necessarily all the drought either. I suppose in all I have planted 200 tomatoes plants. At various times I can hardly find tomatoes for the din ner table. I’ve got nematode, wilt, blight and everything else I suppose. Next year I plan to start right and do a better job. Last February at our soybean and cotton meeting Dr. Anderson mentioned a new soybean variety called "Davis’’ and said it look ed very good in trials. The bean was developed in Arkansas. Gar rett Brothers ordered along with Brock Coggins. Placing an order for 10 bushels each. Last week I took a look at those and made a comparison with Hampton and Bragg. Today the beans are load ed with pods and are far ahead of the Hampton and Bragg. The final results of course, will de termine their value. If rains come other varities may catch the Da vis. Today, however, they are far behind. Young Drivers Told Of Changes In Legal Hours Young drivers who hold spe cial restricted licenses are re minded by the State Highway De partment of a change in condi tions affecting their driving pri vilege. Normally, a 15 year-old youth with a restricted license must be accompanied by an adult, licens ed driver when operating a motor vehicle between the hours of 6 p.m. until 6 a.m. However, an amendment to the law provided that because of Daylight Saving Time this summer, a driver need not be accompanied by a licensed adult before 8 p.m. However, summertime provision expires August 31, regardless of when Daylight Savings Time ends. Young persons with restricted license must therefore be ac companied by a licensed adult driver after G p.m. beginning September. 1, 1968. Exceptions in clude youths operating farm ma chinery and equipment other than a passenger car, while engaged in agricultural pursuits, and also while operating motor scooters or light motorcycles of five brake horsepower or less. Young men and women with re stricted licenses should take note of the new time stipulation and comply with it, the Highway De partment says. * * + FARMS and FOLKS ASC Election Ballot Deadline Is Monday Farmers were reminded today that Monday, September 16, is i the last date for turning inabal- 1 lot in the election of community ASC committeemen. Sam B. Fleming, Chairman, Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation County Committee, LUNCH MENU I District 56 Week of September 16, 1968 MONDAY - Milk, hot dogs with chili, mustard, onions, cole slaw, whole kernel corn, hot dog bun, butter, chocolate cake. TUESDAY - Milk, sliced bolog na, sliced cheese, green beans with whole potatoes, carrot strips, celery sticks, cornbread squares, butter, banana pudding. WEDNESDAY - Milk, fried chicken, jello with straw berries, rice with gravy, green peas, hot biscuit, butter. THURSDAY - Milk, hamburger with cheese, sliced tomatoes, French fried potatoes, ham burger bun, butter, chilled pea ches. FRIDAY - Milk, beef stew with Irish potatoes, onions, carrots, green pepper rings, rice, pickle ed beets, hot biscuits, butter, cookies. •You can no longer run your business simply by making and selling a product You must con sider the consequences of your business, what it does to human beings and for human beings. — Dan Seymour, president, J. Walter Thompson Co. explained that ballots were mail ed September 6, to eligible vot ers of record. They must be re turned to the county ASCS office -- by mail or in person -- not later than September 16. Qualified voters in the elec tion are all farmers who are eligible to take part in one or more of the farm programs which the committee administers. Lists of eligible voters in each com munity are available for public inspection in the county ASCS office. Anyone who believes he is eli gible to vote but who has not received a ballot is urged to get in touch with the county ASCS office immediately. Eligibility to vote is not restricted by reason of sex, race, color, religion, or national origin. For each community where an election is being held, three re gular committee members and two alternates will be elected. The chairman, vice chairman, and third regular member of the elected community ASC com mittee will serve as delegates to the county convention, where far mers will be elected to fill va cancies on the county ASC com mittee andwhere the committee’s chairman and vice chairman will be chosen for the coming year. The county convention will be held September 24 at the Laurens ASCS office, 207 W. Laurens St., Laurens. Chairman Fleming urges far mers to be sure to sign the state ment on the back of the out side envelope containing the plain envelope with the ballot for the community committee election. This statement is a certification that the ballot was marked by the former personally without undue influence by any person. The bal lot will not be counted unless the statement is signed. Church of Christ 603 N. Broad St. — CHnton, S. C. Address: P. O. Box 646 MILTON S. Parker, Minister Phone 833-2490 SUNDAY SERVICES Bible Study 9:45 ^ JJ* Preaching and Communion 10:45 A. M. Evening Service TUESDAY Bible Study 7:80 P * *** Write For Free Bible Correspondent Course BY COUNTY AGENTS EXTENSION HOME ECONOMISTS TODDLERS BATH-To simpli fy the toddler’s bath, hook and in expensive car seat (with plastic upholstery) over the side of the bib. This is safe and convient, helps keep mother dry. After ward, the seat tips up to drip dry before you store it. EGG CARTONS - Use emty egg cartons to store children’s socks in. PAINT BRUSH - A paint brush is great for dusting louvered doors and shutters. CATALPA WORMS - Catalpa worms have been reported in festing shade trees. Spray with DDT to control. LIMESTONE - Fall and early winter are ideal periods for spreading limestone on soils. 4-H - 4-H meetings begin next month. Everyone from ages 9 to 19 are invited to join. Call 984-3021 about the club nearest you. BY HAROLD ROGERS Assistant Extension Editor ALLENDALE - “That tired, rundown feeling” affects more than people. Allendale county agent W. H. Funchess says it can hit pas tures and crops as well, and he tells how Dunbar and New Os wald found a way to overcome it in their Coastal burmudagrass pastures. Their secret: the bottom plow. Going back to 1966, Funchess says “the Oswald’s Rebel Planta tion had a field of Coastal ber- muda that just wouldn’t grow. It turned brown dtiring dry weather, produced low yields and also took a long time to recover after cutting or grazing.” In the spring of ’67, the Os walds decided to do some doc toring. They “turned the sodas deeply as possible with a bot tom plow,” Funchess says, “and realizing that it would take sev eral months for the grass to re cover from the plowing, they planted corn in the pasture, cul tivating it in a way to leave the land as fiat as possible.” In August they cut the corn for sileage and used a light appli cation of nitrogen to stimulate the growth of the Coastal ber- muda. By the fall, they had a good coverage, the agent reports, and this past spring the Coastal ber- muda field showed no ill ef fects from last year’s bottom plowing. “As a matter of fact,” says Funchess, “it was evident short ly that this field was out-yield ing all others. Comparison with an adjoining field which hadn’t been renovated showed that 21 days after cutting, grass was growing 18 inches high on there- novated field, against 10 inches in the check field.” For those interested in this method of overcoming the sagg ing pastures, the agent out lines these suggestions: Turn deeply with a bottom plow in the early spring; plant a row crop such as corn; prac tice minimum cultivation, keep ing the soil surface as flat as possible; harvest the corn as early as possible, then apply additional nitrogen; lightly disc the following spring with a level ing harrow. * * * AUGUST WEATHER SUMMARY CLEMSON - The August wea ther summary for South Carolina is in, confirming what the per spiration told us all along--the month was one long heat wave. There was a brief respite Aug ust 11, but the searing weather returned quickly and held until August 26 when cooler weather came to linger. State Climatologist H. Landers of Clemson says the maximum temperatures for the month were about four degrees above normal and the minimum readings were one nr two degrees above. “No records were broken, but many places exceeded 100 de grees on several days,” Landers says. Columbia led the list with eight days of 100 or more, and 21 days of 95 or above. The high was 106 on August 23. The dry hot air mass which predominated most of the month also resulted in a very dry Aug ust. Wettest areas received no more than nearly half the nor mal rainfall, and the driest sec tions had less than one-fourth normal amounts. All in all, August was a wea ther month the farmers would just as soon forget and the town folks probably thought even less of the daily menu. * * * Good Oconee Apple Crop WALHALLA - Apple harvest ing in Oconee started 10 days to two weeks later this year than last, but the quality of the crop in the first stages was good, County Agent J. C. Morgan re ported. Among new facilities put in this year by growers was a new pack ing house and equipment added by Ernest Brewer, making a to tal of seven packing sheds in the Long Creek area. Morgan re ports that C. B. Thrift also added to his packing house and installed a water floating system for un loading apples and getting them on the grader. This was the first system of this type in the Long Creek area. ±uiiiiiiiiiiminiiiiimiiiinnitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHitiiiiiiiy * t 5 To primitive man, a totem pole served as symbol of his close-knit family group. For todays families, and for many families in this com munity, our bank is proud to serve every financial need ... of the whole "clan!" BANK OF CLINTON Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation 3% Interest PaW On Savings Accounts Semi-Annually Farm Market News BY COUNTY AGENTS’ OFFlAv VEGETABLES Beans, Lima Bu., $7 - 7.50 Okra, No 1 Bu BKT, $5.50 - 6 No 2 Bu BKT, $3 - 4 Peas Field, Bu HPR, $4 - 5 Squash, No 1 BU HPR, $5- 5.50 No 2 BU HPR, $2.50- 3 Sweet Potatoes Farmers Pack BU BKT (Good) $4.50-5 BU BKT (Fair) $2 - 3 Tomatoes Pinks, NU BKT, $5 - Clothing Truck To Visit Clinton The clothing truck of Church World Service will come through Clinton on Monday, September 23rd. Clothing for all ages and blankets should tie brought to the First Presbyterian Church be fore that date. An airfiight will deliver the do nations to Church World Service representatives in Vietnam. Fit Ovarwcfglrt Available to you without a d o c t o r’ • pmcriptiou, our product called Galnnon. You mwt loae ugly fat or your monm buck. Galaxon hi a tabic *nd easily swallowed Get nd of excess fat and Hvc lonaer. Galaxon costs $1.00 and is sold on this guarantee: If not satisfied for any rea son, just return the package to your druggist and get your full money back. No questions asked. Galaxon is sold on this guarantee by Young’s Phar macy. Clinton. Mail orders filled AMt-fllS 6. GRAIN Corn, Bu. shelled yellow, $1.10 Oats, Bu., .75 Barley, Bu., .90 CATTLE Good CH Stocker S & H, $25 - 31. Medium Stocker S & H, $20 - 25. HOGS US 1-2, 210-255 lbs, $21.25- 21.50. ♦ * * PIEDMONT TEC ANNOUNCES SPECIAL 10-WEEK NIGHT COURSE STARTING SEPT. 16 IN WELDING — TYPING — SEWING BASIC ACCOUNTING — AUTOMOTIVE MACHINE SHOP — DRAFTING ELECTRICITY — AIR-CONDITIONING RADIO and T.V. REPAIR — SPEED READING BLUE PRINT READING AND ADULT EDUCATION NO ENTRANCE TEST REQUIRED CONTACT: PIEDMONT TECHNIC AI EDUCATION CENTER EMERALD ROAD GREENWOOD. S. C. BA3-8357 LEONARD-MARLER INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 833-1121 200 N. 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