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14—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., December 19, 1968 More Interest Shown In Lawn And Gardens BY M. L. OUTZ County Agent It seems to me that we are having more interest in garden ing, landscaping and fruit grow ing these past few years. At least the amount of time our of fice is devoting to these sub jects and the materials given out increases every year. Several hundred new homes are built in the county each year and this brings on landscaping prob lems with gardening and these landscaping problems must be met. Also retired people seem to have revised interest in garden ing and landscaping. This is the tree planting time nf the year. Many home owners will be planting permanent shade trees that should last a longtime. Water oaks are a favorite of many people. If choosing a water oak, I would suggest you get the willow ak variety. This parti cular tree will grow fast and will shed its leaves more evenly in the fall. I recall the late Dr. Poole, president ofClemsonCol- lege, had a favorite, the white oak. You will find the campus covered with beautiful white oak trees. Some people will choose pecan trees for their shade. If so, use the Stewart of Diserable van- ties. This is also the time of j^ar when fruit trees are to be plant ed. Our office has a copy of the varities best suited for our area. Fora copy call or come by the of fice. Where just a few trees are to be planted I recommend that you take just a little more time and dig the hole a little deeper and wider than you would ordinarily. Add leaf mold, peat moss or compost, this will increase the water holding capacity and enrich the soil. It is also recommend ed that you add two ounces of 20^c Syperplosplate in every bushel to the back fill. Fertilizer is important to young growing trees. When spring arrives and the trees begin to grow feed the tree nitrogen. This will get the tree off to a good start. The first year it is recommended that the tree receive one pound of 8-8t# plus 1/4 pound of nitrate of soda. The second year two pounds and 1/2 pound of soda and the third year four pounds of a complete fertilizer. So you see trees utilize a lot of plant food. Where new homes are being built in open fields and no shade is located it is important to get your trees off to a good start. Griffin Coleman of West Main Street is a rose growing enthu- sist. Mr. Coleman has many dif ferent varities and wins top honors at the fair. He recom mends that rose bushes be clipped back to some extent to prevent wind and ice damage. However, he says final pruning should not be done until February or March. He also recommends that rose beds be prepared in the fall. Timely Tips BY COUNTY AGENTS, EXTENSION HOME ECONOMIST MUSCADING GRAPES-Each year many gardners worry about their muscadine grapes vines bleeding when they are pruned. This bleeding will not harm vines in the least. However, ifyouwant to prevent bleeding when the vines are pruned, prune any time dur ing December and up tothe middle of January. If pruning is done la ter, then this bleeding will start WINTER WEEDS-If you have winter weeds, apply 2,4-d(Amine form) at the rate of 1-1/2 pounds per acre. After spraying, mulch can be applied. ORNAMENTAL TREE - The Bradford Pear tree is the new ornamental shade tree referred to as “the tree for all seasons." It is probably the newest and one of the most outstanding varities of new shade trees to come along in quite a while. It has abundant flower clusters in spring and shimmering leaves throughout summer which turn many shades of red in the fall. CARPET BAGGING - When shampooing rugs tie little plastic bags on the legs of the furni ture to prevent rust marks on the carpet when it is wet. 4-H MEMBERS — Pictured above is Donnie and seated on the tractor is Ronnie Taylor. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Taylor, Route 1, 1 aurens. They planted co.*n and sweet potatoes this year as their 4-H project. Taylor Twins Busy 4-H Club Members fjjwfl TIP Paper milk cartons make excellent molds for do-it- yourself Christmas can dles. Melt paraffin in a double boiler, adding two teaspoons of dye to each pound of paraffin. Hang a cord (the wick) from a pen cil across the top of the carton and pour the paraf fin into the mold. Allow to cool for several hours. To remove the candle, dip the carton quickly into cold wa ter, then peel off the paper. Sequins or other decora tions may be pressed into the candle if desired. BY THAD REEVES Assistant County Agent Ronnie and Donnie Taylor are two very busy 4-H club members. They are members of the County Wide 4-H Club which meets at the Agricultural Building in Lau rens the first Saturday of each month. Ronnie is the president of the club and Donnie is the vice- president. The projects they are enrolled in include field crops, safety, swine and electric. Ronnie and Donnie are twins, 14 years old. They are the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Tay lor of Route 1, Laurens and at tend Ford F igh School where they are in the ninth gr^de. They are members of the T&id Memorial Presbyterian Church. This past spring Ronnie and Donnie planted about 1/2 acre of corn and set out one acre of sweet potato plants. They kept a re cord of their expenses in their field crops project book. They say the hot, dry weather we had this past summer cut their yields somewhat, but they are satisfied with what they harvested. Ronnie and Donnie plan to keep the corn for feeding the hog and cows they are raising. They sold most of the sweet potatoes, but have kept some of them for home use. Ronnie and Donnie are planning to build their favorite projects into a 4-H Club record book so that they might attend 4-H Club Week at Clemson next year and enter into state wide competi tion. If they work as hard in the future as they have in the past I am sure they will be success ful. Tractors Bigger, Plows Dig Deeper BY HAROLD ROGERS Assistant Extension Editor FLORENCE - If a man had spent much time struggling a- cross rows with bags of ferti lizer for those old style one - row distributors of following a mule- pulled harrow over clumpy fields, he probably wouldn’t have be lieved his eyes at the lineup of modern farm equipment they showed off here. The back side of the parking lot at the Florence--Darlington TEC was crowded with all sorts of mechanized tools. They had bed shapers, once over planters, seedbed pul verizers, chisel plows, vari- tillers, subsoilers, and others. Tractors ran mostly from big bigger. Many had dual wheels for greater utility. Plows were de signed to dig deep and to cover surface trash. More tools were designed to do more jobs. All of them were geared to the grow ing theme of farm survival -- less manpower, more mechanization, getting the critical jobs done on time. “What we’re trying to show you here today is how to reduce the trips across the field,* Exten sion agricultural engineer M.C. McKenzie told the 300 or more persons ringing the displays. This was an Extension-spon sored field day to show new i- deas and tools for land prepara tion, seedbed preparation, and fertilizer placement. It was set up for facilities and fields at the Clemson Experiment Station but when a wet weather menu made it too wet to plow they moved down the road to TEC’s asphalt parking lot John Pit- ner, director of the Experiment Station, welcomed the group and outlined the purpose. It was seconded by McKenzie who said: “We’re not trying to sell equipment We're trying to sell concepts, to show what can be done." Don Benton, Extension tobac co specialist, talked of techni ques and tools for tobacco grow ers. Two of those telling of their experiences with some of the newer machinery were Ed Willis of Florence County and Kenny Bennett of Marlboro County. The emphasis all the way through was for more efficiency on those basic steps of crop production: land and seedbed pre paration and fertilizer place ment Uniform stands and uniform plant development are highly im portant to the growing mechani zation and to efficient use of pesticides, McKenzie stressed. “Uniformity of maturity is the single most important factor in obtaining a quality product and reducing field losses during me chanical harvesting," he said. This is particularly applicable to cotton, he added. “A good job of picking cotton depends on how you plant it and how you shape the bed." They talked a lot about “hard pan," a word cropping up in farm conversation more and more these days. It’s the packing of subsoil. Roots can’t penetrate and the good farmers are spending a lot of time breaking it up so roots can go deeper for more weather and insect protection. This is bringing more deep plowing -- use ofthe bigger trac tors. Explaining the practice and the need, Extension agronomist Dr. L. P. Anderson told the group: “We’ve got to develop a root system that can utilize what ever weather conditions we have. If we don’t do this you all know too well what happens when drought, the unseasonable cold weather, and the prolonged wet spells come along." SPICED CRANBERRY PUNCH 4 cup sugar 4 teaspoon whole cloves 3 sticks (2 inches each) cinnamon 2 cups cranberry juice 1 cup orange juice 4 cup lemon juice 1 quart gingerale Whole cloves Lemon or orange slices Mix sugar, 1 cup water and spices in a saucepan. Bring to boiling point and boil five minutes. Strain out spices. Cool. Mix with cran berry, orange and lemon juices. Just before serving pour over ice into a punch bowl Add gingerale. 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And don't forget - nobody wants to feel that a gift from you has caused privation. Give of yourself without e . barrassment or apology. A book of labels can be converted into "gift certificates” for your ser vices. A piece of paper will be come a picture to hang on the wall or a poem to laugh at or think about, depending on whether you have a flair for art or poe try. An inexpensive child’s toy and a pile of file cards of data you’ve found at the library will have your interest in someone else’s hobbv. Make some of your gifts, but plan and execute them with care and special thought for the re cipient. A basket of homemade cookies is a wonderful gift, but it’s not a thoughtful remembrance for your grandmother if her doc tor has put her on a special diet. If Gram’s home is full of family at Christmas time, possibly some holiday guest towels would be more thoughtful. Buy some of your gifts, if you can afford to, but select them with serious thought of the recipient. Don’t “break the bank” to give lavish presents without meaning. A magnificent cookbook full of complicated recipes requiring costly ingredients probably isn’t a thoughtful gift for your busy budget - minded mother. More thoughtful might be a collection of a dozen casserole supper ideas, presented in an attractive casserole. You might wrap your gift in bright tissue, put it in a plas tic refrigeratnr bag, and tuck a real wishbone, gildod by you, into the bow. Use your buymanship talents to their fullest - compare prices, quality, wear, care, and work- manshijx But before you succumb to buying a record for someone who doesn’t have a record player, check your gift fur thoughtful ness and imagination. Give the best - especially the best of yourself. GIFT PACKAGES If you've ever thought of gift wrapping as a bore or a chore, stop, look, and listen to these suggestions! Think of gift- wrapping as a personal message from you that says to a friend or relation: “I wrapped this gift especially for you.” A package should express your innate good taste and flair for beauty. TO THE FARMER The modern farmer and Hu family are part of our nation & biggest bu»-nen The food # ot the clothe* we wear the home* we live in practically everything we touch ha* root* m farming So that forming will attrac* the young and challenge them to »to/ m farm communities, forming mu*t be a money making enterpriie Farmer* mu»t moke enough money »o expand and develop more efficient farm*, and to provide a decent life for the r families- Good credit management is on important part of modern ogn- bu»ine*t. Your Production Credit Al location is mtere*ted in the progrei* of agriculture and is proud to help farmer* attain their goals with sound, constructive credit Your local Production Credit A*- location provide* credit for operating and production expense*, capital expenditures, on any intermediate-term basis, and youA farm and family need* at simple interest rates. Palmetto Production Credit Association Jacobs Building — 103 E. Main Street Clinton, S. ('. Do discounts cover the extra cost of getting there? Do you really save money shopping outside our home business community? When you consider gasoline, oil, tires, depreciation, repairs, parking, investment in time and money—do so-called “big city discounts” really cover the cost of getting there? Unless you enjoy the confusion and frustration of off ramps, on-ramps, diamond, cloverleaf and one-way direc tional flow Interchanges, we suggest you save your tension, time and money. Shop at home. S. 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