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r * >4 ! THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., February 6, 1969 Cotton Status Puts Pressure On Farmers Hi mm Jt Put Your Heart in it with an Diamond The diamond engage ment ring she's dream ing of. Matching wed ding ring. 5129 for both rings A glowing diamond and wedding band to match in fluently molded set tings created by a mas ter's hand. 5159 for both rings BY M. U OUTZ County Agent There seems to be little de mand for cotton at this time. 'Vhat have the textile mills said about the situation? I cannot recall a time when cotton farmers were in as foul mood as they are at the pre sent. They have room to be. The mills don’t seem to want their cotton and have reduced the price below what the farmers feel is a fair price. This fact, com bined with the extreme weather conditions last July and August, which cut the yield in almost half have certainly put the pressure on the farmer. As if these problems were not enough the U.S.D.A., which con trols the acreage allotment and the projected lint yield per acre assigned each farmer, has de vised some kind of formula that has reduced our projected lint yield on an average by 20 lbs. per acre, as compared to Green wood County which has been in creased by 60 lbs. The textile people say they are overstocked with cotton. The short crop of 1966 and 1967 brought out the buyers in force in 1967 and their warehouses were loaded. This held the supply through 1968. This fact combined with imports and synthetics have reduced the demand for raw cot ton. Mills say that stocks of cot ton fabrics are high and the goods are not moving as anticipated. M. L. OUTZ, County Agent ft. £r ft. & 14 Star the occasion for a lifetime Matching wed ding bands for bride and groom each with 3 dia monds. 5169 for both rings A superb diamond trio Engagement ring and matching bride and groom wedding rings. 5189 for all three Easy Terms Loblolly Pines Help In Fighting Erosion .7 0SW.R BY MAH ORDER BY PHONl Beautiful GW Wr.ippitif j' NO CHARGE 1 S All , us a-iied to mow •moiift* deta.l _ ^//Sfa ct , on guaranteed or your money The City of Clintpn, Clinton Mills and Mrs. Emmie W. Grier, landowners in the Duncan Creek Watershed are among those who have made definite plans for for planting loblolly pines on eroding lands this winter. The trees are being planted on a cost-share basis as a part of the land stablization planned for the watershed. The landowner pays for the seedlings and the watershed project furnishes labor, through the SouthCarolina Commission of Forestry, for planting the seedlings. The Soil Conservation Service personnel assist landowners in selecting the land eligible for planting under the Watershed Project. GORDON'S 107 East Main Street 'Shoes For The Entire Family' 833-0667 FINAL PRICES SLASHED AGAIN! RED CROSS NOW CALIF. COBBLERS ONLY $ AIR STEP LIFE STRIDE COSBIES Sale Now In Progress! — AT GORDON'S 107 East Main Street 833-0667 "Shoes For The Entire Family" ALSO AT 134 E. Main Stl Union, S. C. o 0 ' YV * 0 9 O • ? 'City At the State Cotton Meeting last week we learned that South Carolina cotton moved into trade channels to a far greater ex tent than did our neighboring states. In fact, South Carolina Cotton beat all others throughout the cotton growing belt. This speaks well for the cotton quali ty program. Stray dogs are killing a great many baby calves according to reports coming to the office. Dogs go in packs and usually attack early in the morning, but of course not always. The only re medy that I could suggest would be a 12 guage shotgun. Dairy farmers will have an op portunity to bring their herds men, along with their entire la bor force, to a training school February 11th. The meeting will be held at the Agricultural Building beginning at 10:30 a.m. The school is aimed at reduc ing the amount of mastitis that has always plagued the dairy cow. It is also designed to give in formation on feeding, caring for, and milking the cow. The entire dairy force is invited along with the owner and it is our wish that 100% will attend. FARMS and FOLKS Over 325 acres of critical areas have been planted to lob lolly pines since the beginning of the project in 1962. Loblolly pines do an outstand ing job of reducing soil washing and rainfall run-off. The stab- lizing of eroding hillsides, gul lies and other areas materially reduces the amount of sediment reaching stream channels, ponds and reservoirs. Loblolly pines are also a good long range eco nomic investment for eroding land. Tens of millions of Americans now own Savings Bonds and Free- dom Shares worth $52.2 billion. BY HAROLD ROGERS Assistant Extension Editor CLEMSON - The business world and its growing complexi ties has no corner on specializa tion. The farm people are doing it too. In S. C. and across the nation the people on the highly-pro- ductive farm front are learning that by specializing in one area they can concentrate efforts and intensify production. One such area is the feeder pig operation--when a farmer or swine producer prefers not to go to the “whole hog.” Instead of maintaining brood sows, boars and being saddled with all the details of a complete swine operation he buys pigs from other sources and feeds them out to market size. Many farmers are doing the same with beef cattle. C le m son spec ial ists wor king to develop swine production in the state report that an organized feeder pig sales program start ed less than two years ago has turned a sales volume of more than $100,000 for farmers. Sales were set up on a quar terly basis at Saluda and Flor ence. Growers from surrounding counties took part in the five sales held at each point during 1967 and ’68. A total of ^321 pigs were pro cessed though the two points, ringing up a combined dollar volume of $106,324. Individually, Saluda sales ac counted for 3,133 pigs and a gross of $46,378.34. Florence handled 3,188 pigs for a volume of $59,945.10. The program hasn’t been with out its problems, the chief one having a balance of buyers and sellers at each sale. But the Clemson people and swine pro ducers working to establish the sales are encouraged enough to continue. At Florence, they’re expanding sales to every other month. Saluda will continue on a quar terly basis. Carl W. Ackerman, Extension swine specialist, says he believes that the organized sales have been instrumental in getting more people into the feeder pig pro gram. “This is what we wanted,” he said, “to get more people pro ducing especially for the feeder sales.” There are a number of swine sales throughout the state all the time, with various shapes and sizes of pigs moving through in volume. The big advantage of the organized sales at Saluda and Florence is that all pigs are sold on a weight and grade basis in uniform lots. “We feel that this is some thing the volume buyer wants and by organizing the sale and offer ing pigs on both weight and grade we can attract more buyers, act ually build up the market,” Ackerman says. This in turn would stimulate more feeder pig operations-- offer another valuable asset for S. C. agriculture. Timely Tips OPENING! Clinton Service Co. NOW AT . . . 307 North Sloan — 833-4230 WE INSTALL . . . • AIR CONDITIONING , • HEATING • ELECTRICAL WIRING AND DO .. . • APPLIANCE REPAIR • SHEET METAL WORK INDUSTRIAL or DOMESTIC Clinton Service Co. 307 North Sloan — 833-4230 REMEMBER . . . SERVICE IS OUR MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT! Doctor in the Kitchen' by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D. Consultant, National Dairy Council THE FAT SOLUBLE VITAMINS TREE SEEDLINGS: The S. C. State Commission of Forestry advises that all shortleaf pine, Scotch pine, black walnut, yellow poplar and cherrybark oak seed lings grown in the Commission tree nurseries this year have been ordered. These are no long er available. Seedlings still a- vailable include slash, loblolly, longleaf, Virginia, and white pine; redcedar; sweetgum; Arizona cy press; and white oak. PUT SPRINGTIME IN YOUR WINDOWS - Curtains made of fresh-looking leno or cottor or gandy give your window spring time appeal all year round. . . Keep the curtains clean and light ly starched to look their best. Besides adding eye appeal...a little light starch helps to keep dust particles from grinding in to curtain fibers. LITTLE INTERNATIONAL SET FOR APRIL - The Little International Livestock Event held at Clemson each year by the Animal Science Department has been set for Saturday, April 12. Members of the 4-H Club and The essentiality of vitamins in our meals need hardly be em phasized here. Certainly, every one knows they are necessary for our health, even if they don’t know how much we need, or how little. But there is an aspect of vitamins that might be interest ing to you, the reader of this column. It is that vitamins are divided into two classes — fat- soluble and water-soluble. Particularly, if you are a weight watcher, you ought to know the difference. The reason is, for in stance, if you cut down on fats — do you know which vitamins you may be shorting yourself on as well? The Basic Difference It is a fact that fat-soluble vitamins are contained in fat, and water-soluble vitamins are found only in the nonfat parts of food. Well, today we are discussing the fat-soluble vitamins, so to identify them, they are vitamins A, D, E, and K. The water-soluble vitamins are the B-complex vitamins and vita min C. These will be discussed in later columns. Vitamin A occurs only in foods of animal origin. You will not find it elsewhere unless it is added as a synthetic. It is true, however, that all yellow and green plants do contain yellow pigments that can be converted chemically by our bodies into compounds, one of which is vitamin A The most common of these pigments is carotene, which can be converted to vitamin A The yellow pigment of corn also can be converted by our bodies into vitamin A In this sense, we convert a property of plant food into vitamin A the same as a dairy cow does, for whole milk is rich in vitamin A Obviously, cream and butter are, too, as well as cheeses made from whole milk and ice cream. Other vitamin A rich foods in clude liver, egg yolk, dark green and deep yellow leafy vegetables, also deep yellow fruits. Vitamin D is the antiricketic vitamin Because of the fortifica tion of milk with vitamin D, rick ets as a child disease has large ly disappeared from the United States, though there is cause for concern in poverty areas. For growing children, 400 units daily of vitamin D is recommended in the diet. If most adults got enough sunlight all year ‘round — particularly the clear kind of sunlight common in the tropics, subtropics and in mountain ele vations — they might get enough vitamin D without food as a source. What’s that you say? Without food? Contains Cholesterol It’s true enough. Let me ex plain Human skin contains a sterol called cholesterol that is transformed into vitamin D when exposed to ultraviolet light. In the summer this transformation occurs regularly, if your skin is exposed to the sunlight. But in winter, especially all bundled up for cold weather, and on cloudy days, little of the process can take place Fog, dust, and other air pollution also inhibits the ac tion in city areas Next week, we ll talk more about vitamin D, also vitamins E, and K. FFA and their advisors who are interested in livestock judging will want to attend. This will serve as the final elimination for the State FFA judging teams this year. CROP VARIETIES- Anyone interested in securing the 1969 Recommended Varieties of Field, Vegetable, Fruit, and Nut Crops call the County Agents Office, 984-3021. TO SOFTEN DRIED CREAM DEODORANT - Drop a little wa ter into the jar and close the top for a few hours. Presto! It’s soft and usable again. COTTON MEETING-Farmers are invited to attend a District Cotton Meeting to be held in An derson, Friday February 7. We also have a Production Meeting scheduled for Laurens on Tues day, February 18, at 7:30 p.m. Insect and Weed control will be the primary topics. SCREEN DOORS with an extra handle near the bottom would save many a door-opening for the mother of small children. SOIL TESTING - This is the time of year when you should get your soil tested, and get ready for the spring planting. Lo cal gardeners may also send their samples to Clemson for testing. Bring your samplesby the County Agents Office and we will be glad to see that they get to Clemson. WHEN MOUNTING SNAP SHOTS in your photograph album, keep the negative behind each print and you’ll know exactly where it is. NEW LEATHER MADE OLD Tanners in New England have in troduced a new product called "Wild Leather". This is leather that is purposely cut, scratched, and blemished, so that it has a raw natural look. In its four years of existence, the Neighborhood Youth Corps -- an antipoverty program ad ministered by the U.S. Depart ment of Labor -- has given work experience and training to more than 1,700,0P0 young A- mericans. Open Tues. & Thurs., 9 p.m. Weekdays 9-6, St. 9-6. Phone 984-5216 Hang on to Your Honey! LET BLOCK n FIGURE ‘ YOUR INCOME TAX Many tlmai w# can tava tha avaraga taxpaytr morn than tha tmall cost of our mrvicn. Bring your tax problams to ut. You'll savo tlma, worry and oftan monoyl Don't dalay. San Block today. 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