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Life With The Rimples By Les Carroll 2-C—THE CHRONICLE Clinton, S. C., April 24, 1969 Cross-Bred Cattle Offer Some Advantages would start the cycle over again. It also says that the cattle buyers did not decriminate due to color. Viennese Fruit ’N Cream Tart HAROLD ROGERS •'Assistant Extension Editor r ' ? CLEMSON - You don’t make it '^in today’s farming by yesterday’s standards. • Pick any row you want to hoe-- ; field crops, beef cattle, dairy- hng, swine, poultry, or any other vand you find that it’s no longer .-enough to go by guidelines which .paid-off yesterday. Today’s pro- {duefen and marketing demand a .-different set of standards. { Ttse key ingredient for success •in ahy of them is management, •and Carl Ackerman, ClemsonEx- (tension specialist in animal /science, says nowhere is this :more true than in swine pro- sduction. He labels management ]the ‘tieing together of all fact ors for efficient, profitable pro- •jductlon of quality pork.” ♦ Carl goes a step further: “The degre* 1 of success or profit from ?a swine enterprise will largely -.be determined by the amount of .^management put into the opera- Hion, the managerial ability of the operator,’ he says. \ ■ The swine specialist tells why !he places such a premium on 'this intangible but all important ■quality. •' Litter size can make or break an operator, he notes, but this Is only five to 15 percent in herited, leaving management and environment as the key factors. •With management furnishing the environment, litter size is large ly determined by management practices,* he says. Take feeder pig production. Total income per sow can be increased 11 to 25 percent by pro ducing the top grades of pigs instead of low quality, according to Ackerman. “Producing quali ty fligs starts with a good manage ment program,’ he feels. And he cities still another phase: control of feed wastage. Ten pounds wasted each day will add up to 3,650 pounds per year-- and' yet this amount of wastage is fairly common with 100 market hogs on full feed, the special ist says. “in many cases,’ he adds, “the wastage would be much higher than 10 pounds per day. ’ Rretty good case for good man agement, isn’t it? $ : GOOD NEIGHBORS Hie old fashioned quality of neighborliness may be dis appearing on too many fronts, but: Lee County Agent V. F. Linder says it was abundant and eviefent in the wake of the se vere ice storm which hit his area in late winter. Hf called the reaction of peo ple lending assistance “tremen dous.’ One farmer was reported as visiting at least 20 homes with a portable generator to help keep freezers charged and water a- vailable. Ham operators provid ed 20 or more portable genera tors to dairymen and home owners. The agent also credited power companies with a remarkable job in restoring service. Timely Tips Horn and Face Flies on Cat tle - To control horn and face flies this summer stop by the County Agent’s office at 219 Lau rens St. for plans to construct a dust bag station. There have been proven to be very effective and require a minimum amount of labor. Tea Scale of Camellias - It is found on the underside of leaves. It shows as yellow blotches on the upper leaf surface. Recom mended controls are as follows: Cygon - soil drench when twig growth begins, and sprays ofCy- gon during the summer. The pest of the week - is the Clover Mite. It is a small brown ish or reddish insect measuring about 1/16 of an inch. It is noted when it invades homes during spring and fall and overruns win dow panes, walls, furniture, and otherwise occurs throughout the house. The most efficient control is to prevent entry into the home. Remove grass plants close to the building by cultivation. If this is impossible a .5% spray of either malathion or sevin applied at about 40 gallons per 1,000 wquare feet should do the job. Steak Magis - The next time you have steak, try marinating it briefly in French dressing. . . then broil as usual. Delicious! Table Talk - Put a dab of may onnaise on dining room table tops to remove scratches and so fortlu Paint Spatters on Windows - can be removed easily with nail polish remover. Tha Annual Horsemanship Day - Bali Hai Ranch is conduct ing their annual* r borsemanship day May 10. The public is invit ed. Anyone who is interested in horses should mark this date and plan to attend. Although about 5 million indi viduals participated in manpower programs between 1962 and 1968, the Department of Labor’s Man power Administration estimates that more than 10 million poor people are still in need of man power development services to help them move out of poverty into jobs. i 4 I don't know how much life insurance you need Chances are, you don’t know either. But I can help you find the answer. How? My contribution is to custom-tailor a program of protection at a cost you can reasonably afford. And to use every available tool to do the job, Including Metropolitan’s giant computers. Isn’ that what you’d expect today from your insurance man? JAMES E. FURR Box 22S —Clinton, S.C. 883-2089 1 O Metropolian Lite MMWrtmLV. Capture the elegance of Old World pastries right in your own home the easy way! Viennese Fruit ’n Cream Tart is a tempting, luscious three layer dessert A flaky pastry crust holds colorful strawberry pie filling and velvety-smooth, almond-flavored cream cheese topped with rich sour cream. Preparation takes only minutes. Simply fit a circle of pie crust dough into a flan ring or a layer cake pan Spread the unbaked crust with pie filling, spoon on the cream cheese mixture and bake Then top with sour cream and return to the oven for five minutes while the flavors mellow and the cream “sets ” Use any pie crust recipe, but be sure to use “enriched” self-rising flour When the label says “enriched”, it’s your guar antee in addition to the special leavening and salt the flour contains nutrients essential to daily good health: three B-vitamins, thiamine, niacin and riboflavin, and the minerals, iron and calcium. VIENNESE FRUIT N CREAM TART one 9 or 10-inch tart 'A cup shortening l can (1 lb 5 oz.) strawberry IVi cups enriched self-rising flour* 3 to 6 tablespoons cold water 1 pie filling Flavored Cream Cheese cup sour cream Cut shortening into flour until pieces are size of small peas. Sprinkle with water, a tablespoon at a time, mixing lightly until dough begins to stick together Press into ball Roll out on lightly floured surface to circle I/8-inch thick, fit loosely into 10-inch flan ring or 9-inch cake round. Trim pastry. Spread tart shell with pie filling, spoon on Flavored Cream Cheese. Bake in preheated 350° oven 35 to 40 minutes, or until done Cool slightly. Spread on sour cream and bake 5 minutes. Refrigerate. Flavored Cream Cheese 4 packages (3 oz.) softened cream cheese 2 eggs cup sugar I teaspoon almond Havering Beat ingredients until smooth and creamy. •Spoon flour into dry measuring cup, level. Do not scoop. NOTE: If cake round is used, a removable bottom- preferred is Mat Release - March, 1969 1 est Kitchen Self-Rising Flour and Corn Meal Program, Inc. 14 Fast Jackson Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60604 BY M. L. OUTZ County Agent Are cross-breed cattle going to take over the cattle industry? Recently I have been reading quite a lot about the advantages of cross-breeding cattle. These articles are appearing in various magazines. The latest article that I have read came out of the Caro lina Cooperator. This gave quite a lot of advantages to cross breeding. Among those shown were higher percent of calf crop and heavier calves at wein- ing. Of course, the greatest ad vantage is the heavier calves and that is something that we are going to have to get to make the cattle more profitable. The other point is also very import ant. They are saying in this ar ticle that a three way cross is the best. That is Hereford on a Angus and, then a Shorthorn or Charolais on that. And for re placements it indicates that you Farm Bureau Holds Meeting The officers and directors of the Laurens County Farm Bureau met April 15 in Laurens for their regular quarterly meeting. Emory Bishop of Inman, Dis trict I Field Representative, was present and invited every Farm Bureau member to attend the dedication of the high rise office building which has now been completed on Knox Abbott Drive in Cayce, South Carolina. The de dication, said Mr. Bishop, will be on May 20, and the building will be dedicated to the County Farm Bureaus, with the County Farm Bureau presidents taking an active part in the dedication. Julian Dixon of Savannah, Ga., and John Biddy of Columbia, both with the Pennington Green Seed Company, gave a short pro gram on seeds and fertilizers. Also present was Dwight D. Scurry of Saluda, District I Ser vice Representative. From the county were: Mr. T. J. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. J. Herman Power, Mr. Robert Burns, Mr. Herchel Gibbs and Mrs. Agnes Bailey of Laurens; Mr. and Mrs. W. Hance Finley, Mountville; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Workman, Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Ramage Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wickham of Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Guy Mahon of Foun tain Inn; Mr. W. T. Blakely, Mr. S. B. Fleming of Ora; Mr. Niles C. Clark of Waterloo; Mr. Rich ard Tate of Cross Hill; and Mr. Henry Odell of Ware Shoals. * * * The north star is directly over the axis of the earth so the rotation of the earth does not affect the position of the star as it is seen from the earth. & Will You Be 6 Years Old In May? Get Your FREE Pepsi Party Package THURSDAY, MAY 1 Baldwin Motor Co., N. Broad Street, Clinton, S. C. LOOK FOR This Is The Only Place JL m , -u . , . Von Can Get Your THIS TRUCK! Party Packa se N you tv» In Gr—nvHW or Louren* GounO**, ana will ba *6r (6) yaan oW anytbna to May hert'i oil you hove to do to got your tree Pepet Hoppy Birthday forty Package. 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A disadvantage would be the off color and of course the fact that you did have a mixed herd. It goes without saying that some one has to maintain a register ed cattle to keep these lines pure. I am sure that we can improve a great deal in our breeding by starting a good culling program. This is one of the many mis takes that we are making with our cattle. We are not culling out the non profitable producers. That is cows that do not produce enough milk. Another important point is for producers to use as many legumes as possible in their pasture programs. This would reduce the cost of fertilizer which takes a great deal of the income. For the last two years we have made effort to get some of the new seraU sown in Laurens County. This plant was develop ed at Auburn University and is an improvement over the regular Serecia. Cattle will eat Serecia and so weel on it. Farms where a lot of Sericia exist have less fertilizer cost. I believe, that if we follow a good culling program, breed our cows, to calf properly, use as much legumes as possible, it will go a long way toward making our cattle operations more pro fitable. Cross-breeding might well increase our income also but let’s make these other ad justments as well. How much fertilizer should be utilized in corn and cotton pro duction in Laurens County? I am sure we could all answer this readily if we could deter mine the amount of rain fall we are going to have. However, past records are a good indica tion as to how much we may have in the future. Laurens County has seen many years go by since it everaged a bale of cotton per acre. This occured in 1955. Al most 15 years ago. It would seem that if we fertilize for 600 pounds of lint that would be sufficient for cotton fertilizer and would be probably more than we would need. 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