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f Dairy Business Good If Help Is Available 2-C—THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., June 19, 1969 CHECKS HERD — Rudolph Black- grazes 5 to 6 hours daily. Mr. Black- ston is shown above looking over his ston has just started in the dairy dairy herd. The herd consists of 40 business and he says he likes it. Holstein cows. The herd normally . 1' -• vj 8x10 PORTRAIT OF YOUR CHILD c PLUS 50< FILM FEE 2 Days Only! Fri.-Sat. _ June 20-21 10 AM-l PM; 2 PM-6 PM DAILY DIRECT LIVING • Limit: On* Per Child - Two Per Family • Groups Taken At )1 Per Subject LIVING COlOK PORTRAIT LIVING COLOR PORTRAIT BY M. L. OUTZ County Agent "The dairy business is good, if we can get help." “I have been in business for six months and have had only one day off," says Rudolph Blackston, of 0- wings. This is June Dairy Month so I thought I would visit Mr. Black- strom who is one of our new dairymen. He has a new double- three herringbone milking par lor and is milking 40 hoi stein cows all by himself. Rudolph says that he will have to get bigger in order to get help so that he can have a day off now and then. I didn’t mention it to Rudolph but there are quite a lot of dairy men who are plenty big who can not get help. Labor is critical. Rudolph’s feed program con sists of silage and grain in the winter months, pasture and grain during the summer. He feeds very little hay and says he can tell very little difference when he does feed it. His silage consists of 60 acres of sorghum. He plans to use a trench silo. I certainly want to wish Rudolph the very best of luck with this new en terprise. I am sure the rewards are there if Rudolph has strong enough back and will use his head. A lot of people in the country are making a good living with 40 milk cows, but they get maximum production. Since this is June Dairy Month I thought it would be interesting to list a few facts concerning dairy products. I was surprised to see that there are a million and a half tons of ice cream u- tilized each year. Most of this is consumed by teenagers. Ice Cream is delicious for everyone and I suppose that there are not very many people who do not like it too. Scientists tell us that it takes 15 pounds of milk to make 1 gallon of ice cream, 21 pounds of milk to turn out a pound of butter and 10 pounds of milk to make a pound of cheese. I was also proud to see that our production in Laurens County is above the national average of 9,020 pounds. Laurens County has a production of about 12,500, I believe, that this would be about our average also. We are de- Be Sure To Attend The Annual Meeting of The LAURENS ELECTRIC CO-OP. INC REGISTERING AT 10:00 A. M. SATURDAY JUNE 1969 - AT THE - veloping some of the best dairy operations in the southeast My hat is off to all dairymen. There are not many people today that put in the hours that most dairymen do. Up at 4:00 a.m. in the morning and usually finish ing up often times well in the dark.' It is a problem to feed and milk dairy cattle. This is not all that the dairyman has to live with, the recent drought has cost many a dairyman lots of money in his pasture and feed growing programs. His battle with nature often times costs him a great deal. I think our consuming public can be thankful for the very fine products that are now delivered to his door each day. Milk is natures most perfect food. Check Your Pressure Cooker The Extension Home Econo mist will check pressure canner dial gauges for accuracy on Tues day, June 24, at the Agricultural Building in Laurens. If you would like your gauge tested bring only the lid of the pressure canner to the Agricul tural Building between the hours of one and three. An accurate pressure gauge is necessary to get the processing temperature needed to make food keep. Timely Tips Annual Flowering Plants - An nual Flowering Plants such as Petunias, Marigold, Zinnias, and Calosia, which grow well in any location, make summertime much more colorful and en joyable. Before planting, the soil should be worked thoroughly to a depth of 8-10 inches. Three to four pounds of a standard ferti lizer such as 5-10-10 or 8-8-8 should be incorporated per 100 square feet. Aphid Control - Diazinon may be used to control aphids on the following: irish potatoes^ peas, cantoloupes, tomatoes, southern peas, and cucumbers. Follow label directions as to wasiting period before harvest and rate of application. Eggs - Never wash eggs tiefore storing them. Washing removes the natural protective coating which keeps air and foreign odors from entering the shell. Needles - Needles kept in a needle book made out of wool flannel will not must. Calorie Fact - If you eat a sweet roll or doughnut at your daily coffee break you may gain a pound every 26 days, if your body doesn’t use the extra calo ries but stores them as fat. In a year’s time you could gain 14 pounds. K Rabbit FOR BRAT USE m DONNA’S RABBIT—Pictured above is Donna Gray with her New Zealand White Rabbit Exhibit that won her a blue ribbon at the Laurens County 4-H Achievement Program. Donna Gray Raises Prize-Winning Rabbits BY HELEN C. CAMP Extension Home Economist Nine year old Donna Gray’s first year in the Gray Court- Owings 4-H Club has been a busy one. In February she started with five New Zealand White Rabbits. She now has eight does, two bucks, and 15 young. She has sold 36 fryers, and four grown bucks and does; she also sold 28 Easter bun nies this spring. She has kept a record of her expenses and income and has made a nice pro fit for herself. Donna entered her rabbits in Local Achievement at her club and received a blue ribbon for her exhibit. She, entered her ex hibit again last week in the Coun ty Achievement Program and again received a blue ribbon. Donna told us about some the things she has learned from working with her rabbits: “I have learned in my project that in order to keep rabbits from disease is to keep feed and water clean and fresh. Disease can spread through feed and water. Another way is to clean and disinfect the nest box after each litter. When you spide a sign of disease you should feed a food called Rapid-Ade. Isolate all rab bits brought into the rabbitry un til positive that all danger of in fecting the herd is over. The next box is the place where the young are born. Most com mercial rabbitries have settled to use an 18" long, 10" wide and 8" high nest box. Nest boxes should not be placed in the cage previous to the 29th day after breeding. It is a good practice to remove the nest box from the cage as soon as all the young are out. Junior does at wean ing time are usually housed in lots of two, three or four in a hutch. Each rabbit eats about an ounce per feeding. You should feed them twice daily." Donna is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Gray of Gray Court. She attends the Gray Court-Owings School, Unlocked doors and windows are the most common entrances used by burglars while families are away during summer vaca tions, says Liberty Mutual In surance Companies. Be sure to check other possible means of entry too. Irwin Harvests Sericea Ljespedeza Used For Cover BY J. B. O’DELL District Conservationist W. Fred Irwin, Route 2, Lau rens, harvested a field of seri cea lespedeza for hay last week on his farm in the Duncan Creek Watershed area. The sericea was planted a few years ago on this sloping field as a part of the Duncan Creek Watershed project to help reduce soil washing and sediment pollution of streams. Mr. Irwin manages the field for hay and seed production ac cording to the needs of the farm. He maintains a good ground cover at all times. Other eroded areas involving over 600 acres on 86 farms in the Duncan Creek area have been smoothed and planted to suitable vegetation since the beginning of the watershed project in 1962 SHEET EROSION The combined actions of beat ing rains and flowing water re moves continuous layers of soil from unprotected fields. This is called sheet erosion. This is the kind of erosion that "slips up" on many landowners because it occurs little by little with about every rain that falls. This type of erosion can also happen on unkept lawns and other unprotect ed areas as well as on cultivat ed fields. Adequate conservation measures properly applied and maintained reduces this type ero sion to a very minimum. ORR ASSIGNED William K. Orr of Clinton has been assigned to the Laurens Of fice of the SoilConservationSer- vice as a student trainee. During the summer months Mr. Orr will receive training and orientation in various phases of soil and water conservation and water shed protection work. He will also have the opportunity to observe the organization and functions of several agricultural agencies, soil and water conservation dis tricts and watershed conserva tion districts. Mr. Orr is a senior at Clemson University and is ex pected to graduate next Decem ber. Use a colorful bed sheet - as a washable picnic or party cloth. LEONARD-MARLER INSURANCE AGENCY Phone 833-1121 200 N. Broad St. CONSULT US FOR ALL YOUR INSURANCE NEEDS • Life • Accident • Health • Hospital • Homeowner • Auto • Business • Bonds THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: With God’s help, I will try to become more nearly what He wants me to be. HOTPOINT GIVES YOU Laurens County Fair Grounds I THAN YOU PAY FOR Laurens, S. C. VALUABLE FREE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCE PRIZES FOR COOPERATIVE MEMBERS Free Prize! 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