Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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o IN SONG PROGRAM—The Singing Howell Family, shown above, and Har ley Ford will be featured in a song program Sunday at Faith Tabernacle Church in Joanna. Other special music will also be presented in the program which is to start at 2:30 p.m. The Rev. John Martin is pas tor of the church and he extends an invitation to the public to attend. The church is located on the Whitmire Highway near Joanna. Feed Grain Program BY MARY W. MONROE County Office Manager, ASCS Laurens County farmers may participate in a 1970 feed grain program similar in most re spects to that in effect for 1969. Minimum qualifying diversion for program participation in 1970, at 20 percent of a farm’s base acreage, is unchanged. The maxi mum total possible diversion for the three feed grains ---corn, grain sorghum, barley --- con tinues at 50 percent of a par ticipating farm’s base acreage. Price support payment rates remain as in 1969 --- 30 cents per bushel for corn, 53 cents per hundred weight for sorghum, and 20 cents per bushel for barley. A farm’s entire price support payment is calculated by multiplying the per bushel price support payment times the farm’s projected yield times the smaller of the planted acreage or 50 per cent of the farm’s base. FARMS and FOLKS BY HAROLD ROGERS Assistant Extension Editor CLEMSON - What to do with those acres of young pinelands released from the soil bank pro gram? It’s a problem facing many landowners. Should they cut for a quick cash-in, grow them out, or lease the acreage tocommer- cial interests? Clemson Extension Forestry Specialists. A. Marbut says they will want to think long and hard before cutting young pines. “In most case," he says, “it will pay growers to leave soil bank trees at least another five years TIPS FROM CLEMSON HOME & OUTDOORS Q. What is a referral selling plan? A. A salesman offers a product usually something with a nor mally high price tag like ency clopedias or aluminum siding for the home, and tells the customer that he can get the product much cheaper if he’ll give the com pany names of prospective buyers of the item. He's usually also promised a commission for each sale made to such prospects. To participate, however, the customer must sign a contract for the purchase of the product. The salesman usually neglects to mention that the sale is firm whe ther or not any of the prospects actually buy the product. He also fails to say that the contract signed by the customer generally is turned over to a finance com pany for handling and collection. With interest and carrying charges, the price will be much more than the quoted selling price. --Veronica Carmack, Ex tension specialist, home manage ment. Q. There was a report recent ly about bedbugs returing to the scene. Are they harmful to hu mans? A. Laboratory studies indicate bedbugs can transmit some dis eases but there is no hard evi dence that this is the case. They seem to be more of a nuisance than threat, although some peo ple are highly sensitive to their bites with resulting angry rashes and irritation. In any case, no body wants them in their home, and nobody wants to be bitten. Aesthetically, bedbugs are ob noxious. They give off a thorough ly disagreeable' odor and they stain bed linens. -- W. C. Net tles, principal Extension spe cialist, entomology and plant pathology. Q. Could you please provide in formation on planting giant bam boo? A. Giant bamboo should be planted in early spring after the weather has become steadily warm. Thfe culms should be plant ed in fertile, well-drained soil, during the first season. The soil should be well-prepared with well-rotted manure worked into it. The plantings should be cul tivated for two or three years. Fertilizer may consist of well- rotted manure applied in the late winter, supplemented a few weeks later with nitrogen fertilizer such as ammonium nitrate, nitrate of soda, or cottonseed meal. In the absence of manure, a complete commercial fertilizer (formula 7-6-5, 6-6-6, or 5-7-5) may be applied early in spring, with plen ty of dead leaves. Applications of fertilizer may start with 600- 800 pounds per acre and increas ed to about one too as more and larger culms are produced. — J. H. Crawford, assistant pro fessor, horticulture. before cutting. Inany case, a final decision on cutting nr leavingpine trees should be based on two factors, present condition and their rate of growth." Foresters figure a 10-year-old stand of trees on average soil in this state probably has an annual growth rate of about four tenths of a cord of saleable wood per acre. On a clear-cut basis this would yield about four cords of wood valued at $25. ‘TV’ithin five years,’’says Mar but, “the same stand should grow at the rate of one cord per acre annually. The stand then would have a total saleable volume of about 15 cords and acre, and with clear-cutting, it should lining about $90 an acre." This is an average land. Good land will produce woo'd at about tiwce the rate cited, poor land at only about half the rate. Leasing decisions can be more complicated. “Because of such things as acreage involved, growth rate of trees, and location, it’s diffi cult to set down a list of hard and fast rules," says Marbut, “but there are certain standards that may help. It shouldn’t be too hard for landowners to get a good idea of what the potential worth of their growth is and see that lease payments run accordingly." With most growths 10 years old, and nasedon 10-year leases added to thb, he cites studies in Geor gia with these findings: 20-year-old slash pine plantings at a rate of 600 trees per acre, will yield about 14 cords per acre on poor sites, 30-plus cords on average sites, and 55- plus cords on good sites. -- At $7 per cord this is $98 per acre for poor sites, $213 for average sites and $389 for good sites. Subtracting present value of timber on these sites and discounting future value at 5 percent show poor sites to be worth $60 an acre, average sites $131, and good sites $239. -- An annual lease payment of $12 per acre also discounted at five percent gives a present worth of$97.30. As in 1969, producers of corn, sorghum, or barley can qualify for participation in the program by diverting to conserving uses 20 percent of their farm’s base acreage. Except for small farms, no diversion payment will be made on this first 20 per cent reduction. Maximum additional acreage that can be diverted for payment is the larger of 30 percent of the base, or 25 acres less the qua lifying 20 percent diversion. Payment rates for additional diversion are based on 40 per cent of the total county price support (loan plus support pay ment). times the farm’s project ed yield of the crops involved. The 40 percent payment rate compares with 45 percent in 1969. Under the 1970 program, up per limits will be established on the per bushel rate which will be paid for additional diversion. The maximum payments are 60 cents per bushel for corn, 55 cents per bushel for sorghum, and 45 cents per bushel for bar ley. BLOOMING BARGAINS ROSE’S NOW OPEN ALL DAY WEDNESDAY OPEN TILL 7:00 P. M. FRIDAY Shop Rose’s — Cash — Lay-Away or Master Charge BY NANCY PHILLIPS Week of January 5, 1950 A meeting of the Century Club was held on Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. C. Bynum Betts with 14 members in atten dance. W. J. Henry, known to his many friends as “Bill” has ac cepted a position with Giles Chev rolet Company of this city. Miss Ann Macdonald has re turned to Agnes Scott College after spending the holidays with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. M. A. Macdonald. James S. Von Hollen has re turned from a trip to Tampa, Fla., where he spent several days and attended the Cigar Bowl Game. Mrs. Bertha Stroud, Mrs. Ed na Hairston, Carl Stroud, and Barron Hairston visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stroud in Walterboro Thursday. G. B. Sheppard and Duvil Wea thers of Laurens will speak at Lydia Presbyterian Church,Sun day morning at 11 o’clock. Yesterday Mrs. T. D. Jacobs was hostess to the Clinton Music Club at her home on S. Woodrow Street. The first meeting of the Joanna Women’s Club in 1950 will be held this evening (Thursday) at 7 o’clock in the Community Club House. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Teague of Woodruff spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Chesney and fami ly. H. D. Rantin spent the holi days with his daughter, Mrs. N. P. Dow and Mrs. Dow in Knox ville, Tenn. Grunt and groan specialists at Presbyterian College are prac ticing their favorite holds in pre paration for the opening of the Blue Stockings’ 1950 wrestling season against High Point YMCA here Saturday night. Sheoly Completes Basic Training Airman Edwin I. Shealy, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Shealy Sr., 402 Laurens St., Joanna, has completed basic training at Lack- land AFB, Tex. He has been as signed to Lowry AFB, Colo., for Training in the field of photo graphy. Airman Shealy, a 1965 graduate of Clinton High School, received his A. B. degree in 1969 from Newberry College. 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