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THE CHRONICLE. Clinton, S. C., April 23, 1970—5-B
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Fertilize Your
Farm Pond Now
BY J. B. O’DELL
District Conservationist
Now is the time to start fer
tilizing your farm pond. You will
find that several applications of
fertilizer from now through
out the summer will pay off in
nicer catches of fish. Also fer
tilized water will shade out and
prevent the growth of submerged
water weeds.
Jake League of Ora was fer
tilizing his pond last week. He
says that he always starts in
the spring as soon as the water
temperature reaches 60 - 70 de
grees arid continues through the
summer months. You need to
build up your pond fertility quick
ly and as early as you can in
the spring. Otherwise you fail
to benefit fully from the algae’s
growing season.
“I fertilize every week or 10
days until the water is colored
enough to hide a white object 12
inches under the surface,' Jake
League said. “Then I fertilize
only as needed to keep the water
colored in this condition,” He
added.
How much fertilizer to apply
will depend on your particular
pond and the amount of water
coming into the pond. The gen
eral recommendation is to broad
cast from 100 to 200 pounds per
surface acre of an 8-8-2 fertili
zer or its equivalent. You may
use a stronger fertilizer such as
a 12-12-4. Just make sure it has
as much nitrogen as phosphate.
Some pond owners like to use the
special fish pond fertilizer,
20-20-5, packed in 40 pound bags
and apply one bag per acre.
“I have been fishing my pond
for eight years and it is still in
good balance and producing go<xl
fishing,’ continued Mr, League.
“A fishpond is just like a garden
or any other crop, you must give
it work and management to get
good production. Last year we
caught 558 pounds, by actual
weight, of edible fish from my
3.2 acre pond. And there is no
guess work about this. I keep a
set of scales in the storage house
near the pond and weigh and re
cord each catch of fish that comes
from the pond.” He stated with
pride.
“Yes, there is some expense
to good pond management, but the
benefits far exceed the cost,”
concluded Jake League.
Anyone skeptical about the re
sults of good fishpond manage
ment should go by and talk with
Mr. League, and also see one of
the best managed ponds in Lau
rens County.
Timely
Tips
BY COUNTY AGENTS,
Home Economists
Cantaloupe varieties recom
mended for our area are Edisto
47, Smith's Perf. (late) and Gulf-
stream. Many people will plant
cantaloupes the latter part of
April and the first week of May.
If anyone has a particular date
that is highly suited, please call
us.
Watermelon varieties recom
mended for South Carolina in
clude the following: Blackstone,
Charleston Gray, Congo, Jubilee,
Crimson Sweet, Sugar Baby
(early). Planting dates are from
May 1 to May 15.
Control External Parasites on
Cattle. We have dust bag speci
fications and specifications for
back rubbers and for the control
of external parasites in your cat
tle. Call, or come by the office
and get a copy.
Public Relations Topic
At Farm Bureau Meeting
Officers and Directors of the
Laurens County Farm Bureau
held their regular quarterly
meeting Thursday night at the
Friendship Room of the Lau
rens Federal Savings and Loan in
Laurens.
RANKS HIGH — Laurens Countv
dairymen continue to rank high
among the state producers. Of the
ten highest producers recognized re
cently, we had two. The herd be
longing to the late Ralph Waldrep
was recognized as having the ninth
place in milk production. This pro
duction was well over 14,000 pounds
per cow. Shown above is Charles
Waldrep who has taken over the herd
and hopes to continue this high pro
duction. Charles is now milking ap
proximately 100 cows. Congratula
tions!
Dry Streak Runs Across
Southern Part Of County
BY M. L. OUTZ
County Agent
Laurens County was next to
the dryest county in South Caro
lina last year. In fact, we only
received a shade over 39’ of rain.
A great many of the counties re
ceived as much as 50 to 60 inches
or rain. We were short in criti
cal growing periods, during July
and Augst.
This dry streak seems to be
more pronounced in the lower
end of the county. However, Cross
Hill had more rain last year than
other areas of the county. This
dry streak starts over in Abbe-
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FERTLHZING POND—Jake League pood located on Highway 221 at Ora.
is shown fertilizing his 3.2 acre farm
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ville County, comes through Mad
dens, and it seems to me through
the lower half of the County.
Usually Gray Court gets more
rain than Laurens.
This effects crops to a great
extent. In fact, yields are usu
ally in proportion to the rain
fall. The entire County is usually
too dry to make high yields. This
makes it necessary to plant cer
tain crops, such as corn, early
so as to get the corn off to a good
start and well on toward maturity
before the droughts hit.
Sub-soiling helps. It opens the
earth’s crust so that it will take
in much more water. This has
increased yields of certain crops
such as soybeans. Of course, if
you are getting plenty of rain, it
won’t help.
Organic matter holds mois
ture. It acts as a mulch. So,
where sufficient land is avail
able, rotation should be followed
so as to build up organic matter.
With high temperature, organic
matter dissipates in a hurry.
Home gardeners to a great
extent can remedy this situa
tion by making a mulch pile of
leaves, manure, and etc., and us
ing it in summer to go around
vegetables.
Henry Taylor of Green Pond
has worked a new trick to out-
start the termite. He has gotten
some used pipes. He is boring
holes about every 20” and lining
the inside foundation of his home.
This is fixed in such a way that
he can mix a 50 gal. drum of
insecticide and poison the soil
where the termites are located.
With these new homes being so
low to the ground, this seems like
a good idea for a lot of people
to consider.
W. N. Manly of Ware Shoals
is crop feeding his calves pure
corn. He says he can get a higher
price for his calves. Mr. Man
ly has a grade herd of Hereford
cattle.
Those of you who would like
Serala lespedaza might get in
touch with Milton Thomason, Joe
Holiday, Ben Hunter, George
Penland, and Marvin Nelson.
These men have called to say
they have seed for sale.
To maintain the high gloss on
the enameled finish of a washer,
refrigerator, freezer, or other
appliance, wash the outside walls
with a sudsy cloth and rinse with
a clean rinsing cloth. Then wipe
dry, and polish with wax.
If you are puzzled about howto
keep a foam-laminated garment
clean, remember that the foam
itself is completely washable by
hand or machine. So if the outer
fabric is washable, the entire
piece will be safe in soap or de
tergent suds.
J. DUNK SULLIVAN
FOR
COUNTY COUNCIL
JUNE 9
What have
Speaker for the evening was
Mr. Roy Bryant of Columbia. Mr.
Bryant is with the Communica
tions Department of South Caro
lina Farm Bureau Federation.
His topic for the evening was
“Public Relations in Farm Bu
reau*'.
The officers and
voted that Lasrens Cc
bold a Queei
later in the year. TUs is two
separate coalest held in most
every county in the State where
the young people In Farm Bu
reau families may enter. The
winner in each contest, aid each
county goes on to compete on
the State level «
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