The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, December 10, 1970, Image 19
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THE CHRONICLE, Clinton, S. C., Dec. 10, 1970—5-C
TIMELY TIPS
BY COUNTY AGENT
HOME ECONOMISTS
FLAMMABLE BERETS AND
SCARVES - If a beret or scarf
Is on your Christmas list, be
alert to Federal Trade Com
mission warnings about some
dangerously flammable berets
and scarves. The FTC has found
some women’s and girls im
ported chenille berets to be
dangerously flammable. The
berets have been imported from
Italy and are generally com
posed of varyingpercentagesof
acrylic, rayon and cotton. The
berets come in a wide variety
of colors; some have a pompom
and others do not. FTC has
stopped the manufacturers and
wholesalers from selling these
berets, but many had been sold
to retailers before their flam
mable nature was known. Num
erous warnings have been made
on 27* square scarves labeled
'Triple Sheer,’ all rayon and
made in Japan. They have been
tested and found to be danger
ously flammable. Many have
been sold to retailers before
their flammability was known.
CEDAR TREES - Land-
owners, with cedar trees to
small to t>e cut fur posts and
waiting for later use, should
trim the limbs to prevent their
destruction by Christmas tree
hunters.
FARM STORAGE LOANS -
Now is a good time for far
mers to consider their needs
for on - the - farm storage of
small grains...corn, .and soy
beans. Farm storage facility
and drying equipment loans
can cover up to 85 percent of
out-of-pocket costs. These
loans can cover up to 85 per
cent of out-of-pocket costs.
These loans are repayable in
four annual installments over a
period of five years. The first
installment is due one year
from the date the loan is made.
Storage is a responsibility of
the farmer and a price support
loan cannot be obtained without
storage. Interested farmers
should contact the County ASCS
office for an explanation of the
details and requirements for
farm storage facility and dry
ing equipment loans.
TO CLEAN FOOD GRATERS
AND PARERS - Always use a
small brush to clean food
graters and parers. You will
save wear and tear on hands
and dish cloth.
EMPTY PESTICIDE CON
TAINERS - They are constantly
a source of danger. Let me en
courage farmers who have
large containers to bring them
to the county solid waste dis
posal area at the county chain
gang. There they will be buried
deeply.
STAMPS STUCK-Stampsstuck
together can be seperated by
putting a piece of paper over
them and running a hot iron
over it.
The long, double-edged
“saw" of the sawfish exhibited
at Marineland of Florida is
equipped with from 2-1 to 3?
pairs of teeth. Ttie sawfish,
unless provoked, is not con
sidered dangerous t > man.
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Farm Bureau Shows Membership Increase
DAN WILSON
Wilson
Named PCA
Manager
Dan E. Wilson has been un
animously elected by the board
of directors of the Palmetto
Production Credit Association
to become Branch Office Man
ager of the Laurens office,
according to Dick Suggs,
General Manager.
In commenting on the hiring
of Mr. Wilson, Suggs said that
ttie association is fortunate in
being able to secure a person
of Wilson’s calibre, agri
cultural and educational back
ground.
Wilson was reared in Tren
ton, Florida, and has had ex
perience in crop farming and
seed pressing and cattle.
He is a recent graduate from
the University of Florida with
a BS Degree in Agricultural
Fcnm >mics.
Mr. Mike Hughes, who has
been previously splitting his
time tietween the Laurens and
Newberry offices, has been
transferred to the Newberry
office full time and Mr. Wil
son will operate the Laurens
office on a full-time basis,
according to Suggs. Suggs said
that the association had
recently moved into their new
quarters located at 918 West
Main Street in Laurens and he
feels that with their new office
and the addition of Mr. Wilson
to the staff, along with the
full-time secretary, Mrs. Jean
0. Miller, the Association is
now in an excellent position
to serve the short and inter
mediate term credit needs of
the farmers of Laurens County.
South Carolina F arm Bureau
membership hit an alltime high
of 30, 856 family members dur
ing 1970, according to reports
submitted by the County Farm
Bureaus during the recent 27th
Annual Meeting in Charleston.
This is an increase of 200
members over last year, and
President David Sloan called
it “an indication that farmers
have decided to speak for them-
selves-rather than allowing
someone elso to do it for them."
This final membership for 1970
indicated ten years of con
tinuous growth for the state’s
largest general farm organiza
tion.
Approximately 1,000 persons
attended the annual meeting and
many described it as the best
ever. Mr. T. J. Copeland, Mrs.
Philip W. Rogers, MissAlmeda
Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. J. Her
man Power, Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Mahon, Mr. RichardTate, Mrs.
Agnes Bailey, Mrs. Barbara
Martinix, Mrs. Robert Camp-
beU, Miss Kim Campbell, Mr.
and Mrs. Billy Tollison and
Miss Sue Tollison were in
attendance from Laurens
County. Speakers included
Florida Farm Bureau Execu
tive Vice President John C.
Lynn, and America Farm
Bureau FieldServices Director
Leaves Make Fine
Mulch For Garden
BY M. L. OUTZ
COUNTY AGENT
This is the time of year
when the yards of Laurens
County become covered with
leaves and needles. This is
natures way of protecting the
tree to withstand the cold
weather. The tree will drop it’s
leaves to the soil so that they
will return to the soil in for
form of humus. This humus
then furnishes nutrients to this
tree. This is a self supporting
cycle. The tree then sleeps,
or goes through a dormant
period, before another cycle
begins. Must of the homeowners
will rake these leaves and
literally hundreds of tons will
be burned to go off into the
atmosphere.
Considering the fact that our
soils are naturally poor,
whether it be where the trees
grow, in the vegetable gardens,
or the upen fields, this material
should be returned to the soil.
Considering thelongdroughts
that we have this is as important
"Recognize me lady? I'm
your son Jameti... the one
you abandoned to first grade
thie morning..."
from the stand point of moisture
conservation as it is from a
nutritional point of view. So
mulches or organic matter has
two main functions. One is to
supply a constant source of
available nutrients. The other
is to improve the physical con
dition of the soil. This includes
moisture holding capacity.
I want to suggest that our
homeowners make a compost
pile and use this in your
gardens, around shrubbery and
flower beds. Here’s what to use.
Let’s suppose you have 300
pounds of leaves. With this 300
pounds add at 30 to 40 pounds
of Dolomitic Limestone. This
limestone contains a great
many of the minor elements.
It is purchased in 100 pound
bags at your fertilizer dealers.
To this add 25 pounds (if super-
ptiosphate, and, also, add 25 to
35 pounds of amonium nitrate.
Make a pile of this in such a way
that it will NOT shed water. In
other words, it should be open
at the top so that water will be
forced to penetrate. If this com
post pile is in the open then a
small am unt of soil can le
spread over the pile. This com
posting process should be al
lowed to continue for several
months. In other words, next
spring it could lie applied as
mulch. C)r, it could be dug in
the soil.
You gardners take note of
this and gather your leaves
from the streets of Laurens
if you don’t have any of your
own. You’ll be proud you did
when the drought comes next
summer.
BY K. E. STRUCK
SOIL CONSERVATIONIST
The South Carolina Associa-
Conservation District Com
missioners attended their 30th
annual convention this week.
The convention climaxed the
year’s activities for the com
missioners.
Registration began at 8 a.m.
Tuesday at the Wade Hampton
Hotel in Columbia. The con
vention continued through Wed
nesday.
W. B. Camp, worldrenowTied
agricultural leader of Bakers
field, California, was the key
note speaker at the first
session Tuesday.
The theme of this year’s
convention was “The Role of
Conservation Districts in
South Carolina’s Future.’
The conference participants
include H. E. Clinkenbeard,
Assistant Director, South
eastern Wisconsin Regional
Planning Commission, Wau
kesha, Wisconsin; John Jackson
Conservation Consultant, State
Department of Education, on
“Conservatiun Districts’ Rule
in Regional Planning"; R. C.
Barnes, of the Engineering
Division, Soil Conservation
Service, Washington, D. C. on
“Conservation Districts’ Role
in Pollution Abatement’ and
Leslie Morgan, President of
the South Carolina Association
of Future Farmers of America,
“Working with Youth.’
District Commissioners at
tending from Laurens County-
are Chairman Ryan F. Lawson,
J. E. Tinsley, Milton Blakely,
Horace Martin and Rev. Guy
H. Smith, Jr., District
Chaplain.
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ALWAYS A STEP AHEAD
Warren Newberry. Lynn ad
dressed a Joint Luncheon on
Friday and Newberryspoke to
the Young Peoples’ Luncheon
on Saturday.
In the Senior TalentContest-
Susan Player of Sumter County
won with a baton twirling act;
Molly Mitchell of Saluda was
second with a singing and piano
performance; and Susan Hogan,
Lancaster County, was third
with a ventriloquist act. Junior
Talent winners included - Dar
lene Spanne of Sumter County,
placing first with a violin solo;
Charles Ruff of Newberry,
second place winner- with a
song and skit; and Converse
Cone and Patty Householder of
Saluda County, who placed third
with a dance routine.
In the Queen contest, Miss
Kathy Joe Kneece of Aiken
County was named winner.
First runner-up was Miss Lyn
Edmunds of York County; and
second runner-up was Miss
Almeda Rogers of Laurens
County.
More than 100 policy recom-
n endations were considered by
the voting delegates during the
business session with pri
mary concerns of the group
being organized farm labor,
pesticides, marketing techni
ques, and taxation of farm land.
Recommendations are develop
ed at the grass roots level in
County Farm Bureau annual
meetings, and forwarded to the
State Annual Meeting for con
sideration.
Also duringthe business ses
sion, President David Sloan
was re-elected for a three year
term. Other officers re-elected
were Vice President E. B.
Funderburk of Lancaster, and
Director - at - Large L. D.
Holmes, Sr. of Johnston, J.W.
Warner, Jr. of Bowman was
elected a Director-at-Large,
for one year filling the unex
pired term of J. Calvin Rivers.
Mrs. Agnes Bailey of Lau
rens County won first runner-
up in the County Information
Contest, with Mrs. Margaret
Brown of Spartanburg taking
first place.
The annual meeting of the
American Farm Bureau Fe
deration is scheduled for Hous
ton, Texas on December 6-10;
traveling with the South Caro
lina members will be Mrs.
Agnes Bailey, Secretary of
Laurens County Farm Bureau.
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