The Wateree messenger. (Camden, S.C.) 1884-1942, February 01, 1933, Image 5
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Couty Agent's Annual Report Shows
Valuable Service 'Rendered Farm
P?opl.
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Tried To Help The Class Of Farm
People Who Needed Help The Most?
Small Owners And Tenants.
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Also Did Much For Negro ' Farmers.
Organized Negro Farm Association.
Following are some extracts taken
from the 1982 annual report of Coun
ty Agent Green, copies of which re
port have been filed at Clemson Col
lege, District Agent's office, Wash
v'; '? ington, and the Court House in Cam
fcden;
The report shows that Mr. Green
was active in securing a large amount
of seed loan money for Kershaw
County in 1932, the amount being in
creased from the original $50,000 tc
$120,000 which was loaned to HOC
farmers. 792 farms were visited ir
conducting Extension work; 2976
-calls at the office regarding from
business; 620 telephone calls regard
ing fai*m business; wrote 273 newr
articles on farm subjects; ?vrote 235 f
, individual letters con^rning farm
matters; sent, out 63yeKfferent circu
lar letters over tho^ounty with a to
tal circulation of^ 22,000 copies; dis
tributed approximately 5,000 fanr
bulletins over the county; helped put
on county and community fairs; heU'
2 trailing meetings . for local fanr
leaders; held 112 method demonstra
tion meetings with a total attendance
of 1560 people of the county; held If
meetings at result . demon strati on r
with a total attendance of 233; con
ducted 2 tours with a total attendancr
of over 300 fanmers; held 1 4-H camy
with 84 attending; assisted with 2r
other meetings with a total attend
ance of 600; worked with farmers or
following subjects : home garden?
garden letters, market garden ant1
truck crops; treatment of oats an<*
etc. for smut, insect control, selectior
and treatment of sweet potatos and
irish potatoes, production, care, use
of farm manures, assisting many
farmers with home mixing of ferti
lizers, assisting farmers all over' the
?county to secure dairy cows and sel1
sour cream, establishment of cream
route through the county, productior
of peanuts and sunflowers, control o*
rodents and miscellaneous insects
control of termites, pasture develop
ment was conducted in practically
every community of the county, seed
selection of corn, testing soil, 4-H
Club boys planted 264,000 pine seed
ling trees, cooperated throughout the
v year with the county forester on the
forestry program which has beer
very successful, assisting in buildinp
many terraces, has conducted frer
bull and boar service over the county
placed approximately 60 pure bred
bulls in the county in the past 8 yearp
encouraged farmers to plant 55,000
lbs. of austrian peas which will insure
bigger crops and require far less com
mercial fertilizer. If these austrian
peas are followed by com should give
86,000 bushels of corn, increase, val
ued at 50c per bushel would be $18,
000 deducting $3,000 for cost of seed
andhioculation, a net profit of $15,
OOOMrth -of c<?rn would be shown
Benefits from this would not only be
in the increase crop yields but also
by not having to buy very much com
mercial fertiliser ifa 1983, also adds
large amounts of humus and retain e
moisture for use in dry spells. He
assisted in marketing many farm
commodities including poultry ship
ments, turkeys, hogs, cattle, surplaf
grains, and etc.
Mr. Green's report shows that he
has ; cooperated in controlling hog
cholera in more than half of the com
munities of the county during thf
past year. , i
.Using the last U. S. Census made
2 years ago as a basis and the', aver
age estimates of conservative farm
ers over the county Mr. Green . esti
mates that on a conservative basif
there are now $48,000 worth of hogr
more in the county than were 2 yearr
ago. The many sales of pure bretf
sow pigs which he conducted 2 and ?
years ago are brought back to mind
Many of these high quality breeding
hogs were placed with people whr
actually needed them most, poorer
I people, many of whom were finance*
in the purchase of these pure bref5
p$gs. The report shows that ,4-H
club boys of the county played a very
important part of this big hog in
crease. It is felt that this largr
number of hogs are valuable insur
ance against hunger this winter.
Farmers of almost every commun
ity of the county "have been started
in the use of Lespedeza, both as .?
valuable pasture crop and as hay
and especially as a soil building crop
Several demonstrations are being cor
ducted with Kudzu, all of which thu'
far are very encouraging and promis'
to be of considerable value as graz
ing and hay crops.
The report shows that with the in
crease of cattle the production of
hays and other livestock feeds havr
increased in proportion. Also th'
general run of hay being produce'
in the county is of better quality
Farmers are now beginning to real
ize more than ever that legume hayr
are far more valuable for use wit>
milk cows. 342 records were kept b?
club boys and farmers on definite
farm projects, being conducted ir
connection with the county agent
These include demonstrations wit!
com, cotton hay, lespedeza, hogs
dairying, poultry, gardening, for
estry, crotalaria, and other sub
jects.
Wheat. Farmers in practically
half of the communities of the coun
ty have been started producing a
small amount of wheat for home use
some of which has been ground intc
flour by regular roller mills but thf
most of which has been ground on
local grist mills. In getting farm
ers to plant wheat Mr. Green helped
them to secure good seed, others were
assisted in treating their seed for
smut.
Crotalaria. Kershaw County now
leads all of the counties in the statf
in the planting of crotalaria. Approx |
imatoly 50 demonstrations were con i
ducted in crotalaria last year. Thir
crop promises to be very valuable af
a soil building crop. '
It is estimated that 300 farmerr
have been influenced and made ap
proximately 26,000 bushels more corr
than would have been made other
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-wise. This is valued at $12,500. Hun
dreds of farmers were induced tc
plant larger acreages of corn than
usual and it is felt that the county
would have had a bumper crop had it
not been for the drought for the
acreage was unusually large in 198?
due to a large measure of the influ
ence of the county agent and the corr
demonstrations:
Yellow corn is now being planted
by farmers of practically every mair
community of the. county due to it;
higher value in feeding to poultry
and stock.
Cotton. It is significant to note
that the cotton demonstrations as
well as the corn demonstrations in
variably indicate that the highest
yields were made by farmers who
have turned under legume cover
crops such as austrian pea3, cr<?ta
laria, vetch, and etc. Much work
has been done by the county agent
in getting farmers all over the coun
ty to use better cotton seed. The
most prominent variety is Coker's
Cleveland No. 6 which brings a
premium. * The introdu''t;on of these
better seeds t.gether with improved
practices in cotton production under
boll weevil conditions suca as proper
spacing, fertilizing, and cultivation
has brought about an estimated net
increase in value of the cottoh crop
during the past 8 years of at least
$10,000 for the county. It is pointed
out that this will increase each year
since each demonstration influences
additional farmers each year.
The report shows that exceptional
ly fine results have been obtained in
pasture work over the county. Mr.
Green says that good pastures are
absolutely necessary for livestock
success.
Dairying. The diary portion of
the report is very encouraging, show
ing that milk cows and heifer calves
have been placed with many farmers
especially the poorer class of people.
Poultry. A large amount of work
has been done on poultry and turkey
development. Kershaw County is
now listed as one of the 3 major tur
key producing counties of the state
Poultry shipments totaled $6,012.63
this year but sales throughout the
year through other channels brought
the total to approximately $12,600
which the county agent assisted farm
people in selling to better advantage.
Farm Management. Accounts
were kept by farmers of various sec
tions of the county enabling a more
efficient analysis of the farm enter,
prise in-order that proper corrections
may "be made for more profitable
farming.
Farmers over the county have been
assisted with developing better homr
orchards.
Home garden development has re
ceived attention throughout the entire
year. The county now has hundreds
of bigger and better all year gardens
with a greater variety of vegetables
than farmers have had at any pre
vious time.
The County Board of Agriculture
composed of leading farmers of the
county assisted the county agent in
preparing the year's agricultural
program. Also State and Federal
Agricultural Economists were con
suited in detail because these men
have all available information tend
ing to foretell the probable condition
during the pending year with respec*
to the various farm crops, livestock
market demands, availability of loanr
and other cash; the probable indus
trial employment situation and there
fore the probable purchasing powei
of the industrial workers of the con
suming centers; the probable foreign
situation and foreign export and im
port trends? all of which factorr
have a direct bearing upon the farm
program we should follow during the
year.
Mr. Green has consistently studied
the best economic charts and graphs
such as those developed by Babson
and the Cleveland Trust Co., as
well as Government and State Out
look material. He has kept up a
steady correspondence with some of
the nation's ablest economists. He
says that it was a result of this con.
tinued research work Jn economics
and outlook subjects which caused
him to so strongly urge at all times
our people to get on a self-sustaining
or Live-at-Home basis as soon as
possible. . Hence the large number of
hogs, poultry; legumes, protected
wood lots, more cows, mofe food and
feed. Mr. Green says that he be
lieves Kershaw County would have s
bumper crop of com in 1982 had it
not been for the drought for the 1982
corn acreage was unusually largs. Mr
Green thinks that economic and busi
ness conditions in 1988 will show very
little improvement over 1982 and
strongly urges, our farmers to strive
hard to improve their Uve-at-Home
itw&M it/
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program as much and as rapidly as
possible for in his opinion it will be
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2 or 8 years before any marked im
provement will be seen, unless some
thing out of the ordinary like a big
war oecors or cancellation of the in
ternational debts. He points out that
recovery Will be slow and delayed be
cause of the extremely low purchas
ing power of Europe and the rest of
the world. He also advises close
study and consideration before in
curring debt unless for purchase of r
farm home or some investment that
is certain to bring in a net profit and
be a real asset, such as a good cow
or calf. ?
Mr. Green also strongly urges our
farmers to cut down on the acreage
cultivated ii> 1938, leaving out the
less productive land and fertilize and
cultivate well the most productive
land.
GIRL'S 4-H ACHIEVEMENT DAY
A SUCCESS
85 4-H club girls representing 12
of the 16 4-H clubs in Kershaw Coun
ty met in the American Legion Hall
last Saturday morning, January 21
This meeting was presided over by
Pollye West, one of the two most
outstanding club girls in the State
Miss West won the trip to the Natio
nal 4-H Club Camp next June. She
has an outstanding club record over
a period of seven years.
Dr. Wimberly, pastor of the Meth
odist Church, conducted the devotio
nal using the 19th Psalm as a basis
for his helpful and inspiring talk.
Greetings from other Extensior
organizations were brought by Mrs
Kate B. Gettys, president of the
County Council of Farm Women, and
Miss Effie Truesdale, president of
the Senior 4-H Club.
Mrs. Samuel Russell was introduc
ed. She told of the beginning of 4-H
club work of her county in Connecti
cut^ and some of the excellent re
mits accomplished by this organiza
tion.
Mrs. Harriet F. Johnson, State
Girl's Club Leader, made the princi
pal address using "Dreaming" as her
subject. This inspiring address wil1
prove helpful to the girls throughout
the year as they do their daily tasks
Miss Craig, our home agent, pre
sented the certificates and diplomas
She congratulated the girls for the
excellent work done last year and
urged them to do even better in 1933.
The girls expressed their thanks tc
the American Legion for the use of
the hall, and to Mr. Lee Little for thr
use of the picture show theater by r
vote,
Alvin B.' Schell, 102, of Hillsdale,
Mich., gives this advice tp those who
would live to attain old age: "Eat
all you can hold and work as hard as
you con." ,
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Antioch School Honor Roll For 2nd
Six Week Period.
1st Grade. Milton Raley, - Ray
Britton Blyther, Lucile Marshall, Wil
Hdene Trimnal, Golda Weathers.
2nd Grade. Ann Chalker, Vera
Davis, McLean Marsh, Melwill Mar
shall.
8rd Grade. Mattie Spears, Eliza
beth Stokes, Lutheadus Tennant, Ge
nevieve Trimnal.
4th Grade. Jeanette Davis.
5th Grade. Maenell Johnson, Eliz
abeth McCaskill, Mildred Marsh, Dor
thy Melton, William Marsh.
6th Grade. Winona Belk. i
7th Grade. Carolyn Hill, Alva Lee
Elilee Pate.
8th Grade. ? Mae Sinclair, Sara
Johnson, Peggy Holland, Bernice Hol
land. . '?
9th Grade. Arthur Holland, Jr.
10th Grade. Leon Scarborough.
11th Grade. Leila Hinson, Lillian
Branham, Kenneth Joye, Hazel Ed
dings.
A stranger "who saved Frank V.
Loring of Chicago from holdup men
walked home with him and stole his
watch.
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