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? Goals For 1932-1933 Demonstration Work Predion on Um> farm of B**tf poultry. dairy product*. v*$etaWo*. frmtt .,$ * curaala for tb* adpmnata attrition of the farm teaailjr. M OoMHtiiiM of food for wnUf j w, to the canning and ytcrage budget. Adding to the family income though farm women's marketing of surplus garden, orchard, poultry and dairy prodiicts and through home industries. Thrift in clothing through renovation. care, wise buying and the use of cotton materials. Arrangement of work and equipment to save time and steps. Lower ing,_Lh?XO?t of operations. Budgeting the flfmily income, thus keeping the family yearnings within the family earnings. ? Keeping up the family morale through the maintenance of: Th? comfort and beauty of the home; a courageous and optimistic outlook, wholesome family relationships; community work and recreation. Protection of the welfare of the child in this period of economic depression by laying emphasis on his care and development. These seven points have been agreed upon by tho state and county extension forces as thfc goals for - work undertaken by the county home agents and the members of all home j demonstration clubs in the state. ^ The council of farm women, with a membership of more than 16.000 wo-j men, is cooperating in every way with i the home agents to put this program | across. All of the goals are worthwhile. buAduring fchi* time of .depression "tTubmen are -especially interested in some way of increasing the family income. This has been made possible through the club markets operated with the help of the home agents. Our'club market in Camden sold during 1U31-32, $1,800 worth of vegetables, fruits, meats, flowers and plants. The markets of the whole state sold for farm women during 1931-32 was $293,738. This gives to us some idea of the value of extension work to tho rural women of .South Carolina. The market sales during li$l in North Carolina were ?$236,518 and in Virginia in three markets tho sales amounted to $25,000. During 1930 for all the markets of ' tho United States, 38394 women sold $1,707,515 worth of farm-products. Few realize that the home demon-j stration agents, cooperating with the j county health units, keep the women of the county in touch with all the better methods of child training and ^ care. Inferring to the sixth goal, we can say that for several years, but particularly during this time of lowered earning*, the extension force has work.-.! to develop h??me and commuj.it> rt-'-reation through more reading and a greater use of music and game in the homes. The school of recreation conducted in Sumter in May of 1931 and again in 1932 by trained leaders sent out from the national recreation association of New York, with leaders from Clemson col-| lege, was attended by fifty women and j men. who spent four evenings in j special study and training for group leadership. These leaders are now in j charge of recreational work in the^ counties which sent them to the school.. The National Recreation association, 315 Fourth Street, N. Y. C? offers to answer any question about ( social, cultural or dramatic activities that may come up in community re- . erf at ion. The club women of Kershaw county a-o all interested in the seven go aft, f.,r 1 and are cooperating in eery way t<> assist the agent in her work. One of the most important ways ,,f helping is regular attendance At kl club meetings. Missing one or two meetings means loss of part of the planned program and discouragement to the officers of tho club. Tho to*" !1 -.52 wn - aho\ o .ho .r. - lub membership is rapid1! . a - r.g w ith the realization o. h\, may cm me to a club member : v.. \:< noon wuik. Senator I'at Harrison, of Mississippi. .S opinion that in all governi,i, ? -apply bills for the next fiscal year economy will Ik* the keyword at 'he top of the hills. Amos W. Woodcock, director of federal enforcement laws, has announce 1 that prohibition agents are ready to move into those states where enforcement of state enforcement laws have been nullified by the recent elections. Officers from Chicago have arrived at Athens, Greece, for the purpose of extraditing Samuel Insull, former utilid^s operator, back to Chicago, to face the charges of embezzlement and larceny. There were 712,000 votes cast^ in o the recent election in North Carolina. ~0f the total 498,006 were for Roosep velt and 206,334 for Hoover. I . *_ ? -' Crotalaria Valuable To Farm Lands Poor landf low humus content, nitrogen deficiency, low crop yields, high cost of production, leaching and washing of *oil and fertiliser nutrients out of the soil, mortgages, consequent worry, loss of confidence, ! paralysed production credit, loas of homes, unpaid debts, unfeneed lands, unpainted homes, uncoileged hii-. dren, lack of home and farm conveniences and modern equipment, tower standard of living?these are some of the results of continued farming without building up the soil fertility. Our one-crop system has affected our soil like continued checking on a bank uccount without making deposit*. The account?soil fertility has about gotten to the overdraft point, and the short crops, are the notices of the overdraft. Our farms are only ours in trust, for they pass on to, our children or someone else at our dehth. We should not rob or drain them but should develop or enrich, them. They are talents entrusted to us and we Should remember and exercise the parable of the talents and be fair to posterity. Replace soil fertility as we take it out, adding a little more than we draw out and we'll find that we can stand depression, hard times and curtailed credit Iohs bettor than the farmer who has practically no fertility reserve left in his soil. How be$ can soil fertility be built up and kept? By proper rotation of crops, use of legumes and livestock manure and terracing where needed. | Since the subject of livestock manuros will be treated in another article this discourse shall deal princi! pally with legume crops and chiefly with crotalaria because summer soil building crops are next on our pro g-jtm to be placed in campaign rtyie; before the attention of our farmeis.j ' We do not cause our farmers to pur-, ' chase and plant large quantities .pf i the seeds we select for the purpose of l having him spend his money nor for I the purpose of boasting about large ! seed placements, 'but rather because we want to help our farmers make larger crop yields with less commercial fertilizer, at lower cost and wo know from the very practical results conducted at the farmers' experiment stations that legumes and manure are what our farmers need to use along with production of corn, cotton, grains and other crops/' Our farmers are open-minded, intelligent people, just as sound fundamentally as our- bankers and merchants. Once convinced of the wisdom of doing something they do not hold back, they are always ready for progressive steps that they are certain of and that they can afford. They have confidence in their public agricu 11114711 workers, experiment stations, home' and county agents and others. They respond to reason. In our farmcrs living at their own places rents the security of our national security; and existence in period* of stress and unrest so prevalent in industrial con . tors. When the homo and county agents of Kershaw county warned the farm people of the impending depression they responded admirably. ' The farI mers filled the county with hogs and pigs in three years until now it is hard to sell them because most every-j body has hogs. Many farmers have shut up or done away with their Lbuar^. It i* true that it is bad not to be able to sell hogs at d good profit but is is most comforting to knowthat the county is well supplied with meat. The home agent shows a 130 per cent increase in canned goods this year, over last year. Farmers planted large amounts of soy beans, velvet beans, cow peas and many demon strations of crotalaria this spring. This fall they took away the state honors for planting about .50.000 lbs. of Austrian winter pens and vetch. Plans are now being made for getting . ia.-ge acreages of rroTnlavta planted. We are truly getting on a self-sustaining basis, nnd rapidly doing so. W.- are throwing off the bondage of ,, t a I dependence upon commercial fertilizer- and its ally?necessity for bank credit. We are becoming eco-* 0 x * c a 11 v free. A t least ^ e a re 1.1 ^ r.g the foundation that will make our children free. Gardens are bigger, better, all-year and greatly increased in numbers. Feed for livestock is being produced sufficiently to practically supply the need. ^ The 50,0000 pounds of \Austrian pens and vetch, together with inoculation cost about $2,500. This should give a fertilizer and humus value of about $15,000 to $20,000 and should cause an increase of about 2o,000 bushels of corn if followed by icorfr nnd the season is normal. This valued at 50c per bushel would be an increased value of corn of $12,500. Deducting the $2,500 cost for. seeds, a net gain of $10,000 is shown. It i* considered that the saving from wash! ing and leaching ctf soil during the 1 winter will offset the cost of piant: ing. This Is just a start in soil buildj ing for our farmers. Many of them plan Mive their eeedn. It t* planned to purchase additional car loads of these seeds next fall. Saving a very big part of the customary fertiliser bill. This county spent approximately IHOOO.OOO for commercial fertiliser in 194JO. So it is seen * that it would not be Cxhorbitant to sk our farmers to plant ten times as much legume seeds hext ye*r *g th,#' for the purpose of making larger crop yields at lower cost and at the same time building t^> our soil. , Crotalaria.?Thia is our newest friend in the plant kingdom and legume family. It promises to be a sort of Moses, especially for farmers with poor land, light or sandy lands. We have now carried it through the experimental period in Kershaw county and at our Sandhill Experiment .Station at Pontiac. In 1930 your county agent was furnished a small amount of crotalaria seeds through the cooperation of Mr. Hi B. Carr, of the Sandhill Experiment Station and Mr. S. L. Jeffords, Extension Agronomist of Clemson 'College. These seeds were placed with 20 farmers over the counjy. The results were ko gratifying that the demonstrations were materially increased in 1931 and some farmers planted several aere^, In 1932 substantial orders were placed for local farmers by the county agent. The largest planting this year in the county was 300 acres. Results continued so gratifying that we are now asking for quotations on 1U.OO0 pounds of needs with the option of buying 20,000 pounds. These will be in addition to several thousand pounds that the 1933 crop will supply this year. It is expected that the 1933 crop will ' supply the county's seed requirement for 1934. H For the benefit, of those who are not yet familiar with crotalaria the following ig?given as information: The two varieties of crotalaria probably most suited to our needs and conditions in Kershaw county are Spectabilis and Striata. Livestock will not eat crotalaria in any form, therefore, its only use it to be turnedj under for soil improvement. It adds nitrogen to the soil at the rate of about 800 pounds'nitrate of soda per j acre. A yield of 40,000 pounds of green material per acre is not uncommon. The organic materials produced by the decomposition of crotalaria are able to attack unavailable plant food materials, and make "them useful to the^crop. Crotalaria produces more humus and more nitrogen per acre than any other crop known to the writer.v This makes it the cheapest cover Crop to grow. It has succeeded in the Southern states ,an<i as far north as Vincennes, Indiana. It is not a host to injurious insects and diseases. It will reseed each year and is not a pest. Crotalaria is used as a summer cover crop and soil builder. It may be planted in corn and other farm crops at the last cultivation and makes a tremendous growth the same season. H-> \ "Ver,. in this section indications ; ! *hat best results will be obtained from seeding the crotalaria by it.-o.:. It will build up the worn out lav. 1 so common on almost every farm. It has been known to double crop y elds following it. Experiments show that crota.aria is about four times as good for soil building as velvet beans. Crota.aria gives nitrogen equivalent to about 885 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre as compared to 277 pounds by cow peas and 232 pounds by velvet l>eans. Crotalaria may be planted as soon as frost damage is past. It will do better if planted on well prepared soil and may be planted broadcast or in drills. Ten pounds of seed are required per acre for broadcast planting and about one-half that much when drilled. Crotalaria is now a proved crop in Kershaw county. The actual cash value of nitrogen returned to the soil by crotalar.a is about $20 per acre besides this humus which is of untold value. It increases the water-holding cnpacr'y of the soil, furnishes food for fr.endly bacteria and makes some materials already present in the soil ava 'able for plant food. For further information on crotalaria get in touch with yoar county agent, Henry D. Green. News of Interest in j and Near Bethune Bethune, Nov. 28.?Among the pleasant affair* of the past week wa? a turkey aupper nerved by the wot men of the Methodist^ church gt the King-Davis hotel on Wednesday evening. The $upper was well patroniaed. Several couple* from Camden were present. The proceeds were used for the new Methodist parsonage, which is almost completed. Friends of Miss Mary King, a student at Columbia college, who ha* decently undergone an appendicitis operation at the Columbia hospital, will be pleased to learn that she is convalescing nicely. The members of the local B. Y. P. U. enjoyed a delightful social at the h<V?ie pi Mrs. D. L. McLeod last Friday evening. Miss Lottie Outlaw was in charge of the amusements and many , game* were played during the evening. Fruit was served thelguest* numbering about twenty-seven girls and boys. ? The Rev. J. A. Graham and Mrs. Graham, of Rembert, stopped over for a visit to Mrs. Graham's mother, en route to their new home at Smoaks. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Church and children, of Bladenboro, N. C., have been recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Oliver. > Miss Mamie Coker, of the Midway school, spent a week end with Miss Louise Tiller recently. Miss Mary Louise McLaurin, of the Parker district school, Greeiiville, spent the week end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. McLaurin. She was accompanied home by Miss Linda of Greenville. Mrs. Dolly Seegars, of McBee, has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Tom Hearon. Miss Lizzie Davis, who is teaching in the Kershaw schools again this year, was the week end guest of her sister, Mrs. L. M. Best. The Bethune schools are having holiday Thursday and Friday, which has' been the custom for some years. The investigation by a congressional committee of alleged fraudulent voting in -the recent election^in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, got underway last week. Vote buying, I intimidation and the use of liquor are alleged in the charges of fraud. The United States Building and Ixmn league, meeting in Chicago, says in a report that the residential real estate- market of the country is "ready to move ahead." Loans for home building in the country totaled $3,399,633 in September, an increase of $1,000,000 over July. Mrs. James G. Crumbliss, 60, prominent woman of Knoxville, Tenn., was shot down on the streets of that city Thursday "night as she was going to the home of a daughter. The police have been unable to find a reason for the brutal murder. At the Helm-In Time of NeedT" I Mrs. W. J. Mayfieltf, chairman of the local chapter of the American Red Cross urges every one who can possibly do so to enroll as members at once. The membership fee is only $1. Give one dollar, and you are a full-hedged member of one of the greatest charitable organizations in the world. Mrs. May field says the< Federal government through the American National Red Cross has contributed large supplies of flour, cloth to be made into garments and ready made garments for the "dig- < tressed and needy" of Kershaw County. The enrolling dates are , November 11th too November 24th? Thanksgiving Daly. So you see the time for joining is short. Enroll I now! Kershaw County must raise j her quota for this worthy cause. Realtor Burns Up " Notes of Debtors Tuscaloosa, Ala., Nov. 20.?Now that he has burned up $27,000 ""worth of unpaid mortgages and notes, W. A. Boyd hopes the friends who owed him will come around to "his real estate office and talk things over. His hands stuffed full of the papers ranging from $10 to $5,000, Boyd walked into the office of the Tuscaloosa News yesterday and after employees of the paper helped him burn them, inserted the following ad: "Notice to the greatest majority! of the people that I hold notes, mort-' i gages and open accounts against: "I am today destroying approximately $27,000 worth of this kind of paper, so, boys, you need not dodge me; come in and see me and lefs talk things over and forget the past I hold no ill will against anyone. Thanking all of you for all past favors, I am, yours very truly, W. A. ~ Boyd." Atlanta, Ga., ia another important city that is virtually busted. On yesterday with a payroll requiring $200,000 to city employes due, the city's treasury had only $65,000 on hands with which to $?eet the payroll. The city has obligations of $1,928,000 past due,, ^ Smoking compartment of one of Eastern Air's 18 passenger Curtis Condor's showing the Hostess serving cigarettes ; A Curtis Condor, eighteen passenger airliner of the Eastern Air Transport which waa aeon at Woodward Field last Saturday^ Said to be the largeet land plane now in use in America. Carried passengers here for a ride Saturday. J