The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 25, 1932, Image 6
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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
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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