The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, July 28, 1944, Image 5
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JTMl CAMOm CMWOIII6H, CAil»«l|, tOUTH CAWOLiMA. FRIDAY. JULY M. 1f44
acts Concerning Your County Farm Bureau
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)STE:B, Roebuck, B. C., ii
Bident of the South CeroUiui
reau. Mr. Foster is « proml-
ler In SparUnborg Conntj.
Report of Soil -
Conservation District
Part II
In 1»S3 and 1934 the United SUtes
Department of Agrtcnlture, realising
that tftnSon was fast deetit>3ring onr
baaic economic reeonrees,' the soil,
set np d^nonstration proje^ through*
out the nation where erosion was a
serious problem, to show farmers how
crops beet adapted to good land use,
combined with proper engineering
practices, control the washing away
of the soil and bring it back, if not
ta Its-fORner atate M tortUitTv at ieast
into a profitable production.
Of course, manj mistakes were
made in these first attempts to <^m*
bat erosion and, in many times, ex
periments were made that did not
work. Practices were tried out which
were found unsuitable to do the Job—
but the Department of Agriculture
kept on trying.
Farmers took notice of these
demonstration projects and the prac
tices recommended to save the soil
and moisture. Some were skeptical
and clung to old farming methods.
But they realised their need for help.
And, little by little, the earnest ef
forts of technicians representing the
different cooperating agricultural
agencies, together with the serious
ness of the problem confronting the
farmers, won a few adherents to the
cause of saving the soil, and many
more who were slow to. accept the
assistance offered them watched very
closely their neighbor's attempts and
suc^ses in controlling erosion until
they, who formerly scoffed at title new
fangled ideas, began to try out some
of them. too.
In its attempt to flntf the right
crops and the best type water dis
posal system with which to control
erosUm and to convince farmers of
the need of a program Uke that, the
Department of Agriculture worked
through agricultural agencies, state,
federal and local, who were earnestly
trying to promote a better agriculture
and whose efforts were somewhat
redded beca^ they were working :
more or less Inde^ndehtly -of each
other. Realising the strength and
power behind a concerted effort of aU
agricultural agencies and the need
for such activity, agricultural leadert
began to think. And an idea was
bom! An idea, said by Chief Bennett
of tile Soil Conservation Service to be
the best thing that has come from
the mind of man—the organising of
soil conservation districts. This idea
la simply to do the Job of conseiwing
onr goil In fiSe true • American way,
the democratic way of each farmer
having his Miare of participation in
the organizing and a voice in the
operation.
A soil conservation district, there
fore, is an organisation of termers, by
farmers, for termers, and is bom of
the beliet, which fostered democracy
in this country, that the masses of the
Inqiortaht Meetinp
For County Farmers
Scheduled Next Week
tty Farm Bureau
soring Locker
igeration Plant
jrshaw County Farm Bureau
iring a locker refrigeration
[Cershaw County and had Mr.
ison, with the Benson Refrig-
ocker System, in Camden on
, at a public meeting at the
use, at which time Mr. Ben-
lined the services rendered
igeration plant. He went on
lat the farmers could bring
'k, cattle, vegetables and
nd leave at his plant and he
arantee that the, meats and
8 would come out in perfect
6 to 8 months after being
f we had a plant of this type
iinty today it would save hM
s vegetables that are being
and are going to waste. It
10 save the _bou8ewl{9 many
bur In duming the surplus,
ir farmers in the county lose
ble amounts of meat due to
Dper tecllities on the farm,
er potmd Mr. Benson stales
sonld give you any kind of
desired, store your meat and
y process all the trimmings,
eludes renderteg lard, mak-
ige, etc.
I stated that for 4c per pound
i chill, cat, wrap and treese
ils bedT can be cuT~Eld any
» the farmer desires and for
te will kill, dress, wrap and
r 4c per pound with' a mlnl-
irge of 10c per bird,
ements have been worked
the town council by Mr. Ben-
Mw or buy the old armory on
I street for the plant to be
ua Just aa quickly as tbe
B Kershfw County sign up to people are capable of. governlag and
lockera, which Is required In ^
obtain priority, Mr. Benson
the plant. It is' hoped thatifovemment and make them wofk.
Listed below is s schedule of meet
ings to be held by the Kershaw Coun
ty Farm Bureau, at which time the
purpose of the term bureau wfll be
discussed and people will be given an
opportunity to Join. It is hoped that
we wBi have an outstanding speaker
to explain the organisation of ^e bo-
rean at these meetings.
Every group-j(tf -people who ever
amount to anything is organised.
date farm people have not organised
and they have not gotten a fair share
of the national Income. It is high
time that the fanners do something
In order to insure them a better stan
dard of living and the only way la
through organisation. This is yonr
opportunity to Join the organisation
ttat will help fapm people in Kershaw
County to obtain the things that are
Justly due the farmers, not only an a
state level but on s national leveL
We will have to do this In order to
compete with other organised groups
You are requested and urged to atv'
tend the meeting nearest to you sm
see to it that all of your neighbors
attend also.
Meetings will be held as follows:
August 1st. Bethune School. 11 A.M.
August 1st, Mt Plsgah School. I
P. M. -
August 1st, Baron DeKalb School,
4:80 P. M.
August 1st, Kershaw School, 8:80
P. M«
August 2nd, Plnegrove School, U
A. M.
Autust„2pfl,,4»tioch School, 8 P.M.
^ugust 2nd, Midway School, 4:80
iP. Id.
August 2nd. Blaney School, 8:80
P. bl.
ockers will be sold by Oeto-
and if so, wHhln 90 days.
II be December 1st, the plant
Soil conaervation diatrlcta are poH-
tioal aub-dtviakma of a state aa are
conntiMi, townships or stdtool districts.
in operation. He plau feolThey are eet np under the laws ol tile
00 capacity locker and atooittate in which they lie. Thla faw
I abattofa- and poidtiT'dfill^TPriH1ddA~them~ii a iheatii~lIrfoiu^
in connection with the loek-lwhieh temera, tiMnaelvee, may call
iraUon plant lou all agrlonltu^ agencies tq assist
lockers wfll rent tor |l4.00|lhem in thetr ettorti to eonsOTve the
0 per j9$r. Farmers only I soil and molatare within the diatrieta
or a locker for 1 year. The!and to aasist them with other term
illected for yonr locker winlproblesM sndi as drainage, tavraclng,
B escrow until your key tel forestry and pasture Improvement
er to yon. I Soil conservation dlstricta are In-
C.. McQarley, County Agent
Dehydration Plant
Plays Important Part
Di Feeding Our Boys
Freeh Dry Foods, Incorporated, or
ttie Camden Dehydration Plant is do
ing their part in the winning of the
war. Since they started last October
they«have bought from the termers
$41,000.00 in sweet potatoes, $89,000.-
00 in onions and $97,829.00 in Irish
potatoes. AU of which have been
shipped to the boys overseas. This
plant, along with other similar plants,
are seeing to it that our men and wo
men in ^e armed forces are-being
weU fed.
In addition to helping feed onr boya
they are also helping our town and
Kershaw county by furnishing em
ployment to approximately 200 people
with a weekly payroll of approxlmato-
^ $2A00.00 per week. Since opening
Itat October they have paid out $100,-
000.00 for sweet potatoes thte telL
They would much rather buy a^ of
these sweet potatoes from the farms
fit Kershaw oonnty.
Both the town and Kershaw county
should appreciate this, dehydration
pl|mt because of what it has meant,
and it will mean much more to the
farmers in the county ss they leam
to grow more produce for the plant
This is one means to help termers to
get additional cash crops, other than
cotton, which are needed so badly
now and more so after the war is
over.
W. C. McCarley, County Agent
SoU Conservation
District Work
CARD OF THANKS
The family of Mrs. Lula Aticinson
take this means to express their
gratefnl appreciation for the kindnea-
ses extended them in their recent be
reavement ISp
strnments through which aU.agencies
tnay reach termers, and dispense the
servleea they are beat adapted to furn
ish. A soil conservation district la
not responsible to any agency, state
or federal, but only to the state under
whose law it owes its existence. It
Is an instrument through which aU
agenctes may work for—tha-better-
ment of agriculture and through which
farmers may obtain asslstanoe from
the different agencies in solving their
agricultural problems.
Do not confuse Soil Conservation
Service, an agricultural agency, with
soil conservation districts. Soil Oon-
aervstion Service offers the assist-
BiKe of technicians trained in aofla,
agronomy, engineering, biology and
other agrtenitSBral soieneea to fimners
cooperating through soil conservatloa
districts as well as its cooperation to
ether agenclea in their efforts to as
sist termers tiirongh son conservn-
Uou districts.
Farmers in this district who need
assistance in solving problems men
tioned in this article, or others, miqr
ObOtK UOOfllfl
their oonnta agent. Soil Conservation
Servlee tetmniclan, agricultural teach
ers. or distrlet supervisors.
Supervisors in this district are:
Henry Savage, Jr., chairman of board;
O. B. Player, J. a Heriot, L. L Onkm.
Jr., and S. P. Harvln.
(Oonttnued)
Kenhaw county is a part of the
Lynches River Soil Conservation dis
trict which is working in cooperation
with the SoU Conservation service of
the U. S. Dept, of Agriculture. S<fll
Conservation districts are fanuer-
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operated, farmer-controlled govern
mental subdivisions of the state au
thorised by an act of the State Legis
lature to carry on soil oouservstion
wixrk within Its boundtfies.
The pnrpoee of tlie soU cdnservatlon
program is to put every sere on terms
to the best land use from s conserva
tion and economic standpoint to the
farmer. This is accomplished through
district farm conservation plans made
by the termer and the soU conserva
tion service tecbnlcian working to
gether. The basis for making these
planp are conservation surveys, which
are made by trained technicians.
ahowhy aoll typee. alone of land, de
gree Of erosion and present land use,
From this survey, the termer and
technlcisn plan the best land use for
the entire term, eonslderiug land use
capabUlties, needs of tbe farm, etc.
These plans are In detail and usually
require some time to establish all
practices. A complete plan may in
clude crop rotaffi^^lmraclhg, drain
age, perennUls such aa Kudsu and
Sericea, wlldlifa plantings, pasture
Improvement, pond management,
woodland improvement, etc. Certain
practices may be applicable to one
term whereas they miqr not he to an
other. The conservation surveys and
technical help such aa planning, sur
veying terrace line, constructing ter-
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races, drainage surveys, etc., are
made to farm cooperators without
cost his assiatSLUce may be securad
by coutactlug your soil oonaervation
tecbnician. County agent or distrlet
supervisor.
Kershaw county has 486,400 acres
of' land of which 276,000 are in forest
and pasture and 146,300 are cultivated.
This leaves 66,100 acres that are
washed to tbe extent that very little
or no economic good is obtained
whatsoever. This area is as large aa
an average township or enough land
to provide 661 soldiers or sailors with
a 100-acre term. This land was onee
covered with -trees or had a grass
covering but has beMi cleared and
plowed in such a manner until It la
practically destroyed.
Farmers are getting more concerned
over this problem of soil erosion and
are beginning to establish some con
aervation measures. Within the last
three years, farmers have planted ap
proximately 1000 acres of Kudsu, 860
acres of Sericea, terraced 4000 acres
of land, improved peuture, carried out
approved rotations, planted pine trees,
etc., but the big problem Is still ahead.
With liberal government payments be-
lug made by AAA for earrytug out
these practices, it is an opportune
time to improve the farm land ot the
county.
7hat*§ maty 'Bvb*
SHIVAR.
tPARKLINa
SPRING WATIR
ol covrtor
T
MR. FARMER
Yonr Wood Is
Xe^ed RighE
Now
l«aw Connfy-
lersjteceive
of lime
s in Kershaw County have]
^.162 tons of lime to date,
e applied for. li,100 tons in
to the above. Doe to the
of lime and trqnsportatkm I
only about 1-8 hat been de-l
It is hoped that after tibi
company geta in operation
Hin. S. C., that the termers
re their-orden more prompt-
thought QWf' this edmitsny I
:ady to start making deliver^]
iptember. *^0 psyrasnt u-l
AAA program for JUi fori
at Ihae is the actual wice ofl
More lime has been deltr-
he county this year than aU]
years combiaaAx, This Is
big sign for the tamers in]
ty, eepeelsUy the <mss who]
I diversity their crops and
ore liveayfcMk.
rmerg in tile opunty aro also]
Irantage of €ho twraoinf pro-1
oogh the AAA. UrJm teotj
^ have been eomplstod by I
rs In tbs county who bavol
7 terraood their farina. IMl
for building terraces is $1.00 f
This terracing mograiu
set started untU late in the
od will oonuasneo ivsin 1b(
'fall and botii the Urns and
featurea of the program will I
in 1946 and It. la hoped that]
«ta win contteine to taks adrl
ot this ItbeiU i^hase of the
gram. — i
■ C. McCarley, 'Ckwnfty Afuril
’« SufitrfAQmffuttl
«r«
fa may turn noenre tuMiphsi-
> conservation mataslal
- An
:e ahonld
nee and stee
■ there ip e
^ted to odA
bimid also ^
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ANYTHINO rUON A SIT 01 M.UOS
TO A ‘•MAJOR OPERATION"
• At das fint tlgn ^ 0® tBing tnoor call oa m. cmi
be aura o£ pcofemional esra fht mj ptooe of ywir
cqnipmeac you bring it beet. Wnm. gtarhlnss U9
onr burifltn. Hiis yeac riacf ntn fotee io^rtaitt timn ever
to tbe war eSbrt Rod Ve ara woddng wifb all OK might
to keep the gtontest posaible munber of them in good ran-
oingoooditioo.
Mote fieir Jhtmall tneton end McConnkk-Deeriqg
hnpJementt a» now OMning from die fiactories. If joo need
new eiad hgven’t placed yent ofdef,.oow'f the
thnetodolb •
la the naenntime we’na teady to mpf^ yo® Yrim expert
mi fUHrine IHC pe^taydib^ from a set of
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VmiTAKER & COMPANY
At eveiy battle Ifrtxkt in Emt)^ tbe
Pacific, A«^ wood cut& the
food, the mnnitionfl, the weapona.
Mood plasma, 10,OQO vital items
■oorj
the great offttmvtm
Vastly increased quantities
of tawlogi and pulpwood will be re
quired to make the millions of boxes,
crates, and cartons to **Back the At
tack** in this year of dedaion.' Much
of the wood must come from fainn
timberlands. American farmers al
ready are working long hours pro
ducing food for ireed^, but the
-countiy/ depuM^ upon them to -get
out the extra sawl^ and pulmvmid
for the boxing, crating, and packaging
of supplies and im^ements which
will hasten the end of this terril^
war and bring our boys home to a
better world. X^tdng sawlogs and
pulpwood profitable. You are
guaryiteed ceuing prices for y<cnr
ons atxl
wffl be fur
nished on request. For advice on
prope^ markmig and cutting call on
Tindber Prerf-
Goan^
Ask your
'AgRiig. I, Out wisely, but
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