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y,^ .^,.p*,^ v , y^WW' •VW^JV.-.l g!KWW^ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1928. THE BARNWELL PEOPLE-SENTINEL, BARNWELL, SOUTH CAROLINA A Shepherd of (l*r«F* r *d by the National Geographic Society, Waahlngtoa. D. t 1 , I "\ALESTIJsE, the background for l-^ most^of the Bible story and hls- JL tory, has been called “the un changing East,” but steam and motor are supplanting the camelf the ass and the “two women at the mill”; tractors are taking the place of the ox and ass yoked to the crooked, oa kelly one-handled plow; mechanical * capers are supplanting the sickle, and he airplane now flies with the eagle. But the shepherd life of the Holy v Land has remained unchanged since - the- days of Abraham uml the -first 1 .cmrmm. - = TJie natives of Palestine are com posed of three distinct classes. Their homes, food, clothing and customs are dissimilar, hut they are united by luu- • , gunge and tradition. The Bedouii^ tent-dweller is a nom- A ad and warrior; to him flocks and henjs are a main source of livelihood. The fellah, or. peasant, is a farmer, living in~a stone bouse.- hmhlled with- others iii a village. To Ihiu flock raising Is an integral part of his oc cupation, varying in importance with the location of his village. The madany class, living in. walled cities v and open towns, is made up of the ^jirUsanp and merchants. Few city folk keep flocks; tln.se that do are the local Uairyuienu It is the peasant shepherd -with' \yho.tu this narrative is concerned. ^ The peasant shepnerd hoy is usual- family. As the oldest son grows up to help the father wjth the sowing, plowing, reaping; threshing, and olive picking, a younger takes his place with' the flock; and so on down the line, until the lot of being the family shep herd finally falls to the youngest. Thus it was with the youth David, who, even when*In Tater life" he be- Vame psalmist and king, failed not to recall his 1 *boyhood shepherd days, and in thinking thereon to weave 'their romance into his sublime poetry. The shepherd boy wears a simple robe of cotton; this Is strapped around his body by "a leathern girdle about his loins;” and still, like John the Baptist In the Wilderness, he . ' has his raiment or coat of camel’s hair or of coarse handspun wool. His Aba Is a Necessity.. This aba, or outer garment, is warm, sheds the hardest rain, and lakes the place of a blanket. When the youlh is out with the flocks at night he wraps his aba about him and, with a. w * a stone for a pillow, sleeps like Jacob of old, at Bethel. Not the women, but more especial ly the men in their leisure hours, and. the shepherd boys, as they lead the Hocks 'on the moumativs, spin the-Tong, coarse wool into yarn for their own coats. That the spinner spins as he walks along precludes the use of, a wheel; even the simple spinning wheel of our forefathers is beyond the in genuity m 11 !. °f a fellah. A small contrivance of oak wood, into which he can wind the yarn like a ball, -suffices. He gives the ball a dexterous whirl, and it spins about, twisting the separate wool strands into a coarse yarn. The yarn is taken to the village weaver. Most of it is a natural white; a smaller pqrtlon is of undyed black to produce the cnStoHiary wide stripe. In mfrkjng tfie better and finer gar ments theTTofb-te woven wide enough for the required length of the aba. “ Villages are the homes of the agri culturists. Unlike American farmers, those of ^Palestine live in huddled hamlets and till their many small strips of land scattered round about. The homes e£. the village shepherds are mostly located on the* mountains, and therefore their houses are built of stone.' ’ In the Fellah's Dwelling. Inside the, large • ne-roomed home, with its high, thick walls, the feliah uilds half across the back ajcwyeJ^ sort of mezzanine floorr over a' series of small' domes supported on short, pillars. This elevation, reached by steep, narrow step?, Is the abode of the family. Beside the small win dows, with- their iron bars, opening out from this higher level, tlnre Is on open heartfi and chimney. • * Here we find a row of hand-made, Inge.. In .the morning we find him lead ing forth his flocks^to the harvest fields; at noon we see him leading on to water. At* night, wrapped in a -sheepskin coaff—iind .. his unchanging aha. the yomIf"sleeps on the flat roof, from .which point iif vantage tre can see the sheep in the fold, peacefully-chewing their cuds, at any time of the night; "for, although they are surrounded by. lilgh stone \vn I Is and the, single tfonF is securely locked and barred, ht- knows that thieves are always to he feared,TTird tjiffrefore is constantly-wir the alerf. It is early dayta. After placing In his leathern scrip some small flat loaves of bread, a hit of* cheese, some homegrown and home-cured -olives for breakfast and the midday-.meal, the shepherd ^unbolts the door. “He eafleth his o\Vn sheep by-name and Jendeth them out. And when he put- teth forth his own sheep he goeth be fore them, and the . sheep ^follow him.” Todaysris in the parable, the good shepherd never drives his sheep; he leads them. If the reader visits these historic. lands,-he may encounter a man driving sheep, but he may be sure that such' a shepherd is only a “hireling.” — At tpe Tlose of day, as the flock nears the. sheepfold, the shepherd runs ahead of his bleating charges, eagqr to enter their home. He plants himself in the doorway, counts the sheep one by one as they “pass un der the rod,” which is used in driv- away any animal not of the flock This present-day method of taking advantage of a narrow place to get/ the sheep, one by one. to “pass agtf!n under the hands of him that telleth them,” ie often mentioned In the Bible QUndmrw*>o*t )rlh<A*ry*ooi/ the Holy Land. ^ sun-oried clay bins containlfig wheat, barley, lentils, figs and raisins for the winter food supply; also large jars of oil. Behind this row of bTns is stored fodder for the animals. "In a recess in the wall is a pile of bedding, fold ed up during the day and at night spread out on the mat-covered floor. Of special interest is the lower level of the house—the stable pprtion of the home. Along the walls are ranged stone mangers, to which jare tied the plow oxen, milch .cows, and the in evitable camel. Beneath the rowyeh are the quarters for the flocks, par titioned off from the rest of The cattle | by piles of thorn bushes collected for the winter fuel..' After a rainless summer, when all is parched and dry, the winter sets In with its showers, its occasional-^ter rific storm of rklfl and wind, now and then a lashing hailstorm, and with snow flurries sometimes years apart. But these stormy days are Inter spersed with. r perIods j>f springlike sunshine ami Warmth. During this season the shepherd finds scant pickings for his flock on the rocky mountainsides, and how ever warm and pleasant the^day may he. the nights are always cold and raw; so the sheep are stabled in the house below the rowyeh. As spilng. upproavnes, the rain storms change to showers, the grass shoots forth, the flowers bloom. The sheep are sheared, |nd, since their quarters in the houje -have become COTTON OUTtOOK m YEAR 1920 OVERPRODUCTION SHOULD ‘ GUARDED AGAINST. BE Holding Down Acreage and Pushing Up* Per Acre_Yifelds Considered Safer Than Increased Acre age for 1928. Atlanta—The outlook for cotton in 1928 is bright and money can be made by the cotton grower, If overproduc tion doe# not occur, according to lead ing southern agriculturists and bank- .ers who recently broadcasted over ra dio from Atlanta their messages on the subject of how to majee more money frqm farming in 1928T These leaders brought out the fact that the great cot ton surplus made in 1926 dwindled away in 1927 under heavy consumption. Cot ton acreage in thie country fell 14.7% and production fell 28.9% in 1927 com pared to 1926. World production de creased 29% for the same period. ^ Not only did v this marked reduction in cotton production brighten the out look for the cotton grower, but there has been unprecedented world con sumption of American cotton. The year 1927 witnessed the largest con sumption of American cotton in the history of the world. DANGER TO BE AVOIDED. _ * But these*leaders’sounded a warn ing. There is danger that the bright outlook m&y mislead growers to put in Aoo large an acreage and to pro duce another 1926 crop with its enor mous surplus and its Ruinously low prices. 1 TKe' policy advocated by these speakers Is to bold down the cotton acreage, and practice the economy of high acre yields through good soed, liberal fertilization and thorough cul tivation. Let the surplas acres be , given to food and feed crops to pro vide for the needs of the farm^nd. Wherever possible, to Increase the farm income through more cash crops and livestock. - LOW COST COTTON. To grow cotton so that each pound will cost the least and sell for the greatest profit, speaker after speaker emphasized the necessity of high acre yields. It was brought out in farm survey^ that were reported that cheap est cotton and greatest profits were made where the most money was spent for fertilizers and good seed. High yields per acre made large profits and low yields per acre made low profits no profits. The high cost of farm labor was also advanced us a reason for increasing the acre yields, to the end that larger returns from, labo* may be obtained.^ Aside from the facts presented by these southern leaders, referred to, new facts supporting their claim are being provided by the winners in the cotton growing contests of 1927, ^ MADE COTTON AT 4.1 CENTS- PER POUND. In the 5-acre cotton growers’ con test in South Carolina in 1927, J. H. Hendrix, of Pickens County, made the highest, yield, which was 1,184 pounds of lint per acre. Clemson College fig ured up the costs that can be properly charged and found that the cotton had been produefed at only 4.9 per pound. If he had made only a bale instead of two bales per acre, his cost per pound would have been near 8 cents, and if the yield had been still smaller tfie cost per pound would have been still higher. What did Mr. )l£n&r\x do tp get eo, large yield at ae low coat per pound ot cotton ? He had grown rye as a winter cover crop, turned U under early and ap plied barn yard-manure. -Then, after- preparing a good seed bed, he applied 633 pounds of 12-4-4 fertilizer per acre. An excellent stand was ob tained, and, after chopping, he made a side dressing of 8J r pounds of sul phate of ammonia per acre. He cul tivated thoroughly. It should he said In this connection that’while Mr. Hendrix had the largest yield, he was awarded second prize nficTer fhe rules of the contest, by be^ lug penalized 10% for growing a va riety of cotton that produced 7/8 inch staple, one inch staple ' being the length desired in the contest. The outstanding fact about Mr, Hen drix’s success is the low cost which each pound of cotton cost him, a rec ord made possible* by good soil im provement practices and moderate- ukes of high grade fertilizer and top dressing. BOYS DEMONSTRATE HOW TO MAKE CHEAP COTTON. In the great record made by Paul ding County, Georgia, where 21 boys produced over 800 pounds of llnLper acre and 6 boys over two bales per acre, the average cost per pound of growing, harvesting and ginning the 'cbtton was about 7 cents. Taking the yields of the six boys who made over two bales per acra, the cost of producing their cotton av eraged 6.1 cents per pound," according to W. H. Garner, the County Agent. The average net profit per acre waa $194.96. . These boys did not pour down fef- tilizers, as la sometimes the case la crop v contests, bnt they picked out good land, put on manure and auUttf jT fine seed bed. They used good seed; 'applied from 600 to 900 pounds of fertilizers .of the 0-8-3, 12-4-4 or 15-S-6 grade at time Of planting, and " all Ot them itde-dressed their cotton with 100 pounds of sulphate of am monia' per acre. A noticeable fact about tb$** and other prize winning yields Is that the growing crops received side dressings of nitrogenous fertiliser in addition to the regular application of fertilizer at Ptanting time. Williston Lights Street. _«~Williston, Jan. 27.—Williston now boasts of the longest paved street of v any town on the Charleston-Augusta branch of the Southern railway be tween Charleston aiid Augusta. With the recent completion of the exten sions to the eastern and western lim'- its of town to carry the paving beyond the town .limits to the WilKston-Elko High School building and westwafd towards Augusta to the edge'of the residential section of the city; there is nearly one and a half miles of stand ard concrete paving, 20 feet in width in the residential section and the full wylth of Main Street in the business section. In addition to the street pav ing considerable sidewalk paving has been done and the white way com*, pleted this week. The white way was turned on with all lights burning for the first time January 25th.. too warm,'they hre kept during the night in the sjieepfold. Spring, with-its abundance of green pastures, passes; the lambs are born; the harvest time approaches; then the grain is reaped'. Following the reapers are the gleaners, the destitute of the village, A/iio', like Rath* the Moahiirss. are still, according to the Biblical injunction, never debarred from the harvest field. Shepherd’# Daily Life..*. After the gleaners conies the shep herd with his flock. Amid the freshly cut stubble, succulent growths are found; also dried, but tender, blades of the wfienr or barley; but, best of all, the sheep find, deep down in the stubble, Unmy an ear of grain dropped by’ the reapers and passed over by the gleaners. . 'v . These nourishing pickings are soon gone, and In the deserf places - ' the good shepherd now seeks summer pas ture. During the spring and harvest the shopliot-d stays around his home vil. 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