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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.
ONE ACRE OF CUCUMBERS PAYS BETTER THAN TEN ACRES OF COTTON
^ For a Money Crop, Plant
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TESTIMONIALS TESTIMONIALS
“On February 20, I planted twelve acres
of your ‘Kirby’ Cucumber—on April 14th, I
made my first picking of 135 bushel ham
pers per acre, they were 95 per cent fancy.
My second picking aveuaged 244 bushel
hampers per acre. These were grown with
out irrigation on land my* father cleaned up
before the Civil War.
“My crop was the finest I have ever seen
and the ‘Kirby’ Cucumber is sure the heav
iest Pruittr I have ever grown. I picked as
many as eight fancy Crown Cucumbers at
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v tSigneu) WYLIE DIXON,
—J _ Center Hill, Florida.
“I take "pleasure in writing you about
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(Signed) J. W. CARUTH.ERS,
ri Webster,* Florida.
SEE WHAT THIS
PLANTER SAYS ABOUT
KIRBY CUCUMBER
FORPICKLES
“I have made my first cutting for pickles,
‘The Kirby,’ and want to say I am sorry I
did not make my entire planting of ‘Kirby.’
Do not grow for Cucumbers, but am satis
fied from the few large onfes, they can’t be
excelled for Cucumbers, and as pickles, I
•have tried them all and the ‘Kirby’ is a
winner in color and shape.”
(Signed) Peaceful Valley Farm,
^ Indianapolis, Indiana.
“I have tried the above seed out against
several of the supposedly earliest cucumbers
and have found the ‘Kirby’ to be earlier
than anything I have betn able to get?
(Signed) G. W. SEABROOK,
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Edisto Island, S. C.
“We .wish to writer you a few words of
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W. Smith, of Center Hill, Fla., sold us foj
fall planting. The seed we bought was
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Our section bought seed enough for fdrty-
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“We planted the seed on the/ 27th of
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95 per cent fancy. Ev^ry growor in this
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cucumber. We are glad to say that it
proved beyond our expectations.”
(Signed) SC^RAEDER LAND &
TIMBER CO.,
L. S. Brinson, Mgr.
Riverland, Florida.
"I u’sed your ‘Kirby’ Cucumbers last year)
and I think they are the best-Cucumbers
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very productive.”
(Signed) WM. SPILLMAN,
Peoria, 111.
A WORD OK PRAISE FOR
KIRBY CUCUMBER -
“In 35 days from time of planting I pick
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once to gathering. I wish to say I have
found no bother, and none so early as the
original strain ‘Kirby.’ j
(Signed) W. B. BRANCH,
Webster, Florida.
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