The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, November 17, 1939, Image 4
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1939
Pastures Necessary
In Livestock Program
By G. M. MOORE
The first step in a purebred live
stock program for more and better
livestock in Newberry county is more
and better pastures. God gave us
the soil, the sunshine and the rain;
let us pray that ve have the energy
and intelligence in this county to
raise and develop che good things the
Creator intends for us to produce.
To have better pastures, we must
cultivate them. People or things that
just grow up without some attention
never amount to much. It will not
only pay to cultivate the pasture, but
it wil pay to fertilize it. What is the
use to spend money to harvest, trans
port and store in barns in silos in a
climate like this when we can have
practically all year round grazing
and foraging by the animal itself?
Healthy livestock prefer to hunt
their feed, it is nature’s way and the
act of going after their nourishment
keeps them in good condition through
exercise. I had an interesting talk
recently with Edgar Culler, Jr., while
looking over his farm of 2,500 acres
near Orangeburg. I was a college
mate of his father and it gave me
pleasure to shake the hand of an il
lustrious son of an illustrious father.
Mr. Culler told me that money could
be made by Orangeburg farmers out
of livestock if they would prepare
their pastures for year round graz
ing.
Clemson college for a number of
years has been conducting experi
ments which have proven conclusive
ly that fertilizing and cultivating of
pastures pays in dollars and cents.
These reports show that rainfall is
the greatest factor in producing good
pastures and the absence of it may
nullify to some extent the value of
fertilizer, The report shows that
lime is a big factor in making good
pastures and that it has a marked
influence on the growth of clovers
and decrease in weeds. They report
that the effect of limestone comes
about gradually, the improvement be
ing more evident from year to year.
The report further says: “The appli
cation of superphosphate on moder
ately acid soil has produced a decid
ed response in combination with
ground limestone. From the stand
point of cost the limestone-superphos
phate is the most practical treatment,
measured by improvement of sod, in
creased yields and increased calcium
! and phosphorus content of plants. Pot
ash seems to have had little effect.
Nitrogenous fertilizers gave stimulat
ing effect but the value of it was
short lived. The use of nitrate of
soda and sulphate of ammonia “in
hibit the establishment of clovers.”
The Clemson experiment further dem
onstrates that “the use of ground
limestone and superphosphate at ap
propriate rates for the soil type in
volved is recommended as the most
widely adaptable and satisfactory
treatment for bringing about these
desired improvemtnts” in pastures.
While the application of limestone and
a complete fertilizer gave the most
decided results in all experiments in
commercial fertilizers with pastures,
it was evident, however, that with
out the limestone the complete ferti
lizer was exhausted by the fourth
season, but with the limestone the
effect continued on. Clemson further
concludes that “legumes are a more
desirable means of ' supplying nitro
gen than through direct application
of nitrogen fertilizers.” The follow
ing paragraphs from Clemson Bulle
tin No. 99 give a clear and easily un
derstood exposition of pasture needs
and treatment.
Says the bulletin:
“All lands in the state need appli
cations of phosphorus for successful
pasture improvement. The amount
of the original application and the
amount and frequency of subsequent
applications will depend largely on the
general fertility of the land and the
attitude of the landowner toward cap-
tal expenditure. Three hundred lbs
of 16 to 20 per cent superphosphate
or its equivalent per acre as an
original application is suggested as
a minimum and subsequent applica
tions of 200 pounds per year or 400
pounds is considered necessary at
least for several years.
“The application of the ground
limestone in conjunction with phos
phate fertilizers is considered the base
treatment for pasture improvement.
When the proper soil reaction is pro
vided by the application of limestone,
conditions are made favorable for
the growth and development of le
gumes on most soil types by the ad
dition of phosphate fertilizers. The
legumes take nitrogen from the air
and store it in their roots and thus
provide this element of plant food for
their own needs and later for the
grasses in the pasture mixture.
GOLD
Discovered
In South Carolina
This Time It Is In The
Form of LIME
The only use for gold is to fill
teeth, but lime has a thousand uses.
We are the owners of the vast
lime deposit at Holly Hill, S. C.
There are hot less than fifty million
tons on the property we own. It is
a lime with an extra high calcium
content, the very kind the farmer
needs to counteract the acidity of
his lands.
We invite Carolina farmers to vi
sit the mine. If you do, you will
come back with your trucks and
carry home one hundred, five hun
dred, or a thousand tons. The price
—less than you have been paying.
Atlantic Lime
Corporation
People's Bldg. - - - Charleston, S. C.
Value in Money
of pure-bred Sires
Cost No More to Feed tBut Will
Attract Buyers
By G. M. MOORE
The only crop the Newberry
County farmer can rely on, if and
when cotton fails him ,is livestock—
in other words, cows, hogs, chickens
and turkeys. But cows have t/> be
fed and milked; hogs have to be fed
and watched carefully and poultry
must be nursed. This means work.
Will the Newberry farmer put out
the labor necessafy to make a success
of the business ? That’s the question,
and the answer is: “He will have to,
if he wants to eat, and if he loves
his family enough to give them the
comforts every well-bred family
should have.” The next question is,
“Can he sell cows, hogs, chickens,
turkeys, milk, and butter?” The ans
wer is, “These are the necessities of
life and are demanded by every hu
man being on the face of this planet.”
The other question is, “Can the far
mer of Newberry County make a pro
fit by adding cows, hogs, and poultry
to his cotton program?” The answer
is, “It depends upon the farmer. If
he is smart, he will have something
else to sell besides livestock and cot
ton. He will make of his farm a
store, where there is something to
sell every day in the year, and have
God’s Acre take care of the church
on Sunday.” We have preached div
ersification so long that this word of
fifteen letters just doesn’t register
any more because we have heard it
so much. Hereafter when I refer to
diversification, I will use the word
“General Store”, which to my mind
carries with it the idea that a farm
should have many things to sell and
should be run using profit and loss
bookkeeping in a business way.
The question, “Can the farmer make
money out of livestock.” has a de
finite answer. “Yes, if the farmer
will buy purebred registered stock
and take care of it.” “Why is this?”
“Because it takes no more labor and
feed to raise the best, and you sell
to people with money who always
demand the best and pay the most,”
People without money do not buy
much of anything, so why worry
about them. Emerson, Elbert Hub
bard or some other sage, said that if
a man built a better mouse-trap than
anybody else, the world would make
a beaten path to his door. I saw the
truth of this actually enacted with
purebred livestock at the Wheeler
sale some time ago in Saluda, S. C.
Buyers were at this auction all the
way from Canada, Maine, and the
Mid-West, and some from west of
the Mississippi.. Some of the Whee
ler cows were shipped to the Baha
ma Islands. Every year at Wheeler’s
sale there are people who make a
beaten path to his Saluda farm door.
Why is this? Because the best peo-
There may be a few soils which need
potash treatments in addition to phos
phorus. These soil types can usually
be recognized as those on which cot
ton rust is prevalent and com blades
burn on the margins and tips. As a
general rule, however, the response
of pastures to potash treatments
will be rather small.
“Soils which have a pH value be
low five are not considered good pas
ture areas because they not only will
require large applications of ground
limestone to correct their acidity but
are usually markedly deficient in all
of the essential plant food elements.
“The following table can be used
as a general guide for determining
the amount of limestone to use per
acre on soils of different reactions.
Lbs. Ground Lime
stone to apply per
pH Value , acre
5.0 to 5.3 4000
6.3 to 5.6 3000
5.6 to6.0 2000
6.0 to 6.5 1000
Over 6.5 None
“For the best results ground lime
stone should be applied in the fall in
order for it to get thoroughly incor
porated with the soil before plant
growth starts in the early spring.
Phosphorus fertilizers may be applied
in the fall, though good results are
secured also when applied by early
February.
“Manure may be applied at any
time but prefehably in January,
February and March. When complete
fertilizers are used, the early part of
March is the most favorable time to
apply. '
“All the fertilizer and lime treat
ments may be made as surface ap
plications on as established sod.
“When the increased yields of
fertilized pastures over unfertilized
pastures are converted to money
value by giving alfalfa hay an arbi
trary value of $15.00 per ton, the
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Final!
t i
Notice To
Delinquent
Taxpayers
All persons who have delinquent
taxes, please take notice that I have
been instructed to collect all taxes
past due thru the year 1937.
We have been very lenient in this
matter, so please co-operate with me
by paying the taxes that you now
owe.
The property on which all such
taxes are not paid will be sold as
provided by law.
This is positively the last notice
that you will have.
C. W. SANDERS,
Tax Collector
SOME ADVANTAGES OF
CROSS-BREEDING
The following story from the as
sociated press in Washington illus
trates to Newberry county what can
be done with crossing beef cattle.—
How much better it would be if New
berry bred the shorthorn bull to na
tive cows and saved the milk, getting
both meat and milk.
Two South Carolinians received rec
ognition from the Agriculture de
partment today for their work in aid
ing farmers to improve their meth
ods and better their earnings.
The two, Miss Lonny I. Landrum,
state home demonstration agent, and
R. H. Lemmon, county agent of Fair-
field county were among six farm
specialists in the nation who were
honored by the extension service in
the November review of its work.
MISS LANDRUM LAUDED
The department said development
of county councils of farm women
and local leadership for both girls
and women had shown “great growjth”
under Miss Landrum’s administration.
“Another thing has been the growth
of cooperation between men and wo
men in carrying out extension pro
grams,” the report said.
“New steps that have been in
troduced since she has been state
agent are club work for women, for
which certificates are given; intro
duction of cultural projects; beau
tification of home and public grounds;
music; picture study, and recreation.”
Miss Landrum entered extension
work as home agent in Clay county,
Fla., in 1914. She began her work in
South Carolina in 1923, first as as
sistant state agent and later in tha
same year as state agent.
Lemmon received recognition for
his work in 4-H club activities and
for steps to improve breeds of beef-
type bulls.
“Today there are 50 purebred
beef-type bulls in the county and the
beef-type calf crop is the largest on
record,” said the report.
The - beef-type bulls are bred to
native cows, and the farmers sell the
calves when they reach the age of
six to eight months at prices ranging
from $20 to $40 each.
Lemmon began extension work in
1912.
pie always wart the best. This crav
ing for the best comes from both
pride and reason. Men generally like
to brag about what they have. Every
man has some showmanship in his
make-up. “He exhibits with pride.”
It may be a fine dog, a fine cow, a
fine hog. or the goose that lays a
golden egg, depending upon his fancy.
I have known people who are nuts
over Leghorn chickens, and I have
known people who could talk nothing
but barred rocks. I have met the
Berkshire fanatic, the Hampshire
fool, and the fellow who could prove
that neither strain could compare
with his favorite breed of swine. It
is interesting also to listen to argu
ments by advocates of both Jersey
and Guernsey breeds. When it comes
to horses, we find men who argue in
telligently concerning the merits of
the Percheron, and others who tell
you that the Belgian has no equal.
Meet the real nut and hear him lec
ture on the full-blooded race horse.
Today there are millionaires breed
ing Arabian horses in America to sat
isfy fancy and suoply a limited de
mand for this particular type of
steed. Then there is the animal we
know most about, and I sometimes
think the least about, the cross be
tween the jack and the mare. Those
that bring the best price are the
1 est bred. The plug usually finds
its way to an indifferent tenant, while
the farmer who is in the best finan
cial shape takes the pick of the mule
shipment. (Why should there be a
shipment of mules into Newberry
County?) I hesitate to mention the
dog with a pedigree, for fear a mis
placement of a line of type might
bring on a fight with his master. In
the registered dog world, one meets
millions of wealth and contacts a
clanish social set, of which Fido has
become a part of all he has met and
conducts himself true to type.
This is purebred livestock from
the side of pride and fancy. But
the purebred livestock we are look
ing for is the cow, hog, and hen that
will make the most dollars from the
side of reason and arithmetic. I have
seen the farmer take his scrawny cow
to town and accept just anything the
butcher offers him for it. It was take
this, or take it baqk. Although the
farmer did not think so, the butcher
probably paid him all it was worth.
The market has to sell it to the
housewife and she is demanding fat,
juicy steaks. Every night I read a
sign in a certain cafe window, which
says, “K. C. Steaks.” Why does he
advertise Kansas City steaks: why
not Newberry County steaks ? I
have seen a cross between a pure
bred milking shorthorn bull and a
grade Jersey cow which produeetl a
calf that grew to be fifty percent lar
ger than its dam, with no loss in
milking qualities and a tremendous
gain in edible flesh.
COMPLIMENTS OF
Newberry Cotton
Mills
. . . WHO HAVE always
Cooperated in Every Good
Cause to promote the wel
fare of the Newberry County
farmer.
We therefore welcome any
movement to increase the
wealth of our back country.
More and Better Cows,
Hogs, and Poultry will add
to our income and increase
the flow money through the
cash drawer of the merchant.
Newberry
Cotton Mills
NEWBERRY, S. C.