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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1951
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
FRONTIERS
Frontiers are not just where
the physical wilderness starts.
I’ve been on a few, and they
are fascinating.
There are frontiers near at
hand, frontiers of knowledge.
They too are fascinating beyond
compare. My interest is in the
agricultural ones. Clemson and
her ramparts are constantly ex
ploring them.
I like to walk the cucumber
rows near Charleston, where Dr.
Barnes does the magic of breed
ing and brings forth a cuke that’s
better than what we have known
before. And in another field there
I also like to follow the work of
Dr. Epps, who is delving into
that great frontier of inherent
traits for a tomato that will serve
its purpose better. In fact I ling
er a little longer in his field, for
I like tomatoes a lot better than
cucumbers.
And over at Clemson’s station
near Blackville I like to walk
in the dead heat of summer with
Dr. Hughes and see his melon
crosses and recrosses come forth
with a dazzling display of dif
ferences. He notes every one of
them. Looking, looking for what
he wants. Selecting, eliminating
and starting a new line of breed
ing. Then hunts all around for
disease germs. For they must
have resistance, if he is to get
the honeydew type melon suited
to this area that he seeks. And
Power there has pioneered in
bending the machine to the needs
of the farmer here.
And at Florence, the eagle eye
of Hall is finding out new things
for cotton all the time. At Clem
son Dr. ‘Paden is in quest of a
better grass, and at Summerville
Kyzer is trying to find the best
way to grow and manage grazing
And at Pontiac Hawkins is trying
to find out some of the answers
to irrigation questions, as is
Law r at Clemson.
On and on it goes. I can’t
mention them all. But there arq
many other frontiers right here
in our agricultural midst too.
And as the new things are found
out, the county agents take them
and demopstrate them on the
farms. Soon then 1 they are a
part of our farming system, and
the world rolls on, a little bet
ter off.
Frontiers! Yes, pushing know
ledge back to new places.
POISON PROTECTION
Farming is truly a battle with
the bugs. And there are many
poisons on the market. Marlboro
county alone used over a mil
lion pounds of boll weevil poison
the past season, according to
County Agent McLaurin. And
others used vast amounts too on
cotton and other crops that in
sects threatened.
How is the farmer to know he
is getting what he buys in
poisons?
Here’s the way. Clemson’s fer
tilizer inspectors now also take
samples of poisons in all parts
of the state. For instance, 632
different lots were sampled and
tested between the past July
and September alone. And our
Mr. Cloaninger, in charge of that,
tells me that none of .them fell
short of their requirement. This
is a protection to both the manu
facturer and the farmer.
HOGGING DOWN CORN
I had heard of turning hogs
on good corn to harvest it. But
up to about 20 years ago I had
never actually seen it. I was
county agent in Sumter then.
Ryan White, always cooperative
and progressive, decided to hog
off 4 acres of very good corn. We
estimated it would make 60 bush
els per acre. I helped him weigh
a lot of shotes un and they were
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMS
An examination is open for
Highway Engineer Trainee, GS4
and GS5, $3175 and $3410 per
year. The jobs are in Washington,
D C., and throughout the United
States and in the possessions. A
written test is required and part
of a course in engineering. Age
limits 18 to 35 years will be waiv
ed for veterans.
For further information call at
the local post office and ask Miss
Sadie Bowers for announcement
No. 311. The closing date is Feb-
marv 5, 1962.
turned on it. Accurate record
was kept of the fish meal fed.
When it was grazed out, we had
a field meeting there to see the
hogs weighed up. The returns
per bushel of corn estimated for
the field were excellent. And
folks who thought he was crazy
to turn hogs in a good field of
corn, when the thing was started,
then thought that maybe he
wasn’t so crazy after all. For they
remembered that he hadn’t had
to harvest that corn nor hand
feed it back to the hogs. With a
self-feeder for the fish meal and
an adequate water supply in
there, those pigs didn’t bother
him for the two or three months
they were growing into hogs.
From that, our practice of hog
ging down corn spread over Sum
ter county. Other county agents
in the Low Country had similar
demonstrations and the practice
grew there too. Now it is a
common practice for the late
summer, fall, and winter hogs.
Then, of course, corn is harvest
ed for use during the other sea
sons.
IMPROVING THE COWPEA
No important crop has had so
little scientific breeding and im
provement work done with it, I
don’t believe, as the common ol-.
cowpea. It is mostly a mixture
of sorts and the full weight of
science has never been felt by it.
Yet to many folks, It is one of
our great food plants, > I’m one
of them.
I’m glad to report that Dr.
Epps, at Clemson’s Truck Station
near Charleston has extensive
work under way aimed at improv
ing both the edible and the forage
types of cowpeas.
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ORDER OFFICE
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Phone 430
Oct. Births For
County Listed
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Luther
Chapman announce the birth of a
daughter, Kathy Ruth, born
October 2.
Mr. and Mrs. Ubric Elton Frick
announce the birth of a son,
Charles Kenneth, bonn October 3.
Mr. and Mrs. James Monroe Ro
land announce the birth of a
•daughter, Brenda Kay, born Octo
ber 4.
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Bernard
Gist announce the birth of a
daughter, Dorothy Carol, born
October 4.
Rev. and Mrs. John Henry
Koch, Jr., announce the birth of
a son, Robert Edward, born Octo
ber 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leonard
Smith announce the .birth of a
daughter, Dorothy Marie Smith,
born on October , 5.
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sam Burns
announce the birth of a daugh
ter, Rebecca Christine, born Octo
ber 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Edward
Lindler announce the birth of a
son, Charles Edward, born on
October 6. #
Mr. and Mrs. William Lake an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Sharon Jane, born October 6.
Mr. and Mrs. John Wesley
Farmer announce, the birth of a
son, Kenneth Wesley, born Octo
ber 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Virgil Graham
announce the birth of a daughter,
Kathy Joe, born October 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Pettus Tillman
Livingston, Jr., announce the
birth of a son, Ricky James, born
October 9.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bau Farah
announce the birth of a daughter,
Jan, born October 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Herbert
Morris announce the birth of a
daughter, Karen Lynn, born Octo-
ber* 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Coster Bolin
announce the birth of a daughter,
Mary Gail, born October 9.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Carroll
Hubbs announce the birth of a
son, Michael Lynn, born October
10.
Dr. and Mrs. Keiqj>«f David an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Susan, born October 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Luther
Livesay announce the birth of a
son, Lonnie Kay, born October 12.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie David Greg
ory, Jr., announce the birth of a
daughter, Lana Sue, born October
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Mr. ani Mrs. Grady Lee Berley
announce the birth of a daughter,
Nina Gay, born October 13.
Mr. and Mrs., Arthur Eugene
Shealy announce the birth of a
son, Albert Wayne, born October
16.
Mr. and Mrs. James Francis
Coggins announce the birth of a
son, James Parkes, born October
16.
Mr. and Mrs. William Shermont
Gambrel! announce the birth of a
daughter. Sherry Annette, born
October 16.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ermond
Green announce the birth of a
son, Charles Keith, born October
17. i
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lawrence
Shealy announce the birth of a
son, Rodger Calvin, born October
19.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Herman
Adams announce the birth of a
daughter, Linda Kay, born Octo
ber 19.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Augus
tus Hargrove announce the birth
of a son, Henry Pearce, born Oc
tober 21.
Mr. and Mrs. George Wayne
Martin announce the birth of a
son, Phillip Wayne, born October
23.
Mr. and Mrs. Durhal Lee Matt
hews announce the birth of a
daughter, Rivon Beth, born Octo
ber 24.
Mr. and Mrs. William Grady
Bedenbaugh announce the birth of
a son, Ricky Paul, born October
24.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Hubert/
Gresham announce the birth of a
daughter, Barbara Kay, born Oc
tober 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Meredith Cleland
announce the birth of a daughter,
Beverly Renee, born October 27.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Lake
Wicker announce the birth of a
son, Stevpn Calvin, born October
28.
Mr. and Mrs. Burton Manning
announce the birth of a daughter,
Elizabeth Peyton, born October*
29.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyman Edward
Dominick announce the birth of a
son, Grady Edward, born October
30.
Mr. and Mrs. Loy Riddle an
nounce the birth of a daughter,
Katy Jean, born October 28.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Benjamin
Cabaniss announce the birth of a
son, Henry Benjamin Cabaniss,
Jr., born October 12.
Notice
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELEC
TION FOR MAYOR AND ALDER
MEN OF THE CITY OF
NEWBERRY
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a General Election for the
Mayor and six (6) Aldermen of
the City of Newberry will be held
in the City of Newberry on Tues
day, the 27th day of November,
1961, at the voting precincts here
inafter mentioned:
Ward No. 1—Voting Place, Po
lice Station. Managers: Mr. Ed
Hazel, Mr. H- D. Whitaker, Mr.
Marion Baxter.
Ward No. 2—Voting Place:
Smith Motor Co. Managers: Coke
S. Dickert, Mrs. • Roland Felker,
Mrs. Ruth Anderson.
Ward 3 No. 1—Voting Place:
Clamp Clothing Co. Managers:
Henry Cannon, C. B. Spinks, Mrs.
Essie Cook. /
Ward 3 No. 2—Voting Place:
School House. Managers: J. E.
McConnell, C. A. Shealy, Troy
Shealy.
Ward 4, No. 1—Voting Place:
Chamber of Commerce. Manag
ers: J. O. Huvird, Mrs. Clara
Bowers, Mrs. T. P. Wicker.
Ward 4, No 2—Voting Place:
Rear Layton Bros. Store. Manag
ers: Mrs. Minnie Havird, Mrs.
Helen Senn, Mr. T. P. Wicker.
Ward 6—Voting Place: Corley’s
Barber Shop. Managers: Mrs.
Fred Jones, Gladys Sheely, Mrs.
O. S. Goree.
Ward 6—Voting Place: W. H.
Davis & Son. Managers: Mrs.,
Metts Fant, Mrs. Nancy Copeland,
Mrs. Dave Hayes.
The polls shall open at eight
o’clock A. M., and close at four
o’clock, P. M.
Every citizen of the age of
twenty-one (21) years or* more,
who has resided within the cor
porate limits of the City of New
berry for at least four (4) months
previous to the said election date,
and who can produce a Newberry
County Registration Certificate
required for voting shall be elig
ible to vote in this election.
Each qualified elector shall
vote at the polling precinct in
which his County Registration
Certificate entitles him to vote.
J. E. WISEMAN,
Mayor, •
W. C. WALLACE,
Clerk of the City of
Newberry.
Can wild ducks identify dan
ger by scent? I don’t believe
they can, yet I have met many
men who insisted that certain
species of ducks can smell a
man and when they get the scent
are smart enough to get away
from him. Some of these men
were highly educated fellows and
others were wise in the ways of
ducks even if their schooling had
been neglected.
All big game hunters know
that if they want their game it
must not get the man scent.
This ability to smell man and
recognize him by that scent has
not been given to game birds.
At least, that is my opinion and
it is shared by Ray Holland, fa
mous outdoor writer.
A hunter once told him:
“Never give a pintail a chance to
smell you, or you’ll never have
a chance to kill him.” Another
said: “Pintails can’t smell you,
or none of the rest of them, but
a black mallard can smell you.”
Not once, but dozens of times
I have had singles and pairs
split from a flock when I was
calling and light in the decoys.
Wanting the flock in, I have
paid little attention to them and
kept on calling at the birds in
the air. Those birds on the wa
ter didn’t smell the man in the
blind, and that goes for pintails
and blacks and greenheads.
And geese. Can a goose smell
you? I have had them walk into
the decoys with the wind blow
ing straight from the blind to
the flock. »
Ruffed grouse and pheasants
are credited with being the
smartest of our game birds, yet
you never hear their staunchest
admirer claim thjit either could
identify a man by scent. No one
ever heard a shooting man say
that a quail smelled him, or that
a woodcock or any other spe
cies of game bird had that power.
Gene Howe, Texas ntwspaper-
man, is a veteran duck hunter.
He says that often he has let
mallards and pintails light un
til he would have a mass «of
ducks covering the water in front
of him, with the wind blowing
right over the blind into them.
Of course, a duck must have
some use for those olfactory
nerves. Howe thinks they can
smell water and possibly food. I
might go along with that.
Car Damage
Can Happen
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brand new car into a shattered wreck in no time.
Make sure your automobile is protected against all
such hazards with a comprehensive Fire, Theft and
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THURSDAY
NOVEMBER
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