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PAGE SIX
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FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
PLANTING BERMUDA
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In the past we knew Bermuda
grass principally as a much fear
ed and hated pest in the Jfield.
And we did all we could to keep
it from our lands. But here and
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there it gained headway despite
all we could do, and it often
ran a fellow off the land.
In recent years our attitude
towards this grass has been
changing. Not in the open field.
For it is still a bad pest there
where you try to cultivate. But
it is on the sodded land where it
is winning laurels. -
An awakening to grass is fast
coming to this area, and we have
tried all sorts. Yet, with a lit
tle attention applied to it, our
old enemy, Bermuda grass, is out
stripping all the rest.
At Clemson they have a long
time experiment designed to
work out the best Astern for car
rying a herd of beef cattle entire
ly on grazing. In this, Bermuda
grass has proved the most valua
ble one. In fact Professor Stark
ey tells me that they .have been
carrying their cattle about eight
months on this great grass. Re
serve pastures of it carry the
cattle until Christmas. They are
then turned on the high-priced
winter grazing for four months
until spring has arrived and old
Bermuda is ready for the cat
tle again. _
The thing about it is, we nfeed
enough of it so the cattle can be
rotated and not graze it to death.
That is true with any sort of
grazing.
County Agent Shelley of Barn
well tells me that they have se
cured a Bermuda grass planter!
Yes, actually planting the stuff
that we so hated and feared in
the past. The Soil Conservation
District Supervisors and County
Agricultural Committee sponsored
it and handle its routing. A per
acre planting fee is designed to
pay for it. They already have
165 acres of Coastal Bermuda
lined up for planting this spring.
KILLING GRASS EARLY
The fear of a farmer about
grass and weeds has already
been that a wet spell would
come and they would get too
big to handle easily before he
could get in to a cultivated crop.
In Marlboro county, according
to County Agent McLaurin, they
are changing this a bit on some
farms. They are treating the
band of soil with a chemical
along where the seed are planted.
That kills germinating grass and
weed seeds, but not the crop
seeds that are planted there deep
er. Then* when the crop comes
up, it is in a band of land that
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anization we saw there,, and in
the truck fields too! I had always
thought of truck farming as call
ing for hand labor right clear
through. But not so. The most
amazing mechanization I ever
s&w was on the vast trucking
areas down there.
We followed great machines
that opened the rows, bedded,
and transplanted a dozen rows of
celery at a time, setting the
plants only 4 inches apart!
We saw great moving packing
houses that went through the
fields harvesting a dozen rows
of celery as it crawled along,
washing, grading, packing, and
loading it on trucks that it pull
ed along behind. The trucks haul-
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N
O ONE NEED FEEL ashamed
because worry, frustration or
trouble of one’ kind or another
causes him to go to a fellow human
being for comfort. The yearning
for consolation is part of that larg
er desire for love which is an in
stinct of every human heart.
Even Christ, the Perfect Man,
felt the need for consolation. In
the Garden of Gethsemane, Christ
was weighed down by the fate that
awaited Him and the knowledge
that many would', reject Hia sacri
fice. The Son of Man longed for
just one sympathetic word. But His
disciples slept, wrapped in their
own dreams of uneasiness and fear.
Only the olive trees, like spectres
in the cold moonlight, looked on as
the Savior entered into His agony.
Christ was abandoned by men in
His hour of need; but not by His
Heavenly Father. In Gethsemane,
Christ the Lonely taught men a
great lesson: that when the need
for consolation is greatest they
must turn for it, not to men, but
to God. With the sweat of blood
oozing from ^is pores, Christ
turned His eyes upward. Sorrow
ful unto death, He read and was
comforted by the pity and love in
the eyes of His Father. Ajid at
length He rose and went calmly to
the ordeal before Him.
It is in God always that men find
their perfect consolation. No one
may expect to be spared pain or
suffering; for some, life will al
ways be hard and bitter. God, for
His own inscrutable purpose, per ,
mils even the noblest of His crea
tures to suffer. But He never
leaves them to suffer alone. Un
like the sleeping friends of Christ.
He stands by their side to sustain
and strengthen them in the hour of
testing.
stays clean. Grass in the un
treated portion in the middles can
be easily handled.
Clemson has been experiment
ing with this at the Edisto Sta
tion for some time and it looks
promising.
POWER FARMING
Power farming was a bit slow
in coming here. But of late It
has come fast. I wonder just
how far it will go here in the
next few years. Labor conditions
make it necessary.
I covered Florida recently study
ing irrigation. My, what mech-
ed it to the precoolers where
It never stopped on its half-hour
trip through an Icy bath, crate
and all, and landed in the waiting
refrigerator cars where it was
loaded, iced down, and headed
north. The operator we visited
had five of those great machines
on each of which about 50 people
worked. And the celery harvest
never stops for about seven
months. Other crews and great
machine?! are always preparing
fields and planting.
Likewise with sweet corn. A
similar great harvester takes 18
rows at a time.
Mechanization! Where is the
limit? We have gone far with
it here. But the road ahead is
still very long. 'Clemson is ever
exploring 1L
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Letterheads, Envelopes, Bill
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or any other printing job. Prompt
service at
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Program Listed
For Charleston
Azalea Festival
The program Tor Charleston’s
13th Azalea Festival has been an
nounced by the board of directors.
The program follows:
Tuesday, April 29
Arrival of visiting queens.
10:00 A.M. Sidewalk art ex
hibit, St. Philip’s church.
8:30 P.M. Street dance on the
Battery.
Wednesday, April 30
10:00 A.M. Sidewalk art ex
hibit, St.'Philip’s church.
11:00 A.M. Floats and beauty
queens’ parade.
3:00 P.M. Lancing* tournament,
Johnson Hagood Stadium. _
5:00 P.M. Charleston Symphony
Chamber Music concert at Francis
Marion hotel.
7:30 PJM. Band concert at John*
son Hagood Stadium.
8:00 P.M. Fireworks display,
Johnson Hagood. Stadium.
9:30 P.M. Opening Azalea Ball
at County Hall. Music by Larry
Clinton’s orchestra.
Thursday, May 1
10:00 A.M. Azalea Invitational
golf tournament at Country Club
This is an affiliated event.
10:00 A.M. Sidewalk art exhibit
St. Philip’s church.
1:00 P.M. Queen’s luncheon at
the Naval Shipyard. •
2:30 P.M. Queens visit Navy
Hospital.
3:00 P.M. Street crier’s con
test, East Battery.
4:00 P.M. Pet parade, East Bat
tery.
5:00 PJM. Band concert om the
Battery by American Federation
of Musicians.
8:15 P.M. Clemson College Glee
Club and concert orchestra at
Memminger Auditorium.
8:30 P.M. Boxing show, County
Hall.
Friday, May 2
State Ports Authority day, with
ships and terminals in the har
bor open to the public. Guides
will be available for tours.
10:00 A.M. Azalea Invitational
golf tournament at Country Club.
10:00 A.M. Sidewalk art exhibit,
St. Philip’s church.
3:00 P.M. Water carnival, off
South Battery.
3:00 P.M. Casting tournament
Colonial Lake.
3:00 P.M. Charleston Garden,
club flower show. Affiliated
event.
S p o r t s Afield
By TED KESTING
Why don’t you try a back
packing hika this summer? It
will do something for you that
nothing else will accomplish. You
reap mental as well as physical
benefit. It gives you a feeling
of self-reliance—you will be abso
lutely on your own and no long
er dependent upon anyone.
Thousands of people take such
vacations every year on the rough
Appalachian Trail in the East
and on the John Muir Trail in
the West. They travel over the
Rocky, Appalachian and Ozark
mountains, carrying everything on
their backs. Others have Just as
much fun although they travel no
farther th£i to the little stretches
of wild country near their homes.
Even the crowded metropolitan
area of New York has its Cats-
kill Mountains and its Bear Moun
tain State Park.
You .will enjoy your outing
most if you leave your city habits
behind;* Do not make specific
plans. The best thing of it ail,
It seems to me, is to wander
about in a more or less foot-loose
fashion, simply enjoying your
self.
Turn’ll find lists for gear and
grub at sporting goods store's,
libraries, and in the outdoor
magazines. But here are a few
additional hints from Colonel
Townsend Whelen, noted camp
ing authority.
Shoes for all-day summer or
fall hiking should be light with
tops never over seven inches high
and with corrugated rhbber or
composition soles. Get them one
size larger and wider than your
city shoes. To break them in
properly, stand in three inches of
4:30 PJM. Dress parade at The
Citadel in honor of visiting
queens.
5:00 P.M. Charleston Symphony
Chamber Music concert, Francis
Marion hotel.
8:30 P.M. Selection and coro
nation of Queen Azalea 13th,
Citadel armory.
10:00 P.M. Coronation Ball at
County Hall.
Saturday, May 3
10:00 A.M. Pirate Azalo’s
Treasure Hunt for children. Col
lege Park.
April 24-May 3
8:30 P.M. “Man and Super
man,” by G. B. Shaw at Dock
Street Theatre. This is an af>
filiated event.
water for 10 minutes, then go
for a hike until the shoes dry on
your feet. Afterwards mb them
with boot grease. Always wear
medium-weight wool socks.
Your food should be the kind
that produces energy. Pass ^up
most dehydrated foods which lack
energy but seem attractive be
cause of their light weight. There
are certain light foods however
that pay for themselves—such as
powdered milk and instant
powdered coffee.
Usually I find it best to plan
only two meals a day with a bit
of sweet chocolate in between.
Hunt or fish in the early morning
before breakfast or after your
5 o’clock supper, since these are
the most productive hours. After
breakfast start on your hike and
stop at the first good camping
spot that you come to in the
early afternoon.
It often shows a fine com
mand of language to say nothing!
'Well Mealiffe—this IS'a coincidence! .. . . just coming
over to your place for a little chat.
ANSWERS TO
Intelligence Test
I—Front of a building. 2—
American Revolution. 3—Char
lotte Bronte. 4—Nathan Hale. 5—
Dane. 6—Spanish. 7—(A) stetho-
icope; (B) calipers; (C) T-square,
CD) miter box.
Easter thoughts for dear ones
and near ones are best expressed .
through lovely flowers . . . • 7
Cut roses, carnations, iris,
snapdragons and mixed spring
bouquets will brighten the
f * :
home.. .•,
An Easter corsage will brighten HER ensemble—just the right compliment
for your lady. Send a long-lasting orchid or a gardenia, a rose corsage or a cor
sage of carnations . . .
Colorful blooming plants are excellent choices for
the home, your church or for cemetery memorial
use. Easter lilies, hydrangeas and azaleas will be
pretty and plentiful, as well as other varieties of
plants ...
Please place your orders EARLY ... •
YOUR NEWBERRY FLORISTS:
Verna and Hal Kohn
Kinard’s Hillcrest Florist
Carlton’s Flower Shop & r Greenhouse
Main Street Flower & Gift Shop
Carter’s Flowers and Gifts