The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, July 18, 1952, Image 5
>AY, JULY 18, 1952
THE NEWBERRY SUN
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
ClMiMon Extension Information Specialist
CHANCE
I can just remember seeing
one of the last log rollings in the
Stone Hills where I was raised.
The timber (original longleaf
pine) was worth practically noth
ing away back in there. New
ground was needed for cotton.
So we cut the great trees and
burned them off the land.
In later years we have seen
lumbering progress to the point
that such timber is now practical
ly extinct. And we now cut
mere saplings that will make a
two-by-four or so.
Now we see even* the stumps
of those great trees being rooted
out and used. At many places
in Florida I saw carloads of
them rolling every day. And
from south Georgia too. A few
years ago they were rooting
'em out down in the lower part of
this state also, and great acres
were cleared of ’em.
- While we are pulling these
great and enduring tombstones
of our dead forests and using
them for the making of many
useful products, we see enlighten
ed man with a machine setting
seedling trees at a rapid clip.
And our youngsters in great num
bers in the 4-H clubs and FFA
chapters are taught the intrinsic
values of a tree. They set them
out, nurture and protect them,
and selectively harvest them on
lands where another generation
with axe and fire ruthlessly de
stroyed original timberlands.
About 40 years ago a few pro
gressive and far-sighted citizens
of the state saw where we were
headed and began ^ talking con
servation, a strange subject then.
And it was in 1924 that the first
resident forester came to South
Carolina in the form of Henry
H. Tryon, as Clemson extension
forester. Three years after that
the legislature set up our State
Forestry Department. Since then
things have happened rapidly in
this field. And now enlightened
woodland management is grow
ing fast in our midst. With our
help, trees are coming back in a
new role. Not as a natural re
source, ruthlessly handled, but
as a crop, managed and protected.
Change, change, the constancy
of it!
CORN TAKES WATER
Many farmers have fields of
corn entered in the state and
county contests. They try for
big economical yields in these.
Most folks are using the Clem
son 5-Point plan for making a
high yield of corn. It calls for
good soil preparation, more corn
on the land, good seed, heavier
fertilization, and less cultivation.
Your county agent has a pamph
let that goes into details about
these.
I can well remember when a
bale of cotton per acre was the
goal of good farmers. Now many
make that, and some more. Now
with corn the contestant is usual
ly aiming at 100 bushels per acre
or over. Water is what keeps
many from reaching that. They
do everything else to make it,
but enough water does not hap
pen to be there or come.
To make 100 bushels of corn it
takes enough water to cover the
field knee deep. Now, that’s a
lot, when you take evaporation in
to account too. Litter in the land
will hold a lot of water, and
contour farming helps keep it
from runing off. And the latest
thing, irrigation, is supplying the
missing link to high production
at some places. Last summer at
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fefe!
To the People of the 8th
Judicial Circuit:
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for
the splendid vote you gave me in the first primary.
I shall never forget the many kindnesses and
courtesies shown me and my family. We worked
long and hard and you rewarded us with your
vote of confidence.
We are greatly encouraged and* will work even
harder until the last ballot is counted on Tuesday,
July 22.
. Sincerely,
William T. Jones
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and tea for dinner on Sunday
from the remaining ice.
Lying in the rfppling waters of
a shaded creek when the day was
hot
Walking the ice-covered branch
to school when the frosts of
winter struck.
Wallowing in the same pool of
mud with the hogs and then
jumping in the creek and thinking
we came out clean.
MIMEOGRAPH PAPER
CARBON PAPER
ADDING MACHINE ROLLS
The Sim Office
CATCH HOLDS GATE TO DESIRED OPENING . . . Length of Iron
rod, bent to sh-pe pictured and inserted Into hole bored in gate, pro
vides a hr!^er that can be dropped down to keep gate opened at
desired place.
Sports Afield. . .
(By TED KESTING)
The next time you see a spin
ning angler drop his lure time
and time again almost exactly
where he wants to put it, don't
be jealous. Getting accuracy
with spinning tackle is easy when
rod, reel, line and lure are
properly matched in weight or
strength and when you use the in
stantaneous advantages of fore
finger control which Joe Bates,
Jr., discussed here a few weeks
ago. With them, and a bit of
practice, it’s a sure bet that you
can be an accurate caster, too.
We asked Bates what type of
cast aids the spinning angler
most in getting accuracy. He
explained there are half a dozen
accepted types, but the over-head
cast and the side cast are used
most often. The side cast sends
the lure and line out in a low
trajectory but accuracy in direc
tion is is more difficult. The
overhead cast being made in a
single plane is more accurate
in direction but less so in dis
tance because of the higher
trajectory of flight of the lure and
the greater belly in the line.
The side cast starts with the
rod pointing forward. Fro’m this
Clemson one irrigation at the
critical time gave an increase of
56 bushels in corn yield.!
It takes a lot of water to make
a lot of corn.
GREENWOOD LIVESTOCK
MARKET
Horace Warner, friend of. my
Clemson days, was holding .his
weekly livestock auction when I
stopped by Greenwood Livestock
Market the other Monday. He told
me the weekly sales were running
between 30 to 40 thousand dol
lars . For the past year the total
was well over a million dollars!
New money, good money! And
I’ll bet it is really felt on the
farms and in the business life
of the community. And County
Agent Garvin told me they were
just good started with their
pastures and livestock develop
ment. They have 85 ponds and
are constantly building more, ac
cording to SCS man Craig. A few
pastures irrigated from these
have given abundant year-around
grazing. They look for this prac
tice to grow.
Horace told me grass and hay
are his crops. His 300 cattle
market these for him. He has
nice pastures there around his
livestock market.
Will Henderson had just sold
36 steers that averaged 700 pounds
at 14 months of age. Twelve
acres of fine ryegrass carried
them from October until May,
with hay and ground corn on the
side. And then the grass came
and made 400 pounds of seed per
acre.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
Recollections:
The first wormy plum that drop
ped and we thought it was ripe.
The old tough-headed cow that
dragged me through a clump of
briers and a wasp nest with her
chain.
The best bullices down on the
creek that would all fall in the
water when we shook the vines.
Grain - thrashing time, with
swarthy sweating men, great ap
petites, and the steam engine with
piercing whistle that scared me.
The straw pile, in which we
played and got itchy all over from
the chaff.
The hens all started laying after
that from the spilled grain that
gave them enough to eat.
Mites in the hen nests in mid
summer that got all over us when
we gathered the eggs.
Droughts blighting fields from
which anxious parents looked for
harvests, but we were glad, for
the hoeing was thus made light.
Stone bruises on the foot, and
the stumped toe that restumping
kept from healing.
Ice cream on Saturday nights
position, wrist action snaps it
downward to the right. Utilizing
the bend thus made in the rod,
it is instantly swept forward and
upward to a position pointing at
about 45 degrees over the target.
At this point the line is released
by extending the forefinger.
The overhead cast is made by
snapping the rod back vertically
from the horizontal to an 11 o’
clock position overhead and then
utilizing the bend thus formed iif
the rod, sweeping it forward and
releasing the lure when the rod is
pointed at an angle of about
45 degrees over the target.
In either case, a full arm swihg
is neither necessary nor desirable.
Use the wrists & lot, the forearm
a little and the upper arm not at
all. For best results, let the rod
do most of the work.
Don’t bother, trying to learn
other types of casts until these
two most important ones become
instinctive. Practice gradually
will make the release of the line
and control of the lure become
second nature. Then you will
be pleasantly surprised to see
how accurately the lure can be
made to land in the ripple ring
of a rising trout, in the pad-
bordered lair of a big bass, or
close to rocks along the coast
where ocean game fish are feed
ing.
ADVERTISEMENT
FOR BIDS
Sealed bids, subject to the con
ditions contained herein, will be
received by Mr. Francis Setzler,
Chairman, Building Committee,
First Baptist Church, Whitmire,
S. C., Paul H. Bullington, Pastor,
and opened at 4:30 P. M., Wed
nesday, July 23, 1952 at the
First Baptist Church, Whitmire,
S. C. for alterations and addi
tions to the First Baptist Church.
Plans, specifications and con
tract documents may be inspect
ed without charge at the office of
Irvine B. Leslie, Architect; 1410
Friend Street, Newberry, S. C.,
where they may also be obtained
upon the deposit of $30.00. The
deposit,will be refunded upon re
turn of the plans ahd specifica
tions in good condition. Refunds
are limited to ten (10) days after
opening of bids.
AU bids must be accompanied
b3' a Bid feond.or Certified Check
in a& amount not less than five
(5%) per cent of the bid. A per
formance bond for the full
amount Ov the contract, will be re
quired. '
Bids mu«t be submitted on the
Form of Proposal provided and
the successful bidder will be re
quired to execute the Form of
Contract provided for construc
tion.
The right is reserved, as the
interest of the Owner may re
quire, to reject any and all bids
and to waive any informality in
bids received.
No bid may be withdrawn after
the scheduled closing time for the
receipt of bids for a period of
twenty-one days.
Attention of prospective bid
ders is directed to State of South
Carolina Tax and License Re*
quirements, particularly 1942 S. C.
Code Sec. 2543 and 7084, et seq.
(Signed)
Chairman Building
Committee,
FRANCIS SETZLER,
First Baptist Church,
Whitmire, S. C.
Paul H. Bullington,
Pastor
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BOYCE STREET
Opposite County Library
24 HOUR SERVICE
Telephone 811
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We are equipped to give you
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Convertible tops, auto head-
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VOTE FOR
And
ELECT
T. C. (TED)
McDowell
For
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Commissioner
I want to thank you for the wonderful vote you
gave me in the first primary and again I beg of
you not to let me down, go to the polls Tuesday,
July 22 and vote for
T. C. (TED) McDOWELL
for Commissioner
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