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FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1952
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Speelallst
POND WEED CONTROL
For some years I've been tell
ing you about the work County
Agent Melette of Aiken has been
doing on weed control in farm
ponds. He says, “Six excellent
demonstrations in pond weed con
trol were given in May."
The materials are sprayed light
ly on the weeds from a boat.
Then they just die and disappear
like magic.
With the building of more and
more ponds over South Carolina,
what Mellette . has been doing
about those troublesome weeds is
of growing importance. For they
will surely choke a pond up if
you let ’em.
Your county agent has most oi
the details in a new weed bulletin
Clemson has put out.
SOIL SAVING
County Agent Hubbard of Bam
berg ‘ had a soil conservation pro
gram with all of his 4-H clubs
in May.
Soil saving and building is
being taught the young folks in
the 4-H clubs and FFA chapters.
The agricultural agencies are di
recting their efforts in that same
direction. And the farmers serv
ing as soil conservation district
supervisors are adding the need
ed practical farmers’ touch to it
alL
Our soil, the veritable keeper
of us all! It is worthy of our
most careful and devoted atten
tion. And in late years it has
been getting more of it than be
fore. Ways are known to not
only save it but to build it. On
them earth’s ability to continue
to feed and clothe growing mil
lions depends.
THIS AND THAT
The first of June County Agent
Cain said Calhoun County had an
excellent corn prospect and that
several farmers were planning to
irrigate their corn if needed.
1 didn’t count ’em, but someone
told me there were only 266
words in Lincoln’s famous Gettys
burg address, 297 in the Ten
Commandments, and even 300 in
the Declaration of Independence.
A few words can sure say a lot,
if you know how to make ’em do
it.
County Agent Thompson of
Hampton said boll worms appear
ed on cotton before the weevil.
Never heard of that beford.
Several told me they saw more
snakes this year than usual. And
I’ve seen a lot run over in the
roads. Yet our Mac Sparks hunt
ed for them for days for a Farm
ers' Week exhibit without finding
even one. That’s the way of
things.
Things have sure changed.
Some fellow has figured this out.
Fifty-two years ago federal spend
ing amounted to $6.85 per person.
In 10 more years it had increased
to $7.54, and in 10 more to $60.40.
Frozen Food Supplies
ALUMINUM FOIL
POLYETHYLENE
BAGS
FROZEN FOOD CON
TAINERS
OAKEN BUCKET CON
TAINERS
ALL PLASTIC FREEZ-
TAINERS
STOCKINETTES
PLASTIC POULTRY
BAGS
. . . AND OTHER SUP
PLIES FOR THE
FREEZER
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HARDWARE
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With just one grease, Sinclair
Litholine, you can lubricate
chassis, wheel bearings, water
£>umps, universal joints...
of your car, trucjt or tractor.,
winter or summer.
Farmers find it does a better
job at each lubrication point
than the ’’specialized” greases
they formerly used.
FARM ADVANTACfS ct-a-glance:
1. * A finer grease at every point.
2. less danger of applying the wrong grease.
3. Quicker greasing operations.
4. ' Smaller grease stocks — on#* instead of 3 or 4.
5. Fewer grease guns.
6. Less waste.
We dtlivr direct to forme. Phone or write us.
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Suppliers of Sinclair Prod.
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By TED KE8TING
There are few Americans who
know the story of George Gatlin.
Yet Gatlin did for the American
Indians exactly what Audubon
did for our native birds. He
painted their pictures on the
spot and also left us written rec
ords of the Indian way of life.
He was born in Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, on July 26, 1796.
He was a child of the wilderness
and until the day he died the
wilderness kept its hold on him.
By the time he was nine he was
an expert with the single-bar
reled shotgun. His family want
ed him to be a lawyer and he
did pass his bar examinations
but might as well have spared;
himself the effort, according to
biographer Moran Tudury.
From 1819 to 1823 he was sup
posed to be practicing law.
Actually, most of his time was
spent drawing pictures of courtr
room characters. Finally he gave
up law and enrolled in the Phila
delphia Academy of Fine Arts.
One day he visited Rembrandt
Peale’s Museum and discovered
several portraits of Indians that
were part of the exhibition. From
then on until his death in 1872
his life was to be devoted to
one purpose alone. It was to live
among the Indians and to make
a pictorial record of their way of
life before they vanished from
the American scene.
Everywhere he traveled he
That was just after World War
I. Then by 1930 it had dropped
to $27.96. In 1940 it was $68.16.
And the coming year it will be
$548.38. I have a family of four.
So my share is $2,193.52. Grac
ious! I don’t know where it’s
coming from. I must be rich and
don’t know it.
We grow more oats than any
state east of the Mississippi
River. Yet some are twice as
big as we are. That has great
meaning in diversification, live
stock, dairy, and poultry produc
tion.
IN AND OUT
I know two fellows who planted
cabbage last- year. Both lost
money. The things wouldn’t bring
enough to pay for the harvest
and sacks. So they left 'em in
the field.
I went back there in May. One
of them had sworn he’d never
plant them again, and didn’t The
other one planted his usual three
acres. He had sold over $2,000
worth when I was there and h«
wasn’t through.
Folks, that is the way It is
with most farming, specially
truck. If you have the lands,
labor, and favorable situation for
a certain system of crops and live
stock, you had better stick to
those things you can do best, and
not be jumping around all the
time. For almost invariably when
something sells good and you
decide to jump on It next year,
it won't be doing so well- when
you arrive at the market place.
Good farm management shows
that this in-and-out farming sel
dom pays. You have to figure on
averages. If you are suited for
a crop, after a bad year is no
time to stop with it. Try to
hold costs down and do a better
job next year, and you are likely
to recoup your losses, as that
cabbage man did last spring.
found the strange details of a
form of life unique on this earth.
He was revolted by the Indian
practice of scalping — but this
revulsion didn’t prevent him from
investigating it So far as the
Indian was concerned, he was
told, It was never wanton. A scalp
was evidence that you had kill
ed an enemy—proof, like a buck’s
antlers for the hunter, that ypu
had conquered. To be genuine,
a scalp had to show the crown of
the head.- This prevented a de
ceitful warrior from taking two 1
scalps from the same head.
The Indian horses and Goman-
che horsemanship thrilled Gat
lin. By gifts of pluf tobacco he
persuaded one young warrior to
demonstrate. Although armed
with bow and arrow, this Coman
che was able to hang securely
on the side of his horse while
going at breakneck speed. Com
pletely screened from the enemy,
he fired arrow after arrow under
the horse’s neck. The secret
of this eye-filling feat was due to
two things. A short halter went
around the horse’s neck, both
ends of which were braided in
to the animal’s mane near tie
withers. This formed a loop
which hung down under the
horse’s neck. It was a kind of,
sling into which the rider’s elbow
rested, half-supporting his body.
Then the Indian threw one leg
over the horse’s back and clung
to it with his heel. v
These and many more were
the things that George Gatlin
saw—and that he set down in
words and paint. He left us a
living picture of the American
Indian and the thunderous west
ern scene.
Examination For Physicists
An examination for Physicist
adn Electronic Scientist has been
announced by USN Underwater
Sound Reference Laboratory, Or
lando, Florida. Salary $4206 to
$8360 per annum. Applicants will
be rated on the basis of their edu
cation and experience. Those ap-
pointed to these positions will
plan, direct and also assist in
conducting scientific . resea r c b
work.
For further details in the an
nouncement No. 5-12-2(62) contact
your local secretary or write the
Director, Fifth U.S. Civil Region,
Atlanta, Ga., or Board of Ex
aminers, USN Underwater Sound
Ref. Lab., Orlando, Fla.
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Batteries, Radiators and Rags.
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MELTING CITY . . . Heat of 99 degrees begins to melt ther
mometer—or so it looks in trick picture taken in downtown
Albany, N.Y.
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SOLUTION . . . The Berg broth
ers at the National Music
Camp, Interlochen, Mich., have
solved the problem of reaching
both ends of the big fiddle.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
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We are equipped to give you
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bile seat covera, tailor made.
Convertible tops, auto head-
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done promptly and at reason
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Stop by or phone us today.
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1515 Martin 8L
Phone 1116-J
More recollections:
Hogs squealing at dusk for the
kitchen slop they knew had ac
cumulated for them. And how
they knocked it all over you as
you tried to pour it’ in the trough
for them.
The odor of horse apples, as
they ripened on the tree there
on the ditch bank by the garden.
The village drunkard, as he
came ripping and roaring down
the road, beating jus horse some
thing awful.
The bell in the white church
tower on the hilL They used to
let me ring it on Sundays.
The sprained ankle I got when
I stepped from the back of a
moving wagon and hit a loose
rock.
The rhythmic beat of the old
watermill, as it started its grind
for the community early on Fri
days. • _»
Daydreaming in March, wonder
ing What made the wind blow,
vhere it came from, and where it
went.
Pants half-soled on the seat
They felt almost like a pilow
when you sat down.
A cold baked sweet potato off
the apron of the stove when we
got in from school.
The time 1 put a hat on with a
wasp in it. Didn’t get to sting
me. But it buzzed, I could
smell it, and 1 took the hat off
so fast I tore the brim.
Dewberries on those long vines
ripening on the ditch banks in
May. We made paths to them,
and let none waste.
Watch And
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Unless you have increased your in
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