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» . ■ ■ "V- •;7^'T -qimi if:. • ' vyf- - . » . : wp -rr. ' VS» THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1954 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE FIVE r *$r fe^5C : William Senn Farm Is Proof Owners Believe Diversification The Only Way ggpas?: In the past ten j’ears the system of farming has been completely changed on the farm of William E. Senn in the Smyrna Community of Newberry County Soil Conserva tion District. Ten years ago about 75 to 100 acres of cotton were planted and 10 to 15 cow r s were milked. This year about 10 acres of cotton will be planted and 77 cows are being milked. The cotton allotment for the farm is 21 acres, but Mr. Senn doesn’t plan to plant * this much. “Cotton is too much trouble for me. M he says. Can you imagine a man who gets up early every morning to milk saying a thing like that? Anyway he now* has about 200 bead of dairy cows and heifers and is gradually increasing his milking herd to 100. He also has 20 beef cows which he says he keeps to consume his rough feed. “I do now what Dad Amis and I want to do but sometime Dad wants, me to do more than I can do,” says Mr. Senn. This is another way to say that he is fol lowing a plan prepared for his farm in cooperation with the New’- berry County Soil Conservation District to use wisely and treat kindly each acre on the farm. Mr. Amis is the SCS technician wbo helped prepare the plan. Cotton acreage is now* down to about 10 acres and corn is down to about 50 acres. Income is ob tained instead from sale of wheat, milk, beef, dairy breeding stock, and woodland products. Feed comes from about 250 acres of oats, wheat, and barley for grain, from permanent pastures and an nual mixtures for grazing, from al falfa for hay, and from, sorghum cane for silage. When asked why he plants small grain instead of corn he re plied, “I know I am going to get rain in winter. I don’t know whether I’ll get rain in summer or not.” He has also observed that he gets less erosion when he grows V - . ON YOUR SAVINGS ‘'Save lYhere Hundreds Save Millions" We will be closed Monday, July 5th in celebration of Independence Day close growing crops instead of row crops. He said, “I used to have a right good bit of washing but SCS helped me terrace the whole place and plan pastures. I don’t have but one wash on the place now and it won’t be there long.” Coastal Bermuda grass, a drouth-resistant newcomer to the farm, is finding favor with Mr. Senn. “1 like that stuff. I be lieve it is going to be the grass” is the way he describes it. A two acre nursery patch was establish ed on the farm last year. Some sprigs were furnished by the Soil Conservation Service Nursery and some came from certified stock at Tifton, Georgia. He plans to plant four more acres this year. , V This year’s plans also call for planting 20 acres of fescue and ladino clover and the building of 250 rods of cross fencing to per mit better rotation of grazing. He is expecting cost-sharing from the Agricultural Conservation Program in this seeding and fenc ing program. If you don’t like pretty pines you shouldn’t visit this farm. There are about 100 acres of naturally reforested panes that up lift you when you stroll through them and about 15 acres of pines planted by OCC boys about 15 years ago that are growing vig orously. ‘‘The pines are for Patsy,” says Mr. Senn, with a gleaim of loving affection in his eyes, as he thinks of college plans for his seven year old daughter. ‘‘I’m proud of ’em,” he says. You have no doubt that he is referring to the pines and Patsy both. “1 sold milk to pay my w'ay through college. I am count ing on pines to pay for Patsy’s education,” he said. Most of the help on this farm was reared there. The well kept dwellings, electricity, and other conveniences are indications of stability. Water conservation and man agement is given attention along with soil conservation in a re markable way by this farmer who loves the land. Terraces over the crop land; bermuda meadows in the natural draws; pasture, trees, and other close growing crops on the steeper slopes cause much of the rainfall to soak into the soil and control the excess as it leaves the fields. But this is not all. Be fore it leaves the farm another obstacle is in its path. Three farm ponds catch and store some of the run-off water and provide food and fun for the farm family. Hospital Patients Mrs. Louise Arthur, , Palmetto House. Mrs. Ralph P. Baker and Baby Boy, 1905 Main St. Dr. J. I. Bedenbaugh, Prosperity. Mrs. Floyd Bennett, 1302 Wash ington St. Mrs. Maxcy Caldwell, Route 5, Saluda. Miss Nora Cannon, Route 1, Chapin. Little Miss Linda Chandler, Route 1, Newberry. > Miss Peggie Ann Cockrell, 895 Fair St. Master Johnny Cousins, Apt. D-l, Carol Court. Mrs. Elliott Dawkins, Route 3, Box 31, Newberry. Mrs. James Dominick, 2101 Ola St. J. B. Dreher, Prosperity. Mrs. W. E. Elmore, 1325 Pelham St. Mrs. C. A. Frick, Route 1, Little Mountain. Miss Pauline Gresham, Route 2, Newberry. Miss Rose Hamm, Silverstreet. Allen Hawkins, Route 4, New berry. Mrs. G. F. Holsenback, 929. Fair St. Mrs. C. S. Huffstetler, fc 69 Glenn St. Mrs. Quence Hyler, Route 1, Saluda. Mrs. Maggie Kempson, 1817 Main St. J C. Kinard, Route 3, Prosper ity. Mrs. J. N. Morris, Clinton Heights, Whitmire. Mrs. Sam Marlowe, 1519 Har rington St. . on the 4th wearing a Cotton Sunback chosen from the many new arrivals at Carpenter’s. Priced at TEST FISH . . . Tuna landed in Baltimore on Jap freighter Ya- maharu Mam tested negative for radio* activity. Chief officer Shi- geno holds one of 3,434 fish in cargo. $9.90 and $11.00 Carpenter’s Newberry, S; C. CLOVER LEAF DRIVE-IN Theatre THURSDAY A FRIDAY Captain Pirate HIn Technicolor) Louis Hayward, Patricia Medina, John Sutton Added Color Cartoon—Surf Board ; SATURDAY Wings Of The Hawk (In Technicolor) Van Heflin, Julia Adams, and Abbe Lane Added Color Cartoon—Well Oiled SUNDAY A MONDAY The Fanner Takes A Wife (In Technicolor) Betty Grable, Dale Robertson, and John Carroll Added Color Cartoon—Foceador- | able LATE SHOW SAT.—10:30 Alao MONDAY A TUESDAY Fighter Attack in color with Sterling Hayden \ Mrs. Bessie Lee Nesbitt, Route St. 1, Box 195, Newberry. j Odell Stuck, Pomaria. Mrs. Bobby Shealy and Baby Mrs. John E. Taylor, Jr., O’Neal Girl, Route 4, Newberry. 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