The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, August 18, 1955, Image 6
PAGE SIX
THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1955
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
What would you think of in-
cotton yields for the past
years by 77 per cent? To
by 42 per cent? Com by 219
jpast two years by 147 percent?
percent? Sweet potatoes for the
Alfalfa by 250 percent? And an
increase in Coastal Bermuda grass
Any from 1.25 tone to 7.5?
Well that's what they did with
Jrrlgation down at Clemson's Pon-
tiiac experiment station. And they
Jhare gotten similar benefits from
it at Clemson.
Farmer-experience too is show
ing what this thing we call sup-
ptamental irrigation can be made
f mean in taking a lot of the
efttk out of farming.
Costs something, yes. But it
costs a lot more not to.
Water’s the problem, an ade-
Qttttte source of it. Find out about
4fea& before you go any further.
JQjuipment can’t help your crops
smless you have the water to put
through it when drought comes.
And conic it will, about six times
year, according to long - time
weather records.
PICKING POINTERS
The enow of another harvest is
coining to our cotton fields now.
Clemson has these harvesting
•qggestions:
1. Defoliate rank cotton be
fore picking.
2. Pick cotton promptly after
Aolls open.
2. Keep grass and thrash out
of cotton in picking, handling and
otoraga.
4. Spread out green or damp
weed cotton to dry before storage
or ginning.
5. Make standard weight bales
of 450 to 550 pounds.
6. Have cotton classed before
marketing.
By the way, did you know that
the defoliation of cotton was first
practiced by E. E. Hall down at
Clemson’s Florence experiment
station? He had some rank plots
of cotton there and wondered how
he would ever get through it to
make the pickings. He had noted
that cyanamid In his top dress
ing tests burned cotton leaves it
touched. So he dusted this ma
terial on his plots when the cot
ton was ready to pick. It knocked
the leaves off, just like he want-,
ed. The cyanamid people became
interested and furnished material
for more extensive field tests
next year. It spread from there.
Other States tested it out. And
now it is a fixed practice Wher
ever cotton grows rank or is
picked by machines. In the far-
west, defoliation is a universal
practice.
FOLLOW DIRECTIOINS
The publication “Farm Safety
Review” for June had this head
line, “Read The Label and Poison
ONLY the Pest”.
We have powerful and effective
new poisons for killing insects.
They are far more potent than
the ones of the distant past. And
their ability to kill does not just
apply to insects either. They can
kill you if you are too careless.
But all of these effective reme
dies can be used with safety if
we Just obey a simple rule and
observe the few simple precau
tions carried on the package.
H. M. Hentz & Son
Have “Tree Farm.”
Columbia. — Eight new Tree
Farms have sent South Carolina’s
Tree Farm acreage over the mill
ion and a quarter mark.
Four farms in the Newberry
section and four in the Southern
lowlands, totaling 60,314 acres,
were certified by the South Caro
lina Tree Farm committee, meet
ing in Columbia.
This brought South Carolina’s
Tree Farm total to 1,266,576 acres
in the American Tree Farm Sys
tem. The state’s Tree Farm pro
gram is sponsored iby the South
Carolina Forest Industries comm
ittee with the cooperation of the
State Forestry Commission and
the Clemson college extension ser
vice. To become a tree farmer, a
landowner must show ability and
willingness to manage his wood
lands for continuous production.
The Committee certified Tree
Farms ranging from 44 acres to
39,584 acres in size. Two othjer
Tree Farm inspection reports were
returned to inspecting foresters
for additional information.
“South Carolina’s showing is a
good one,” said Vern Cutler, for
ester for- Argent Lumber Co., of
Therefore,' those instructions
are a mighty important part of
a*y batch of poison you might get.
Read them and carry them out.
Then no one will have to be sor
ry. And you will get the results
you sought.
STATE FISHING LICENSE
For $3.10 residents of the state
can now get a fishing license cov
ering all waters in South Caroli
na. Heretofore, a state fishing Sli
cense cost $1.10 and a like charge
was made for license to fish in
each of the five lakes—Santee-
Cooper, Lake Murray, Lake Green
wood, Clark’s Hill, and Catawba-
Wateree. Or, in other words, li
cense to fish anywhere did cost
a total of $6.60, now it is $3.10
oc cording to advices from our
Wildlife Resources department.
Handeville, chairman of the com
mittee.
More and more landowners are
coming to realize that trees are
a crop which can provide a cash
income” he said, pointing out
that the wood using industries are
dependent upon small landowner*
for much of their raw materials.
A list of newly certified tree
farmers from Newberry county,
their addresses and Tree Farm
acreage follows:
H. M. Hentz and ~ Son, 8066
acres in nine Piedmont counties.
Edward Duckworth, 44 acres in
Saluda county.
Horace T. Oxner, Kinards, route
one, 107 acres in Newberry, Lau
rens and Spartanburg counties.
Strom, lurmond
MITCHELL
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mitchell
of Florence v are receiving con
gratulations upon the arrival of
a daughter, Miriam Anne, at the
McLeod Infirmary in Florence on
Monday, July 4th. The Mitchell's
have another child, Charles Ed
ward, Jr., who is thirteen months
old. Mr. and Mrs. Pat Mitchell
spent Sunday with their son and
family in Florence.
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CONGRESS DOES WELL
In my final report to the peo
ple until the congress reconvenes
next January, I would like to dis
cuss my appraisal of the first
session of the 84th congress.
I think the first session has pro-
duced much constructive legisla
tion. As a freshman senator, I
realize that, I may not be as good
a Judge of the actions of Congress
as veteran members, but I feel
sure most of them will agree
with my statement that this ses
sion has been a good one. I cer
tainly will not say, however, that
I have been pleased with every
action of the session, although I
have been pleased by most of
them.
MAIL HEAVIEST ON
TRADE BILL
When the senate adjourned, it
had acted on more than 1300 bills
and resolutions. The one of most
interest to South Carolinians—
according to the more than 10,000
letters I received on this one sub
ject—was HR One, better known
as the trade bill. Our textile em
ployees and employers were vit
ally; concerned over the lack of
protection afforded the textile in
dustry against low tariff rates on
foreign textiles in the original
bill.
I am glad to report that 17 of us
Senators from textile areas were
able to get projection written in
to the new trade bill. Once this
was done, the bill was then over
whelmingly passed;' by the con-
resss.
- Shortly after the new law was
approved, the State department
announced drastic tariff reduc
tions negotiated at the GATT
conference in Geneva under the
old law, which afforded little, if
any, protection. I then introduced
a resolution designed to head off
these cuts. It was passed by the
Senate, with 48 Senators joining
as co-sponsors.
There Is another bill now pend
ing before the Agriculture comm
ittee which would impose import
.quotas on foreign textiles and at
e same time encourage the sale
plus cotton for export. Sen
ator Eastland and I, on behalf of
ourselves and 60 colleagues, in
troduced this bill. It is scheduled
for open hearings sometime this
fall.
NO PARITY LEGISLATION
One of the drawbacks of the 1st
Session was its failure to enact
farm legislation to restore 90 per
cent price supports and a cotton
allotment guarantee for our small
farmers. Both of these bills, how
ever, are scheduled for early
and I hope— favorable action next
year.
The congress did, however, pass
numerous bills that should! great
ly benefit our x farmers in South
Carolina and elsewhere.
BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT
HIGH
One of the highlight of the ses
sion was the strong bi-partisan
support given the President in his
foreign policy. By an almost unan
imous vote, the Senate backed
the president on his Formosan
policy by voting passage of the
Formosan Resolution. Then again
when the president went to the
Qig Four conference he was giv
en strong support by members oiUj
both sides of the aisle. According*
to all reports available at this
time, he seems to have done
fine job there in laying
ground-work lor easing world
tensions and for establishing a
true, and we hope, a lasting
1 am sure his support at homa
helped considerably.
I must also commend the con
gress for bolstering our defense
needs by providing for a strong
reserve force. This has been one
of our country’s greatest needs
for years. This bill should make
it possible for our country to re
main strong both militaril and
economically since several re
servlets can be maintained for the
cost of one regular serviceman.
AGAINST AID AND
PUBLI£ HOUSING
Two major pieces of legislation
were passed by the congress that
did not meet with my approval.
They were the housing and for
eign aid bills. I believe private
enterprise is doing the housing
job necessarV- Thus I regret that
the position of the House against
public housing was not sustained
in free conference.
I also believe that we should
be cutting back on foreign aid
expenditures now instead of ex
panding this costly program which
has already cost us $57 billion—
all of which we have had to borr
row. If we abe ever going to re
duce taxes and balance the bud
get, then we must begin tapering
off on our foreign spending pro
gram. I am not against a reason
able foreign aid program, but I
do believe we can do the neces
sary job with a great reduction in
expenditures.
That is why I voted against both
of these bills.
Of Interest To Naval
Reserve Officers
Columbia.—Establishment, of a
Naval „ Reserve Officers school at
Columbia will interest Naval Re
serve officers in Newberry.
The school, which will begin
classes September 15, will serve
the Columbia area and particular
the counties of Bamberg, Calhoun,
Clerendon, Darlington, Fairfield,
Kershaw, Lee, Lexington, New
berry. Orangeburg, Richland, Sa
luda, and Sumter.
.Enrollment is proceeding rapidly
and officers from many places in
the area have shown interest
The mission of the school is to
afford Naval Reserve officers in
the area the opportunity to com
plete their annual requirements
for pnomotion, gain the necessary
retirement points, add to their
longevity, and improve their pro
ficiency and ca,pa!>ility.
Headquarters tor the school will
be the Columbia Naval Reserve
Training center, 613 Pickens St.
Classes will be conducted at 8 p.
m. each Thursday night and will
last two hours.
There will be courses in sea
manship, operational Planning A
Staff Organization, supply, orien
tation to command, operations,
and navigation. All Reserve offi
cers, regardless of their qualifica
tions and designators, may join,
and officers on the inactive stat
us will be removed from that cat
egory upon enrollment.
A year of satisfactory class at
tendance with a satisfac t o r y
course, grade entitles an officer to
24 promotion points. One year of
satisfactory federal service to
wards retirement is earned by a
minimum attendance of 35 claaa
ft •-» * v ■
sessions.
Student officers will not be re
quired to wear uniforms. Make-up
classes to meet attendance re
quirements will be scheduled at
regular intervals. Officers are
not required to take annual train
ing duty but are encouraged to do
•o.
Interested officers should writ^
visit or telephone the Naval Re
serve Officers’ school, U. ST Naval
Reserve Training Center, Colum
bia, S. C.
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