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THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1956 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER \ Clemson Extension Information Specialist UEE SOYBEAN As usual. County Agent McComb of Orangeburg has come up with at very helpful appraisal of the L<ee soybean, tried out over the state last year for the first time. Fifty-four farmers there tried it out. All of these also grew other standard varieties. McComb got records and statements from them and here are a few typical ex cerpts: “I can’t definitely say which bean did the best, but the Lee is the earliest, followed by the Jack- aon.” "The Lee bean was much small er in size of stalk, but turned out twice as much in quantity.” "Believe the Lee is our best bean.” "I plan to plant two thirds of my crop to the Lee in 1956.’’ "I am of the opinion that our CNS No. 4 will outyield them.” "Lee made about the same as CNS. It is a good variety. Does not fall over in row. Approximate ly 10 days earlier. Will not shat ter as soon as CNS. Grows off to a faster start and it grows more evenly in field where certain areas tend to die out.” "I believe the Lee bean is ad- tgnpted to good land. It is our ear liest bean.” This Lee is a USDA produced •variety. It was tested out at Clem- eon and looked good betore being taken to the field by our Seed Cer tification Service in 1955. Mr. Gar rison. who heads that work up. tells me this Lee bean seems suit ed to the better lands. On lighter lands it bears so near the ground and. does not get high enough for best combining. McComb points out that this bean's earliness brings two ad vantages. It can be planted to wards the end of the normal sea- eon and still mature a crop. And It also extends the harvest season eo all of your beans won’t b e ready right at the same time. He notes, also, that many of its pods contain 3 seed, while other varie ties have mostly two. So. in or der of ripening it is Lee. Jack- son, CNS and JEW. Mr. Garrison tells me we have a good supply of the new beans, Lee and Jackson, this year. AMONG THE COUNTIES County Agent Wylie of Chester reports 208 cows artifically bred in November. Their heifers com ing in from such breeding are showing improved production. Willis of Chesterfield tells me two farmers brought in 158 bred ewes, making 1200 in the county now. Not so many yet. but a lot more than a little while back. Jones of Greenville found 35 of their 82 trench silos in the coun ty has been built in 1955. Droughts of the previous four years taught the value of these inexpensive farm contraptions. Up in Lancaster, County Agent Cannon tells me the sorghum midge, an, insect.caused almost a total failure in many a grain sor ghum field last season. New crops bring new insect problems. 1 under stand the bug men are working on a remedy for this pest. So it looks like we will have to be roll ing it out. All sorts of schools! Charlie Cannon of Laurens held an egg school, with 12 poultrymen in attendance. It takes quality stuff, graded stuff, to sell best now. And eggs are no exception. Kzell of Newberry tells me their artificial breeding association bred 1.266 dairy cows the past year. A lot of cattle improvement there. Out of 27 corn contestants in. Oconee the past year, County Agent Morgan tells me 15 made 100 bushels or over per acre. Good goin’, fellows! Sure made a cotton crop in the Upcountry last year. County agent Martin of Spartanburg tells me some farmers made 2 bales per acre, and much corn ran above 75 bushels. They have really gone after Bangs disease of cattle in Un ion. Cochran tells me they tested 4.500 head. Looks like this ser ious disease of livestock and man is facing eradication in our midst. rpil&X&lCS f ’sixteen of the 32 corn contest- your own wood stains for furniture by brewing a oatch of dye such as you use for dyeing clothes. Use the solution and paint on the wood to get the desired effect. Angora sweaters will shed much less and look more fresh if you place them in the refrigerator for a few hours before you wear them. Paint a thin coat of shellac on candles if you want to keep them BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER WIDE, WONDERFUL WORLD RECIPE OF THE WEEK Tomato Cheese Sandwiches (Serves 3-4) y 6 slices toast 2 cups grated processed American cheese 2Vfc cups canned tomato Juice V* teaspoon onion salt Vfc teaspoon pepper Cover bottom of shallow bak- mg dish with three slices toast. Sprinkle with one-half of the cheese. Cover with remaining toast and cheese. Pour over this the tomato Juice blended with onion salt and pepper Bake for one-half hour in pre heated moderately hot (375*F.) oven. 1964 AGRICULTURAL AM JTH .CAROLINA. FARM £ M0ME DEVELOPMENT Catty* We Endorse The 1956 Agricultural Program for South Carolina * GOOD SEEDS MAKE THE DIFFERENCE Clemson College advises farmers to increase produc tion and use clean, high quality seeds and plants, including certified seed, for additional farm income and efficient crop production. We carry Seeds of all recommended Varieties— so, always— See Us For Highest Quality Seeds ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ McNair’s N. C. 27 Hybrid Corn Wood’s Golden Dent Open Pollinated Corn Coker’s Pedigreed 100 Wilt Resistant Cotton Seed BILOXI SOYBEANS Sweet Sudan Grass—Brown Top Millet MARTIN MILO Shatter-Proof SOY BEANS Also All Types Fresh Garden Seed, Flower Seed and Gladoili Bulbs from sputtering all over your din ner table. Fragile bedspreads are best laun dered when they’re basted onto a bed sheet You’ll find that this makes handling them easier, too, especially when you want to lift them on and off the line. If you don't have an egg poach er, make your own by using the small size aluminum pie tins that come when you purchase frozen pies at the store, or fashion your own out of aluminum foil. Butter them, drop in egg and place in a saucepan with water. Cover while cooking. Ash trays can be sprinkled with baking soda to prevent Are. It will also get rid of stale odors from them which fill your house before they are emptied. Without refrigeration, we had our meat at all seasons in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork, when I was a kid, at the turn of the century. The big supply came from hogs killed and cured in the winter. Each family had at least one big one, so there’d be plenty of lard. And then a medium size one or so for meat alone. Sausage, ribs, and liver pud- din' were eaten and the surplus cooked, put in Jars with a little of the fryings over it, top put on. inverted, and the cooling grease sealed it. This was awfully good then along out in the spring and summer. Hams, shoulders, and sides were cured with salt, smok ed with green hickory, and kept hanging In the smokehouse on out through the summer until It was all used up. We usually ate the - shoulders first, as they were thinner, cured first, and dried out more if we kept them long. We’d also fry some of the side* meat at first, until It started get ting a bit rancid after hot weather. Then it was even better for cooking vegetables, provided It didn’t get too bad. The hams were the choice eat ing. But we often tired of them and would sometimes swap them for fatback or other store-bought meat out In the summer. Everyone set the first hens that wanted to. Thqse were push ed for early fryers. We really feasted when they came in, if hawks hadn’t gotten too many of ’em, and we had no other sort of bad luck. And all along through the year, there was the fat hen for Sunday dinner, when you us ually had company or were com- pany at somebody’s house. More about this old-time meat supply next week. This has got ten long enough. ants In Lee made over 100 bush els per acre, according to County Agent Linder. McCord of Georgetown reports another good result from Coastal Bermuda grass. Laurie Avant grazed 193 cattle on his 36 acres two months and also cut 3 tons of hay per acre from it last sum mer. By Franklin J Meine Editor, The American Peoples Encyclopedia. Bram Stoker had a basis in truth when he wrote his ho-ror story, "Dracula,” a tale of a man who could change into a vampire bat. The vampire bat is a blood-feed ing bat of Mexico, Central, and South America. T^ey are small, about four inches long, and tailess. In Trinidad, Brazil, and Mexico, the vampire bat has transmitted paralytic rabies causing the death of stock and some human beings, for vampires prey on livestock. PRINTING: The Sun is well equip ped to handle all your printing orders. We specialize in letter heads, envelopes, billheads and statements, invoices. We print any kind of receipt book, numb bered or plain. Ruled forma, vou chers, and many, many other items. Try us for quality print ing with prompt service. Phone No. 1. We’ll he glad to call. dogs, chickens, and humans. Vam pires live in colonies, in caves, and in abandoned houses. This bat was named at a time when the belief in human vampires was very strong, particularly in Europe. Be lief in vampire bats prevailed in Babylonia, Chaldea, and Assyria, and in more recent times in the Balkan States. Greece, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Russia, Persia, Burma, India, and Mexico. Even today. In the remoter parts of Greece, the “human’* vampire legend is not extinguished. Zoos are not merely amusement areas for children. The oldest rec ords, dating back to 1100 B. C., state that the founder of the Chou dynasty in China had collected wild animals and kept them in an enclosure called an "Intelligence Park.’’ Incidentally, the Philadel phia Zoo is the oldest in the United States. It was opened to the public in 1874, and included thousands of mammals, birds, reptiles, and am phibians. A petrochemical plant may utilize 16.000 kilowatts of elec tricity per hour—enough to sup ply an average city of 45,000 homes, or 160,000 population. GERMANS RE-ARM . . . West German chancellor Konrad Adenauer (left) reviews nucleus of German armed forces, army, navy and airforce for first time at Andernach training center. w-ml •i'-w.r FREE EATER . . . Pretty Joan- nie Ross presents world’s long est meal ticket to Marion Isbell of Chicago, president of National Restaurant Assoc., whose 60,000 members each guarantee Isbell a free dinner. DROLL STYLES . . ! Fashion students fat Hamburg, Germany, stage exhibition of carnival costumes, among them “Sea Heme** and “The Captain.** lax * Notice.. llteti phalli fllllllif Jilllfc M ipitfi ll! lltii pljli At The Close of business on February 29th, 1956 A THREE PER CENT PENALTY STAR CHIEF 4-DOOR CATALINA The car says •• and the price won’t stop you/ Easy Does It -TTus One’s Loaded! ,4-*, Martin Feed and Seed Store 1013 Caldwell Street — Phone 33 Newberry will be added to all unpaid 1955 State and County TAXES J. RAY DAWKINS County Treasurer Try the mighty 227-H.P. Strato- Streak V-8 teamed with Strato-Flight Hydra-Matic! Here’s all the go you’ll ever want for normal driving . . . with lots more where that came from whenever you need it! Take it easy ... in seconds you’ll be sailing serenely along at the legal limit or leaving the steepest grade behind unnoticed . . . and always with that big “something extra” for safety! You’re piloting America’s most modern V-8! 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