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THURSDAY, APRIL 19 1956
THE NEWBERRY SUN
PAGE THREE
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
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WITH THE COUNTY AGENTS
Shelley of Barnwell: “The
acreage of Costal and Suwannee
Bermuda grass was extended
by the planting of over 1,000
acres in the county this spring.”
Cain of Calhoun: “Most of our
grain has been siprayed with 2,4-
D for weed control.” And that's
a big grain county. Mustard and
thistle once took many of their
fields. Now you seldom see eith
er there. Spraying got ’em.
Willis of Chesterfield: “Every
farmer using Certified watermel
on seed last year produced a su
perior crop compared with other
seed. There has been a big de
mand for those seed this year,
speciallp of the Charleston Gray
variety.”
Garvin of Greenwood: “Our 13
high farmers in last year’s corn
improvement contest averaged 137
bushels per acre. Farmers gener
ally followed the Clemson 5-point
corn production program, and,
with a good season, came up with
the best corn yield the county
ever produced.”
Linder of Lee: “More samples
of cotton seed were sent off for
testing this spring than ever be
fore. Many of our seed were bad,
and this saved a lot of broken or
lost stands.”
Evans of Lexington: “Demon
strations in weed and brush con
trol with chemicals have been
given. Bitterweed in pastures was
one of our targets. This weed
came back a lot during the dry
summers we have had and now
we must clean our pastures of it
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again
Jackson of Williamsburg: “Test
ing of tobacco soils by Clemson
has become a winter routine on
most farms. Most samples show
too high pH for tobacco and
farmers help correct this with
the fertilizers they buy.”
POULTRY CHANGE
We can well remember when
just about all of our poultry
. came from farm flocks. By as
late as 1940 they supplied 76 per
cent of it. But last year only 35
per cent of our poultry meat
came from the farm flocks. And
the figure is estimated at 35 per
cent for 1956.
And just about all ' of the
chickens used to be raised by the
hen. Now very few are. In my
rounds all last summer I saw one
lone old hen crossing the road
with a batch of biddies. Just that
one, no more. I wished for a
camera to take a picture of the
once common sight that has be
come so rare.
Yes, setting a hen has gone
from most farms; like the mule,
the garden, the orchard, the
smokehouse, the buggy, the wa
gon, the gear shed, the water
bucket, the kraut barrel, the open
well, the ’tater bank, axle grease,
horse-shoe nails, brogan shoes,
home-cooked bread, lightwood-
knots, jeans cloth and homespun,
quilting parties, and Sunday visit
ing.
All of these are missed by old-
timers. But none more than the
little fluffy biddies that came
with spring. They were so ap
pealing and cute, and surely
taught tenderness and love to the
kids who cherished them so. We
hated to see ’em grow up, even
if that did mean fried chicken.
And if there was a crippled one,
it became our very own.
Yes, science has taken hold of
the old hen. And what a job it is
doing! No longer does the house
wife have to run out and get the
biddies in every time a shower
threatens. Nor is there the con
stant fear of varments gettin’
’em. Modern assembly lines turn
vastly improved fryers out by
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REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
The Church Endures Persecution.
Lesson for April 22: Acts 6: 8-10;
7 51-60.
Golden Tesct: Philippians l: 29.
Stephen was of the seven dea
cons appointed to distribute the
needful things that were collected
for the support of the widows in
the community of the Christians
who, for a time, were sharing
their possessions for the common
good.
The young man became . prom
inent as an evangelist. As such,
he provoked opposition from the
leaders of several synagogues
and they engaged Stephen in con
troversy. And when they were
not able to meet the “wisdom and
"he spirit” by which Stephen
spoke, they utterly lost control
jt themselves and rushed upon
Stephen and gnashed upon him
vith their teeth. When Stephen de-
la red he saw the heavens opened
and the Son of Man standing on the
right hand of God, the enraged
men rushed upon Stephen, cast
him out of the city, and stoned
him to death, while the young
man called upon God and prayed
for those who stoned him. His last
words were, “Lord, lay not this
sin to their charge.”
The garments of those who stoned
Stephen were laid at the feet of a
young man named Saul. How re
markable it was that this young
man was soon converted on the
Damascus road and will be for
ever remembered as Paul, the
great “Apostle to the Gentiles.”
May the first Christian martyr in
spire us to give our all to Jesus—
to live by him and for him day
after day.
the millions, where the old hens
used to tend their small batches
that took almost twice the time
to grow.
Our southeast here has taken
the lead in broiler (production,
leaving the old regions far be
hind. If you are thinking of en
tering it, Clemson has many
helpful bulletins' that are free
from your county or home agent.
WATER
Man, agriculture takes water!
Did you know it requires about
500 pounds of water to produce
a pound of dry matter in most
plants? Multiply that by the
yields you get, stalk and all, and
you’ll see an ocean of water goes
into any successful crop. Deny
it the water and you cut your
yield.
The soil is a wonderful store
house for water, or we’d starve.
But it seldom has enough, even
here in the rainfall belt. And
there is where irrigation comes
in. It adds the needed water for
maximum yields. Where to get
that water is the problem on
most farms. But there are ways
of getting it at many places,
some water at least. And folks
are fast finding that out.
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Last week I told you of my
brother keeping his old bird dog
alive with cooked pumpkin one
winter when drought had made
going tough even for the folks in
the Stone Hills, to say nothing of
the dogs.
Although as thin as a rail, that
was a good bird dog, and she
mustered the strength to hunt
pretty well. That * was specially
so after we found a (persimmon
tree and shook down plenty for us
and her too.
I had a single barrel gun.
Didn’t shoot much. And didn’t
usually touch a feather ' then.
Those things always scared me
when they got up. But my
brother really knocked 'em
down, and we had a pretty good
bag full one day.
On the way home, I spied a
rabbit under a low pine bush
there in an old eroded field. I
called to him to come shoot it.
He wouldn’t. Said “Go on and
shoot it yourself.” I looked at it
hunched there in a sort of bed it
had made there in the needles. It
looked big to me, and I wanted
it.
I wasn’t trusting that gun
though. Was so close I feared
I’ d miss it or tear it up. Rocks
lay all around. In fact they all
but covered the ground. I picked
out a flat one about the size
of a saucer, hurled it in there,
and just covered that rabbit with
it. It stunned him and he lay
there quivering. I got him and in
a moment he came back to life.
But my brother dispatched it
with a whack behind the ears
with the side of his hand, as he
always did when we caught ’em
in our traps.
I got home, and in my eager
ness to tell of my luck, blurted
out “The only bird I shot was
a rabbit, and I killed it with a
rock.”
It was a. good while, after
hearing gales of laughter, before
I realized what I had said.
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BY HELEM MALE
I TS speedy to prepare brofled
I hamburgers if you season the
meat and spread it on mustard-
buttered split buns and pop into
the broiler to cook.
When you’re serving a crowd
(or breakfast, slice ham and cheese
to put on a platter. Cook eggs the
style folks like, and let them help
themselves to the cheese and ham
as they wish.
Ground smoked ham and pork
can be mixed together with egg,
crumbs and seasonings as you
would for ham loaf, but shape as
RECIPE OF THE WEEK
Date Sugar Drops
(Makes 36)
1 Vx cups fresh dates
1 cup soft shortening (part
butter)
1 cup brown sugar (packed)
teaspoon maple flavoring
1 large egg
2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
1-teaspoon cream of tartar
Vi teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
Pit dates and cut into small
pieces. Beat together shorten
ing, sugar, flavoring and egg
until fluffy Stir in dates. Soft
together remaining ingredients
and add to creamed mixture.
Drop by small spoonfuls, about
2 inches apart onto ungreased
cookie sheets. Bake in a moder
ate (350 # F.) oven until a light
golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes.
Cool thoroughly before storing.
a ham, then stud with cloves and
cherries for a real conversation
piece.
Here’s a nice treat for an oven
meal: mash sweet potatoes
(cooked), flavor with butter, salt
and orange juice. Blend in drained
crushed pineapple, pop in a but
tered casserole and top with
marshmallows before baking, to
heat through.
Green lima beans get a flavor
lift when you season with crum
bled cooked bacon, sauteed onion
and a bit of tomato juice.
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them with fruit salad plates for lunch, or with tea In the afternoon.
Looking for that just-right
accompaniment to serve with
fruit salad plates these days?
Prune-Almond Loaf fits the bill.
It’s moist and sweet, yet not too
sweet.
Serve slices of Pnme-Almond
Loaf spread with butter or
margarine. Or, if you like, make
it into sandwiches, using cream
cheese for a tempting filling.
This quick bread is even
quicker to stir up because it is
made with self-rising flour.
Baking powder and salt are al
ready in the flour, so you save
time in measuring and sifting.
Prune-Almond Loaf freezes
well. Use it to make sandwiches
for picnics and lunchboxes for
welcome variety.
PRUNE - ALMOND LOAF
% cup shortening
% cup sugar
2 eggs
1/3 to 34 cup milk
1 cup chopped cooked prunes
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cups sifted enriched self-rising flour
1 cap finely chopped blanched al
monds
Cream together shortening and
sugar until light and fluffy. Add
eggs and beat well. Combine
milk, prunes and vanilla ex
tract. Add flour to creamed
mixture alternately with prune
mixture. Stir in almonds. Pour
into greased loaf pan 4% x
8% inches. Bake in moderate
oven (325°F.) about 1 hour and
20 minutes.
Makes 1 loaf.
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You can add glamour to your family and party meals when you
add pineapple. It can be used in so many ways to give interest to
meals. Pineapple and meat balls combine excellently in this dish with
a fruity-spicy sauce. The combination will give you a new taste treat.
Serve these home-kitchen tested Pineapple Meat Balls from a
chafing dish or candle warmer for a guest buffet or cocktail buffet.
Pineapple Meat Balls
Meat Balls:
H cup milk
1 slice bread
1 pound hamburger
1 pound ground round
1 egg
2 teaspoons salt
Pepper to taste
Daan garlic salt
2 tablespoons salad
oil or shortening
Pineapple Sauce:
1 can beef bouillon
1 #2 can pineapple chunks
H cup chopped green pepper
3^ cup wine vinegar
H cup sugar
2 tablespoons Soy sauce
34 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon monosodium
glutamate
2 tablespoons cornstarch
Meat KalUt Pour milk over crumbled bread to soften. Add to com
bined meats, egg and seasonings. Mix well. With wet fingers form
into walnut-sized balls (mixture will be soft.) Brown in hot oil, shak
ing pan frequently so balls will keep their round shape.
Sauces Combine ingredients except cornstarch and simmer for 15
minutes. Moisten cornstarch in a little water and stir into boiling
liquid. Simmer and stir until sauce is clear and thickened. Add
browned meat balls and simmer until heated through—about 15
—'—tep Serves 8 for dinner or many more for cocktail buffet
By LYN CONNELLY
O N MARCH 17, the world lost
one of its more illustrious en
tertainers—Fred Allen ... If ie
could have chosen a day to pa s
from this world, we’re sure I: n
Fred would have picked St. P- t-
rick’s Day ... His death wa- a
shock, for he was one of those ra e
humorists who did not indulg' n
idle chatter and what he hao o
say was worth hearing . . . Uni- -
innately,. the very people who e-
strained him in his efforts to ei. .-r-
tain his way, were the ones <0
wept the loudest on the anno n e-
ment of his death Had ‘hay
thought so highly of him * a ra
at a loss to see why they did not
give him a free reign in television.
Always a radio hit, Fred never
got his feet off toe ground in the
new medium until he reached the
panel of “What’s My Line?” Ha,
had several shows, all of them un
suited for his particular brand of
humor We remember meeting
Fred in New York when he was
' at his peak in radio ' His best
gags were used for wanning up
the audience because they were
censored from use on the air . .
Many persons, therefore, really
never knew how extremely witty
this man was.
His bitterness at this state ok
affairs resalted la some oi the
funniest gags on executive* hoard
In many a moon . . . One, we
recall, was the deflnitioa of a vice-,
president: “he Is a man whe enters
his office at It s.aa. and tads »
molehill on his desk ... he has un
til 4:00 p.m. to make a mountain
out of It’’ ... A radio conference,
he said, is a meeting ef vice-
presidents who singly can de noth
ing and collectively decide that
nothing can be done.
He will be missed by his many
f»n» and we hope the executives
who squelched his natural wit have
a twinge or two of conscience . . .
They beat death to depriving the
country of a few good laughs.
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