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- *r i jU .; v ' U * •' -i rr »*< r P&W ' . gMi. I#-v - PAGE SIX 'JK^ THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1956 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist UEAVE PLENTY COTTON It’s a pity to have it and then chop too much out. I*m talking about cotton. Both experiment and experience show it pays to leave lot of cot ton stalks on the land. “Well, just how many” you Jtsk. Clemson says: “Leave 3 stalks to the hill about 8 to 12 inches apart.” CHANGE Before the Civil war the highest Incomes in the nation were enjoy ed by the folks living in South Carolina, Arkansas and Mississ ippi. Since then they have been the lowest. From the ashes of that war, 90 years ago, these states have been crawling the hard road back. But the hell of that era left ills that lingered long. And, though ran sacked to the bone, for decades we paid and paid, but did not re ceive. It was rough, almost hope less, going at times. In our day we have gotten over the great hump. With a phenom enal industrial and diversified ag ricultural growth, we are defi nitely on our way back! And with resources of soil, climate, and citizenry that are real, our to morrows promise to bring back the glories of our distant yester days. Change, change, the constancy of it- CORN NOW The year 1948 marks the be ginning of a new era with corn In this state. It was then we re ceived our first adapted hybrids. And it was then we started our 100 bushel Corn Club. Three years before that the South Caro lina Plant Food Educational So ciety was organized. And it has been furnishing the gold keys for those making the 100 bushel club and also the prize money for the corn improvement contest. For this year the prize money is $1,- 760. In the past the corn contest lias been on a one acre basis. Hugh Woodle tells me beginning this year it is on a 3 acre basis. For the 20 year period before this corn improvement work was started in 1948 and the Clemson Five Point Program for growing was advanced, this state averag ed 14.5 bushels per acre. Since then, as more farmers adapted hybrids and more and more of them employed the Five Point Program of corn production, the state yield has constantly picked up. The past year it was 28 bu shels per acre, or just about double what it averaged before. And 126 new farmers made the 100 bushel club. The South Carolina Five-<point Corn Program is as follows: 1. Thorough soil preparation. 2. Plant recommended certi fied hybrids. 3. Liberal fertilization, es pecially nitrogen. 4. More plants per acre. 5. Only early, shallow cultiva tion. County Agents have the full details. LUCK OF LOUSY CALF There’s an old farm saying, “You can never tell the luck of a lousy calf.” So it is with folks. Often the early hardships serve to bring out the metal that’s in a fellow. Dr. Collings of Clemson has made a survey among his grad uates in agronomy. He tells me many of his students who had the hardest time getting through have made the best marks out in life. Many a poor devil has had lit- tle opportunity and goes to col lege ill prepared. And there he finds the going rough for sure. But if he is earnest and tries hard, his teachers will usually sense it and help him all they can. Then the world can be his. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER ELECTRIC MOTORS New-Used-Rebuilt Bought-Sold-Exchanged We repair all types Satisfaction Guaranteed Mann Electric Repair Co. 2329 Main St., Columbia. S. C. Last week I started out talking here about how we dreaded a chicken eating hog and a suck- egg dog in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork when I was a kid. I just finished with the hog. Now this week it’ sthe dog. Our folks hunted considerably. So they valued their dogs. And with us it was a dog and not dogs. It took too much to feed a dog for the thrifty Dutchman to have more than one. And that one wasn’t fed any too good. We had an idea it took a lean dog to run a race. So we kept them thin. Those hungry dogs in the com munity would occasionally find a broken egg in a nest that some old hen- had made away out in the vines somewhere. Or some careless housewife threww egg shells out and gave the dog a taste. But it was considered very bad, and most housewives burned them in the stove. Once a dog got started sucking eggs, he seemed to lose interest in all else. He’d even leave the hunt if he heard a guinea cackle a quarter of a mile away. Eggs wefe on his mind. And the belief was strong that you could never cure onq. Once my brother tried. Someone told him to boil an egg, take it out of the hot water show it to the dog, then put it in his mouth and hold it shut for about a minute. The idea was this would scare him away from eggs forever afterwards. But the cruel remedy didn’t work. Old Pup went right back to sucking eggs. And you had to be good to beat her to a nest, if she heard the cackle first. Like the chicken-eating hog, the suck-egg dog just had to go. For once started there was no getting it off their mind. And no matter where the nest was, likely that dog could reach it. Even if it meant climbing a ladder. So my brother faced a crisis. As much as he adored his dog, and she was a dandy at birds, he dispatched her with a load of squirrel shot down in the pasture. Like Ben Franklin says. “A man who falls in love with himself will have no rivals. ?<« : '-mm V A * .+< .-jts m mwmM M ; f IW ' . I i ■ ; % #: t ?< / - a m WM There is a big difference in the oats where 32 pounds of nitrogen were applied as compared to areas missed. The little girl is Ellen Williamson, granddaughter of S. C. Paysinger, on whose farm the picture was taken. CONGRATULATIONS! Having been an affiliate member of the Newberry County Soil Conservation District during the past year, we are proud to list, during this Soil Conservation Week, some of the accomplishments of the SCS District and Co-operators during 1955. During the year, the acreage seeded to pasture reached 4788; 90 farmers joined the District, bringing the total of cooperators to 1233; 104 ponds were constructed, giving a total of 338 to date, and 69 were stocked with 106,000 blue-gill bream; terracing consisted of 124 miles, and there are five irrigation systems in the county. Conserva tion was taught in the schools of the county. Work was begun to sur vey and plan for the Bush River Watershed. Newberry Packing Co. Hmf GOATS GET HER ... Janice Revell, 16, hostess st zoo in Ches- sington, England, cuddles two baby goats. **THC . BS By -LYN CONNELLY J ERRY LEWIS was perhaps the best emcee the Academy Award FV presentation had in many, many years ... He was clever, subdued, dignified and warm, a iifflcult combination in any man’s language . . . It was fortunate for the Academy and the sponsor that Jerry was so good else they would have had no audience at *11 for the first portion . . . This is when people receive Oscars for film splicing, sound effects, set designing and other such trivia (to the layman.) The only really exciting part of such a show is the last ten min utes when the best director, actors and actresses and best films are announced . . . Then you can al most feel the tension in the movie audience . . Jerry’s brief con versation with Grace Kelly was in excellent taste . . . We know emcees who could not have re sisted the attempt to clown about her forth-coming marriage to a prince . Probably the high light of the evening came when Jimmy Cagney and Jerry ex changed impersonations Mo ments like this made the long, drawn-out event worthwhile Next year, we hope the movie industry will sponsor the show and cut down the commercial time some. PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL:—Well, we’ve had every conceivable type of rock and ro!l / situation, bat now Ella Mae Morse tops the cake with “Rock and Roll Wedding** . . Reverse has “Down in Mexico** . . . Billy May does a good instru mental on the Main Theme from “Man With the Golden Arm*' . . . This song is coming up . . The more yon hear it, the more you like it . . . “Our Melody** is on the flip side. That wonderful couple, Mary Ford and Les Paul team up on another disc and with them you know it can only be a good one . . . “Send Me Some Money** plus “Say the Words E Love to Hear.'* w fie a you Modernize. add COMFORT plus VALUE to your home! airtemr YEAROUMD air conditioning 100% automatic! Costs less to own! 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AN AD IN THIS PAPER Will DO THE JOB FOR YOU, TOO. und complete this sentence in 25 words or less . . . / l > ? *•**' ^ ' -r .’ * ■ Get rules & entry blanks at these stores: Newberry Fed. Sav. & Loan Assn. Southern Auto Store ■ ■ ' • Novelty Shop Prosperity Finn. Co. iH" *• :: ■. *, '■ . t-i ' h*- T. Roy Summer Inc Belk-Beard Co. ■ ' - .; • ■ * >:• * ^ I /J i-WHn mm For Better Listening- For Better Buying, tune to W K D K ALL OF US HAVE A STAKE IN PRESERVING j THE RESOURCES OF NATURE toifl * % .... :*~t c\ .* ‘-M Pi s % ■ §i : . 1 * -V- ■« i-Srisfe am; Mm ’■:: SSr r ' .,, , JOHN T. NORRIS, Manager of the South Carolina National Bank at Newberry, shows that the Bank is eager to cooperate in promoting Soil Conservation practices. TODAY, TOWN PEOPLE, and especially those who live in towns supported by ru ral areas, realize that they have a tremendous stake in how our lands are used. The land is the source of a very large share of our basic wealth. Not only goods and clothing, but a large part of the raw materials for our industries comes from the soil. All of us, whether we are manufacturers, bankers, storekeepers, doc tors, teachers, or ministers, are directly concerned with what happens to the land. We are affected, basically, as consumers of goods, and our income likewise may be determined by the kind and size of crops produced. So, the importance of pro ductive land in our economy hardly can be over-emphasized. The South Carolina National Bank Newberry Branch JOHN T. NORRIS, Manager JOSEPH L. KEITT, Asst Manager - LEWIS SHEALY, Asst Manager rill -wJP a" ' wt ...- ..I