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THURSDAY, JULY 19, 1956 THE NEWBERRY SUN PAGE THREE LAFF OF THE WEEK Gteck the oil? . . . test the battery? . . . clean windshield? ... take yen to lunch?** FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemcon Extension Information Specialist SHEEP PROGRESS Many years ago there were over a quarter of a million sheep on the farms of South Carolina. Through the years, as most other things grew, these dwindled almost to ex tinction in our time. The census showed some three or four thousand. But those who go about a lot even wond ered where those few were. WORDS □ LAFF OF THE WEEK **I DID let It run awhile!* 9 vot/e LA LA Like paTittou is (a) a kiosk; (b) kipper; (e) Kirmaa. ord is the (a) para; (b) parang; (c) battue, refers to (a) humans; (b) birds; (e) snakes. ANSWERS With the coming of the woolen mills, interest in sheep was kind led anew. Last year our sheep more than doubled in South Caro lina! And our livestock men Cato and DuRant, tell me there has been no let-up in this. Our youngsters have taken sheep production up in their 4-H clubs. And, we might recall, this is where hogs, cattle, better corn yields, and the like got most of their early impetus here. Yes, from the 4-H demonstration of the youngsters many new ways have gone to the fields and pas- tues of the fathers. County Agent Thompson of Hampton tells me they brought in 250 Rambouillet ewes for farm ers around Estill. These are be ing bred to Hampshire rams. And County Agent Cannon of Laurens told me of 112 ewes be ing brought in for a sheep dem onstration project there. He says, “This farm has ample well man aged pasture sod. Proper cross fencing has been erected, and if sheep raising can be made to 'succeed in Laurens county this farm should demonstrate the fact.” E, WONDERFUL WORLD S MALL children probably are not much interested in hearing THIS wide wondreful world about orange juice as a rich source of Vitamin C. They might be more interested if you tell them that oranges, like themselves, are highly susceptible to cold, being unable to withstand any but the lightest frosts. Orange trees are very prolific—or fruit 's s*«j*a •» HOGS IN DORCHESTER Soon after Gary Meares went to St. George as county agent in January 1935 he started putting on hog feeding demonstrations. It was a good corn county, so he saw hogs as a natural, to supple ment their crop farming. After the hogs were finished out, the farmers brought them in, he marked the lots and shipped them to distant markets. For over two years this continued, and it grew. In March 1937 he called in 8 key farmers and appropriate extension specialists under Dist rict Agent J. T. Lazar and or ganized the Dorchester Marketing Association. Since then it has op erated successfully under farmer management and operation. And hogs have grown into a depend able year-around money crop of importance there. The present county agent, J. L. King, tells me the past April saw the heaviest weekly shipments they have ever had. That month they shipped 3,107 head that brought $93,076.- 34. Real money for April, when money is usually onfy going out from crop farms. And spring did not bring money like that from hogs at first. Fall and winter shipments were the heavy ones, and out in the spring there were hardly enough to ship. But those folks down there have studied markets and have a lot on out when prices are usually better. Through the years they have continued to improve their hogs. Now practically all of theirs are topg, except, of course, the nec essary sows and stags.. Good going, folks of Dorches ter! fuL A yield of from 3,000 to 4,000 oranges per tree each year is not unusuaL Individual trees have been known to bear 10,600 oranges In a single season. The trees be gin to bear fruit three years after planting, and may live 100 to 180 years. The women who wear a Per sian lamb coat, made from the fur of the karakul or Arab! sheep of Bokhara, may be somewhat un happy to know, that for the fur riers’ purposes, the lambs must be killed when not older than 10 days. After that, the lustrous wool closely curled, opens up. The practice of using the skin of the unborn lamb, which necessitated killing both lamb and mother, no longer prevails. Even the inveterate gambler doesn’t know when the first deck of playing cards was manufac tured. The origin of playing cards Is cloaked in uncertainty, bat some contend with the Chinese in the 12th Century. Odd facts: There are 52 weeks in the year as there ere 82 cards in the deck. There are IS cards in a suit as ere IS loner months In the Any Hour of the Day—It’s Good Listening on WKDK! 6:00 Hillbilly Harmony 12:46 Weather Forecast 7:00 World News 12:60 Farm, Home Program 7:06 Woke Up and Sin^ 1:06 Market Report 7:26 Weather Forecast 1:10 Moments of Meditation 7:80 Garonne Nows 1:15 Mutual Music Box 7:86 World of Sports 1:65 Game of The £>ay 7:40 Wake Up end Sing 1:30 Steve Hood Show 8:00 World News 4:30 Let’s Get Together 8:06 Wake Up end Sing 6:30 Bob and Ray 8:46 Morning Devotions 6:00 Supper Serenade 8:66 S. C. News 6:26 Carolina News / 8:00 Robt F. Burleigh 6:30 Sports 916: Story Time 6:46 Storyland 9:46 Homemaker Harmony 7:00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 10:00 Music For Mom 10:30 Music for Mom 7:16 Weather 7‘20 Mnslcale 11:00 News 7:30 Gabriel Heater ' r 11:06 Fiddlin’ Hound 7:46 Les Paul 11:16 Mr. 9V>od 7:60 Here’s Hayes 11:80 Queen for a Day Mystery | 12:00 Cotton Today 9:00 Dance Party 12:06 A Public Service 10:00 Nelson Eddy Party 12:10 World News 10:80 Passport to Dreams 12:16 Obituary Column L0:66 Sports 12:20 Carolina News 11:00 Nows t 12:26 Funeral Aims. 15 Music of Manhattan. * 12:80 Farm, Home Service W K D K FEW GARDENS Through suburban areas, where there is plenty room, I see few good vegetable gardens. Back during the war it was different. And even on farms, I don’t see the productive, year-around gar den of yore. There are many reasons for this. The going of the mule is one thing. For a tractor is out of place in a small garden there back of the house. Another thing, cheap labor has gone, and folks feel they can buy the stuff cheaper than they can raise it. And freezers have come, wherein they can store a year’s supply that they grew in the field or buy when the commercial truck movement is on. But nothing quite takes the place of the garden. Aside from the pleasure one can get from growing one, no vegetable can reach you in as good a state as the one picked fresh and crisp from your garden there a few steps from your kitchen. With the mule about gone, and the field tractor unsuited to the small garden, we need to revise our idea about the size of a gar den. You can spade up a small place, make it very fertile, watfer it as needed, and grow all of the vegetables a family can use. And one like that can be handled by hand clear through and never let a weed or stalk of grass gain headway in it, just lush vege tables. If you have become rusty on gardening, Clemson has many helps in the form of leaflets and bulletins you can get from your county or home agent. know your State v k. For more than a century and a quarter, Camden’s town hall has been topped by the weathervane honoring Chief Haiglar, the Ca tawba chief who befriended pre- Revolutionary residents when the settlement was known as Pine Tree Hill. The effigy remains on the fourth dty hall and a replica graces the new municipal build ing recently occupied. In South Carolina, a state rich in historical curiosities, the United States Brewers Founda tion works constantly to encour age maintenance of wholesome conditions wherever beer and ale are sold. As in other states, the program calls for close coopera tion between law-enforcement officials and beer licensees throughout South Carolina. Beer belongs . . . enjoy it. United States Brewers Foundation South Carolina Div., Columbia, S.C The beverage of moderation f Ik: r THOUGHTS THE BAFFLES By Mahoney I THINK IT'S HI&H TIME - ' X SURPRISE MY WIFE ANDTAKE H£ROl>r JL VUTUTbPACfiT... 1)1 take hebtbthat lmovie.1 wants See { V o RED EXIT . . . Russian soldiers seem happy as they start jour ney back to homeland from Weimar in East Germany. PRINTING: The Sun la wen equip ped to handle all your printing orders. We specialise In letter heads, envelopes, billheads and statements, invoices. We print apy kind of receipt book, numb bored or plain. Ruled forms, vou chers, and many, many other items. Try ns for quality print ing with prompt service- Phene No. 1. Well he glad to call. Condensed Statement Of Condition The 9 National Bank As of. June 30, 1956 RESOURCES Cash and Due from Banks U. S. Government Securities State and Municipal Securities Other Bonds,Notes and Debentuures Federal Reserve Bank Stock Loans and Discounts ' Banking- Houses (17) Furniture and Fixtures — Other Assets $ 54,147,942.70 69,339,113.74 2,428,873.84 1,098,693.75 270,000.00 66,004,653.56 1,466,525.00 413,974.21 63,198.39 $195,232,975.19 Capital — Common $ ' Surplus Undivided Profits .*. — Reserve — Div. Payable July 2,1956 Reserve — Under Sec. 166 (Int. Rev. Code) Reserve — Federal Income Taxes Reserve — Other Deposits 3,000,000.00 6,000,000.00 1,449,325.10 300,000.00 1,250,000.00 700,000.00 207,347.64 182,326,302.45 - $195,232,975.19 OFFICES ANDERSON BELTON CHARLESTON CHERAW COLUMBIA DILLON FLORENCE FORT JACKSON GEORGETOWN GREENVILLE LEESVILLE MT. PLEASANT NAVAL BASE NEWBERRY NORTH CHARLESTON PICKENS ST. MATTHEWS SENECA SHAW AIR FORCE BASE SUMTER MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION