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% m ' PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1956 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist m EARLY GRAZING Clemson’s Hugh Woodle re minds us that winter grazing should be seeded ae early in Sept ember as you have a good season in the ground. And it’s getting late in that month now. Such grazing should be put on good land, fertilized rather lib erally with a complete fertilizer and top dressed later with nitro gen as needed. The seeding rate for grazing is about twice what you’d use if it were planted for harvesting grain. With oats that means about 4 bushels per .acre Abruzzi rye 2 bushels per acre and grain mixtures in proportion m LITTLE INTEREST IN SOIL BANK There appears to be rather limited participation in the soil bank farm program over the state thisl* year. County Agent King of Marion reports only 23 cotton farmers and two tobacco growers as filing to participate before the time ex pired- And in Horry, with several thouand farms, County Agent Johnston reports less than 400 as participating in the cotton soil bank program. Other counties have similar reports. No doubt the lateness of the new program’s approval had a lot to do with this. For at planting time, we had no such program. It was still in the mill in Washing ton. So farmers had to go ahead. The season wouldn’t wait. And only those who had left acreage put were in position to rent such acres to the government under the new program. Agents report heavy participation in the current reduction program. I hear all sorts of opinions re garding this new farm program. Hugh Agnew, president of our state Farm Bureau, thinks it is basically a good program prog ram but that it has been poorly administered so far. Maybe that can be ironed out in time for full participation next season. BOYS ARE THAT WAY As kids in the Stone Hills, no thing from woodland nor culti vated field had quite the charm for me that a watermelon held. Our melons then were what we called Cob Gems, a round thick hulled sort. It did not compare with the fine melons science has given us today. (And, by the way, the two leading ones we now have were bred at the USD A vegetable breeding laboratory near Charles ton. The county agents cooperate by arranging form plantings of promising new sorts for car-lot trial shipments to find uot their shipping quality as does the Blackville experiment station. For this must be the final test. If they won’t ship good, they are of little value, despite their other desirable features. The Congo and Charleston Gray are our top mel ons now.) We kids could hardly wait for the melons to ripen. We would slip in the patch and plug to see if they were ripe. And that ruined the melon, of course. We got a number of whippings for that. But at long last the melons did come in, and they sure added charm to the hot weeks of sum mer. We kept them in the cool cellar. They didn’t grow large in the Stone Hills, but when we did cut a pretty good size one, neigh bors were invited in. I always tried to maneuver around to get a big piece. I hated to see the melons go, as summer waned. For it would be so long until next year. But Any Hour of the Day—It’s Good Listening on WKDK! there was one encouraging angle. We usually planted hills of mel ons in the skips in the cotton rows at iay-by-time. These didn’t amount to much. But occasionally at harvest time we’d find a little knot of a melon hidden there in the* grass. That was a thrill in deed, and a sort of lead-on and encouragement for the hard work of the harvest. COUNTY COUNCILS The annual fall meeting of the Newberry County Council of Farm Women was held Wednes day at 3 at the Bush River high school with 77 present. Mrs. Henry L. Parr, president, presided. Mrs. John Earle Smith, County Religion and Welfare Chairman, led the group in a most inspiring devotions centered around the value of member par ticipation. Mrs. Edward Chandler, County Citizenship chairman, then led the group in the pledge to the flag and Council pledge. Mrs. A. P. Ramage, President of the Bush River club, welcomed the group and Mrs. G. H. Caldwell very gra ciously responded. Ashby Long, Manager County ASC office, talked to ^he group about the soil bank program. He brought out the fact that the pro gram was set up to preserve nat ural resources such as soil, wat er, and. wild life and to assure a more steady flow of comimdities to the markets. During the business session, Mrs. E.W\ Sheely, secretary, call ed the rolls by clubs. Twelve of the 18 clubs were present. There were 70 members and 7 guests. Mrs. Oscar Jolly, treasurer, gave a financial report. Mrs. Parr presented the county wide goals for the year. They were as follows: To equip a loan chest for cancer patients in New berry county, County departmen tal chairmen to hold workshop for club departmental chairman October 16 at Central Methodist church in Newberry at 10 A. M. and to cooperate with County Welfare Department helping un- derpriviledged children. As these were presented, plans for comple tion were discussed. The work of the Council at the County Fair was discussed 'and the following committees already at work were recognized: County Council Booth, Mrs. B. V. Chap man and Mrs. T. P. Crooks, Co- chairmen, Mrs. Edward Chandler, Mrs. C. C. Wallace, Mrs. Harold Bowers and Mrs. S. P. Harris and Home Demonstration Booth Mrs. Cyril Halfacre, chairman, Mrs. A P. Ramage, Mrs. R. C. Neel and Mrs. E. W. Sheeley. The Christmas Decorcation Tea will be held Wednesday, Decem ber 5 through Friday, December 7. Mrs. Parr stated that the coun cil would again be responsible for decorating part of the doors in the Community hall. Work will begin on plans shortly. The An nual Christmas parade was also discussed. Mrs. W. C. Koon immediate past president of the Council pre sented the attendance Award to Silverstreet club for having the largest percent of members pres ent. Vaughnville club had the next highest. • Serving on the registration committee were Mrs. Dow Beden- baugh, Mrs. Roy Jolly and Mrs. I. M. Smith, all from Bush River club.'The following girls also ser ved as pages: Mary Jo Devore, Carolyn Singley and Linda Satter- white. After group singing the group adjourned and assembled in the Home Economics Room where everyone enjoyed delicious re freshments served by the Bush River Home Demonstration club hostess. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER REME1V4BER THIS In planting tomatoes next year, it might be well to remember this: County Agent Johnson of Beau fort tells me O. R. Bishop of Fro- gmore increased his yield of tom atoes over 100 bushels per acre by soil fumigation before planting. I have seen remarkaible results from it here at Clemson too,spe- ially on fall truck, including can taloupes. Soil fumigation is very widely used on tobacco lands. County Agent King of Marion tells me they use the fumigant by the car load. This treatment is principally for the control of nematodes (root knot) that infest so much of our lands, specially the lighter ones. And most old home garden plots are heavily infected. I have seen some of these that had be come unproductive of many sus ceptible vegetables come back with abundant crops of them after being properly treated. Your county agent has the de tails for all of this. Soils should be treated at least two weeks be fore planting time. - , Hillbilly Harmony World News Wake Up and Sing Weather Forecast Oarolina News World of Sports Wake Up and Sing World News Wake Up and Sing Morning Devotions S. C. News RobL 7. Hnrleigh Story Time Homemaker Harmony Music For Mom Music for Mom News Fiddlin’ ’Round Mr. Food Queen for a Day Cotton Today A Public Service World News Obituary Column Carolina News Funeral Anns. Farm, Home Service 12:45 Weather Forecast 50 Farm, Home Program 05 Market Report 10 Moments of Meditation 15 Mutual Music Box 55 Game of The Day 30 Steve Hood Show 30 Let’s Get Together 30 Bob and Ray 00 Supper Serenade 25 Carolina News 30 Sports 45 Storyland 00 Fulton Lewis, Jr. 16 Weather 20 Musicale 30 Gabriel Heater 46 Lea Paul 60 Here’s Hayes Mystery 9:00 Dance Party 10:00 Nelson Eddy Party 10:30 Passport to Dreams 10:56 Sports 11:00 News 15 Music of Manhattan. v -THS. ’STARS X w •! If nhcy„i fi ,7/ •/.'"'V, "My wife used to bang up our garage, too. Then PURCELLS gave me the idea of financing a new car, and now my wife’s afraid to drive it!” They’re mighty nice folks to know, es pecially when buying a new car or refin ancing your old one. r c e L l 3 *Your Private Bankers’* 1418 Main SL Newberry by LYN CONNELLY O NE of the best musicals of the year has been "’Hie Eddy Duchtn Story” starring Tyrone Power as the famous pianist . . . The story was sad without the extra tears producers managed to squeeze out of it, but Hollywood will never change its love for melodrama so we might as well give in on this point . . . There was, for instance, Eddy’s wife dying at Christmas time . . . Actually, she passed away in August, but the little extra impetus of a merry season being so sad dened by the death of a loved one, so young, so lovely and a mother of just a few days, just could not be resisted. We thought readers would like to know the whereabouts of Peter, Eddy's son . . . The picture left his status up in the air since it was more concerned with the un timely death of the popular band leader . . . Actually, the Edith and Sherm Wadsworth of the pic ture, who took care of Peter and raised him, represented the real- life persons of Gov. and Mrs. Ave- rell Harrlman of New York . . . Peter at present is almost 26, lives in the governor’s mansion at Albany with the Harrimans and plans to study in Europe next rammer . . . Unlike his father, who preferred sophisticated bal lads, Peter is a modern jass pianist ... But it looks very much like it may not be long before we have another “Dnchin at the Piano.** PLATTER CHATTER Both Judy Garland and Danny Kaye are scoring heavily on their personal appearance tours ... “War and Peace” will surely cap ture a goodly portion of the Acad emy Awards next spring ... It is ironic that James Dean is more popular now in death than he was in life ... His name is magic at the box office and theatres keep re running the same pictures over and over . . . Unfortunately, he only made three, one not jst ro- IRRIGATRD POTATOES County Agent Livingston of Charleston says potato prices were good the past season. But yields were down due to drought. “Irrigated fields gave much higher yields,” he says. And with potatoes selling at $5.50 to $6 a bag, you can weigh the meaning of that. Yields ran a£ low as 35 bags in unirrigated fields to as high as 175 where they got the needed water, he says. All crops benefit from irrigat ion when needed. But truck and early peaches benefit most, for their time is so short they can’t wait at all. And often have a drought in late April and May when they are trying to make. TO KILL COMMON BERMUDA Did you ever have common old Bermuda grass to run you out of a field ? Many folks have. Spec ially if you have a few stumps, rocke, or other obstructions like poles out there in the field. It will get started around them and spread out, gradually taking the field, despite your best efforts. I have seen this grass literally perish a family out trying to make crops there. And they’d When I was about 14 the doctor across the road from us got the first car in the Stone Hills. He always liked me and he and I read that rule book telling how to drive it. That was my most treaured ex perience up to then, driving that elderly man around. It had no lights. But we drove some at night by hanging a lantern over the rad iator cap and wiring it securely at the bottom. One night we straddled A small bush there between where the horses walked and wheels went. But it hit a stump that would’nt clear the car. Ka-bam, we stuck it solid. It shook us up a bit, but did no damage at our speed o about 12 miles an hour. Many an experience he and I had in that early car. After I had learned to drive, a windfall for sure came my way. It rained hard one summer day and a man by the name of Wicker from Newberry was caught near our place in his car. A trip from Newberry to Columbia then was quite a feat and would likely be written up inthe paper. But he soon tore up his chains and barely mqde it into our yard. As 24 miles of red slick hills lay ahead, he gave up, left his car there, and had us to drive him 4 miles to Chapin in the buggy, where he caught the old woodbume on to Newberry. Now here’s what delighted me so. He left that car in my charge and I was to drive it up to Newberry for him when roads dried off enough; Many folks cqme to see it close then, there where they could put their hands on it, and even honk the horn a time or two. But I didn’t let ’em do much to it. When I left for Newberry, it was filled white white and color ed kids of my gang. They rode as far as the creek and walked back, while a man from the community have to move on, poorer and more ragged than when they came. County Agent Johnson of Horry tells of a remedy they tried the past summer that worked. J. M. Best sprayed 6 acres of Common Bermuda grass twice two weeks apart with Dalapon. Two weeks after the last spray he says you could hardly find a live sprig of it Next spring, when this grass becomes active again, you might want to try this to clean up a good field that’s threatened. Your cou nty agents will have the details. Deans Group Holds Meet At College South Carolina Association of College and High School Deans convened at Newberry College Saturday, September 22, at 10:00 a. m. to make plans for the fall convention. Miss Hattie Bell Lester, Dean of Women of Newberry College, is the president; Miss Lillian Grant. Chairman of South Carolina Class room Teachers Education Associa tion, is the vice president; and Miss Francis Cardwell, Dean of Women at Erskine College, is the secretary and treasurer; Mrs. Ar- ney Childs, Dean of Women of the University of South Carolina, is the chairman of the College Di vision of Deans of Women; Miss Elfrieda Cope, Dean of Girls, Greer Senior High School, is the chairman of High School Coun sellors and Dean of South Carolina High Schools. r~~ "l REMEMBER”! BY THC OLDTZMCftS • From Lottie May Breyfogel, Up ton, Wyoming: I remember those awful old sunbonnets that the women folks used to wear when I was a girl and the person who in vented them should have to wear one until death do ns part. They always reminded me of a horse’s briddle with the so-called “blinders” on either side so that the poor animal could only aee straight ahead. And so it was with the simbonnet. One could only see straight ahead, and couldn't hear too well either, a fact I well remember as I had to wear one of the things until I was nearly grown and finally rebelled. I remember my mother tying my bonnet on with a hard knot so that I could not untie it’(or so she thought, at least). But I often managed to get it undone as soon as mother was out of sight. Sim tan was something to be avoided in those days, but now we lie on the beaches or else where taking our sunbaths^ not only to acquire that lovely tan, but as a health measure as well. * • • From Eva M. Bell, Touristville, Kentucky: I remember in the fall of the year when Grandma would be in a hurry and want us chil dren to fetch boards and then go to the woods to get a hollow sour- wood tree to be used as a trough. Boards were fashioned in a “v” shape and the new ash hopper was ready for the ashes to be dumped in during the winter months. TAX NOTICE « The ta« bboka will be open for the collection of 1956 taxes on and after October 1, 1966. The following is general levy for all except special purposes: Ordinary County *0 Mills Bonds, Notes and Interest 5 Mills Hospital r * ^ Mills The following are the authorized special levies for the various tax districts of the County together with the general levy: • o co Q 1. Newberrv County ^ Tax Levy Mills School to Spec. Levy ^ Mills County Board M of Education Mills Total Levy ' Mills 2, ’ Silverstreet 17 29 1 47 3, Bush River 17 29 1 47 4. Whitmire 17 ' 29 1 47 5. PomArif* 17 29 1 47 6. Little Mountain — 7 P-rrtBTwrrit'ir 17 17 29 29 1 1 47 ( 47 There will be a discount of one (1%) percent allowed on taxes paid 1 on or before October 31, 1956. On and after January 1, 1957, the penalties prescribed by law will be imposed on unpaid taxes. You are requested to call for your taxes by tax districts in which the property is located. 1 J. RAY DAWKINS, Treasurer of Newberry County 21-4tc Treasurer of Newberry County THE BAFFLES By Mahoney yes sifi. out door COOICJN9 IRA MANS THAT COOK4N01 TURN THE STEAKS -AND LOOKOUT— THE CORN IS BURNING! LET THE WOMEN RELAX* DRAR- YOU FORGOT TO BRNSOUTTHE ICED TEA. WEU. WATT HERE WHILE YOU DO UP THE DISHES, MANX WHAT GOT INTO HERT ■ SILOS FOR BEDDING I saw a whole battery of large upright silos at Pennsylvania State College back in July. We were told a number of them were for storing bedding for the cattle. ’JThey need a lot of it, for weather is such the cows can’t be out much of the time. The there’s thecom- post to haul. Contrast that with conditions here. Cattle here stay out pract ically all the time in the pastures and on special grazing crops. They thus scatter their own manure. And hand feeding of roughage is largely avoided. These and other advantages are bringing livestock of all sorts to the Southeast in our time. 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