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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1956 I ... ^ . ... — m S' ' FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist ORCHARD IRRIGATION HINTS Much of our orchard irrigation 1 samounting to very little, our orchard man, Roy Feree, tells me. Not that it doesn’t pay abund antly when used right. But here’s the main fault he has noted. On roUing clay lands, where most of the orchards are, they are simply not getting water into the soil! He has seen cases where almost as much water was running out of the field as they were putting on. The land was so hard and un- prepared for the water that it ran off before hardly any of it soaked in. The remedy for this, he says is first to set trees on the contour. Then keep the beds so they will delay and hold considerable wa ter. Get organic matter, litter, in th^ soil to loosen it up and maybe a bit of subsoiling in the middle to open up water passages down into the soil. He finds many growers trying to pot the water on too fast. On many soils an inch of water an hour is just more than it will take in. Twice that time might fce needed, he says. We need to study this thing of penetration if he are to get desired results from irrigation in orchards, he •ays. I’m sure Roy’s sane observa- taone apply to field crops and pas tures the same as to orchards. COTTON SEED MEAL FOR HOGS At Clemson they have been ex perimenting with the use of cot tonseed meal as a protein supple ment for hogs. In the past we haven’t been able to use this abundant locally grown protein .for hogs on account of an ingre dient in it that proved poisonous to hogs. But now science has found a way of taking that out of it and adding Vitamin M-12 and an antibiotic that makes ’ it a good cheap protein for feeding JtogB. Professor E. G. Godbey conduct- ad experiments in feeding hogs I it this altered and reinforced cotton seed meal at Clemson. The hogs made 5 percent faster gains with 6.4 percent less feed where the cottonseed meal mixture was used. This is encouraging news to hog growers. For in rdcent years the animal protein supplements have been considerably higher than cottonseed meal, and at times hard to get. HOGGING OFF CROPS Corn fields are now full ready for the hogs. When we started with hogs as a money crop about 30 years ago, folks thought the first farmers to turn hogs in on a good field of corn were crazy. But know-how comes with experience. We found the labor thus saved made it a paying practice. And there was not the wastage of corn in the field that we feared. Hogs stay ed cleaner and general sanitation was better too with the hogs roaming the field. Their rich droppings, cobs, shucks, and all were left right out there on the ground to be turned under. After the soybean harvest there is often enough beans onr the ground to make it profitable to run hogs there awhile. For cleaning up such waste is almost all profit. Many farmers now leave most of their corn in the field and carry their hogs on it until well out in the late winter. They make ’em clean one field up before turning them into another. Keep protein supplement available there in a self-feeder and water handy, and the hogs can then take pretty good care of themselves until you pull ’em out for market. PLANT THESE Clemson suggests that every farm home should have at least these three things growing near it: a few fig bushes, scupper- nongs, and a patch of strawber ries. Set figs and scuppdrnongs dur ing the winter. The brown Tur key is about the best fig, with Ce r lestia coming second. Day Service ON REQUEST SANITONE DRY CLEANING STYLE-SET finish for Silk, Rayon & Cotton Dresses. SOFT-SET finish for Wool and other Suit Fabrics. 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If you need to patch pajamas, use the pajama pockets as a source of materiaL They’re used THIS WEEK’S RECIPE Fruit Marshmallow Salad (Serves 6-8) 1 cup canned pineapple chunks 1 cup orange sections, halved 1 cup pitted light cherries *6 cup chopped pecans 2 cups miniature marshmallows % cup salad dressing Vz cup heavy cream, whipped Drain fruits well Combine with pecans, marshmallows and salad dressing. Fold in whipped cream. Chill in refrigr erator for two hours. Serve each portion in a lettuce cup. seldom and the material matches perfectly. Insert a piece of wrapping paper underneath the seams and darts on the garment you’re sewing. It avoids the ridges showing on the right side of the garment. When you have sheets to mend, place on a table, cut a patch to fit, then hold the patch in place with pieces of cellophane tape while you sew. The tape is easily removed and leaves no marks. When you wash plastic curtains and place on the line, clip clothes pins on the lower edge of the cur tain so they do not curl as the plastic dries. If you have a lumpy old cot mattress, cover with sturdy den im and let the youngsters use it for tumbling and jumping activi ties on days they can’t go outside to play. "I REMEMBER BY THE OLD TIMERS From Mrs. Edward Koch, Ft. Recovery, Ohio: When I was Joung in the late 80’s and 90’s, I think the young folks had more fun and there was less juvenile delinquency; we all had to world In our village the stores and all places of business were open till 10 p. m., especially in the summer. We' would go down the streets in the evenings, gather a crowd together and go serenading, or to one of our homes, where we would sing and dance. We had no tele phones, television, radio, or rec ord player and the automobile didn't exist. Farmers took car# of their corn, all by hand, no corn pickers and no hybrid com. They planted what they had and it would bo late in the faU whan It was fathered in. When several loads wore gath ered in the barn they would in vite the young folks out to s “husking bee.*’ Lanterns afforded the light, and the young folks sat in a circle. The young man that got a red ear was permitted to kiss the girl next to him. Then, when the first snow of any depth fell, we went sleigh riding. The wagon bed was put on the bob sleds, lots of straw, hot bricks and blankets; and the bells made music as we went. It was lots of fun, and if by accident we got upset, we fell in the soft snow and no one ever went to the hospital with broken bones. (S*bS eontribatians to tbia eolaran to Tbe Old Timer, Community Press Serv ice, Box 89, Frankfort, Kentneky.) BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER Years before I started to school the well at our school- house away back in the woods had caved in. So water was brought in a bucket from the nearest house a quarter of a mile away. We coveted that privilege of going for water. During the long school day from 8 a. m. to 4 p. m., we used up a lot of wa ter. Not drinking so much of it as throwing it away so we could go get another bucketful. In that way the lucky pair who went could use up about a half hour in the great out-of-doors \ that we liked a lot better than schooL Only the medium to larger boys were permitted to go for water. And that was the constant envy of the smaller ones and the girls. One day Louis and Ben got permission to go for water. The teacher forgot he had already promised Louis a whipping, or he wouldn’t have let him go. The old switch was about worn to a stub; so he told them to stop by the thicket there at the foot of the hill and bring him one on the way back. Louis had a bright idea. Knowing that the switch they were to bring would likely be used to dust the seat of his own pants, he said he would fix that. With his sharp knife he seamed the switch around about half way up. Ben and Louis passed the word around. So after school some of us peeped through the cracks from the outside and watched. The teacher took Louis by the left hand and let him have it. At the first stroke, the switch snapped in the middle. The teacher looked sternly at the stub a moment, and then proceeded to finish Louis off with it. And he gave him more than ever. 4 Next day Ben got his toof jo just being along when Louis schemed it. And his was with a five-foot switch that wasn’t weakened in the middle. That experience was written up by all as a good idea that didn’t work. ■apy . sti ir •> 'V PKLGRJMS 8^ AGAIN . . Mayflower II, replica of ship Pilgrims sailed to Plymouth, 1629, is being built at Brixham, England, for goodwill voyage to U. S. next April. in “2y 2 PER CENT INTEREST AT SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK has made our whole family SAVINGS MINDED! “Yes sir, we’re a ‘saving’ family. Of course, we’re not all saving for the same things, and we all save different amounts each month, but the important thing is ... we all have the sav ing habit. e “I’ve been saving at the South Carolina National Bank for years. First I saved up money for a down payment on a new home. Then I started putting money away to send my daughter to school. This saving fund also comes in handy for any emergencies that come up. “My wife saves something every week, too. She’s planning to buy some new furniture and redecorate our home. Now that South Carolina National is going to pay 2 1-2 per cent interest on her savings, she’ll be able to buy those things she wants just that much faster. , “And my daughter ... what do you think she’s saving for? She wants a new bicycle. I guess I could afford to buy her one but I think it much more important that she get the savings habit early in life. And, that’s just what she has done. I don’t think she fully appreciates yet the fact that her money will earn 2 1-2 per cent interest at the South Carolina National, but she knows that it won’t be long before she’ll have that new bike. “If you’d like to see YOUR dreams come true, I recommend that you get the savings habit, just as we have done. And believe me, there’s no better place to save than at South Carolina Nat ional Bank.” DEPOSITS INSURED UP TO $10,000 PAYING m PER CENT INTEREST ON SAYINGS (Effective October 1, 1956) The South Carolina National Bank ■ 1119 Boyce Street MEMBER FDIC Phones Nos. 1549 and 1550 ■ r-vjig’