The sun. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1937-1972, October 11, 1956, Image 6
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THE NEWBERRY SUN
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1956
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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.
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BY
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HELEN HALE
■VTOU’LL have no sore fingers or
* short tempers if you keep an
old button hook in the front closet
for pulling up zippers on snow
shoes, boots and suits.
Iron a piece of matching iron-
on tape inside hats where you
usually insert the hat pins. This
will prevent the hat from .giving
way through the constant poking
of pins.
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.
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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.
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“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.
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“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)
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