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don’t seem to be singing happy birthday to each other on second
anniversary at Bloomington, Minn.
REV. ROBERT H. HARPER
MARCH
Xyf ARCH may remind us of
high winds and boys flying
kites, of daffodils and spring,
and of the derivation of its name.
It may be thought unfortunate
that one of the months is named
after Mars, the god of war.
The Ides of March makes us
think of the death that befell
Julius Caesar by the daggers of
Brutus and the rest. And the
day may remind us of all the
assassination, wars and turmoil
and death that have befallen man
kind. Of old, March was in the
season when kings and conquer
ors marshalled their armies and
went forth to battle. Would it not
be a blessed thing if men could
learn to put aside the fear of war
and war itself?
But thoughts of such a .con
summation may become as wild
and vagrant as the winds of
March. How can war be done
away as long as the nations are
ready to fly to the arbitrament
of arms? It would be wise to
ioin in die declaration of the
spiritual—“I ain’t gonna study war
no more.” The man who can
bring forth a workable plan to
induce men to study war no more
would confer a lasting blessing
upon mankind.
But begin with yourself and
study war no more in all the re
lations of life aad you will do
your bit toward the relief of man
kind.
'joe
WORLD OUTDOORS
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.By MIKE BENNETT,
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S PRING will soon be here and
vvarm weather fishermen will
emerge from their wintry hiber
nations all over the country. The
nr lion’s favorite outdoor sport
will again be in the limelight.
Actually, however, fishing ac
tivity is far from confined to the
warmer seasons. In many sec
tions of the country ice fishing
nas become a popular and special-
.zod diversion. The temperatures
never gets too terrible for these
enthusiasts who cut a hole in the
ice, build a shanty over it for
warmth, and then set out to
catch themselves a mess of fish.
Further South, where it still
gets could enough to freeze over
streams and smaller lakes,
there’s plenty of fishing activity
in February, usually the most
unpredictable winter month. “Jig
fishing” is popular at all of the
big impoundments in states like
Kentucky and Tennessee. Lakes
are high and cloudy (or muddy)
at this time of year, except for
a clear water “ring” usually found
around the shoreline and in small
er coves. Such conditions are
ideal for “jig fishing.” Equip
ment for this sport consists of a
stout cane pole, a short length of
heavy line or leader, and a treble
hook liberally adorned with night
crawlers (worms to non-fisher
men). The target is big bass and
for some reason the lunkers
can’t resist temptation when a
gob of worms is dropped into
such hiding places as tree tops,
roots or brush piles.
These aren’t the only spots.
Practically everywhere, in the
nation you can find hard-weath
er fisherman—hardy enthusi
asts who’ll tell you that a steel-
head fights twice as hard when
the water is icy and the banks
lined lightly with snow. And
one thing is sure: the winter
angler seldom has to worry about
angling with a fellow fisherman’s
..ne or hooking some angler’s hat
on his backcar +
One of the things that bothers
me most in tr^ng to arrive at
the right answer when considering
legislation is: Where should the
role of the Federal Government
start and stop ?
In the great many cases it is
necessary to decide whether the
Federal Government has the res
ponsibility for initiating and car
rying on a certain program. Some
times the lines are clear-cut and
it is evident that the States have
full power and responsibility to
look after certain functions of
government and services to the
people. At other times, it is more
difficult to decide just where the
role of the Federal Government
should begin and end.
Especially troublesome is the
matter whether an existing pro
gram should be expanded or main
tained at the same level of act
ivity.
In each instance I try to take
into account the right and re
sponsibility of the States, first
of all.
Then I seek to determine if
the proposal is necessary, if it
should be started or continued, and
if continued, if it should be ex
panded as is so often proposed.
I realize that once a federal
program is put into operation,
it is almost impossible to per
suade a majority of the Con
gress that it should ever come to
an end.
This is being written on Wash
ington’s Birthday, and I wish
the truth of the necessity for
each program were as evident
as the truth was whenever Wash
ington himself spoke. Once the
truth of the merit of each pro
posal is found, it becomes easy
for me to vote my conscience.
I don’t know any other way of
acting on the many problems that
come to a Senator.
SMALL BUSINESS
TAX AID
Through the months since I
was elected to the Senate in 1954,
I have constantly been think
ing of the problems of the small
businessman.
I am now working on a plan
which I hope to introduce as
legislation in the Senate within
a few days to give some relief
to small businessmen. This re
lief would be in the form of a
standard deduction from the fed
eral income tax on their business
es.
This standard business deduct
ion would work the same way the
present standard deduction applies
to personal income taxes. Instead
of having to list each deduction
allowed by the law, a small bus
inessman chossing to take a
standard deduction would then be
relieved of keeping detailed re
cords now essential to the listing
of all business expenses.
In some instances this system
might result in a lower tax than
now being paid by the small bus
inessman. In most cases it pro
bably would amount to about the
same payment.
However, the time and trouble
and expense which so many small
businessmen now complain of in
connection with the record-keep
ing and reporting of their affairs
I to meet federal laws • and regulat-
I ions would be alleviated to some
, extent.
PLYWOOD
IMPORTS DAMAGING
In connection with still anot
her problem besetting a Southern
industry, I am working on a
bill to introduce in the Senate
which would give needed relief
to the plywood industry against
the inroads of plywood imported
from Japan.
.Foreign imports of plywood,
from all countries, have increas
ed 1,000 per cent since 1951 when
the tariff on plywood was reduced.
From Japan alone, the increase
during the same period has been
4,120 per cent. Of all the ply
wood and veneers now used in
this country, 46.6 per cent of it
now comes from foreign lands.
My feeling is that some pro
tection is necessary for our own
plywood manufacturers against
such severe loss of markets to
the foreign manufacturers.
COTTON PARITY
SITUATION
On February 1 and again on
February 9 I protested to Mr.
Benson, the Secretary of Agri
culture, against a reduction in
the support price of cotton from
FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension information Specialist
TURKEYS GROWING BIG I rather abundant job. opportunities
Turkeys are growing big in just in the agricultural field also. And
about all directions, except the
number of producers. In the past
20 years, turkey production in the
United States has doubled. But the
number of growers has been re
duced to one half.
Back in the 1940’s the small
white turkeys became very popu
lar. But, in more recent years,
they have lost ground to the heav
ier breeds.
So the tendency now, in the tur
key business, is fewer and larger
flocks, and a greater percentage
of the larger breeds.
Clemson’s Circular 362, “Tur
key Production in South Carolina”
has been revised and is now avail-\ ter.
able free from local county agents
or from the Agricultural Publica
tions Department at Clemson.
The authors, Gooding and Rish-
er, point out that turkeys are
grown successfully in all parts of
the state, but that the good drain
age of the light sandy soils offers
some natural advantages in turkey
production.
LEARNING OUR WAY
WITH CATTLE
Just about all angles of the beef
cattle production business are
brought up to date in Clemson’s
Circular 356, “Beef Cattle in
South Carolina,” which has just
82 and one half per cent of parity | been revised and is ready for free
to 77 per cent.
The answer I have received
is that the reduction was in line
with the Department’s policy
“that price floors should be re
duced in times of surpluses to
discourage over production and
increased in times of shortages
to encourage greater production.”
On a slightly more optimistic
note, the letter from Assistant
Secretary Marvin McClain, also
stated that “in the beginning of
the prospects improve or supplies
are reduced at the beginning of
the piarketing year....more than is
expected at this time, the ann
ounced level of support will be
increased....”
I hope the Congress will ap
prove my permanent 90 per cent
parity bill instead of depending
on mere possibilities.
Sincerely,
Strom Thurmond
WORDS
THOUGHTS
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county agents and from Clemson.
It is jointly edited'by L. F. Ca‘to,
extension livestock specialist; W.
C. Nettles, the insect and plant
disease man; and H. A. Woodle,
extension agronomist and “Mr.
Grassland” himself.
JOBS IN AGRICULTURE
The fast pace with which indus
try has been coming to this area
has caused a larger and larger
proportion of the high school
'graduates to pursue their higher
education in the engineering
fields. This tendency has been
correct, to a degree, to furnish
trained men in those needed fields.
But some think it has gone a hit
too far, at the exense of agricul
ture. For, as the School of Agri
culture here points out, there are
boys having a natural tendency in
that direction need not change
their course to another channel
they might not fit into as well,
simply because job opportunities
might appear great in some other
fields at the time.
This tendency away from agri
culture is quite natural and gen
eral all over the county, I under
stand. We have fewe farms. But
they are getting larger. They are
more skilled and higher producing
units. They call for the latest in
science, if ^ewer and fewer farm
ers are to continue to feed and
clothe this country better and bet-
I understand there are hardly
enough students taking advanced
agricultural subjects over the
country to fill in the replacements
among extension workers, agricul
tural teachers, SCS technicians,
and the like, to say nothing of
many other job opportunities with
agricultural industries, as farm
managers, and actual educated
farmers.
Farming is more than a job. It
is a way of life, for those who
like it. And those with a natural
bent in that direction, through
tradition, training, and exper
ience, might do well to think twice
before making a change to
strange fields that beckon.
DROUGHTS IN THE
WINTER TOO
It was on a grassland tour of
Colleton and Dorchester counties
in mid-December. They had had
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
Last week I told you how lazy
I was as a kid, and about often
walking to a neighbor’s house
for a drink of water rather
than draw it from our well. And
I excused some of my laziness
by the malaria we had.
My brother had his marks of
laziness too. He didn’t even ex
pend the energy of walking
down the hill to that neighbor’s
house that always kept a buck
et of drinking water on the back
porch. I have seen him go to
the kettle on the stove in mid
afternoon and drink tepid water
from it, rather than expend the
energy of drawing a bucketful
from our well.
Yes, each spring and early
summer we got all sallow and
had chills. Fever came on every
third day. We took quinine reg
ularly at that s£bson and our
ears roared. And occasionally
the fever would get so high that
convulsions came. I don’t think
we ever had 'em, but some other
children did.
As time went on, we seemed
to build up immunity to the ma
laria. Then the sickly, pale
younguns would catch hold and
grow like young cdm.
Eventually screens came to the
stone hills. That kept the ma
laria carrying mosquitos from
youngsters at night, and grad-
only two tenths of an inch of rain
in two months. Dust was follow
ing their plows.
In mid-winter County Agent
Craven of Saluda said: “An excel
lent start of winter grazing in
September and October was slow
ed down by the extended drought
that followed and folks were dis
appointed with it.”
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