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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1967 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist HOGS AS A CROP About 20 years ago Gary Meares, then county agent of Dorchester helped local'farmers organize the Dorchester Marketing Association And since he left, their present county agent, J. L. King, has . worked closely with the organi sation. He tells me the past fis «. cal year saw good hog shipments every week in the year. A total of 22,010 hogs (almost all tops) were sold for 670 farmers for 1670,357.49. Hog marketing is its fwatin business. Hogs were started there as a money crop when the coun ty agent put on “demonstration feeding tests” about ten years before their association was form ed. The principal innovation car ried in that was the introduction of protein supplement to go along with the corn and grazing for l»ogs. And sanitation practices, land rotation, etc. were empha sized too, as to produce’* hogs reasonably free of parasites. The marketing then was done by the county agent who marked the dif- ronet lots of hogs and consigned them to distant markets. But for years now all of these hogs have been sold FOB, the reputation of the associatioi; having been firm ly established. OCONEE LEADS IN COM MUNITY IMPROVEMENT Organized community improve- ment and development was started in Oconee county several years •go. From the first it has been backed by their Planning and De velopment Board and the County Delegation. The past year they had 20 communities entered and U600 families participating, ac cording to County Agent Morgan. A total of $600 is available yearly in prize money, in addition to •tote and district prizes offered by the Progressive Farmer that communities frpm all over the state compete for. Last year this work had spread to 140 com munities in 40 of the state’s v 46 counties. Extra assistant county •gents have been put on in a num ber of counties to help with this organized community improve ment and development work, and •II agricultural agencies cooperate fn the broad undertakings the communities stake out to accom plish. PEACHES IN LEXINGTON County Agent Evans told me the past winter has seen another increased planting of peaches in Lexington. Their growers have adopted the lighter pruning sys- tom, “which allows for better spraying, more sunlight, and greater protection from sunscald of the larger limbs,” he says. If*” * , — , ^,.,^,4 1 m DAIRY IMPROVEMENT Artificial insemination of dairy cattle reached a new high in Or angeburg the past November, when 501 cattle were thus bred, first services, according to Coun ty Agent Frank Kearse. They are planning a sale of ar tificially sired heifers for some time in August, the first such sale to be held in South Carolina. Exact date will be announced soon. Farmers in that or nearby counties having such springing heifers they’d like to have consid ered for this sale are asked to communicate with Kearse. And up in Chester this artifi cial breeding program is coming along well too, according to Coun ty Agent Wylie. During that same month of November they thus bred 325 dairy cows. With fine bull service being thus multiplied, dairy cattle im provement is advancing far faster than ever before in history. In the past the best bujls were not in reach of many farmers. But now they are, even if the man has but one cow. The Clemson stud of 34 fine bulls supplies the material, through fast refrigeration, to the various points over the state, where the trained technicians ad minister it. FARM TOURS As a county agent for 28 years, I conducted many farm tours. These were to see new things there in the county, and some were to other counties or states for the same purpose. To get a new prac tice adopted, I found nothing quite as effective as for folks to go there and see what you were talk ing about. Now the experts tell me 85 percent of what we learn comes through the eye. Only 10 percent comes through the ear. And the other 5 percent comes through the other three senses, feeling, tasting, and smelling. No wonder then the farm tour is so important, provided you really have something to show. x\nd through the eye also comes reading, of course. But nothing teaches quite as much as seeing the thing, it seems to me. COASTAL BERMUDA District Agent A. H. Ward said on a recent grazing tour, “The coming of Coastal Bermuda grass is the most significant thing to happen in South Carolina agri culture in the past dozen years.” On that tour, County Agent Al ford introduced Clemson’s exten sion agronomist as “Bermuda” Woodle. True he has been its greatest advocate. And he said, “South Carolina, as small as it is, tops all states in acreage of Coastal Bermuda.” Judging from the way I see it being put in over the state, it is likely that our state will lead in acreage of this great forage crop for some time to come. By the way, now is the best time for sprigging it in. Even though Hugh Woodle tells me he has seen it successfully planted during every month of the year, spring is best, he says. LIKES IRRIGATION W. A. Fletcher, farmer of near Tifton, Georgia, is quoted in the Cotton Gin and Oil Mill Press as saying: “I’ve never seen a year since 1919 when our crops didn’t need more rain than we got. Irriga tion’s made $2,000 or more for me every year I’ve had it.” Yes, if it’s not dry when you are trying to prepare and plant the land, it will likely be when the crop is trying to come up. Or if it is not dry then, it will likely be when you are trying to trans plant one or topdress another. Or if not at any of these times, it will likely come out when the crop reaches the critical stage and its valued fruiting parts begin to form, be it blade, tuber, boll, seed, or pod. SPRAY PASTURES NOW Ernest Turner reminds us that NOW is the time to kill weeds in pastures with 2,4-D. “While they are small, in the seedling stage, is the time to hit them,” he says. And with most bothersome pas- i§ * * • * 7 v »*»»♦* . » »—y - * * * V/ < a ~ 9,, ■/ f V * ^ v - 6-:'. * * * o C Iw 1 Isn’t it about time you went to PURCELLS for an auto loan to buy some new screens?” Honestly, there’s no sense in putting off needed repairs when you can just pick up your phone, then stop for the cash. S' u r c e "Your Private Bankers” 1418 Main St. Newberry BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J. M. ELEAZER We made most of the things we had in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork when I was coming up. And this went all the way from clothes to wagons and grain cradles. No farm then could get along without a blacksmith shop. Home-burned charcoal was used in the forge. Well can I remem ber the yearly coal-kiln we burned down in the pasture. Mostly green pine wood was us ed. Piled properly in a stack, covered over with dirt, and' just a vent left, it would smolder for a day or so until wood had turn ed into charcoal. Then the dirt was shoveled off, and there was the year’s charcoal supply.’ It not only fed the flaming forge, but it filled the old charcoal smoothing irons that were a luxury then* As soon as it cooled off good, we would sack it up and haul it to the shop. We did that for two reasons. It is very porous and would soak up water so as to make it useless. And the stock would soon eat it all up if we left it down there in the pas ture. I remember how funny I thought that was, for stock to eat coal. But now I know it was the minerals they were craving. Enlightened husbandry of today takes care of that. It was hard £0 get steel hot enough with a charcoal fire to weld and you had to keep feed ing it. But it left no clinkers that bothered with welding like when natural coal is used, we later found out. But until I was perhaps a dozen years old, I had never seen any natrual coal that comes out of the ground. I’ll tell you about that next week. SIZES 24-26-21 Dress Pattern No. 1474—A SIMPLE but extremal/ pretty sleeveless dress that's a “must" in your warm weather wardrobe. Sew with or without the clever square col lar. No. 1474 Is in sizes 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 40, 42. Size 14, with collar, .10 sleeves, 5 yards of 35-Inch. Needlework Pattern No. 114—A pretty skirt—easy to sew, and quick to trim with lovely rose stamp-ons. No. 114 has tissue—waist sizes 24", 26", 28" incl., color transfer. Send 35c for each dress pattern, 25c for each needlework pattern to AUDREY LANE BUREAU, Dept. "NWNS," 367 West Adams Street, Chicago 6, Illinois. QUAKE VICTIMS . . . Greek refugees sleep in tent after earthquake, third to strike Thes saly in three years, destroyed 4,000 homes. 99 College “Nine Prospects Are Reviewed The Newberry College Indians officially opened baseball practice March 4 with thirty-five candi dates out for starting berths. Foul weather drove Coach E. W. “Red” Burnette’s diamondmen indoors for the first two days of practice, but the Indians hope soon to be operating a full-scale practice with the emphasis on regaining the Little Four Crown which they dropped last season.' With the entire starting nine returning from the 1956 campaign Coach Burnette is optimistic about the success for the team. Lost by graduation were A1 Hill, a pitch er, and Eddie Seastrunk, a re serve infielder. , Forming the nucleus of the pitching staff are veterans John O’Cain, Larry Partick, Bobby Shealy, Russell Stoudemire and Ebbie McElveen. Bobby Shealy }• posted the best pitching recorc last season. Shealy finished with a 3-0 record with a pair of vic tories over Furman and a decision over Presbyterian 'College. The littlp southpaw is a sophomore this season. Russell Stoudemire, a junior, worked for four of the Redskin’s victories while losing two very close decisions. Lefty John O’Cain the work-horse last season, had tough luck receiving credit for a single victory and losing four con tests. Returning to their infield posi tions are first baseman Charlie !?rown; second baseman, Ebbie McElveen; shortstop Richard Phil ips; third sacker Tyler Dufford and catcher Charles Rister. JBrown is a junior with two years as a starter. He is a good man and proved to be a tough man at the plate while hitting .297 last sea son. McElveen, a senior, hit at a .232 clip, but chances are that McElveen may be given a perma nent pitching berth in which case, freshman Mat Herndon or junior Irby Raines would move in to hold down the keystone position. Richard Phillips is rated the best shortstop in the Little Four by many and he gives all indica tions of making his third season as a starter his best yet. Phillips, noted for his spectacular plays and his base running, banged away to the opposing pitchers servings for 23 hits and a .294 batting av erage last season. Third baseman Tyler Dufford led the Redskins in the hitting department while slamming away at a .338 average. Dufford proved to be the Indians* “ace in the hole” for the “hot comer”, com ing through with several surpris ing plays during the Indians 20 game card last season. Catcher Charles “Rabbit” Ris- ter, a senior, hit for a .299 aver age last season, but Danny Dear, who caught for the Redskins’ sev eral seasons ago is out to fill the backstop position he left vacant when called to action by Uncle Sam. Julian Pratt, Claude Myers, and Jim Fraser are all- back to fill their positions in the outer pas tures. Pratt is a tough man at the plate and his arm from any posi tion in left field has gained the respect of - all - opponents. - Big Claude Myers batted at a .257 clip last season. The steady cen ter fielder was troubled through out the ’56 season with an ailing arm, but Myers is in top shape this season. Fraser is considered as the best base runner on the team. Jim had a rough season at the plate while hitting for .206, but he still was a hard man to keep off the bases. ^ The Indians have every indica tion of improving the 9-10 rec ord of last year and poise as a strong contender for the Little Four Crown. Going on the record of the veterans, alone, things look on the up-and-up for the Indians. The untested freshmen talent strength is as yet unknown, but several men come in with im pressive high school and semi-pro record such as Dean Swofford and Donald Ackerman. The home game schedule is as follows: April 1—Catawba April 4—Belmont Abbey April 8—Erskine April 12—Georgia Teachers April 26—The Citadel April 29—Wofford May 6—P. C. May 9—Furman. DANCING DIPLOMAT . . Direct descendent of Inca king, Gloria Villar performs Inca dance. She left job in Ecuador embassy in Home to become movie actress. WHITAKER FUNERAL HOME ture weeds, that is now, March. Ask your county agent for parti culars. Bitterweed, dock, dog fennel, buttercups, thistle, and wild onions can be thus controll ed. AMBULANCE PHONE 270 REV. ROBERT H. HARPER MOTHS, RUST, THIEVES J ESUS bade men to lay up their treasures beyond the reach of moths and rusts and safe from * the filching of thieves. It is bad to^find that a beauti ful garment has been marred by moths, that costly looks have been dulled by rust, and that a treasure in gold has been stolen by thieves. And men are constantly on the alert to save their treasure from moth and rust and thieves. Cedar chests, moth repellents, dry places with protection from moisture, and locks and bars are depended upon for preservation. But a moth-eaten garment is not as bad a moth-eaten heart— a heart that is eaten by lust and greed. And worse than rusted tools are tarnished principles and ideals, a tarnished life, ruined by the touch of evil. So Jesus bids men to lay up their treasures beyond the reach of time and its corrupting ele ments. Here is an instructive con trast between the material and the immaterial. There is wisdom in so using the things of time that they shall minister to temporal need and happiness and be trans muted into treasures beyond the reach of earthly ruin. i -THS. * STARS by LYN CONNELLY D ON’T know what the producers of “64,000 Challenge” are try ing to prove, but their “Teddy Nadler vs. the World” is a little bit boring . . . Nadler is a human encyclopedia who, with no educa tion but a remarkable retentive memory, has bowled over a num ber of contestants on a score of subjects . . . Currently he is the whole show as he tackles three contestants on three different cate gories . . . There seems to be no stopping him. It is apparent that he has mem orized everything he has ever read, and he has read plenty . . . While the contestants he defeats have an intellectual approach on their subjects they are human in failing to remember small details . . Nadler, meanwhile, when asked how tall a certain building is, not only gives the height, but the girth, the year it was constructed, the architect, the country it’s in and anything else he has read about it an amazing memory does not make a brilliant man, as is attested by the fact that Nadler is a $70 a week clerk for the gov ernment ... To allow him to con quer real intellectuals with his astonishing memory is downright crude and we are surprised the sponsors are allowing it. PLATTER CHATTER CAPITOL: Tennessee Ernie Ford has ** r>rrt 4» up with a new one that should get a good play, “One Suit” ... It’s backed by “Water melon Song”, a number that be comes him well.. . Tommy Sands comes up with an usually good first record, “Teen-Age Crush” (and they’ll have one when they see more of Tommy) backed by ‘Hep Dee Hootie.” Ray Anthony joins thq calypso fad with “Calypso Dance” . .. 'Plymouth Rock” is on the flip side ... Ella Mae Morse does an oldie in her own way, “Put Your Arms Around Me, Honey” ... “A Long Time Ago” is cm the reverse fid*. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUN URM0ND BUSY TIME FOR SENATOR This is one of the busiest times of the year for the Senate. Dur ing the past week I have been attending a great number of meet ings of committees and subcom mittees of which I am a member. Since appearing with the group of special representatives of the State of South Carolina before the Senate Judiciary subcommit tee in opposition to the so-called civil rights bills, I have been at tending meetings of the Senate Commerce Committee on several subjects, including television service to the public. During the past week several hearings have been held by the Railroad Retirement subcommit tee of the Senate Labor Commit tee, of which I am also a mem ber. VETERANS SUBCOMMITTEE MEETS As chairman of the Labor Committee’s Veterans Affairs subcommittee, I am now presid ing over hearings on a number of bills of great importance to vet erans. These bills include amend ments or extensions of the pro visions of the Veterans Readjust ment Assistance Act. This is us ually called the Korean G. I. Bill of Rights. AUTO MARKETING STUDY Another subcommittee of which I am a member has also started new hearings on automobile fi nancing and marketing practices. This is the Automobile Marketing Practices subcommittee of the Senate Commerce Committee. Since it is impossible for all committees to schedule their meetings and hearings to avoid conflicts with other committee meetings, we Senators simply have to divide our time between the committees of which we are members. Of course, in a case such as my being Chairman of the Veterans Affairs subcommit tee, I shall devote every minuto possible to it. LONG WORR SCHEDULE * DAILY In addition to the regular sched ule of committee and subcommit tee meetings, the Senate, itself, also meets long hours. Perhaps there are people who have heard that 'the Senate usually meets at noon and perhaps they wonder what Senators do all the morn ing. Actually, committees start early in the day and sometimes continue meetings while the Sen ate is in session. This means that when roll-call votes are taken a Senator must run back and forth from his committees to the floor of the Senate. - So the average Senator’s work day runs from early to late. Then his home-work runs just as long as he holds his eyes open. There is seldom enough time to do all the things I would like to get done. INTRODUCED SEVERAL BILLS During the past week I have introduced several bills and co sponsored several others. One of my bills would permit small businessmen, including farmers,* to take a standard fed eral income tax deduction on their business operations instead of having to keep books and item ize deductions. The trade, business or farm involved would not be el igible to take this standard de duction if it employed more than 10 persons. * The main purpose of the bill is to relieve small businessmen and farmers from the necessity of keeping detailed records for tax purposes alone. The Federal Gov ernment already allows this standard deduction on the pay ment of personal income taxes. My bill would simply extend the right to taxes on business income. PROTECTION FOR PLYWOOD MAKERS Another bill of mine would give some relief and protection to the plywood and veneer manufactur-1 ers, and the farmers who supply them with logs, against the ply wood imported from foreign coun tries. There are approximately 375- plywood and veneer plants in the United States, scattered over some 30 States. From 1954 through 1956, 65 plants were forc ed to shut down or to cut back production as a result of plywood imports, principally from Japan- While the use of plywood in thia country was increased by 74^ per cent during the past five years. United States plywood plants gained only six-tenths of one per cent of that total. The rest of the gain was in the sale of im ported plywood. My bill would prohibit the im portation of more than 15 per cent of the total plywood used in this country in any year. I be lieve the American plywood mak er and the farmers who supply him with logs deserve this much protection against the low-wage countries which have seriously damaged our own industry. UPSIDE-DOWN BABY . . . Mother mandril] named Pepplta carries infant George, months old. in London soo. 1 PRINTING: The Sun is well equip ped to handle all your printing- orders. We specialize in letter heads, envelopes, billheads and statements, also invoices. We print any kind of receipt book, numbered or plain. Ruled forms, vouchers, and many other items. Try us for quality printing with prompt service. Phone No. 1. We’ll be glad to <jalL SAFETY INSURED. at Newberry Federal The Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corpora tion INSURES and GUARANTEES each saver’s funds to $10,000—a protection against all types of loss. Any two persons (such as man and wife) may each have a $10,000 account in their individual names, and in addition may have a joint account. Each of the three accounts would be insured to $10,000. Larger sums may be covered by use of trust accounts with named beneficiaries. The Insured Seal will be found in your passbook when you Save at Newberry Federal. Newberry Federal Savings & Loan Ass’n. “An Institution DeroUd to Thrift and Home Ownership” ASSETS OVER $8,000,000 John F. Clarkson, Pres. J. K. Willingham, See.-Treas. NEWBERRY, 8. G DIRECTORS u John F. Clarkson M. O. Summer J. K. Willingham E. B. Purcell Waldo C. Huffman G. K Dominick .Vos