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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.
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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-
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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.
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QUAKE VICTIMS . . . Greek
refugees sleep in tent after
earthquake, third to strike Thes
saly in three years, destroyed
4,000 homes.
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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
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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*.
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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.
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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”
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DIRECTORS
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M. O. Summer
J. K. Willingham
E. B. Purcell
Waldo C. Huffman
G. K Dominick
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