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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1957
THE NEWBERRY SUN
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FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension information Specialist
BIRTHDAYS
They will come around. Today,
Dec. 19, I am 62. It seems they
come faster and faster. I can
well remember, as a kid, it §fem-
«d they would never come. And
«ven the calendar, that hung on
the wall, and the almanac, that
hung from a nail in the mantle,
grew all yellowed and fly-specked
with age ere the year had rolled
around.
All of this is testimony to
three things. First, j^hat we are
getting older, which makes time
fly. And second and third of
progress. They are making bet
ter paper that does not fade. And
healthful sanitation is practiced
and we don’t have flies in the
house.
FLY CONTROL!
There’s a significant thing in
our time. A visitor from afar was
at Clemscn last summer studying
dairying. He marveled at the al
most absence of flies in the dair
ies. And in the homes, he seldom
saw one there.
My 62 years carry recollections
of conditions here like that man
is still used to in his homeland.
Disease-carrying flies in countless
myriads around the barns and
other outbuildings. And no screens
in the windows made the homes
little better. Flies were shooed
from the dining table with a min
der of frayed newspaper clasped
to a pole wielded with one hand by
the mother, while she ate or fed
the baby with the other. And folks
were accustomed to crawling and
buzzing flies until darkness came
and they would be free of them
awhile.
Modern chemicals, sanitation,
screens, the swatter, and onlight-
•ened folks have ganged up on the
wary housefly until we have an
occasional one now where we used
to have hundreds or thousands.
From birthdays to flies! Those
things look far apart. But maybe
they aren’t. For lack of filthy
flies is surely one thing that is
giving the average person more
birthdays. So here on my birthday
I tie them together.
Flies have developed resistance
and immunity to certain of the
early poisons that proved, for a
time, so effective against them.
But science is constantly develop
ing others that are effective. Your
county agent will be kept inform
ed about these.
WEATHER REPORTS
Do you use the extended
weather reports in your farming
business ?
I’ll bet you could, very profit
ably.
There are so many things like
haying, spraying, dusting, trans
planting, harvesting, etc., affected
by weather that a look at the of
ficial weather outlook could often
be a valued guide.
Earl Taylor of Greer told me
sometime ago that he uses w-eath-
er reports all along in his farm
ing operations. In fact, he said
he calls the Greenville weather
bureau so often they know his
voice, and always gladly give him
the information sought. He uses
the extended reports mainly, those
that tell for several days ahead.
But last summer he used the im
mediate ones some too. He had a
lot of alfalfa hay raked when
night caughtthem. He and his
labor were all tired. But he
couldn’t get that nice cured hay
off his mind. He phoned the
weather bureau and told them of
his plight. They told him he had
better get it in, for rain was very
likely that night. So he roused his
tired men and went to work on
that hay. At midnight they had
housed the last load of as pretty
hay as he had ever made. And on
their way home they got wet from
the beginning of the deluge that
followed. It rained for several
days. That hay would have been
badly damaged or lost, but for
that call to the weather man. And
for many other farm jobs such
information can be of equal value.
To be sure, the weather man
doesn’t hit it every time. But with
all of the information at his dis
posal, he can hit it far better than
you or I can guess it.
Most newspapers run the daily
w r eather report. But an extended
one is available too. A number of
the county agents get it and give
it on their regular radio broad
casts. If you want it, let them and
your newspapers know.
PECAN PLANTING TIME
Winter is the time to plant pe
can trees. Every residence should
have a few planted around it for
shade and nuts. They do well there
around the w r oodpi!e and lot, where
they have plenty of room and fer
tility. Clemson’s Circular 301 on
pecans has been revised and is
available free from your county
agent.
MISSILE SPEEDUP ... De
fense Secretary Neil McElroy
(right) and Pentagon missiles
chief Wm. Holaday announce
guided missile program will be
pushed vigorously.
DENTAL DELIGHT . . . Jack
Eiseman, 5, member of Tiny
Tots’ Cleanup Club in New
York’s Children’s Aid Society
Center, takes tooth-brushing
pledge seriously.
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THE MAN’S SHOP
Mail Early, Says
Postmaster Moose
Postmaster Moose reemphasized
to the citizens of Newberry need
for getting Christmas cards and
parcels in the mails as early as
possible. Facilities of the local
office will be pressed into max
imum service in order to speed
the handling of mails but the
element of time might delay de
liveries unless mailings are post
ed early.
“An excellent time to visit the
post office for purchase of stamps
and mailing of parcels -is around
10 to 11 o’clock and in the early
afternoon, right after the lunch
hour rush,” Mr. Moose said. It
is planned to have adequate win-
daw service available at these
hours to prevent any long waits.
Window service for the mailing
of parcels and the purchasing of
stamps will also be available on
Saturday afternoon, December 14
and between the hours of 1 P. M.
and 5 P. M. on Sunday after,
December 16th.
The Postmaster praised the fine
cooperation that has been extended
by many local groups and individ
uals during past Christmas sea
sons. He urged full cooperation
again this season. He stated thatr
slips for attaching to package
of cards and letters identifying
those for delivery in Newberry and
those for delivery out of town
have been distributed to residents
of city delivery and rural patrons
will receive a supply in their rural
boxes this week. By separating
cards and letters in to these two
groups and labeling them correct,
mails can be advanced by 24 or
more hours.
Postmaster Moose cautioned all
patrons tp wrap parcels securely
and cushion the contents suffic
iently for handling. “Be sure to
address letters and parcels clearly
and include your return address,”
Mr. Moose said. “Do not enclose
coins or other hard objects in
leters as they cannot be processed
in cancelling machines and may
be lost or damaged,” the Post
master added.
“All postal personnel will be
happy to answer any question
about postal matters which will
help both the postal service and
the patrons in seeing that their
parcels and letters arrive prompt
ly and safetly,” Mr. Moose con
cluded.
BOYS ARE
THAT WAY
By J. M. ELEAZER
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rod you will find that the var
nish will flow more freely if
heated first. This can be accom
plished by placing the open can
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Afield
A new law prohibits commer
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ing, for black marlin, striped
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Peruvian waters. Peru thus be
comes the first country to enact
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Christmas in the Stone Hills
of the Dutch Fork had many ap
peals to me as a kid. There was
the coming of the kinnery from
afar, with presents, and new
youngsters to playwith . There
were the holidays, with no school
for a spell. Hunting of the rab
bit and quail by day, and the
’possum by night. The shooting
of the few firecrackers we had
at night. Exercises at the church
ranked high, too. That’s where
the kids showed off with song
and recitation and got small
bags of candy and fruit.
Yes, all of these things ranked
high. And there were others.
But the one that hit me at the
most vital spot, and still stands
in memory as meaning the most,
was the ribbon cake my mother
used to always make.
To be sure, there were other
cakes, too. Always a great
black fruitcake, baked in the
dishpan a week or more before
Christmas, for it would keep
and improve with age. It was
wrapped in a clean sheet and
tucked away in the cupboard.
Then there were the highly
perishable cakes, like the ba
nana and whipped-cream ones,
that we at the day they were
cooked. I liked them too, mighty
well. And the chocolate and
Caramel ones, with icing almost
as thick as the layers. They
were hard to place second to
any. _But I had to. For anoth
er sort was my final choice.
This cake of my dreams, that
my mother always cooked at,
and only at, Christmas was the
ribbon cake. I’ve never seen it
elsewhere. One layer was white,
made with the whites of th^
•eggs. Another was yellow, made
with the yellows of the eggs.
Then there was a dark brown
one, with chocolate in it for the
coloring. And finally there was
the pink layer, colored with co
chineal (made from a Mexican
bug). Those layers, put to
gether in proper color sequence
with delicious chocolate icing
made the most tempting thing
to eat I’d ever seen. That color
appeal, added to the natural
goodness that lay there, made
the ribbon cake my fondest
Christmas gastronomical mem
ory. And I’m sure I always got
more than my share of it.
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