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PAGE SIX THE NEWBERRY SUN THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1959 FARMS AND FOLKS By J. M. ELEAZER Clemson Extension Information Specialist i LICE ON OATS IN MARION Clemson’s Dr. H. P. Cooper told me some time ago he controll ed plant lice on his vegetables by applying extra nitrogen to them along. It seems the extra nitrogen makes the plants distasteful to them or renels th(em. Anyway, he said they hadn’t bothered his things during the many years he has been using this preventive. Now, from County Agent King’s import in Marion for November I find this; “Have had considerable damage to oat crop from aphids. But most farmers controlled them by grazing and application of ni trogen.” GOOD YIELDS IN DILLON County Agent Benton tells me five of their corn contest farmers came up with yields in excess of 100 bushels per acre last year. And the soybean 'yield would average 25 bushels, with some harvesting in excess of 40 bushels per acre. A high yield of everything, on every acre we plant, is good busi ness. If we are making too much of any one thing, poor farming Which industry Now Betters The Living of 3 Out Of 4 South Carolina Families? . .. Here Are Some Surprising Facts About The Trading Stamp Industry So far, whenever our na tion’s economy has needed expansion, a new industry has sprung up to help the country go ahead. The automobile industry, employing millions, was fol lowed closely by the develop ment of radio and radio broadcasting to make more millions of jobs. Then came the airplane industry, air conditioning, plastics, tele vision, frozen foods, to change our lives some more. The trading stamp industry, while not new, belongs to this expansion group and has been one of the fastest grow ing of all. Today it directly benefits the living of the more than 3 out of 4 South Caro lina families who save trad ing stamps. Obviously, an industry af fecting such a large propor tion of South Carolina’s pop ulation must bring far- reaching benefits for South Carolina’s economy. And it does. In 1957 the trading stamp industry bought $6,- 894,000 worth of products from South Carolina’s manu facturers. In one way or an other, it provided employ ment for 666 South Carolina people in many different in dustries. The people in the trading stamp industry, its merchan dise and redemption- stores, its warehouses and transpor tation and all the activity that goes on within it are helping to develop South Carolina. Thus it seems plain that the trading stamp industry along with the 439,500 South Carolina women it serves has become, like other expansion industries, a living, vital part of our State’s economy. * * * This message is published as pub lic information by The Sperry and Hutchinson Company, originator 63 years ago of S&H Green Stamps. with it is sure not the remedy. Maybe less acres. But surely not slothful farming; to g;et less stuff. LIGHTS WORK ON POULTRY AND TURKEYS, BUT NOT COWS Lights are used extensively to get greater growth and egg pro duction from chickens and turkeys. But on milk cows it does not work, reports the Colorado Experiment Station that tries it out. Keeping them under lights did not add to their milk production. JET FLIGHT I took a jet flight from Shaw’ Field back last summer. I told you about it then. We traveled about GOO miles per hour for tw r o hours. Now, that’s not very fast for a jet. But, man, it was fast for this old country boy! Some fellow has figured it out that that’s a half mile for every normal breath I took. And our Air Force has planes that go twice that fast. Think of it, in one of them you travel a mile every time you breathe! MUCH FLIGHT Most of you know Bill Camp, or have heard of him. He’s my old country classmate at Clemson who went West and farmed a fortune out of the ground. Bill flies a lot, all over the world. He has a pla que from the air-line folks to the effect that he has passed his mil lion and a half miles in flight. I AMERICANA Cities to See Vero Beach, Dodgertown Down South A summer playground in the winter months and a vacation spot the year round—that’s Vero Beach, in the picturesque Indian River country of Florida. Centrally located on Florida’s East Coast, Vero Beach’s proud boast is its weather and climate. The city is in a favored climate of equitable temperatures, the average being 65.8 in winter and 80.7 in summar. Sunshine and salt water are mixed well at Vero Beach. The beach area of this vacation city is located on a beautiful island, 36 miles long and one-half to one mile wide. It is connected to the mainland by a new steel and con crete ( bridge which with its wide sidewalks and night illumination make it a popular round-the-clock fishing spot. Good Accommodations A variety of accommodations, from cozy trailer camps and mo tor courts to luxurious hotels and clubs are available to visitors, and facilities are not overcrowded dur ing the summer months. Popula tion is about 8,500 and all facilities —municipal, business and tourist —are modern and complete. The Indian River country is famous for its orange groves, but sugar cane, truck crops and cattle are important economic factors. The sub-tropical climate also al lows for many exotic fruits, al though these are grown mainly on a non-commercial basis. Typical are mangoes, avocados, bananas, guavas, Surinam cherries, rose apples, lichi nuts, papayas, coco nuts and persimmons. Dodgertown Vero Beach is also a familiar dateline in sports, for here is the winter home of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Called “Dodgertown,” a complete spring training camp with facilities for 700 to 800 ball players and 100 staff personnel is generally conceded to be the larg est and most advanced baseball school in the world. A tropical paradise at Vero Beach is Mckee Jungle Gardens, where visitors explore the trails where exotic orchids grow wild with thousands of rare plants and trees from the tropics of the world Chevys the car that's wanted for all its worth ! Some of the valuable things that male a Chevy so rewarding to own: SLIMLIM: /)/;.S/GY-fresh, fine and fashionable with a practical slant. roomii;r non) in i ism r- more width for seating comfort, more luggage space, plus that famous Fisher Body soundness. MAGIC-MIRROR I I \ />// —a new type that keeps its shine without- waxing or polishing for up to three years. Sir/- //TAG MAI Ol HR- HEAD Cl RV HA) II IM)SU!HU)— and bigger windows—all of Safetv Plate Glass. M IC. II ICC I R HR 1K /-.’A—deeper drums with better cooling for safer stopping and up to (if', longer life. 111 -I'll RI I'T 6 — up to 10'i more miles per gallon, improved normal-speed perform ance. I I\I-D t( KIA) CH's — eight to choose from, with compression ratios ranging up to 11.25 to 1. HI LL (OIL SI srn\siox— further refined for a smoother, steadier ride on any kind of road. / /''>-/>’ I I K> S I I I.RI \G—brings you reduced wheel-turning effort, new ease of handling. TRIPLE- Tl Rlil\E Tl RBOCL1DE POWER- CLIDE AMD LIA EL AIR suspen sion head a full list of extra-cost options that make for happier driving. A new addition to Chevy’s line—the beautiful Bel Air b-Door Sport Sedan, now—see the wider selection of models at your local authorized Chevrolet dealer’s! KEMPER CHEVROLET COMPANY 1515-1517 MAIN ST NEWBERRY, S. C PHONE 982 flew out there again back in Dec ember to get late facts for an arti cle I’m -writing about him for na tional magazine. CAROGOLD POTATOES County Agent Alford of Colle ton tells me: “John Prentiss secur ed a bushel of Clemson’s new sweet potato, the Carogold, from the Blackville Station and got enough sprouts from it to set a quarter of an acre which produced 130 bushels.” This is a very good sweet potato, a high yielder, of chunky market able potatos. But it has two draw backs. It is little late in maturing and it does not make much over half as many sprouts as other po tatoes commonly produce. BOYS ARE THAT WAY By J- M. ELEAZER Smecks, smell-melons, ever hear of ’em? A friend wrote me about ’em the other day, recalling an almost lost memory. They, like many other things, were a part of our childhood in the Stone Hills of the Dutch Fork. They were miniature melons, a sort of cantaloupe, about the size of a large egg. Their fragrance was great, but their quality about zero. Most folks planted a few in the garden and got’em started. After that they'd volunteer around, sometimes in the field too, and we’d work a few of the plants out and leave ’em. Smecks matured quicker than other melons, and before we reali zed it we ’d catch their fragrance on the evening air. We ’d treasure them, play with them, smell them and even eat them, although there wasn’t much taste to them, just a lot of fragrant odor. The folks would lay them around in the house just for. their bright yel low color and odor. ■Once my mother helped me plant a short row of ’em in the garden. I wasn,t much for volun tary work, but I did take care of them. And those things bore! I had scores of ’em and gave ’em to all of the kids around. The word spread, and they really flocked in. Bashful like, some wouldn’t ask. But I knew what they wanted and filled their pockets. They thought I was great. And I felt sort of that way, with all of those smecks. Some of the folks here tell me this little melon is carried in some specialty seed catalogs. It is known as Queen Anne’s Pocket Melon. A fellow from the upstate says that they always called ’em pomgran- ates. But to us they were just smecks. X-Ray Advice Is Given Fear of excess radioactivity is causing many Americans to de prive themselves of medicine’s most valuable tools—X-ray, fluor oscopy and treatments with radio active material, says the current issue of Changing Times, the Kip- linger Magazine in an article en titled “Common Sense About X- Ray Dangers.” Medical radiation—like all ra diation—can be dangerous if im properly used, and its use for good must be balanced against its risk, say the editors. Since its great value for good makes medical ra diation. indispensable, the maga zine offers these rules for living with radiation in the atomic age: | Don’t confuse X-ray with nuc lear radiation. The latter affects the whole body while the former can he pinpointed on an organ. Don’t refuse X-ray, fluoroscopy or treatment by radioisotopes if the doctor says there is a good j reason for their use—and certainly | not in case of cancer. Avoid X-ray examinations dur ing pregnancy, if possible. Rely on skin tests for detection j of TB unless you are a heavy j smoker. Talk with your dentist if you I feel he overdoes X-rays. Don’t allow your child to staiid under a shoe-fitting fluoroscope. Don’t insist on X-ray treatment for benign conditions like ring worm or acne. Be sure that as much of your baby’s body as possible is covered when he is examined under radia tion. Inquire about reasons if your doctor seems to give too-frequent routine chest fluoroscopes to your children or yourself. These are just common sense precautions. Remember that your doctor is the only one who can evaluate the degree of X-ray dan ger against the net gain to your health. Plan No* 3039 2208 Square Feet Designed by Summer, Prater, White & Associates 732 W. 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