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THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA
THURSDAY, NOV. 17, 1960
FARM
N OT E S lunSrs
By COUNTY AGENTS
Fanners May Still Apply for ACP
Cost-Sharing
In our meeting with Ashby
Long and members of the County
ASC meeting last week it was
learned that a limited amount of
ACP funds are still available for
this year. The reason such funds
are still available is due to the
fact that certain farmers who
applied for cost-sharing earlier
this year were not able to carry
out those practices intended and
therefore were not able to take
up these funds allocated to them.
This means that those farmers
who have not made application for
receiving cost-sharing on carrying
out Soil and Water Conservation
practices this year may still do
so. Also those farmers who have
not applied for all of their pro
portionate share of ACP funds for
this year may still apply. The
amount of cost-sharing each far
mer may receive for carrying out
approved conservation practices
is based mainly on cropland owned
and the land’s need for such prac
tices.
Since the practices applied for
must be carried out and reported
by Dec. 31st of this year, this
means that only a very few prac
tices could qualify for such cost
sharing.
There are three practices in par
ticular that could still be com
pleted by the end of this year.
These include the application of
limestone to approved grasses and
legumes, the construction of farm
ponds for livestock or irrigation
water, and the construction of
terraces.
There is still a great need for
the -increased use of liming ma
terials on much of our farm land
in Newberry County. Now would
be an excellent time to apply lime
stone to those lands that could
qualify for this practice.
If you think you might qualify
for either of these conservation
practices and would like cost-shar
ing on them, we suggest you con
tact the local ACS office and let
them assist you with making ap
plication.
Dairy Farmers Attend Meeting
Newberry County Dairy farmers
attending the Dairy Field Day
held in Laurens this week in
cluded Senator J. F. Hawkins, P.
T. Harris, Bobby Long, Dick Neel
and Henry Parr.
It was a good meeting we
thought with much timely and
helpful information presented to
those who attended. Here are just
a few of the highlights of the
talks presented.
C. G. Cushman told dairy farm
ers to increase efficiency of their
dairy operations. “Increase milk
production per cow and per work
er on the dairy farm,” emphasized
Cushman. “Reduce those feed
costs,’’ also cautioned Cushman.
“Feed costs should not exceed $2
per hundred pounds on today’s ef
ficient dairy farm, with total pro
duction costs not over double this
figure. Labor costs per hundred
pounds of milk should not exceed
$1.”.
Dr. W. A. King of the Clemson
College Dairy Department told of
the value of Coastal Bermuda hay
and silage for feeding dairy cat
tle. Though not as efficient as al
falfa for milk production, coastal
bermuda hay can be used along
with good corn silage for profit
able milk preduction. Tests at
Clemson on coastal bermuda for
silage looks good, accorcPng to Dr.
King.
Our dairy farmers are missing
a good bet by not using the best
bulls available through artificial
breeding, according to Dr. Victor
Hurst of the Clemson Dairy De
partment. In 1959 S. C. dairy
farmers bred only 13'# of their
cow r s artificially. Compare this
with 33% for the country as a
w-hole and 56% for some of the
leading dairy states such as Wis
consin and New York. Perhaps
this accounts somewhat for our
per cow milk production being con
siderably lower than in some of
these states. Dairy heifers have
been bred artifically with good re
sults at Clemson, indicated Dr.
Hurst.
C. C. Brannon, herdsman for the
Clemson dairy herd gave some
helpful pointers on mastitis con
trol. Improper operation of milk
ing machines was given as one of
the main causes of mastitis. Pre
vention of bruises to cows’ udders
and early detection and treatment
of mastitis were emphasized by
Brannon.
We wish more of our dairy far
mers could attend these worth
while meetings. If possible we
plan to hold one or several dairy
meetings later on this winter in
Newberry County.
Why the Use of Lime is Important
While we’re on this subject of
OFFICERS TO BE
NOMINATED
Mollohon TWUA Local Union
324 will hold its next regular
meeting Sunday afternoon, Nov
ember 20 at 3 p.m. in the school
auditorium. At this meeting, the
remaining officers and committ
eemen will be nominated for 1961.
All members are especially urged
to attend.
Charlotte Reighley, six-year-old
daughter of Patrolman and Mrs.
Alan Reighley, is a patient at
Newberry County Memorial Hos
pital where she is undergoing
treatment.
using liming materials, let’s go a
step further and see why the use
of such materials is so important.
First, by applying lime to your
fields, you will add organic mat
ter to the soil—make higher yields
and better crops—and have heal
thier and more profitable live
stocks.
Actually, the benefits of add
ing lime to our soil is an old story.
Yet we still tend to overlook its
importance. In South Carolina it
is estimated we are using only
one-tenth the lime we should be
applying each year. Right here
in Newberry County our soil test
ing program last year gave us a
pretty good idea of this situation.
The results of our intensive soil
testing program indicate that at
least half of our cropland and
pastures are too acid for maxi
mum crop production.
Most farmers are pretty well
| sold on the value of fertilizer for
the production of all crops. They
have learned by experience that
the use of fertilizer is most im
portant. However, many of our
farmers are not yet sold on the
use of lime simply because crop
response is not as readily evident
as in the use of other fertilizer
materials. This is a mistake.
Actually it should be realized
that we are perhaps not getting
full value from our fertilizer used
due to the lack of lime in our
soils. Limestone, used according
to soil test recommendations, can
return up to $6 for every $1
spent on lime. Lime corrects acid
soil conditions that have devel
oped gradually. In addition, it
helps keep fertilizer elements,
like phosphorus, more available
while at the same time supplies
our crops with needed calcium.
Lime also impr ves soil structure.
A sound liming program is a
“must” for success in today’s
fast-moving agriculture.
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CLEMSON.—Sweet potatoes are
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markets.
This well-known southern prod
uct deserves attention of family
food shoppers, not only for its
rich orange color and distinctive
flavor but also for its vitaniin
values.
Sweet potatoes of the soft-
fleshed, orange-yellow varieties,
are the main type now grown and
sold in the state. This kind of po
tato has an exceptionally high
vitamin-A value, according to Miss
Janie McDill, Clemson extension
nutritionist.
In fact, she says that an aver
age-size (6 ounce) sweet potato
of any commercially important
deep yellow variety supplies more
than twice the amount of vitamin
A an adult needs daily. And some
newer varieties that may soon be
come commercially important of
fer even more.
Miss McDill points out that the
vitamin A value of most potato
varieties increases during the cur
ing process and during the usual
storage period due to loss of wa
ter content.
She explains that Sweet pota-j
toes also are Valuable as a good;
source of vitamin C, particularly
when they’re freshly harvested or
soon after curing. One sweet po
tato of average size contains near
ly half the amount of this vitamin
needed daily.
Many South Carolina diets have
been found to be low in both vita
min A and vitamih C, as shown by
nutrition surveys. This empha
sizes the need for foods that sup
ply these vitamins.
Mi ss McDill says that use ol
sweet potatoes in meal planning-
will be an excellent way to add
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FARMS AND FOLKS
By J. M. ELEAZER
Clemson Extension Information Specialist
Rev. Robert H. Harper
KNOWING HOW
- HERE is a great value in
A knowing how. I looked out a
window a recent rainy day and
saw a young woman trying to get
open the little door of a glove com
partment in a car. Another young
woman came and they both tried
to open the refractory door. Un
less the lock was “frozen,” there
was a very simple way to open
the door, but the young women
had not learned it. Much time and
even money is lost because so
Butchering Time
Good things from a hog!
Remember how we used to make ’em? We didn’t have
fresh meat markets all around then, and by this time of
year we were getting hungry for pork.
Butchering is a lot of work, and in late years the art
has been lost at most places. But if you have a hankering
for some of the old things from a hog, the know-how is con
tained in Clemson’s extension bulletin 77 entitled, ‘Pork for
Carolina Farms.” It is out of print now at the College, but
your county or home agent likely still have some on hand.
With home refrigeration, we could make better use of the
hog now than then. Although our good packing plants have
their products handy at every cross-road store now.
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JUST A THOUGHT:
How many times in life do
we dodge important issues be
cause we think we see “an easy
way oat” . . . only to find, in
the long ran, that the easy Way
did not solve the problem at
all but, in fact, brought the
problem to os again and again,
larger and seemingly more un
conquerable each time?
many persons do not know how
to do the job they are trying to do. ^
The greater part of men spend
the early period of their lives in
learning how to do this or that
Those who do not concern them
selves to learn how, go drifting
from “pillar to post” doing any
thing they can find to do and usu
ally of a poor kind because they
have never prepared themselves
for a larger task. With prepara
tion for a successful career in life
we are not particularly concerned.
But we are concerned with the
preparation that is needed for a
successful living morally and spir-
u aally. How can men leam to live
in a way pleasing unto God and
one that will bring joy and good
to themselves? I do not know of
but one authority that never fails
and that can lead men into the
way of all truth.
A FRIEND recently asked:
“Tell me the best way to
interest my young son in fishing.
I’ve given him his choice of going
with me to Canada or on a deep-
sea trip. He doesn’t seem inter
ested in either; all he wants to do
is to play baseball I think base
ball is fine, but I want him to do
other things, too.”
A fishing trip to Canada is prob
ably not exciting to a lad who has
no interest at all in fishing or who
is all wrapped up in baseball. Our
advice to this friend was tc go
on to Canada and have his fishing
fun, leaving the boy to his base
ball. The world outdoors is the
“greatest,” in our opinion, as
something to keep youngsters busy
and out of trouble. But sports can
be just as effective. The impor
tant thing, where a youngster is
concerned, is to give him some
thing to do; something to occupy
his mind and his interests.
But, as to really interest a
youngster in fishing, the creek just
outside town can serve just as
well as a trip to Canada or the
Gulf of Mexico. In fact, it’s the
place to start a boy ... in the
shade of a tree, with a cane pole
and a can of worms. Or, maybe
that little lake in the park, the
one that is so full of stunted blue-
gills.
Simply started, the best way tc
interest a boy in fishing is to let
him catch some fish. All the elab
orate preparations that we old
sters indulge in, thS long drive tc
lake or stream, the overflowing
tackle box; these are too much
for the very young. Just take the
boy out to the nearest stream,
let him catch bullheads, bream,
perch or what-have-you, and ii
he does not soon begin to ask to
go fishing, then it should be given
up as a lost cause.
Still Less Row-Crops
Although row-crops have dwindled greatly in acreage in
recent years, they haven’t stopped yet. This year our cot
ton acreage was about like the year before. But look where
it has dropped from, from almost 3 million acres to about
a half million. This year’s corn acreage was down 9.8%
from 1959, oats down 30%, wheat 16%, barley 26%, rye
19%, hay 13%, peanuts 8%, and sweet potatoes down 29%.
The only major cultivated crop to show an increase was
soybeans. Their acreage was 21.8% above 1959. And the
agents tell me it will likely grow more.
As pointed out by Dr. Rochester, the Conservation Re
serve Program had a lot to do with the fast decline in tilled
land this year. Over 11 thousand farms participated in that
program representing 635,763 acres, over half of which was
planted to tree cover.
We are keeping most of our better lands for row-crops.
By applying more of the available know-how to them,.we are
making far better yields per acre than we used to on the
larger Acreages.- And much pof it is going to grass, which
means livestock. No wonder our growth with cattle has been
the fastest in the nation in recent years.
Farming is not on the decline. It’s just changing.
Subsoil Sandy Fields
At Clemson’s Edisto Station they found subsoiling paid
handsomely on some of their sandier soils while it paid little
or not at all on the bettsr clay lands. This was just the op
posite to what .many expected. And since then the county
agents have been trying it out. In Allendale this year the
part of a sandy field that was subsoiled 16 to 20 inches in
the furrow just before planting made 90 bushels of corn
per acre. That not suboiled right by it made only 54 bush
els. And in a field where there was more clay the differ
ence was not as great, 104 bushels against 84.
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There’s a lot of know-how tied up with making any crop*
With the crops we grew up with, we have it. But with new
ones, we don’t.
Look at grapes, for instance. We are trying to build them
into a major money crop in the state. Clemson has develop
ed the know-how and published it in easy-to-follow chart
form. County agents tell me many growers followed it al
most to the letter, but got so busy with other things tow
ards the last that something was left off. The result was-
that many promising prospects vanished right there tow
ards the last. Our Roy Ferree tells me grape*; is one crop
that must be grown right or there’s nothing in them. And
County Agent Martin of Spartanburg says a real good peach
grower usually makes a good grape grower. For he knows
what it takes. And he usually has the adequate spray equip
ment.
BOtS ARE THAT WAY
Our daily mixed freight and passenger train got to Co
lumbia at 11 a.m. and left at 5 p.m. from the crossing down
on Gervais Street. There was no semblance of a depot. We
usually went down about 4 to be sure and be there in plenty
of time. The coach was always waiting. And when it was
cold old “Rabbit”, the porter, had the stoves red hot.
One afternoon I saw our magistrate, Mr. Tom Rauch,
coming down Gervais Street pushing one of those old side-
arm cotton planters, with his bundles in the hopper. They
put it in the baggage car. Up near where I was to get
off, the railroad passed right through his farm, with his
house sitting back up there on the hill. Thev stopped right
there by his field road, put the planter off lor him, and as
we chugged on up the road I saw him pushing the cotton
planter full of bundles up through his field to the house.
Once my father went tp town with me, as we had right
much shopping to do. One of the things we got was our first
of those little sheet iron heaters, “trash burners” we called
’em. It was light and held about two bushels. So we just
carried it. As we shopped we put the bundles in it^.
That afternoon Mr. John McCain, the conductor, saw us
coming with that stove. To have a little fun he said, “Hey
there, what you going to do with that stove? You can’t put it
in there. It’s not baggage/’ To which my father replied,
“The dickens it ain’t. Man, look, this is my suitcase.” And
he showed it to him, full of packages. More about opr train
next week.
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