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PAGE TWO THE NEWBERRY SUN, NEWBERRY, SOUTH CAROLINA THURSDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1963 FARM i jST NOTESlGius < l II IlilitOiiidiit,^ Vaccinate For Blackleg Dairy and beef farmers had bet ter vaccinate for blackleg if you have not already done so. Several cases of blackleg have been re ported in this county in recent weeks. The bad part about this disease, you don’t get a chance to cure animals infected with it. The way the disease is usually found on a farm is when one or more young animals are found dead. Prevention by vaccination is the best safeguard against blackleg. Since it usually strikes only young animals, you should at least vac cinate all beef and dairy animals 2 years old and under. Don’t take a chance against this disease. It usually takes the best animals in the herd when it strikes. Dairy Meeting We wish more of our dairy far mers could have attended one of Twfrk “/ will put my trust in Him.”—Isaiah 8:17 The early Apostles, as they ventured into the wilderness to preach the word of God, knew the road would not be easy. They expected persecution and were aware their lives would be endan gered. Yet, they went forth be cause they had faith in God. Modern day Christians often find the road of life somewhat easier when they place their trust in God. Some, perhaps, do not have the great faith with which the Apostles were blessed. When we turn to God for help, when we place our trust in God, are we guilty sometimes of ex pecting that this is enough to as sure that things will turn out ex actly as we wish? Isn’t this like saying “Here is my problem and this is what I would like done about it . . .”? The true Christian places his trust in God because, like the Apostles, he believes in the wis dom and the goodness of God. We can all find the strength to do for ourselves; to do what is right—through faith in God and in the teachings of Christianity. R«ad your BIBLI daily and GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY the dairy field day programs held last week. Some good information was presented and we need to keep up in this rapidly changing ; business of dairying One of our nation’s dairy leaders commented recently, “One-half of what we know in dairying will be out of date 10 years from now. One-half of what we know in 1973 is not known today. One-tenth of the medicines used to treat our cows were not used 10 years ago. It, therefore, becomes obvious that we need to spend at least one- tenth of our time in study and mental preparation for the fu ture.” Sorghum Silage At the dairy meeting we at tended we were interested in the report of sorghum silage feed trials conducted at Clemson. Prof. Carrol Brannon, in charge of the Clemson herd, reported that over a 4 year period, sorghum silage proved almost as good, better than 98 per cent, as com silage for milk production. Best results were obtained with the Tracy variety which has been tried on some farms in Newberry County. One good thing about sorghum or “cane” as we commonly call it is that it will produce better yields per acre on upland and will us ually withstand more diy weather than corn. High Grain Feeding Another report of the meeting of interest to us was the research done on high grain feeding. Much interest in this practice has been shown in recent years over much of the country. It was reported that this prac tice has resulted in increased milk production and increased profit above feed costs when managed properly. However, it should be emphasized that this does not mean unlimited feeding of grain to the entire herd. We will be happy to discuss this practice with those who may be interested. Wintering Beef Cattle If grass and hay get short for your beef herd this winter, you might wish to try this idea. A high salt feed mixture that can be fed free choice to the beef herd. For each 100 pounds, mix 34 pounds of ground com or grain sorghum, 33 pounds of 41 per ct. protein supplement, 31 pounds of salt and 2 pounds of trace miner alized salt We are Pleased to Announce Our Semi-Annual Dividend Payable as of December 31,1963 AT OUR Current Rate 4 per cent Per Annum Each Account is insured to $10,000 by the Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation Member Federal Home Loan Bank Building and Loan Association 1117 BOYCE STREET DIAL 276-5660 Newberry, South Carolina OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS R. B. Baker, President THOMAS H. POPE J. DAVE CALDWELL, Vice-President R. AUBREY HARLEY PINCKNEY N. ABRAMS, Secretary-Treasurer LOUIS C. FLOYD Rev. ROBERT H. HARPER THE FISH TN ONE of McGuffey’s readers there is a lesson about a boy who went fishing with his uncle who placed him at a good spot. Soon the boy felt a great pull on his line and yanked up a fine pickerel that wriggled in the sun. Before bringing him to shore, he called to his uncle to see what he had caught. “Not yet.” his uncle said, just as a pickerel who had somehow slipped from the hook shot into deep water. JUST A THOUGHT: The hardest thing in the world for some men to do is to put forth a real effort when he has already convinced him self that he is taking on a job that just can’t be done. eeiingKS BY MARY STONE South deals. No one vulnerable. >RTH * Q 10 8 5 2 *8*532 * QUO * — WEST EAST *943 *J7 * Q 10 * A K J 7 4 4 A 8 6 3 4K9542 * 6 5 4 2 * 10 SOUTH *AK6 * 9 * 7 * AKQJ9873 The bidding: Sooth West North East 2 dubs pass 2 no tramp pass 5 clubs pass pass double redouble pass pass pass Opening lead: ten of hearts. East won the opening lead with the ace of hearts. East returned the king of hearts, which South ruffed in the closed hand. South drew the trumps; cleared the spade suit, sluffing the seven of diamonds and ten of spades tc make an overtrick. COMMENT: There was no way South could be held from making the bid. West could have taken the ace of diamonds on the open ing lead and saved the overtrick. However, at this point. West didn’t know where the diamond:- were and was right in holding up the ace on the first lead. From Mrs. O. Lacy Miller, Lees burg, Florida: I remember the old days when I married and moved from a large city to the country. The house was a beautiful Coloni al type situated on a hill some 650 feet from the road. We had 55 acres, used lamps and candles for over five years. About that time we got a tele phone. We had soft water and a cistern. We pumped water up to the attic into a very large tank. There was a well near the back porch. I remember when my first child was born. Winer started early that year, in the middle of November. My husband was snowed in for four days. When I came home from the hospital we stuck it out until January, then moved to the city to stay with a dear friend until the first of April. It was dif ficult to get around in the city, but wonderful to see my friend, and my family. I would not have been able to see them so often had we remained in the country. Some time later, after my moth er and dad passed away, we de cided to move to a warmer cli mate, thus coming to Florida. But I stm remember the old Afterward the boy often thought of his lost prize and fell to moralizing about the fish he didn’t catch. A few days ago, I read in our local daily paper about something that a fisherman had failed to catch. And it has seemed to me that I have read more about the big fish that got away than about the big ones that have been caught. So I write to den* that this is true for though I am not a fancy fisherman I have caught some good ones in my time. There was the day when I filled all the bot tom of my pirogue with big goggle-eye perch which I pulled from a dark still spot where three drifted logs had formed a triangle, and the afternoon that I reeled in a four and a half pound black bass which I had snagged with a Shan non bucktail twin spinner. In these and other instances I could relate, I am convinced that while there are as good fish in the sea as have been caught out, there have been caught as good fish as are s H11 m the sea. "The just shall live by faith." —Habakkuk 2:4 The trials and tribulations of life are not so difficult so long as one maintains faith because faith will not tolerate hopelessness and despair. Faith gives the Christian the courage to look adversity in the eye with the sure knowledge that God will not desert those who be lieve and follow the teachings of Christianity'. Faith offers a mixture of courage and strength and these qualities are still needed in these modern tunes. It takes courage sometimes, to do what we know is right, or to refuse to do some thing which we know is wrong. It’s much easier to “follow the crowd.” In faith, the Christian finds the strength to persevere and the rea son to hope for a better tomorrow. Read your BIBLE dally and GO TO CHURCH SUNDAY Announcing... Our 57th Semi-annual Dividend AMOUNTING TO $337,000.00 Payable to our 8900 Investors on Dec. 31,1963 CURRENT DIVIDEND RATE ' 4 per cent All new savings accounts, or additions to pre sent accounts received by the 10th of any month, earn from the 1st. avjjtos ajvz> Loan Association J. F. CLARKSON M. O. SUMMER sees aoixsa DIRECTORS G. K. DOMINICK J. K. WILLINGHAM BRANCH OFFICE —Batesburg, S. C. E. B. PURCELL W. C. HUFFMAN