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PAGE 4—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, Feb. 1, 1968
The
County Agents
Column
If you aim to grow good
crops in 1968, hold the date of
February 8 open. That’s the
date for our annual Newberry
County Crop Production meet
ing. It’ll be a big affair. Clem-
son Specialists will be on hand
to give the latest crop produc
tion recommendations. These
men of science will tell about
latest crop varieties, how to
fertilize for top yields and all
about weed control chemicals.
Also, you’ll hear about insect
and disease control and learn
about how to properly apply all
the many Agricultural chem
icals in use on farms today.
A big new feature of this
years program will be a panel
of successful Newberry county
farmers. Those proven farmers
will tell how they have achiev
ed profitable crop yields on
their farms.
Corn and Soybeans will be
the crops most discussed at the
meeting. Small Grains, Forage
crops and Cotton will be dis
cussed at this meeting. Small
Grains, Forage crops and Cotton
will be discussed briefly. Also,
you’ll have the opportunity to
ask questions about your own
crop production program.
This crops meeting will be
held at the Newberry National
Guard Armory, beginning at
10:00 A. M. on Thursday, Feb
ruary 8. Be sure to let us know
if you plan to attend so we may
put your name in the pot for the
free barbecue lunch to be ser
ved.
Inquest slated
POMARIA. — A 22-year-old
woman, the mother of two
small children, was shot and
killed in her front yard near
here about noon Friday, and
her husband has been charged
with murder.
Newberry County Coroner
George Summer said Mrs. Al
berta Gorie, Negro, was killed
instantly by a .22 caliber bullet
wound in her head.
The victim’s husband, Hub
ert Gorie, about 37, was charg
ed with murder in the shooting
and was being held in the coun
ty jail Friday.
The couple had argued prior
to the shooting, Summer said.
Gorie operated a pool room at
Pomaria. An inquest has been
scheduled for Feb. 2.
^ On the program for the Egg Month breakfast, sponsored by the Newberry County
Farm Bureau at the Community Hall last Thursday, were, from left, Rev. James
Mishoe, who gave the Invocation; Eugene H. Mathis, Egg Month chairman; Harry
Bolyn of Columbia, Department of Agriculture, speaker; David H. Sloan, president
of the S. C. Farm Bureau; and Frank Senn, member of the Egg Month committee.
(Sunphoto.)
Bottom plowing and high crop
yields increase the land’s need
for lime. A warning note has
been sounded by our research
agronomists as well as many
of the reputable fertilizer com
panies. Recent soil tests on
Newberry County farms bear
out this cause for concern.
Until recent years we have
followed the general practice
of occasional liming of our crop
and pasture land. Using non
acid farming fertilizers and
achieving average yields, this
proved all light. The pH of our
soils remained fairly stable in
the acceptable range. Then, our
farmers started shooting for
higher and higher crop yields.
Bottom plowing improved the
tilth of the soil, but at the
same time brought up and mix-
in acid subsoils. Higher analysis
fertilizers, some of these acid
forming, were needed to reach
these high crop yields. The re
sult has been a steady lowering
of the soil pH on many farms
until a danger point is being
reached.
Soils once depleted of lime
and made acid in both the top
soil and subsoil cannot be corr
ected in one or two years. Trou
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ble spots develop. Crops show
various deficiency symptoms.
Sometimes overall growth is
retarded or once the crop nears
maturity, it lodges or falls on
the ground.
While we used to consider a
ton of lime per acre each three
to five years sufficient, many of
our fields under present day in
tensive management need one
ton of lime per acre each year,
or at least every other year.
Land badly in need of lime is
like a wooden barrel with one
stave cut out half-way. Regard
less of how much water you put
in the barrel, it can only be fill-
half full. Regardless of how
much fertilizer or other practic
es used on lime-starved soil,
you can only make half a crop
or sometimes no crop at all.
The best rule, of course, is
don’t guess—soil test! Then,
you’ll know the lime and ferti
lizer need of each crop on each
field on your farm.
are found in milk. A quart of
milk provides 82 per cent of
the day’s needs of calcium, 63
per cent of the phosphorus, 40
percent of protein, 83 percent of
riboflavin, 30 percent of Vita
min A, 21 percent of calories, 22
per cent thiamine.
In spite of being used and ab
used by the human race, the cow
continues to provide man with
life itself.
ews.
Funeral services were held
Friday from her church with
Rev. Harry Grout conducting
the service. Burial followed in
the church cemetery.
J. M. Hendrix
Camellia show rites
at Columbia
MILK-PRODUCING COW
EATS, DRINKS TONS OF
“FUEL”:
The cow is an amazing crea
ture- A dairy cow producing 11,
000 pounds of milk, some 5,000
quarts in a year, needs 43 tons
of “fuel,” according to the USD
A.
She will eat about 3,925 ibs.
of grain and protein feed;
4,700 pounds of hay; 3,400 lbs.
of silage, washed down with
75, 045 pounds of water.
This means that Bossy eats
and drinks an average of 237
pounds per day.
All the water she drinks helps
her build up some 10 tons of
blood she pumps through her
udder in a day’s time to pro
duce 40 pounds of milk.
Imagine having to carry all
the feed and water to a cow so
she could produce 11,000 lbs.
of milk a year ! That’s six
tons of feed and more than 37
tons of water for just one cow.
A 50-cow milking herd con
sumes the staggering amount of
1,850 ton per year.
That’s why modern dairymen
substitute motors, levers, push
buttons and pipe-line milking
systems for muscle in the dairy
business.
DID YOU KNOW?
That the dairy cow has been
working an eight-hour day for
years ? She grazes for four
hours, averaging 40-70 nibbles
every minute. The next four
hours are spent chewing her cud
with her jaws and stomach
working every minute. After
milking she sleeps some, resting
her jaws for tomorrow’s eight-
hour work day.
More than 100 food elements
The Annual Spring Camellia
Show presented by the Men’s
Camellia Club and the Rose
Garden Club of Columbia will
be held on Saturday, Feb. 10
and Sunday, Feb. 11 in Colum
bia’s A. C. Flora High School
gymnasium. Hours Saturday
will be 3:30-10 p. m. and Sun
day from 1-5 p.m.
Sponsored by Columbia’s Pal
metto Sertoma Club, the 1968
Camellia Show will be th$ 13th
such floral event in Columbia.
Over the years since the first
show in 1955, it has grown into
one of the prime attractions for
flower lovers throughout the
Southeast. Last year’s show
attracted entires from Maryland
Virginia, North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia. More
than 3,000 individual blossoms
were entered last year. In add
ition to the horticulture speci
men blooms, there were 50
arrangements in the artistic sec
tion.
“We expect an even larger
number of entries in this year’s
event and extended an invitation
to all amateur camellia growers
in the state to enter their
blooms,” said Richard Mims,
show secretary." Flowers grown
outside as well as as hot house
blooms will be exhibited. Entr
ies can be made any time prior
to Saturday, Feb. 10 at 11:30
a.m.”
For entry cards, interested
persons should write Mr. Mims,
2337 Baxter St., Cayce, S. C. 29
033. There is no entry fee.
Following the judging of the
various categories of entries,
ribbons and silver trophies will
be awarded the winners.
J. Monroe Hendrix ,72, died
Friday at a Columbia hospital
after a brief illness.
He was a native of Newberry
county, son of the late James
H. and Emma Catherine
Swindler Hendrix. He was a
veteran of World War I and a
member of Epting Memorial
Methodist church.
Surviving, are two sisters,
Mrs. D. J. Williams of New
berry and Mrs. J. E. Meng
of West Columbia.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at Whitaker Funeral
Home by Rev. Donald F. Fun
derburk. Burial was in Rose-
mont cemetery.
Mrs. Langford
service Monday
Mrs. Mellie Player Langford,
90, widow of Henry W. Lang
ford, died Saturday at a Col
umbia hospital after a long ill
ness.
She was a native of Newber
ry county, daughter of the late
Miles McDuffie and Susan T.
Player. She was a member of
Lewis Methodist church.
Surviving are two sons, Jas.
M. Langford of Prosperity and
Cecil B. Langford of Whitmire;
two daughters, Mrs. Bulah B.
Downs of West Columbia and
Mrs. Mary Wesson of Newber
ry; a sister, Mrs. Addie John
son of West Columbia.
Funeral services were held
Monday from her church by
Rev. Joseph Alley. Burial was
in Rosemont cemetery.
UDC CHAPTER
MEETS FRIDAY
Drayton Rutherford Chapter,
UDC, will meet Friday, Febru
ary 2 at 4 p.m. at the home of
Mrs. Jack Jenkins. Associate
hostesses will be Mrs. B. A.
Buddin and Mrs. V. E .Shealy.
Mrs. Ralph P. Baker will have
charge of the program
LEGION AUXILIARY
TO HAVE MEETING
The American Legion Auxili
ary will meet today (Thursday)
at the home of Miss Grace Sum
mer, Associate hostesses will be
Mrs. W. Roy Anderson, Miss
Sudie Dennis, Mrs. Oscar R.
Summer, Mrs. Maude Sanders,
Mrs. E. E. Epting and Mrs H.
H. Hedgepath. This meeting will
be the birthday celebration of
the Auxiliary.
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Last rites for
Miss Fellers
Miss Annie B. Fellers of
Prosperity, died early Wed
nesday morning at the Lowman
Home. A native of Newberry
county, she was a daughter of
the late Jacob Lawson and
Mary Buzhardt Fellers. She
was a member of St. Paxil’s
Lutheran church.
Miss Fellers is survived by
two sisters, Mrs. Alma F. Bo
land of Prosperity and Falls
Church, Va., and Mrs. Daisy
F. Epting of Prosperity; and
a number of nieces and neph-