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PAGE 2—The Newberry Sun, Newberry, S. C., Thursday, March 4, 1971 Nnubernj 1101 Boyce Street, Newberry, South Carolina 29108 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY 0. F. Armfield, Jr., Owner Second-Class Postage Paid at Newberry, South Carolina SUBSCRIPTION RATES: $3.00 per year in advance; six months, $2.00. The County Agents Column At a conference held in Orangeburg, South Carolina re cently, corn growers were ad vised that the Southern Com Leaf Blight would overwinter in all parts of South Carolina and would probably attack sus ceptible varieties earlier than was the case in 1970. This means that only recommended blight tolerant varieties should be planted. These recommended varieties are already in extremely short supply. Supplies of a number of them are already sold out. There’s still plenty of seed corn available, but most of these are varieties that are not recommended or that we know nothing about as to how they will yield under our conditions. Also there’s a good bit of “old time” open pollinated seed com becoming available. This too is uncertain and yield results may be disappointing. MORE ABOUT CORN BLIGHT LOOK FOR THE BIG "N" State law requires that seed corn be labeled as to variety and cytoplasm. Only “N” cyto plasm corn is recommended for planting in South Carolina in 1971. “T” and “B” cytoplasm varieties are not recommended. CHECK VARIETY LIST The County Agents office maintain a list of recommend ed hybrid com varieties. You may wish to check this list before buying unfamiliar va rieties that may be offered for sale to you. MORE MILO The uncertain com situation has persuaded some farmers to switch planting intentions to milo or soybeans. Milo is a good crop. We ought to grow more of it. We should be a- ware however that we can ex pect more insect problems with milo than we normally have with corn. Also that dry ing equipment will be needed at harvest time with milo. Last year many late planted fields of milo were damaged by corn borer and then later by the Armyworm. More complete ^eed control is possible with milo than with soybeans. SOYBEAN WEEDS Speaking of weeds, we must do a better job of weed con trol in soybeans. Many farm ers still think that one spray ing at or before planting will control soybean weeds. This is simply not true. A combina tion of herbicide use is need ed for anything like adequate weed control. Usually 2 or 3 applications will be needed. One at planting, another after the beans and weeds come up and another as a directed spray when the bean are 10-12 inches tall. Sound expensive? It sure is but still less than letting weeds cut your soybean yields up to one-half. We'll continue to provide the key to the best and most complete lines of insurance that are available on the market . . . bar none. Keep us in mind, we're easy to find. 44^ ‘YOUR PRIVATE BANKERS’ 1418 Main Street Phone 276-1422 "Whatsoever Things By DONALD E. WILDMON (Tour the Holy Larul and Rome with Mr. Wildmon. His third tour\ Nov.^23- a rwi TIT ... ^ L% • TRADITION Two men who lived in the villages of Djambi and Hasanuddin on tiny Haruku island in eastern Indonesia had a disagreement. It seemed as though both of these men were rather stubborn, and that each laid claim to a certain sago tree. Well, these two fellows decided to settle the question of ownership once and for all. Interesting Part The interesting part of the story was the method these fellows decided to follow to decide who owned the sago tree. Of course, they were rather con servative. So they decided to answer the question in the traditional way— by seeing who could stay under the water the longest! Now it is true that to you and me this method seemed totally unrelated to the point in ques tion—ownership of the sago tree. But for these two men the fact that there was no relationship between the two didn’t matter. Tradition said this was the way the question was to be answer ed, and so they answered it in that manner! Questions had always bofm answered this way on Haruku. And as far as they were concerned they would always be answered in this manner. Tradition is, in many respects, a wonderful thing. For tradition usually preserves that which is good. We are greatly in debt to our parents and grandparents for some of the traditions they passed on to us. We think as we think, act as we act, partly because our forefathers passed it along to us. But let us move on to add that tradi tion is often very damaging and de meaning, also. Slavery lasted nearly 1900 years beyond the life of the One who came to set men free because of tradition. Tradition which no one ques tioned. Tradition which, thank God, is broken now. But the results of that tradition still linger. War A Tradition Tradition has said that when two countries came to an impassable point in their differences, they went to war and the strongest was right. Might made right. Now this tradition is be ing questioned by civilized man. And rightly so. Each new genration is ex actly that—a new generation. And each new generation should seek to build on the good traditions of the past and correct those traditions which we now see to be harmful to mankind. Now if this is a truth in the deal ings of the world, then it is no less a truth in the work of the Church. There are many valid and worthwhile tradi tions in the Church. And, likewise, there are traditions which need to be broken. Someone has said that the seven last words of one church were these: “We have always done it this way.” We don’t like to change, many of us. We prefer things to remain as they are. But there is one thing cer tain in this world—today is different from yesterday and tomorrow will be different from today. And let us re member that the Founder of our Church broke tradition—often! Let us, therefore, take the good traditions handed down to us and build on them. And let us change those traditions which are no longer valid. If we fail to do this and hang on to tradition for tradition’s sake, we will end un like those two villagers on Haruku. You see, they both drowned! They both followed a tradition that was outdated and stupid. And they both lost. Can we expect anything dif ferent when we do the same? —FIVE STAR Growers should begin now to get spray equipment lined-up so that a good job of appli cation can be done. Few farm ers have direcional spray equipment. Don’t forget to have soybean seed tested for germination. Most of last year’s soybean seed crop was below standard due to advance weather. DAIRY TOUR Went on a dairy tour down state last week to see how they’re beating us in milk pro duction. We must confess that some of the herds we saw are doing better than any of ours in Newberry County. Several of the herds we visited are near or above 15,000 pounds of milk per cow. Mainly these dairymen are feeding more silage and more grazing than we do. They usual ly have better corn growing weather in summer and better grass growing weather in winter than we do. Also wet weather doesn’t keep them off pasture as it does here in Newberry County. FEED COSTS Feed prices are high, but so far milk price justifies adequate feeding. To skimp on feed has surely been proven the best way not to make any profit HEAR DR. CARL McINTIRE Standing Up For God and Country Daily at 8:30 a.m.—(Mon.-Fri.) Over WKMG 1520 On Your Radio Dial Here In Newberry from dairy farming. Dairy farmers may have to shop a- round or change their feed pro grams to hold down feed costs. But adequate feeding is vital to profitable milk production. GROW YOUR OWN TOMATO PLANTS Assistant County Agent Jack Queener has prepared a leaf let on How to grow your own tomato plants from seeds. A copy is yours for the asking at the County Agents Office. Completes basic SAN ANTONIO - Airman Robert E. L. DeWalt, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel DeWalt of Rt. 4, has completed basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has been assigned to Lowry AFB, Colo., for training in the supply field. Airman DeWalt is a 1970 graduate of Gallman High School. NOTICE OF Second Reading Notice is hereby given that City Council will hold Second Reading on the following item at the regular meeting of City Council to be held in Council Room, City Hall, Newberry, S. C. on March 9, 1971, beginning at 7:30 P.M. A proposal which would re-zone an area on S. C. Route 76 from R 12, Residential District to a B-3, General Business District. CITY COUNCIL City of Newberry