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PAGE FOUR THE STATE FARMER SECTION MOTOR CAMPING REAL FUN A comfortable t«nt camp on North Chickamauga Cre«k, Tann. By DICK is the time to plan that nii«l- snniiiier vacation trip tor the youngsters, to be taken when the corn’s laid by. Young folks delight in camp ing. Mothers enjoy the novelty of let ting the men folks try their hantl at cooking. Every man who has camped thinks he is an expert at ctmkiiig pan cakes or broiling steak. Nowadays when most farmers own one or more automobiles, motor camp ing is a popular sport. Motor camping permits extended trips at moderate cost. I know a Kentucky farmer who winters in Florida at no extra cost over living at home, excepting gas and oil for the trip. He and his wife live in a comfort- ahle trailer coach. Most of the win ter’s food supply is taken along from the farm. Can Be Built The farmer who has a fast li<rht truck can readily convert it into a camping car, either by building in bunks and ItK'kers, or by using it to haul a tent outfit. Many second-hand tent outfits are on the market now at a fraction of their original cost, due to the popularity of coach camping. A compact tent out fit may be hauled in a se<ian or touring car, equipped with trunk aiul luggage racks. Probably tht' best tent for motor camping is an umbrella nuulel, about 9x9 feet for four persons. Folding cots may be used, or air mattresses may be spread on the floor cloth. The tent should be vermin and mosquito tight. Small gasoline camp stoves arc iiwxpen- sive, although an outdoor wood fire will suffice for cooking. Some sort of food cabinet or refrigerator should be bought Cheering spring thought: “He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread.”—Proverbs I2:il. ' » « « High production per animal is just as iinportant with liv«^tock as high yields per acre with crops. » » • After building goo<l p'uiltry housc-s for my chickens 1 have learned that a tree is a mighty poor hen house. « * * Insisting on their independence has kept farmers from becoming independent through group action in their business of growing and selling products. « « * Farm women are no longer content as mere housekeepers, but are utili/.inj; their vast “woman power” to create better homes and better communities. « « « What the wheel of progress in south ern farming still needs is more spokes around the cotton hub. • « * Ijearning the how of better farming is important economically, but learning WOOD or made. A nesting cook kit <!esigned for camping is a convenience. A good outfit can be asse,inble<l in any dime-to- dollar store, including enamelware cups, plates and soup bowls. Camping DeL,uxe While tent camping is more of a change from homelife, and will be en joyed for its novelty by the youngsters, elderly folks on an extended tour will appreciate the greater comforts of the camp trailer. Now that cars are fitted with four brakes, and gootl roads ex tend in all directions, the properly de signed camp trailer is no burden. It is a relief to passengers to have the entire camping outfit in a single i nit back of the car instead of piled up in the ton- neau and on running-boards. The fold-down camp trailers with their canvas tops, are lighter and com fortable for ordinary camping trips. Camp coaches are more bulky and heavy, hut represent the last word is de luxe caanping facilities. They are fitted with Pullman type beds, breakfast r(X)in, kitchenette, refrigerator, water tank, cabinets, drawers an<l clothes lockers. Some have a heating stove and bath room. The cost of factor^' jobs range from up. While camp life is interestintr. there should be some objective to a camping trip. Usually it is sight-seeing, or it maV he a fishing trip, or a tour of national parks. It’s a gcKxl idea to try new equip ment out near home, before leaving on an extended trip. Rely on a cK-ck-list to avoid forgetting such essentials as matches, salt and the money bag. First thing to learn in drivin’ a car is to think. An’ that advice’s good for the feller on the farm, too. D’jever realize what blamed hard work it is to just plain think ? But the less you work your brain the more you have to work your legs. About the first big mistake a would- be farmer makes is buyin’ up a lot of hogs, cattle an’ chickens—with no pas ture, hay nor com—jest didn’t “think” he had to feed ’em out of his pockct ’stead of off the land. An Oklahoma feller—used to be county health superintendent — recom mends roast crow as a dainty dish. An' why not? On our place weVe been feeilin’ crows set-»l corn, bird eggs, young guineas an’ chickens all our lives. It’d settle the crow problem if it turns out they’re a delicacy. Hut like makin’ rabbit pie—you’ve JEST A-WHITTLIN' AN'A-THINKIN' BY PETE GETTYS first got to ketch the rabbit and ketchin’ him ain’t no where to gettin’ Old Jim Crow in the t>ot. Uncle Remus said Old Brer Rabbit had more sense than all the rest of the creatures — but Old Sis Crow’s got ’em all bea* . Recollect witen you were a little old dirty-faced boy an’ you’d be playin’ an’ stub your toe an’ it’d hurt so bad—you wouldn’t cry in front of the other boys but jest as soon as you got home you’d jest go a-flyin’ to mother an’ stick your head down in her old calico apron lap and cry like your heart'd burst—an’ she’d pat you and love you an’ say you’re her little man, tie up your toe an’ kiss away the «lirty little tears, you’d feel so good an’ know nothing could get you. ITien she’d butter you a gre?.. big piece of her salt raisin’ bread—put lots of jam on it an’ you’d go out an’ sit on the kitchen steps an’ eat it — old shaggy Shep’d set an’ watch, beggin’ for every bite you’d take, an’ the old nmster’tl come stalkin’ up an’ every now an’ then pick a crumb outta your hand—the old cat with her tail straight up in the air’d rub up against your bare legs and’ purr just as contented-like. BETWEEN THE ROWS By Roy H. l^ark Down in Enterprise, Alabama, a few’ years ago they erected a monunwnt to the b«)ll weevil because the keen appe tite of this pesky jinsect wa.s the only thing that was ever able to convince farmers they must diversify their crops. I'he monument is in the main part of town and bears this inscription: "In profound appreciation of the boll weevil and what it has done as the herald of prosperity.” the why is w'hat adds interest and zest and removes drudgery. * * * The scrub sire has been the South’s heaviest handicap in the race towar<l better livestock. » « * ITie very close relation between farm income and crop yields, as shown by sur veys, leads to one basic thought—build better soils. • * » The farmer who waits for “some more convenient day” to fight injurious diseases and insects becomes rapidly wiser and p<x)rer, • * * The best club to use on a farm boy is the 4-H Club—it trains and enter tains. « « « Whether in livestock breeding or in seed improvement we must folow the principle of culling by test to keep the best. • * * /v balaiKcil ration .educational, socjal, recf“ati«;nal, spiritual, is the biggest nee»l of many country communities. 'Fhe boll wwvil may also be creditetl with another isdirect accomplishment— organization of the 4-H Clubs. 1 read how in 190J wlien the boll weevil became a serious menace the De partment of Agriculture assigned Dr. Seanum A. Knapp to the task of finding out what could be done to produce cot ton under boll weevil conditions. He worked out a plan calling' for ro tation of crops, better tillage, and pro duction of home-grown crops and feeds. The problean was to get farmers to adopt his plan. He decided the best way to im press them with its advantages would be through actual demonstrations on farms. Dr. Knapp was particularly anxious to get farmers to grow more corn. To carry out this aim Boys’ Corn Clubs were organized over the South. The Knapp idea of crop rotation was never able to stop the pesky boll weevil, but Dr. Knapp did something that has placed his name among the immortals— he organized what has since become the 4-H Clubs which now clot rural sections of the natipn vi'ith approximately a mil lion members. Remember Columbus never found the short route to India he was seeking— but discovered a New World of much greater importance. live cow. It may have been one of tho<^ girls making her first visit to the country, staying with her uncle in West Virginia, and was much interested in everything sh<* saw. “Oh, what a funny looking cow!” she exclaimed. ’’Why hasn’t it any I'.orns?” “"Fhere are several reasons,” answered the uncle, “why a cow don’t have horns. Some are born without horns and don’t have any ’till the late years of their life. Others have their horns taken off. Some breeds are mit supposed to have any horns. So there are many reasons why a cow sometimes does not have horns, but the chief reason why this cow doesn’t have horns is that it isn’t a cow at all. It’s a horse.” Judge Ed Thompson of .Missouri, stopped at a negro farm house in South Carolina to ask for highway informa tion. While the housewife was directing the judge, her small son interrupted her. In admonishing him, she called the boy “Pizlum Civ.” The judge, puzzled, ask ed where she got the name signified. “Ah got it right from the Bible, mis- tah,” she rephVd, and revealed a well-. worn copy of the Scriptures. “It’s right here,” she said, pointing to Psalm CIV. You may have rea«l about a schfwl teacher in a city sch(M)l up North having a cow brought to the school for the na ture class because none of the boys and girls in her cla»s had ever seen a real “Now' I’m not going to-talk very long,” sai'i a candidate for a political office in starting his speech, “but if you get what I’m going to say in your heads, you’ll have the whole thing in a nut shell.” And he looked surprised when a roar of laughter followed his unintentional slam I
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