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Farmers Must Prosper as W,ell as Produce. In an address at Frankfort, In diana, October 21, 1922, Secretary of Agriculture Wallace said: "The presnt administration be lieves we have got to have a prosper ous agriculture as well as a produc tive agriculture. Prices for farm products which are below the actual cost of production may for a time seem to be a good thing for the peo ple in cities. In the end the result is bad for everybody. Unless agricul ture is prosperous it can not con tinue to produce at a loss. The young men will leave the farm and go to the cities. Just now the people of the United States seem willing to pay more for work in the cities and in dustrial centers than on the farms. Almost the lowest-paid laborers are getting higher wages than skilled farm hands, and more than many men who own their farms. If this con tinues more and more farmers will go to the towns and cities. No one can blame them for this, but it will result in reduced agricultural pro duction. After a time the prices of products will be so high that people in cities will suffer. It is just as bad for the nation to have prices too high as to have prices too low. There must be a fair relationship between prices of things the farmer has to sell and prices of thing she has to buy. There must be a fair relationship between wages on the farm and wages in the city. That is the only way we can have a well-balanced national life. "The administration, from the president down, realizes the danger of the present situation. Congress realizes it. Congress 'has passed a number of laws designated to help the farmer improve his condition. Government administrative agencies are working along the same line. We have been reorganizing the work of the Department of Agriculture, to some extent. Heretofore i:he empha sis has been put on showing farmers how to produce more. That is right and proper. But we propose to put the same emphasis on helping far- J mers get fair prices for their crops 1 by adjusting their production to the probable demand and by better meth- 11 ods sf marketing. We have reorganiz- 1 ed the economic work fo the Depart- 1 ment. We have men in Europe seek- * ing for' new outlets and larger out- ' lets for our surplus crops. We are studying changing business condi tions as .they are likely to influ ence the demand for farm crops, so 3 that we can tell farmers about what 1 they may expect. We are carefully ] noting production in agricultural i counties which compete with us. We T are improving our methods of esti- i mating our own crops and livestock J production. We hope to be able to re- i port more accurately the number of hogs and cattle and sheep that are grown each year, so that they can be a better balance between our , grain crops and our livestock, and in this way hepl our people avoid both overproduction and underproduction. "Congress has been back of us in all this. Congress has given us in creased money for work of this sort. Congressmen agree with us that we j must have a prosperous as well as a j productive agriculture."-Farm and Ranch. Doctors and Lawyers. t There are probably more lawyers j in the world than any other class of people, except doctors. These two j professions lead the world in unm bers. However, only very small per j cent of doctors and lawyers are li- , censed to practice. ^ j The next time you have a bad cold, an ache in your body, or any other < ailment, mention this ailment to the friends you come in contact with and < nearly veery one of them will pre scribe some remedy. A large majori- j ty of the people are doctors. Then during court week discuss j with friends some important law suit or trial w?iich is being tried or which < has just been tried and you'll be sur prised at the number of your friends \ who are lawyers. It takes considerable study to be a success in any profession or trade, and it is a lamentable fact that a '> great many people neglect their chos en professions in order to dabble in J others. "Stick to your bush."-Pickens ' Sentinel. ' ] Half Million From Gas Tax. The two cent a gallon tax on gaso- : line in South Carolina has brought in , a total of $524,166.90 so far, includ ing figures through September 30, the tax commission announced yes terday. The amount collected in Sep tember was payable by October 20 and the figure given out for the month's collection was practically complete only one or two delinquents being out. The collection to date has been / ; - Tractors on Southern Farms.? A canvass, which was made in the spring of 1921 among 648 tractor owners in Alabama, Georgia, North and South Carolina, a.nd Tennessee, all of whom had bought their trac tors new between March, 1918 and September 192?, indicates that trac tors can be used profitably on many southern farms. The ?results of the inquiry are given in Farmers Bulle tin 1278, Tractors on Southern Farms. The bulletin is designed to be of service-to southern farmers who are contemplating the purchase of trac tors. The experience of present own ers is summarized with reference to the advantages and disadvantages in their use; the size now used on,farms of varying acreage and the sizes they believe would be the most suit able for their conditions; estimates for the probable life of their trac tors, cost of operating; the kind, quality, and quantity of work, as well as other related information. A noticeable feature concerning the farms reporting is their large size as compared with other farms in the same state, more than 90 per cent of them being larger than the average for that section. The aver age size of the 684 farms is 290 acres, while the 1920 census gives the average size of all farms in these states as about 75 acres. As would be expected, corn and cotton are the principal crops. Most of the tractors reported on were pulling either two or three plows. Of the total number, 2 per :ent were one-plow size, 76 per cent were two-plow, 20 per cent were bhree-plow, and 2 per cent were four plow. The size of tractor that they jelieve. best for their conditions was reported hy 611 of the owners. Two per cent of this number preferred ;he one-plow size, 66 per cent the rwo-plow, 29 per cent the three-plow md 3 per ecnt favored the four-plow ir larger. ^ The saving of time and labor made possible by the use of the tractor ,vas given by nearly half the owners is their answer to the question of vhat they considered its greatest ad vantages. Other replies were better vork,- relieving the horses of hard abor, reduction of expenses, and the jest work possible. Seed Corn Pointers. Clemson College, Oct. 30.-Doubt ess many farmers" have not yet se ected seed corn for next year's slanting says P. EL Senn, Extension Specialist in Plant Breeding, who irges that no time be lost now in naking selections and gives the fol owing pointers on selection and stor ng of the seed. Select. 1. In the field. 2. Ears that conform to variety ;ype. 3. Ears from disease-free stalks. 4. Ears which appear at the proper height on normally matured nedium size stalks that stand up right. 5. Eacs with the shuck project ng well over the end to aid in pro action against weevils and other pests. 6. Ears with shanks of moderate size and length so that ends of ma mre ears turn downward and are protected from weather injury. 7. Ears wth kernels of bright, ife-possessing lustre. 8. Ears of normal size with ker lels that are keystone or wedge shape, long . and deep and uniform n size. 9. Ears with kernels closetogeth ?T in rows. 10. Ears with rows straight and :ompact. 11. Ears cylindrical in shape, ta pering slightly from butt to tip. 12. Ears with butts and tips well rilled out. 13. Ears free from weevil, dis ease or weather damage. 14. If a prolific corn, ears from stalks producing more than one ear. Store. 1. In a dry well ventilated place. 2. Away from rats and other pests. 3. In bins, boxes or barrels that are tightly constructed so as to per mit successful fumigation. 4. Fumigate with carbon bi-sul phide. distributed by months as follows: March,. $67,838^5.0; Aprjl $74, 764.71; May $73,575.33; June, $72, 388.20; July, $76,360.24; August, 81,544.40; September, $77,695.52. In connection with the figures the commission announced that the Con sumers' Oil company of Pamplico had for five months been the first to report each month to the commis sion.-The State. What Texas Says About D straying Cotton Stalks. Clemson College, Nov. 6.-1 Extension Service of Clemson Colli has been preaching the fall and w ter clean-up of cotton fields and bernating places of the boll wee as one of the most effective me uses of weevil control. To show tl this is advocated and practiced Texas, the greatest cotton-produci state, the following article is quot from the Texas Extension Servi Farm News. Present conditions in South Cai lina favor such a clean-up, for all parts of the state cotton picki: is already practically completed, a: farmers can tum attention to sta destruction. The earlier the clean-i the more effective will be the wee1 control. Read These Twenty Statements From Texas. 1. Weevil infestation, in sprin starts from the few weevils that pa the winter. 2. The weevils, developing late the fall, are the ones most likely survive the winter. 4. Great numbers successfully pa the winter in Spanish moss and : dead grass along fences, ditches ar other waste places. 5. The weevil eats only cotton. 6. The weevil breeds only i squares and bolls. 7. The weevil can live for sever months without food while hiberna ing and inactive. 8. It does not become inactive ui til the first killing frost. 9. Previous to the first killin frosts, it can live for only about si days without food. 10. Killing cotton growth earl prevents new . weevils breeding an permits only the older ones to er ter hibernation. 11. Very few of these older weevil have sufficient vitality to pass th winter successfully. 12. Killing cotton growth early re moves the food of the weevil. If th growth of cotton is entirely kille as early as two weeks before frosts practically all weevils will starve be fore going into winter quarters.. 13. Destroy cotton growth early if possible by October 1. 14. More chopping or clipping th stalkks will not answer, the stump: will throw out a new growth idea for weevil food. 15. Kill the plant entirely and pre vent new growth by setting a plov shallow and turning out the plants or by some equally effective means 16. Do not burn crop refuse on th( fields. Texas farms need this return' ed to the soil humus Merely killinf the plants as suggested in No. 15: will, in most cases, secure the bene> fit aimed at. 17. Burn the trash along fences ditches and other such waste places in mid-winter, and thus destroy the individuals hibernating there (see Nos. 4 and 16). 18. A farmer cannot prevent wee vils coming to his cotton in the spring that another person has wintered. 19. Big things are accomplished only by cooperation. 20. Organize a whole community for the fight. Americans Flock to Paris for the Winter. Paris, Nov. 5.-Paris is on the eve of ousting New York as winter head quarters for society, judging from the long list of "blue book" arrivals recently. "The European habit" is responsible for many of New York's "smartest set" establishing fully equipped homes in Paris to which they can dash whenever Fifth ave nue fails to satisfy. Never in its history was Paris so' full of really prominent Americans at this time of the year. The J. C. Corrigans have abandon ed their India tour and are returning to Paris where they will be joined by Mrs. Armstrong Taylor, who is enter taining lavishly at the Ritz. Mrs. Claus A. Spreckles awaits the arrival of her daughter, Mrs. Spencer Eddy, before moving to her new home in the Pyrenes. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Minot have succumbed to the lure of the Riviera. Mrs. Seth Barton Frasch and the George Goulds, Mrs. Kerman Frasch, the Anthony Drexels and others are going south at an early date. Mr. and Mrs. Corneflius Vanderbilt are-expected back here soon, as are the Cortlandt Bishops, the Vincent Astors and Mrs. Alfred Scheidelbach. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Fresh eel of Boston have arrived here after a 5, 000 mile automobile trip. Mrs. Whit ney Warren has gone to Cannes. Mrs. Oakley Wood is waiting in Paris for the first snows permitting winter sports to commence at St. Moritz, af ter which she will go to the Riviera. Woman, Voiceless for Five Months, Recovers Follow ing Her Daughter's Dream. Abbeville, S. C. Oct. 29.-The days of miracles are not passed. Five months ago, Mrs. C. B. Womansky, of Abbeville, suddenly and without the least warning, lost her voice, medical advice was sought from lo cal doctors and then specialists from a distance were consulted. Nothing seemed to do any *good, and for five weary months communications with pencil and pad was the best that could be done. Arrangements were being made for Mrs. Womansky to leave Satur day for Spartanburg to have the ex tended care of a specilist in the treatment of xvhat-seemed to be the trouble. This morning a daughter, Miss Pauline Womansky, awoke having dreamed in the night that her moth er's voice had returend toher. She told this dream at the breakfast ta ble and kept commenting on how real it all seemed, and how she had cau?oned her younger sister in the dream to be careful for fear some thing might be done to cause the voice to leave again. After the fam ily left home for their various duties Mrs. Womansky was crossing her room when she felt a sensation as if something were leaving her throat. She found that her voice had return ed, and was able to reach the tele phone and communicate with uer family, after which she was over- j come with great weakness as if she had passed through some strange or deal. There is great rejoicing) in that home today. Mrs. Wosmansky is the wife of C. M. Womansky of the Southern Cotton Oil 'Company, and the mother of two young daughters, Misses Pauline and Frances Wosman sky. Mr. Wosmansky's father was a very gifted man and came to Ameri ca in 1871. He could transcribe the Lord's Prayer on the face of a dime. He was born in Moravia, in Poland, and educated at the Neutitsichern, in Austria for the Catholic Priesthood. In the war between Austria and Per sia he was a first lieutenant in the the Austrian army, and his father was a major in the Austrian army. How to Destroy Cotton Stalks. Clemson College, Nov. 6.-Practi cally every scisntist, farmer and ev ery ero eb o who has given any though; tb the matter at all, has agreed that the cotton stalks should be destroyed as soon after picking is finished as possible, as one of the most important steps in fighting the boll weevil, but there is still some confusion as to the best methods of destroying the stalks, says Prof. C. P. Blackwell, Agronomist, who makes the following: Decidedly the best method is to plow the stalks under thoroughly as soon as possible. If a farmer has good plows and good teams and his stalks are small, this is not a difficult matter, but it can not be done effec tively with a one-horse plow and a small mule. Stalks of average size can be turned under with a walking plow and two average mules or horses. Practically any kind of stalks can be turned under with a three horse riding plow if a weed chain plow is used. Large .plows and trac tors can turn any size of stalks effec tively. It is not necessary to cut the stalks before plowing them un der. In fact, they turn under much better if not cut first. If a farmer wishes to plant a small grain crop after his cotton and can* not get his cotton picked and his land turned in time to plant his small grain, then the best method is to plant the grain in the cotton middles early, and when frost has killed the stalks they may be cut with a stalk cutter and destroyed very ef fectively. It is true that this does not get the stalks into the ground but it does get them down in the green grain crop where the weevil can not live throughout the winter. During the early days of fighting the weevil some entomologists recom mended the burning of stalks as a method of destruction, and many far mers have practiced it, but this prac tice has in nearly all cases proven very bad; and it is a particularly bad practice in South Carolina, because our soils are deficient in organic mat ter. In fact, lack of organic matter is our first limiting factor in crop production, while a good supply of organic matter is the very founda tion of our boll weevil fight and is a first essential to successful cotton production under boll weevil condi tions. When we burn our stalks we burn the organic matter which is so essential to success, and no greater mistake can b= made in fighting the boll weevil. Let us plow our stalks 9 THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. Is Depository for Public Funds of Town of Edgefield, of County of Edgefield, of State of South Carolina and of the United States in this District. The Strongest Bank in Edgefteld County SAFETY FIRST IS AWL. vVILL BE OTJR MOTTO Open your account with us for 1922. At the same time start a Savings Account with us, or invest in one of our INTEREST BEAR ING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT. Lock boxes for rent in which to keep your valuable papers. All business matters referred to us pleasantly and carefully handled. 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