URGED 10 fUSI ] SWEET 'MB J \ i < t fl$ Practically a Sure Crop An? " Especially Attractive Owing \ To Labor Shortage. 4L t Columbia, S. C.?There never has . 'been any doubt as to the raising of mmeet potatoes in South Carolina. It Is practically a sure crop and in view of the labor situation it is one of the *?ry best crops that can be planted. Brery sweet potato that is grown in this State is growing to help in the lood fight to win the war. In addition, potatoes in the present market conAttmns are a wonderfully profitable | At the request of the Chairman of the food production campaign in this State, Prof. George P. Hoffman has jprepared a series of articles is consection with the planting and gather4mg of seed potatoes, and will be published from time to time. The imme- diate urgency is in securing seed stock ! for the satisfactory planting. The real shortage of seed potatoes is perhaps sot realized, and those interested in the planting of seed potatoes should at once arrange to get their seed. Professor Hoffman has this to say: ''With an increase of nearly three times the normal selling price combined with a wahton loss of more than T& per cent of 13buth Carolna's sweet potato crop of the past season, it is Obvious that the necessary seed for , ptatlng this year's crop will be- far j tainfficient. Therefore, it is imperative that plant dealers and planters make immediate provision for supPlying their needs. Disease-free seed ! should be bedded as soon as possible.' This shortage may be supplemented by a large per cent through early plantings of small areas from which j later plantings may be made by use i of vine cuttings. The Nancy Hall and Porto Rico are 1 the leading and most popular varieties to this State, but these varieties not being available, no time should be Aottt in obtaining disease-free seed or plants of other varieties. Every ef-1 fort should be made for the planting ' pt a sufficient area to supply home ! consumption with a surplus for the v local market. The planters of South Carolina hare t)een asked to increase by 60 per cent the crop of last year, which was 7,600,000 bushels, produced on 80,000 jtcres. This necessary increase may 5 he easily obtained by the planting as ft minimum of one-half acre per plow. "From 8,000 to 10,000 plants will | Jhe needed for planting one acre or 1,000 to 10,000 bushels of seed stock. I&nall potatoes are equally as good ft&d will furnish a greater number of plants per given quantity than will Ae larger roots, therefore, planters ftre advised to use the smaller potatoes." I TO THE SOLDIERS AT HOME. ! \ The two most important things I you can do just now to help win j the war: * ' Plant a Home Garden. Prepare to plant sweet potatoes. iThe Value Of The Dollar. J The importance of raising^ foodstuffs at home can not perhaps be | better accentuated than by quoting figures prepared by Mr. Arthur L. Lee for the New York Times. The dollar on the day the war broke out as com-11 pared with the dollar of today in purchasing capacity Shows just a little sore than fifty-six per cent of its .lvalue at that time. This means that jfhe dollar the farmer derives from feis crop buys for him just fifty-six 1 cents worth of corn, bacon, flour or food-stuffs as compared with the same 'doliar that he would have had in 1914. j I Aside from the patriotic duty of helping to raise food crops at home, jfrom a purely selfish standpoint the I man who can raise food-stuffs at home ought to realize that his dollar has a " purchasing capacity today of only! j fifty-six cents as compared with the ^ 'same dollar of 1914. Mr. Lee in his l*rticle gives these graphic diagrams j Indicating the reduced value of the dollar. This applies ?s fully to everything that is bought as it does to food fhe diagrams of the dollar's real purchasing capacity are presented by the Food Conservator as he is convinced they stress an important phase of the campaign for more food. !| ( :U!M V-/ 1>I unnui.li PLANTING. J The Chairman of Food Ccrserva- 1 tlon. at Columbia. S. 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