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SWEET POTATO BECOMING CASH CROP W. W. Long, director of the extension forces of Clemson College, has called a meeting of potato storage house operators in Columbia the last week in June for a big conference relative to the problems of grading and marketing of sweet potatoes. 1 Farmers in tne lower IlillX Ui vuv state are rapidly turning their attention to the production of sweet potatoes as a cash crop in substitution for cotton in the boll weevil area, and Mr. Long says at least 700 potato storage houses are to be in operation this fall. With the potatoes grown, the next problem are those ofr grading, marketing and advertising the "sugar spuds" as they are being commercially designated. As an evidence of the cooperative spirit spreading among the farmers, the Dixie Produce company has just been formed in Williston, Barnwell county, through which cucumbers, cantaloupes and watermelons will be marketed. A representative of the North America Fruit ex change was at Williston and neipea effect the organization. The entire output of the South Caralina Asparagus Growers' association has been handed through the fruit exT ? Meat' Me C. H. Bosdell and R. chased the F. S. HIL! Main St and will ca Native and Western and Sausage of all ki * i * f i An J _11 rnone ?uz anu mi ui< as soon as possible. P ers early so they will Edd will still be the ' '"j0 the block. ft C. PL BO< PHONE No. 102 j^M + mm change, and the sweet potato crop will be handled also by this organization through its 120 sales offices in every section of the country. Mr. Tenny of the North Amerij can Fruit exchange will be in Cor lumbia next month for the meeting with the potato storage house operators. Speaking of the situation Mr. Long said: "I am particularly interested at this time in the sweet' potato situation in South Carolina. I have just had a conference this morning with I Mr. Tenny, of the North American Fruit exchange, and Henry Johnson, district agent of the extension division, in whose district a large part of the commercial sweet potatoes will be grown this year. Building Many Houses "In selecting cash crops to take the place of cotton, which the weevil will destroy, we naturally turned to sweet potatoes. There will probably be in operation this fall approximately 100 storage houses, j aggregating half million bushels of sweet potatoes .The big problem facing us now is that of the proper harvesting, grading, storing and selling of the 1920 crop. We are entering a new field, and this year we must lay the foundation for future years. South Carolina sweet potatoes are unknown in a commercial way, and if we are to complete !at! Meat! ' y % T. Simpson have puri L Meat Market on N. rry a full line of ; ' Meats, Hams, Bacon nds. ders will be delivered lease phone your ordreach you in time. 'old reliable" around i \ ' >DELL, Mgr. \ Let's set this righ ? - m No man ever smok< 'Setter cigarette tha You'll find Camels un< any cigarette in the w< price because Camel; every feature that a cigarette supreme / Camels expert blend Turkish and choice > tobaccos puts Camels i themselves. Their s: will appeal to you, j you to smoke liberally ing your taste! i Camels leave no unple Iretty aftertaste nor 1 r?ierori=?fKr nHnr I WWW* I You'll prefer Camels bl< 1 kind of tobacco smoke yC Camels ore aold everywhere in acit packages of 20 ctgarettea; or ten cigarettes) in a /flanaine-paper-covt strongly recommend thia carton i office supply o? when you travel. H. J. Reynolds Tobac Winston-Salem, N. - - - . with other sections and enter new markets wem ust put out a standard product and pack which will be its own best advertisement. To do this we must insist upon the most careful harvesting and the most rigid grading. In order to keep from cutting our own throats through competitive selling, we need concerted action on the part of all storage house owners in South Carolina. To bring this about it is my purpose to call a meeting of storage house owners in Columbia during the last week in June. At this meeting we will endeavor to give the best information to be had on the harvesting, grading, storing and sellof sweet potatoes. Our marketing agent, Mr. Harkey, has made quite a study of the situation and will devote a large part of his time this fall to this particular work. "To this meeting I have invited f Mr. Tenny of the North American! Fruit exchange, who has done such splendid wcrk in marketing the asparagus crop of South Carolina. The results obtained In this cooperative work betweeh ' the South I Carolina Asparagus Growers' association and the North American Fruit Exchange may give us a J lead as to the proper method of; procedure in selling our sweet potatoes." Form Produce Exchange Mr. Tenny.has just come from [ Williston, where he had a confer- j 1 ence with officials of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers' association. The North American Fruit Exchange, through its 12CT sales offices, has handled the entire, output of the South Carolina Asparagus Growers' association since its or J ganization five years ago. The I I value of improved v grading is J ' showfc in the fine returns received! this pring. Much Carolina "grass" has sold at $6 and $7 per crate. Mr.. Tenny gives great credit to the excellent grading and packing. The Williston growers are fast learning the value of cooperation and have just formed the Dixie | Produce exchange, which will handle several hundred cars of cucumbers, cantaloupes and watermelons. The new association has employed the North American exchange to handle the sales work, and Mr. Tenny is en route to New York to arrange for a sales" mana| ger, who will go immediately to Williston to sell the vegetables. The Southern States produce exchange, of which Mr. Tenny is also president, handles the advertising; and sales work of "sugar spuds" using the North American exchange I tie t now! ; n Camel! ynf Lj| squalled by / ' wSH ifld at anv ml, llllnfTI < Domestic j | I n a class by 4 moothness L ! and permit .. without tir- If .,JM iasant cigampleasant T HIV' end to either jfl 3d straight! JnUv I mtidcaUy eealed I II | packages (300 I II I I ired carton. We I J ror the horn* or Im yi , i nri| BHD ) ? - ----? I ryhi | H* Ifr There isn't a J soap ip the wo. k Clean Easy. If yt T 1 get the genuine, y r get a substitute t ^ do the work. J | Clean Easy. {? ? Follow directiotiM ^ I* on inaide 'of P' wrapper 1 MEE in all the markets of the country Mr. Tenny is an enthusiast of Sou thern sweet potatoes. Yet he see the problems that face the Sou thern growers in shipping. Mr. Ten ny had the following to say 01 sweet potatoes: . Grading Big Problem. "The problem: of growing and stor ing sweet potatoes can be very easih solved. The big problem, as I see i from my past work, is that of grad ing, advertising and selling th sweets. The per capita consumptio] of sweet potatoes is very small, an< Jersey and Delaware, stock have beei sn the markets of the North anc west for years, and the people u] there know only the dry and meal] sweet potatoes. The Southern indus try has a clearcut problem before i but this problem can be solved 1 gone after. "The first problem is right grad mg.We probably appreciate thi: more than most farmers, as we conn to know the needs of the tradi preety well in selling over 20,00' cars of fruits and vegetables ever? I GEORGIA FARMS FOR SALE \ * 2650 Acres $40 per acr( 700 Acres $50 per acr< 300 Acres $35 per acr< 200 Acres S35 ner acr< ? ~ W T JT 245 Acres $25 per acr< All the above is adjoin ing or near Hazlehurst Ga. E. L. THOMAS, Hazlehurst, Ga. I ? best thi lever sa t'T'HAT'S what ev 1 ing about Clean leine Wash Soap. \ once you try it. Jv ten minutes boiling age wash is clean a You can bet jo\ everywhere are eritf never realized that . ,i\vi ?w oe aone so simpiy a they tried Clean Elaj Here's all that's pe your clothes over t cake of Clean Easy' ' of it into 4/4 gallons it dissolve. Boil tfip and stir with a stk bltie?and the w$o)fi Every garment is cl mother \ rid like Can you imagine 1x1 don't derful help this sbi Ztwm day you put off bujri lsk for is a day of unnecess; Buy, it nowl You^\ self hours of misep and will be happtfv washdays as well as your grocer. ' V i JC janea iv^^sai ^-^lTouisville Food Prod Louisviil ^fctAA^^AAA rfh tftfc A A<HUt '?mmmmm&mm ' r. year. With 500,000 bushels of South ] i- Carolina sweet potatoes graded 1 s right, the next need is an advertising i i- fund. The advertising fund, without j ?BoSiiWlii | PROTECT 1 ;I AGAINS1 * B ' ' 7_ J It is usually the unforseen t jj rain storm approaches dui i S| son; it may bring devastat standing grain in just a fe - j of HAIL. ;fl The Season of HAIL j |? You probably know of son . H or even part of your seasoi iton by the elements, when g in an insurance policy will tection. You probably know of sum dam'age of just one passing man's profits for his entire We can write your HAIL II inal sum in a good substar 3 m is small?the protection is Call us up or drop us a line al|j point to see you. * Si "'l 3|[ CITIZENS INSURAN ' | W. D. WILKtt J ABBEVILLE, SOI SlIlffillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllIBi 9 i ?i I I w! j| I erybody's say- j I '.'m Easy Naptho- * I 'II 'ou'll say it too, 41 1 nd readv. AI * it* Hfe women *1 yM msiastic. They II M washing could J "Jl nd easily until 1H / J 11 ; m cessary-Soak JI I Buy a aM ''Jg and Shave half 2H j of water. Let JH 1 r ten minutes I wBtsi II Pm eian and fresh. . ! ~ }Wm ^what a won- {H > J and bright on 11 I holidays. Ask 4 B ! ' II 1 ] ] ?-4-W-- \^Sj UCTS Co., Incorporated 4 & j e'Ky* 4 H II j ?ood grading and sales work, would >1 be largely lost, but if well done > \ v| neans the solving of the sweet potato problem." | SpHK :|| ifOURSELF* J r loss j *| . that happens when a *ing the growing seaion and ruin to your , B w minutes in the form ' H *'M STORMS Is Here. 1 ie instances where the Eg # "'m i's work from destruci a few dollars invested give you financial proe instances where the ; storm has wiped out a year of Farming. B MSURANCE for a nomitial Company; the cost i great. and we will make it a m [CE& TRUST CO. ? | (SON, Manager: 1 JTH CAROLINA 1