CLEMSON OUTLINES
FARMER PROGRAM
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Certain Proposition to Meet Condi- ^
tions. Gives Timely Advice
Cleanson College, Feb. 26.?The
extension service representing Clem
son college and the United States de
partment of agriculture is advoca
ting this year principles in farming
that have always proved sound even
under the abnormal conditions of
the last six years. The priciples in
brief are as follows:
(1) Soil building through the "usej
, of clover crops, legumes, livestock j
and crop rotations. Economic pro-|
duction is based on large production'
per acre and this means fertile
soils. Economic production is syno
nymous with profitable production.
(2) Living at home/ by filling
barns, corn cribs, smoke houses,
grainaries and pantries with home|
raided products sufficient not only,
for the families of the landlords,1
but also for all tenants and live-!
stock. Many white landlords nowj
practically live at home while buy-j
ing Western foodstuffs for tenants.!
This system should be corrected and'
the entire farm made keif support- j
ing. The attention of farmers is
called to the fact that the increased
freight x rates will add greatly to the
coat of imported foodstuffs this!
year.
To Produce Cheaply
(3) After the above has been
planned, arrangements should be
made for the economic production
of the surplus or money crops.
In conducting farming business
this year it is particularly necessary
to live and produce crops economi
cally. As one county agent has ex
pressed it, "This is a year to patch
up, fix up and go ahead."
Closely associated with economic j
production both for the market and'
for home use, are two important
Hnes of progress which the exten-J
ZflUJi lb ?Ji U4ILUMU|?? 1 IJCSC die*
First, the skillful selection and
use of pure bred seed by communi
ties and counties.
Second, the improvement of live
stock by the use of pure bred sires,
and an increase in number so as to
insure the necessary improved live
stock on each farm to supply the
needs for milk, butter, eggs and
meat and to utilize the feed crops
resulting from a diversified farm
ing program.
Farmers -who are growing any
money crop for the first time are
urged tq plant only experimental
acreages. In planting crops for
home use full acreage should be
planted so as to insure adequate
production even under poor crop
conditions.
Cotton
The situation now existing in the
cotton industry is unlike anything
before. During the war central Eu
rope was not a customer f6r cotton
but production was curtailed so that
notwithstanding that fact, prices
were maintained in keeping with
costs. Cotton growers generally be
lieved that following a cessation of
hostilities Europe would demand a
normal supply of cotton. The fol
lowing figures are quoted from the
iharket report published by the Uni
ted States bureau of markets under
date of January 29, 1921.
Bales. : ^
World's supply of cotton at
close of 1919-20 season
(July 31, 1920) 5,846,000 1
World's production season .
1920-21 19,788,000 0
Estimated world's consump- ,'
tion fors eason 1920-21
vided consumption con- 1
tinues at the rate so far !(
13,136,250 1
Total world's supply for
season 1920-21 25,264,000 *
\ Estimated world's supply ;?
based on> above provision 1
July 31, 1921 r 12,457,750 c
This would be the largest "carry- r
over" ever known, being 4,105,750 s
bales more than the previous record,
which was 8,352,000 bales in the *
season 1914-15. t
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inuring uie periou January i to *
July 31, 1920, the world's consump- c
tion of cotton was 10,366,165 bales.
If consumption is as great for the ii
corresponding period this year there v
will still be left a "carry over" of q
9,866,208 bales on July 31, 1921. c
The genera] economic condition f
of the country makes a marked re- f
duction in the acreage of cotton t]
necessary. Under a safe system of b
farming vgjy few farmers should b
plant more than one-third of their si
total cultivated lands in cotton. This t<
bolds good for normal conditions, t<
VERY SMALL AMOUNT
AVAILABLE IN BILL
Washington, Feb. 26.?Without
the measure as framed by the house
the senate tonight passed the annual
rivers and harbors appropriation
bill, carrying $15,000,000 of new
appropriations and authority for the
expenditure of, $47,000,000 in un
expended balances during the next
fiscal year. The bill allows $2,850,
000 more than carried for the pre
sent year.
Southern senators attacked the
appropriation as too small for the
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neeaeu impruveiucuta auvx ocuaiui
Harrison, Democart, Mississippi,
said he 'almost spurned it," but he
lost on roll call, 44 to 18, when he
attempted to raise the figure to
$33,000,000. Chairman Jones of the
commerce committee, criticizing the
house budget rules said he did not
propose to take any more bills into
"a conference where the senate has
three conferences and the house
435." '
Chairman Jones insisted the mea
sure be sent to the president with
out alteration, and Senator. Reed,
Democrat, Missouri, lost on another
'vote, 16 to 42, trying to make the
appropriations $28,000000. Chair
man Jones announced however, that
he expected another river and har
bors bill would be brought out at
the special session. The present
measure allows the army engineer's
discretion in distributing the' funds
and specifies no localities for ex
penditure.
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YOUR FURS
Don't brush wet furs; let them
dry naturally and shake out when
dry.
Water does not harm furs.
Whipping furs is the best way to
get dirt out.
Never cut a fur with scissors;
use a knife, and on the wrong side,
if you wish to change or mend the
garment.
not merely for emergencies. Every
farmer should study the question of
acreage and should work out some;
system of ..crop rotation suited to his '
soils and needs. County agents can'
be of assistance in recommending
systems of rotation for particular
farms. The following is a three year
system which may be changed in
minor ways to suit particular farms:
First year: Cotton fallowed by a
cover crop such as crimson clover or|
abbruzzi rye. ' '
Second year: Corn with cowpeas
or velvet beans.
Third year: Small grains folowed1
with cowpeas, soy beans, peanuts,
etc. j
Sweet Potatoes
It is the opinion of the extension
service that sweet potatoes as a crop
for home consumption and in a con-!
servative way as a cash crop, should,
be included in ' the program for
1921. The South Carolina Sweet Po
tato Growers' association now has
an efficient system of marketing
sweet potatoes in effect in this
state, and the demand for 1921 now
appears to 'be good.
Land left idle on account of de
ceased cottpn acreage should be
planted largely to corn. It is one of
;he safest crops which can be grown
n South Carolina. The new freight
ate from the corn 'belt to South
Carolina makes the price of import
;d corn in this state higher than in |
my other producing section.
While the very low price of pea- ,
luts for the past year has been very
liscouraging to the grower it should
je remembered that this price is due
:o the heavy importation of vege
,able oils from China and Japan, .
md that even this decrease in price
s not in as great proportion as the .
lecljne in the price of cotton. Pea- ,
luts still deserve conservative con
^deration in the 1921 program. \ j
Where farmers have not been able ^
a nnf In a nrnn rvf note -Jf ic cfill
ime to plant on good land with a j
easonable chance of making a fair
rop. ! 2
Tobacco growers in this state have i
n the past grown this crop with a $
iew of securing the largest possible j
uantity. In view of the surplus of (
heap grades of tobacco not only <j
rom the fields of this country but 1
rom other countries, it is essential r
hat to plant only such lands in to- t
acco as are known to produce to- 1
acco of good quantity and use only
uch fertilizers as are known to tend t
award the production of high grade g
abacco. r
A WAMPUS?"SEEN
HITS TRACKS"
York, Feb. 28.?There's a var
mint or a giggoutis or snaligaster or
something loose up In this part of
the country.
It's a fact!
The thing has been running at
large in York County South Caro
lina and Gaston and Mecklenberg
"??" !?? in MnrfVi flflrnliriA. for sev
era] weeks now. The local papers in
the three counties are full of it." No
body is able to get sight of it; but
tracks are reported almost every
day and it makes the most mournful
doleful cries and calls.
Several score hunters of Provi
dence township in Mecklenberg
County, N. C., together with many
dogs spent a day in the woods and
fields after it recently. But they
couldn't locate the varmint.
Some say it is a coyote, formerly
held in captivity by Crown Wilson,
a Gastonia, N. C., man and which
escaped. Others say that it is a tiger
that escaped from a carnival. Oth
ers say a bear, a panther, a wild cat,
| a puma?everybody is sure it ' is
something else.
Oscar Allison, rural letter carrier
on York, No. 2, heard something af
ter his chickens one night recently.
He could see the outline of a big
body m tne moonngnt. ne cracKea
twice with his gat; but the thing
grabbed a chicken and made off.
The following morning, four poo
dle pups and two hounds were found
dead at the home of Bob Burriss, ne
gro, living nearby. Rather the re
mains of the pups were found.
The mother of the poddies had
fought the strange varmint and she
j was so badly bitten in the fight that
| she died. All around the place
; tracks described as big as those of
j a "mule" were found.
The same day there were all
j kinds of tracks in tne vicinity of
| Crowder's,. creek, a dozen miles
away.
Word comes away over from in
i Monroe, N. C., that the varmint has
1 been over there. They believe it is
i they have heard it. A country cor
respendent writng^to a Monroe, N. |
C., newspaper says that "twenty lit- j.
je negroes ana mis correspunucut (
hope that the thjng will keep a-go- 1
ing." -
Jas. W. Atkins, managing editor i
of the Gastonia, N. C., Gazette, is
pretty sure that the marauder is a
coyote shipped to that city from
Texas i>y Crown Wilson formerly
proprietor of the Armington Hotel
in that city. Mr. Wflson kept the
coyote chained in the back yard of
his hostelry for a while; Tjpt it broke
its chain and escaped.
News of the prowling of the
atrange marauder has put a quietus
on 'possum hunting throughout the
three counties.
"I'se lettin' the possums strictly
erlone until dat wampus am taken,1"
says Allen White, best known color
ed possum hunter in the county.
"Dat's what it is, boss," says |
Allen, "hits er wampus?ah done
seen hits' tracks."
M'CUMBER ESTIMATES
GIVES BIG FIGURES
Washington, Mar. 1.?Adjusted
compensation for former service
men as proposed in the amended
house bill formally presented today
to the senate will cost between $1,
500,000,000 and $5,250,000,000.
Senator MoCumber, Republican,
North Dakota, who has charge of
the measure estimated in his report
to the senate.
Senator McCumber said the in
terest on war loans to the allies
would "more than take care of the
obligations created by the bill and
without any increase in taxes." He
expressed the hope that the bill
tnigh be passed at this session but
said postponement would not be im
portant as the plans of compensa
tion proposed would not become ef
fective until Januat-y 1, 1923. .
Senator Jones of New Mexico,
Democratic member of the finance
committee, tonight introduced three
imendments to the bill and urged
ts .immediate passage as an "emer
gency measure." His amendment
proposed appropriations of $25,
)00,000 for vocational training and
>100,000,000 for home and farm
ands. He also offered an amend
nent authorizing service men to
ake up stock grazing homesteads of
,280 acres.
Senator Jones later gave notice
hat he would endeavor tomorrow to
;et the bill before the senate by dis
ilacing all other business.
KENTUCKY LAWS ON
WAREHOUSE L1UQOR
ARE HELD INVALID
I
Washington, Feb. 28.?Kentucky
laws levying a special tax on liquors
withdrawn from bonded warehouses
were held invalid today by the1
i
supreme court. Several millions of
dollars in taxes already collected by
the state were involved.
The court sustained lower courts'
which had granted an injunction toj
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tuc x\cutuv;^ JL/idLiiici ica aiiu tt ai c
house Company and the J. and A. j
Fribert Company preventing inter- \
ference by the state authorities to!
withdrawals of liquor in which the'
special tax had not 'been paid.
The supreme court upheld decree?
of the federal district court for the!
eastern Kentucky district that the
law under which the taxes were col- j
lected violated both the state and i
federal constitutions.
The state argued that there was
no competition in the liquor business j
now and that the tax therefore
could not be considered confisca
I
tory.
UNABLE TO SHUT MOUTH;
MAN SUES FOR DAMAGES
Atlanta, Mar. 1.?In fierce coun
ty, according to information re
ceived here from Blackshear, a man
is pressing a damage suit against
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Company on the novel ground that
he has been so injured by the rail
road that he is unable to shut his
mouth.
The case, which is for $30,000,
filed <by R. R. Arnold, ntifcfed Atlantn
lawyer chai-ges that while George
W. Waters was crossing the railroad
tracks in his automobile, he was
struck by a passing train, his auto- j
mobile completely demolished and
Vnc urtc cn nnmnlpfplv
I
in" by the accident, that his upper!
and lower jaws, will never again ]
meet, and therefore, he cannot close
his mouth so as to bite 'or chew any
solid food. He sets up the claim that
not only is his iface permanently dis-j
figured, but he is completely de
prived of any use whatever of his
teeth because the jawbones are so:
displaced the teeth can not be made
bo come together at any point.
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PARK
THE VALUE OF EDUCATION
From the Indianapolis News.
Figures presented by an Indian-'
apolis bank show that of five million'
children with no schoolip^, thirty-one
attain distinction. Of thirty- three
million with elementary schooling the
number to gain distinction is 808.
Two million, with a high school edu
cation, show distinction gained by
1,245. Out of one million who go
through college, 5,768 become dis
tinguished in some walk of life.
Less than 1 per cent of the men in
America are college bred, yet this
small percentage has furnished 55 per
cent of the American presidents, 54!
per cent of th$ vice-presidents, 62 per'
cent of the secretaries of state, 50 per
cent of the secretaries of the treasury1
62 per cent of the attorneys general,
47 per cent of the speakers of the
house and 69 per cent of the supreme
court justices.
With a college education the child
has one chance in 173, with a high
school education one chance in 1,606
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with elementary schooling alone one
chance in 40,841 and with'no school
ing one chance in 161,290.
The bank's object in preentinff
such statistics is to create new busi
ness. It seeks parents who are will
ing to start an educational account
for their children, arguing that unless
there is systematic saving no fund
will be available ft>r higher education
when the time comes for it.
The bank might have shown by its
own figures that the educated man,
being more successful than his fellows
has money to deposit in banking in
Ft tutions. The further down in the
educat'onal scale the less likelihood
there is of finding thrift or money
with which to open banks accounts.
To one college failure there are thou
sands of those who had no oppor
tunity to make a fair fight for success.
Education is not an experiment; it is
an investment that nearly always
pays big dividends.
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