Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Optimism Supplants Pe ss im: There has been a marvelous cha in the atmosphere of the bush world during the past few weeks, first of August came in with ev< body dejected, with a poor outl for a crop and price. Now everytr. is changed. Despite the recent sit in cotton the price is now aln twice as much as it was abou month ago. Despite the further fact that cotton crop in this section is worst failure in the .history.of E? ern Georgia and Western South Ga lina, there is a great deal of o; mism, of confidence in this secti There are certain conditions that true and that will naturally stir late business, aside from a large c ton cr^p at a good price. In the fi place there is a large carry over ? though many farmers had to sa< fice their cotton, still many oth held on and ?re getting the beni of the better prices. Then, too, 1 cotton mills are running full ti and, with the, indications of big ders ahead for many months to cor there will be hundreds of thousai paid out in wages. There will be an immense arnot of construction activity in this cinity this fall and winter which \s mean hundreds of thousands of d lars paid out for material and wag' The little cotton that is being rais is expected to bring about $100 p "bale or better and while this will n begin to pay the cost of raising still there are lots of peas and co and potatoes-and sugar cane beii raised and the farmers are living home more than ever before and re year there will be less goods in tl way of provisions bought from tl West than in the history of thip se tion of the South. So much for loc conditions. As for general conditions in ' tl South the Manufacturers' Reco] points our that the recent rise in tl price of cotton will make the carr; over in cotton and this year's ere worth $500,000,000 more than a fe weeks ago. The Record has this to say: "In the last 60 days the advanc in cotton has made the new crop an the carry-over worth nearly $500 000,000 more than they would hav "been worth at the prices then prevai ing. Moreover, the gambling beai were bent on beating prices still lov ' er, but fortunately they have bee -caught in their own trap and are bc ing gloriously punished. "This $500,000,000 ?means 'i change difficult to exaggerate it. 1 will wonderfully affect the whole at mosphere of the South's business an agricultural interests; it will sav many a man and many a busines from bankruptcy; it will revive trade it will nourish every industry witl new life blood; it will quicken th hopes af the disheartened; it will pu new courage into all the people; i . will show the tremendous blunde; committed when the former adminis tration curtailed the credit and killet the War Finance Corporation, ant it will prove the power for good ol the freer credit and the re-establish ment of the War Finance Corpora tion by the present administration "This advance will also show tht wisdom of reduced cotton acreage with an increase in food stuff produc tion. In this lesson the South should find the road to permanent prosper ity, greater than it has ever known, "If the South will, now and for ever, be independennt and rich, let it curtail its cotton acreage heavily for all time to come and intensify the acreage it does cultivate in order to reduce the cost of production and then concentrate on foodstuffs for itself and for the country. Then home-made fertilizers will enrich its soils, grains, grasses and cattle and hogs will diversify its agriculture, enlarge the horizon of its farmers and add enormously to their prosperity. Never was there a better object les son than the present. "If the South had raised 12,000, 000 bales of cotton, the price would probably have gone to 6 cents a pound ; but with a crop of only about 7,000,000 bales the price has gone to more than three times that figure and many a farmer will now live who at 6 cents would have been hopeless ly bankrupt and in poverty for years to come. A crop of 12,000,000 bales with a carry over of, say 8,000,000 bales, at 6 cents would have been worth only $600,000,000 which would have meant bankruptcy for the en tire cotton-growing interests. A 7, 000,000 ibale crop and a carry-over of 8,000,000 bales at even 18 cents a pound-and it should go higher would be worth $1,350,000,000. "Let the South reverently thank God for this increased wealth, take courage and go forward with new f zeal and energy."-Augusta Chron icle. The Significance of a Small Cotton Crop. The Government estimate of a crop of less than 2,000,000 bales of cotton in Texas and only slightly in excess of 7,000,000 for the nation stampeded the cotton bears and sent princes to new high levels for the season. Many farmers have already sold cotton for 16 to 18 cents, where as a few weeks prior they did not ex pect to receive 10 cents per pound. The significance of a small cotton crop in the South is not fully"appre ciated by business men in the North. A reduction of 5,000,000 bales, or nearly 50 per cent from the normal crop is construed as a disaster by those who are inclined to look at quantity instead of price as a busi ness barometer. The grower of cot ton and those directly interested in cotton are not to pessimistic. Let us consider results in dollars and cents: It is generally conceded that a 12,000,000-,bale crop added to the large holdover would have congested the market and sent prices below the average of 8 cents per pound. At 8 cents per pound a 12,000,000-bale cotton crop would be worth $480, 000,000. While the market may fluc tuate more or less, no one looks for a permanent decline materially be low 18 cents for the present crop ol 7,000,000 bales. Seven million bales of cotton at 18 cents per pound makes the crop worth $630,000,000, or $150,000,000 more than a 12, 000,000 bale crop would probably sell for. In addition ,there ar? several million bales of cotton held over from the 1920 crop v/hich will be sold for the advanced price which is due entirely to the low condition of the 1921 crop, all of which will add many millions to the sum total. The South, as a whole, is far bet ter off financiallywith a 7,000,000 bale crop at this time than it would be with a crop twice as large.-Farm and Ranch. Farming With Heads Down. A farmer whose name you have seen and heard mf?ny times said to . me the other day: "We farm too much with our heads to close to the ground we can't see what is going on. It is just like put ting a dime in front of your eye to hide. the dollar. We have no vision, we are so close to the ground. Neigh bor Blank down the road half a mile from my farm literally drove his two boys from the farm because he con tinually lamented the fate of farmers, the 'most down-trodden class of peo ple,' as he put it so often. One of the boys told me he was going to learn something that had a future. For one, I agree with what this man said. Even the farm papers-not all of them, but a great many of them-have taken upon themselves the task of pointing out what a hard lot farmers have; that farmers have never had a decent return on the money invested in their farms; that farming requires long hours and hard work; that farm women are over worked, etc. Not much evangelism in that kind of preaching. Would a preacher win converts if he continually held out the privations of his followers? Veiw few farmers become millionaires, to be sure, but have you seen any bank rupt faimiers? Farmers do work long hours, but they could work shorter hours with their hands and longer ones with their heads. Farm women do work hard, but not so hard as they used to. If we want to interest the young folk in farming, let us paint a beau tiful picture, instead of an ugly one. Let's not farm with heads down. Can you think of any industry in which there has been as much progress in the last fifty years as in farming? Farm and Ranch. Does South Carolina Need An Epileptic Colony? The frequent occurrence of epi leptic cases in South Carolina is not generally known. Information in the hands of the State Board of Public Welfare sho ws that there are 61 cases actually on record at the pres ent time who need colony care. No general survey has been undertaken: therefore the conjecture. These 61 cases include those now cared for at the South Carolina State Hospital and those on file with the physiolo gist of the State Board. Our sister state of North Carolina cares for her epileptic in a colony under thc di rection of the State Hospital. The Biennial Report of the State Board of Charities and Public Welfare for 1919 1921 shows 290 cases cared for in the South Carolina State Hospital and a colony. To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliaMe Ok PORTER'S ANTISEPTIC HEALING OIL, a sui ?ical dressing; that relieves pain and heals at :V sun? time. Not a liniment 25c. 50c. Si.OG. Not nil the tragedies ure in Shake speare. They are revolting in Russia again -or yet. Civilization has too much unfinished business on its hands. What business needs is not the lld on, but the brakes off. . Mexico is enjoying peace-at least Mexico is having peace. America has decided to wind up the watch on the Rhine. Europe is willing to do anything with Its debts except pay them. The modern young man's Idea of roughing it is rolling his own. Spring onions are" wonderful, but not for promoting friendships. . Presumably the woman with bobbed hair tried everything else first. No man ever yet was "vamped" with out his full knowledge and consent There are no more excess profite, but a profiteer ls always an excess. The standards of the next generation are being formed by the present one. What has become of the o. f. little girl who put on long skirts and played house. Hitch your wagon to "a star; but If the star proves to be a comet, cut Hie traces. The one thing cheaper than human life ls the demagogue's talk about its cheapness. Seems like good old times, to meet a man now and then, again, with egg on his vest. Too many pedestrians don't care how badly they mess up an automo bile radiator. Imagination will do a lot for a man sometimes, but It will not help him to pay his bills. Every boy permitted to be raised on the streets Is a potential law-breaker ?n after years. It seems to be much easier for many people to attend to anybody's business but their own. This would be a better world li everybody would take a five-year ^holi day from gossip. "Apartment life destroys the old home ideals," says a clergyman^ who wants to deflat It Hard hats for men are going- out of fashion, but the heads continue as adamantine as ever. The captain of the ship that sunk a United States gunboat may be an advocate of disarmament. "When a man ls drilling for drinking water lt must be annoying to run into a great deposit of petroleum. Arrival of American coal In London has caused alarm-and no wonder, If its the same price over there. Tt is refreshing to see a woman of thirty who doesn't have to lift the pl ano in order to?work up a blush. It is probable that the women will continue tn wear their overshoes through next summer, only buttoned. There arc 0,211,205 motor cars in the United States and a shortage ot 1,500,000 homes. A luxurious people. Nearly nil men pursue happiness. Hero and there is one, the amazing fa vorites of fortune, whom happiness pur sues. The reduction In living cost has some way to go before the pre-war price iags can again be brought into service. A squlrtless srnpe fruit is nil rlprht if lt ls not declared unconstitutional as destructive of breakfast table com petition. If you are fond of working out puz zles, lhere is the modem buckwheat pancake. The object Is to lind the buckwheat. The French are reported using pars ley as a substitute for absinthe. An-' other Ingredient for home brew ex perimenters? If the United States should take Great Britain's West India islands Ja maica would have to produce less gir and more ginger. Spring poetry of the cold in the head variety ls due with the words muted on the wrong letters instead of on th? m's and n's only. Speaking about optimism, an educa tor says the solution of the "American ization problem" is through the nu trition clinic and school lunch. "Now that Wrangel's effort hat failed, it will do no harm to tell the ruth about It," is the amazing con >ssirni of a Paris correspondent. So, hat's the kind ?t Russian now? ira LIVE STOCK DEPLETION OF RANGE GRASS Injury Caused by Premature Grazing and Lack of Utilization of Forage Crop. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Hange depletion is due in a large measure to premature grazing and to lack of uniform utilization of the for age crop, Investigations now being car ried on at tbe Great Basin experiment station by grazing specialists in the forest service of the~United States De partment of Agriculture show. These experiments, which have been con ducted over ia four-year.period, have been for the purpose of ascertaining Just how certain range bunch grasses are affected by different systems of grazing. It was found that the yield of violet wheat grass when removed by cutting once in a season, at the time the seed crop matured, was four and two tenths times as large as when It was removed four times in a season and three and eight-tenths times as large as when herbage was removed twice In the season. Native brome grass, on the other hand, yielded six times as much when, harvested twice during the season, but the yield from one cutting was three and three -tenths times as much as when it was removed four times. This means In range revegetatlon that the grass native there must be taken Into consideration and a system of grazing used that ls suitable to it. The experiments also showed the striking difference In water content In herbage as the seaso> advances. In the leafage of the vip' w*eat grass harvested once In a seas ?st before seed maturity, the wate ' ? t aver aged 41 per cent P' twice, late In the season, cd J aver age moisture content or ?l y sr cent, while plants cropped four times In a season contained an average of 79 per cent of water. Early In the spring the young leafage may contain as much as 85 per cent of water. This Part of a Big Herd of Hereford Steers on a Texas Ranch. ls sometimes the cause of many live stock losses In the early spring. The green feed is sparse and contains so small an amount of food substance that it Is necessary for an animal to travel great distances to gather dally approximately 85 pounds of succulent leafage, which ls an equivalent to 16 pounds of dry hay. When the difference in yield and nu tritive value of the forage, in favor of the less-frequently grazed areas, ls taken into account, lt is clear that fre quent cropping is an extravagant and wasteful practice. Furthermore, about 85 per cent of a bunch-grass cover harvested four times in a season is killed out at the end of the third year, thus subjecting thc soil to vary ing degrees of depletion through erosion. PUREBRED CATTLE PAY BEST North Carolina Breeder Find? lt Wise Plan to Use Best Animals for Production. "Animals that will grow when well fed are the ones that help the bank account. I have a small dairy, and I find It pays to get the best animals for breeding or production. I am very glad to see the United States Depart ment of Agriculture help the fanners and stockmen to weed out the runts, and get better sires and have profit able live stock."-Letter to the De partment of Agriculture from a North Carolina Live-Stock Owner. GRAZING IS CHEAPEST FEED Those Who Have Permanent Pastures Should Conserve Them to Best Advantage. Grazing is the cheapest feed for 1) fe stock. Those who have permanent pastures should conserve them hy grnzing only a limited number of ani mals and conserving the grass to the best possible advantage. BEST FEED FOR YOUNG PIGS Little Porkers Should Begin to Eat Grain and Green Feed When Three Weeks of Age. At the age of three weeks the young pigs should begin to eat gra'.n and greea feed. A creep may be provided for them In which ls placed a trough with a little slop or ohelled corn. THE FARMERS BANK OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. 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