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Co-operative Marketing Pays Oklahoma Cotton Grower. Clemson College, July 31.-South Carolina cotton growers will read with interest the story below of the outcome of the co-operative market ing sale of Oklohoma cotton for the 1922 crop. "Oklohoma City-With the distri bution last week of checks totaling more than 1 & million dollars in final settlement with its members by the Oklahoma Cotton growers' Associa tion, there was brought to a success ful close the first session of opera tion of the first state-wide co-opera tive organization ever formed by growers for the orderly marketing of cotton. The final payment brings the total turned over to members to 8. 1-8 million dollars. That amount represents the proceeds from the scale of 91,300 bales of cotton of the 1921 crop handled by the organ ization. ^* . "The average "basis middling" price received is 18 cents a pound. That average is said to be remark able. It was f. o. b. Oklahoma points and was obtained when cotton was selling at ports at prices ranging from 12 to 20 cents a pound. Re ports on association sales in compari son with sales made on the street by non members have shown a gain for the association members of approx imately $6.50 a bale. That also is re markable, it is stated, because of the determined fight by street buyers early in the season on the rising mar ket. In that period buyers paid as much as $10.00 and $15.00 a bale more than the cotton price. That re sulted in a narrower margin between the association's average price paid on the street. Expense Well Below Limit. "The sales and general operating expense has been but 2% per cent of the gross proceeds from the sale of cotton handled, this covering fourteen months. That also includes Ute purchase of much equipment which will not have to be duplicated another year, and heavy expense in cident to building from the ground* vnp machinery to transact an 8-mil lion-dollar business. The amount al lowed under the contract with the members f or such expense is 4 per cent." This Insect Cuts Off Weevil's Head. The weevil aestroying insect nas been discovered in a cotton field of Sherald Smith, a well known and perfectly reliable farmer of Donalds. Mr. Smith says that the insects are rather numerous and are destroying the boll weevils. Wherever the wee vil and other insect are found to gether, the weevil is always minus his head. Whether the weevil des troyer will also be destructive to cotton is not known but Mr. Smith is positive tha-: some weevils are be ing killed by it. The weevil killer is not much lar ger than the weevil itself but appar ently it is more warlike and appears to be always victorious, boldly at tacking the cotton pest in its own boll. The discovery of the new insect has caused excitement in Donalds only equalled by the arrival of the trains during the influx of letters from girls who had heard of the wo manless Eden several months ago when the word went out that Don alds was without a marriageable wo man. Fuel for Next Winter. Warnings are givn that there will be a coal shortage next winter. Any body is obliged to know that there will be who reads the newspapers. Coal was high last winter-very high. We do not know what soft coal was, but this print shop paid $18 a 'ton for five tons of hard coal. Next winter the price may be out of sight and out of reach, and it will be pro portionately high for soft coal. The Observer is no "prophet of evil," but is only stating facts so that the people may have some idea of what is coming and may prepare for it as far as possible; particularly it would impress upon persons who have surplus wood on their farms or premises that they turn it into fire wood. It will pay them to take every chance to get this wood ready for the market, and not wait till the weather gets cold and the roads get bad and the busy harvest season. With the losses in cotton crops that are sure to come from the boll wee vil, farmers will need to avail them selves of every means and opportuni ty to supplement their income from jjome other source. Just now we do not know of any "sideline" that -promises a surer profit than the prep Not More Farmers, But Better Farmers. The American farmer does not lack in ability to produce. Indeed, he is very apt to overproduce in both foods and fibers, much to his own disad vantage. Although proportionately "dereased in numbers, compared to the ratio between producers and con sumers of a decade or two ago by the use of machinery the American far mer has been able to keep just a lit tle ahead of the demand for his prod ucts. He has supplied the home de mand and furnished millions of Eu ropeans and Asiatics with the neces sities of life. In fact, it has been con clusively demonstrated that the for eign customers of the American far !mer are essential in the consumption i of the surplus production. The thought has occurred to many farmers in all sections of the country that they must either retain their for eign market or reduce their produc tion to fit the needs of American con sumers. Should a tariff wall be con structed so high that Europeans can not trade with America, it is a fore gone conclusion that they will be un able to buy agricultural products. In such a case, farmers will find it nec essary to cater to home trade, limit ing production as to quantity but in creasing the quality. The American consumer, taken as a class, has cultivated a taste for the best the market affords. He demands quality first, and because of this fact, the farmer who succeeds in pro ducing above the average quality in any commodity always finds a ready market at above the average price. The demand for quality products marketed in good condition has never weakened even in times of depres sion. It is the vast amount of low grade and inferior products produc ed that keeps prices down and impov erishes the grower. In a political campaign in Texas a few years ago the slogan, "Fewer Laws and Better Laws" became quite popular. The modern farmers' ver sion of that slogan should be: "Few er Farmers and Better Farmers." In periods of unrest in cities the cry goes out: "Back to the Farm." The average city man, and every as sociation organized for the purpose of doing charity work, relieving dis tress, taking care of immigrants, or providing work for the unemployed, has the erroneous notion that any .hndv nsT successfullv farm. There is stock industries require trained men to make them profitable.-Farm and Ranch. For Winter Eggs. Farmers' wives who observe know that winter eggs bring better profits than spring or summer eggs. Prices are always better for winter eggs than for the eggs marketed in the summer. Now is the time to prepare for winter eggs. The pullets hatched very early and young hens must be in laying condition before winter arrives if they are to lay when eggs are highest. Farmer-poultry raisers should begin now to prepare for bet ter profits in eggs production. Green crops are essential for the winter layers. These crops should be planted so they will afford grazing in late summer and early fall. To do this, plantings should be made of suitable crops to come in succession and these should be supplemented with grain such as there may be available on the farm without buy ing expensive mixtures, mashes, etc. Rape is a most suitable crop to plant for chickens. The yield is gen erally heavy on good soil and the crop- is ready to graze in a very few ! weeks after sowing. Wheat or winter I oats may be sown with rape if de sired and the grazing greatly increas ed. For late summer, peas make good chicken grazing. Peas will grow even if the summer is dry and hot, once they germinate and get a start. Hens begin on them soon after they ger minate. Rye, barley, emmer, and winter oats may be planted for the fowls. Something green should be available from late summer till mid-winter so that the fowls will have exercise and green food as well as what is given from the granary.-Farm and Ranch. aration of firewood by persons who are fortunate enough to have wood that can be turned into fuel for the market. What we poor folks living in town are going to do to keep from freez ing the Lord only knows.-Newberry Observer. Bucklen's ?rnica SaBve foe Best Salve lo The World* Some Hens Are Born Loafers. Hens that are born loafers usually begin by July to quit their job of egg laying and start moulting, taking most of the summer and fall to finish the replacement of old feathers with a new coat of plumage. This- is one of the outstanding characteristics of the unprofitable hen, and the poultryman who keeps close watch of his flock may use it to his advantage in culling out the undesirable birds. But this is not the only dependable indication of what may be expected cf the hens' in a flock. There are several things that the wide-awake poultryman looks for at this season. The low producer, having small demand for the yellow coloring matter manufactured by her body, puts it into her legs and back, mak ing them a rich yellow. The busy hen uses the color in touching up the j yolks of eggs and her legs and beak j become pale. These birds with pale legs and beaks may not look so well or so healthy as the others, but they are the ones it pays to keep. In fact, the hen that is most beautiful in summer and fall should always be under suspicion. Other Marks of the Loafer. On closer examination it will be found that the loafer has a scaly and shrunken comb, while the busy hen will have a plump comb of bright red color. The hen that has stopped lay ing will have her pelvic bones consid erably contracted and the distance between the bones of the pelvic arch and the lower end of the keel will be mat?rialy reduced. She should be an early candidate for the kettle. The heavy layer will show no signs of moulting at this season, al though she may have been producing since last fall, but will stick to busi ness until late fall, sometimes round ing out a full year of continuous egg production. This year-round laying not only means more eggs, but also that a higher price is received for them as a large proportion of them are laid in winter, late summer and fall when prices are up. The early moulter lays most of her eggs during the flush season. The hen that can keep up production under the com paratively unfavorable conditions that obtain outside of the natural breeding season has outstanding vig or and stamina. If the only result were to g'?t rid of trip rtrmr hirH? in +V>o weoatit flock. vigor. A convincing dmonstration in this way was made at the United 'States Experiment Farm, Beltsville, Md., in recent investigations. The late moulters, selected from a flock of 100 Rhode Island Reds in the fall of 1920, laid several more eggs per bird during their second year than the original flock as pullets. They were used as breeders the following spring, and the first Red pullets to begin laying in the fall of 1921 were found to be the offspring of these late-moulting hens. Their pullets, in a period of seven months, have ul ready averaged about two dozen eggs more per bird more than the original flock. The value of their product would be about $1.04 per bird more than the value of the eggs from the orignal flock during the same time. It is probable that this large margin will be increased even more in the next five months. In the original flock the bulk of the produc tion was in March and April. The wise poultryman will lose no time in culling out these poor pro ducers of cheap eggs. He will start this summer building the foundation for a flock of long-distance layers. The birds can be selected now and next spring; after a short rest in the winter, their eggs will produce a high percentage of strang, healthy chicks that are almost certain to make better records in flock produc tion. If good sires are selected the improvement will be surprisingly rapid.-Farm and Ranch. Recovers Car In Asheville. A Buick car, stolen from Jack Lott, salesman for the Greenwood Grocery 'Company, a few nights ago in front of the Moreland Apartments was recovered yesterday in Ashe ville. A negro in the car at the time was arrested. The car is alleged to have been stolen by a white man who has9not been identified. Mr. Lott and Deputy Sheriff, W. C. Townsend went to Asheville last night to bring back the car and the prisoner. Greenwood Index Journal. J. S. BYRD Dental Surgeon Office Over Store of Quartet & Timmerman Office Phone No. 3 Residence Phone 87 How The Became Master Tire IN 1903, driving the "999*' racing car, Barney Oldfield started his career of victories that later earned him the title of "Master Driver of The World." To over come the tire weaknesses that made racing difficult and dangerous, he studied tires-specified materials supervised construction Today, Barney Oldfield ls as the "Master Tire Builder." Starting with the crude tires which carried the "999" one mile in sixty seconds, Oldfield gradually der veloped his famous Cords-a set of which covered 500 miles at eighty eight miles an hour without a change. 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