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THE FARMERS OF THE COUNTY Seem Alive to the Necessity of Getting' Ready for tHe Boll Weevil. J& See What They Say. s> Everybody Seems HopefuI=Nobody Discouraged. ? Mr. J. H. Vandlvor, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: I have seen your advertisement and know you aro right. Tho Boll Weevil is hero and is tho most destructive post we have over had in this coun try. Farmers should sow grain this fall and then plant enough corn next spring to do them, and not any more cotton than they can expect to cul tivate successfully under the Boll Weevil conditions. Unless they do that, somebody is going broke. Very truly yours, .Nelson H. Greene, Anderson, S. C. .Mr. .1. It. Vandiver, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: . Referring to yon: advertisement in the papers will say that I think you are exactly right. Tho farmer must mrke his supplies at home and then what cotton he can. Six acres in wheat, six acres in oats and six acres in corn lo the plow will make enough for the needs of tho farm and somo to sell, and live or six acres in colton to the plow is as much as a man can hope to cultivate success fully under Roll Weevil conditions. Properly handled ho can make a bale to the acre, and that with supplies enough to do him and some to sell. In two or three years, 1 believe, we will all be in a better lix than we have ever been, and in a more Inde pendent condition. Grain should be well fertilized when sown, lt is a mistake to think that we can't make wheat In this country. Cotton should average us a hotter price hereafter than it has ever done. Tho crop we will make this year and tho carry over we have been hearing so much about will both bo used up by this timo next year. Tho demand for American cotton is from 12,500,000 bales to 13.500,000 a year, and I doubt if we "can make that much again. There will be an active de mand for all the cotton that can bb grown, and I can't see anything that will keep down tho price. 'It looks as if there will hardly be enough cotton for all the mills to be kept running all the time, and that being tho case cotton should bring a good price and bo a profitable crop to grow. 1 have used your fertilizer for a number of yoars and intend to con tinue doing so. Yours truly, John C. Pruitt, Anderson, S. C., R. F. D. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen: Referring to your advertisement in the papers, will say that I have never given the Boll Weevil a great deal of thought until yesterday, when 1 went to my farm and bogan to ox amine, and lind that wo have them here in abundance. It is going to damage us hore as it has all othor farmers in countries where lt has been, and we will have to farm ac cordingly, making our supplies at home. If we sow eight acres in oats and wheat and plant flvo acres In corn we will make enough with these crops to supply the needs of the farm and havo some to sell, and then I think we will find that we will bo unable to cultivate properly moro than nine or ten acres in cotton to the plow, and If wo undertake moro than that the Roll Weevil will eat it up, for nine or ten acres is as much as wo can tight tho Boll Weevil on successfully. I am very sure it pays to fertilize grain when lt is sown, and I intend to uso a great deal of it. and. as f have always liked yours, will continue to uso it. Yours truly. R. M. Duckworth, Anderson. S. C., R.F.D. Mr. .1. |{. Vandiver. President. Anderson Phosphate <?. Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: The Poll Weevil is with us and we will have to (bange our method of farming on that account, making our own supplies, sowing four acres in wheat and four acres in oats and planting four or live acres in corn, and not. attempt to cultivate more than five or six acres in cotton to tho plow. On this five or six acres lu cotton wo ought to make a hale to the acre with proper preparation, fer tilizer and cultivation. [ don't think it pays to sow grain without fertil izing it when it ls sown. I don't be lieve the farmers of Anderson county aro going to sit down and let. the Roll Weevil eat up tholr cotton crop and ruin them. I think that they aro too active a sot of men for that. Very truly yours, R. J. Smith, Anderson, S. C., R. No. 2. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : 1 have read your advertisement and am vory suro lt pays to fortlllzo grain when it is sown, and wo all know it pays to fertilizo corn when it is planted. Wo can't do much with cotton unless wo fertilizo lt whon we plant lt. Wo will have to chango our method of farming and sow moro t grain, plant plenty of corn and plant less cotton to the plow Unless we do that wo aro going to get In trou ble Yours truly, W. J. McClure, Anderson, S. C., R. No. 2. Mr. J. R. Vandiver, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: The Roll Weevil is forcing us to make a change in our method of farming. We must sow grain, plant corn and plant less cotton, otherwise wo are going to get into trouble. Yours truly, G. M. Holt, Townville, S. C., R. F. I). Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. (?en t lernen : Your advertisement in tlie daily papers bas interested me. Wc will be compelled to change our method of farming by making our supplies at home, and we should begin by sowing grain this fall, lt pays lo fertilize grain when you sow it. 1 realize that because it makes il abb? to stand the winter better. Seven or eight acres in cotton is as much as we can cultivate successfully under Poll Weevil conditions. Your fertil izer seems to take well in this com munity. Very truly yours, J. L. O. Whitfield, Townville, S. C., R. F. D. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen: I have seen your advertisement, and will say that wo can't make wheat and oats without fertilizer, and if the farmer doesn't make his supplies-wheat, oats and corn-at homo under tho Boll Weevil condi tions, he is going to get In trouble, because bo can only make a limited amount of cotton to tho plow, and if he tries to cultivate too much cotton the Roll Weevil will eat it up. It seems that the Boll Weevil ls tho most destructive pest we have ever had. Yours truly, J. D. Cartee, Townville, S. C., R. No. 2. Mr. J. R. Vandiver, Prosidont, Anderson Phospbato & Oil Co., Andorson, S. C. u Dear Sir: Your advertisement in tho daily papers is on the right lino. We must make our own living at home here after, sowing grain and planting corn and having our own meat. Six acres to the plow will make enough corn, oats and wheat for the needs of the farm, and we will have some to sell. It pays to fertilize wheat and oats when they are sown, as lt enables them to stand the winter bettor. Wo will have to cut down our cotton acreage, plant fewer acres, prepare better and fertilize heavier, plant early and cultivato faster. I also wish to state that your fertilizer is being used in my neighborhood a groat deal and seems to be a favor ite. There is no reason for us to gel alarmed, because in a few years we can be In better fix than we have ever been if we follow some such plan as outlined in your advertisement. Yours truly, J. C. Bolt, Andorson, S. C. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : Your advertisements are right. We should sow grain this fall, and I am satisfied it will pay to fertilize grain with acid phosphate when you sow it. and apply soda in the spring.Then we should plant corn freely next sining. Then lt will not be wise to plant more than eight or nine acres in cotton to the plow, and by putting as much time in preparing this eight or niuo acres as we have been put ting in preparing eighteen acres to the plow, and hy giving this eight or nine acres the same fertilizer as wo have been giving the eighteen acres, planling early and working fast-say twice a week-we can make as much cotton as wo have been making to the plow, and at half the expense. Wo can't buy supplies and have tho Roll Weevil eat up our cotton, and we can't successfully light the Roll Weevil on more than eight or niuo acres of cotton lo the plow Very truly yours, J. s. Fowler, Anderson, s. C. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Andorson, S. C. Gentlemen: We will have to make our supplies nt home hereafter and cultivate less cotton- cultivate it better, plant it early and work faster, and wo aro going to get on about as weil as we have ever done. Thero ls no occa sion for us to be alarmed or feel like we are ruined. Under the now moth od we will have to adopt, we will get along better every year, and will then wonder why we haven't been doing it all the time. Yours truly, J. NT. S. McConnell, Anderson, S. C. Anderson Phospbato & Oil Co., Andorson, S. C. Gentlemen: Your nowspaper advertisement was on tho right lino. We farmers must make our supplies at home, and we must cult?valo fewer acres of cotton to tho plow. You suggest that wo plant flvfl acres in corn, sow five acres in oats and wheat to supply the needs ot the farm. I think that will he ample enough for that purpose. I have made enough oats on two acres of land to feel a mule for a year. When we cultivate fewer acres of cotton to tho plow and give it hotter preparation and heavier fertilization and faster cultivation, we are going to lind that we will get on as well as wo ever did, and will be better off. We can now start this fall by sowing wheat and oats plentifully. Yours truly, Foster JJ. Brown, Anderson, S. C., It. V. D. Mr. J. R. Vandiver, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.. Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: Unless the farmers adopt soi^c such plan as you outlined in the dally papers wo arc going bi oko. The Holl Weevil is very destructivo in my section, and below there lt has cut the cotton crop badly. We can't have tho Doll Weevil eat up our crop and then have our supplies to buy. That will bo a down-hill business, and the man who does it will be going down hill very fast. Five acres in wheat, five acres in oats and flvo acres in corn, and not more than four or live acres in cotton, is a very good way -divide up their crop. We will have heat, oats and corn to soil, and maybe wo can sell enough to make our other crops without borrowing any money. In that way the farmer will be self-sustaining and he will ge*, more prosperous every year. I expect, to adopt that plan, or some such pi.m as that, hereafter. I will cortalnly make my supplies at home tho future. Very truly yours, W. R. Chamblee, Starr, S. C., R. P. D. Mr. J. R. Vandiver, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Andorson, S. C. Dear Slr: We like the advertisements you have boen printing in tho papers. They are timely, and make valuable suggestions. As you say, lt ls abso- ? lutoly necessary to change our plans of farming since the Boll Weevil ts with us and has proven destructive. We must make our supplies at homo, and we can't afford to buy supplies and let the Doll Weevil take our cot ton crop. The way to start is to sow six acres In oats and six acres in wheat this fall, and fertilize, becauso lt pays to fertilize wheat and oats when sown. Then plant six acres to tho plow In corn next spring, and some Ave or six acres in cotton to the plow, lt ls tho experience of those who have fought the Boll Wee vil that five"or six acres is about as much ns they can handlo in cotton, nod even then it ls a persistent fight until tho crop ls gathered. If the ground is properly prepared and the cotton well fertilized with high grade fertilizer, plantod oarly and worked fast-say twice a week-It Is no trouble to do this on live or six acres to the plow. We' ought to be able to make a halo of cotton to the acre and that ls nearly as much as we have been doing under tho old sys tem of farming, and then we will have our own supplies and some to sell, and in a few years wo will bo In a better condition financially than we have been for years. Very truly yours, ,1. M. McLeskey, M. D" Anderson, S. C.. Rt. 1. Mr. .1. R. Vandiver. President, Anderson Phosphate ?fc Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: I have road your advertisement, and we will certainly have to change our method of farming. Thc Poll Weevil has damaged our rotten lo such an extent that we cannot de pend on cotton entirely hereafter. Wo should sow wheat and oats this fall, live acres to the plow, and fer tilize it well when sown, and next spring plant ;'vo acres of corn to tho plow, and in that, way have wheal, oats, corn and meat on our farms. And seven or eight acres will be as much cotton as we can succeed in cultivating under Boll Weevil con ditions. We ought to make a bale to the acre In cotton if we prepare the land well, plant cotton early, fer tilize well and work it fast-say twice a week. A man who does this will come out all right in lils farming if he ls given a reasonable season, and a man who doesn't do this, or some thing like this; will bo hunting trou ble, and will be mighty apt to find lt. Your fertilizer has always given mo satisfaction. Yours truly. R. H. Tilley, Anderson, S. C., R. F. I). Anderson Phosphato & Oil Co., Andorson, S. C. Centlomon: The Boll Weovll has badly dam aged our crop this year. Wo will be unablo to dopond on our cotton horo aftor as much as wo havo boen doing. We should sow grain this fall and fertilize lt plentifully, and then plant from six to seven acres In cotton. Hy doing this we will bo ablo to got on and make possibly moro than wo have been doing. Yours truly, P. O. McCown, Anderson, S. C., lt. No. ;">. Anderson phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : I nope tho farmers will be inter ested in sowing grain this fall-say five acres each to the plow, which should be well fertilized, and thou plant five acres of corn to tho plow noxt spring, and say eight or ten acres in cotton not more than that -because that ls us much as wo can cultivate successfully from now on with the Bo'll Weevil preying on us. lt will pay us to fertilize everything heavily- wheat, oats and cotton. Yours truly, W. H. Ra i ney, Starr, S. C., R No. 2. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : I have read your advertisement in the daily papers, and if we farmers don't adopt some plan like that we aro going to suffer, as the Boll Wee vil will destroy our crop If we un dertake to plant as much cotton as we have been planting. We should not plant over IO per cent as much cotton as we have been planting to the plow, and should plant this early and fertilize heavily and cultivate fast-say every five days-and then wo can make a fair crop of cotton, probably about as much as wo have been making. Wo should sow at least five acres of grain to the plow this fail. Oats can now be sown at any time; wheat as early after the first killing frost as possible. There is no reason for us to got alarmed over the situation. We can make as much money ns we have been making if we farm right. Yours truly, J. E. Rainey, Starr, S. C., R. No. 2. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen: I thdnk tho farmorr. down in this s^iT?h aro going to adopt a plan very similar to the one you adver tised In the papors, for they find lt absolutely necessary, as the Boll Wee vil has provod very destructive this year on cotton. Still, that doesn't mean we will have to knock out. lt we will plant four or five acres lu oats and wheat each to tho plow af ter well fertilizing lt, and then plant five or six acres of corn next spring, and some seven or eight acres In cotton, putting as much fertilizer on this eight or ton acres as wo have been putting on fifteen, we will make about as much cotton as we havo ever made, and will have wheat, oats and corn and meat to sell, and where there ls plenty of corn, usually there is plenty of meat. We don't believe the farmers of Anderson county are going to sit down and let the Boll Weevil ruin them. Very truly yours, G. C. Rai ney, Starr, S. C., R. No. 2. Anderson Phosphate &. Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : Tam afraid that 1 won't makeover *4 per cent as much cotton this year as I made last year, on account of the Boll Weevil, lt has been very destructive. Hereafter 1 expect to plant more corn. Wheat and oats should bo fertilized when sown and corn fertilized when planted. Your fertilizer has always proven satisfac tory to me. I expect to pul as much fertilizer on six or seven acres as I havo been putting on fifteen to eigh teen, and I am hoping to make near ly as much cotton. s. N. Rainey, Starr, S. C., R. No. 2. Mr. J, R. Vandiver, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Dear Sir: I like your advertisement In the papers and expect to adopt some such plan In my farming this fall and next year. 1 will sow wheat*and oats enough to do me, and will fertilize well when I sow, and next stiring I will plant enough corn to do me, and I will plant some six or seven acres in cotton, and I will pul as much fer tilizer and cultivation on the six or seven acres as I havo been putting on sixteen or seventeen, and I ex pect to make Rnout ns much cotton. I nm going to use fertilizer, if any thing, heavier than ever, because 1 can't plant or sow anything without fertilizing lt. It is necessary for us farmers to adopt some such plan tts that to keep us from going hroko. Yours truly, T. D. Dean, Starr, S. C., R. F. D. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen : I was glad to soo your advertise ment tn the papers about the sowing of grain, ns that ls very necessary with us from now on. We should sow enough grain-say five ocros as may bo necessary to do us, and this grain should bo well fertilized when sown, and wo should plant enough corn next spring to do us, ! and thou from six to eight ncros of ! cotton to the plow, according to tho j force we have to light tho Holl Wee vil. Tho Boll Weevil ls hero now and is going to ho very destructive, and we have lo take steps to light lt In telligently, or it is going to get the best of us; but by going at lt right we can make about as much cotton as we have ever made to tho plow, and by having our own supplies we won't have lo buy thom, hut on tho contrary will have corn, wheat and oats to sell. We will probably have about as much money and less need for it. 1 hope we will nil manage our ? farms so we can prosper in spite ol' tho Holl Weevil. Very respectfully, .1. Fred Hean. Starr. S. C.. R. |?\ I). Mr. .1. lt. Vandiver, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Hear Sir: I have been reading your adver tisements and I have been hearing about the Boll Weevil for several years, and supposed, sooner or later, lt would be with US, btu we know it is here now and Ls doing a great deal of damage in the lower part of tho county. We will have tn chango our way of farming by sowing wheat and oats this fall, and fertilizo it well wh >n we sow it, and next, spring plant iori! and as much cotton as we can work successfully under Holl Weevil conditions. The number of acres of cotton we can plant to tho : plow will depend upon tho forco for working that particular crop. Whero there are lots of children, where they ? can pick up the squares as they fall I off and burn them, a larger acreage , In cotton can be cultivated. If you put the same amount of fertilizer on six or sevon acres that, wo have boen putting on sixteen or eighteen, wo j may make nearly as many bales of' cotton to the plow. At any rate, we will have more clear money in pro portion than wo have been having when we get to making our own corn and oats, wheat and moat. Yours truly, W R McGee, i Starr, S. C., R. P. D. Anderson (Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlemen: I 1 have been Interested in your ad- . vertisoments regarding the Holl Weevil. As you suggest, I think we should plant five acres in com next spring and sow at least llvo acres in oats this fall. Oats should be well fertilized when sown, and whero we have a fair force I bolleve wo can plant twelve acres In cotton and work that successfully If we will do our duty and work the cotton fast. The cotton should bo planted early and j well fertilized, so that it will come up growing, and cultivated fast-say j once In every five days. I believe wo can grow cotton successfully in spite | of the Boll Weevil, hut lt will take timo and work to do it, and thoi farm won't be any place for a man who loesn't want to work. It seems to me that cotton should bring a! much better price hereafter than wo' have been averaging. We will mako 1 a short, crop this year, and this year's crop and the carry-over wo have ; been hearing so much about-altho ! 1 never believed wo bad as much carry-over as tho papers stated will be used up by this time noxt year. I : believe there will bo a demand for j all the cotton we can grow every \ year, and bel love it will bo a long time before we have any more carry- ? over such as wo have been hearing about. In I !)20 there was an enormous acreage in cotton, and fertilizer was used extravagantly. The Holl Weevil was over about four-fifths of the cot ton belt. We made a littlo over 13, 000,OOO bales of cotton, lt will bo a long time before we use fertilizer as extravagantly as wo did in 11)20. The Boll Weevil now (covers the whole of tho cotton bell, and I be lieve it will be a long Hmo before wo make 12,000,000 bales of cotton again, and the demand ls now over 12,500,000 to Hl.OOO.OOO bales a year, and the demand will probably grow, so I see no reason why colton should not bring a good price from now 011, and lt seems to nie that the Sim th has a future a good deal brighter than I have ever seen it. Yours truly, J. J. Smith, Starr. S. C., R. P. I). Mr. J. R. Vandiver, President, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. c. Dear Sir: I have been reading your adver tisements, and I have been making my own supplies at home for a good while, and If I hadn't been I would begin hy sowing grain this fall and fertilize it well when I planted lt. Then ? would plant anywhere from six to ten acres in cotton, depending upon cheap labor I had to pick up squares on each crop. Whore thero is plenty of cheap labor (children) we can work over more acres In cot ton than whero cheap labor ls scarce, and f bollevo wo would got on Just as well as wo havo ever done, and maybo better. Wo will havo more money than wo havo boen having and our own supplies besides, and wo may have corn, oats and meal to soil. 1 believe tboro ls a bettor time ahead for tho farmers, Yours truly, J. .Lawrence McGoe, Starr, S. C., lt. F. D. Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Qentlomen : i have been reading your adver tisements In Ibo nunora ?ind like the Idea you vsuggest. Wo will have to sow grain this fall and will have lo fertilizo it when we sow it. 1 would rn thor have live acres of oats, well fertilized, than ten without fertili zer. lt pays me better. Then we should make our own corn. 1 be lieve we aro goinn to get a bolter price for colton Iban we have been averaging, ?ind if we do we can light. Hie Holl Weevil and make cotton in spite of the Poll Weevil, but. we can't plant ?is many acres in cotton ?md cultivate it successfully, bul wo can make about as many bales on fewer acres if we will prepare il belter and fertilize it heavier and work il faster. Tho farmers of Anderson county aro not going to sit and let tho Boll Weevils eat them xi]). They aro too active for that. Inti they will have to begin in time and sow their grain this fall and plant their corn next spring, and plenty of both, and then plant cotton in accordance with the force they have to work ll and fight the Boll Weevil. Personally I feel hopeful of the outlook and seo no reason why farmors .should bo dis couraged if I hoy will go at this thing right. Very truly yours, Willis McGee, Starr, S. C., Et. P. D, Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co., Anderson, S. C. Gentlomon : Tho timo has como when we are forcod to chango our method of far ming, and tho Boll Weevil forces us to do this. Wo should sow oats this fall, and 1 wouldn't sow thom unless I was going to fertilize thom. We should plant, corn next spring, and that of course should bo fertilized, and with good soasons flvo acres in oats and five in corn should bo enough to do us, and we should have some to soil. Then we will havo to cut down acreage In cotton, planting as much in each crop as forco In that crop can work " successfully against tho doll Weevil, but I believe wo can continue to got along all right whore a man looks after lils farm closoly and fertilizes properly. It is out of tho question for us to buy supplies and havo tho Boll Woovll take our cotton crop. Tho Boll Weevil ls boro and will take the cotton crop unless lt is fought vigorously. Wo should by all moans sow oats this fall, and wheat, too, whero land suits lt. I Yours truly, Samuel Bowen, Iva, S. C., It. F, D. Anderson Phosphate & oil Co., Andorson, S. C. (?ontlomon : I have been Interested In your ad vertisement as, to fighting tho Boll Weevil. I told my hands that here after we would havo to make a liv ing at home first and then soo how much cotton we could make. 1 think to sow five acres in wheat and oats this fall and to plant five acres in corn next year to tho plow will give us corn, wheal and oats enough to run the farm, and soino to soil. This wheat and oats should be fertilized well when sown, and corn of course should be well fertilized when plant ed. Some people talk about stunting corn, but I want mine to come up growing, then I will try to keep it growing. I expect to plant from six to eight acres of cotton to the plow, depending upon tho amount of labor going willi each plow, and I expect to pla II t about four acres in polis and some sorghum cane, and I expect to fertilize everything well, and I hope to make about as good crops ?is I have been making. I think we should got a good price for cotton from now on. The abundant carry-over we havo been hearing about, as well as the crop wo are making now, will probably bo used up by this timo next year, and I believe it will be a long limo before we mi ke 12,000,000 bales of cotton .again In the year with tho Boll Weevil covering the entire colton belt. The demand for American cotton, which will proba bly increase, and will take every bale wo can make, and lt may bo that all of the cotton mills can't bo aldo to run all tho time--so I see nothing to prevent us getting a good price for cotton as long ?is tho Boll Weevil ls as prevalent as it is now. It is go ing to be a hard matter to extermi nate the Boll Weevil, as it ls esti mated that a single pair of Boll Wee vils will havo from threo to five mil lion descendants between tho last, frost In the spring and first frost In the fall, lt will be a vory difficult matter to exterminate anything as prolific as that, so lt looks to mo like tho Boll Woovll ls boro to stay. Go About actively fighting tho Boll Woo vll, and wo can koop this damage down to such an extent that wo can farm profitably, as cotton will bring n good prlco. Yours truly, J. N. Mastors, Anderson, S. C., R. I'1. D.