Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 21, 1922, Page Page Three, Image 3
SWEET POTATO INDUSTRY
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It Must be revjloped With Cautioi
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HOW TO GROW ANDHOW TO SAYI
Very Little Difficulty About Raisinf
Fine Crops of Superior Potatoes
But the Question of Marketing li
Quite Serious. r y, .
, Reulizing that dunger to the future
success of the sweet potato industry
in South Carolina may result from n
too rapid expansion along other than
conservative lines, a committee rep resenting
several of those agencies interested
in the proper development of the
inanu.t-v ?,hb -called by Mr. \V. W
L?ong, director of the Extension Service
of Cltmson Agricultural college
to meet in Columbia on March 7, 1922.
Existing conditions were discussed
in detail, and it was decided that a
definite policy for the safe progress o 1
the industry in the state would prove
beneficial both to experienced growers
and to prospective growers.
The committee urges earnest and
careful consideration of the recommendations
shown below, which we^e formulated
with the Idea that the sweet
potato crop can be made a profitable
or money c rop, not supplanting cotton,
but In a measure supplementing it.
In the past, sweet potatoes in South
Carolina have been considered a crop
to be stored largely In earthen banks,
and marketed mainly during the fall
and early winter months. Indications
at present are that the crop may be
profitably divided into two parts:
First: Potatoes grown for early
market, to be sold in July, August and
September.
Second: The main crop, to be stored
in curing houses, and marketed during
the winter and spring months. This
part of the crop is to be considered
lirst in this policy.
Soil selection, Jpure seed free from
disease, preparation of soil, fertilization,
careful fitting and planting and
cultivating are the essentials of success
in the growing of sweet j>otatoes
for both early and late markets.
Soil.
Type - The sweet potato adapts Itself
to a great diversity of soils, but
thrives best on well drained, sandy or
light clay-loam soil with a clay subsoil.
Growers should avoid black soil,
soil thut Is infested with wilt and rootknot,
soil that is in a very high state
of cultivation, and soil that is not well
drained. Regardless of the physical
condition of the soil, this crop must be
rotated each year.
Preparation.?Soil should be thoroughly
abd deeply prepared by turning
to a depth of six or eight inches followed
by cross-disking. Crooked and
irregular roots result from shallow
cultivation of the soil.
Fertilizers.
Kind.?As a rule 8-3-3 is recommencil
for clayey soils and 8-3-6 for the
lighter and poorer soils. However, th^
growers should be governed to a large
extent by local conditions. The use of
stable manure is cautiously recommended,
since if not properly applied
it results in disease. Nitrate of soda
and, sulphate of ammonia if used
should be used with caution.
Amount.?Four hundred to six hundred
pounds per acre of the proper
formula should be used on soils which
produce a bale of cotton "per acre. Six
hundred to twelve hundred pQirnds per
acre should be used on the lighter and
poorer soils.
How Applied.?Fertilizer should be
applied in the drill and mixed well
with the soil- If barnyard manure is
used, it should be applied broadcast
and preferably given to the preceding
crop.
Seed and Plant Growing.
Variety.?Porto Rico and Nancy Hall
are recommended. Growers should
adopt the variety most popular in the
particular community and should grow
one variety exclusively.
Seed Selection.?Healthy, smooth
meaium-HEi-u puimws aiiuum >rc
tallied from reliable sources. It is well
to split the ends of the potato arid examine
for rot and if the ends are
blackened, not to use for seed. All potatoes
with nearly round, sunken black
spots on the surface or with rotten
ends should be thrown out. Grow your
own plants or buy from a reliable
source.
Seed Treatment.?Corrosive sublimate
or formaldehyde (commercial
40 per cent!) is recommend* d with the
following directions for treatment:
1- Dip potatoes for five to eight
minutes in a solution of formaldehyde
(commercial 40 per cent.) made by
diluting one quart in 50 gallons ol
water.
2. Dissolve one ounce of corrosive
sublimate in eight gallons of warm
water and dip the potatoes for ter
minutes. (Use wooden containers)
Handle this solution cautiously as it is
deadly poison.
Bedding?Potatoes should be beddec
on well drained land that is free from
disease. The use of clean sand foi
bedding instead of soil will reduce disease.
Fitting the Soil and Setting the Plant!
Planting.?Beds of medium height
depending uj>on drainage and soil type
are recommended.
Distance.?Rows should be three an*
a half to four feet and plants set ap
proximately 12 to 14 inches in tin
drill, depending on the strength of tin
land- The closer spacing in the dril
tends to give a higher percentage o
marketable potatoes.
Vine cuttings, when planted stiffi
eienily early, are most desirable fo
growing the storage crop.
Cultivation.
To correct the packed condition o
the soil brought about by the trans
planting process, the water furrow
should be narrowed or otherwise stir
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Miss Laura Jaker, who Is suing J
ant, for $50,000. Miss Jaker was inju
Livingston, in which she was ridii
asked where the defendant was lool
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red immediately after the plants are
set.
Frequent shallow cultivation should
be practiced until the vines have covered
the ground. The Orangeburg
sweep or the heel bow and shovel is
very effective in cultivating this crop.
Harvesting and Grading. ,
Harvesting should be before frost to ,
insure successful storage and should
be done with implements giving the ]
least number of cuts and bruises. Po- i
tatoes should be handled not carelessly'or
roughly, but as eggs. One should i
not harvest more potatoes than can be 1
stored on the same day. i
Grading.?Field grading into stand- ]
ard grades is absolutely essential. No. j
l's and 2's should be placed in sepa- /
rate crates in the field, and the different
grades should be segregated in 1
storage house section or room if ncc,- \
essary to store in the same compart- i
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disturbed when the other is removed i
for market. Potatoes should be stored i
and cured in crates in which they Will i
be marketed, later, and tops of all i
crates left off until ready for shipment, i
Storage House.
The committee recommends the government
standard type house designed 1
for crate storage. (Modifications of
this type may or may not be successful).
Farm Storage.?The farm storage
house (500 to 1.000 bushels capacity)
has a distinct place in the development
of the sweet potato industry in taking
care of the farm supply of sweet potatoes.
Commercial Houses.?These houses
exceeding 1,000 bushel capacity and
limited by present needs to 15,000
bushels must be located on a railway
side-track and on well-drained land.
Large commercial houses should he
built in 2.500 to 3,000 bushel units or
rooms. Storage houses may be built'1
with over-size doors in order to permit! i
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crops as hay, grain, tobacco and cot- ,
ton. 1
CratesTho
standard veneer crate twelve by: <
twelve by eighteen and three-quarter j i
inches inside measurements has been! i
adopted by the South Carolina Sweet |
Potato association. j;
Marketing.
The committee fee's that best re- 1
suits will be obtained if the local house
manager controls the marketing of alii
potatoes stored in a commercial house '
for sale. The South Carolina Sweet j
Potato association is recommended to
the local storage house manager as the i
agency through which to sell. It is
i recommended that the South Carolina |
l S'weet Potato association deal directly |
with the managers of the several stor- ^
age houses and that the managers of'
the individual houses deal directly un- ;
der contract with the growers.
Sweet potato storage is 110 longer an
experiment, but a decided success. It
not only saves most of the potatoes
processed, but improves their eating
1 quality. After removal from the stor- j
1 ago liou.se these potatoes can lie trans- j
. ported in good condition for long dis- \
' lances, if necessary. Kxp? rimental {
shipments have been made to London,;
1 England, and to Honolulu, Hawaiian!
1 , Islands.
Green Potatoes.
-I Where climate and soil conditions
j warrant, there is an opportunity toi
5 grow early sweet potatoes for ship- |
, merit green in July and up to August {
, 10. I'.ut it must be remembered that a !
larjje volume 01 early sweet potatoes is
1 shipped I'rom North Carolina and Vir-1
ffinia, common-jinn' about the lirst of
?! August, and that on shipments to the
p eastern markets South Carolina will
1 have to compete with the above men- |
fj tinned seetions in August shipments, i
The majority of markets prefer to
- ! buv trreen sweet potatoes jmckod in
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r standard barrels. The other contain- |
ers are the bushel hamper ami the
standard crate.
f A minimum car is considered to l?o?
- I around COO bushels or ISO barrels The]
s shipper should be certain that he has!
-la carload of potatoes before attempt- '
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when an automobile, driven by
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Frig a carlot shipment.
A Word of Warning.
The sweet potato industry, we believe,
has come to South Carolina to
stay and is destined to fill properly n
part of the gap in our agricultural system.
However, the degree of success
of this crop depends absolutely on the
(juality of the product and its distribution.
The first is altogether in the
hands of the grower, the second is up
to the marketing agency.
In. conclusion, this committee wishes
to sound a word of warning. While we
believe the ultimate outcome of the
sweet potato business will be gratifying.
yet we feel that there is danger of
i rapid development of this Industry on
an unsound basis, which may cause a
tremendous setback to its proper development.
The developed market for
the sweet potato is not unlimited and
x too rapid development of the production
end may overbalance tho demand
and prove a deathblow to the industry
in many localities. We believe that
tin- expansion of the industry along
conservative lines* only (with the ultimate
idea of conserving a larger part
of the crop now produced) instead of
increasing: the acreage, will result in
giving to the farmer a new money crop
and to the consumer a new dependable
nutritious food.
Signed T. Li. Young, Chairman,
Geo. P. Hoffmann,
P. L. Harkey,
L. H. Lewis,
R. Farmer,
S. P. Coker,
G. A. Cardwell,
J. N. McBride.
SYMPATHY FOR STRIKERS
Clark Declares That New England
Mills are Wrong.
David Clark, editor of The Southern
Textile Bulletin of Charlotte, and one
of the host informed students of cotten
mill conditions in tho south, has
just returned from a trip to New EngInnd,
where he sj>ent several days in
the textile strike area studying conditions
at first hand. Mr. Clark's conclusions
from the observations are interesting.
Mr. Clark declares that the walling
and howling of the mill owners of
New England regarding southern
competitions has not won for them
any sympathy. In fact, he declares
public sentiment is solidly against the
mills in this instance, even the
machinery and mill supply men being
inclined to the opinion that the mills
were in wrong. Still, the mills are
evidently determined to fight it out
with the unions even though this fight
requires them to remain quiet during
the entire summer.
Mr. Clark thinks that tho Now England
mills have been justified in "their
statements that they were making no
profits and that they were compelled
to close do wo or reduce wages, but
says this is not the result of any real
difference in the cost of labor in the
north and in the south.
Southern mills have an advantage
in location, in power, in climatic conditions
and in more dependable and
equally efficient labor, he says, add
ii'jr that in most instances', too, southern
mills are more modern, better
equipped and more efficient. This is
contrary to the general impression,
hut it is strikingly true, Mr. Clark
tiles.
'1 In' loss in payrolls as a result of
the strikes amounts to tens of thousands
of dollars a week and of course
r. < rchnnts and other business men in
the strike area r re seriously affected.
Mr. Clark's final conclusions are that
if business conditions do not improve,
Hp \'. w England strike will last for
months. ?>i> the other hand, if business
conditions <h? improve, Iho mill
will in nil probability compromise with
t!:e unions and resume operations.
Mr. <M:i'U thinks that, notwithstanding
the sectional feeling that
lias been engendered in New England
hy the continual howling uf a
huge, number .of the manufacturers
about southern competition, if any
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OPEN TO WOMEN
Justice Ccthran Decides They May
Participate in Club-meetings.
Women of South Carolina may participate
in the Defnocratic club moet|
ingrs and elections this month, acoord
ing to an opinion rendered for the
League of Women Voters Tuesday by
Associate Justice C ithrnn, of the Supreme
court. The opinion wua prepared
for Mrs. C. Y. I learner, chairman
of the legislative Committee of
the league. The opinion of Justice
.Cothran holds that tho women may
sit in the Democratic club meetings,
New England capital is looking for
investment in the textile industry it i
will unquestionably come south;
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I Thfc following' farmers of York County have |
I signed the Cotton Cooperative Marketing Con- ; |
X tract; ,
A J. E. Brandon R A. Bratton
Y Tom Stevenson W. T. Holds
? W. E. Ashe Jas. E. White \ ,
x o. O. Lesslie Mrs. A. A. McKeown
A JD. C. Blanks J. M. Asho
A T. W. Jackson E. C. Lindsay
y R M. Anderson B. M. Sturgis
Y H. Loraine Simrill Jeptha N. Smith
X William C. Held S- E. CUnton i
X W. B. Good c. H. Smith
o Richard A. Cornwell Mrs. W. C- Blggers
Y J. B. Steele T. M. Oates
X W. V, Sturgis E. Alex Crawford > !
X A. P. Ruff c. V. Reld < >
a O. S. Poe, Jr. J. Frank Ashe
A S. II. Fhrls L. S- Branch
Y S. L. Patterson J. V. Williams
? G. D. Pearson W. H. Crook
X L. L. Ware R L. Sturgt*
X J. B- Johnson R A. Barnett
Y J. M. Proctor . J. A. McFadden & Son
Y Steele & Proctor G. J. Allen
Y W. S. Perctval M. L. Williford ] i
X A. L. Neely . . R. E. Cowan 1 i
> R. E. Barron j. Jr. Hoke
Y J. J. Bailee R. M. Bratton
Y J. I* Spratt J. D. Land
X E. P. Barron W. P- Jackson ' >
A H. G. Thomasson C. L. Farls ; ?
> W. T. Oates JT. D. Blanks
Y Joe Shilllnglaw I. L. Oates
Y J. M. Campbell T. P. Reid
i R. Lee Falls Mrs. E. A- Peay
A Clarence Meriette J. W. Simpson j ?
<? R. A. Wilson W. B. Simpson
Jlmmle Williford J. A. Farls
Y VR- T. Fewell Sep Massey )
X W. H. Spencer < H. C. Simpson i \
A S. W. Fergnson H. A. Waters
? J. P. Moore C. P. Sextcn
Y Chas. E. Williamson M- H. Llneberger
J * J. F. Bookout ' , < ;
Y W. L. Hill, Sharon W. T. Howell, Hickory Grove
{ J. R. Blair, Sharon J. D. Whitesidea, Hickory Grove > .
X J. E. Latham, Sharon J. M. Leech, Hickory Grove ft V
o J. H. Saye, Sharon R. M. Love, York
Y J. C- Bankhead, Sharon J. D. Smith, York
Y E. R. Moloney, Sharon D. C. Clark, York
% M. M. Jones, Sharon A. Y- Cart Wright, York \ .
a R. H. Cain, Sharon R. E. McFariand, York 1 *>
& S. L. Love, Sharon N. 8. Black. York .. ,. .
Y s- E- Haffner, Sharon : J. M. Brice^York. ?gi
I is- ri. viuuu, anaron .mrs. j. a. anannun, iwk ,?
fl J. A. Shilllnglaw, Sharon W. B- Keliar, York y
A H. E. Hood, Sharon O. M. Burges.i, Vprk
<?? Hood. Bros., Sharon W. B McGiil, York
y J. C. Kirkpatrick, Sharon B. C. Faulkner, York , r
Y J. R Dupcan, Sharon . R R Love, York <
5* S. T. Ferguson, Sharon C. M. Inraan, York 1 > |
y Lee Mickie, Sharon Jno. Q. Hall, York
W. B- WiJkorson, Hickory Grove D. L. Shleder, York
y V. D. Howell, Hickory Grove B. B. Whitestdes, Smyrna
Y J. R. Cobb, Hickory Grove S. L. Caldwell, Smyrna < ,
5* G. W. Brown Hickory Grove J. N. Quinn, Smyrna J *
X H. W. Brown, Hickory Grove R "t. Castles, Smyrna
J. J. Gitflllan, Hickory Grove J. A. C. Love, Clover
y R- J. Childers, Hickory Grove ,W. H. Stowe, Clover , ,
Wilkerson Bros., Hickory Grove I. C. Grayson, Clover < >.
X BHce Bros., Hickory Grove W. I* Pursley, Filbert
A J. W. H. .Good, Hickory Grove P. II. Montgomery, Filbert
,y S. C. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove R. L. Vinson, Bullock's Creek
* J. S. Wilkerson, Hickory Grove
"> We endorse the principles of Cooperative Market f
ing without hesitation, and a properly managed j;
P Association in this State^ will do more than any X
f other one thing, in our opinion, to put agriculture I
? on a business basis,.as it should be. ! 1
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