The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, November 08, 1922, Image 7
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Farmers'
November Farm Calendar
Agronomy .
Continue planting of cover
"rnnc anH email orain until work
is finisl e 1.
Sow wheal on fertile well prepared
laud.
Do as much deep plowing as
weather permits on heavy soils
and where no cover crops have
been planted.
Store next yenr's planting seed
io a dry place well protected
from rots and weevils. Fumigate
if necessary.
lertfcnltnre
Prune scuppernong grapes.
Set out strawberry plants and
asparagus roots.
Set peach, apple, pear, grape
gnd other fruits.
Clean up terraces and ditchbanks
about the orchard to destroy
winter quarters of insects
and diseases.
Prepare cold frames for winter
lettuce, radishes, etc.
Set narcissus and other bulbs
early this month.
Dig dahlia and canna roots and
store in a dry place for the winter.
Animal Husbandry
Repair or build comfortable
quarters for all livestock.
* Castrate all boar pigs that are
to be fattened for pork. They
will fatten more rapidly and more
cheaply.
Keep all animals free from lice
They are more comfortable
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Breed sows any time after November
8 for March litters.
Give sows to be bred a ration
supplying plenty of protein to
have them gaining flesh at breed
ing time. This insures a larger
and stronger litter al farrowing
time. ^
As soon as frost kills the velvet
bean vines, pisture the fields
This is. the most profitable
method to harvest velvet beans
for dairy cows
When the silo is opened, see
that all mouldy material is thrown
out before feeding starts to avoid
indigestion and other serious
troubles.
Remember that in feeding
calves milk, the quantity should
not vary suddenly* and that the
milk should be warn and clean
Feed calves milk from a pail
which is sterilized after each
feeding.
Feed the service bulls rather
heavy grain rations (containing
no cottonseed meal) and legume
hay to prepare them for heavy
breeding season.
EntomohHiy
Rush cotton picking and destroy
stalks. Contiuue farm
cleaning to destroy the weevils'
winter quarters.
Plan for the winter sprays for
the orchard, the shade trees, and
hedges.
Winter is the time to spray for
scales; write for info mation.
Get the spray pump in Rood
working order and do not wait
until time to use it.
Pack the bees.
Beware of unscrupulous fruit
tree agents.
Plait diseases
Contract for "certified" Irish
potato seed for next spring's
planting.
Plow under cotton stalks and
' plant a covvr crop to lit Ip control
anthracnose and other disseases.
Get shellac and coal tar or corrosive
sublimate and white lead
paint tocovtrall large cuts made
in pruning.
Destroy diseased garden debris
to decrease the number of diseases
carried over to next year.
Ptnlfry
Take an inventory of your
poultry and keep accurate records
for the ensuing year.
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Section
Tractors on Soothe rn Farms
A canvas, which was made in
the spring of 1921 among 648
tractor owners in Alabama, Georgia,
North and South Carolina,
and Tennessee, all of whom had
bought their tractors new between
March, 1918, and September,
1920, indicates that tractors
can be used profitably on many
southern farms. The results of
the inquiry are given in Farmers
Bulletin 1278, Tractors on Southern
Farms.
I he bulletin is designed to be
of service to southern farmers
who are comtemplating the purchase
ot tractors. The experience
of present owners is summarized
with reference to the
advantages and disadvantages in
their use; the kind, quality, and
quantity of work, as well as
other related information.
A noticeable feature concerning
the farms reporting is their
large size as compared with other
farms in the same state, more
than 90 percent of them being
larger than the average for that
section. The average size of the
684 farms is 290 acres, while the
1920 census gives the average
size of all farms in these states as
about 75 acres. As would be ex
pected, corn and cotton are the
principal crops.
Most of the tractors reported
on_were pulling either two or
three plows. Of the total number,
2 percent were one-plow size,
76 percent were two-plow, 20
percent were three-plow, and 2
percent were four-plow. The
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l>est for their conditions was reported
by till of the owners
Two percent of this number preferred
the one-plow size, 66 percent
the two-plow, 29 percent the
Three plow, and thS}? percent
favored the four-plovr*#4kirgcr
The saving of time arc? labor
made possible by the use of the
tractor was given by nearly half
the owners as their answer to
the question of what they considered
its greatest advantage
Other replies were better work;
relieving the horses of hard labor,
reduction of expenses, and
the best work possible.
l.'rm Gcsslp
F ?t hois vho cooperate don't
wail i. i s'-eir ship to come in;
thej mu ? t11 to meet it.
A ;. o h1 (; rrner looks upon his
land .s a building lot, not as
mini property.
Sei i v ii >7S and buving pork
may i ? ; i itable, but not for
the farm, r .\!io sells the hogs.
Asm i i eight words: Our
cows met', usd then our children
died.
Nearly one-third of the people
gainfully emoloved in agriculture
produce only one filth of the
national income. What's the
answer.
A tip on burning cotton stalks:
An acre ot cotton stalks is worth
$10.00 or $1200 for humus and
fertilizer. .
If one farmer in a community
wants to raise sheep and his^
neighbors want to raise dogs,
how many sheep will be raised?
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rvnoiuer goon eneci 01 doii
weevil damage: The farmer who'
has to cheat the wcevi) to make
cotton will take better care of it
and market it to better advantage.
What is a rural community? A
region of common interests in
u hich people can be brought to
gether into community orgamza
tions to work out their own problems.
A famer dub who buys a scrub
Gets nothing foi his mon.
L t's go inquire for a purebred
sire,
And put our luck in one.
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FACTS
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PUN FOR IMPROVING STOCK
Prograaalva Firm of Butohera In Ohl<
Hit on Novol Scheme to Build
Up Quality.
(friputt by the United atntee D*p?rtm?al
of Agriculture.)
Recognizing that live-stock lrnprov#
uaeut la beneficial to the meat trade ai
wall as to producers of animal*
butchers are becoming Interested Ui
the better-sires Idea. A progressive
firm of butchers lu a small -Ohio dtg
seeks to better the live stock of that
locality by a plan described In the fol<
lowing letter to the United States D?
partment of Agriculture:
"While we have never made a bust'
ness of dealing In purebred live stock,"
says the writer, "we have always encouraged
their use. We try to keep fl
line on well-bred young bulls In out
vicinity, and whenever we buy an animal
for slaughter we use our best efforts
to have him replaced with something
better. We bellevs this plan
will help to build up the quality ol
cattle in the neighborhood, to the advantage
of both ourselves and ths
farmers.
"When we kill an animal that has
an exceptionally good '.dresa' we display
the carcass In our window, giving
on a card the age, live weight, dressed
weight and the percentage of dressed
meat. In this way ws advertise to
producers that they get more live
weight and we get more dressed
weight from well-bred stock than from
inferior stock of the same age. Ws
have demonatrated also the superiority
of veal calves from well-bred parents,
and have shown that they mean mors
to the farmer in dollars and cents
than the other kind."
In commenting on the plan, livestock
specialists In the bureau of anl,'ual
Industry point out that smalltown
butchers are In a position to help
First Cross snorthorn Steer Obtained
by Uelno a Purebred Sire With a
Common Cow.
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In Influencing the quality- 0<f~ TCtura
generatlpnn catfre and hoge 4m|
come to their cutting blocks. The plan
as presented by the Arm of butchers
quoted is In accord with methods at
live-stock Improvement advised by the
department.
ACUTE SHORTAGE OF HORSES
Farmers Experience Difficulty In Ob?
talnlng Animals Required for
Farm Work.
Difficulty is being experienced by
many farmers In obtaining work horaaa
needed. This fact has been made dear
to W. H. Peters, chief of the animal
minuaiiury uiviHion or tne university
of Minnesota, by the number of Inquiries
made by him and members of
his staff as to the available supply of
farm work horses.
"There Isn't any doubt that for the
hist two years the number of colts
raised has been less than the number
of horses that have died," said Professor
Peters. "Is the inevitable result
of this condition already making
itself evident? If this condition le
maintained an acute shortage of work
horses Is hound to result.
"Farmers who have good sound
mares will find it profitable to breed
them. This will he particularly true
If the mares can he mated to a good
sound stallion of desirable draft type.
In communities where such a stallion
Is not available any fanner with a half
dozen or more mares will find It profitable
to purchase and keep such a
horse."
MARKET HOME GROWN FEEDS
Farmer Should Determine Number of
H sad of Cattle to Kaap by
Available Feed.
The number of live stork which
fiirnior feeds on his farm should b#
| determined by the amount of home
Crown Mbds which he hns on hand,
end the price which he can get for
these feeds If sold on the market.
I As n general rule live stock wlU
I market home grown feeds at a profit
If the live stock Is given a square
deal; hut It i? out of the question
to expect scrub stock to be ee
viiuiuitoi uori m ui iocub.
Immunizing Against Cholera.
Whan immunizing hogs against
cholera do not make Injections In the
'ham or .shoulder as this lowers the
value of those portions of the carcass.
Inject serum In the flank or between
the fore legs.
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Oats Not Fattening.
Oats make a very poor food toT
fattening cattle, as they are go bulky
that the nm . ,, nough of
theu- t? pu' on i . amount
of fat.
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are having so many de
Pageland that we have decid
i department of our agency.
proved that boll weevils make
and dry sandy soils of Pagela
t season is the best in years. 1
each week, and call at our
We will be glad to show yoi
have other ofierings not listec
known your wants we can fit
' to sell or exchange real esta
once, as the season is now 01
! N give below a few of our offerii
83 acres, clav land farm three
miles from Pageland, in high
i state of cultivation, good buildings,
good water, good pasture.
> 54 acres, sand hill faim 1 1-2
miles from Pageland, has 400
peach trees, good dwelling and
barns, buildings alone worth
price of the farm, two horse farm
in cultivation.
| 2o9 acres, sand-clay farm, 3 miles
from Pageland, one-half in culti
vation, good pasture, good wa,
ter, three good h< uses and barns,
situated on public highway.
^ 166 acres, sand-cl.iy farm, adjoining
above farm, 100 acres in cultivation,
good pastuers, good
water, three good houses and
barns, located on public highway.
252 acres, clay and gravel land,
heavily timbered, good build
ings, fine bottom land in cultivation,
(located on government
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uiguwuy, six miies uorm 01 rage- >
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mands for small farms near H
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Experience this year has * 8
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nd, and the cotton crop this 8
Watch this list for offerings
office for any information,
i any of this property. We
1 here, and if you will make <
I you up. Any one desiring
ite will do well to see us at
l for making changes. We gj
lgs at this time. |
land, an ideal home for a good I
citizen. I
65 acres, located in good com- I
munitv. three miles fmm Ppotp.
land, two horse farm in cultivation,
red clay soil and very fertile.
We have an attractive price
on this farm.
4 lots, size 25 x 150 feet centrally
located in Paeeland, ideal business
lots, fronting on Pearl
street.
2 Lots, size 25x100 feet fronting
on McGregor street, centrally lo
cated and very desirable.
3 Lots and dwelling 50x150 feet
fronting on Pearl street, a good
house centrally located.
2 Lots and dwelling in- Pageland
fronting on Maple street. New
house and barn, well located.
92 1-2 Acres, good clay land farm
3 miles from Pageland, good
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ouuaings, gooa iwo-norse tarm
in cultivation, good pasture.
and Real Estate Co.,
J. S. WALLACE, Manager.
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lade possible by a broad W
wledge of business and 3
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tangible service that it
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s of confidence, courtesy 3
rsonal service, we invite
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PARKER, President 3
MORGAN, Cashier J
fMOORE, Asst. Cashier. 3
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