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IG UNREAULf.D PROFITS IN MANY FARM WOODLANDS Agriculture America's Greatest Wood Using Industry-Two-Fifths of Country's Forest Area on Farms -Owners Should Supply Home Needs and Market the Surplus The American farmer Is our biggest wood-man--potentially. In the last word-potentially-lies the "rub" of a serious lumber situa tion. Manufacturing industries need lumber; builders are calling loudly for lumber; farmers themselves are hind ered in carrying on their work because of the scarcity of lumber. And yet the farmer might be the most inde pendent of all these interest with re spect to lumber, and could add great ly to the present supply if he would properly develop his woodland re sources. Many farmers, of course, have done this already and are pro fiting by their efforts, but they are in the minority. If all the farm wood lands could be combined they would Yorm one vast forest of 181,000,000 acres. This is approximately two fifths of the entire forest area of the country. East of the Mississippi the farm woodlands cover 46 per cent of all the forests. The farmers have scarcely begun to systematically de veolp and use these timbered lauds, although they consume 46 per cent of all the wood consumed in this coun try. Agriculture is the greatest of our wood-using industries. Establishing yours successful men A Bank Account i increases your ] you to succeed. Firstf Nati* W. C. DAVIS, President. J. T. STUK I STO Iand look ov Ihave to st a our line ne: I come to to I be you are I market ju; i what we h, Sbut would privilege ai aof showing anyway. W a you onlysu ** will give i IPrices and Iways in lin Sus when in I D.M Ba Gireat Opportunity Overlooked. Taken as a whole it is an immense item that agricultural interests are 3verlooking say officials of the Forest Service, U. S. D. A., .who have made a study of the country's forest resour aes. The annual, growth of timber possible 'on farm woodlots has been estimated at 8,500,00,000 board feet f material suitable for lumber staves, boxes, etc., and 114,000,000 cords of ruel' wood. In other words if proper ly cared for the farm woodlands could produce more than the entire quantity )f fuel now consumed by the farmers and 81 per cent of the lumber boxes, barrels, etc., now used by them. Too often the size of the farm wood lot, the material it contains, and its value to the farm are. left entirely to chance. The farmer's problem is to determine what parts of his land are uited to wood rather than other crops and to develop these portions for wood crops just as he would develop land for other crops. The farmer in many of the Lake States and the South is inclined to let his woodland be merely the unimproved land in his holdings. Its soil may or may not be inferior for field crops. In the Central States many woodlands occupy undrained land which comprises some of the best soil in the region. In the Eastern particularly in New England, farm woodlands are heing extended through reversion of hill pastures and the like to forests. In this latter region, and to a more limited extent in the other regions, there is an opportunity to grow commercial crops of timber in elf in the world of nspires confidence., ?restige and helps no! Bank. J. A. WEINBERG, Vice-President. ES, Cashier. P INI *er what we i Low you inl( Kt time you ) wn. It may i not in the ( st now fore1 a~ve for sale, r give us thee, id pleasure s ; you thrui, e willishow I: ch goods as i rou service. * terms al-1 a. Stop with i town. Low-( 30 x 3 Good Fabric, All -W 30 x 3%/ Goot Fabric, Anti-sI G( elatively short periods for such pro lucts as pul1p w'/od, box lumber, tele- t 'hone poles, and railway ties. In nmany communities a cooperat ve 1 oarketing organization of the farmers' s suggested by the U. S. Department f Agriculture a's a practical means of 1 elling woodliand prodlucts. In other nstances individual sales prove more I atisfactory. The farmer who is in-C erested in finding a market for this 'rop should ascertain what prices I he mills and wood working industries n his region will offer. This applies< o sales reqluiring shipment as well as o local sales. It is adlvisable also to I n(quire from neighbors who have re ently disposed of their timber, so as o profit by their experiences. Local imber demandls should not be over ooked, as often local markets will ay better prices than outside mar lets because of the saving in trans )ortation charges. --------- MARKETING CALVES Clemson College, September 27. rhe most economical wvay to market attic undler present marketing con litions is to market the calves, sug rests L. II. Lewis, Extension Agent n Marketing. At prlesenlt, calves ire selling betwveen the following irics,---tops bring 15 S ents; me liums bring 8 to 12 cents ;andl the -o)mmoni bring from 5 to 7 cents. south Carolina produces some of all he classes, b~ut, the principal ones .vill range between 5 to 12 cents. Joodl medium calves will bring 11 rents at present, arnd the market ails for calves wveighing between 50 pounds and 250 pounds. i. (*. alves of that size market best whleni hey are milk-fed and anre fat. Conceding that calves are medium ni (lass ini this state, anl dIthat they vould bring onlq 11 cents, 25(0 >ound calves dlliveredl to the matrke(t *vouldl bring $27.50 gross, or $22.50 .o $25.00 net. This is better than ~arrying them over one year, at vhichi time they will weigh around our hundred and fifty pounds and viii not bring over 6 1-2 cents per >oundl, or a gr'oss return of about. $30.00 with a net of betwoen $25.00 mnd $27.00; for they have been fed luring the winter and there has the risk of losingr some of them. Sunn -ost Milea Tires for ! There is t called bar sensational made tire considerab] Add the tit by frequer fully appar real mileag to very che The popul the 30x3., is based on to deliver < cost and cc If you own Dort or oi go to your Goodyear mileage, va year Double-Cure $3 50 GooC eather Tread ..you iyear Single- Cure 50, casii Lid Tad,*..._ *210 30x )ODM ose they are carried until they arc wo years old, they will then weigli bout 6i1u pounds (on the aveIage) nd will bring about 7 cents per ound, with a net return of not over 37.50 to $40.00 though there has een the risk of two winters and th< ost of high pricedl feed for two win. ers. The conclusion then is thai aif production handled correctly a mec of the best ways to handle th< narketing of eattle, andl is the mosl conomiical to the farmer with grad< a5ttle. 30)DY OF. NEGRO F'OUND) BY GEOXRGIA RO)ADSIDT Americus, Ga., Sept. 26.-Following he shooting of Kinard Griffin promi tent young whtite farmer, late las tight ,the body of his alleged negr< ssailant was found at the roadsid<i even miles away. Pursuers are sup tosed to have shot and killed the ne rio. G;rifrin and a negi o farm hand quar 'eled that night ,aeeording to report *eceived here, and a brother of thn tegro opened fire. Grifini wats brough o a hospital in this city where a bul et was removed from h is spine. Ili s in a serious condition. Names o hte negroes have not been obtained b~ he authorities investigating the case ---o0 SA YS PA CK ERS D)ECEIV E Chiicaigo, Sept. 2G.-P-lackers are de eiving the public in soime of their ad 'ertising, Russell J. Poole, (ha irmai md secretary of the council (if l iving -osts committee, sid ini a statemen oday. Mr. P oole sa id tha t the wvhole mile 1)1ice of bie.t corin- fed wvhi te fat GOOD10k 7HE LASr $EAL.t0 TINS ONLY AT YouiR GfOCEI.S MAWELL HOUSE COFE ge-in Goc maU Cars io economy in buy gains in tires offe ly cheap prices when delivers mileage ,y lower rate of cost. ne and trouble occa it replacements an ent why tire users, s h economy, are not at aply priced tires. Etrity of Goodyear T 0x3%. and 31x4-inc the fact that they ai 3xceptional mileage onsistently do so. aFord,Chevrolet,M :her car taking thes nearest Service Stat Tires-for true Go lue, economy. [year Heavy Tourist Tubes cost no more I kre asked to pay for tubes of less merit - igs when such sure protection is availa 3Y2 size in waserproofbag . cattle was advertised as 28 cenits a pound )y the packers, wlien in reality icvrage buIrhad to ny 491 cents a pound, because could not buy in the enormous quantities necessary to get the lower prices. "The packers advertise that they IHill Plumbing PLUMBING, NerREP NerExpressO :::::u::n:::::n::::::: :::::::::: E Our~ friends are doing rnore "Cr are the "minority" crowers. Two hundred thousan~d Southern "GREEN FLAG" Mctkr 0OI b CROWING OVER." They findc orily atnswers, he drop, the highest Cos' Suppledob the0ollo Gr Compouda Cup Grease Plowden Hardware Co., Man Greelyville Motor' Co., Greel . W. C. Plowden, New Zion, S dyear i ung so red at a well at a sioned dit is eeking tracted ires, of b. sizes, e built at low a xwell, e sizes, ion for odyear hai the pri vhy risk cosdy ble? 5 can sell beef for "8 cents a pound be cause they use every part of the ani ma]." continued the statement, "but the short loin porterhouse euts run as high as 72 cents and many poorer cts are canned and sold for s high as 75 cnts to $1 a pound. and Heating Co. H EATING, AIRS. (lice. Phone 155 NG, S. C. tm:::ttuttuu:::::::::nuu:u: t I aihulmanantoe as w ein theandw r-ca~'w ncuei smting S.O C. tyfitlly S. ntis oC. ls