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, Home Demons Summary of Months Work?March, .. 1921. v:dumber consultations held 15. ^.Jfiuinber women's meetings held 9. -Attendance 107. Nurabej*. girls' meetings held 11. Attendance 121. Number schools or clubs visited 20. Number cluba?members visited 15. Others not members 2. . Number letters written 57. Circular lefers sent 57. Bulletins sent 95. Number miles traveled:?Rail 94, auto 706. Total 800. ! Name of supervisor or specialist visiting you during month, Miss Bes r sie Harper (District Agent). ANNIE C. CAUGHMAN, County Home Demonstration Ag't. April Meetings. Schedule of home demonstration ' meetings to be held during month of April: April 4.?Office. , April 5.?'Round Hill home demonstration club?Churning. April ?Charter Dak home demonstration club?Churning. '* ;AprfT 7.?Liberty Hill home demonsfratibh club?Churning. * ~:;April 8;?Red Knoll home demon' ' stratiOn- club?^Churning. , ^ April 8.?Red Knoll sewing club? oBwntBi " . _t .... April 9.?Office. ' April 11?-Pine View jcooking club ?Cooking. : t' T .if'' ' * April 12.?Summit home demonstration club?Churning. - April 12.?Summit sewing club? *'*s Sewing. ; April <13.?Pond Branch home dem PRESENTS REASONS FOR LESS ACREAGE / i The State, 31. "If there were no other reasons .. . ,why the cotton acreage should be reduced in 1921, the fact that small crops always bring more dollars and cents than large crops is argument enough," declared Louis I. Guion, well known planter of Lugoff, yesterday. '"V ... "But there are many reasons," continued Mr. Guion. "The dire financial, conditions that' have' overcome us within the last six months have also served to remove or cause to be ^ forgotten the boll weevil. It has been <v^ successfully demonstrated all over the cotton belt that not over eight acres to the plow can be grown success\ fully under boll weevil conditions even where conditions are not favorable for the weevils. Indeed: five nrrPR to the plow has proven year in and year out the safe crop. In 1920 vast territories of Georgia, northwest Florida and Alabama were tempted by 40-cent cotton to exceed the safe acreage under weevil conditions. The result is that the people of those sections are absolutely bankrupt today. I am reliably informed that $1.00 per pound for cotton would not pay the expenses, of thousands of Georgia farmers, and it would take $5v00 a pounds to pay many of them " out. ' ' f Another reason why we should ref duce our acreage is that our present r system of farming is fundamentally j; t? wrong. Too ipany of our farmers ; are farming to make money instead ? * -? of first farming to make a living. A man who- raises all cotton and buys everything he uses to make the cotten is a curse to the South in par C tieular and to the country generally. i* r..Ab former Governor Bickett of North Carolina said,/he ought to be shot at in,r sunrise and denied a Christian burial/ takes the whole proceeds of the iO/ r normal cotton crop to pay our food and fe^dstuffs bill. Why not raise these supplies and less cotton ? "Many men, both farmers and city folk, who have; never seen timothy hay grow will use nothing but timothy ~ hay. It is the patriotic duty of our merchants to encourage the use of our native hay. The freight rates from points from which the bulk of our hay now comes exceeds $17 per ton. If any man can pay $35 to $40 per ton for hay to make even 20 cents cotton he has land too valuable for cotton farming. "Ten-cent cotton means 50 cents per day for the man who works the crop. A 10-cent cotton planter who spends more than 50 cents a day is obliged to owe somebody or steal. ''Can a man work for 30 cents a day and hire people whose pay is $125 to $350 per month to work for ' him? This is exactly what the man does who buys hay, corn, oats, etc., _ from the West. Every railroad man from Chicago to Columbus who handles these products for the fool far mer draws from 10 to 30 times as much pay as the 10-cent cotton man gets. Out cotton acreage and put the surplus acreage in food and feed crops and stop paying the railroads fabulous prices for hauling them." j * * * 1 ~ A ' \ . I tration Column on^tmtion club?Churning. April. 14.?Boiling Springs home demonstration club-?Churning. April 14.?Boiling Springs poultry club?Insects and disease of chicks. April 15?New burg, home demon% I stration club?Churning. April 15.?New burg sewing club? Sewing. ... * April 16.?Office. April 18.?Mack's sewing club? Sewing. April 18.?Mack's gardening club ?Transplanting. 1 *4 O.i I.- (5r<iV(? sscvcinir c-blb ?Sewing. April 20.?Pelion rooking club? Cooking. April 21.?North Edisto poultry club?Insects and disease of chicks. April 22.?Calvary home demonstration club?Churning. | April 23.?Office. April 25.?St. .John's cooking club J ?Cooking. j April 26.*?Providence home dexn- i onstration club?Churning. April 27.?Sharp's Hill cooking i club-?Cooking. April 28.?Red Star poultry club? ! Insects and disease of chicks. April 29.?Sunny South sewing club; ?Sewing. April 30.?Office.' j All ladies who are interested in better butter making and .. especially those who are planning to-enter the County 'better butter contest are. urged to attend at least one of the home demonstration club meetings as 1 scheduled above. ANNIE C. CAUGHMAN, County Demonstration Agent,; j i H i I * . ' ' PRUNE TOMATO PLANTS t I . ! ! Clemson College, April 4.?A thrifty ! tomato plant left to itself will spread j over a space from 4 to 6 feet in di- j i ameter and will produce a peck or i ! more of tomatoes. If staked and pruned it will yield almost the same quantity of fruit, the tomatoes will be larger, cb/iner, better flavored, and superior in every respect, and enough space can be conserved to accommodate several other plants cared for in the same manner, say garden specialists. The staked and pruned plants are easily sprayed, and will continue to produce later in the fall. As a rule, also, the pruned tomatoes will mature earlier. On the scale on which toma t - > toes are grown in the home garden, staling and pruning require little trouble, and will fully repay the effort. I When the plants are to be staked [ thev may be set 2 feet apart each ' way, or e very 18 inches in rows 3 feet j apart. Any substantial stake of suf- . ficiont size to bear the weight of the plants and 4 or 5 feet long is suitable. Sawed strips or laths may be used. A stake is driven about 3 inches from O f ir> _ each plant, wmcn is ucu iu n. a.?. ui- . tervals of 8 to 10 inches or narrow! strips of cloth are used for this, purpose. ? When the plants begin making a vigorous growth, shoots will appear in the little pockets where each, leaf joins the stem. Later the blossoms appear on the opposite side of, the stem, In pruning the plant remove all these side shoots and those, around the base of the plant, being careful not to disturb the. blossom clusters. The shoots, sometimes called suck-, ers. should be pinched off shortly after they appear. The main stem, can be carried to the full height of the stake, then allowed to hang over. By this time six or seven blossom clusters, on which the fruit is developing, should be set cn the stem. Some Objects of Boy's Club Work. Below are eight of the leading ob- j jects of Boy's club work: 1. To enlarge the vision of the boy j and to give him definite purposes at j a very important period in his life. 2. To interest the boy in improved [ agricultural methods at a period i when he can most easily be reached. | 3. To assist in development of the ? spirit of cooperation in the family and j the community. | 4. To dignify the vocation of farm- j ting, to emphasize its possibilities, and! thus encourage the boys to remain on 1 the farm. 5. To emphasize the importance or keeping farm records and accounts, i ?>. To make the boy a demonstra- ' tor of the facts of scientific agriculi ture. 7. To develop leadership, re- , sponsibility and importance of or-1 ganization and cooperation. S. To assist the hov in making! money for himself. Lexington county has a good en- i rollment in corn and pig clubs, and ! i we are Trying to drive the above ! truths home to the members. J. W. SHEALY, I County Agent. I I THE B. W. HA! HA! Everybody has enjoyed the mild winter and early spring. but the roal dealer. And while we have been enjoying the balmy days of the winter, you may be sure that Mr. Boll Weevil has been having a good time himself. Why Mrs. Boll Weevil hasn't, even had to unpack her furs. If atty boll weevils have died of t-old thks winter they must have flown into some cold storage plant by mistake. Mr. Farmer has made an early start ;his season. l?ut Mr. Weevil oht mu liaw io make any start. He has just kept, going front last fall. .\ farmer was telling me about an experience he had the other day. He said he had foolishly decided to plant more cotton than ever this year. He figured that everybody else would lay off of the fleecy staple and he would make a killing. He must have been right, for 102 out of every 100 farmers figured the same way. So, when he had gotten his nicely tilled fields all fixed to plant cotton, and was standing in a fence corner the other day looking over his broad . '( it's and. picturing them all white with about a bale to the acre, he said he heard an exultant laugh behind him. and an old gray headed boll weevil sang out, hat ha! Here's where we eat." And then about a million other boll weevils joined in a rousing "Three cheers for the farmer who feeds us!" And the farmer says about that time he made up his mind that all the goats on his farm didn't walk on four legs and have horns. So he jumped into his car and rode to town and had a heart to heart talk with the county farm demonstration agent and they fixed up a planting program so that il" jthe ooii weevils live on him ihis year they will have to <-hange their diet to peas and peanuts and potatoes and hay and corn and velvet beans, etc., and he hopes that every one of them will die with stomach-ache.?"BILL" in the Edgefield Chronicle. v GETTIXG ~7\X EARLY CROP OF COTTON Clemson College, April 4.?The following practices are advisable in getting an early crop of cotton under boll weevil conditions, says Prof. C. P. Blackwell, agronomist. 1. Thorough preparation of the seed-bed. 2. Application of a fertilizer containing a small amount of readily available ammonia. The fertilizer should be well mixed with the soil before planting, so that seed will not come in direct contact with fertilizer. 3. Planting of only varieties that have proved their worth under boll weevil conditions. The following are recommended: (a) Short staple cotton, on land free from wilt, Cleveland Big Boll; .wilt-infested land, Dixie Triumph; (b) Long staple cotton, Delta Type Webber and Webber 49. 4. Working the cotton well so it is never stunted by weeds. 5. Chopping early and leaving plants close in drill. 6. Thew delinting ol - seed where convenient. Delinting is especially valuable when conditions are unfavorable for seed germination. It hastens germination from two to eight days depending on soil and climatic conditions. * Delinted seed can be more evenly planted, and it requires fewer seed to plant an acre. Below are directions for delinting seed with sulphuric acid. Finest Times Coming. The Walton, Ga., Tribune says that the hard times grouch should consider the story of the man who was really "up against it." "Lis horse went dead and his mule went lame, * i i ten ?vin -\nu ut; HIM inn tun in. ?.i imrLci And a cyclone came on a winter day And blew the house where he lived . away; Then an earthquake came when that was gone And swallowed the ground that the house was on; Then the tax collector. lie came around And charged him up with the hole in the ground." If. CROMER OSWALD STARTS MAY OAKAOK. As will lie seen by the advertising columns of The Disputch-Xevs this week. Mr. H. Cromer Oswald has opened a first class garage for the repair of automobiles at the old stand occupied formerly by Oleve Snelgrove, which is located near the county fair grounds. Mr. Oswald's work is well known to the people of this community, as this is not his first venture in the garage business. He insures satisfaction to his patrons and promises to make his prices in line with the price of cotton. ! rr i:\ty to drink at ordination Washington, March 0.?"When my grandfather was ordained a minister, three barrels of liquor were consumed in celebration of the event." This was the statement of Miss Alice Robertson ol' Oklahoma. Republican member of the house. She was not boasting. She was not even trying to illustrate changes m conditions. She was simply stating ci, I <1C*L WHICH WIUIUUi I>I tiu-min U1MJ h;td suggested itself. .Miss Robertson is not a suffragette, and yet she was the onlv woman ' elected to exalted office in the United States last lall. And she was the only anti-suffragette, who offered. She is not a prohibitionist, although she thinks that the supply of an "Indian should be limited. She was l.orn in what was then Indian territory, and knows the Indians. She was telling of her progenitors when she drifted into a discussion of prohibition. "My father was a minister," said she. ''We lived in Massachusetts. My grandfather was also a minister. Tie lived in Xew York. When he was ordained, the people were so delighted at the honor given him. that they celebrated. Three barrels of whiskey were consumed in the celebration. One of the elders, having had three drinks, was urged to take a fourth. " 'No,' he replied. I have already had three. Wore 1 to take anther, it would he noticed. And some of ihese church people are a little peculiar on the liquor question.' " a t J ?- Ik<vu?ir l, VLlZtO IWWIJCl lOUil AO OL > v: I * IJ KAICA.L member of the house, that it withj all people except the suffragettes and the professional prohibitionists. The suffragettes will have nothing to do with her. The prohibitionists can not understand why she should have told that story about the heavy consumption of liquor on the occasion of her ancestor's elevation to the ministry. At that, her honesty is exceedingly refreshing in this day when her male colleagues tremble at their own shadows. COTTON AS A SURPLUS. xorkville Enquirer. Probably the most profitable cotton crop the south ever raised \vu> the crop of 1918. And until the south learns the lesson of 1918 it can never hope ; make economic headway raising eoi j ton. When America entered the woii. war in the spring of 1917, the fa'in ers of the south were persuaded an. ,' t scared into raising food supplies sut ficient for the needs of the whoh country. The cotton crop of 1918 was raises on the surplus food supplies of 191. and 1918, and the net profits on tha crop included the money that hiu ?>ie\lUUSlJ UCCIi ^ul UL III" t'UUJl try for various kinds of supplies. Also there was a tremendous .saving by reason of enforced economy in the consumption of western wheat, western meat and foreign sugar and other products. This saving mounted up into many millions. Deceived and demoralized by the proiits of 1918 and thinking those profits were derived from cotton alone, in 1919 the farmers neglected food stuffs and devoted their whole attention to cotton. They put into cotton all that they had made the year before, and all they had saved, and on top of that all they could borrow. The 1919 crop brought a good price apparently, but the profit was not really so great as it seemed for the reason that it was not accompanied by the food products and the economy of 1917 and 1918. Then in 1920 came the collapse. | The farmers had put all their resources into the throw of that year and when the bubble was bursted by means oi socauea aenmion, me soum as a whole was thrown back to about where it was in 1916. The lesson of it is merely a confirmation of the experience of a hundred years?that there is no possible hope of the south ever getting anywhere raising cotton except as a surplus. Where a farmer raises all needed supplies, and makes cotton absolutely (lear above all other requirements, he can hope to have the proceeds of that cotton for the payment of past indebntedness and the purchase of such articles as he cannot produce himself. Hut the man who undertakes to raise cotton on credit, either directly or indirectly, is committed to hopeless speculation that has never yet spelled anything hut disaster. It. is not a pleasant situation to con template, but it is the truth. Teacher?"Who was the first man? Tommy?Washington was the first man; he was first in war. first? Teacher?Oh. no! Adam was the first man. Tommy?Well, if you are speaking ' of foreigners. 1 suppose he was. < WHITE KNOLL SCHOOL TO HAVE PICTURE SHOW Patrons of White Knoll school and the citizens of the surrounding community will be glad to know that a moving picture show will be given at the school house Saturday night, April y. Oood pictures will be shown f. i-i rl .n-ui-rKnitir >? Of a gOOd time. The school will receive part of the proceeds of the small admission fee eharped. I NO' I The pond at plant has been I Outing Club. Lexington Elect Co. This/Club /Jl4Q.s commonh/Know pond, iffid fishing the lease to me We, therefore, r to trespass on t 12-] TheR-L BOOKSELLERS, STATIC PRINTERS 1425 MA COLUN A cordial invitation is ex friends to call in and ma ters while in the City. - i ? NEW C I WISH to announc< opened a garage for the at the stand formerly occ NEAR FAI Nothing but first cla: cord with present cotton BRING US Y< BE SURE OF WE need no introdu this community. . Everybc we turn out Oswald' H. CROMER Massaging Shampooing The A LaModi 1310 Main S^r (Up \VK MAKE A SPECIALTY KINDS OF ] Special Skin Treatment Henna Pack MOVING PICTURE SHOW AT CENTER VILLE SCHOOL A moving picture show will be given at 'Centerville school Frida^" night. April X. The show will cort; sist of lirst class pictures, none of which have been shown in this section, and the program will be sure to nrove interesting-. A small ad ^mission will be charged, in the proceeds of which the school will participate. j ' " I "? . ncE I the electric light II leased to' 12-Mile ric Lijfht Power JE H leased the pond H n as Barr's lower : in it is restricted by ^1 imbers of this club. El equest all others not II he property. II Mile Outing Club. H T j i ? \ > * Bryan'Co. ! z >NERS, OFFICE SUPPLIES, \ND BINDERS. IN STREET, IBIA, S. C. fended to all our vexing tun ke our store their headquarPARAGE e to the public that I have repair of all mak? of cars upied by Snelgrov/s garage,' R GROUNDS/ sfe work/id at prices in acjiice^^ 3UR CARS ANDSATISFACTION.' ction to the auto owners of )dy knows the kind of work s Garage OSWALD, Prop. Expert M&rcelle Waving Hair Dressing / e Beauty Parlor, Columbia, S. C. Stairs) / / OF HFNA PACKS AND ALT. 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