The dispatch-news. [volume] (Lexington, S.C.) 1919-2001, July 13, 1921, PART II 8 PAGES, Image 9
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ipAbLUME NO. 51
W FARM
OTTON FARMERS SI
ON THE
olumbia, July 11.?The reduction
28.4 per cent in the cotton acrethis
year as shown by the govnent
report issued on Friday,
ys the temper of the cotton farin
the opinion of R. C. Hamer,'
ident of the South Carolina Di-j
>n of the American Cotton Asso
on who said yesterday that if the j
lers did not receive a fair profit !
their crop this year there would i
luch more drastic cut in the crop
year.
>ur farmers have served notice
he world that they are tired of
ing cotton at a profit to everyelse
but themselves," said Mr.
er. "They have ,cut the crop
year over 5,000,000 bales and if
does not bring them a fair price
are going to make a much more
ic cut next year. It is my bewm.
ihat unless this year's crop brings
a fair profit this fall that next year
not one-half of a crop will be raised.
Evi" "In the past the throat . of the
Southern farmer to reduce his acreage
has not been taken seriously and
~ A Acc?Aoio_
p- WttCJLi LIlC 21UiClltaa . vvCtvii xx^uviuf*
tion launched its campaign this year
' for a reduction there were many who
Ut smiled and recounted many past efSf
forts along the same line, practically
fe all of which had resulted in failure.
This year, however, a systematic cam^
paign was conducted and the govern??
ment report says that there has been
ET an acreage reduction of 28.4 per cent,
p- Some private reports ]>lace the rep.'
duction at over 30 per cent.
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entire stock
BELOW for
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package or a
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Consisting as fo 1
grits, meal, rice,
cigars, cigaretts, a
t 24 lbs. plain floui
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iRVED NOTICE j
WORLD, SAYS HAIBER
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"It would really seem that the cotton
farmers are profiting by their bit- j
ter experiences of the last year. Not j
only are they decreasing their production
of cotton but they are planning
to market that which they do
grow along the most scientific lines. A
co-operative marketing association is
being formed in each state of the belt.
There will be a working agreement
between them all so that in the future
there will be no rush of cotton
to the market in the fall but instead
the supply will be regulated to meet
the demand. Instead of the farmer
asking the buyer each fall what he
will give him for his cotton, the buyer
will be asking the farmer, represented
b5' the co-operative marketing exchange,
what he will let him have
cotton for."
A GOOD EXAMPLE
OF DIVERSIFICATION
Clemson College, July 11.?"1 have}
i
a farmer who believes so strongly in
diversification that 40-cent cotton did
not change his plans, and he is therefore
in better condition financially'
than many larger farmers who pinned
all their faith to cotton," says
County Agent J. W. McLendon of
Florence. This farmer is J. C. "Wiggins
of Effingham, who is not worrying
at all about boll weevils and who
states that so far as he is concerned
it makes little difference if there were
boll weevils on every square inch in j
the count? I
Mr. Wiggins has sold tobacco as'
.1
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ni cash sale of o
ering, beginnin
of groceries at
CASH. We gui
rticle purchase*
ss goods.
ows: Fine feed, chic
soaps, coffees, can
md other articles in o
r $L10 Sugar
y call your atte
g and correct w
ways been to o!
mteed goods.
Bt&pS
rON, SOUTH CAROLINA, WEI
high as $600 per acre and cotton at
its highest price, but he firmly states
that there has been no better money j
; crop for him than the sweet potato,
for during the past four years he has
made not less than $200 per acre
from this crop. His success with po"
- 1 trpofit of i mill lie tn
laioes na.i uttii >.< ...
the growing of potatoes by other farmers
in the county.
The crop diversification of Mr. Wiggins
as practiced for five years is represented
by this -rear's acreage of
various crops as follows: 2"> acres of j
corn and velvet beans, 11 acres of i
oats, 4 acres of sweet potatoes. 6 acres <
of tobacco, 8 acres of cotton, and the
remainder in forage crops for hogs :
and 2 milk cows and foodstuff for ;
the family. <
"SERVICE"
"County Agent Not Such a Domed
Bad Thing"
Clemson College, July 12.?"While .
-on a visit to one of my farmers, I
had an opportunity to render him
various kinds of service in connection .
with his farm and thus won his faI
vor," says County Agent J. W. McLendon
of Florence.
"His cotton had boll weevils?I ad- ,
vised him as to cultural methods of (
fighting the pest.
"TT- ? oif.r- T in
nid iiugo ? ci v oiv u ? .vw ... | ^
ovulation.
"His cow had milk fever?I ad vis
ed a treatment which gave relief. ,
"His tomatoes were diseased?I advised
spraying with Bordeaux.
"His bees were all out of the old ,
fashioned hives and he was getting
little honey?T persuaded him to use',
a patent hive whereby he could get j ,
more honey. J
"His peach trees had borers?T ad- j
:
vised him to mound the trees July 1. \
"When he .old me good-bye it J
was with an invitation to stop every !
time T was in his community and a 1
parting remark that "A County agent j
isn't such a derned bad thing after
all."
I
ur entire
tceries
1
tg now, our
COST and
arantee each
i to be fresh
ken feed, lards
J
goads, tobaccos,
ur line. 1
18 lbs. for $1,00 ||
IJ
ntion to our ||
^eights. Our
:fer the trade
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)NESDAY, JULY 13, 1921.
SWEET POTATOES A
MONEY MAKER FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA
The Sweet I'otato is becoming each ;
year of greater importance as a
money crop. Not only is it one of
our staple southern foods hut it is
rapidly becoming a highly relished;
dish in the large cities of the North
and East. As a first crop on newly
broken land it cannot be excelled. It
is a most prolific bearer. The average
number of bushels per acre in the
Southern States is 102. but with proper
care and cultivation ordinary
land will produce 200 bushels per acre
and with more intensive cultivation
and fertilization the yield can be increased
to 400 bushels per acre.
The 1919 South Carolina crop was
7,560,000 bushels and the 1920 crop
was 9,240.000 bushels. The value of
the past two years crops was $22,000,000.
It is expected the 1921 crop
will be still greater.
Is it any wonder that the farmers
of this State are turning from a cotton
and corn crop system to a more
diversified system? In 1920 the cotton
crop only brought $36.83 an acre and
corn $22.04. while in the same
season sweet potatoes brought an av
erage of $122.85 per acre.
Farmers are being more and more
urged by the extension service work- '
?rs to exercise care in the harvesting, 1
grading, curing and storing of this
valuable crop. Each season sees the
construction of more curing and storage
houses so that the crop can be
held in good condition until favorable
prices can be obtained. The Southern
Settlement and Development Organization.
with which the South Carolina
Development Board and Chamber
of Commerce is affiliated, has
made arrangements whereby well
known Ready-Cut House Manufacturing
Companies will quote farmers I
prices, on ready cut. ready to erect'
Sweet Potato Curing and Storage
houses of from, 500 to 50.000 bushel
capacities, f. o. 1). any section in South
I ANN
1 Yes. we bought
5 7 * ?;
60 Cf
The Stock con
Clothing and
same 1*6
A few'
36 inch Home
136 "
Hosiery for B
Overalls for I
Nainsook (Jnc
|
I Shoes for the
A call will co!
I 1338 Assej
1
Carolina, the plans and specifications
in accordance with the 1". S. Department
standards. It is l'elt that many
more such houses would he built if
the farmers knew they did not have
to bother with plans and specifications,
and making out bills of lumber
and assembling of the materials and
the labor incident to cutting lumber,
etc. For further particulars write
your Board at its Columbia offices.
Last summer the Board used its
efforts and influence together with the
Clemson Extension Service to organize
the South Carolina Sweet Potato
Association for cooperative marketing
and storing. The officers of this
Association are: T. B. Young. Florence,
President; A. M. Kennedy, Williston,
Vice President, and A. G.
Smith. Columbia, Secretary-Treasurer.
Its slogan is "Better Potatoes on
the Best Market". Its first season
was quite successful and the South
Carolina Development Board will continue
to do all within its power to
aid and foster this good movement.
Several canning factories in the
South are now engaged in putting up
the best graded varieties. One com
pany marketed its products in Zi |
States last year, several carloads
going- to the Pacific Coast. This is
helping to popularize the Southern
Yam and increase its marketable territory.
It has been found that the sweet
potato will produce a very fine table
syrup, the color of honey and with a
very delicate flavor distinctively its
own. This and other by-products,
such as starch, can be made from the
We have a high power, fast cutting
plant in itself for sawing logs to an
Lever control starts and stops Saw.
OUNCEM
the entire stock of !
;nts on the U
sists of Dry Goods
Notions. We expe
eduction to the cons
of our every-day sp
ispun, heavy grade, yard
cheaper
len, Women arid Childre
two {
Vlen, all sizes, heavy gn
denim, indigo dye. p<
lerwear, shirts or drawe
the g;
family at your own pri<
ivince you. Yours
Successor to L. Reznick
>N THE MARKET SQUARJ
xibly Street Corner W
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I TODAY
NUMBER 38.
'"strings" and "jumboes" and will
soon make this exclusively southern,
product one of the South's most valuable
crops.
Remember the Quarterly Meeting
of the Library Association on July 15.
Possibly a Sad Awakening
Patient (awakening after a prolonged
fever spell)?"Where am I?ir.
Heaven?
His Wife?No, dear; you are here
with me.
The Quarterly Meeting of the Library
Association will be held on July
15. Come.
JOB PRINTING.
Attractiveness never fails to pay
dividends! Don't waste your money
or. poorly printed stationery?IN^!"T?C!T
if in f Irin^ fliof f eiiHf AAfa
t * AJWi AC AAA tiic XViUU All CC C CA UAJT ACUCCAO
the attractiveness of your business.
,"If it's worth printing- at all it's worth
t
.printing well."
!i SARRATT PRINTING CO.,
36-tf. Lexington, S. C.
SEED POTATOES
Lookout Mountain.
Stocks are scarce. Order now.
We only have 100 bushels left.
Peck 80c
Bushel $3.00
2 1-2 bushel sack $7.00
B. B. KIRKLAND SEED
COMPANY
Columbia, S. C.
outfit forced feed?a complete power
y length. Does the work of six to
ten men. Lever control of blade
while engine is running. Have good
assortment of Gasoline Engines. All
equipped with Bosch Magneto and offered
at factory prices.
COLUMBIA SUPPLY COMPANY
S2:i West Gen a is .St.. Columbia, S. C'.
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MJWW i wrgasaw'Jims 8
L. REZNICK at I
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5, Shoes, Hats, I ,
ct to give the j
umers. I
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- 7 t-2c I
>air ior 25c 1
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jr pair, 9Sc |
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for bargains. J
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