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■mOHaapAY^JANPARY 2U 1937 ' ‘1. 1937PROMISES TO BE GOOD YEAR Expert Sees Coniiiiiied Pe- mand For Products of Farm. Prices Are Rising. A. B. Bryari (Clemson Collefe Farm Ekiitor) *T1ia demand^ for aayicuJtural prodocta in 1937 will be greater than tt was in 1936,” toys O. M. Clark, Clemaon extension agricuHttral econor mist The* antici^ted improvement, Ifr. Clark states, will be due largely to improvement in domestic demand, which is determined largely by income of consumers and by r industrial ac tivity. He looks for a national in come at least 10 per cent over that of 1^6. ‘D^ite considerably improved in- ^ ^ dustrial activity in some countries j <iemand conditions are ^xpect^ to years the been heavy h Carolina, of Geor- 36 was 176.7*pouiids. In South Caro lina the average yield per- planted acre was^ 213.5^ pounds for the five years 1928-82, a^ 233.9 povihds for the five years’193f-35. ' During the la«t plantings of peaches in the uper part of as well as in certain gia, Alabama, and North NCarolina. It is important therefore,^that grow ers of peaches in the Piedmont area of this state consider well the facts given by Mr. Clark and others about peach prospects. . Within the next five years under average growing and producing con- dition-s the production of peaches for market as fresh fruit should not result in burdensome market supplies that import our fsrmrproducts, there I improved over those of the^past has not been a corresponding increase in' the taking of our products, be cause iff trade barriers,” Clark as~ f serts,^discussing foreign demand.foi farm products. “With some eas ing in trade restrictions, they are > / L t i still more severe than they were be fore the depression and w’ill prob ably remain so in 1937. “Prices of agricultural commodi ties went to a. lower level during the depth of the depression than did the prices of commodities in general, and have risen since that time more than has the general price level. During the fall of 1936 the prices of farm the- prices of things 'farmers buy. However, prices of a few major farm pixKlucts, notably cotton, peanuts, -and fruits, were still considerably be low the 1910-14 level as compared ■ WiT'h'prices of things farmers buy.” Quite naturally Piedmont farmers are interesttMl first of all in cotton, the most important cash crop of the area, and should be concerned over Mr. Clark’s statement that an in crease in the 1937 crop by a quan tity substantially greater than the rt-duction in the carry-over-froTYTAu- five years. The' outlook-^five to 15 years hence when trees planted now or within the next few years^ will bear most most of their fruit is more uncertain. With a crop such as peach es, which does not Come into full bear ing until some five or six years after planting, it is rather easy for serious over-expansion tb^ take place before growers realize the situation. ~Peach orchards should not be plante<l except on the most favorable locations aruj should not be planted and the proper handling of the fruit. The «hort-time outlook Jot dairy ing is not as favpndble u the long time outlook, 3dn Clarl^/thinks. He points out that feed prices will prob ably remain high relativf to prices of dairy -products until new i crops are produced but he belFeves that with normal pasture conditions and normal crops next summer, dairy prodil^ should b^r4n,a relatively ftivorable position. Discussing the background of the dairying situation, Mr. .Clark points out that there have been cyclos in milk-cow numbers and that the last peak in the number of milk cows, both in actual number and in num ber relative to population, was reach ed in 1934. The downward trend since that thne will probably continue for three or four years yet, poultry prices will probably aver- ageX^mewhat lower this winter and next \spring and somdwhat higher next-fall during the corresponding periods of 1936, says Mr. Clark. With the number of laying- hens October 1, 1936,' still about 4.7 per cent lower than the five-year aver age, there will-probably be still fur ther culling because of feed grain shortage and high prices. Therefore, unless the winter is mild, winter egg production may be expected to be less than that of last winter, with spring egg production probably no greater than that of last spring. The indications are, therefore, that egg prices will be somewhat higher during the winter and spring months with . Mr, and Mrs.'C^rlie'-Streotman and Mr. and Mrs. Odell Streetman, in Greenwood. I T. DI Leonard, former overseer of ... i »» t apinning at Joanna,“spent a few days w«k with Mr. m,.. a; d. Jphnito Min Ne%vs Jo w'.. 'wt. w a..-; w B. jW^Mford and Miss Helen Wofford of' SpiM^hburg, visited Mrs. C.v A, O’Shielda Sunday. ' ^ Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Sanders' of Newberry, spent Sunday with Mr. and Mr^ George Craft. , ' Dwight Phillips of the U. S. army, is spending a thirty-day furlough w'ith his aunt, Mrs. W. C. Gardner. He has-^ been stationed at VaiKOuver, Washington, but after his furlough' will be transferred to Fort McPher son, Ga. • \ ^ Mrs. James Napier Barron. ^ * Mrs. Rosa Lae Brown returned Son-: day to her home in Atlanta, Ga., after spading two weeks With her sister, Mrs. A<^. Harrelson, Mr. an^ Mrs. Edward Kay and little eon, Edw^ard, and Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Chapman and' daughter, Nahcy, visit ed Mr. and and Mrs. Johnny ^swell in Columbia on Sunday. -Miseionary Society Meets/ ^1 'fhe Woman’s Mitoionary society of iss Willie B. jthe Baptist church met Tuesday eve- Duncan, Mrs. Eldith Cox and children {ning at the home of I^s. L. H. Poag of» Laurens, visited Mrs. E. L. Thom-j with twenty-six ladies preaent, includ es Sunday. [ing two new members and three visH- Mr, -and Mrs. W. C. Gardner and ors. The topic was “The Angdp-Saxon, children spent Sunday with relfitives a Chosen Race.” at all unless the growers- are going to give the utmost attention to the ■ than they were during the correspond maintenance and proper handling of: ing, months a year ago. Fbr-the fall ppoducU were not a^eat way of the-^rees, (of unless the demand situation the 19J0-14 level as compared with in Greenwood. Mrs. R, Tucker of rEnoree, spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs.^Rolfe Hughe.s. ' James Dean of Columbus, Ga., is vi.siting Mr. and Mrs. Ben Dean. Mr. and Mrs. 'E, L. Streetman and children, Mrs. F. B. Streetman, Miss After the program a social hour was enjoyed, ^freshments were serv ed by Mrs. Poag, Mrs, Roy Odell, Mrs. Thomas Bridges, and Mrs. Furman Frady. George W\ Fulmer, Jearmette Adams, Doro^y Kelly, Maig Jo Fulmer, Ru fm Ito rttell, George Frady^ Barban^ Willingham, Elsse Kelly, Lois Fanner, Baron Q’Shields, Hilda Oxner.. ' r FINAL SETTLEM^T Take ribtice that on the 17th day of Felwuary, 1937, I will render a final acco^^of my acts and d<^ngs ae Ad ministrator of the estate of William Stepheiis Wright, deceased, in the of fice of the Judge of Probate of Lau ren* county, at 11 b’ctedrlil m., and on the same day will apply for a final discharge from my trust as Adminis trator. I Any person indebted to said eetate is notified and required to make pay ment ozr or before that date; and all persons having claims against said estate will present them on or before said date, duly proven or be forever barred.^ - . — ^^ HOMER *L. TODD, Administrator. January 16, 1937.—2-ll-4p. ■ fM Girls’ Club Meets After the business meeting and the Hattie Edwards, Miss Frances fivans, j «»tudy hour on Tuesday evening the and Guy Streetman spent Sunday' members pf the Joanna Girls’ club .enjoyed a social hour, at which time has improved, egg prices are likely t-o be relatively somewhat lower than in the fall of 1936. However, assuming normal or bet ter feed grain crops in 1937, egg prices will probably, be somewhat more favorable in relation to feed prices in the fall of 1937 than in the ! group number one was hostess. Re freshments were served by Miss'Vicr toria Murrah, captain of the group, and her assistant, Miss Grace Bozard. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLB V ‘f Don't COUGH YOUR HEAD Off fall of 1936. Sunday School Honor Roll Primary Department . Horace Hamm, .Jr., Joyce Frady, Mildred Adams, Audrey O’Shields, ask for MENTHO-MULSION , IF IT FAILS TO STOP YOUR COUGH DUE TO COLDS ASK FOR YOUR MONEY BACK only 7Sf SMITH’S PHARMACY ThU cotton at Aulander, N. C., got 400 lb«. 4-10-4 per acre and 100 Ibt. Nitrate of Soda top-dreMing. Where 100 Iba. Muriate of Pota»h .>-dreaiing at left the yield was 1260 lbs. seed hout extra potash at rijhf the yield was 1070 lbs. gust"l936, to Augus^t, 1937, would tend to re<luce cotton prices, unless offset by an increaJ^.* in demaml for Ameri can cotton or by a rise in -the general }>rico level. Below are,- first, -so^ye statements by Clark regarding for eign cotton production ami, st-condly, a l>rl^ ilreseivtation of the .Aftieri- can cotton situation. ‘ The latest available report of for eign cotton production* indicates a crop this seaaorn of about ,17.5 mil lion bales. If this proves to be Ap proximately correct, it will be about 1.5 million bales larger than lapt sea- pon’s crop and a little more than 6,000,000 bales above the average for the 10 years, 1923-24’to 1932-33. The carry-over of foreign ootton at the-ba ginning of the present season, about 6.2 miMion bales was somewhgit larger’ than the carryover‘rt the beginning of last season And about a million bales-greater than average. There fore, the world supply of . all cotton, American and foreign, for the 1936- 37 season is, it now appears, larger than in either of the two previous seasons and more than 6,000,000 bales or 15 percent, larger,.than the aver age for the 10 years ending 1932-33. Weather conditions in .severgl for eign co.tton growing countries this B^.'son, particularly China, have been unusually goo<l. Prices received for cotton in . these countries have not increased in the last two yearn. These facts make it seem unlikely that focr. eign production in the 1937-38 season will show ~any “significant increase over .• this season’t production. It may decrea.>«e. The total .'supply-of American cot ton for the 1936-37 season, it appears now, will be about 19.4 million bales, consisting of a crop of 12.4 million bales, and a carry-over of about 7,- 000,000 bales. The 1936 crop will be about 1.8 million bales greater than the 1935 crop, but the carry-over at the beginning of the 1936-37 season was about 2,000,000 bales less than the carry-over at the beginning of the 1935-36 season. Therefore, the total supply this season is somewhat small- ~er than tdie 1935-36 supply “wnd more than 6.5 million bales less than the record supply of American cotton in " 1932-3^ * tf 'seems at the present time that the carry-over of American cotton should * be further reduced by the end of the present season. In view of the unusually large supply of for eign cotton we could hardly expect that the consumption of American cotton abroad will be any greater tWs N^eaaon than last, certainly not a great d^l greate>; but it should not be any les^x The indications npw are that consumption in this country will be somewhat greater than that of last season. Y^ierefo^e the world con- ^ sumption of\American cotton in the* 193(j-37^ season should be somewhat [ above the 12,672,600 bales of thel 193536 season. Hence it seems now! ' that the 1937 American crop could be increased somewhatx from .this! year’s crop without givirtg a world] supply of American cottor^^for the 1935-36 season. Hence it seems now 1 aooable supply of the present se^on. However, it should be remembm^ that in figuring on the acreage wlri^ should^jbe planted with the expecta tion gettii^ a certaln-^roduction Jthe average\ yield per ac.*e during the iramediately\ previous fh'e years has , been higher \ than the yield for the yeius the oldj^e period, 1628:^“' "Hiei Utotad SbKM, avera^ yidd per planted aere’ for the pe riod 19^ -4^ ‘Lrae fug^y wr 169 ad fo* Each yaar thentaada mara lanaara ditooTar that thay eaii mak* a lot mora money from ootton by niing a lot moro potash than tha aearaga fartillsar contalna. Onoa thay put antra potash on trial, thoy find it fust tha~thing thalr ootton noads to pay tham antra oaak I For instance, there it V. S. BICKLEY, of Lexington, S. C., who. writes: **Latt year I planted cotton on two plots of sandy land which formerly had shown severe Rust. Both received the same fertilizer and top-dresser, except that one plot got 100 pounds of NV Muriate of Potash per acre. Oh this ^ot tlw yirid was 2,444 pounds of seed cotton per acre, while the other plot yielded only 778 pounds. i*top-dreasM cotton as against ’My private gin showed 39 % lint for the potash* 33% lint for the other cotton. The stajdes were 1 1/16 indies as compared to 15/16 inch. Before the cotton opened 1 weighed 50 green boQa from each plot taken from the same positions on the stalka The potash bolls weighed 96 ounces and the rusty bolls 66 ounces. I just about broke even on the rus^ cotton and made a profit of $76.24 per acre from the potash-top-dreaaed cotton.” healthy and produced large weU-ma^ the top of the stalk. ' ’’Where I used to get about 200 to 250 pounds, of low-grade lint per acre, I.mhde slightly better than a bale of hi^-grade Im and I am satiriied that the 100 pounds of kfmatt of Potash made the difference.” DANA A. WHITI^ beat his Father Kainit was the ”My Father with the of Ty Ty, Giiorgia, cotton last year and NV Mr. Whitfield writes: I planted our cotton on Apnl 1 bed in just fair condition. We Then there it MRS. PEARL POLLARD, of Wedowee, Ala., who writes: ’’For three years our cotton wss ruined by Rust. One acre, where the old house and barn stood, was completely eaten up in 1935. Rust struck before a boll matured to i4ck, that we named it ’the old rusty acre.* *My husband swore he’d never try this spot Lustiw in cotton again. After it was planted in Ai peas for com, 1 asked to use it as a test plot. He and the two bojrs booted at me but finally agr^. April 20 it was planted with the same variety of cotton seed It grew before, us^ 200 pounds of 6'8-4 in with planting. In June, after chopping out, we ti^Mlrtssed with 200 pounds of NV Kainit. Our first rain came the 28th of July. ”In 1935, a good season, we made 500 pounds of seed cotton on tiiis acre. In 1936, we picked 1,700 pounds of seed cotton and didn’t find a^ ^edc of Rust, except on the four rows which we left as a check in the middle of the fidd srithout NV Kainit. We are convinced about NV Kainit for Rust.” % . I planted 1X0 field first and then his field, using the' same riinter, same fertiUker distributor, same seed ar^same fertilizer. Everything was exactly ifike, the fields being about the same, except that 1 top-dreaaed with 200 pounds of Kainit per acre right afterobopping cuYand Iw didn’t. My Father’s cotton sras practically dead from Rust by the Ist of August, but mine remained healthy right on thrqugh picking. There was no Rust or Wilt in my cotton. About one-third of the fruit on his cotton reached maturity, while all of mine was well matured. Our land was almost identical. We plowed ami fer tilized alike, except that X Kainit and he cotton per acre more thap he ^d Mid extra Kainit waa tSe difference.” -— y W. A. GAINEYDunn, N. C., wanted to plant a Onicre fidd in cotto^ but Us -children begged Km not to. 'They said it would produce a lot of knotty, hdf-open bolh which nobody could pick, because it had always done this briore. Ifr. Qainey-writes: “At an evening school our new agricultural teadier told us tiiat plenty of potash would prevent Rust, so I dedd^ to plant the 9-aett field. I used 500 pounds of fertilize per acre and tc^>-dressed with 100 poimds of Muriate of Potash and Nitrate of Soda. “Where I used to get short, inferior staj^e from small, knotty boQa, I got a good stapte cotton from wide-open bolls that were easy to pidL My fi^ renudned Tkonsaads oilanMta durMighowt Rm Sooth hoTO Jouaid that Iho wall ostia eoat cd f^dra potash ratuias Mg dlvldoads to f»> oraasod ylaldt of bottor qoallty eottoo. ^ Flooff jpl NS POTASH lo^^or tertiUior or top-4iotsor PISVillTS lUSTf^p^e^otiol Wilt aod prodoooa wigoroos, hoalthy plaotavith loss shoddi^ laigof bolls that ato aaslos to piel^ aod honor yiolds of ooifoRBf hlgh^%oalifY m***- Whoo TOO hoy jam fattilisor aod top-drossar« IMI voor fortillaar »ao TOM waototoroNVPOTASH. Ploopow to top^dhaosinthltMpooods of NV MUUATI os MO poonds of NV KAINIT por oorOfOroao a oitrogoo- polash odxod-goods top-draasar ooataloiog 10 to tsN NV POTASH. oontalolog S to 105C NVPOTASH. Whoio tori has booo worr sowo TOO Mot oaad both Mgh-potadifortlliaor at plantlog aod potash top* diossing to STOP 1U8T aod STAIT PIQflTS. a V. POTASH BCPORT MY., tae.. Hurt BMMhig, ATIANTA Siyiter DWat, MOSPOm. Jt founds and for ilbe Ava yoars lOSl* \ -A 1 \ r .:v i ■ ” ’' x’xL-k