The Clinton chronicle. (Clinton, S.C.) 1901-current, January 21, 1937, Image 8
■mOHaapAY^JANPARY 2U 1937
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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
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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.. '
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.”
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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.” -—
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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.
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