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s. -J v -i-^ 7 •"• ; -A- ?4 —^r , J- PogeFouf THE CLINTON CHRONICLE -I- Thursdoy, November 20, ,1947 \ COTTON MECHANIZATION By HUGH COMER, President of Avondale Mills, Alabama paid. I think a “displaced person” is one whose wage does not furnish him a reasonable living, or who has to de pend on government support for the Everything about the cultivation of —^ By Ml. J. DRYDEN “ j cotton must mechanize. -It’s got to . . , - „ j ,,„w, ; mechanize,, because the price of cot in periods of drought, the alfalfa, ^ , , ' plant often sends its roots as much! ton, even at todays high level, does as 17 feet below the surface of the'nto comporably support the producer price of his product. Mechanization today can produce cotton at 8 cents a pound. It has been proved in Alabama. If it can put cot* ton into the mill at even twice that cost it will open the use of cotton to areas never bfefore dreamed of and this will create additional uses and markets, which will in turn bring and create a new untold wealth. This wealth, changing the farmer from a will in turn stimulate a research, the {slave of King Cotton to a Prince at like of which has never been known, i the Palace. v ^ soil to reach moisture. This spark killer will make hay ing and other near-the-barn chores a lot safer when installed on the farm tractor or truck. The funnel is 20 in. deep and 12 in. in diameter at the top. Outlet pipe extends down 6 in. inside the funnel. Hot carbon sparks are kept whirling until.the.y become harmless dust. When soybeans are harvested with moisture above 14 per cent, it is recommended that they be disposed of or that they be dried down before being stored on the farm. Soybeans absorb moisture easily, and small bin leaks may cause some spoiled grain. ’ The farm workshop is not- com plete without welding equipment. ■’Lessons in. Arc Welding,” Lincoln Electric Co. L Cleyelandfl Ohio, $0.50. is a complete guide, one that will prove a necessity to any welder. The book is being used as a text book in many schools. The better the clover, the more nitrogen and organic matter there will be for other crops to follow. To save little pigs from being smashed by sows, install guard rails in farrowing peps. The corn picker is the most dan gerous of farm machines. Soybean straw that is plowed un der will just about maintain the or ganic matter atid the nitrogen con tent of the soil. It your hens are not producing an average of 15 eggs per bird per month they are “boarders” and should be eliminated. in any of the phases of ,his work, whether it be plow hand, cultivator, or cotton picker. Society can’t have! that type of low reward. The cotton I farmer has got to be paid off. He has! got to make money. Much of agriculture has already] been meclflfhlzed. Sugar cane, oats, i wheat, cb?n, dairying, hay gathering, j Mechanization has created our pres-. .ent world^ economy. It has created ; millions of jobs. Jobs have, of course,) been rearranged but in nowise dis- I placed. It doesn’t seem that the com- i ing mechanization of cotton cultiva tion will do any greater harm to the , people in cotton agriculture than did I the. tractors, combinas and threshing machines harm the wheat farmers. ; Instead of harming then), the bene- | fits are untold. If the wheat fields of i the Northwest and Canada were har vested with sickles and scythes, as they do in Europe today, would we be able to ship grain to Europe? Would the Northwestern wheat farm ers be spending their winters in Flor- j 1 ida and California? Look at industry. Did modern printing presses cause displacement of persons when they superseded the ! hand press? Are fewer people at j work today because of that mechani zation? Are N fewer people at work today because of the electric motor, or the steam engine superseding the j hand lever, or the bucket and chain! in the well? Has the gasoline engine i created jobs, or displaced people? Are j there fewer spinners at work today i because of the modern long draft) jhigh speed spinning frames supersed-j SUBSCRIBE TO THE CHRONICLE “The Paper Everybody Reads” WALLACE ELECTRIC CO. All Kinds of Wiring la til.. Repairs Phone 3571 LAURENS, S. C. ing the Spinning Jenny? A weaver under certain conditions can opterate a hundred automatic looms. That) same weaver would have done well] to operate two of the old plain shut tle looms. Did the automatic loom create jobs or displace people? Did the efficient glass moulding machines create jobs or displace people when these machines superseded the people who blew glass through tubes from) their mouths? I was talking to. a rubber worker in Gadsden the othfer day. He was telling rpe that a few years ago he did well to make ten tires in a unit o£ time. Now 4 he makes a hundred > in the^saine length of time. Did this) we have a full staff of factory trained mechanics to put your car in first class condition . . . AND YOU DON’T] NEEb (iiskf Wl T# J V. ■ GM AC I, GILES CHEVROLET CO. Sales and Services. mechanization displace persons. ThiSi rubber worker told me that the rub-j ber workers no longer fear any; mechanical improvement that comes) into their plant because they have found out that these create jobs. And certainly we in spinning and weav ing have developed that fact. We have many more people on our pay roll today than we had several years !ago even though we are operating, I expect, machinery as modern as any mill in the country. We have discov ered many new uses and new areas for our production through modern mechanization. Textile mechanization has created jobs. As long as the American cotton crop remains cultivated manually it | wiil be in jeopardy from low wage i j cotton countries. But with mechani zation, the ratio of labor cost to the I whole cost goes so low that the low- wage countries won’t have any par ticular adyantage over the United States because of their ability to pay low wages. Since the ratio of labor j cost to the whole cost will be small : it will not matter particularly how j high a wage here in the United States .illllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllii. BILL’S ESSO Goldville .. Limited Enrollment At Vocational Farm 24-Hour Service Day and Night Products Til A-t SERVICE— Your Business Solicited and Appreciated BILL’S ESSO SERVICE BILL DEES, Owner On CHnton-Goldville ft Highway at Goldville fl< > 'the mechanical operators will be | Columbia, Nov. 18.— (Special to The Chronicle).—Farm veterans and other persons interested in specializ ed agriculture and homemaking courses not offered in local high schools may contact vocational agri culture instructors^ in several Lau rens county towns for information concreningj limited enrollment at the Ashwood Area Vocational Farm and Home School in Bishopvrlle, the Vo- jcational Education divisjp'n of the State Department of Education an nounced this week. Soil conservation, farm machinery,! cooperatives and merchandising, I hatchery work, forestry nurseries,) and social studies aad refresher courses are included in the curricu- Tiitn of the school, ;which has living accomodations for a number of fam ilies 4and single boys who desire the training. CREDITORS’ NOTICE All persons having claimp'against jthe estate of Thonva* Hajjfpton Hol land, deceased, ar to file the same, difii^yerifled, the undersigned, andT tdose broebteil to sa;d estate wij^>lYas\pRike pay ment likewise. JOBE DANIEL HOLLAND and CHESTER BRY. Ex ecu November 3, 1947.—27-3dw. \ r We... SELL - INSTALL - REPAIR Coal and Oil Heaters, Furnace! 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