The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, April 13, 1917, Image 8
and Better Cows
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in Jvershaw to.
We believe that no .scheme of farming", especially tor country like Kershaw
County, is or can be permanently profitable that does not include live stock. We be
lieve that any plan on the part of the farmer for making his farm self - sustaining
must include the milch cow.
There are two requisites for the proper and profitable keeping of milch cows
oven for family use: i? . .-'tvjy? ? u ,
First. They must be the l ight quality of cows.
Second. The farm must raise the feed they eat.
Food experts tell us that a quart of milk is equal in food value to one pound of
beef. Therefore, it is of the greatest importance that the farmers have an ample
supply of milk and butter.
And it's all a question of feed?tin; farmer who has the feed* will supply the
cows necessary to keep the family supplied with milk and butter.
The following feed requirement has been worked out by the Extension Division
for one cow:
One ton legume hay,
Four tons mangels, turnips or silage.
One ton sorghum, fed green to supplement pasture.
One-half acre velvet beans and clovers.
v
One-half acre rye or oats for winter pasture.
One acre permanent Bermuda pasture.
Grain ration:
700 pounds corn and cob meal,
700 pounds velvet beans in pod, ground,
Grown on a half-acre as above.
100 pounds cotton seed or soy bean meal.
Feeil '.I pounds of above mixture per day to each gallon of milk, together with
10 pounds of hay and HO pounds of silage or roots.
We cannot too strongly urge the planting of velvet beans in corn this spring. The
velvet bean is one of the greatest feed and land building crops ever found fof the
South. It is hard to overestimate what it will do along these two lines. ' Plant with
corn, every three or four feet, or same way after corn gets started-,-or a row in mid
dle of six foot corn rows as you please. Anyway you make two feed crops on your
land instead of one as before.
The wise farmer will look to his own home grown feed this year, if ever in his
life and NOW is the time to do so.
Clemson College, S. C. March 31, 1917.
To All Men and Women Demonstration Agents in South Carolina:
The conditions, as being reported, of the food crops of the world, if not alarm
ing, are serious. This is especially true when we realize that the reserves will be ex
hausted at the end of this crop year.
It is reported that the English wheat crop is exceedingly backward. The Dutch
crop is small. The French crop is very much less than usual, and what is most alarm
ing Argentina will have little wheat or corn to export. The Australian wheat crop is
reported 50,000,000 bushels less than last year's. The statement is made that the
English Government has contracted for the entire surplus of this year's wheat crop
of Canada. Wheat in the winter growing states in our country has suffered much
for the want of moisture. Early vegetables in the Southern States have been de
stroyed by recent freezes. Coming nearer home the prospects for wheat and oat
crops in South Carolina are the most discouraging in years. The season is very
backward and, therefore, little gardening lias been done in this state.
The country is virtually in a state of war and we have every reason to expect
that in a short time thousands of young men may he called from the fields to arms.
Therefore, it is necessary to impress upon all classes of our people the urgent need
of growing all vegetables for table use and for canning purposes.
You should take this matter up not only with the farmers but with the otlicials
and residents of cities and villages and bring about organizations for the cultivation
of vacant lots in food crops. Chambers of Commerce, women's clubs and every a
gency should be appealed to to assist in this most important work. The product
ion of forage crops on large areas, particularly the velvet bean, sorghum, soudan
grass, cowpeav and -soy beans. is urgent. The acreage in corn should be greatly
increased.
The greatest care should be taken with the spring pigs. Hogs are now selling
411 the Northern markets at 1 ?"> '5-4 cents a pound on foot; beef cattle from 10 to
12 cents a pound on foot with every prospect of increasing. The acreage of sweet
potatoes should be increased many fold. Every farmer should plant a crop of
fall lri>h potatoes?the Lookout Mountain variety it' obtainable.
With the food .supply of the world ;n its present condition, we may be as
sured of a profitable demand for all food crops. W e owe it to ourselves and our
country to produce the noce s.u\v supplies for the family, for the men who are per
forming their patriotic duty. The indications are that for the first time since the
Civil War we wlil be unable to purchase supplies from other countries. Therefore,
it is imperative that we pr >duce them at home. Th nossibility of shortage may
bring some of our people'to 11.;?! - uffering.
Depend On Us to Help Any Way We Can.
Bank of Camden
Bank of Bethune
First National Bank
Loan & Savings Bank
MIMTIONH KXPM)M10N
Mail) Killed and Wound?*! at Kddy
atone riant
Choter, Pa, April 10. One hundred'
nnd twelve persons, most of thorn;
women mid girls, arc known to have,
! lost their lives and 121 were Injured
; l?y a series of toriflln explosions today
in the shrapnel building of the Kddy
stone Animunltlon t'ofjioratloii at Kd
d.v.dono, oiu> tulle from Chester. Many
of the Injured were fatally hurt, and
It is found the Hnal death list will
reach IfM). '
How many of the .'100 or nu?re cm
ployed In the building In which was
stored approximately .'10,(MM) shells, es
caped Is a mystery, hh there was
scarcely a fragment of the structure
left intact. Fire added to the horror,
if ml most of the bodies were so hadly
charred that Identification was imi>os
sihle.
Humors of plots and arrests were
an me runs uf tyr the disaster, hut all
lacked continuation infectives re
ported the explosion apparently was
purely accidental, and advanced the
theory that shrapnel placed near a
radiator might have caused it. An of
ficial of the company, however, said
there never was more than half a ton
of jxnvder In the building, and that
this never was in bulk.
The explosion occurred about 10
o'clock in what Is known as the "F-12"
building, a two-story structure 75 by
.'100 feet. In this building time fuses
were prepared, more than ko |>er cent
of the workers being women and girls,
Probably fifty men and boys were em
ployed in the building at the time of
the blast, and most of them escaped.
The Seaboard in Line.
The Chronicle Is in receipt of the
following letter from .Mr. It. L. 1 lamer,
general development agent of the Sea
board Air Line Itailway:
"In this hour of an iui(>endlng crisis
the railroads of this country are pre
pared and are preparing to serve the
(ioverninent in everv possible way, and
arc not to be outdone In patriotism.
"In your community there are a great
many men who are willing to enlist,
and, if need be, sacrifice their lives
that the integrity , of this nation l>c
maintained.
"It is a fact that the result of
the present war is going to be decided
in favor of the side which can ade
quately solve the food supply question,
and there is an opportunity for emery
farmer and every man with land to
prove his patriotism by planting every
possible acre to food crops. .
"It is not only a patriotic act for the
man to plant a fotnl crop now who
intended to plant nothing or some oth
er crop, but it is good business judg
ment to do so.
"The allies have lK?en taking vast
quantities of food from this country
and are bidding against our own jxv>
ple for it. and naturally prices have
advanced and there is no pros|M?ct of
decreasing cost at this time."
Stockton NVvvh Notes.
Ituykin, S. April 10th, 1017.?
Mrs. I'. C. lVam* and children, Alfred
and Mnry Lindsay s|>ont Saturday in
SumtiT.
Miss I la Heard en was tho week-end
guest of Miss Nell (Jillis of Heinherts.
Miss Mary Moore <>f Camden spoilt
tho week-end with Oma and Fatiric
Workman.
Miss ShHit* Pea roe who has boon
in the Columbia hospital has returnod
home. Wo an* glad to know that sho
is improving greatly.
Mr. Arnold Workman sjjont tho wook
ond with Frank Moore of Camden.
Tho Kpworth League mot at tho
homo of .Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Galloway
t.ho first Friday night in April. Tho
following program was carried out
very successfully:
Song ? Ho SjH'aks to Mo.
I'.ihle Heading. Psalm 1<M).
Prayer.
Song?This is so Precious to Mo.
Holl and minutes.
Koading by MLssos Ua Hoardon, Oma
Workman, and Mr. Tom Humphries.
Col loot ion.
Song.
Adjourn to moot at * tho homo of
Mr. Tom Smith tho lirst Friday night
in May.
Miss Ithrano (Jalloway spent tho
woek-ond at tho homo of her uncle
Mr. It. L. Shirley.
STATEMENT
of tho ownership, Managomont, etc.,
required I? v tho Act of Congress of
August 21. 1012. of Tho Camden Chron
icle. published weekly at Camdon, S.
i for April 1. 1017.
Publisher* -II I). Nilos and F. N.
McDowell. Camden. S C.
Fditor H. 1?. Nilos. Camdori. S. C.
Owners? II. I). Nilos and F. N. Mo
Dowi'll. Camden, S. C
Known bondholders. mortgagees. or
othor soouritios?Nono.
H. D. Nilos. Fuhlishor,
Sworn fo l?oforo me this 1st day of
April 1017. M. M. Johnson,
Notary Public.
William Hooves. a young man of
Grt*envlllo, was so badly crushed bo
twirn tho Southern Hallway cars at
Paris lu-ar Greenvillo. that lie died
Tuesday. Ho was about '.i'J years old.
Opera House Store to Rent.
iiids for the b*a*-o of the Opera
11 oust ? More from July 1st. I!?17 to
July l>t, 1!?IS. will ho received by
Clerk of Council until May 7th, 1!?17.
Council reserves the right to reject
?i:i>? and all bids.
ily order of '< 'on.!?-:!.
J. J GoODAI.F.
?M City Clerk.
CONDITIONS IN THE WEST
'Continued From Fir r Page.)
l'e.ioj) of arroage in eottoi:. but I)o
''.T'.ii -r ought to relu-'o the acreage of
: J .?::?! food but .-hou'.d bv ail moans
. r? ,i ?? jr this year.
A report ; ubliiJiot; i.u Monday ?>f tills
\v.?'k a 100,000,000 pounds less
:n?*:i! i:: storage hi tho big packing
? ?enter- the Cnited States than ?
year ago. What does this mean to us of
South Carolina who purchase the bulk
of our bacon from the West?
Hogs wore selling last week on the
bie markets of the west for 2 1-2
oonfy jx-r j>ound higher, live woiglit.
than during the civil war. And now
WE ARE NOW WRITING HAIL INSURANCE
The Home Insurance Company
OF NEW YORK, and
The Hartford Insurance Compar
of HARTFORD, CONN.
. , ?I??y
TWO OF THE STRQNGEST.. COMPANIES W
JNG INSURANCE OF ANY KINI); THEIR COMBI,,
"ASSETS BEING OVER SEVENTY MILLIONS OF ij
LARS. YOU WILL NEED HAIL INSURANCE. '
THESE TWO COMPANIES CARRY THIS RISK
YOU. THE RATES ARE VERY REASONABLE.
US TELL YOU ABOUT IT.
Williams Fire Insurance AgenJ
R. .M. Kennedy, Jr., Preaideni K. MtPoynlL \i J
1012 Broad St. Phone 52.
that wo are at war and i*>rk products
being a largo imrt or the army ration
and in case one to two million soldiers
are mobilized wjiero will the price of
bacon go to No 'one knows, but you
will pay more than 25 eents per i>ound
more before the year is out than you
are payfng today.
So you say what shall vft' do?
"Adopt a safe farming program at
once."
1. A home garden for every family
on the farm. From one-tenth to one
fourth acre, well located, well tilled
and tended as carefully as any other
crop on the farm, planted in rotation
to time the vegetable croj)s no as to
have a contiguous supply for the fam
; ily table as many days In the year as
possible.
To this should be added one-fourth
an acre of potat??es, either Irish or
sweet or both, to l>e used as food for
the family. An acre of sorghum should
be produced to supply the family with
syrup.
2. Produce enough on each farm to
Inst the family ami the livestock with
certainty for one year, with a itttle
excess for safety.
.'{. Produce the hay and forage croi>s
necessary to supply the livestock on
the farm for one year, with a little
excess for safety, not forgetting le
gumes which add fertility to the soil
and produce the best hay
?I Produce the necessary meat, eggs
and milk for the family. The meat
should Ih? produced by increased at
tention to poultry and hogs because of
the rapidity with which these can be
produced. ICvery family should have at
least two cows so that one can be In
milk Mil .if the time. A sufficient num
ber of brood sows should be kept to
produce the pork for the family with
some excess for sale. The number
of laying hens should be increased and
carefully tended to produce eggs and
poultry for the table with a tmflieient
cxc?-<s for sale. The average number
of poultry jwr farm should be gradual
ly increased to vat least fifty. The
livestock on the farm should be grad
ually increased as a whole so as to
consume the otherwise waste products
of the farm and make the unprofit
able and untiilable land productive.
This means attention to the breeding,
care and feeding of poultry hogs and
milch cows.
5. When the living has been amply
provided for, grow cotton fori
money crop, it might bt- wo
Xluce tlie normal acres [iU
cotton ami plant stun cru|?
beans, peanuts. and velvet tx
cash crop, or to feed live stock
sal oh.
($. Plan sell or exchause
plus products'of the garden,
chard, the poultry, the livesi
eggs aud tin? food crops, to o
necessary running expenses of I
and save the cotton as the r
crop.
There Is one crop I ? wish t
Every farmer should plant veil
in his .corn, as he can produce
ly as many bushels of this valui
crop as lie can corn, both gi
the land at the same time
cost,vonly of the seed and Rett
planted; 1 know of no crop J
produce more growth of vlu$J
ing next fall and winter for
all kinds and leave the land I
tion for a profitable crop to fo
following year than this beaa
farmer, no matter how small
plant several acres of this on
Experience shows it
cellent feed for fattening b
every farmer in Kershaw eon
and should fatten all his hogs I
on velvet beans thus revising
amount of corn for other p
By planting velvet beans In
every fanner in the county q
ten his i>ork next winter
one cents cost, as this woul
extra crop in his corn that *
cost him II thing but the cm
seed to pro<luce, as Uiey are
between the hills of corn aod
tivatiuK the corn you cuith
beans. Therefore the man thi
feed a single ear of corn toft
hogs this fall and winter, is
who will not lieed sound advi
given hi in.
The velvet beans are ihei
compared to i?eas, they can be
ed in rather large lots from t
den Wholesale Grocery. C<*
$1.05 per bushel, in small lots
per bushel. It takes about <
per acre to plant between ead
corn The early sj>eckled to
one recommended for this a
the present time.
Ill conclusion I wish to w
farmer in Kershaw County K
)>ortion of his corn in vehet
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