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Cotton Can Be Grown I Profitably Says Coker To the Kditor of The State: Many furmcts, bunkers and business men in South Carolina do not believe that cotton production under present conditions can be mado profitable. Some are advising the abandonment of cotton altogether. Overwhelming evidence haa been presented by the five acre cotton contestants and by a few other progressive farmers during the past three years that cotton can he produced profitably even under the adverse conditions which have recently prevailed! To produce cotton profitably, however, n very distinct program must be followed. The old methods Will hot bring fluc.ctAa fcxcufll occil sionally and the .new definitely proved methods will produce better results thgn the old every year. it is* vital to the success of agriculture that the method* which have proved successful and by the use of I which average yields of better than I one bale per acre have been made by many in South Carolina for the past three years, shall be given the widest possible publicity. Many thousands of acres in South Carolina are planted to cotton every year that ought to he in feed, forage crops or pasture or which should be allowed to go back to forest. Cotton 'toijj not pay on very poor land lacking in humus or on poorly drained soil, (iood, well drained land in good tilth should be used and no more should be planted then can be well fertilized, well worked and promptly harvested. The land should bo thoroughly J" : pared not later than midwinter e > that freezes can pulverize the clods, destroy some of the insect ?fiemie-j and absorb the winter rainfall. If; Woken in October or November it i?i advantageous to soto a cover crop to be plowed down before March 1. It will be .necessary to harrow and plow j several times to break down turfs if cover crop is used. The width of row should be determined by the expected height of the cotton plant but should not be les? than inches ,or more than 42 inches. (a). Phosphoric acid. The equivalent of .*>00 to don pounds of lt> per cent., Hy id phosphate should be used. J his amount of phosphate is necessary to insure early maturity and encourage heavy fruitage. (hi. Potash, hor clay lands and ue!l drained uplands with clay sub-oil upon which eoHton never rusts, the potash equivalent of 100 pounds of kainit, To pounds of manure salt or 25 pounds of muriate of potash is sufficient. On many of our light?" -oils and on stiff bottom soils, especially where cotton is known to rust, HI least twice this amount of potash should be used. fi I. Ammonia. Not less than 50 or more than !?0 pounds of available ammonia per acre should be used. All of the phosphoric acid and all of the potash (unless more than 100 pounds kainit or its equivalent is to W' used) should be put down before planting time, along with one-fourth to one-third of the nitrogen (ammonia). 1 his fertilizer should be distributed in a broad, rather shallow furrow and thoroughly mixed in by running once or twice in the furrow with -mall sweep or large shovel before t he bed is thrown up. This should be done about two weeks be-, fore planting. Thorough mixing of j the fertilizer is absolutely necessary j to prevent the >trong salts from kill- | ing t-iie. young .-??tilings as they come j up. Inattention to this necessary! procedure is responsible for many I poor stand The balan. of the ammonia should Ik? applied in two or mure side appl: cations, the lb-* irrmeritately aftei chopping and tA. . -hers at intervals "I ten days or two week.-. If 200 , :k:s or nunc of irate is used j. j .ou!d be divided into three o | ur 1 applications. The writer prefers ni-j '.'ate of s. :a for sid.* applicator.-! cause ot immediate availability! arid alkah- '.-action. On land :e bi t ug m ie tan the initial appli cat of pnta.-b 100 to 20b pound* ka'-v; nr equivalent in manure -u.t o muriate should be mixed and applied with the ammonia. I'm. bred seed of a variety of (coved adaptability Jr. present c.?nd.tior.. should hi planted. Amp! -erd t( secun vt-y thVk stand -h .lid be ;-t:. m. A o. ; ma.:v f ! -ai ' I he ate trwj ' v tvi-.a* ion an i a i ;-\ kn- v ' ' > i ... .,f. rjn., ? ^ r ! ., j .... *.. ' X "a winch V...1 un'i'' -;-i'tc i 1-2 t J bushels iitoig t... m at ,i depth of v 1 i ncht -. - si ,|, b.- well "Mile . upon the ' painter or by - i.sequent I n? lop . t tbe should j ' >':ghi!.\ co: \ after j printing/ h t* not well toe I ,l- -.and- are 1 re. ' !y lost or the plant - stunted by !,) ^\ alter germination in tb ;.K f sce( vv :: often rot in the gr . i danu otV alter germination >f : anting i: followed by we at h? ' * , (,01 f0 germination or growth. Delintinj w.i! U- found valuahli. a> gerinina tion will he much qu ke-. The plant wi 1 he less likely . h.- troubled b /ungus diseases ,t sulphuric acid i Used for delmting. Smoothing har row or weeder -hould be used t break crust if packing rains oceu before a stand is up. , An average of about two plants t 1 fo?t of row is -about right fc f giuwlhy soils but three or four plan) per foot is not too much where t) weed will not grow over two fe< tall. b In pre-boll weevil - days 5,0( plants per acre was considered a good stand but now that the crop must be rnaturt-d in a much shorter time we know that 20,000 to 40,000 plants per acre will produce much greater yields. It is true that the staple is as a rule somewhat shortened by this close spacing, but it is absolutely necessary to have thick spacing^ to obtain maximum yields. As soon as cotton is up to stand it should be sided with harrow or small sweep. It should be worked as soon us crust begins forming after each rain and at least once per week, weather permitting. Middles may be split with shovel to secure good drainage but this should not be continued after cotton begins setting .fruit heavily, sweeps being used for this.' pnrftonr I l oin i.lbfQ. cotton laps in the row. There is no lay-by time for cotton. It should be plowed as long as you can go through it without serious damage to the plants. Flat and Shallow cultivation should l?e practiced ut all times after fruitage is well started. Nothing has curtailed the crop of Sou'h Carolina so much as the idea tha a majority of our farmers have ha i " hat they could afford not to fig; * he boll weevil. In three years uir ! the past eight the farmers of th. -ection who did not fight the v < ' hut used good methods otherul ?. made about as much c.ottou. ati . who did fight him. In every one ! the other five years, however v.? control paid eYiormous divi diproperly poisoned crops frequ. f y making two or three times li.i :..u ii as unpoisoned crops. I do not i.: a of a single farmer in middie South (Carolina who has made lair to good crops during the past eight ears who has not intelligent i\ poisoned the weevil. In certain sei t 'lis of the jPiedmont weevils have n<.t been in evidence during several yvaiw of tliia ^period but whereever they can be found on the young cotton in the spring, poisoning is necessary. As there were plenty of weevil.- ;n the Piedmont last fall and as we have had no low winter temperatures anywhere in the state thus far, it is pretty certain that weevil control measures will be necessary this year over the entire state. My entire experience indicates that by far the most important step in weevil control is the killing of the over-wintered weevils on the young cotton at the time the fir^t small square appears. This can be done at a cost of 15 to 20 cents per acre for materials for each application. Two, three or four applications will be necessary, according to weather conditions. A mixture of one pound of calcium arsenate thoroughly stirred into a gallon of water, to which one gallon of cheap molasses is then added, will poison two acres and kill practically every weevil on the.young cotton. The molasses mixture is best applied with a cloth mop about three inches wide on the ehd of a slick about two feet long. After lightly' dipping it is extended forward and downward, striking the cotton plants two or three inches below the top, the operator then walking down the rows, tipping the plants over with the mop and applying the mixture on j the under sides <-f the leaves, t'hilj dren quickly become expert in this ;opotation when properly supervised. ; A drop or two of the mmixiure per | plant is sufficient, as the weevils ; walk about over the leaves very freej ly and a < j??a -1i . 1'y certain to disj cover and cat t: ? mixture within 21 I hours. Ths writer has a number of ! times watched eveevils moving about over the plan.is ami finding anl catr.g t he mixture. If a hard twin c >mo> within 2i lion; -- the mixture should he promptly pu* or. aga v.. I: should he anplit-l ' at oriee more, five to sevo: days later and, ,f the emergence of t lv> WI i ik- c i.tinia > in any quantity. a t.'ii:.; and. >om? times a fourth appiiva-' | tier -i,"u!d !e made. If the early., | po.- mug i? ?: r. properly and at the pr- r t: me p-a. tically no punctured squares will he noticed before late duly or early August, at which time dusting by tlec regular method may ( be begun if necessary: In seme of . our ow n tie - 1 . year we had i I ticad.y no ivctured squares rtil . genera- nv _ ..tlon began the m. :e j "! Augu-1 no dusting wa? 5 essary in fields. Serin-.- stations of plant e , somptai i lo\v several applit.r.- ns . of call itin. .. >enate in dust form tvjs the m<. . . mixture has nevei acen y ; know: make lice plentiful If s plant appear in serious r.umi-rs - aftet .-t.r.g it will be necessa-;, to o | dust >. nicotine sulphate, ir N'.. should plant more cotton than he picked with reasonable, o promptness. Low grades gem-rall> >r bring low and unprofitable pr.ces. Is Gins which produce a smooth, unoul >e sample should be patronized, hut n< ?t gin car. make ?mooth sample froit damp cotton,. MlJtp cotton should b10 taken to the gin unless it is in propel T-jwr":? condition. We always sun and atir our early picked cotton for several days before ginning. The marketing problem in South Carolina is rapidly becoming lea* acute. The varieties beat adapted to boll weevil condition will produce a staple of one inch to 1 1-8 inchea. Quite a quantity of 1 1-32 inchea, to 1 1-16 inch cotton wue produced! in the state last year?far more than' in any previous recent season. Many j mills in South Carolina use cottons : of inch and better staple and will pay ! the proper premiums for them. Many i buyers are looking for these cottons and will go tp any section where they can be obtained in quantity. The Cotton Co-operative association of the state sees to it that its members receive the correct premiums- Vhich cotton longer than 7-8-inch are worth. The rapid increase in the length of staple and the spinning quality of the South Carolina crop will make it easier, each year to sell cottons of superior staple for their correct values and no funner need sell u bale of inch to 1 1-16 inch cotton for a short staple price in future. The scope of this paper has prevented the writer from going into all the details ofc the different opmtions of this program. It is, however, substantially the same as that of the extension service, and your county agent should be called on to supply details or help you out of difficulties. DAVID H. COKKR. Hartsville. ' Clinton S. Carnes, embezzler of funds of the Baptist Home Mission board, is now located at the Georgia state prison at Milledgeville, where he is to serve a sentence of five to seven years. It is the third time that Carnes has been sent to prison for crookedness. Washes, Carries Coal, Woman Gains 18 Pounds "I wash. iron and carry coa! and don't get tired since taking Yinol. Also, 1 have gained 18 pounds."?Mrs. S. Cortese. Vinol is a delicious compound of cod liver peptone, iron, etc. Nervous, easily tired, anemic people are surprised how Yinol gives new pep, sound sleep and a BIG appetite. The very FIRST bottle often adds several |)ounds weight to thin children or adults. Tastes delicious.?'W. Robin Zemp, Druggist. __ _ The United States senate has appropriated $100,000 to carry out the provisions in an act having for its purpose the preservation of thfifc 1 place of Abraham Lincoln hlen* I cotton i CHAMPIOlvl Fertilised, his winning crop I with Chilean Nitrate ef Soda I I TNVARIABLY when the state cotton champion I i is named by the authorities, he proves a liberal 9 user of Chilean Nitrate of 8o4a. Do you think this "Just happens" every year ^ I There is no "just happens" about It. He makes his record crop because he uses this wonderful; nitror gen fertiliser. History proves it... 1928 . 9 26.,,'25,., year after year Chilean Nitrate wins! | I n It. L. Alversojm " ? Campobello, S. C. f| V" is declared Cotton Champion of the state, f having won the State-wide 5-Acre Con- f test. Yield, 5,700 lbs. lint cotton on 5 f acres. Average yield,* lt140 lbs. lint per \ acre?i-mcre than 2 bales. Here is his fer* | I tilizer treatment: 240 ib?. Chilean Nitrate per acre. 240 lbs. j] mixed fertiliser, with 30 ibe. of other nitro- rj sen and 30 iba. potaah?all aa aide drees- ' fng. He used 780 iba. of mixed fertiliser 1 j under the crop. ;J P. M. Arant, Pageland, S. C.. who won this contest last year, using Chilean Ni- . trate, won the Corn Contest thiB year I using Chilean Nitrate on his corn. ] l|| Chilean Nitrate is the natural nitrogen fertilizer j not synthetic or artificial. It is the good old"Soda" j that 800,000 farmers used last year. Put it under H 1 your cotton. Then side dress with it . . . and make | Some real money this year. If you don't know how or where to buy Chilean ; Nitrate, inquiry at the address below will receive H | 9 prompt attention. Get This Fred* Book J "How to Ua? Chilean Nitrate of Soda" containa 44 pagea of | ".9 helpful information. It ia free. Ask for Book No. I or tear out j this ad and mail it with your name and addreaa written on the 1 margin. 1 I Chilean 11 Nitrate of Soda I EDUCATIONAL BUREAU 91 j 810 Carolina Life Bldg., Columbia, S.C* i'i In writing, please refer to Ad No. D-69 "it's SODA NOT luck" 1 ..;|j ?? ? usut/l MA SIKH'S HALE Slate of South Carolina, County of Kershaw. (( 'out I of Common Pleas) Tlic Knlerprise Building and Loan Association of f am<ltin1S. C?-plaintiff, against John Peguox, Sr., defendant. . . ? Cnrier and by virtue of a Decree of hi* Honor, Judge T. J. Mauldjn, pre si.ding in the Fifth Circuit, dated February 12, l'J2b. I will offet for suit* lx'fore the Court House door, in .lie City of Camden, during the Iegni hour.-, of sale, on the tirst Monday in Mtirch, I(being March I, IllJ'.i\ to the highest bidder for cash the following described property: "All that panel or lot of land in the ( ity of Camden, in the County <tf Kershaw and State of South Carolina, fronting fifty-one (51) feet, more or less, eastwardiy on Campbell Street, and extending buek west of it uniform width along a proposed street separating from property formerly of Dibble, now of ,Lim? Cook, for a distance of one hundred twenty (1 lit)) led, more or less, and bounded on the north by the said proposed street separating from lot na?'__ or formerly of Dibble; on the east by said Campbell Streyt; on the south by property of Clib.sob, and west by property of Baxter (Jury." Four (1) shares of the Capital Stock of The Kntorpri.se Building and Loan Association in the Seventeenth Series. iV?? bid will bo received at said sale from any person who shall not deposit with the undersigned, the sum of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars in money or certified check, as a pledgo to make good his bid in case of its acce plant, e. W. L. Del*AS.S, JR., Master for Kershaw County. February 1-1, 1020. CITY TAX KXECT'TIOMS 1'ruler and by virtue of sundry ex ut rons directed to me for non-payim n? of paving assessments due the C;'\ <-f Camden. S. C., April 1, II have levied upon the following prop, rty and will sell the same for cash during 'he legal hours of -ale on t ho lir>t M-mdav in March, 1020. being the -1th day "thereof, before the Court HoU>e .io,, in the i t v of Camden. S. C.: All that lot with building on Lafayette Ave., bounded on the North by I alayette Ave., on tin* Fast by Kerr naw < t'lii.ty; on ti.e S>uth 1?\ Ker-baw county; on the Wist by Mr s. It.tmmie Belk. Levied upon and t be -,dd nx jirope-ty of D. V. D;vm tor m?n payment of pa\ :ng as-e-iin-1.t also All that 1 ' ml b.l;:d'!ig ,.j; |.:i t ay i ii \ \ e.. be an :? . t i {fie Nv! th by V,\ tup: On tin la.-t b, I/4 \vi- .,nd ( hr:-tlV.a.-.; <>n U? South by Lafayette Ave.; on the We-t b> II. S, Canin' . 11. I ,e\ .,d U !'"tl and to be mi; ! a ptoj-.e-'tj of >. \\'. B|-;i\vn t'of nullas tier: ot pa\;;ig a-r;> r t-. \ ' t at. i b ; d .ng n I >eKa'> ' i-o .! do . on : , \oi; ii by 1 > in ' t i' e L. i -t by A niel ' ' g itii; '. S uth bv \V. T. Ftn.i:.; r. \. . -1 -\ > tr d I Kali ' L- i I i .. t : - l it' \ . . I. ... i ; F.I.' o. . d . N ' \ : \\ .t - Ii H. - : ! tr.,:; t We-t \ a'r . 1.C, .. d " a- d . i , - 1 .-y ..f \\ ; ,.. ! : \ ; ; rat ami ba dir.. . B a i . I (,, ,)|,N. p.; i ' I. ..n t: S.-atby Arthur " 'i ' 'tie We-t by Broad street, i i io,j a: n and to be sold a- prop';? "t Jeiitae M. F.nglrsh for laUl ; ay rnt tr of paving assessments, also A'.', that lot and building on Chestnut street, bounded oil the North by < heMnut street; on the Fast by Wilrrnr Wright; on the South by Lot No. 11; ?,n the West by lot No. 11. Levied upon and to be sold as property of Ix-wi?. S. (laskins for non-payment of paving assessments. also All that lot and building on Broac street, bounded on the North by (Tt] lot No.?; on the Kast by on the South by City lot No.?; or the West by Broad street. Levie< upon and to be sold as property o Kstate J. W. Bennett for non-pay ment of paving assessments. Terms of sale: Cash. H. D. HILTON, Chief of Police of Camden, S.,C I What a Savings Book Shows I A savings bank account stands for purpose, decision, firmness; persistence, unselfishness, prudence, forethought, courage, temperance, ambition and achievement on the part of the one \vlho maintains it. The First National Bank ^J0f Camden, South Carolina