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\ SECOsEcnoN lamforg irralii PA<fTOi2 $2.00 Per Year in Advance BAMBERG, S. 0., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 20,1919. Established in 1891 ??? ??????i???^?? ???^? ?????M w ?? S - PEANUTS PROFITABLE ( HOP TO BEAT BOLL WEEVIL. (Continued from page 1, column 6.) the examples of their white neighbors, and profited immensely by so C4 doing. The situation is different in lower South Carolina, as there are probably three colored farmers to one white farmer, and perhaps one third of the _'White farmers do not live on their farms, but in town or city on account of educational and other advantages not to be found in the rural districts. It will therefore be more difficult to change our system of farming than * the Alabama farmers found it, but It must be done, and will be done. The only question is: Will it oe Defore we lose acrop or iwo of cotton? Or, will we bear out t^e belief of at least one man who said that "farmers as a general rule have aot enough v sense to stop planting everything in cotton until the boll weevil has eaten up a crop or two for them and forced them to diversify?" That is rather a slander on the farmers of this section, in the opinion of the writer, for from conversation with many farmers one draws the conclusion that our folks want to substitute other crops for cotton, in part at least. What most farmers want to know ^ now is, what crop to plant in place ofj cotton. Probably we can draw some . helpful conclusions from other sections that have passed through the same conditions that confront us. Experience has taught the Alabama farmer that the following plan for the * average farm is most profitable. . On a one horse farm five or six acres is planted in cotton. Ten acres is planted in corn, with velvet beans and peanuts planted in alternate corn middles. The balance of the acreage is planted in peanuts, to be harvested as a money crop. Taking up each of these crops in detail may be of interest, showing the exact method followed in Alabama. ' First, Cotton. The land that is to be planted in cotton is broken with a two horse plow as early in winter as possible. All of the fertilizer is put . under the cotton, and none used 'as a top dresser. ,There were some variations of opinions about top dressing, but the concensus of opinion was that the plant must be rushed to fruition as rapidly as possible. The seed are planted as early in March as seasonable conditions permit. The crop is plowed every week or as often as it may be done without injury to the plants. With only five or six acres of cotton it is not difficult to plow , frequently. Under weevil conditions the most important feature of cotton growing, presupposing the early planting of the seed, is to pick up and bum every cotton square and form that falls to the ground. This should be done *at least once each week, until it be'v comes a physically impossible task to pick up all of the squares and forms that fall. This will be in July x some time. The reason why it is important and necessary to burn the fallen squares and forms is because r each one contains a grub, which will hatch out a boll weevil in a week or two. if not destroyed. Each weevil lays hundreds of eggs, and it is easily conceivable that a single pair of them may be the progenitors of several thousand weevils. It seems likewise important to turn under the cotton stalks as soon as the crop is gathered, for by so doing the food supply of the weevil is destroyed, and winter quarters also. All fence rows, ditch j banks and hedges should be cleared up and burned early in the fall, thus destroying winter quarters for the weevils. Using this method a farmer may get two-thirds to three-quarters of a normal crop of cotton; not using it, * " ? fA nno.half O0 may gtJl uue-quanci ?.v/ u^v but he may not get any at all. Second, Corn. The farmers of lower South Carolina are probably as familiar with planting corn with velvet beans and peanuts in alternate middles, as are the farmers of other sections, so we will omit a detailed description of the handling of this crop, pausing only to say that the corn acreage should be determined by the number of hogs it is desired to fatten on the peanuts and beans in the corn middles. It may be well to mention that the Alabama farmer does not pull fodder, as the hay from, his peanut crop gives him a superabundance of palpable, nutritious forage. Th;rd, Peanuts. Some details of the Alabama method of handling the peanut crop will be given, as it has not been generally grown in this State as a crop to be harvested and sold. A few of our farmers in this section for years Have harvested peanuts for sale. On the farms of Mr. John H. Cope, the well known banker and cotton mill man, of Bamberg, white Spanish peanuts have been planted following oats, in the regular rotation of crops, and as evidence that these crops are profitable, it r>eds but be said that although cotton has been bringing 30 cents to 35 cents per pound, Mr. Cope has adhered to his usual system. We will subdivide the subject of peanuts as follows: A. Preparation of seed bed. B. Planting and cultivation. . C. Harvesting. D. Marketing. E. Miscellaneous. A. Preparation of seed bed. The land to be planted in peanuts is broken with a two horse plow early in the winter, January or February. Some time before time to plant the seed nuts, rows are laid off with an eight inch round point or shovel plow These rows are usually three feet apart, although some farmers prefer the rows only two and one-half feet wide when planting the white Spanish variety of nut. The nuts are not to be planted in these furrows, but! IX--+ ' 7r^ * - > itl: M v ^ ]?||? *$& !?]? ff? Ml W Ml t m 7^ ? #q :| Mi i | < : i] . I 1??U . i pi - . i j|p n I I! lif ' m i-P IS ^ i! d i 1: ' ' I? i-y< Mj .,: 1*1 r ifiS! M: 5e fey 4 M? PJ 2# I ^ ila? ii m m-. is > m # jrfj: is ill Mi' f;%V a ? [ I: MS' I j^: ' rvy*4 4 .1 ' in the middles between the furrows, and it is advisable to run a spring ! tooth or peg harrow up and down these middles, so as to free seed beu j from clods and grass or weeds. Eitli'er before, or at the time of planting, ithe fertilizer to be used is put down ! with an ordinary distributor in a furI row made with a five inch shovel i plow. j Experiments have established the j fact that three or four hundred | pounds of acid phosphate, and half as much ammonia in some form, is j most profitable. Five or six hundred j pounas per acre 01 a sianuaru icrujlizer should make a good crop of I peanuts, if lime in some form is also jused. It is necessary to use lime in jsome form, and experience has dejtermined that there is no better form | of lime than land plaster for peanuts. If lime is not used, the crop may contain a large number of half filled nuts, or there will be lots of pops; shells without kernels. The writer ; believes that the best form of lime 'is Phospho Land Plaster, and this 'belief is founded partly upon personal experience, partly upon letters HHnI ',h j I ? As It I: The Roac Three-] [TOO expect a bad road to ride L until the introduction ot pringbase. Overland 4 does not change 1 lange the manner in which yo ives you comfort instead of di: du a smooth, sailing sensation ad swaying. The Diagonal attachment ol ver Springs at the ends of a 130-i; ?ng wheelbase road steadiness, retains all the advantages?lig nyj and caseofhandling, of 100-in \ \ 1 (0$ llffi recounting experimental work, and partly upon what other users of land plaster have told him. There are many farmers who state that by using ! land plaster they make sound, full | peanuts, but mak? "pops'" where not I used. My personal experience in the ! use of land plaster may be of interest : to farmers, for it was used on my ! farms largely in the place of acid j phosphate, and this fertilizer seems j very hard to secure this year. Until 11918 the usual mixtures of fertilizers,! including acid phosphate, were used,; ! with varying degrees of success, but j j in that year, half of the acid was i ; dropped from the mixture, and land; i plaster used instead. The fertilizers | iused for cotton per acre were: two ; hundred pounds of acid, four hun-; jdred pounds of meal, and four hun-! ' dred pounds of land plaster, with a top dressing of nitrate of soda. The land nlaster was used on the advice ! of a farmer living in Orangeburg | !county, who had experimented with; ; iti In th-e fall of 1918 the largest crop . lever grown on these farms was har-; | vested. One farm made 125 bales of I I?In New < Point Cantil< : as it looks* It did, Th the Overland 4 comfort which L die road, but it does u can nde on it. It s-comforL It gives Tii instead of bouncing hamme omy in : Three-Point Canti- . nch Springbase gives Lite oti lob inch Wheelbas J. B. BRICKL BAMBERG, S. C jpiiiiwiuiiiiiimiiiaiwiimiiiii 'W'SSS'B^ BMMHMKMOTk X cotton, and the largest preceding crop was 84 bales. In 1919 no acid was used, and the second largest crop ever made on these farms is being gathered. As | acid may be difficult to obtain, this i information about land plaster is given for what it may be worth. Undoubtedly peanuts may be made by using some standard fertilizer, or by using acid and some form of ammonia and lime in liberal quantities. If land plaster is used, put half under the crop mixed with the | other fertilizer, and broad cast the balance on top of the plants just as they begin to flower and send down "pegs." Any amount will do some good, but from five hundred to eight hundred pounds of land plaster, and about five to six hundred pounds of mixed fertilizer, per acre, probably will be lil U o L yiUHLclUlC. B. Planting and cultivation. In response to inquiry the farmers of Alabama almost without exception, stated that the Cole Peanut planter, equipped with peanut plates, proved most satisfactory, cracking less seed, ? < \ "-*1* a As It Seems Overland 4 sver Springs is means an altogether new star a noteworthy reduction in the essens the efficiency of a car. T1 iger life to every part and thus id replacement costs. *es wear longer because cush ring blows. Light weight means gas, oil and running expense. erland 4's equipment is complei irting and Lighting to Demoun me in and see this remarkable . Overland 4 Touring, $845; R $1325; Sedan, $1375. Prices f \ -.iaatA?l_ ,E I ?T77T?'?? ? c ?7r?7f7?tTH??Tt7it*? ?7rTTT mmmmmmmm \ and giving the best stand. Plates for planting either shelled or unshelled nuts may be obtained. The farmers seemed to be divided as to the advisability of planting shelled and unshelled nuts. If the nuts are planted in the shell, they should be soaked in water for twentyfour hours preceding planting. If shelled nuts are to be planted most of the Alabama farmers seemed to f think that hand shelling injured less , nuts and gave a better stand than was the case with machine shelled, nuts/ ! although there may be machines that I will do the work satisfactorily. The actual planting is done with a j planter, following a sweep that is run ! flat over the fertilizer furrow. This j makes the seed bed in a slight degression, and as previously stated, it lies between the furrows that are i made with the eight inch shovel . plow. If white Spanish nuts are planted the rows may be either thirty or thirty-six inches wide, and the nuts J are planted eight to twelve inches j (Continued on page 12, column 1.) 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