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This Department is intended for the use of the members of the Farmers* Union in this county and is open to their use. • • Let your communications be in Saturday to insure appear- 9 1 ance the following week. . COLLETON COUNTY COUNTY FAIR COMMITTEE MET SAT - IRBAY AND SUGGESTS NOV. rT7T7~ AND 13 AS DATE FOR FAIR. ' 40W SUCCESS WAS WON. While our mind was kind-o’ run ning on the dairy and live stock business, we decided to go down and see Mr M. H. Collins of Campbell County. Mr Collins’ ideas on breed ing suits us exactly. He puts the problem to you thus: If a select thoroughbred bull will cause each - one of his daughters to give one- eighth of a pound of butter more each day, and remain in service in your herd for ten years as he should do, how much will he be worth over the scrub or inferior animal? Then if a select dam will give you a four-gallon heifer instead of a two or three gallon one as the average goes, how much is she worte? He says, if you have a known good breeder, you can hardly estimate his value. Let’s see: Say a cow gives milk 300 days in each year, then you will have 300-1-8— 37 1-2 pounds more each year, in ten years this will be 375 pounds of but ter; at 30 cents per pound this will be $112.50 clear profit over a com mon bull, on each heifer. Then could you breed a cow to give one gallon more you would have 300 gal lons a year or 3,000 gallons for ten years; this at 20 cents would be $600.00 a good cow would yield over the average cow. Mr Collins be lieves in the breeding, both of live^ stock and of seeds. He siys he feels sure our yields can be doub'ed by having the best pure bred corn and cotton seeds. He ordered a bushel of corn for planting and his Srder stated that each ear was to measure ten inches and was to have twenty i'. rows of grains. The party sent it j and he gave him $3.00 for it. Mr , Collins has only twenty-one acres on the place he lives on, but he is keep ing eighteen good cows and from ' the proceeds of these he is making a good living for his family. You should see him and his two boys do the milking. These boys go to school, but they put on their overalls and help at milking and all bam work, before and after school* From these eighteen cows he sold over $2,500.00 worth of milk last year and his feed bill was not over $1,- 200.00. He has been putting the manure on about three acres and you should see the rye and alfalfa on this land. Rye has been cut twice and alfalfa is now eighteen inches high in many spots. Our cotton farmers do not know w*hat manure will do. Mr Collins says, he can make double as much on these three acres now as he could on the whole twenty-one acres when he bought the place. If you were to go and see how poor the land is where it has not been manured, you can read ily see that this is true. . We want to give all of our cotton farmers a sum to work out. Mr Collins has one cow that is eleven years old. Last year she gave 6,536 pounds of milk, and she hasn’t been dry in nine years. (1) How much has she made him? (2) How much is such a cow worth? {3) How much better is it ty milk such a cow and sell milk at 20 cents a gallon, than it is to grow cotton and try to get ten cents for it? We would like to publish some of your answers to this sum. Now Mr Collins does not pose as a rich man, nor does he make any ado over his success, but he is a very useful citizen, and gives us a clear exam ple of how a man can make a good living for himself and family from twenty-one acres of poorest Southern soil, while be and his soil both grow gradually better off from year to year. If be does not lay-by any money both his land and his cattle are increasing in value annually. MrCblKnais right when be says: '‘You can not overestimate good breeding/* and we add you can not well overestimate good work and especially when thjs^work is done SHALL I BUY A SMALL FARM OR GO TO PUBLIC WORKS? Editor Southern Cultivator: I wish to ask a few questions, hop ing they will be answered in the first paper. 1 am a poor boy just started out in life and I want to get on the right line to succeed in business. I am do ing all I can to farm, but I have to pay such high land rent and my fer tilizer costs me so high that it don’t look like it is hardly necessary for me to try to farm. Would it be ad visable for me to keep farming this way, orto go to some railroad or some other public works and try to save money to buy me a little farm? Would it be advisable to borrow money and buy a little place? If the interest on the money would not amount to more than it would cost me to rent the land? You see my standing and I am do ing all 1 can to get on the right line and you just adivse me which way to start and 1 will sure take your ad vice. If you print my letter, just use. “W. S. J.” Winterville, Ga. Route 1. mistakes will be made—but we ^be lieve much good will result from the creation of this office. We need a man in each county who will be re sponsible for all farmers’ institutes, and all other matters bearing upon the agricultural education of the farmers in his county. The United States Government has been paying the expenses of demonstrators in various counties in our State. We can not see why this position also can not be combined with the county commissioner of agriculture. The proposition is certainly worthy a trial.—Southern Cultivator. FARMERS’ UNION DIRECTORY NATIONAL. President- Chas S Barrett, Union City, Ga. Vi< Comment By The Editor: Any white man w ith true grit, can buy a small fat m and pay for it in from three to five years. We meet with many who are doing it. You are not forced to stay around Winterville. If you can not get a good chance there go to South Georgia. However, you can go to Col. James M Smith’s place and buy you a home. He is selling his place off to small white farmers. You would find saving money on railroad or public works a slow business. Everything is so high that while you will receive apparently good wages you will find it requires all you get to live, and each month you will just about pay expenses. Now, farming is hard or not hard just according as you make it, by the plan you pursue. If you or any man will adopt a three-year rotation, prepare your land well, fertilize liberally, not excessive, and cultivate well you will make money; not a great amount but a little each year, and this is both the healthiest and best way.— Southern Cultivator. along the right libee. Now many ity we hold up standards of success too high for them to follow. Mr. Collin’s success was not won in a day or a year. He has bean in the dairy business for years. It takes long continued effort to win any degree of soeeees that is worthhaving.- Southern Cultivator. COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF AGRICULTURE. Just now the Farmers’ Union is getting behind the movement to have created the office of county commissioner of agriculture in each county in Georgia. In the com munications on the subject we see no mention of Mr Dan Hughes of Twiggs county, who is the author of the movement. As far back as July 1906, he offered such a resolution before the Agricultural Society at their meeting held in Griffin, Ga. The society heartily endorsed it. The Cultivator gave hearty endorse ment to the movement in our Octo ber 1st, issue of 1906, and again in July 1st issue of 1907. We under stand a bill will be introduced in the coming legislature to create this office and provide for the payment of the incumbents. We call atten tion to Mr Stallings’ article in Far mers’ Union Department, on the subject in last issue. He puts the matter very clearly. It will all de pend upon the efficiency of the man chosen to fill the place. Our idea if if the office is made it should be left to the vote of the people in each county to elect the commissioner. This would, at least, have the advan tage of giving the fanners a chance to choose a good man well qualified for the place. We also favor the plan suggested by some, to make the office in connection with the county school commifskmer and elect one man to ftll both places. We are aware that soeh a place would be hard to fill. Btflifeneed to equip men of adueatioa to ba good for mers. Wa want aduertfau and fanning to go hand in haai. They too Mug. Many ice-President J E Montgomery, Gleason, Tenn. Secretary-Treasurer-^R H McCul loch, 116 1-2 W: Broad street, Texar kana, Tex. , STATE. B. Harris President. Pnndleton, S. C. A. J. A. Perritt —Vice-President, Lamar. S. C. J. Whitner Reid Sec-Treas., Columbia. S. C. COUNTY. L. C. Padgett President, Smoaks. J. O. Jaques, Jr. Vice-President, Cottageville. G. W. Sweat Sec-Treas., Hen dersonville. W. C. Brant—Chaplin, Ruffin. J. A. Willis Conductor, Cottage ville. L. H. Roger— Door-Keeper, W’al- terboro. W. W. Smoak, Jr.- Business Agent, Walterboro. W. W. Smoak, Jr.—County Or ganizer. Executive Committee- Q. A. Ben ton, W. C. Saunders, j. I. Seigler, T. H. Caldwell, C. F. Roger. Meeting 1st Saturday in each month at 10 a. m. at the courthonse. LOCALS. Stokes—W. C. Saunders, Presi dent, E. B. Way, secretary-treasurer. Maple Cane—J. F. Addison, presi dent, J. F. Seigler,- secretary-treas- rer. Sniders—W. C. Brant, president; J. K. Getsinger, secretary-treasurer. Williams- Dr. C. E. Kinsey, presi dent; J. F. O’Quin, secretary-treas urer. Islandton—A. E. Rentz, president; C. R. Mears, secretary-treasurer. Dry Branch-T. H. Caldwell, president; J. W. Avant, secretary- treasurer. Weimer- D. M. V’arn, president; J. E. Varn, secretary-treasurer. Hendersonville—G. E. H. Moore, president; M. H. Carter, secretary- treasurer. Smoaks—L. C. Padgett, president; J. W. Kinsey, secretary-treasurer. Lodge—L. J. Jones, Sr., president; P. M. Johns, secretary-treasurer. Horse Pen—Jos Langdale, presi dent; G. L. Smoak, secretary-treas urer. * Cottageville—Dr. W. A. Kirbye, president; H. W. Ackerman, secre tary-treasurer. Walterboro—W. W. Smoak, Jr., president; Jno. W. Hammond, secre tary-treasurer. Bethel—H. W. Breland, president; Allen Padgett, secretary-treasurer Bells—W. H. Saunders, president; F. M. Thomas, ’ secretary-treasurer. Hudson’s Mill—J. D, Hudson, president; Dr.CA. Willis Hudson, secretary-treasurer. Adnah—John Kicklighter, presi dent; Paul K. Crosby, secretary- treasurer. ■ • ^« - TO DISCUSS CNN AM OITTM. The committee appointed by the prescient at the last meeting of the County Farmers’ Union to consider the question of a County Fair Asso ciation for tlrfis county, met Saturday morning at 10 o’clock at the office of Jas. E. Peurifoy. There were present J as. E. Peuri foy, Joseph Langdale, L. J. Jones. T. H. Caldwell, president of the Lodge local, and W. W. Smoak, Jr., County Business Agent. The committee was unanimously in favor of holding a County Fair and will suggest Nov. 11, 12 and 13, as the days for holding it. The committee desires it distinctly un derstood that this County Fair is not to be confined to the Farmers’ Union, but will be open to the en tire county. A letter was read from Secretary A. W. Love, of the State Fair Asso ciation, auggeating that it would be a good idea for him to come down and meet with the committee in charge of the Fair Association. It was decided to extend, an invitation to Mr. Love to be present on Satur day. June 5. and address the people of the county as well as the Fanners’ Union, which will be in session that day, on the subject of the County Fair. This public meeting will be held at the Courthouse at 12 o’clock. June 5. Tne members of the Walterboro Cjvic League will be invited by the committee to be present at this meeting. A full report will be made as to 1 plan for the organization of a Coun ty Fair Association, and for grounds, etc., at the next regular meeting of the County Farmers’ Union. UNIONISMS. Organize. And then stay organized. And there is nothing you cannot do. Prepare an exhibit now for the fcounty Fair. Live at home should be the motto of every union member. Make enough to eat at home and have cotton as a surplus. Who says the union is not doing something? See the county fair etc. Get the bulletins named last week for discussing the subjects assigned at the next local. Do any of the locals ever meet? Judging from this page one would hardly think so. Every one interested in a county fair should hear Secretary Love the first Saturday in June. Nothing will help unionism more in this county than the free use of these columns for discussions of unionism. Let us have your articles. A farmer (?) was seen carrying home a bale of Western hay and a bushel pi Western corn last week. He can’t hold cotton. I hereby appoint to dkcnm the best methods of corn culture at pur next meeting Brothers J L Ritter and R E Jones, and for the best methods of cotton culture Brothers JO Griffin and SP Goodwin. These brothers will pleaae prepare for this diemwkm, WW Shnoak Jr. Praa. Walterboro, Local. Don’t let the present high price of cotton fool you into planting too much—it goes up this way every year. UNION ARROWS. Organization and co-operation will put the farmer t»n the front seat. The farmer who doesn’t believe in organization is following a very cold trail. The Fanners’ Union is to a treacherous politigan what the hind foot of a mule is to a careless “nig- ger. It is a poor lawyer who cannot write a law with a loophole in it, and sometimes the loophole is bigger than the law. PLUMBING AND PlUfr-.- Sober, Competent 'Workmen O Full line of all kinds of Sanitary, Toilet, Kitchen and Household Plumbing Fixtures, Water and Gas pipe always on hand. See the Model Kitchen at Brown s Hardware Store and the Bath, Toilet and Sanitary Display at my Main Street shop. E. F. HAMMOND, - lachioist and Supply House. BOX pas ’PHONE 77A PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO OUT OF TOWN ORDERS. ' r mm •V . 1L5$1 • i > SUMMER HATS. SUMMER SUITS. > Summer Dress Goods. Groceries, Hay, Grain, lime, etc. Call on us while in town. COLLETON MERCANTILE AND MANUFACTURING CO. RIBBONS. RIBBONS, RIBBONS. RIBBONS. White, blue, pink and brown taffeta ribbon, 4 inches wide at 15 cents a yard. Handkerchiefs—Mens. 45c. a dozen; 10 cents handkerchiefs at 90 cents a dozen. BEACH BROTHERS BEEF, TEAL AND FORE. V Customers can be supplied at all times with the freshest * and best at my Market. Highest Prices Paid for Beef Cattle. H. R. FRANCES, • WALTERBORO, S. C. ice! ice, ice, Have begun to make, ice delnvery in town. Let us have your orders. Ice cream parlors, cool drinks at all times. ’Phone 70b. JONES CARBONATING COMPANY. Farmers Should Use Fruited Stationery. Let us quote yOu prices on what you wish. 250 note heads and 250 envelopes^printed for $1.75—enough to last the average farmer a year. The Frees and Standard. z TR THE BUYING PUDUC: Read the Following Quotations and Let us Serve You: Early June Peas 15c per can. Rose Bud Peas 10c per can. Fish Roe 18c per can. Choice Pripe 20c per can. Choice Roast Beef 15c per can. Grape Nuts 15c per pkg. Egg-O-See 12 i-2c per pkg. Dried Okra 5 i-2c per pkg.. V BYRNE’S STORE. No farmer should hesitate for a moment to join the Fanners’ Union. It Is the only way he can help to protect his interests. When the formers once under stand the railroad companies’ inter pretation of confiscation, they will want to take a hand in that fight themselves.—Home and Farm. Take life like a man. Take it as though it was—as it is—an earnest, vital, essential affair. TakeJt just as though you were born to the task of performing a merry part in it—as though the world had waited your coining. Take it as though it were a grand opportunity to achieve, to carry forward great and good schemes, to hold and to cheer a suf fering, weary, it may be broken hearted brother.—Charles H. Spur- L«t* J ;52 Years.. Wm Parr—England’! oldest man— married the third time at 120, worked in the fields till 112 sad lived fiO Tears longer. People should be youthful at 80. Jamee Wright, of Spur look, Ky. shows bow to remtia yonag. **I lee! last like e la-yeaie-oM hoy,** he writes, “after taking sis bottles of Bieotrie Bit ten. For thirty years Kidney tumble amde life a harden, bat the fink bottle of title wonderfsl medtoiae convinced me I had foond the greets* ease eat earth.** They're a gedesad to weak, richly madowa or old people. Try tbesk 50c at Jao M KJola. r ’ M - m ■ * >-«*■ ..v. •, jLiMic-,.... 1 . - ■V. JL,