The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, March 03, 1921, Image 10
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MtMER IN DARK
Rfiorr cotton
Planting Time is Now About
Bp Here and What Will
(David R. COKER
f GIVES HIS ADVICE
I Writes an Article on Farm
f Operations for the Year
; . RY DAVID R. COKER
Hartsville.?Special: Although cotI
t^>n planting time is only six or
[ eight weeks off inanv cotton growers
all over the South have not yet
determined on what policy they will
;pursue as to the apportionment of
their acreage and as to the use of
fertilizer. Advice is being showered
upon them in such volume and of
such diverse tenor as to be most
cdnf using. In two respects however,
the adivce being offered by
the wisest farm economists coin- I
cide. All say reduce cotton acreage
and raise adequate food stuffs. And <
in tne wisdom <>t this program i ?
{ most heartily concur. 1
1 have not, however, soon any for 1
mula presented which will allow (
each farmer to figure for himself .
the correct amount of his acreage
"which he should plant in foodstuffs
and in cotton and 1 propose
to here lay down what I consider
the correct rule.
First, however, let us discuss con- i
ditions which must be met by any
proposed program. Statistcians tell
us that we will have a carry-over
; of about nine million bales in Aug;
just 1. They also tell us that the
I < South purchases hundreds of mil- ,
[ lions of dollars' worth of corn, hay, I
I and other food products which can
and should be raised here. It is a
inotorious fact that most plantations
jdo not produce a sufficiency of sy- ]
,rup, sweet potatoes vegetables and
jfruits for the consumption of landjlord
and tenants and few are adequately
stocked with cows and hogs.
There is a market in every town
\ and factory village for large quantities
of the vegetable and animal '
^products which can be easily raised ]
I-ion every farm. We have right at i
(.{home, therefore, a market for a vast
i jamount of food products now pro- >
' iduced elsewhere but which can and j
{should he produced here. I
t
Low Grade Cotton. c
| The nine million bale carry-over c
next August will consist very large J
ly of low Oracle cotton of poor, weak *
staple. For several years the carry 1
over.of this kind of cotton has been \
rapidly increasing until now such 1
Cotton is only bringing about 50
per cent of the value of the corresponding
lengths of high grades. >
With the exception of the past three ]
years of margin between the bare i
i host of production of high grade 1
cotton and its selling price has rare- <
jly amounted to the difference in the i
seNing price botwen high grade and i
low grade cotton. (By bare cost of <
>roduction I mean only money ex- ?
reuses plus a bare living to the la- i
orers.) With the possible excep- |
;ion of one year (1019-20) never in ]
ny recollection has low grade cot- ;
;on returned to the grower its cost ,
Sf production. Yet year after year
tye see many planters all over the
feouth putting in a cotton acreage
1 ^hich they know cannot be gathered
in a reasonablv picking season
r?v tho labor on their plantations.
1/? i*4 i :i _. ?aa.?
; ? tJiM ill VI .VUill * 'twill LI LI'S 01 cotton
in the fields in November, Decernj
I ~ nd in some years as late as
j March.
1 " weevil conditions only
fearly varieties should he used and
*arly planting practiced. The bulk
^f the crop, therefore will be open
>y the last of September and the
fntire crop must be gotten out of
jhe fields by October 15 or at least
jy November 1, in order to insure
i grade of middling and better.
:} Destructive Policy.
Under the conditions prevailing
uring the past thirty years, with
he possible exception of one, the
armer who put in a greater acreage
than he had available labor to
j| Hck in six or eight weeks has puri
!ued a policy not only unprofitable
| o himself but also destructive to
fie whole cotton industry,* for he is
he man responsible for long years
if low prices and for the present
' I inormous carry-over of low grade
otton which is now keeping the
rice far below cost of production.
Succinctly stated, my formula
, rhich can be de<Uiccd from the above
' iscussion is as follows: liaise all
ie foddstuffs adapted for growth
: i your section which are lequired
\ jr the consumption of the total
! H; irm population, both human and an
rial, with a reasonable margin for
I ' ile to the nearby towns. Then
U feise only as mucn conon as mc
tbor on the farm can gather quick[j
r enough to produce nothing below
y ie grade of middling. Let the
P ttlance of the land lie out or plant
| in some soil improving crop.
| If the foregoing formula is strict|
fi r applied to every plantation the
9 eduction in the cotton acreage will
| fe very great.
j | I have little hope that the cam
f'lMflfn hy agreement will bring adeI
: bate results. Most farmers are In|
Svidualists and will figure out a pro
y ram which they think will best
I the requirements of the situaI
If we can focus the attention
I jF every planter upon the fact that
I Brade cotton rarely if ever reI
Sp***? cos* Production and
I |? further fact that its production
B SM been responsible for the woeful
I Ig&fttion today existing:, we have ac
wmplished the primary thins: neces- ]
(&ry to effeefct acrease reduction. No <
:armer is going to deliberately dojl
something which he figures in ad j
/ance will be unprofitable and fur- <
;her no farmer wants to be con- .
udered an enemy to the cotton ln-J|
iustry as a whole. So the business |
judgement of the great body of cot- i
ton growers and aroused public senti- j
ment will, I think, accomplish an
idequate reduction if this matter can j
be properly presented to the entire ,
South before planting time.
Would Use Fertilizer
;>f fertilizers. If anything has been
ilearly demonstrated in the agriculture
of the Eastern cotton belt it is j
that cotton can be more cheaply pro
luced (even at low prices) with the
use of a fair and well-balanced ration
of fertilizers than without. Based
on present prices for cotton, I do
not think that the average farmer '
can afford to use less than $12 or j
$15 worth of fertilizer per acre, the
formula and amount of course vary
ing with the type and condition of
the soil. I'
Very little fertilizer has yet been
bought and if the farmers are to
plant their crops on time no time is
to be lost in securing their supply, j
A. little further delay will mean late
deliveries, late planting, and the ]
risk of the destruction of the crop '
l>y the boll weevil.
(Note:) Of course, the principles
discussed above apply to tobacco and
ather money crops as well as to cotton.
Farm profits are usually too
narrow to allow for the production
>f low grades in any money crop.)
FARMERSHOULD
USE BEST CARE!
I
How He Spends Money That 5
He Borrows for <
Capitai
______ \
BUSINESS SIDE
OF FARM WORK
Buying Luxuries Always Bad
Business For Him to
Practice
Credit is always a good thing to
lave, and under certain conditions a
/ery good thing to use, but just now
t seems in most cases to be much desirable
to have it than actually to use
t. The United States Department of
\griculture warns farmers that the
^resent is a particularly unfavorable
,ime to borrow for any purpose that
loes not promise naturally to injrease
the productiveness of the farm
inter prise. This applies particularly
;o long-time loans. Interest rate are
it present considerably above normal
ind the payment of these rates is in
tself a heavy burden to assume.
When to Borrow.
It is furthermore pointed out that
vhile at the beginning or early in the
progress of a period of rising prices
t is generally highly profitable to
sorrow for productive purposes, the
iase is quite different in time of fall
ng prices. When prices go up the <
^alue of money goes down, and a debt i
contracted on a low market can be i
settled on a high market with money ,
representing correspondingly less la- i
l>or and smaller quantities of product <
per dollar. Thus, with rising prices
[ill loans that would be safe on a j
steady market stand to yield hand- \
some profits. In a period of peak i
prices, however, or of falling prices,
such as farmers are facing now, the
shoe is on the other foot. At such a
time it is advisable to use caution in
borrowing since there is a probability
of having to pay back the loan in
dearer dollars than those obtained
from the loan.
For those who find that they must
borrow at this time in order to avert
disaster, or are so situated that by a
reasonable amount of additional capital
they can naturally increase their
earnings, the Office of Farm Management
and Farm Economics oirers certain
simple rules to be kept in mind.
The first and most important rule
is that only as much money be borrowed
as can be put to a decidedly
productive use. With the rate of interest
high and the prices falling, only
an important use of borrowed capital
is likely to make a loan prove
profitable or even a safe venture for
the borrower. The borrowing of
money for the purchase of power machinery,
for example, can be justified
under present conditions only where
farminc is done on a considerable
scale and where such machinery can
he used a considerable number of
days during the year to save time and
labor needed elsewhere on the farm.
The second rule to be considered
by the farmer concerns the time
when the loan shall be repaid. If he
borrows money to purchase fertilizer
and agrees to repay it before a crop
is harvested and sold, he may have
difficulty in discharging the debt. If
he arranges, however, to pay after
the borrowed fertilizer has brought
returns, he will be relieved of the pos
sible embarrassment of asking for a
renewal of the note and the resultant
injury to his credit.
The third consideration is closely
related to the second, and hao to do
with the duration of the loan. GenJ
erally speaking, the length of the
time the debt is allowed to run should
be closely related to the productive
life of the farm implement or improvement
for which the money is
employed. If the money is to build
a silo that will last 10 years, the loan
should not run more than 10 years,
because, if a silo can not pay for it|
self in its own lifetime it is plain
j that it would be folly to borrow to
build it. On the other hand, such a
loan should run long enough to give
the farmer a good chance to meet
it when due.
Provisions should be made in a
I
THX HO&EY ITKtlti!
long-time loan for the gradual refaction
of the principal. This can
t>e done by wording the note so that
w nart of the principal can be paid on
an..- interest date, or by providing for
x c.dfmate annual or semi-annual payment
covering the interest due and al
lowing a graudaully increasing of
the amount to be paid against the
principal. Each of these methods
prepares for the payment of the interest
as it comes due and automatically
disposes of the principal in a
stated time.
Total Annual Payments.
On a $1,000 loan to run for fifteen
years at f> per cent interest, the farmer
could arrange a total annual payment
of $100. Of his first $100 payment,
$50 would settle the interest
and leave $50 to be paid against the
principal. The next year interest
could he charged for only $950, the
amount of the reduced principal, and
liis annual payment would be divided
into $47.50 to care for the interest,
and $52.50 to he applied on the principal.
By this method the debt and
its interest are gradually reduced untill
in the 14th year $5.72 would be
paid as interest*on a principal only
amounting to $114.35. The next year
the borrower would make a total payment
of $21.07, $1 for interest and
?20.07 to pay oil* the debt itself.
PROPERTY OWNERS
MAY PAVE
A movement has boon started re?e'Aly
to get the owners of buildings
in our main business block to contribute
in due proportion the cost < f
paving the alley which runs through
tho block from the side walk on Main
street, to the side walk on Laurel
street. Recently Mr. J. W. Taylor
laid the front part of this alley with
concrete and finished up the surface
with cement and sand, so that for a
part of tho distance between the
>uildings of Mr Taylor and Piatt's
Plmvmjirv llin will nlvvnuc ltr>
lard anil in good condition for walkng.
Throughout tlic remainder of
.he length of this alley, owing to
he large amount of hauling that is
lone over it, the surface is full of
*uts and mud holes and in very rainy
;imes it is impassible.
Some years ago the owners of lots
md buildings in this block purchased
,hc western part of this \lloy from
,ho owner of the property and turned
t over to the Town of Conway for
mblic use. Since that time the Town
las performed some work on it and
lauled in dirt from time to time but
;ti 11 it gets into very bad condition.
I?i the opinion of this paper the
Pown should place the alley in better
:ondition and keep it that way, but
f the Town is unable to do it, or will
lot do it, then the owners < f the property
in this business block should
brow in the necessary Money and
lave it put in good shape and fix
t so that it will be a permanent job.
SILK DISCOVERY
MADE BY WOMAN
New York. ? A woman discovered
silk. And the Secret was kept for
many centuries. Finally a woman
told the secret of its culture and manifurfnvp
in ? mnn nnrl liprnmo n
household word in all parts of the
world.
Walking one sunny summer morning
in a <|iiiot Chinese garden where
the high-enveloping; walls were all hut
hidden in a riotous growth of oxotic
flowers and the air heaHly perfumed
with their fragarnce, a slim girl of
14 pattered along sknvly with tightly
hound feet to an inviting teak wood
pagoda by the side of a miniature
lake.
There she rested. As she watched
a nest of insects and worms she
noticed that while many of them apparently
slept lazily in the sun, a trio
of catapillars were ceaselessly busy
feasting on the leaves of a white mulberry
tree.
Their capacity and their energy fascinated
her and the next (lay and for
many succeeding days she watched
them eat and grow rapidly.
She had ample time, for she was
the Empress Si-ling-chi, wife of the
Emperor Iluang-ti, who ruled Chin?
in 2f>10 B. C.. She is known toda>
as the "Goddess of the Silk Worm'
and throughout China on an appointed
day the rich and poor alike pa>
picturesque tribute to her.
Watched Them Work.
One day she noticed that, .'is theii
heads moved from side to side, i
semi-fluid gummy substance issuet
from their mouths and K?on Uirnec
into a soft downy thread. Soon co
coons were formed and she carrier
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i
Millinery
We Wish to
SPRING AND SI
BEGINNING I
And Continuing
You are cordial!
Mrs. J.!
CONW
t: t. a , tum-x.
! ' s-ssmssmsmmam
one to the tniRinr. He wat mVUkf
terested.
The lonely little empfaw,jmnoua*l
ed by a small army of servitors tat
without a playmate, although merely
a child, carried the cocoon hajfr to 4ka
garden. It piqued her curiouty. It
was about the sixs of a lartfs pMAtfl
but slightly thicker a?d> substantially
hard. From it floated many soft
threads. She pulled one and found
that although it was 8o.<lig!it' that* it
would float in the air it was still so
strong that she could pull off a
length. The hardness of the cocoon
bothered her and finally she hit'upea
the idea of soaking one in>warm water.
The result was that she -waa
better able to extract the thre*& She
wound it on h#r fingers in one continuous
thread nearly two thousand
feet long. It was yellow..
Si-ling-chi had remarkable iniatia*
tive and had she lived in these time*
and in the United States she woubfc
undoubtedly have been a leader, in,
some one or more of the advanced
movements that have plaoei' women
at least closer to fhelr proper ptase in.
the world's activities. Not content
with her interesting discovery she .set*
about to find some way in which te
utilize the beautiful silken threads.
After weeks of study and experiments
she ordered the ladies of her court te
gather in the garden. There qhe dem
on strated her crude methods ol f gath~|
ering and reeling the silk and set them
VI ARCH 15, 1921
Through the Season
ly invited to attend.
S. Causey
AY, S. C.
*
nil to work, learning to lielp her.
Soon she taught them to weave garments
and to embroider. It was. not
long before the emperor, who had
shown so little interest in her silk'
worms, was presented by. the empress
with a ceremonial garment of purest
silk and only a short time later all
members of the court were wearing
silken clothes of dazzling beauty.
Became Big Iiutygtry. ,
The production of raw silk,quickly
became the chief industry of China
and the nation grew rich- beyond the
understanding of neighboring* counT
tries which sought vainly for the se*
cret of silk. China held the secret
and monopoly of export to all parts
of Asia, India, Persia and Arabia /or.
many centuries. The death penalty
was decreed for the crime of sending,
or taking the silk worm, its eggs or.
the seeds of the white mulberry tree
out of China.
All went well with the Chi nest silk"
industry until about 350 B. C. when, a
prince of India visited China and won
the love of a demure Chinese princess
who accompanied him to India* viathe
elopement and caravan route, tak;
ing, hidden in her sandals, the.eggs
of silk worms and seeds of the white>
mulberry. Within three moons of the
arrival in India of the runaway princess,
she disappeared mysteriously
between suns but it was too late to
save the secret. She had not only
delivered to her lover the eggs and
the seeds but had taught him all that
she had learned of silk in the royal
palace in China.
Alexander the .Great learned the
secret during a visit to India in-828B.
C. and through him silk became
known throughout many parts of. Europe
only to be lost again after conv?i
paratively a few years. (The fcnowr
lerlge of silk was not regained in Eu-?<
rope until the reign of Julius Caesar*
"CASCARETS" IF
SICK OR BILIOUS
Tonight sure! Let a pleasant*
harmless Cascarette work while yQ?
sleep and have your liver active, headclear,
stomach sweet and bowels*
moving regular by morning. Ha<
griping or inconvenience. 10, 25 or
50 cent boxes. Children love this
candy cathartic, too. >
Pal txk afestl^
PALMETTO STATE FESTIVALt
Columbia, March 28 to April
, . >
*sama I
r I will b? in Dr. Blanton'e D?nt?l
Office every
First and Third Mondays
t of each Montk
| OFFICK IIOURH ? TO 4
1 L. A. WOODBUFK
: KYKMKiHT NPRCULIKf
'
Opening
Announce Our
JMMER OPENING
Pff-OT
mmesmmmmumssBm \ -L~.
|? afrinl 57 B.C. when in Rome it
MCim:t)w ipnltM fo?t dress and
old its w?igM in gold.
The* Emperor Tiberius forbade the [
men of Home to wear garments of '
pMhlflrum heneeaaWeed the custom
effemlmle ian4>saa?y> Romans do- J
nomctiOmaiailii ofrilto from the 1
Island te&Oos %?o??^ It was claim
ad thMf4ke <e*t?en?e transparency of
the ftii f^rii made , such costumes |
(jWMBt It was the first dress reform
QMMtuealfiiv history. The first
Btandaid' poise i flaed > for sillr was set
by the Emperor* Jastii^pn in 528 A.
i heu decided ' that the mer,
chant* sJMmldMtet enact more than
eight pftdess of void' (about $15) for
a pound of stupes sold ready for the
tailor. IJhft'ipjfee ruined-the silk mer
chants.
The 'silk of that day, although of
mwre gamy texture, would not corner*
favosaMy wfththe good silks of
|od*y, iiwth* hoauty and coloring,
>eave or duraWlity, It excelled it
fcnjy in price.
By,the.year ailfcten garments
w*ff c<\Biyvo^'4ll English court circles
aHhoughilt wa& wrtuntU the close of
^he foUowing eentury that England
part of IMtWtmtli.Miwjr it was
not uotlbftlmoat TOO years later that
wall established
the** thtaigfc the. effort* of Henry
of" Navarre, who sp*M more than
.faoyjIpO ef his own funds in experiJrvaota,
$ I M I O* I '
Nbi Wamhs la m HaaMk? OI.IM
[ AUofeJUra tftmbM Worm.'have
iMakJw color, which ktttaMMpoot blood. m?44c ft<
wto< lW> la mora orlew ?tomh diaturbance.
GM>VEttTAftTUJCSS CHUJl TONIC glvea re*?~
Ur^|?|M?orthM wook* wtB'fcarlch the btood.
ctpinft Toukte tba whole ?yaU? Native wUlthco
tbrow^fl* ifcieel wd ihoChi* wllibe
fcyihet Mft ?n?qm? tft Ufce. doparhntk
v 111 ' '
t Advertise-in i The Hiralo.
jNOT
j LADIES AND <
When youcome to Loi
? SOM?THIN<
f
j. CaU 't* <see u? just * across
f deppty thirddoor from the
. something! to eat and 'I wil
; ,! piice. L'have almost anyt
, fe is lom
Thanking you in adv
LOUIS
J G.H.TYLEF
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1 for e
i is the att
5 MAJRL
I rir'. We have just receive
11) men's and concervative
ill most?Mt>anct modest 1 ir
menVdtess straw 'hats ev
. j. J, what we want to impress
Hli JUStwhat you are lookin;
r- j-:; prices, as we hh<i irather
vlii then give youi the price,
i ijr, our< statement is true.
:|| ' SPEi
|i|: We< have them- every d(
fyou* to visit* us when in
I .0 Ltj rilm#*riAi
WtlfVVI
'& i TO OUR Oi
!11 CUST(
*{ I. _
^ J Wfetwish to have you m
[ '< your headquarters whil
j5 '<? court. We wilt gladly
|, f that you may have. A
fj f- writing. as we have pie
?> i<. pmi for you to use free
i! MARt
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CARD OP THANKS.
I wish to express thanks to tfie
nany children of Cor\way Tor their
cindness to my little" daughter
Eunice during her illness while in
the hospital. Greatly trust the
L<ord will bless them every one.
Sincerely,
Mr. and Mrs. Duke Watts.
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[In Front-Rank
I Cod-liver oil stands
I first on' the list of fats,
I in the ease with which
it is assimilated. This
I explains why
scorn
EMULSION
1 of super-refined Nor*
I wegian cod-liver oil
ft Mute is so helpful to
I those an>' a?e
| ttiT who are runI
down in body.
I Scott 6 Bowne, Bloomficld, N. J. I
ALSO MAKERS OF I
RMiOIDS |
I (Tablets or Granules)
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GENTLEMEN
ris, S. C., and want
i TO EAT
the railroad from the
track, and you will find
1 feed you well at a low
Wing to eat and my price
ance,
CAFE
I, Loris, S. C.
TER
I Days off
W SPRING SUITS
'ASTER
R ACT ION AT
J> W' Q
d a big shipment of young
suits for Easter; also the
le of Panamas and young
er shown in Conway, and
on your minds, the price is
g for. We will not quote
show you the goods and
as this will be proof that
:ials
iy in the week and invite
need of Drv Goods and
JT-OF-TOWN
OMERS
iake our Department Store
le in Conway attending
take care of any package
Jso come in and do your
nty of stationery, ink and
of charge.
LOW'S
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