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4 THURSDAY, APRIL IMA. IMt. BARNWBLL. SOUTH CAROLINA r «* Of Interest to Farmers A Word of Explanation. In beginning publication of this special department in The People-Sen- tiel, the editor wishes it understood at the outset that he is in no way at tempting to tell the farmers how to manage their affairs. It is hoped, however, ^that the articles that will appear from week to week will be of timely interest and may help in the solution of some of the difficulties that beset the agricultural interests in this section. These articles will be gathered from various sources and any items of interest to our farmer- readers will be welcomed. If you, dear reader, know of successful farm ers in your community, write us a short story about them. ‘ Their ex periences may be of help to others. Your name will not be used for pub- uication if you object.—The Editor. THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OFFERED FOR REST STALKS OF COTTON MONEY CAN STILL BE BORROWED THIS WEEK > FROM THE GOVERNMENT The County Agent’s office has just been advised that the allotment for Barnwell County from the govern ment farm relief fund has not been taken up. Those desiring to make ap plication to the government for loans should do so not later than the 20th of April. No applications will be re ceived after that date. Farmers needing money for the growing of crops should take advantage of the opportunity to secure this money, as the money borrowed bears interest at 5 per cent per annum only; therefore, all farmers are urged to make their applications this week if they^ are in tending to do so. Many inquiries are being made as to the proper spray for fruit trees at this tim? of the year. The following formula should be used: Arsenate of Lead one pound. Hydrated Lime five pounds. Dry-Mised 12 pounds, 50 gal lons of water. Repeat the application in two weeks. Irish Potato bugs are easily eon- trolled by dusting the plants early in the morning with Calcium Ai senate. —Farmer« wtH do well to we* those fields of oats which were plant ed with seed that were rot treated against smut as well as those that were treated. Untreated seed oats show as much as 15 per cent to 20 per cent damage in some rases.—Pre pared by II. G. Roylston. County Agt. Somewhere In ihe South this year a single stalk of cotton will be grown that will be worth $1,000. Two oth ers will Tiring prizes of $500 each, and several thousand dollars will be di vided among 57 other stalks, prizes ranging from $300 down to $10, at three sectional fairs—Memphis, At lanta, and Dallas. These prizes are being offered by the National One-Stalk Cotton Show, which will be staged again this year by the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural Foundation and the Southern Division, Soli Improvement Committee, The Na tional Fertilizer Association. The show will be held in three sections as follows: Tri-?tate Fair, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 28 to Oct. 5. Southeastern Fair, Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 5 to 12. State Fair of Texas, Dallas, Oct. 12 to 27. Stalks winning first prize at each of the three fairs will be judged at the State Fair of Dallas, ancf the winner awarded $1,000, which will Include the sectional prize. This show Is to be held again this year to stimulatcTTnTPirest in economi cal production of better cotton from which the farmer gets bigger profits, according to those In charge of ar rangements. Any farmer, whether landlord or tenant, white or colored, or any one member of his family will be allowed to enter a single stalk for competition. Only one stalk may be shown from each farm unit Premiums for single stalks will be given as shonn In the table at the top of the next column. RuIm of Contest The stalks exhibited must be grown In 1029. Stalks must come from a field where at least one acre of cotton was grown In 1929. However, any spacing, fer tilization. protection, or cultural prac tice may be used. Stalks shown must contain the cot ton that grew on the atalk. Picking and refilling will not be |»eemitted. Branches must not be cut from sftritrt exhibited. All leaves must be removed. PREMIUMS FOR ( BEST SINGLE \ COTTON STALKS For the Best Stalk In the South (Including sectional prize)....$1,000 Premiums at the three sectional fairs!’ Atlanta Memphis Dallas 1st $500 $600 $500 2nd 300 300 300 3rd 200 200 200 4th 100 100 100 5th 50 60 50 6th 25 25 25 7th 25 25 25 8th 25 25 25 9th 25 25 25 10th 25 25 25 11th 10 10 10 12th 10 10 10 13th 10 10 10 14th 10 10 10 15th 10 10 10 16th 10 10 10 17th 10 10 10 18th 10 10 10 19th 10 10 10 20th 10 10 10 The name of the variety must be shown on the stalk. Score cards to be used In Judging the stalks will be prepared by compe- tent i r.gr! cultural leaders. including agricultural college experiment station workers. Actual Judging will be dons by competent authorities from each section. Exhibitors need not necessarily ac company exhibits, but may ship same, charges prepaid, to the National One- Stalk Cotton Show. In care of the I fair In their district. Entrants living In Virginia, North Carolina. South Carolina. Georgia, Alabama and Flori da should enroll by sending their names and addresses to The National Cotton Show. Atlanta. Georgia. Those In Oklshoms and Texas to The Na tional Cotton Show, Dallas. Texas, and those In Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, UHiisiana. Missouri, snd I Kentucky to The - National Cottos I Show, Memphis. Tenn. Farm Relief and Living CoM To the average citizen the ogre of the high cost of living looms in the romirg farm relief bill. Already w read in b : g hcadl.ne* pf the Chicago Tribune that “farm relief prospects aid p>t<*v of wheat, corn market to string, oats advance sharply.” The latest figures of the United States department of agriculture show that orly 27,511,000 people now reside 'mi the farms and that means about three-fourths of the nation’s population is anxiously watching the sky-rocket outlook for farm pioducts r—which means food and clothing. The farm population has dwindled from 32,000,000 in 1920 down to the figures recited above, but strange to relate agricultural production totals continue to mount. There is but one answer to the inquiry as to how it comes about. That is farmers are applying intelligent methods to their operations and using machinery. In this section the former is largely true, but the machinery utilization has just started. Strange enough the prospect of farm relief is not having any noticeable effect on cotton—the South’s major product and that which keeps the international trade balance on the right side of the ledger for this country. Tobacco, now third in exporL, is also a Southern product. Regarding this bugaboo about the high cost of living coming from any prospective advance in farm products the public* can disabuse their minds. The relief the public needs is in transportation and distribution costs, especially short haul matters. It costs more to get food to the con- isumers after it reaches the depots in New York than it does,to bring it from the bread basket—the meat cen ters—of the West. Farm relief may bring farmers some aid, but assistance for the public must come from another direction. The negligible increase in farm pro ducts prices will not materially affect living costa.—Augusta Chronicle. FOR QUICK SALE:—Cantaloupe crates in carload lots, f. o. b. Fayette ville, N. C. Submit your prices to R. L. Burns, Sanford, N. C. 4-18-4tp Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Tate of Stoneville, Miss., Winners of Sweepstakes Prize in National Cotton Show, 1928. CKOF ACRE AGE,” B A KRTNG COTTON 1.9 PCT. GREATER Washington.—An increase in acre age of crops other thar, cotton of 1,£ per cent over plantings in 1928 w T as estimated for 1929 by the Depart ment of Agriculture after returns from nearly 50,000 farmers. _ The acreage of winter wheat and rye which on March 1 gave promise of surviving to harvest w r as slightly lar ger, inaieating that the average abandonment of these crops would be somewhat less than a year ago. Evidenjes were given in the returns that farmerij planned to reduce the corn aerclag? thnuughout' (he com belt except South Dakota and Nebras ka, and also in Alabama, Colorado, Mississippi, Texas and Wisconsin. In other important com producing States the acreage is expected to be increas ed. The farmers indicated in some States intention to reduce the cut ting of tame hay and also to decrease oats acreage. “Thirteen bales.” “Mr. Simpson, how much land did you plant in cotton to make the 13 bales?" “Twelve acres." “Wasn’t that an unusual yield, Mr. Simpson?" “Well, no. In 1927 I made 18 bales on 13 acres. You see 1928 was not a good cotton year.” “What did you get for your cotton this year?" “It’s out there in the shed, I have not needed to sell it yet." “How do you account for such good yields on land which was once called poor, Mr. Simpson?" • “Lespedeza." “Did you make anything else on your farm last year, Mr. Simpson?” “Well, yes, I have it all down here in the book. Here it is, you can see for yourself. My figures show that we sold last year and received in cash the following: < “Chickens and eggs, $2,870.14. “Cows, $327.50. “Pork, $42.50. “Butter, $50.00” “To make all that produce you must have hired many hands, Mr. Simpson?” “I did hire some hoeing done, but I worked out for my neighbors my self witft my tractor and earned more than I paid for my additional help. My wife and I made it all. Of course we made a great deal of feed, forage and other things, including com, that ,1 have mentioned and which we did not sell directly. Come to the house and we will talk more about it." And Mr. Simpson will then take you into a thirteen room bungalow with modern conveniences. Every penny he has made out of the soil of a farm that wa* so poor a few years ago the people said he would starve on it. They said he could not stick a plow in the land then, but now it ia mellow and he loves to plow it. If you don’t believe all this just hop in your flivver, go by Monroe and pick up Tom Broom and he will carry you to see Mi. Simpson and get you there in twentv minutes. market for corn, and will laugh, hereafter, at the man who tells him ‘there i* no local market for corn, to why raise Itf" In Mr. Wells’ column will also be found the story of Billy Reed, a tenant farmer, who found that he had four pigs more than he needed for family uce. So he inquired of the farm agent as to feeding methods, and as a result of following same he sold these four pigs for $92.39. In 35 days Biliy fed, according to orders, and he put 209 pounds of extra weight on the nigs, or a gain of one and one-half pound per pig each day. We need more tenant farmers like Billy Retd, who, like Mr. Mace, has some cash in April—and there are few others who can make like claim. r SPECIAL! I “Mikado’’ Pencils: 6 for 25c. Per doz. 45c The People-Sentinel Barnwell, S. C. 66 6 ia a Prescription for Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. It i gthe most speedy remedy known. fAOT MONEY TO LOAN Loans made same day application recehred. No Red Tape HARLEY & BLATT. Attorneya-at-Law \ Barnwell. S. C. Wm. McNAB FIRE, HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES* Personal attention given all bmttmm to Harrison Block, Mala Jfc BARNWELL. & CL T. a Bllia J. a BUn < > ELLIS ENGINEERING CO. ! Land Surveying a Spodalty, « ► Lyndhnrat, a CL MONEY COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA Kudzu. In on? acre there are 43,560 square feet, according to Webster’* diction- ary. On a plat 30x60—1,800 square feet —I grew the pant season over 2,000 Kudzu plant*. Forty thousand plants could have readily been produced on one acre. One d(.y this week I received an or der for -iO.OOO plants at $7.50 a thous and from n farmer in Tonne* see. The* m.ly reason that I did not pick up 300 j^rfectly good dollars, grown on an u.*ie, is that I didn’t have the plants *o sell. Not only does the Tennessee farm er want Kudztf plants but dolens of other orders have come by mail dur ing the {art few weeks from Georgia, Oklahoria, Texas, ard other States. A* ruiny persons know, 1 have for the past several years been greatly in terested in Kudzu, which is a peren nial, ar.d closely related to the velvet bean. Ii produce*; on almost any well- drained soil an enormous quantity of fire cattle feed. By tuo of a pound of Kudzu seed it is possible for a farmer to produce thousands of plants, the demand for which throughout the Southern States has just begun. I have a few seed that I can spare after seeding the 50 acres I propose to stare this spring. Any one desiring a pamphlet I have published on the growth of Kudzu, I will be glad to supply them either by calling at The Enquirer office or by postal card.—Monroe. N. C., —' ♦ ♦ FRESH STOCK OF Seeds of All Kinds! 1 Watson, Excel and Dixie Bell Watermelon Seed. Kirby Stay Green and Henderson White Spine Cucumber Seed. Gets $1,000 for 39 Young Hogs. » v - _ It is often remarked that Marsh ville—reeds—more or ADVERTISE IN The People- SentmeL industries mtore manufacturing plants, but the most, satisfactory manufacturing for this section is the manufacture of raw farm products into milk, but ter, chickens, eggs, etc., and it is pos sible to have one of these little manu facturing plants on every farm, says the Ma»shville (N. C.) Home. When this is done there will not be so many people in need of employment in manufacturings plants in the towns and cities. As an example of what a manufacturing plant of this kind can accomplish, we quote from The Old Hickory Weekly as follows: Z. K. Simpson is a farmer of Marshviile township not yet forty years of age. His oldest -child is about thirteen. What he has done he and his wife have done. They set tled on poor land which the neighbors laughed at him for buying, especially sir.ee he had to buy it on credit. Drive up to Mr. Simpson’s bouse today and ask him how much cotton he made last/year, so — “Mr. Simpson, how much cotton did you make ia 1928?" Marion.—In County Agent W. R. Wells’ column this week appears some interesting statements, chief of which is the srory of Phil T. Mace, of the Tabernacle section of the county , who has succeeded wonderfully well with pig.*, as a side line to agricul ture. Last September Mr. Mace sold 19 pigs for $486.00,. Last week he sold 39 fall pigs for a total of $1,000.55, bringing his 6 months total for pigs to the tidy sum of almost $1,500.00. Mr. Weirs is authority for the state ment that the cost of feeding these pigs was less than $600.00. In the meantime Mr. Mace hag $1,500 with which to purchase fertilizers or other things desired or needed, and he re quires lacs bank aid than the money- crop farmer, who places all of his faith and all of his acres in a cotton and tobacco gamble. 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