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MAY ICTH, lt2t .• ( . • ■ ; Of Interest to Farmers s EDGEFIELD FARMER FOR VELVET BEANS Otto W RoUtimi on Laa4o of L. F. Holme* AttrmcttiiK Attention. Government Expects to Collect All Loans Borrowers Wanted to Use Money Ad vanced by Uncle Sam for Pur poses of Making Crop Only. Last Year Cotton Winner Didn’t Plant Til May 14 County Agents and Chairmemi of County Committees: It recently has been brought to our attention that there are instances of where some farmers who have made application for seed, feed and fertili zer loans, and after having their ap plications aproved by this office, have used a part of the money advanced to them for expendritures for purposes other (than that for which they were authorized by law. All money ad vanced to them by the U. S. Govern ment must be used for the purpose of crop production, and they are only permitted to use the funds so loaned for the purchase of seed and fertili zer, and feed for work stock. It has been reported that in some, section? of the seed loan area that the United States Government does rot seriously contemplate the collec tion of these loans this fall. Such re ports should be corrected at once, since this office is already making elaborate plans for collection of these loans. Loans made by the U. S. Govern ment from this fund are secured by a first crop mortgage on the 1929 crop, and it will be unlawful for any mort gagor to sell any pait of this crop without first satisfying the claim of the U. S. Goverrment; and we will ex pect payments of these loans to be made from the first proceeds of crops sold. Any violation of the foregoing will be severely prosecuted. Yours very truly, Farmers’ Seed Loan Office. Many farmers are feeling apprehen sive about the prospects for cotton on account of having (to plant the crop over between May 3rd and May 15th, which is two to three weeks later than the normal date of planting. According to J. Rhett Clark, county agent for Richland County, the win ner of fhe first prize in the Central district of the State in the five-acre cotton contest in 1928, did not plant his prize jSlot of cotton until May 14. R. Stoudemayer, of Peak, was the winner of first prize in the Centfal district in 1928. Mr. Stoudemayer’s cotton came to a good stand a few days after plant ing and he worked the crop fast and fertilized it well and this cotton yielded more than earlier planted cotton. This cotton was poisoned with the 1-1-1 molasses mixture sweetened poison ahead of squaring to kill the old weevils and was dusted three times with calcium arsenate dust during the fruiting period. This field was fertilized with three tons of compost per acre. There was applied in the drill before planting 600 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate, 50 pounds muriate of potash and 75 pounds of Chilean nitrate of soda. This cotton was side-dressed with 125 pounds of nitrate of soda per acre at the first working after chopping. The five acres produced 5,557 pounds of lint cotton, or an average of 1,112 pounds of lint cotton per acre. Mr. Stoudemayer says that he thinks that fast and shallow cultivation, careful weevil control measures and side-dressing with quick-acting nitro gen to hasten growth and maturity are important on late planted cotton. MONEY IN FEEDING HOGS. Considerable interest has recently been shown regarding the cost of pro ducing hogs up to market weight, says J. R. Hawkins, Live Stock Specialist. The record of weight and feed consumed by ten pigs fed out from birth to the time they were sold by W. D. Herring, Route No. 1, Marion, S. C., deals directly with this problem and is of more interest bo- cause of its newness, having been completed within the past month. These ten pigs from birth to the age of 180 days, at which time they were sold, together with the sow for a period of ten we<ks, consumed 85.6 bushels of com, 500 pounds of fish meal and 500 pounds of wheat shorts in addition to pasture obtained from range to begin feeding at the proper time.—Prepared by H. G. Boylston, County Agent. No Further Applications Received. County Agents and Chairmen of Coun ity Committees: Please advise the members of your committee to take no further appli cations for seed, feed and fertilizer loans. We have practically exhausted the $6,000,000 appropriation' which was available for loan purposes You may forward to Ua applications you now have on hand that have already been approved by your committee, and we will take care of these ir.< so far as our funds wn]l permit. Nitrogen Needed By Cotton Plant In Early Growth Cotton growing has undergone many changes In the last ten years, but none has been more marked than the meth od of fertilizing. Results throughout the Cotton Belt show conclusively that the cotton plant must have an abundant zupply of nitrogen at the' time It la attaining Its most rapid rate of growth. The cotton plant at this time is nqt unlike a growing child, whose hunger U only occasionally sat isfied and then for short Intervals Recognition of this need of the plant is doubtless responsible for the remarkable Increase in side-dressing during the last ten years. The prac tise teems to be confined to DO one locality and in tact Is growing rapidly from North Carolina to Texas. Of the 131 farmers who completed the Geor gia Five Acre Cotton Conteat last year, 64 used a side-dressing of some kind on their cotton and nitrate of soda was the choice of 40 of these. In the 1926 Georgia Contest, the 6 farmers making the largest yields need a side-dressing of nitrate of soda. Texas farmers, generally speaking, are not as familiar with fertilizers as are the cotton growers of the South east. It Is often argued that climatic conditions of Texas are unfavorable for side-dressings. Yet In the “More Cotton on Fewer Acres” Contest held there last season the winners of the first four prizes used side-dressing ap plications of nitrate of soda ranging from 100 to 300 pounds per acre. Thirteen of the 31 leading contestants used nitrate of soda applications. E. C. Westbrook, cotton and tobacco specialist of the Georgia State College of Agriculture, says, "Yield per acre usually determines ths amount of profit. Abundance of quickly avail able nitrogen is an important factor In securing large economic yields of cotton. Liberal aide-dressings of ni trate of soda will not only increase yields of cotton, but will stimulate growth and promote early fruiting and thereby give a better opportunity to get ahead of the boll weevil.” ♦ How to Handle Cotton Planted Over At this time I wa-h to express to a small field of green rye. This gives | you and the other members of your a feet! requirement of 4.2 bushels corn, committee the appreciation of the 28 pounds wheat shorts and 28 pounds office for the wonderful co-operation Most all cotton was planted over in Harnwell County. It is necessary to lasten the growth of it as much as possible. As soon as it is up to a itand, plow it. Immediately chop it >ne hoe chop apart leaving 2 to 4 slants to the hill. Then make application of nitrate of (oda or other mimral nitrate and jlow cotton again. Do hot wait to lide dress it until later. Do it when is chopped out. Plow it often. Leave a full stand. Next week another statement will « given by the County Agent on what o do to help make a crop of cotton his year.—By H. G. Boylston, County Igent. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER FOR SATISFACTORY RESULTS. fish meal for esch 100 pounds gain. At the retail market prices which Mr. Herrirg paid for this feed, $4.19 per hundred for fish meal, $2.42 per hun dred for wheat short* and $1.00 a bushel for corn, the feed cost was $6.45 for each 100 pounds gain in weight on the hogs. These hogs sold for the top prices on the 'Richmond market or $11.75 per hundred, giving a net return of $198.50 for the ten {>igs at ISO days of age. The facts contained above together with aimilar records give a black eye to the old opinion so often expressed that the cost of gains come exceedingly high while the pig is young. A great deal of data pccumu- lated from Experiment Station rec ords and feeding demonstrations on farms show that the cheapest gains are produced on young pigs. A bushel of corn fed to growing shoats will produce more pork than the same feed given to larger hogs. We are also warranted in making the deduc tion that even in years like this with a short corn crop and high priced feed, it still pays to feed the sow and litter of pigs with a plentiful supply of good feed. It is interesting to note that these ten pigs weighed a total of 1840 lbs. before being loaded on the cprs at Marion and when sold in Richmond they weighed 1800 pounds. This shows a shrink of 2.2 per cent. Freight, stock yard and commission charges amounted to $13.00, or a cost of 72c per hundred. In* the same car we have records on three other lots of hogs containing 32 head which were weighed before being loaded. These 32 hogs weighed 5^922 pounds at home antfT,790 over the ?cales in Richmond, thus showing a shrir.k of 132 pounds of 2.2 per cent. These figures are directly in line with a considerable number of results secur ed in the same manner, all of which go to show that hogs properly -fed out on a good greenpasture where proper feeds, such as corn and fish meal are used, the shrink between home and market weights is not ex cessive, generally ranging from 2 to 3 per cent. In contrast to this method hogs fed on corn alone in a small floored pen frequently becomes sore and lame and lose considerable weight in shipping. Proper methods in this as in other things pay good dividends. The above shows conclusively that hogs can be produced profitably. Farmers of Barnwell County are not feeding their hogs profitably. Cotta should be supplemented with fish meal or tankage and shorts. This balanced ration along with green grazing will give profitable gains. Arrangement* are now being made to assirt fanners in this county to feed out at least one car of hogs for the September market. Those who are interested let the County Agent know ml once, to that he can help you ar- that you have given us on the matter of handling those applications for loans from your county, and I as sure you that it has been a pleasure for this office to serve your commit tee. * Yours very truly, Farmers’ Seed Loan Office. Barnwell Cashes In. South Carolina’s first cash divi dend from the iodine-content move ment is reported in a dispatch from Barnwell, sying that producers there got a premium of 75 cents a crate upon off-standard asparagus, labeled "South Carolina’s Naturally Iodized Product,” when sold in a Northern market. The particular lot of asparagus did rot rate the growers* association brand, whi.h is jealously restricted and the shippers merely put on the informal iodine label as a catch-as- catch-can potential make-weight with terminal purchasers. Returns from the consignment demonstrated that the lure was promptly taken. Novelty doubtless played its part in the deal, but the transaction ii* nevertheless hopefully indicative of possibilities when foodstuffs from South Carolna shall be systematically available in goiter-belt centers under the State’s copyrighted brand.—The State. In 1928, L. F. Holmes bought the Wise old place of 350 acres for ap proximately $14 per acre. In 1927, 100 acres of this deep sand produced only seven bales of cotton, which puts it in the class of “dog poor” land. On part of the farm, he sowed 1H bushels of Brabham pea* per acre and on part one bushel of Early Speckled tveftvet (beans broadcaify. Thebe (he turned under last fall with a three- horse disk turn plow and followed by oats. It will pay you to ride 100 miles to see this grain and to observe the difference in grain grown after peas and that after velvet beans. Mr. Holmes says that at least 25 farmers have already been to see this demon stration and that he knows of at least 300 acres of velvet beans that will be sown as a result. Mr. Holmes’ system for such land is a two-year rotation of grain followed by velvet beans, to be turned and fol lowed by cotton and then back to grain and velvet beans again. To prevent the light sand from blowing, whipping and covering his young cotton, he precedes it by a rye cover crop and he leaves a small balk to grow in each middle as a wind break. This works to perfection and his soil is benefited besides by the ad dition of organic matter and by the conservation of fertility during the winter. His system of financing his tenants is two good cows grazing on velvet beans during the winter. He says that one of his tenants the past win ter sold $5.40 worth of sour cream from one cow to the cream collecting station each week and fed his cow nothing. She ran on the velvet bean field. He gathered 10 bushels of vel vet bean seed last fall for seed to sow this summer, and the balance were grazed and turned for soil building. The tenant produced his own meat on the same kind of winter grazing. Mr. Holmes ha* some of as fine wheat on sand after velvet beans turned as I have ever seen this side of the black lands of Texas. Some people within walking dis- ] tance of these demonstrations will re fuse to go to see them, because? Well, I don’t know why, nor does any one else. God will "destroy them which de stroy the earth.” W. H. BARTON, Edgefield. • County Agent. SINGLE WHEEL HOES FOR THE CHAMPION GARDENERS It costs very little to recondition a MODEL T FORD THE Ford Motor Company is making a new car, bnt it is still proud of the Model T. It wants every owner of one of these cars to run it as long aa possible at a minimum of trouble and expense* Because of this policy and because of the investment that millions of motorists have in Model T cars, the Ford Motor Company will eon* tinne to supply parts as long as they are needed by Ford owners. So that yon may get the greatest use from your Model T, wc suggest that you take it to the near est Ford dealer and have him estimate on the cost of any replacement parts that may be necessary. Yon will find this the economical thing to do because a small expenditure now will .help to prevent costlier repairs later on, increase the value of the ear, and giv& yon thonsands of miles of additional service. « For a labor charge of only $2.60 yon have your generator put in first-class condition. A new universal joint will be installed for a labor cost of $3. Overha tiling the carburetor costs SI .50$ steering gear, $3.50; radiator, $7.50. A complete overhauling of the rear axle assembly runs hc^ tween $5.75 and $7 for labor. An average price of $22.50 covers the overhauling of the motor and transmission. These prices are for labor only because the Meed and namber of new parts depend on the condition of each ear. The cost of these parts la low, however, because of the Ford policy of nuun* factoring and selling at a small margin of profit* % Ford Motor Company f mm Pie Making as Home Industry Is Passing "The mincing of meat in pies sav- eth the grinding of the teeth,” wrote Bacon. ‘‘The devil speed him. No man’s pie Is freed from his ambitious finger,” says Shakespeare In Henry TOL As far back as the Fifteenth century the pie was used ns a theme for comedies. “The Pie and the Tart,” in France, and in later years "The Pie Dish” and the "Pie in the Oven,” in England. "The pie,” wrote Harriet Beecher Stowe in "Oldtown,” "is an English in stitution which, planted on American soil, forthwith ran rampant and broke forth into an incredible variety of genera and’ species.” The pie, as a breakfast dish, is dis appearing from American tables, but remains in popular favor for luncheon and dinner. But the bakers of today are performing such feats with pastry and fruit that the home-made pie of traditional depth and circumference, covered, open-face or with lattice-work trimmings, is threatened with extinc tion. Should it be banished, to be succeeded by the less difficult tart or Jelly-roll, there will be lost forever a means by which the cook may ex press her artistry In tracing patterns with a fork on crust Pie-making and quilting were two arts of the pioneer American woman. ADVERTISE IN The People* Sentinel. The ol’ gwimm’n’ hole will not lure the Willies and Johnnies of a thous and and more farm communities this Spring quite as much aa ft did of yore. At least, such is the prediction of the National Committee on Boys’ and Girls’ Club work in Chicago in an nouncing the nation-wide garden con test among 4-H clubs in all counties of the United States with at least 25 members. The rational organization boasts a^' enrollment of more than 665,000. And so Willie and Johnnie, if they want to be winning gardeners, will have to buckle down to mighty hard work. Competition, they know, will be keen; everywhere in the country other ambitions contestants will be dig ging, hoeing, and raking just as eager ly as they. There’ll be no slipping off for a secret swim in Farmer Jones’ creek as long as a single weed is to be found! The champion gardnener in every eligible American county will be pre sented with a single wheel hoe of new design by S. L. Allen and Co., Inc., of Philadelphia, whose interest in foster ing scientific gardening has made the 4-H contest possible. County cham pions will then compete for the State prize, a valuable feeder and wheel hoe. The great incentive 1 to forego Springtime pleasures for diligent in dustry, however, will be the final prizes of $300.00 and $200.00 awarded for national and reserve champions respectively, and to be used as schol arships by the winners in institutions of higher learning. County extension agents, repres enting the United States Department of Agriculture, will supervise the gar den contests in their districts and de termine champions. Girls as well as boys are eligible to compete, 4-H of ficials state. TRY A BUSINESS BUILDER Wm. McNAB rat*. HXALTtt AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANIES. HALL 6 COLE, Inc. 94-102 FANEUtL HALL MARKET. BOSTON, MASS. Commission Merchants and Distributors of ASPARAGUS One of the Oldest Commi—ion Houses in the Trade. 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