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* * •nroiSDAY, AUGUST n, IMS Of Interest to Farmers Green Cotton Causes Heavy Monetary Loss Farmers Warned Not to Gin Staple Too Soon After Picking.—Barn well Farmers Lose. HOW TO SELECT STALK FOR NATIONAL COTTON SHOW The farmers of Barnwell Comity are warned against ginning cotton too soon after it has been picked, several local producers havirg been penalized during the past week for disregarding this warning, with the resultant loss of several cents a pound in price. One bale sold in Barr well a few days ago for 12 cents a pound, another for 15 cents and two bales found no buyers Saturday, all because the green cotton was badly gin-cut. J. Clifton Rivers, State warehouse commissioner, claims that there is an annual average loss of $10 per bale because so much of the crop is ginned while still too,* green and damp. The warehouse commissioner point ed out that greer cotton is impossible to seed so as to get the maximum amount of lint. The seed cannot be cleaned properly and much is lost in pourdage. “Enough seed cotton to make ter. 500 weight hales, if stored away for sixty days will make eleven bales on the sam2 'ginning • machine.” Mr. Rivers -.aid. He declared that after sixty days the cottan cleared better ard in ' , Hd»ti»n »t had time to draw oil from the seed which !• clued the t*rade. o>’ adds t? the spinning s : rength of the staple. The vu.uo of South Oirot n*. cotton has • cr*n increased hy the p’l rting of good .'•ol ird -red a ^tr ; to the use of mills >f thU section. Mr. Rivers said. This increased value is lost when the ginning process is carried out before the cotton has been proper ly seasoned, he said. No cottbr should be girned earlier than ten or twenty days after picking, the commissioner warned, and added that the longer it was allowed to sea son the more ard the better it would be. How to Pay GrA'erament Loans. County Agent Harry G.- Boylston has received information from the Farmers' Seed Loan office as to how farmers are to pay the loans made to them last spring by the govemmert. A check made payable to the Disburs- ir.g Clerk, Department of Agriculture, for the amount of the loan plus inter est at 5 per cent from date of loan until date of payment should be mail ed to Farmers’ Seed Loan Office, 1302 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. Mr. Boylston. states that he has a com plete list of the loars made in Barn well County, carrying the names, loan number, principal due and the date on which loan was made. He will be glad to further advise ar.y reeding information on the exact amount of interest due at the time of payment. Those calling at the office should do so in the morrirg between 8:30 and 12:00 o’clork. Someone will be in the office each morning to give farmers the needed information. Grows Fine Cotton. Col. J. E. Harley, of Barnwell, has a five-acre field of very fine cotton, accordfng to those who have seen it. Estimates were made Monday as to the probable yield and the prediction was made that at least a bale and a half an acre will bo gathered. The field * was fertilized with 800 pounds of com- merjial fertilizer per acre and during the growing season 500 pounds of A BILITY, or at least indications of ability, to produce large amounts of a quality product, is the basis of award at all agricultural fairs. This is true whether the entries are dairy cows, swine, chickens or field crops. Heavy production of quality cotton should be the ambition of all cotton growers. The One-Stalk Cotton Show to be held under the auspices of the Sears-Roebuck Agricultural 'Founda* tlon, and The National Fenillzer Asso ciation, in connection with the Mid- South Fair at Memphis, the South eastern Fair at Atlanta, and the State Fair of Texas at Dallas, was inaug urated to stimulate interest in eco nomic production of better cotton./ Prizes totalling several thousand dol/ lars are being offered. In judging the single stalks at /the ■how, a score-card which has been prepared by some of the leading cot ton authorities in the South will be used.. This score-card has been care fully prepared in order to give proper weight to the various plant charac ters. Actual judging will be done by competent authorities from each sec tion. According to the score-card, a per fect plant would secure 100 points to tal score. Since productivity of the cotton stalk is probably of greatest single importance, production, as measured by the amount of seed cot ton on the/'plant. Is given a possible 35 points. Thus heavily fruited stalks would seeure a high rating under pro duction. A possible 25 points has been allot ted to lint. Percentage of lint in seed cotton, length, character and uniform ity, strength and color, are all factors that will be considered in studying the lint The plant, as a whole, has b«e| given a possible 20 points. Symmetry of form, amount of wood in proportion to fruit, character of branches, and maturity, are considered in studying the plant unit. Character of bolls has been allot ted a possible 12 points. Site of bolls will be considered snd well opened bolls are desirable, although a cer tain amount of storm resistance is also to be desired. Seed has been allotted a possible 5 points. Plump, heavy seed, uniform in size and color, are desired. Freedom from disease has been given a possible 3 points, making a total of 100 points. , .. , Any farmer, whether landlord or tenant, white or colored, or any one member of his family, will be allowed to entet a single stalk for competi tion, ^nly one stalk may be shown from each farm unit. The stalks exhibited must be grown In 1929.' 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 useC Stalks shown must contain the cot ton that grew on the stalk. Picking and refilling will not be permitted. Branches must not be cut from sulks exhibited. All leaves must be removed. The name of the variety must ba shown on the stalk. Exhibitors need not necessarily ac company exhibits, but may ship same, charges prepaid, to the National One- SUlk Cotton Show, in care of the fair in their districts. Entrants living in Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro lina, Georgia, Alabama 'and Florida sbpuld enroll by sending their names and address to The National Cotton Show, AtlanU, Ga.; those in Oklahoma and Texas to The National Cotton Show, Dallas, Texas; and those In Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Lou isiana, Missouri and Kentucky to The National Cotton Show, Memphis, Tenn. The premiums for the best single cotton stalks include $1,000 as to tal prize. Including sectional award, for the best stalk of cotton In the South. Premiums at the three sec tional fairs at AtlanU, Memphis and Dellas follow: first $500 at each fair, second $300 each, third $200 each, fourth $100 each, fifth $50 each, sixth to tenth Inclusive $25 each, eleventh to twentieth $10 each. posing a nore* attempt In economics. Through eUblllsatlon corporations for each commodity it Is proposed to make possible the handling of tho surplus so as to lessen Its disturbing Influence on prices. With non.perlsh- able products such s program is, of course, conceivably possible, hut one wonders what would happen if a sta bilization corporation had to handle a perishable crop in great quantities. “Is it going to be possible for a sta bilization corporation to stabilize? It would be one thing if it had merely to stabilize the American situation, but often that situation is complicated with world conditions. Perhaps the very fact that such a stabilization cor poration is In position to function may have a steadying effect on the market. “Markets respond to psychological stimuli as do Individuals. The very fact that the government has now def. inltely stepped Into the breach with all of its resources available to make the new plan work will exert un doubtedly a strong stabilizing effect. “It would he presumptuous to fore cast what the ultimate effect of the new act will be. It can, however, be definitely stated that in the present plan much of the philosophy that had been so drastically criticized as eco. nomic&lly unsound has been elimi nated. The existing plan Is worth trying. It will undoubtedly cost the Federal treasury no inconsiderable •mounts of money, but if it produces the hoped-for result it will have been well worth while.” THE BANK'S PART IN THE FARM PROBLEM O r nitrate of soda per acre were used in several applicatiors. Ir. addition, the field was dusted four timepr^it 11 ^nlci- um arsenate. They Have the Spirit. Boll weevfls do not ru * n a H farm ers. In fact, they simply serve to : stimulate some of our planters. Wit-1 the loan is not paid. dr unless the ap- •ness C. E. Sandifer, who in searching *bout for crops to plant this season, pit a quarter of ar. acre in cabbages, te said Friday that he sold the pro- dtet of the quarter acre for $70. This wa only one item on Mr. Sandifer’s dlYrsified farm. Yu can’t beat such farmers as Mr. iandifer. Wc have plenty more just ke him. For instance, there is W. H^olk. We asked him the other day hw his cotton was, and it not ha| to see that the subject rot se, >usly concern him. “Ok-/ I can getilong all right,” he gaid. “You aetf learned yeara ago at home. And he does. What aifine feeling it must be to be an indyndent farmer—?r do pend ant of the otton boil weevil!—Bam- H. Lana Young By H. LANE YOUNG Member American Bankers Associa tion Agricultural Commission kNE of the most discussed and least understood questions regarding the farmer's problems It the part the bank hat played. .. or la to play. In financing the farmer. The basis of co-operation between the two. however, is a very ■imple one. Both aides are subject to critl- dam for the con dition that exists today. The major share of the blame rests on those banks that have failed through disregarding funda mental principles in loaning other people’s money, that have encouraged the farmer to expect bank loans with out first putting his business op the earning basis which would justify a bank to lend him money. One of the underlying reasons for the failure of so many country banks has bden the existence of too many banks. With the limited business of the commmunity divided among too many banks It was impossible for them to make enough money tu justify the employment of officers with the proper ability to manage the bang succesp- fully. Then the scramble for business was so hard that goo^f judgment and foresight were ‘Jorgotteri fiTgranting loans, with the resultant failure of the weaker institutions. In the future, banks are not going to loan the mon/y of their depositors without the kind of security that can be immediately realized upon in case The mistake that many tarraers have made In attempting to diversify has been to Inveat too much money, time and land In m new and untried crop—sometimes a hazardous crop, or one for which no immediate market has been developed, resulting In a loes of tho initial effort and discourage ment of future efforts on a more con- aervatlve basis. / Disregarding the primary and essen tial principle of farming—namely, In creasing earnings by decreasing tho oDst of production through the prac tice of building up soil by crop rota tion and intenslye cultivation, la re sponsible for Urge share of the farmers’ trouble today. Agricultural Notes Mow the Inwn with the blade* set high and shnrp. a • • Don’t expect to cut asparagus from a newly set bed. Let It grow and es tablish Itself. ^ / a a a % * / See thnt vegetable* are thinned properly all over-Jme garden. Too thick stands ruin th£ crop. a a a It mnst be remembered that sweet clover Is a biennial and If It Is to be used for pasture, some should be sown each year. A a a a Selection of seed corn In the field from healthy, vigorous plants. Is the first step In the control of corn ear, •talk and root rota a a a Sweet clover teed for epring teed log should be secured early so that germination teste may be made and the need for scarification determined If It contains more than fit) per cent hard seed, scarification will be proflt- •Met — ADVERTISE IN The People- Sentinel. 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BOSTON, MAS& Commiaaion Merchants end Distributors of / ASPARAGUS One of tho Oldest Commiaaion Houses in the Trade* Send for Shipping Stamp. »♦♦♦♦•• aaegaaaiggggaoog* As An Agriculturalist Sees Farm Board’s Job 1 The new Agricultural Marketing Act approaches farm relief from a materi ally different point of view from that of former bills before Congress in re cent years, says Dean H. L. Russell of Wisconsin University College of Agri culture in the American Bankers As sociation Journal. “It contains a new idea, fraught with the greatest possibilities—the organi zation of a Federal Farm Board/* he says. “It has been possible for farm cooperatives to borrow from Federal, aided jnstltutlons before, and at a ma terially lower rate than City business men had to pay for working capital, but this Is the first set-up made by the government in which a commis sion has been carefully chosen to give undivided attention to an effort to solve the problems of a farm group. “It Is hard to conceive of a higher degree of responsibility than must be THE GIANT POWER FUEL y; y is .» \« It f Y plicant presents a sound and success ful record/of business operation— whether that business be manufactur ing, merchandising, or farming. Farming-Banking Interdependent This is a perfectly obvious attitude, because country banking cannot be successfully and profitably carried on unless farming is successfully and profitably operated—the two busi nesses are dependent upon each other. tere is no longer any question that the time has arrived for these inter dependent businesses to reach a com mon ground Of understanding of the requirements that both must meet for their mutaal welfare. Thera is no doabt bat what the fu ture prosperity of the farmer and the basis of cooperation between banker mad farmer Is tba intelligent diversi fication of trope. Ft la necessary, how ever, to have the right conception of assumed byThIs cornmiasTon. No board ever created by congressional action has been clothed with as wide plenary powers. It is authorized not only to advise hut to execute, to plan and put its plans into effective action, to buy and hold, to dump, to dip into the Federal treasury to accomplish its ends with what would be almost un limited resources to any private com mercial concern. The board’s only job is to succeed, and no govern mental agency even during the war time emergency had a wider latitude. “Many will think the farm relief program will be universally applicable to the individual land owner or oper ator. Such procedure is far from the case. Aid is to be extended through cooperative organisations by making it possible for such groups to obtain cash advances to hold crops so as to permit of more orderly marketing. “While the primary relation is with cooperatives, the Individual or unor ganised farmer will also profit by the activities of his organised fellow*. If a stabilised program of merchandising la able to eliminate the sorplnses that exart socb depressing influence on prices the general price relatioc should be improved. If this occurs the CTf: v. Smoothes, Out the Hill and Gives Yon Greater Power Far ESSO is a red flexible pe lazy crawi />r It's all the saw Of cornea ESSO! r • TA