The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, August 29, 1929, Image 3
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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
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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
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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.
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Don’t expect to cut asparagus from
a newly set bed. Let It grow and es
tablish Itself. ^ /
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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
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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-
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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
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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
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