The Barnwell people-sentinel. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1925-current, February 11, 1932, Image 4
FAGB FOUB.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11,1932.
IKE MACHINE AGE
SPOILS A PKOPBECY
H. L. RUSSELL
By H. L. RUSSELL
Advisory Council, Agricultural Commis
sion, American Bankers Association.
A NOTED Brltlnh BHenTfsTToreeast
thirty yearn jiro that by 1931 all
available wheat land In the world
would be under
cultivation, and if
the yields per
acre could not he
increased beyond
mat which then
prevailed there
would be a world
shortage. The av
erage yield then
was 12.7 bushels
per acre. During
the past seven
years, the world
over, it has been
14.1. On the 320,-
POO,000 acres in cultivation this in
crease would amount to almost a half
billion bushels more production than
the world standards of thirty years
ago. In place of dire distress due to
shortage, wo have had dire distress
due to surplus.
Wheat farmers have shown no great
Inclination to curtail materially their
output; perhaps a 10% decline com
pared with 70% reduction in steel.
This unwillingness, or perhaps inabil-
r ,
ity, to adjust production to current
needs makes the problem all the hard
er to solve.
Not only are wo now growing more
•wheat per unit of land, but acreage
has been very greatly extended. In
/twenty years Canada haq increased
acreage 250%, Australia almost as
much. Another significant fact is the
materially lessened use of wheat. A
ihuch more diversified diet has devel-
»ped. More vegetables and fruits are
used than formerly. The reduction of
l.f bushels /consumed per person per
a/inAim since the last generation neces
sitates nearly 150,000,000 bushels less
w^eat than was formerly required.
Machines Increase Supply
The factor that has exerted the most
potent influence In tills rising world
flood of grain has been the rapid de
velopment of the machine. The old
days of the cradle required from thirty
to forty hours of hand labor to harvest
an acre of graih. Then came the bind-
v er, which reduced the process to four
or five hours per acre. Now the com
bine does the work in forty-five min
utes per acre.
Where it used to cost - ten cents a
bushel merely to thresh the grain, the
modern combine>cufs and threshes at
a cost ranging from 3 to 5 tents a
bushel. With this reduced cost of pro
duction, the possibility^'of acreage ex
pansion is tremendous. Lands here
tofore regarded as worthless except
for grazing have recently come into
competition with the older wheat bejts.
The/ Russian iff or t
Within the past two or three years
another disturbing element has come
Into the picture. Soviet ft>tssia is at
tempting a comeback fraught with
possibility that cannot yet be fully
evaluated. Russia is eagerly utilizing
the very latest of scientific knowledge
to enlarge her agricultural possibili
ties. With feverish anxiety she is
literally pouring millions Into the ex
pansion of her university research in
stitutes, experimental stations and
breeding farms. Her scientists are
combing the earth for new crops and
new methods. No country in Europe
is manifesting more interest and activ
ity in laying hold of the best science,
wherever it may be found.
It is of more than passing interest
that the wheat yields reported on the
huge trust farm known as the ‘‘Giant”
ran Ta&t jrMf Bi muciraa 18 bushels to ■
the acre. On this single farm the crop
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harvested is reported to have been
3,865,000 bushels. A single farm of
427,OOOi acres under government con
trol and mechanized as fast as human
energy can be applied is a new factor
in the world’s picture.
There can be but liitle doubt that
the Russian situation may yet assume
quite a different attitude front what
obtained even in pre-war days.
Bankers Hold Farm Conference
A “feeders’ conference” was held
In a state bank at Presho, South Da
kota, attended by fifty farmers. The
conference stressed the feeding of low
price wheat and barley, and marketing
it through livestock. Later, booklets
on the feeding of wheat were distrib
uted among the farmers, and a feeders
column was carried In the local paper
each week.
“We have had more success with
the conference and with the feeders
♦column In the local paper, than with
•any other undertaking we have tried,"
the bankers said. “As a result there
is about three times as much livestock
being fed out In our territory than
ever before. We plan to hold other
similar conferences the coming ^ear.”
Plan Roadside Gardens '
for American Highways
An ambitious plan to plant roddslde
flower gardens along the entire length
of all the main American highways
is being sponsored by womens’ or
ganizations in several eastern states.
A considerable extension of the move
ment is expected to develop during
the coming year, witli the enrollment
of sponsoring organizations in all the
remaining states of the Union.
Backers of the movement urge that
the common roadsides are telltale rev
elations of the civic spirit dominating
a community. Four states—Massachu
setts, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and
Virginia—have already oflh r ully rec
ognized this fact in their highway de
partments by making substantial ap
propriations and attaching a compe
tent landscape architect to the staffs
in charge of road maintenance and up
keep.
Many other states are moving to Join
tills progressive group, the Woman’s
Home Companion reports, and organ
ized committees are concentrating in
many localities on roadside work
which will eventually bring the more
backward, commonwealths into fine.
The benefits of clviliMtion exist be
cause of the capital accumulated b}
those who have gone before. Through
-accumulation of capital our great rail-
roads hare been constructed, our pub-
lie utilities have been built and dur
' mills, office buildings and homos have
arisen.
Chance for Home Owner
to Improve Property
A few hundred dollars spent for al
terations or remodeling will do more
today for the borne owner than a sim
ilar purpose any time since the begin
ning of the World war hack in 1914.
Scores upon scores of home owners
are taking advantage of this oppor
tunity and a number of far-seeing
Imsinesg men, sensing the demand for
modernization, have equipped special
departments to furnish the supplies
and oftentimes the workmen.
Homes that wore thought to have
passed their day of usefulness, al
though situated ip a good residential
section, have blossomed forth with
new exteriors, adding not only to their
own appearance, but to the appearance
and deslrabilty of their neighborhood.
The home owner of today, like the
automobile owner, wants to be mod
ern. He wants the latest in design,
appearance and operation. While the
automobile, due to its construction, is
limited in life, the residential dwelling,
if properly cared for, will last a cen
tury.—Cleveland News.
Concrete Tree AkominaffUa
With “modern’* art and “moder\*‘
architecture occupying more and more
space in our magazines, ona naturally
expects to find the “modeiri” in gar
den design. Gardening seems to re
spond more slowly to modernism, how
ever. The tree, the shrub, or her
baceous plants, 'is old-fashioned and
will- not change its manner of growth.
Concrete trees, which we understand
have been introduced in Europe, in
evitably lack the appeal of seasonal
changes.
While their introduction would nat
urally he opposed by both nursery
men and tree doctors, they would re
quire treatment, perhaps, by the satid
blaster, which might, aft^r all, he econ
omy. Actually, It Is possible that
with their use one could illustrate the
fact that design is of the greatest im
portance In tlie garden, and Hint a
landscape composition cun he achieved
without the use of plants, but it is
hard to be serious about u concrete
tree.—Washington Star.
City-Planning Idea Grow*
More than SOO American cities now
have city-planning commissions and
zoning regulations. The rapid growth
of the city-planning hiovement, which
got Its real start at the beginning of
the present century, is due to th«
business man and property owner’s
Why Stigk to
Unprofitable Crops?
Diversify and, Plant
Read these voluntary letters
from Satisfied Kirby Planters
“We take pleasure in advising that
we have planted your Kirby Cucumber
for the past eight year?. We always
find this cucumber the best by far in
earliness, dark green color, yield and
in fact the best in every respect. We
sell, as you know, about 3,000 lb?, of
Kilby here ennuaily, which is about
80 per cent, of the cucumbers planted
around Williston.
(Signed) Mixson & Newsom,
by J.^G. Newsom.
Oct. 27, 1931. Williston, Fla.
“We have u?ed your Kirby Cucum-
► •i;j ber seed for the past ten or twelve
years, and while we have been induc
ed to try other varieties which pro
ducers have claimed just as fc 0 °d» we
have been unable to find any other
seed that will produce as early and
a s green cucumbers in color. We will
plarvt 1,500 to 2,000 lbs. of your Kirby
Cucumbers this year and will use no
other variety.
(Signed) Beville $ Oldham,
by G. G. Oldham.
Oct. 27, 1931. ' “ Center Hill, Fla.
“I purchased six lbs. of your Kirby
Stay Green Cucumber seed through
cur cucumber association here and
they certainly are dark in color and
uniform in size. Tb-.-y run around 95
per cent Fancy. They are a beautiful
sight to look upon.
(Signed) C. J. Crown,
May 25, 1931. Gainesville, Fla.
“It Stays Green”
CUCUMBER
ORIGINATOR’S STOCK
wa s paid for one carload of 645 bushels of'Kirby Cuke? and$lt> to $15
per bushel fqr fiist pickings was a common expeiience of Kirby Growers
last season. / It was th e most successful crop planted anywhere. Is it
any wonder that an increasing number 1 cf farmers are putting more and more acreage
into Kirby Cucumbers? There~is no gamble .with a crop-like that. —- -—
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KIRBY CUCUMBER<i s the earliest of the White Spine type with firm, cylindrical
fruit 7 to 8 inches long. Its exceptionally daik greei) color from stem to blossom end
is retained longer than any other variety and they will run 85 per cent Fancy, uni- 1
form in shape and color. Kirby Cuke is a vigorous grower and enormou 3 yielder with
unexcelled shipping qualities. In addition to bringing the highest prices, there is al
ways .a ready market for Kirby and it is e-pecially adaptable for pickling and slicing.
For your protection and to prevent .sub
stitution, Kirby^. Cucumber ORIGINA
TOR’S STOCK is sold only in the Sealed
Lithographed Cartons illustiated above.
Our New 1932 FREE CATALOGUE has
just been published. Hundreds of Simon’s
profitable Specialties are illustrated, de
scribed and priced. Send for your copy.
I. N. SIMON & SON
Wesley D. Simon, Seedsmen Norval E. Kirby
438-S Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
For Sale By
THE BEST PHARMACY, BARNWELL. S. C.
SIMON BROWN’S SONS, Blackville, S. C. GREEN & COMPANY, Elko. S. C.
FARRELL-O’GORMAN, Blackville, S. C. BRABHAM & MORRIS, Olar, S. C.
R. G. HIERS, W illiston, S. C. X W. H. HUTTO, Sr. & SON, Denmark.S. C.
Social and Personal
News from Williston
Local and Personal
News of Blackville
Mrs. W. G. Thompson, Jr., spent nes Scott, spent last week-end With
a few days at Winthrop college last h er parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herman
week, attending a meeting of the Brown.
State Music association.
Williston, Feb. 6.--J. W. Folk spent Blackville, Feb. 6.—Mrs. Isadore
a few days with hi? daughter, Mr. Brown, assisted by her daughter, Mrs
andtMrs. M. B. Robertson, of Yonges ,j oe Golding, of New York, entertained
Island. , the members of her bridge club
Mrs. J. C. Folk and little daughter, Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Sem 1
Mary Joyce, are spending a while received highest scoie prize for the
. with the former’s parents, Mr. and occasion.
re«4^atK»n A*f.tha.lact that money put. t v j_ n ^
into well-kept parks, pleasant Hodgcoj, Aconea, Ga . Mie* Jpnirp Rrn^yn, student at Ag-
and beautiful buildings is not an ex
travagance but an investment, the
Architectural Magazine observes.
Even the intelligent remodeling of a
single house may raise *he standard
of an entire neighborhood. The dif
ference between profitable and un
profitable rental of either home or*
business property is often dependent
upon the attractiveness of its sur
roundings ns well as the features of
the building Itself.
Informal Garden Beit
The average home owner vho must
attend to most of his garden work
himself will find it advantageous to
plan his outdoor living room his gar
den along informal lines. Such iufor-
Miss Margaret Thompson, of New
Brookland, spent the week-end with
her mother, Mrs. Sdsan Thompson.
Misg Dorothy .Whittle, who is in the
nurses’ training school at the Univer
sity hospital in Augusta, spent Thurs
day with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
C. C. Whittle. She had her guest,
her room mate, Miss Kennedy.
Those attending the annual meeting
of the Barnwell association of the
Woman’s Missionary Union, held at
mality will give hi, gar,Ion a delight- Ehrhardt Wednesday, Were Mr,. .W.
ful air of freedom and grace, and in- j Cook, Mrs. T. P. Mitchell, Mrs. W.
asmueh as the plants are permitted to ! M - Hair, Mrs. T. R. Pender and Mrs
develop naturally they do not require
the constant care to keep them look
ing well that the formal planting de
mands. —
Cadet Charles Asbell, of Commerce,
Ga., is the guest of Gadet James
Buist, both having received leaves of
absence from the Citadel at the close
of the first semester.
4-H MEMBERS WELCOMING
MANY BABY CHICKS
R. L. Peacock, th e Rev. ,\fr. R. Davis
and Misses Edith and Mildred Bell.
Miss Pat Baxley spent last week
end in Cblumbla, the guest of her
! mother.
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Thompson and
Details Make Difference
Detail^ very often mark the dilT^r
enoe between a charming garden and Misses Belen and Billie Scott spent
, Sn , a r: e ’ 6 r e "-; Th ! pr : ,Kr Monday in Charlotte. En route they
placing of a bit of rock work, a flow- . j - « , .
erlng tree, a flagstone path, or an In- | stopped ,Tl Rock 11,11 and were afi -
vlting lawn seat may be Just what U c«mpanied by Misses Harrydelle
needed to make your garden individual Thompson and Jeanette Ussery, stu-
county agents in the care and feeding
of the chicks, and accurat e records
must be kept on all phases of the
work.
For economical brooding all mem
bers are using home-made brick
brooders in which wood is burned,
thus reducing to a minimum the cost
of brooding. Again costs are reduc
ed by using home-mixed feeds. As
much as possible, grain s raised on the
farms are utilized in the' rations,
r.lnhhor and buttermilk, also, find
very prominent places in the chick’s
dietary.
The balmy sunshine days are quite
conductive to the growth and health
of the chicks, so small yards and open
front houses will be in constant use
in order to utilize all the vitamin D
so generously provided b| “Old Sol.”
In order to avoid parasite infection
and diseases, strict sanitary measures
will be ptacticed by the club mem
bers in taring for tbeir chicks^ Sani-
and appealing.
Mated Maatc
It’i a moot question In social ethics
whether the gentlemen who blows his
own horn makes^a desirable member
of the commanity band.—Country
Home.
dents of Winthrop college.
Mrs. T. P. Riley and little son, of
Greenville, and Mrs. Jasper Johns, of
Allendale, are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
A. M. Kennedy.
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Advertise in The Hecpie Sentinel
The 4-H Poultiy member? had their
chick brooder s in readiness on Feb
ruary 3d and received the hundieds
of chicks arriving at their new homes
with hearty gieetings filled with as
surance of tiam, southern hospitality
for these little strangers.
The "visits to the club members
last week by Mis? Juanita Neely, Ex
tension Poultry Specialist and Mis?
McNab, Home Agent, were accom
panied by the cheeping and chirping
of hundreds of baby chicks. The
familiar extension service automobile
was converted into a veritable chick 1
pullman, carrying these little friends
to their future homes in the rural
communities of BarnweU.County. Un
der the care of the Major 4-H Poul
try raisers, these chick s will fufnish
delectable dishes for many tables in
the county.
The club members are given definite
instructions by the specialist and
tation is one of the key notes in suc
cessful chick raising.
The accredited hatcheries of the
State are showing their deep interest
in the Majqr 4-H Project by providing
first quality R. W. D. tested chicks
at reduced rates. The fine quality
chicks ^’ill be the means of developing
better farm flock s and in encouraging
4he improvement of flock manage
ment in Barnwell County.
The club members must plan to
produce more of the needed poultry
feed on the farm. For spring rang^
oats and rape are very satisfactory:
white soybeans or cowpeas make ideal
summer range and grazing. Plenty
of yellow corn must be planted in the
summer to provide fall and winter
feed for the laying flock and meal for
the baby chick ration in the spring.
Yellow corn is more valuable than
white corn on account of the vitamin
Arnuirent; which prurnuies giuwih
and health in ^he chicits; increases
egg production witK hens, a s well
strengthens the hatchability of the
eggs. „
The following Major 4-H Poultry
club members started brooding chicks
this year: Annie Rebecca Shuler, 350
chicks; Margaret Black, 200 chicks;
Mildred Grubbs, 100 chicks; Mary
Riley Whitaker, 600 chicks; Gladys
Black, 200 chicks; Louise Hartzog,
550 chicks; Billy Manning, 800 chicks;
besides the 4-H members, three adult
members are brooding about 1,000.
All the ,club members are keenly
interested in their project, and if they
finish the year with as much earnest
ness as ig shown at the beginning,
they will have done their part in help-
to defeat this terrible old tnonster,
“Depression.-^—— —
BROWN & BUSH*
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Attorneys-at-Law ~
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BROWN-BUSH
BUILDING
BARNWELL,
SOUTH CAROLINA
PRACTICE IN STATE AND FEDERAL COURTS
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