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■» ~ - ;< 'v~ ‘ <r \ • t ■; : v Thursday, November 20, 1930 Vi i * < JJ\ vlbSSh r£./t Page Number EigUi Mr Ea Ik; ' f • v Crop Report As Of November 1, 1930 COLUMBIA, Nov. 18.—SOUTH CAROLINA farmers are harvesting much better yields per acre and a greater quantity of practically all crops this fall than realized during any of the past several years, the yields of all crops combined being 19 per cent above the ten-year average. T}\it despite bountiful harvests it seems now the total farm income will be about 20 per cent less than last year. However, good crops of food and feedstuffs are stabilizing factors off setting somewhat the low prices for cash crops. We have had two good CORN years in succession. This year's crop is now estimated at 24,634,000 bushels, compared with 23,321,000 bushels last year and an average of 20,780,000 bushels during the five years, 1924-1928. The average yield of 16.5 bushels per acre is only a tenth of a bushel above last year's final yield, but an enlarged acreage this year accounts mostly for the increase of 1,313,000 bush els over the good crop of 1929. The estimate of 94,430,000 pounds of TOBACCO is the largest ever produced in the State, which com pares with 82,992,000 pounds last year and the five-year average, 1924-1928, of 66,469,000 pounds. Timely rains during the fall im proved SWEET POTATOES mater ially and the outturn is much bet ter than anticipated earlier in the season. The production is estimat ed at 5,200,000 bushels, compared With the extra good crop of 5,750,- 000 last year and a five-year aver age of 3,907,000 bushels. The 're ported yield per acre of 100 bushels is second to the record yield of 115 bushels last year, but well above the average. The 157,000 acres expected to be picked for COWPEAS is 35 per cent greater than* the acreage picked for seed last year and about 15 per cent above that usually picked. The reported yield is 5.0 bushels per acre and the total crop 785,000 bushels, compared with 522,000 bushels during the 5 years, 1924- 1928. The 16,000 acres harvested for SOY BEANS is double that of last year, but about the usual acreage from which seed are gathered. The total crop is estimated at 112,000 bushels, compared with 64,000 bushesl last year and 72,000 bushels the 5-year average. The yield per acre and produc tion of PEANUTS have been fair ly constant for the past several yeafs and the total crop of 7,300,- 000 pounds gathered for the nuts this year is about the usual. * A yield per acre of 65 gallons and the total production of 1,300,- 000 gallons is about the usual SORGHUM SPRUY crop. The SUG AR CANE SYRUP yield at 145 gal lons per acre gives a crop of 870,- 000 gallons, which is also about the usual production. The reported 60 per cent of a full crop for PECANS indicates about 1,300,000 pounds as the total crop, which compares with the final estimate of 917,000 pounds last year and 1,100,000 pounds average pro duction for the 5 years 1924-1928. The FARM LABOR supply is re ported as 28 per cent above the de mand. UNITED STATES: Late crops in 1930 were* favored by a late grow ing season in many important States and yields are quite gener ally above the expectations of a month ago. The estimate of Corn production has been increased since last month by more than 2 per cent. The estimates for Po tatoes, Apples, Rice, Grain Sor ghums, Buckwheat, and Sugar beets have been increased 5 to 8 per cent. Prospects for Beans and Tobacco have also improved slight ly. Flaxseed, Broomcom, and Sugar Cane grown for syrup are the only important field crops for which the estimates have been re duced. Although ci op yields ap pear to be 0.8 per cent above ex pectations a month ago, with the improvement shared by 37 States, yields per acre are still expected . to be 5.4 per cent below the rath er low yields of last year and 8.9 per cent below the average yields secured during the preceding 10 years. Allowing for acreage changes the total production of the 17 prin cipal crops appears to be 6.2 per cent below production last year and 5.1 per cent below the annual pro duction during the previous 10 years. Allowing for population growth per capita, production of the principal crops appears to be 74 per cent below the production last year and 13.2 per cent below the average of the preceding 10 years. More exact estimates will be available next month after the annual survey of acreages harvest ed and production has been com pleted. The United States CORN crop is now estimated at 2,094,481,000 bushels. The present estimates are 20.0 per cent less than the es timated production in 1929 and 22.4 per cent less than the average zrop during the previous 5 years. 1930 crop is the smallest har- ^sted in any year since 1901. ^beks of old com on farms the first of November are estimated at 72,349,000 bushels, 5.3 per cent less than on November 1, 1929, and 29 per cent less than the average of November 1, stocks during the five preceding years. Some improvement in the SWEET POTATO crop last month is noted in principal States such as Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia. Delaware, Maryland, and Oklahoma show reduced pro duction. The November 1 estimate is 72,576,000 bushels, as compared with 84,661,000 bushels last year and the 1919-1928 average of 87,- 698,000 bushels. The average yield is 84.6 bushels and the 1919-1928 average is 95.2 bushels per acre. A PECAN crop of 36,750,000 pounds is indicated by November 1 reports, this comparing with last year’s crop of 38,000,000 pounds. Fall conditions have favored this crop and increases over the earlier forecasts are general. PEANUTS improved in October and the present estimate of 759^- 300,000 pounds is an increase of 66,000,000 pounds over the October 1 forecast, although it is 170,000,- 000 pounds less than the big crop of 1929. Peanuts have yielded bet ter in the Southeast than estimat ed Earlier and the crop is now placed at only 16,000,000 pounds ess than 1929 in this section. About 12,106,000 bushels of SOY BEANS will be gathered this sea son, compared with 11,432,000 bush els in 1929. The avreage of soy beans gathered for the beans was increased about 15 per cent over ast year, but yields are practically everywhere lower, being reported at only 11.5 bushels per acre for the United States compared with 12.8 bushels last year. The acreage of COWPEAS gath ered for the peas this year is es timated at 912,000, which is an in crease of 24 per cent over last year. The yield is lower, however, and the preliminary estimates of 4,773,000 bushels shows an increase only about half as great as the in crease in acreage. VELVET BEAN acreage has also expanded this year, showing an increase of about 10 per cent over last yeaV. With the lower yields per acre reported, however, the to- ;al estimated production of 830,000 tons of beans in the hull is about 1 per cent less than production last year. The supply of Farm Labor ap pears to be ample in all parts of the country, due to unemployment ixHother lines. FRANK O. BLACK, Agricultural Statistician. R. C. LIGHT, Junior Agricultural Statistician. x Will Print Day Earlier Next Week Newberry College Has Unique Plan Advisory Cabinet NEWBERRY, Nov. 18.—What is believed to be a unique plan has been devised by President James C. Kinard of Newberry College. Each of the civic organizations in the city of Newberry has been asked to namq one of its members who is not connected officially with the College in any way, to serve on an advisory cabinet. This Cabi net will advise the president _ on matters affecting the mutual in terests of the Coliege and the local community. Members of the cab inet are: Hal Kohn, Rotary Club; Frank R. Hunter, Kiwanis Club; Prof. P. K. Harmon, Lions Club; Chamber of Commerce, President A. S. Paine; City Council, Mayor J. Marion Davis; American Legion, B. M. Scurry; Legion Auxiliary, Mrs. J. H. Summer; Civic League, Mrs. R. H. Wright; Daughters of the American Revolution, Mrs. W. H. Hunt; Newberry Co-ed Club, Mrs. F. R. Fellers; CitySchools, Super intendent O. %. Cannon; Calvin Crozier Chapter, U. D. C., Miss Marion Jones; Drayton Rutherford Chapter, U. D .C., Mrs. R. D. Wright Armistice Day was celebrated Tuesday morning by faculty and students. Professor Chas. L. Trab- ert arranged and directed a musi cal program consisting of songs by the student body and selections by the College orchestra. Prof. Price K. Harmon of the Newberry High School delivered a splendid address. Prof. Harmon is a gradu ate of Newberry College, an ex-ser vice man, who after his service ov er-seas came back to Newberry to complete his work for his degree. The Dramatics Club presented Thursday night in the chapel a de lightful little one-act play. Those taking part were George Hart of Savannah, Ga., J. Milton Frick of Chapin; Emory B. Heidt of Marlow, Ga., and Enoch D. Stockman of Chapin. Dr. Kinard delivered the address at a, community celebration of Armistice Day held in the high school auditorium at Whitmire last Tuesday night. On Sunday morn ing he* addressed the congregation of Trinity Lutheran , Church in Greenville. The faculty and students are looking forward to the visit of Dr. Mary E. Markley, one of the sec retaries of the Board of Education of the United Lutheran Church in America. Dr. Markley is a speaker of attractive personality and charm. She will be 09 the campus several days during Thanksgiving Week. txv The Messenger hopes to print next week’s paper a day earlier han usual in order that Thanks giving day may be observed by the force. Therefore, we hope all who have anything for that issue will get it to the office in due time— at least a day earlier than usual. txt Late celery that is to be used for seed production should be dug with considerable soil adhering to the ’’oots and set in a coldframe or some other place that furnishes protection during the winter. Wa ter the plants well and shade them to prevent wilting. Ventilation is necessary in the late fall and early winter. In colder weather add sash or straw mats to protect the plants from severe freezing and at the same time keep them cool and dormant. X ’ Canned field com can not be sold as sweet corn but must be plainly designated as “field corn” on the label, says the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. The in terstate or import shipment of canned field corn, or any other foods under false, fradulent, or misleading labeling, is in violation of the food and drugs act. Encourage The Pullets ■■ » The pullets in tlje poultry flock can be “egged” on to increased egg production in the winter by good housing conditions and reg ularity of feeding. Artificial lights may also be used, \ but the limit should usually be a 12-hour work ing day, and the length of day should be very gradually worked up to this point. Green feed in the ration tends to increase their ap petites and to make them eat more mash. Remember that a good ra tion for laying stock should include scratch grains and a mash, meat food, green food, mineral food, grit and drink. It is a good plan to give layers a daily supply of sprouted oats in the winter. The morning feed should be a light one so that the hens will be kept scratching most of the morning and the evening feed of scratch grain should be sufficient to have the birds go to roost with ful crops. The best material for the floor litter is wheat or oat straw about 4 inches deep. * Renew th< litter when it gets damp and dirty damp and dirty litter is not con ducive to good egg production. 1 xi You may leave parsnips in tlv ground until you want them, or di them late in the fall and sUr them in a cellar or pit. It is bes to let the roots remain in tb ground until cold weather, as lo temperatures improve their flavo txi Some of the highest-grade alfa fa hay produced in this counts comes from districts where the h° 5 s put up in large stacks with sW' and a derrick and then allowed t sweat prior to baling, says the r S. Department of Agriculture Hauling the hay from the - fieb on sleds keeps it free from dus and grit and better preserves it‘ leafiness. This Week h Arthur Brisbane The Five-Day Week Ludendorlf Sees War Hunting the Microbe One Billion Ounces > Paul Mazur of the firm of Lehmua Brothers says the five-day week should be adopted universally, to concentrate working, selling and buying in five days, giving everybody two days to spend what they earn in health and efficiency. Such a plan, according to Mr. Mazur, would encourage spend ing and increase buying at least 20 per cent. The slump in employment should convince the feeble-minded that keep ing out immigration does not “guar antee steady work for everybody in the United States.’* To guarantee steady w r ork you need buyers for goods produced, and to increase the buying you must increase the purchasing population. If this country had 50,000,000 more population of the right kind it would be 50 per cent better off in every way. General Ludendorff sees another war in 1932. When it is over, according to his prophecy, “Germany and Italy will be crushed. Russia, England and Aus- trfa will side with Germany, but France, .heading another group, will win/* That prophecy need not be taken seriously. The German generals had little idea of w’hat was going to hap pen in 1914. They counted on a single victorious campaign to last a few months. Man’s occupation from tjie beginning has been hunting down his enemies to destroy them, or hunting other men and animals for food. Hunters at first used their own legs and hands, then horses, hounds, haw T ks. Now they have changed from hunt ing the mastodon, driving the 25,000- pound monsters into pits, to hunting creatures too small to be seen with the naked eye. Austrian art treasures in Salzburg were exposed 7 to destruction by mi nute worms, devouring priceless manu scripts and ancient carved" w’ood. Scientists exposed the w’orms for eighteen hours to the vapors of cya nide gas. The worms are all dead and the art treasures are safe. A gentleman is here from China to borrow from the United States government one thousand million ounces of silver, worth about $350,- 000,000. China uses silver as mpney, and would be much obliged if Uncle Sam would lend a billion ounces. Fortunately we are not in war days, when anybody could shovel out Amer ican billions to foreigners. Congress must pass on the proposed Chinese loan, and will probably ask. “Do you want the money to feed your starving tens of millions, or to give your 500,- 000 soldiers their back pay and keep up the fighting?” Captain Hawks continues to make other distinguished flyers look like estimable “has beens.” He flew from Havana to New York in 8 hours 44 minutes, averaging 190 miles an hour, doing 600 miles at 210 miles an hour, not using top speed at any time. If men w'ould buy stocks carefully selected, of sound value, as they buy real estate, within their means, every intelligent man today could lay the foundation of future independence. But, in stocks or in real estate, if you gamble you are gone. Any one of ten million ghosts that float around the back door of the stock exchange at midnight could tell you that. It pays to improve your city if the improving is done in even a moderate ly honest and efficient way. After a long delay, New York and New Jersey decided to build a vehicle tunnel under the Hudson river. In three years 31,000,000 automo biles have used the tunnel, paying $15,000,000 in tolls. The tunnel cost $54,000,000, and is taking in $0,000,000 a year. In 10 years it will pay for itself. If cities were run by competent business men instead of being run, as is usual, by grafting and ignorant politicians, taxes would be cut down 50 per cent and more. Prosperity and values would increase gigantically. The government has broken up a ring dealing in drugs to the tune of millions. Fifty thousand dollars’ worth of narcotics were sold each week in laundries and restaurants in New' York city. Other drugs will be seized, and oth er men w*ill go to jail, but the drug trade will not be broken up. When men can sell for hundreds of dollars’ profit the contents of an overcoat pocket, men will be found to do the selling, especially as they themselves are often drug addicts. The business world, including all publishers, will appreciate President Hoover’s sound advice to advertisers. Those with long experience in ad vertising know that its evils correct themselves. Advertising not founded on truth and value will not last. A good name, with advertisers as with women, is the most valuable of all as sets. ((c). list, by Kina Feature* Syndicate. Inc.) THE NATURAL HAY Wide awake retail business men advertise because they want the people of their trading area to know about th^ goods they have for sale; they want to extend an invitation to people to call and see them. People read the advertisements because they want to know what and where they can buy to the best advantage, and these facts can be determined only after knowing what the merchants have to offer. They haven’t the time to make the rounds of all stores and compare prices and merchan dise, so they rely on the advertise ments. The local Newspaper is the log ical and natural medium between buyer and seller. It is a means by which the merch^pt speaks to his customers and the customers do their buying. The one should use it and other should read it. Both profit from the transaction. Nothing stimulates businss like newspaper advertising. Many have profited by it, why not you, Mr. Merchant? This paper will carry your message to people who may not get it any other way. If you want more business, ask for it through our columns.