McCormick messenger. (McCormick, S.C.) 1902-current, April 16, 1931, Image 3
Thursday, April 16, 1931
McCORMICK MESSENGER, McCORMICK, SOUTH CAROLINA'
PAGE NUMBER THREE?
Entry Blanks
For Contests
ftajmty Agent, E. L. Rogers an
nounces that the cotton, com and
sweet potato contests are again be
ing conducted under auspices of
the Clems on College Extension Ser
vice.
Substantial prizes are offered in
each contest. This year the com
places me in the district prize
winning class. If for any reason
the County Agent or the College
wishes to publish my results indi
vidually my permission to publish
same will first be obtained, if I am
not a prize winner.
I am in the Piedmont or Spar
tanburg district and I desire to en
ter the Up-land section •
I desire to enter the Low-land sec-
contest in the Piedmont section
has been divided into “upland” and ! tion ’ (Note:
•‘low land” classes.
The entry blanks are as follows:
Place an
Application for Entrance -South
Carolina 5-Acre Cotton Contest
1931
I wish to enter the South Caro
lina 5-Acre Cotton Contest for
1931. I agree to abide by the
rules, regulations and decisions of
the Clemson Extension Service for
this Contest, and to use on my con
test plot a variety of seed that nor
mally produces staple of one inch
or more.
The variety of seed that I will
“X” in the section you wish to en
ter. You. may enter either or both.)
Signed
R. F. D.
County
If interested, please sign and re
turn application to
Crop Report As Of
April 1,1931
use Is
Signed
P. O.
—County
Sign and forward this applica
tion to your County Agricultural
Agent. Record book will be furn
ished you by your County Agricul
tural Agent. Ail applications must
be in by May 1, 1931.-
Any staple length less than 15-16
hnr-h will not be considered for
prize In the 1931 contest.
Help yourself and South Caro
lina Agriculture by showing that
you can produce quality cotton at
a profit. 1
Application for Entrance
Carolina 5-Acre Corn Contest
1931
I wish to enter the South Caro
lina 5-Acre Com Contest for 1931,
and I agree to the following:
To abide by the rules, regula
tions and decisions pf the Clemson
College Agricultural Extension Ser
vice for this contest.
TO keep the record book, fum-
* ished by the Clemson College Ex
tension Service, and send not lat
er than December 1st, 1931, the
Tirst and second copies of each
record sheet to the County Agent.
He will forward the original copy
to S. L. Jeffords, Box 225, Spar
tanburg, S. C.
I understand that the record I
Mr.
County Agent
County Agent.
1931
NOTE: This application when
filljed out properly should be sent
by applicant to the County Agent,
—the County Agent to forward the
blank to S. L. Jeffords, Box 225,
Spartanburg, S. C., not later than
June 15th, 1931.
Application for Entrance South
Carolina Sweet Potato Contest
^ 1931
I wish to enter the South Caro
lina Sweet Potato Contest for 1931
and I agree to the following:
To abide by the rules, regula
tions and decisions of the Clemson
College Agricultural Extension Ser-
South vice for this Contest.
To keep record book, furnished
by the Clemson College Extension
Service,* and return the original
record sheets to your County Agent
as soon as possible after the crop
is harvested.
Fill out fully, please print care
fully.
Signed
P. O.
R. F. D.
County
NOTE: This application when
filled out properly should be sent
keep and furnish will not be pub- to E. L. Rogers, County Agent, Mc-
lished unless I make a yield that Cormick, S. C.
10c
MAKE VOUR MONEY W
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, buying power and that gives us the right kind of
selling power. • The benefit goes to our customers
all the time. Read the list and ask us for other sav
ings not mentioned here:
FATBACKS,
per pound
Armour’s Veribest Milk
3 large size for .
FLOUR, Cyclone
48 lbs.
SUGAR,
25 lbs.
SALMON, Dixie Bell
per can
TOMATOES,
3 cans
S1.35
$1.35
10c
Pork, Beef, Pure Pork Sausage, Mixed Sausage,
Hog Head Cheese, Smoked Sausage, Balogna Saus
age, Veal, Cured Ham, Breakfast Bacon, Fish and-
Oysters all at prices you can well afford to pay.
’Phone No. 8 and have your order delivered prompt
ly. We buy and sell the best country produce.
A. H. FAULKNER
McCORMICK, S. C.
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COLUMBIA, April 10.—SOUTH
CAROLINA: /Soil condition in
February and March was favorable
for plowing, and planting prepara
tions are well advanced. Prolonged
cold weather has delayed growth of
vegetation, but winter grains are
in good condition generally, with a
minimum of abandonment from
winter killing, and present pros
pects are for at least reasonably
good yields of wheat, oats, and rye.
The April 1 condition of Wheat
is reported at 76 per cent; Oats,
77; and Rye, 78 per cent. These
are slightly below the 10-Year av
erage condition, but above last
year.
Peaches are reported at 78 per
cent of a full crop, compared with
59 per cent a year ago and a 6-year
average, 1924-1929, of 74 per cent.
The condition of Pastures at 62
per cent of normal compares with
65 per cent last year and a 6-year
average of 74 per cent. The con
dition of early Irish potatoes is re
ported at 85 per cent, which is 15
points above last year and 8 above
the 6-year average.
Farm wages are reported about
30 per cent below last year. By
the month with board, the average
is $12.50; without board, $19.25 ^
by the day with board, 60 cents;
without board, 85 cents. The sup
ply of farm labor is reported at
103 pef cent of normal, and the
demand at 73 per cent; and the
supply, expressed as the per cent
of demand, is 141 per cent, which
compares with 112 per cent last
year.
UNTED STATES: Wheat—The
condition of winter wheat on April
1, is reported at 88.8 per cent of
normal, compared with 77.4 per
cent on April 1, 1930 and the 10-
year average of 79.2 per cent for
that date. The April 1 condition
and the preliminary reports from
correspondents indicate an aband
onment in the neighborhood of 4
per cent for the United States as a
whole, which is materially below
the 10-year average of 12.1 per
cent.
The condition is well above 10-
year average in all sections of the
country except in a few States and
portions of States where the 1930
drought was most severe and
where the rainfall during the
germinating period in the fall was
greatly deficient. The winter was
unusually mild and spring moisture
has been ample to date.
While April 1 is too early for an
accurate forecast of final yield and
production, an analysis of condit
ion and weather reports indicates
a probable total winter wheat crop
of approximately 644,000,000 bush
els.
When considered by classes, the
probable crop of hard red winter
wheat in 1931 is indicated at
about 405,000,000 bushels, compar
ed with 365,578,000 bushels in 1930,
the probable crop of soft red win
ter at about 194,000,000 bushels,
compared with 194,153,000 bushels
produced in 1930, and the probable
crop of fall-sown types of white
wheat at about 45,000,000 bushels,
compared with 44,606,000 bushels
produced in 1930.
RYE: The condition of rye is re
ported at 81.5 per cent, compared
with 82 per cent a year ago, 84.9
per cent two years ago, and 84.6
per cent the 10-year (1920-29) av
erage April 1 condition. Pennsyl
vania, r Maryland, Virginia, and
West Virginia show rather sharp
declines in condition from a year
ago, while North Dakota, the prin
cipal rye producing State, shows a
condition 3 points lower than a
year ago. In many of the states
the condition is materially better
than it was a year ago. No fore
cast of the crop in bushels will be
made until May 8.
OATS: The condition of oats in
the 10 Southern States is reported
at 83.3 per cent, compared with
71.1 per cent a year ago. Most of
the winter sown grains in the
South have come through with a
minimum of winter-killing, which
is markedly different from a year
ago, when there was heavy winter-
killing throughout most of the
Southern States.
POTATOES: The condition of
early potatoes in 10 Southern
States on April 1 this year is re
ported to be somewhat better than
on the same date last year and
only slightly below the averagq
condition oh April 1 the previous
six years. The crop is in more
favorable position now than on
April 1 last year in pfActically ev
ery State but Texas. In the latter
St&$e, blight and frost have handi-
1930 FARM CENSUS PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
McCORMICK COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
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WASHINGTON, D. C., April 14, 1931.—The following statement, issued by the Director of the Census,
gives some of the results of the 1930 farm census for McCormick County, South Carolina, with compara
tive data for 1925 and 1920 for selected items. The 1930 figures are preliminary and subject to correction,
(1930 Census taken April 1, and 1925 and 1920 Censuses, January 1.)
I 1930
FARM ACREAGES AND VALUES
Number of farm i ~
Acreage of all land in farms
Average acre per farm
Value of land and buildings
Land alone
Buildings »
Dwellings alone
Value of implements and machinery
Average value of land and buildings
Per farm r
Per acre
1,8131
147,481
81.3
$3,013,965
1,884,639
1,129,326
814,185
198,841
1,662
20.44
TENURE OF FARMS
Number operated by:
Owners
Managers
Tenants
Acreage operated by:
Owners -
Managers
Tenants
1930
1920
Value of land and buildings of
farms operated by:
Owners
Managers
Tenants
388
4
1,421
46,622
2,593
98,266
$1,213,651
64,650
1,735,664
629
10
2,272
62,507
440
106,133
$3,325,947
40,670
4,536,824
SIZE OF FARMS
Under 3 acres
3 to 9 acres
10 to 19 acres
20 to 49 acres
50 to 99 acres
100 to 174 acres
175 to 259 acres
260 to 499 acres
500 to 999 acres
1,000 acres and over
LIVESTOCK
Number
Horses
Mules
Cattle
Milk Cows
Hogs
Chickens Iz
***
* * *
***
1930
295
2,105
3,004
1,792
2,218
38,623
1920
1,0841
3,192j
6,276j
3.4491
7,743|
50,898
CLASSES OF LAND
Crop land, total
Harvested
Crop failure
Idle -
Pasture land, total
Plowable
' Woodland
Other
Woodland not pasture
All other land
1925
1920
2,003
2,911
161,719
169.080
80.7
58.1
$3,015,144
$7,903,441
1,947,202
5,983,277
1,067,942
1,920,164
•
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172,886
459,323
1,505
|
2,715
18.64
46.74
Number
1930
1920
67
1
44
323j
337
576
1,362
338
738
313
290
105
83
68
44
14
12
9
Acreage ♦♦
1930
62,713
37,465
2,364
22.884
37,720
7,482
18,837
11,401
33,578
13,470
1925
76,783
41,169
1,471
34.143
30,037
6,656
13,237
10.144
38,687
16,212
SELECTED CROPS zz
1929
Wheat
Hay
Sweet potato'es and yams
Sweet sorghum for sirup
Acreage
/
1
1924
1919
Unit
| 1929 |
1 16,941
21,535
Bushel
I 134,510
l 838
2.487
Bushel
| 28,226
i 211
484
Bushel
| 1,501
i . 2,364
2,947
Ton
| 517
1 196
608
Bushel
I 13,437
i 155
821
Gallon —
| 6,630
1924
"173,800
12,587
1,543
1,475|
15,2831
zzzl
1919
265,986
32.158
3^103
3,884
49,722
30,479
Not shown in 1925 and 1920.
Not shown in 1920.
♦♦♦Excluding animals bom after January 1, 1930.
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z Excluding chickens hatched after January 1, 1930
zz Cotton figures will be shown in later publications.
zzzNot reported.
yield prospects. The present con
dition . of 79.1 per cent for the 10
State’s represents all potatoes being
grown for harvest before Septem
ber 1 in these States, including
the commercial early crop grown
principally for shipment. The
year.
EGG PRODUCTION: All sec-
tioni of the country show less egg
production on April 1 than on that
date last year. Crop correspond
ents reported on April 1 an aver
age of 53.2 eggs per hundred hens
April 1 reports indicate that the on hand, compared with 54.5 eggs
commercial early crop in Florida on April 1, 1930. The number of
and the Lower Valley of Texas will hens and pullets per flock also ap-
amount to approximately 3,700,000 pears to be 6 or 7 per cent lower
bushels, which would be about an than a year ago.
average crop but 8 per cent small- 1 FARM WAGES: At 127 per cent
er than last year’s estimated pro- 0 f the pre-war level on April 1, the
duction. It is top early to fore- index of farm wages was 2 points
cast production in the other early lower than at the beginning of the
potato States from present condit- 1 year, 35 pcints under a year ago,
ion reports. For the entire group an d a t the lowest level recorded
of extreme Southern States, the nince 1916.
first commercial forecast is to be
issued on May 9 and for the sec
ond early Spates about May 23.
The 2 point decline in the index
from January 1 to April 1 was most
unusual, since it occurred during
PEACHES: In the 10 Southern a period when farm wages ordin-
States, the reported condition of a rily advance due to the increase
peaches on April 1 is 71.8 per cent, in demand for workers during the
compared with 52.0 per cent on spring planting season. This sea-
April 1 last year and a 6-year aver- sonal advance averaged 4.7 points
age of 73.7 per cent. In the im- f 0 r the period, 1926-1930. During
portant South Atlantic States, che the current year, farm wages
peach crop prospect is quite fav- : showed a tendency to advance or
orable, with little or no damage hold steady only in that area
from cold to date and with pos- north of a line extending from
sibiiity that some thinning may oe southern boundary of Nebraska co
necessary. In the South Central the southern boundary of Michigan
States, unseasonably cool weather an d in the northern half of the
has held the crop back and frosts Far Western division,
the last week in March caused
much damage, particularly in
northern Texas, Oklahoma and
western Arkansas.
All classes of farm wages, on
April 1, were lower than a year ago.
Wages per day, without board, were
The reported, a^ut 28 per cent lower in the
conditions in the 10 States cannot South Central States> down 22 per
safely be used at this early date cent ^ the South A t la ntic Division,
£*HECK up on your
Fire Insurance.
The time to make sure
of your insurance is
before you have a fire.
The place to go is to
this Agency of the
Hartford Fire Insur
ance 'Company.
F C. Robinson
INSURANCE AGENCY
Phone 66
McCORMICK
for forecasting production. The
effect of weather conditions be
tween now and harvest, and es
pecially during the next month
or six weeks, can make the situa
tion much more or much less fav
orable than it now appears.
PASTURES: The condition of
pastures on the first of April was
below the usual average in prac
tically all states except in the Pa
cific Northwest and from Colorado
and Nebraska south. Pastures are
particularly poor in the state that
were most affected by the drought
last summer. The cold weather the
latter part of March has also made
pastures late in starting. In the
country as a whole the April 1
condition of pastures was 76.1 per
cent, compared with an average of
21 per cent in the North Central
group, and approximately 15 per
cent in the North Atlantic and Far
Western Divisions. These declines
are due to the considerably lower
level of industrial employment
which has increased materially
the supply of farm workers and the
sharp decline in demand resulting
from the drastic drop in prices paid
farmers for agricultural products.
Crop'correspondents reported the j
supply of farm labor at 112.9 per,
cent of normal on April 1, as com-
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Alfalfa Needs Lime
The lowest April 1 average during
this period was the 78.5 reported
last year.
MILK PRODUCTION PER COW:
Milk production per cow has in
creased in the Gulf States. Else
where there was about the usual
seasonal increase during March.
Crop correspondents report an av
erage production of 14.3 pounds of
milk per milk cow in their herds
on April 1, as compared with 14.5
pounds Jn 1929 and 1930. As the
plumber of milk cows has been in
creased, total milk production is
82.5 during the previous 7 y ears * ftained for April 1 as compared to
116.8 per cent a year ago.
FRANK O. BLACK,
Agricultural Statistician.
R. C. LIGHT,
Jr., Agricultural Statistician
No other common forage crop
needs so much lime as does al-
pared to 99.0 a year earlier, while f a jf a j n the East all soils except
the reports on demand averaged those of limestone origin generally
71.1 per cent of normal in compari- j re q U i re itme for alfalfa. Even
son with 84.8 per cent on April 1, ii me stone soils are often acid at
1930. Expressing the supply as a the surface and need lime before
per centage of the demand for the a if a if a will succeed on them,
two dates, a figure of 158.8 is ob- Limestone soils that do not usual-
probably nearly 2 1-2 per cent
capped the crop and reduced the above production at this time last
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and Artificial Eyes fitted without
Drugs, Drops or Danger.
DR. HENRY J; GODIN
Optoinetristi
956 Broad Street Augusta, Ga.
ly require additional lime occur in
the black belt of Alabama and Mis
sissippi and near Syracuse, N. Y.
Limestone soils that do need lime
are found in the Shenandoah Val
ley. Except for the soils on the
Pacific slope of the Northwest,
most soils west of the 95th merid
ian do not require liming for al
falfa. ..
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Serve different kinds of cereal
for breakfast. The same kind ev
ery moriiing becomes monotonous.
Salt the cereal sufficiently and
train the children to eat it without
sugar.