Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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\ \ KU >» n .i \A \ JVC'A. ^.t. 1037 \ f „ B. F. FOWLER, Union, S. C. (shown on tho horse at right below) says: “My neighbors and I here in the Pea Ridge section of Union county, S. C., used 5,516 bags of 3-8-10 (NPK) for wheat and cotton in 1937.1 used 250 pounds of 3-8-10 per acre under my •wheat and top-dressed with nitrogen. It stooled well and averaged 24 bushels per acre which sold for $1.25 per bushel. On our cotton we had a nine weeks’ drought with only one light shower. Cotton all around us rusted but where the 3-8-10 was used there was no Rust. The difference in cost between 400 pounds of 3-8-10 and 400 pounds of 3-8-3 was only 84 cents per acre. With cotton at 10 cents, it took only 8 extra pounds of lint per acre to pay this small difference in cost. It was worth a lot more than that on my farm, even with the bad season.’* ■ 1 \ '' * t A '. .. CW- • « . - . ^ . • « '. . • - ■ . » • - - r - v-■' .. ■ , \ . -5 '* mm <K. ^ . - V ^ V •>, • V / •: V>v ?: . . *• . 7 .Kv I >■’ y.. ‘ ... '••My- . *•'./>•» •.: > If M I I LEWIS W. TABOR, Perry, Ga. (above) say*: “I harvested 28)^ bushels of wheat per acre where I used 3-9-5 (NPK) fertilizer at planting and top-dressed with nitrogen. On part of my field, where I top-dressed with nitro gen and 100 pounds of NV MU- RI ATEper acre, I harvested 40 ’ i> bushels per acre. I consider pot ash very necessary in growing high yields of good quality grain.” * tn •XV .V 5 ...S-’V. ^ 0MM p|||^ j i F. T. SMITH, Spartanburg, S. C. (above) ■aya: “My tenant, M. A. Harrison, pro duced 27j/£ bushels of wheat and 64 bushels of oats per acre in 1937 by using 200 pounds of 4-8-8 (NPK) fertilizer when planting and top-dressing with 100 pounds of 21-0-10 per acre. Oats were planted in September and wheat in October. Fertilizer applied at plant ing helped it to stool well. On cotton and corn we use 4-8-8 with a top- dressing of 21-0-10. For the past 10 years we have used high potash fer tilizers, from 4-8-6 to 4-10-10, and find them profitable.” b. mhh umii m ■ ’■:•? m, 3 **•* immmm MW ■ <• * I i v y>vs Di. WADE SMCKHOUSE f l r i say these Southern Farmers x: mm iiiP! 1* m .tit-iy.v ii£i t, a. loiur J. M. GRAHAM, Chester, S. C. (above) says: “I learned about potash when I went to manage Rose Hill Plantation between Bishopville and Sumter in 1921. Those were the 2-8-2 (NPK) and 3-8-3 days. There were French spots or Rust in the cotton so we increased our potash in the fertilizer at planting to 7% and then used 100 pounds of NV KAINIT per acre with our nitrogen. We stopped Rust, increased yields, improved the staple and made better quality all the way around. In 1934 we made 904 bales on 774 acres. ^ “Here at the Chester Seed Farm we made 305 bales on 301 acres in 1936. Potash works the same here as it did in Lee County. We used 3-9-7 (NPK) at planting and two applica tions of 12-0-20 top-dresser. With a bad season and boll weevil in 1937 we made 342 bales on 350 acres. Potash keeps cotton from giving back, reduces shedding, makes bigger bolls with better staple and the result is larger yields of better quality. “In 1937 on four acres of wheat, planted after alfalfa and given three applications of nitrogen-potash top-dresser (325 pounds per acre), I threshed 161 bushels and had three big loads of hay from around the edge of the field.” DR. WADE STACKHOUSE, Dillon, S. C., cays: “In 1894 I grew my first cotton crop and sold it for 4cents per pound, with seed at 11 cents per bushel. In 1901 I learned that Rust was due to a shortage of potash and repeatedly since then I have grown excellent crops of cotton on ‘cotton-sick’ land by using large amounts of potash. “In 1937 here at Dillon I used 6% POTASH in my cotton fer tilizer at planting and then just after chopping a top-dresser con taining 10% POTASH. On my Millen, Georgia, farm I used 25% POTASH in my cotton top- dresser. For small grains I use a nitrogen-potash top-dresser, be cause I find it is better than straight nitrogen. The extra potash gives larger yields of better quality grain, improves the hay crops which follow, and leaves the land in better condi tion for cotton.” J. E. DAVIDSON, Fort Valley, Ga., «ay»: “On 115 acres of wheat I used 175 pounds of 20-0-10 (NPK) per acre and averaged 24 bushels. This gave me plump grain and stalks that would not bed-down. I used 8 to 10% POTASH in my fertilizer on 263 acres of cotton and made 265 bales. Potash is cheap and farm ers cannot afford to use less than 8% if they want the best results.” A. C. THOMPSON, Bankston, Ala., says: “A test in 1935 with an extra 100 pounds of NV MURI ATE of POTASH per acre con vinced me of the need of extra potash for cotton. In 1936 I produced 13 bales on 14 acres by using extra potash. In 1937 I used 10% POTASH in my cotton fertilizer, having a small plot with 5% POTASH as a check. The cotton receiving 10% POTASH withstood the drought and the rain which followed better. Bolls were larger and easier to pick. The yield was about one-third more.” HAMER SMITH, Clio, S. C., says: “In 1937 I put 200 pounds of nitrate of soda over a field of oats. On part of the field I added 100 pounds of NV MURIATE of POTASH per acre. Without the extra potash the yield was 44 bushels per acre. With the extra potash the yield was 58 J o bushels per acre, an increase of 14 5 2 bushels. The hay crop following the oats was better where the extra potash was used. I used 6% POTASH in my cotton fertilizer at planting and a nitrogen- potash top-dresser just after chopping. I ginned the first bale of cotton in Marlboro county in 1937.” T. R. HORN, Glenwood, Ala., says: “For 25 years I have used extra potash as a top-dresser for cot ton. First, I used 50 pounds of MURIATE per acre and then increased the amount to 100 pounds per acre on 300 acres of cotton. I have used 200 pounds per acre on some land. This pre vents Rust and brings my cotton to full maturity.” IT WILL PAY YOU TO USE MORE NV POTASH. SELECT FERTILIZER CONTAINING 8 TO 10% NV POTASH, OR TOP- DRESS WITH NV MURIATE, OR NV KAINIT, OR A NITRO GEN-POTASH TOP-DRESSER CONTAINING PLENTY OF GENUINE NV POTASH. r * A'134 N. V. POTASH EXPORT MY., Inc., Hurt Bldg., ATLANTA • Royster Bldg., NORFOLK Products Week November 22-27 Columbia, Nov. 17.—Thanksgiv ing Week, November 22nd to 27th throughout South Carolina is pro claimed as “South Carolina Prod ucts Week”. Started in 1935, this week is set aside annually for the public to renew its faith in the in dustries of the State. For a number of years the South Carolina Department of Agricul ture, under Commissioner J. Roy Jones, has been conducting a •’run- paign that the people oi the Slat tetter acquaint Jifn.selves with the products being manufactured and also to show preference in pur chasing these products ..vat th: ag- licultural and textile industries mignt find cause to expand. During the past sea^Oii increase.! interest has been shown in finish ed textile prods. L'kjSJO ‘udies arc being made for greater consumption of cotton to conteract aO increased crop. During 1937, i re finished goods have been dis tributed in South Carolina from omestic mills than ever before in he history of the industry Aii the state. In the field of fruit growing in terested parties are planning for concerted promotion of grapes, apples and peaches. The packaging and processing of these are yet in the infancy with respect to the South Carolina crop. It is hoped the coming year will bring to the front c;me of the plans for the extension of fruit grown in this State. Annually Commissioner Jones extends the efforts of the Depart- i.: .it of Agriculture with the 3usi- . CoS ar ! Professional Woman’s tj., a— v-ic .:ka«.e to carry on the A...i,i;.ai w n ‘Buy South Carolina c ,, He remarked recently to a committee group: “We carnet -- :ul in just one or two years with rhis campaign, it takes study and constant pro motion. The public has cooperated splendidly and I hope we can con tinue to show the industries of South Carolina we are fully behind them.” Along with the wholesale and re tail merchants, the newspapers and radio are lending every effort to continue the campaign. The con sumer is urged to “Buy South Car olina Products”. -XX- Road Officials Call For Bids Builds Bridges In Beaufort, Abbe ville, Pickens, Greenwood. Me • Cormick From The State, Nov. 21. Bids on six bridges, including a 987-foot combination and swing span on the Beaufort-Parris Island road, were called for yesterday morning by the state highway ae partment. Proposals will be open ed at 11 o’clock Tuesday, Decem ber 7, at the Jefferson hotel. No estimated total of the state- federal projects was given, but the department reported that the Beaufort bridge was the largest of the six, spans to be erected in five counties. •, he Beaufort span would be over Battery creek. Bids will ^ < ived in two contracts on the proj- Ct ; . .ther projects, by counties, are: Abbcvi’is: 456-fcot reinforced -•■‘cr-te bridge over Rocky rive” c r -t, of Lowndesville on Routes 71 ai d 32. Abbeville: 362-foot combination bridge over Little river between Ab beville and Lowndesville on Route 71. Pickens: 151-foot combination bridge over Ooienoy river at Pump- kintown on Route 183. Greenwood: 151.6-foot combina tion bridge over the Georgia & Florida railroad and .112-mile con crete approaches at DeVore’s Store between Greenwood and Edgefield on United States Route 25. McCormick: 342-foot reinforced concrete bridge over Little river on Route 82 between Mt. Carmel and intersection with Route 20. -xx- Hens In The Sun Higher Egg Hateh With the approach of winter, laying flocks need all the sunshine they can get, says R. D. Suber, county farm agent. Of course, the flock must be protected from chill and extreme cold, but the prac^ tice of closing the hen house door before Christmas and not opening it until after Easter, as many poiv- trymen do, reduces the hatehabili- ty of the eggs laid in this period. “The first recommendation for the improvement of hatchabUity is the greater use of free sunshine and green feed”, the agent states. “It is estimated that poultrymen and hatcherymen of the United Stares take an annual loss of more than $14,000,000 from eggs that fail to hatch.” In experiments conducted at the National Agricultural Research Center at B^ltsvillc, Md., where the breeding flock was allowed out- dro’-s in tho winter sunshine, the hatchability of their fertile eggs increased 14 per cent. This increase i c •> ctespite the fact that 'he hens had previously received a <■ ryritri ling two per cent cod— A ■" oil. I i SDulh Carolina, according to« r H finding, extension poultry r- 'c.ir irV. IV'-'S "an be given' f' "\n r during the entire year.. I r the rang* is sufficient to P ovhic* given feed during vhe win- t five pounds of alfalfa leaf meal should be added to eachilOD pounds; of laying maeh.. O’