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1 I THE FARMERS' UNION BUREAU. m&U Conducted by S. C. Farmers' Union Address all communications intemlel for this .celiac n to J. C. ^riMiiij;. Pendleton ,s. C. tCft-operative Warehouses on the Very Cheapest Plan. About one Year ago our Farmers' Union Bureau was resquested to get . i- -i . r... ^ -up a siuipie piau iur runners ?><nc houses, which was published ?n many newspapers, and in addition we had a double edition held in stock in circular form for free distribution to all applicants that would enclose a two cent stamp for same. But as our printed circulars discribing this cheap plau of cooperative warehouse has btvn exhausted we appeal to the patriotism of every paper in the South to publish this cheap plin for Fanners' Waiehouses and thus extend a hand in perfecting a system of business methods ef marketing the Sonth's great money crop that is ooand to steady prices and retain tne profits in cotton production for the welfare of the south. The commendable features of this plan is that it enables every farmer to be come a stockholder by allowing them to invest their labor (at a leisure time) and material in lieu of cash. If farmers care to do so there are enough levelheaded business men everywhere to pnt up enough cash for cement and other bought stuff which will make it practical and easy for farmers to get together and turn a lot ot the idle time of themselves, teams and material into a profitable investment that will give cotton growers protection against the unscrupulous cotton bear and speculative element that are at it all the while robbing the South of its wealth while we are 3d; work or asleep. We here give extracts from one of many letters to our Bureau that gives some idea of the widespread movement in building these small co operative warehouses that are doing good in teaching farmers the value .of concert action in actual labor as <well as bulking their materials for iheir mutual benefit, not ouly in building their warehouses, but these ~?mall warehouses in turn will unite . strength as pennies make dimes and -.dimes make dollars. .Really we believe that the lasting benefits from this small warehouse busiuess?extending as it does to the .smallest farmer?come lessons of the rvalue of practical co-operatiou and ibusiness lessons that he would never :get if he' waited for money to invest a a larger warehouses. Blackman, Fla., May 8, 1907. Mr J U Striblwg: "Seeing an article from you it) the Cultivator in 1906 about a cheap plan of ware /house, prompts me 10 make some in.qmry. We will organize a State .Union here in July. We want to vbuild a warehouse or two this sumtfner an J will appreciate any information we can get if you can give us a plan that we cau do our own work j and not pay out very much money i outside of some materials." J J W Brace well, Press SaiitarosttCo. Farmers' Union. 1.1 this Farmers' Union hom.''tnade warehouse there is room for all to euter in. The small cotton growers, making only a fetv bales. <a:i go in and add his mite along with the fellow that makes twentv five or a hundred bales. As it takes vmaterial, labor and money, let all contribute to this thing a kind of itas in kind way and put up warehouses all along the line. Farmers' Union Cotton Warehouse Plans?Clay Floor, Hollow Cement 3!ock Walls I he following is gouen up upon tue verv simplest and cheapest plans for the use of co-operative Unions This plan is for one section, to vkK'cb may be addod as many more sec tions at times as may be lequired to accommodate the needs of the Union. Walls 100 feet long; 12 feet tall \ V ^ ;; V . - : j " high end, 8 feet tall at lower end; space between walls, 50 feet. Excavations should be dug out to firm ground or clay (if in a clay territory,) well ditched and drained all round, good clay floor well beaten down. As the cost of material in founda. turns varies in different places our estimate for cement walls are taken from about the floor line. Parapet wall may be lequired l?v insurance compamas v.* he re more than one section are put up together, : but these walls above the roof are of no benefit in the w-iy >f protection from fire on ? one section cotton warehouse. E?' mates given here are for 10: men hollow block for foundations and 8-inch block for walls, and all | other material that farmers do not ! usually have on their farms. All labor, sand for cement blocks i 1 and the nine 10-inch roind posts to rest girders op through the middle of the room, are to be supplied by the farmers. This style of cotton warehouse will hold about 400 bales to each section. Two round poles, 10 inches in diameter, should be placed under each row of bales to prevent capillary attraction of moisture there at any time. Remember this, that if lower ends of bales are wet or moist when stored, than in all cases this lower end will be damaged more or less, it matters not what kind of floor it rests on. MATERIAL FOR ONE SECTION. 25 barrels Portland Cement, 100 cubit yards of sand, 18girders 3xl2x 25, 208 rafters 2x5x13, 4 sills 4x6x 25?these may be round; ground post 10 inches diameter, 4 perlines 2x4x25, 50 plank 1x12x8, 51 straps 1x4x8, 50 plank 1x12x12, 51 straps 1x4x12, 5,000 feet sheeting. Total amouut sawed lumber 11,000 feet. At $1.50 per 100 feet lumber $165 10 25 barrels cement at $1.80 varies 45 00 Nails estimated 3 80 31 squares V crimp iron roofing at $2.50 per square.. 127 50 One two-hand IJollow Block cement machine 75 00 Estimased freight on machine 4 00 Total cost of boueht material.$420 40 This cement machine may be sold for $50 when through with?credit $50 00 Net cost of bought material..$320 40 Thus it is made plain to all Union meu that by clubbing together they may put up the cash $370.00 for the; bought material and do all the work, making the cement blocks and putting up their own warehouses with their own labor by the co-operative plan, aud have their warehouses ready for this crop, if they will go at it when through working crops. For less money than it takes to pay for a good pair of mules, farmera may go to work in a neighborly way aud put up their own fortifications now and get well entrenched ready for the fighting that is sure to come this fall to force cottou farmers to turn loose their cottou at prices that have always made all others rich that handled cotton excepting the men who toil most of all to produce this cotton. If this warehouse movement | among cottou growers progresses in gaining atrengtn and confidence among cotton producers as time passes, as it is now doing, we look for several thonsaud of these cooperative warehouses, to be put up this summer. When cotton producers get a great chain of these warehouses linked together in all the cotton States in bonded form and produce their own farm supplies, this conceit of action in a business way will place this who e cotton proposition upon ? firm foundation and insure continued prosperity, not only to cotton growers, but it will also bring prosperity to every industry in the South. There is nothirg new in this art of making artificial stcne or cement blocks by properiv mixing sanu anu cement. This art is about as old as the country. But the recent improvements iu the manufacturing aud consequent cheapening of the cost of cement aud the machineiy < Convalescents need< 4? ment in easily digested 2 Scott's Emttlsi Q ment?highly concentre <> It makes bone, bloo i T putting any tax on th< ^ ALL DRUGGISTS: ~ for forming these hollow blocks ha i reduced the cost of this buildinj material to such an extent that i now looks like we are into wha 1 might be called the cement or con ciete age. These small hand power machines 1 weighing from 400 pounds up am costing from ?30.00 up, may be pu ! up at any convenient place, and b following the in&^ructioms sent on with these machines most any intel j ligent man can make^ these hollov ; DI0CK3 ana put up mese waicmms ' walls. An}' farther information ou thi 1 warehouse subject may be had V 1 Union men that will address thi bureau and enclose stamped envelopi : for reply. THE NEW YORK WORLII THRICE-A-WEEK EDITION Read Wherever the EbsIImIi Language 1* Sipolcen, The Thrice-a-Week World expects to be a better paper in 1907 thar ever before. In the course of the year the issues for the next great Presidential campaign will be foreshadowed, and everybody will wish to keep informed. The Thrice-aWeek World, coming to you every other day, serves all the purposes of a daily, and is far cheaper. 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