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ADOPT NEW METHOD How Some Of Our Georgia Friends Are Beating the Boil Weevil Now that the boll weevil is in South Carolina in large numbers, is rapidly advancing and will soon ravage tfy? entire cotton area of the State; the following liberal extracts from a letter written just one year ago by The A. P. Brantley Company. Blackshear, Ga., to their customers and friends should be of interest to South Carolina bankers, business men and farmers. The letter is rather lengthy, but it is well worth reading, as it is applicable to conditions existing today in many South Carolina communities: Blackshear. Ga., November 6.1918 "The time is now here when those v^ho make their living out of the soil must give serious consideration to the question of what crop to depnd upon for a money crop. The boll weevil makes it questionable if it is safe to rely upon cotton as heretofore. WKile we do not advocate the entire abandonment of cotton for the pres-, ent at least, at the same time it does not now appear to be the part of wisdom to risk all upon that crop. Until we know more about the boll weevil, and how best to control his ravage, it is the part of simple wisdom to de- j vote only a comparatively small acreage to cotton. Meanwhile, what will the farmer do? He cannot afford to stand still. He must go forward or j cease to exist, and planting time wilf soon be here! Plainly, therefore, a ka >?ao nli a/1 onrl nff _ UniMUIl IIIUSl uc icavuv-u tuiu iuvvv ive plans accordingly laid. The desire to aid you in this critical situation is the simple purpose of this circular. Tobacco looks good, and, after pretty thorough investigation, we believe there is the possibility of splendid profit from its cultivation. Farmers 1 around Nicholls and Douglas have' made a great deal of money out of j tobacco this year. Our information. is that profits have ranged from $200 J to $400, and even more, per/acre. To-. bacco does not require the long grow- | ing season that cotton does. The cropi is made and the money is in your, pocket by the time cotton is ordinari-, ly ready to be picked. Therefore, to1 "^4 iwfnrforo TXrif V? OAttDIl Uttt'fU WUU1U UUV 1UW11VIV m?*i if you wish to devote an acreage to both. Further, it is belived, by those competent to judge, that the tobacco, market will be high this year. With ! "PROTECTION" Louis S GENERAL 1 i T idp ixrciTDivrrc | Llirtj lllOll V-~V ilVyu HEALTH AND ACCIDE LIABILITY INSURAN AUTOMOBILE INSl FIRE INSURANC ALL OTHER I Only the Best Com| I GKKELYVILLE, Q? II If. me | Cott< | At Pnv J. ^1 * Greelyville, ! 'average success, therefore, one crop ! should pay all expenses ami leave a | comfortable profit besides. It must be understood in growing tobacco the ! first year that expert advice is vital to success. It is very probable that a competent and reliable expert tobacco grower can be secured for a compensation of ten pei* cent, of the value of the crop actually grown. For this compensation the expert would supervise everything from the preparation of the seed bed to the harvesting and curing of the crop. Such an ar rungement offers the decided advan, tage of being reasonably safe, and, besides, there is no other way to make a successful beginning. Another important thing is that tobacco should be grown in communities. By this we mean that the farmers of a given community, where the farms are reasonably convenient to each other, should all plant tobacco. The reason for this is that this plan makes it possible to secure the necessary expert advice and supervision at the least possible expense, and in addition makes possible the interchange of necessary labor at the harvest season. This last is a very important consideration. The curing of tobacco is a matter of prime importance, and for this purpose a properly constructed curing house is necessary. The curing houses are not necessarily expen sive. For instance, a curing1 house sixteen feet square, which would be amply large to care for five acres of tobacco, can be built at a cost of $150. to $200. A house eighteen feet square, ( which would be large enough to care , for seven acres of tobacco, would cost , proportionately more. If you decide to try tobacco for a money crop it is j essential that you first interest your \ neighbors in the project so that ar- ( rangements can be made to secure , the necessary expert advice. If tobac- j co looks good to you we cannot too , strongly recommend that you arrange , to visit the Nicholls and Douglas sec- j tions and find out for yourself more about the trouble and the profit of j tobacco growing. You can make the , trip by automobile in a day, and if i it is made it may easily prove to be j the most profitable trip you ever ] made. If you have any thought of go- . ing in for tobacco as a money crop we j very strongly urge prompt action so ) there may be plenty of time to make all necessary arrangements before | time to plant. We wish to add that if ( as many as two* thousand acres are , - ? I "SERVICE" | ! . Perry, j NSURANCE I ? I! * i INT INSURANCE fCE j i URANCE I E | 1 CINDS OF INSURANCE | jjaoies Represented j SOUTH CAROLINA. | =9 )HOE on JD . ! tiiizer - s. c. o planted to tobacco in the territorvtrihutary to Blackshear next spring we will undertake to see that a suitable modern tobacco warehouse is built here in good time to care for and market the tobacco. Sweet potatoes, when of the proper quality and carefully graded and. cured, is a crop that will always command the ready cash. To get the most out of sweet potatoes careful atten mill iiium uk.' gi\i*u bu vaiK-ucd, fti?\iing and curing. The old fashioned banking method must be supplented by a modern potato curing house, because potatoes cannot be successfully cured except in a properly constructed and operated curing house. These houses can be built of any desired capacity and the cost depends upon the size. The great advantage in curing potatoes is found in the fact that cured potatoes can be kept as long as desired and thus put upon the market when the demand is greatest and the price is best. By the old banking method fully one-half the crop is perhaps annually lost from rot. A potato curing house would save that annual waste and put just that much additional cash in the farmer's pocket. A potato cruing house should be built upon the co-operative plan, and we believe it is quite possible that the profits of the first year's operations would more than pay back the whole investment. Peanuts is another crop that is rapidly coming to the front as a money crop in southern Georgia, and elsewhere, and there is no doubt they would prove profitable here. In addition to being an excellent stock food 1 the peanut and its product* are being more and more extensively used for 1 human food, and desirable food pro- ; ducts must always command a ready sale on the market. Besides this there is a decided advantage in growing a 1 good acreage of peanuts because you 1 can always fatten your hogs on them if the price offered is unsatisfactory. If a sufficient acreage to justify it is planted to peanuts in this immediate section the local cotton seed oil mill A-ill afford a market for them. This in turn would mean that you would lave an ample supply of peanut meal available to your hand for stock feeding, and there is no better feed for this purpose Sugar cane is an old crop that can ( ae converted into a profitable money *ron with careful attention. This means, of course, that the cane must ye made into first-;lass, heavy bodied syrup. Because we have not in the past given sufficient attention either to the making or the grading of our ?yrup large manipulating plants have :ome into existence, where our syrup | is taken and processed, that is, made Df uniform body, flavor and color and then put upon the market in fancy [containers at a handsome profit to the manipulators. There is no reason why the farmer of a community may not get together in the matter of syrup production, and thus reap this profit for themselves. The proposition can be handled upon a co-operative plan and the investment need not be heavy. The main thing is to produce the quality and character of syrup the market demands. If this is done there is no reason why it might not prove very profitable. f!nrn fan ho made a Drofitable cash crop if the proper attention is given to it. The corn weevil and the rat probably cause a greater annual waste than the boll weevil despite the fact that it is entirely possible to free the premises of both these pests. The proper use of carbon disulphide in correctly constructed barns will free the corn of both the weevil and the rat. Because it can be done it ought to be done if for no other reason than to reduce the number of acres actually needed to be planted to corn to meet all of the farm needs. Weevil infested corn is unmarketable and besides it is unfit for human consumption. Being rid of the weevil and the rat and with proper attention to quality a ready market can be found for carload quantities of com, either shelled and sacked or in the shuck. Velvet beans are not only a splendid soil improver but a ready cash 1 ' " T nrtvftowoc r>Aiilrl dringer as wen, avicag^u vv?.u be profitably planted. Velvet bean meal is on the market and is much sought and highly regarded as a feed for cattle and stock. If an acreage sufficiently large to wan-ant the investment is planted to velvet beans in the section accessible to Blackshear a feed mill will be established here. This would afford a local cash market for all the beans we could produce. Hogs have always been a main source of wealth in many sections, and there is every reason to believe that intelligent attention to breed and care will make them vastly profitable 11 * * .4.. TkA 10 tne iarmers 01 rierce cuumy. x?tc packing plant is coming nearer to us all the time, and if a sufficient hog supply were available their buyers would come to our local markets for them. The farmers of Brooks county are finding in their hogs a source of wealth. They sell every year thou-! sands of pounds of cured bacon and hams at a good profit When the J parkins; plant does not offer the price ' they think they should have they kill j and cure. Kevery farmer has his own 1 curing- house in which he uses ice for refrigeration. He does not wait for suitable weather but kills when the hogs are fat and ready. By their method there is practically no loss from spoilt meat. The Brooks county plan is worth investigating. Brooks county is not far away and any farmer there will gladly show you how it !c /Innn Ileef cattle can easily be made and therefore ought to become a great source of wealth to the farmers of Pierce county. Nature has given us a wonderful climate and splendid range country that ought to be taken advantage of. The compulsory tick eradication law will give us a tick-free county by the end of 1919, which means it will be possible to introduce the better strains of beef cattle into the county without fear of loss. Every attention should now be given to securing the foundation of a herd, and just as rapidly as possible the inferior strains we now have should be disposed of. It is just as i easy, and costs no more, to raise a 1,200-pound steer as a 600-pound one. There is a whole lo.t of difference in the profits. Other sections have grown rich in cattle alone, while we have long neglected to utilize the blessings nature has so abundantly lavished upon us. ?Atir ir 4-Vm timn fn Konrin nlflTl *11*111. 11VTV .O VH. .....V. I ning to bring in the improved breeds. Intelligent attention to cattle will bring certain and increasing profits. Keep it in mind that in all sections of the country where diversification is the rule prosperity is much greater than in those sections where the all cotton, or one crop, rule prevails." Adopt your program for beating the weevil and go to wor. You can bet your life "Billy Boll Weevil" is going to give you a stiff fight, but you can whip him if you try. G. A. 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