The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-01-02
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The ( l5ls,nIb biIa tate says All. s,S
| Wldde i SSsfy I'D s. IL: i've of IIaIffa
county ssssTgth as Ifed :iiis6he
city. IHssist the eAper I II pba eco ss,Wlic
has beclls6goug hit here to- tai ke charge
OF the ss5aFtsn cntflls L rms to be jestab!
llshcd iitara IIfesatt Park by saI i.
ESatt 2 dell has
alreal S ssone over consi defabie laid fif
the yicil!bys % E Coluln hia a I'D sinSi,iSeot.
cd 1t. lieshas5lbnRs been u ttsLndiS.nhi LIi.sh Il Of
tobacco culture. G1huTsd ity lie CLOSED
the cont5ict with N rsssEI =. tt t,,o
caltiva ei os, il sdoii fIi ji,-
less takel50 acres 81 $50 for part own. I.
ing adjoia,rfgs lands. Mr. Wad dell haas
also closed with 5Sl ri H iiflmau to fur
nish ant,xpests to gnanag Sc sc acres OF
his LAND Across the river to splace in
cultiyatl ID, lie Is ready snoW%tog in.
spect tliy$ ,and5 OF any others ing;s the
county dtsiring to pl an e. to bac ID, aid /:
wise will them and ST; they desire. It
secure iIenStp take charge :. of55 the
farms, g,t5thenl4l 4llere.l l IRE
He wiihess to sesta ablish & a y tobacco
Warehous . the 5 stESens6n and expects
to make. Coiulnb bia his home; Friday
lie talkeit xintefestin ingly of3tiie culture
Of brigh; leaf tobs Geo, which lie says;
the land; An sthls section are adapted
to. Hei3nsiders atcsc lands much
better a.:apted to As,iCll h culture = than
the avers 80 lands now growing tobac.
CO both Iii ithis; Stat 6 and II ORTIZ Caro-:
lima. EIf}ssaYs he thinks there are
from so lVsto5 10, ,GDD acres inSthls& &!irn-l
mediate gioinitysthae ara fthoroughlyl
adapted to5 growing brig llt2Sto tobacco
and tina: tais IS 5suffic cients to oSestablish
a first class mark G IT, He;sSays that;
Sclf-dra ned land 81 of lig Ii uss col lor viii
make t,.:ao.Q.; a Eth hoseEWitil' the :yels,
low claysSiibsoils Is vii ma ke ai3finer;
grade. sands OF this mature rarely:
ever fail ltIsptod ducing co1or.o3r quality.
regardles3:o 1.-THE state cultivation y.
He says:sssS3ssssaA to ) thsxu xuuantitYIi I;o,fi
fertilizers pei$a Gre nd Sthea kiud .tlliss
Is best determined by first NRiylnr the
land a lltGleastu dy$o IL ftSs sSSad it,ons
From ldlsEte 8, 600 podirS dis Of SflIpl1,
grade fe.tiilyers5oI 4 q basis ga y of S neTi,5
cent. phospt,0ric acid pei. cen t. a. =
monia a aIgF4p 81 per csD Is otash issd adQdEE
combina tlpn; 6hs rom 10 togo bushss,
els Of eot;.bs see double this sii quan-: ]!
Hty ss-, Ns.daiisJ 49,
viding.S
coax,oA.:
,nsa
'Thss'Ss { s4ss.., farmer, Inexperienced
IN IN tobaGl stands In dread Of the ex.
pense ard risk in planting tobacco. |
would say just here there is a greater
per centipfr failure in agriculture in
almost alF other crop cultivated than
there is Y tobacco. To succeed you
cannot ri|Il this crop on a half-hand-
ed, haplazard basis. 1t requires
study all intelligence. Do your part
OF the wtrk first. | have known farm
ers ,thei. |irSt year cultiyating tobacco
TO averatc Sl50 to $3.50 per acre with
out any 'Astruction from any one.
Il do pot approve of the one crop
basis 40 believe though in divcrsi-
fled farming. 1t pays. Raise plenty
TO sustap your farm such as grain,
forage, iieat, ETC., then plant some
COTTON Il "a some tobacco. Even one
horse fImer when he is fixed for
farming Should plant from five to ten
acres Of tobacco, or from one TO two
barns. IS to the size of crop that
can best pc determined by your situa-
ton Tlc first item is land, then
capital ind next and most Important
is labor. The needy time in labor is
the HARVESTING season, July and Au-
gust, wlbn your other crops are all
laid by alter which it can be market
cd with 5 per cent. less labor.
Ks In laric crops from % acres up, it
pays to lave an experienced man who
may be secured for an interest in the
crop. Men that are most capable will
cost youi from the fact they can make
money al 1t for themselves alone.
have succeeded in locating three men
with crops from 80 to 60 acres and
have twd more know personally to be
capable pf managing like quantities.
| will aid any one in securing men;
that is bring them in and give you my
Judgment on the land, inquire as to
his references and see that all such get
good tobacco seed free, providing any
such will write me in the next few
days and give me full particulars as to
how and where they are located. l
don't ask Il penny for what I tell them
or do for them. | do this simply with
a view Of establishing market here.
- would cay to all Interested: Iii
the event you cannot plant sufficient
acreage to employ an experienced man,
try your immediate nclghbors and
work up say 40 to rs acres and write
me, as It's important that this dccis-
lon should be made early. You SOW
The seed in the months Of January
and February and it Is essential that
yon should push forward your work,
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