The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-01-02
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Thee asA larmcr, inexperienced
in tol)aG,, stands In dread OF the eX-
pcnse ard risk in planting tobacco. 1
would say just here there is n greater
per centLpf failure in agriculture in.
almost any other crop cultivated than
there is y tobacco. To succeed you
cannot rYk this crop on a half-hand-
eel, haplaZard basis. 1t requires
study anl intelligence. DO your part
OF the wirk first. have known farm
crs liici. first year cultivating tobacco
TO avera ic Sl50 to $3.50 per acre with
out any ihstruction from any one.
II do pot approve of the one crop
basis. DO believe though in divcrSi-
tied farming. 1t pays. Raise plenty
to sustain your farm such as grain,
forage, ieat, etc, then plant some
cotton & id some tobacco Even a one
horse f;rmcr 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 be determined by your situa-
ton. Tie 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, wien your other crops are all
laid by alter which it can be market
ed with I5 per cent. less labor
In larac crops from % acres up, it
pays to lave an experienced man who
may be secured for an interest i'm the
crop. Men that are most capable will
cost you from the fact they can make
money al it for themselves alone. |
have succeeded in locating three men
with '.rnpS from 30 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 ard 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. 1
dom aSt, penny for what 1 tell them
or do for them. do this simply with
a view Of establishing market here.
- would cay to all interested: lii
the event you cannot plant sufficient
acreage 10 employ an experienced man,
try your immediate ncighbors and
WORK up say 40 to IS acres and write
me. rs It's important that this dcciS-
Ion should be made early. You SOW
tile seed in the months OF January
anG February and it Is essential thai
you should push forward your work,
particularly where you have much
bu lding to Go. Tobacco barns can be
built from $50 up. y barn will har-
vest from 4 to ! acres owing to size
and season. its lifetime is about &c
years, So practically your building
doesn't cost much. 1t Is the other
small expenditures, sucn as ilues,
sticks and canvas Tor plant beds; they
last from three to eight years, accord
Ing to the care you take OF them.
After yol! once get fixed TO make
tobacco you can make 1t and put 1t
en- the market at an average cost
o! from 2 to D cents per pound, OF
from $50 to Sa5 an acre, according t(
seasons and conditions as to labor.
will answer all Inquiries. furnish to
hacco seed in plenty Of time for you
50 long as they last. This ollcr is con
fined strictly 10 Richland and LcXing
ton counties or not exceeding 30 mile.
rom tlis point"