The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1907-10-18
ton per acre.
Handling Long Staple Cotton.

| ION per acre.
Handling Long Staple Cotton.
In order to command the highest
prices, Inland long staple should be
picked out when dry and stored in the
seed at least two months before gin
ming; this plan "seasons' the whcle
mass to one uniform condition and
II" doubt this seasoning adds TO the
wei light. strength and texture Of the
| lint.
All black seed cotton is best ginncd
"n roller gins; but thc buzzy seed
sorts may be well ginncd on common
smooth tooth, or slow running dull
teeth Gin. Where the cotton farmer
handles his cotton mostly with his
own Family "r can command clean
@hlh"r1n" and proper cultivation he
may easily get one third more for his
labor by growing long staple cotton.
In plrkin" it pays to separate the
pickin"S If possible into first, see
"nd and third; barring storms the
second ipcking brings the best pri-
rrS. In order to keep up the quality
and breed of long cotton it is ncccs-
Sary to select the seed in the field
every season.
THESE deductions are gathered
from many sources Of long cotton as
we'll as our own observation.
For The Union.
If YOU have joined the Union and
Il" not attend the mcctin" regularly
YOU are only about a half scholar or
less in the Union.
If YOU bclnn" TO the Union and thcn
kick or talk about the dues you are
simply wantin" your workers for the
Union TO quit their own work and
20 out TO work for your interest with
ont pay. How much better is the
man that don't pay his dues to the
Union than the men he is supposed
to be organized to head Off
y well meaning farmer said that
he believed in the Union and thought
he could do more good for the Union
by staying out and advising others to
join. This fellow must consider him
self nothing more than left over
piece of timber after the bridge is
built. Where would tho timber come
from to build Farmer Union out Of
it all farmers were of the left over
timber kind like this fellow?
II is said that the lack Of education
is the reason why farmers are 50 slow
about organizing and cooperating.
II we could feed education down
these men throat we would place ed
uratl"n in tin cans in the stores by
the quart or pint and soon have thr
whole gang Of mnrtwa|rd ignorant
Farmers graduated and toin- diplo-
mas around ON the farms This poor
fellow writes Il letter to object to our
recommendations for substituting
horse sweat for man sweat. He
thinks man sweat is too cheap al
ready. Well now that may be the
ease in some instances but il is not
the ease ON the farm. and will say
that If this man is Il. farmer who OBJ
,iccts to the use Of more horse sweat
on the farm, he needs the use of
more horse sense mixed in his every
day work.
No! Bill, there is nothing in the
Farmers Union for You, unless YOU
2" in after it, and cooperate with the
Union after you get in. Simply join
ing the Union and not working after
you get in. is pure bluff.
A letter inst at hand from State
Secretary. B. F. Earle, states that he
has written about one hundred char
terS for the South Carolina division
OF the Farmers Union during the last
60 days.
This certainly shows some fine
work as we'll rs some olarr,line
among some Of our officers! Bows.
quarrel some more.