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 whole
mass to one uniform condition and
| 70 doubt this seasoning adds to the
weight. strength and texture Of the
; lint.
All black seed cotton is best ginned
on roller gins: but the buzzy seed
sorts may be we'll ginned on common
smooth tooth, or slow running dull
teeth Gin. Where the cotton farmer
handles his cotton mostly with his
own family or can command clean
gathering and proper cultivation lie
may easily get one third more for his
labor by growing long staple cotton.
In picking it pays to separate the
pickings if possible into first, Sec
ond and third; barring storms the
second ipcking brings the best prl-
ces. In order to keep up the quality
and breed Of long cotton it is neces-
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.
I If You have joined the Union and
do not attend the meeting regularly
you are only about half scholar or
less in the Union.
If you belong to the Union and then
kick or talk about the dues you are
simply wanting your workers for the:
Union to quit their own work and.
90 out to work for your interest with
out 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
A we'll meaning farmer said that
I 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 a lett over
piece of timber after the bridge is
built. Where would tho timber come
from to build a Farmer Union out OF
! if all farmers were Of the left over
: timber kind like this fellow?
! 1t is said that the lack Of education
| is the reason why farmers are so slow
about organizing and cooperating:
If we could feed education down
these men throat We would place ed
ucation in tin cans in the stores by
the quart or pint and soon have the
whole gang Of mortgaged ignorant
! farmers graduated and toting diplo-
mas around on the farms. This poor
fellow writes a 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
case in some instances but it is not
the case on the farm, and Will say
that if this man is a. farmer who OBJ
| ieets to the use of more horse sweat
on the farm, be 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
60 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 just at hand from State
Secretary, B. F. Earle, states that he
! has written about one hundred char
tiers for the South Carolina division
of the Farmers Union during the last
so days.
| This certainly shows some fine
work as we'll as some quarreling
among some Of our officers! Boys,
quarrel some more.
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