The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1912-08-15
ADVICE TO FARMERS.
Whole Cotton Seed as Fertili-
ger for Crops.
Editor County Record

farming,
Last year | traded my cotton seed
for meal, pound for pound. and was
very much pleased with the results.
This spring bought acid and kalnlt
and expected tomake similar trade
again for meal to go with it. | was
offered 16 pounds of meal for 20
pounds of seed. | refused to accept
this proposition. | didn't know en-
actly what to do next, as meal, acid
and kainit was what | had decided
upon for my crop. ltwas getting late
in the season, so finally | went to
sowing my green seed down in the
water burrows, then the acid and
kainit on top, covering them lightly
with the ploWs attached to the qua
no Sower. About eight or ten days
later planted my cotton and today
have as good stand as my neigh
bors.
My next door neighbor, my son,
used on the same land acid and kai
nit, just turn row between US, he
using meal where | used the whole
seed. There is striking difference
in the crop. My cotton will double
his in size and fruit.
Now, farmer, the man with the
pencil behind his ear will llsyou
that the oil in your seed is no good;
that the meal is best for the crop,
etc. Don't believe any such thing.
| have had 50 years experience on
the farm and have never sold seed
at any time, traded them once and
that will be the last time unless |
get pound for pound of 70 meal.
The man with the pencil will also
tell you that cotton seed oil is too
valuable for food products to be
buried in the ground under your
corn and cotton. Farmers, you have
no other use for the oil. 1t is your
privilege to have plenty of lard by
raising your own hogs. Many will
say that cholera is likely to Kill your
hogs. The writer has not lost hog
with cholera in ten years. They
would also say that all the big men
trade their seed for meal. So they
do, and they also get money you
don't know of. Some may say that
Johnson lives way down on Mingo,
where the land is naturally good.
Yes, it is good, but he made it so by
using green cotton seed under the
crop.
Now, brother farmer, | have moth
ing against the other fellow, but
the other fellow is working for HIM
self, why should not the farmer
work for himself? So, farmers, keep
your cotton seed unless you can get
pound for pound of 10 meal. Also
stay as far away from a lien store as
you can. Do you think them dlshon-
est when they tell you that meal is
, best? They may be honest, but have
not lived in the fields and watched
the difference as the sunburned
farmer has. He knows no better,
so don't be fooled any longer. Use
your seed under your cotton, corn
and tobacco, raise your hogs and
hominy and all will be well.
One more word: don't run over
each other going to the gin with
your cotton. Take your time, it will
not rot if you take good care of it.
Then be sure you take your seed
back home the same day it comes
from the gin. The other fellow
knows when you leave your seed at
the gin that you left them there to
trade. You know that the man who
tries to walk straight has to stum-
BILE over all the knots the other fel-
low has thrown in his way.
Some may say, Look out, John
son is going to be out for Sheriff or
something else," but he has all the
office he wants, and will spend the