The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-06
NOT WORRYING.

lheIe are udHy ldTIueIS Ill we
South who are not worrying over
present conditions. They arc those
who came to the wise conclusion
some time ago that the exclusive
Ilanting of cotton would sooner or
larcr bring disaster upon them. They
did not turn a deaf ear to what
some called the boil weevil scare"
and in making preparations for the
coming of this destructive little pest,
which has not yet reached us, they
at the same time, were preparing
for the unforeseen contingency which
has so suddenly come upon them.
Along this line The Port Gibson
(Miss.) Reveille says:
Many farmers with whom the
writer has talked are perfectly in
different about the unsettled condi-
tion of the cotton market, as none
of them planted a seed of cotton.
They all declare that even if the boil
weevill should cease to be a menace
to cotton raising, unless forced by
being unable to sell other products,
they will never return to growing
cotton. One man told the writer
this week that he has a thousand
dollars worth of live stock ready for
market. He has many grade calves
which. at six months, weigh between
400 and 500 pounds. For these he
is offered cents. A few years ago
he was dead broke-the result of
trying to raise cotton urEcr boil
weevil conditions
And this from The Union Is. c.
Times:
MIR. f. w. Carnell, county farm
demonstrators, says the farmers of
Union county have ordered through
him something like 1900 pounds
of clover seed and 1000 pounds of
vetch. To this should be added
$50 bushels of rye. This supply Of
seed has come through Mr. Carnell
alone, and does not include what
has been ordered through the mer-
chant or by the farmer on his own
account. 1t is far in advance of
any one years showing heretofore,
and tells its own story. The farm
ers of Union county are awaken
ing. The farm lands of Union
county will, in a short while, show
marked improvement. We are just
awakening. The great advance is
to be seen in the next few years.
Clemson College has sent out a
bulletin urging farmers to plant as
large an acreage in oats as possible.
Mr.. Carnell is also urging that
every farmer SOW some wheat as
we'll as all the oats he can"
The Greenwood Index cites an
others instance of a farmer who has
learned to be independents:
"Mr. ]. C. Ross, who attended the
/ farmers meeting Monday, told the
writer that though he was intense
ly interested in everything Tor the
relief of the present hard situation.
yet so far as he was concerned, he
could stand il quite a while. He
has made over 1000 worth Of grain
crops this year, besides the by-pro-
ducts, such as hay, etc, aud Will
have eighty bales of cotton besides.
he works about 200 acres and runs
nine plows. He told of an expert
m"nt on a ten-aCro bottom on
which he will make $1,000 of stun
at a cost of $3.50. or $25 an acre.
leaving a net profit or SIS per acre.
He has put in over 5000 feet Of
tic drains on this bottom and
pulled up all stumps. The cost
was an item, bit the results are
very satisfying"
If the farmers will learn the les
son which the European war has
forced upon them and turn their at
tcntion to the raising Of food stuffs,
il will be worth far more to them
than the temporary anxiety and
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