The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-10-13
LETTER FROM
BRADFORD KNAPP
To the Farmers and Business
Men i'm the Cotton Ter
rifnry

food products are high and there is |
every indication that they will re-
main so during the next year. The |
war in Europe has disturbed pro-
duction abroad and has interfered
with consumption and with markets !
and financial conditions in this |
country. This state of affairs, IA
miliar to every one makes it imper-
ative that every farmer and every
community should plan for next
years work accordingly
The department suggests to the
cotton farmers the following impor-
tant things to consider for the next
year.
1. A Home Garden for Every
Family. The home garden is one of
the most important means of cutting
down expenses and producing the
living of the family on the farm.
Set aside a good rich piece of land
near the house for this purpose.
Prepare it with extra care and an
ply manue literally. Secure from
your county agent. your agricultural
L
ment of agriculture, directions for
the making of a garden, not only in
the summer but early and late in the
year Proper attention to the gar
den will give the farmer whole
some food during large portion os
the year. Get in touch with the
Girls Canning Club work and ar
range to can the vegetables and
fruits for winter use.
z. Produce all the Corn for Your
Own Use. Get good seed corn and
follow the instructions of your coun-
ty agent in raising a good crop next
year. Figure how many bushels
you will need for your own use and
some to sell and put your acreage
In accordingly. You will need corn
for the feeding of your live stock
and your family, and a reasonable
surplus
8. Produce Your Own Hay and
Forage Crops. If you can obtain
seed at reasonable price SOW Grim
son or burr clover, vetch, or some
other winter legume. II unable to
do this put in oats or rye this fall.
peas or beans in the spring, or use
sorgum, kafir corn, milo maize or
some other crop adapted to your cli-
mate and soil. Consult your county
agent, your agricultural college or
the United States department OF ag-
riculture.
a
Hogs to Make Your Own Meat. AS
rule our Southern farmers have
too few chickens. Pay some atten-
ton to them. With a little work
they can be produced cheaply, and
enough Of them will save the neces-
sity for purchasing meat. Every
family should plan to raise a few
head of hogs and the crops neces-
sary to feed them. The county
agent will help you with plants in
this direction. Save your brood
sows and hens and pullets. You
cannot afford to sell any breeding
stock. Market part of your corn
crop and your peas and peanuts
through hogs and chickens. Do not
be tempted to sell heifers or cows:
breed them to good beef type bulls
and grow your own meat.
.. Cut Down Your Fertilizer
Bills by Saving All Manure and Inv
Planting Cover Crops, Especially
Winter Legumes, if the Seed Can be
Obtained. Buy fertilizers for next
year carefully. Purchase only high
grade materials OF the kind Won
need. Some kinds OF fertilizing ma
terials may be high priced. Do not
use that kind unless you know
your land requires it. Crops turned
under add fertility to the soil and
save fertilizer bills.
Landlords should see that their
tenants follow instructions and
grow as much as possible of their
supplies, as suggested above. Next
year Is the important year for all
farmers in the cotton territory to
make up their minds to Give at
Home" as nearly as possible. Every
dollar saved on advances will be so
much gained at the end OF the year.
every dollar borrowed on advances
has to be paid back out of the cot
ton crop.
@. Plant Less Acreage in Cotton.
Why? Because food products will
remain high and cotton will prob
ably remain low ff the war loa4.