The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-11-06

that they must farm the ar with nj
trogenous plants, make barn-yard
manure with livestock and cease the
great wasteful expenditure made an
nudiiy for commercial fertilizers.
They went ahead, however, despite
the warning, and hought the usual
amount OF food stuffs away from
home, and more than the usual
amount OF J. commercial fertilizers.
Now the European war has come, and
the SSundness of the doctrine that
has been preached TO the people has
been driven home with sledge- hammer
.directness. On the whole, however,
the year has been good one.
Corn Crop OF 1914.
The 1914 corn crop will run ap-
proximately 35,260,000 bushels, and
the average price Of corn in this State
on September at the farm was $i.04
pet bushei, two cents higher than at
the same date Last year The actual
value OF the corn crop, is only g. few
thousands Of dollars less than that OF
last year. sr. -.
The oat crop this year has run
7,347,D0e bushels, against a five-year
average OF 7,o53, 900 bushels, and the
farm price on September i was higher
than. any State in the Union except
Arizona, eshNfs'.fe
The people have raised this wear
also 4,339.000 bushels of sweet po-
tatoes. which ought to help to feed
both man and least during the pres
ent trying time. Our hay crop this
year was $4,000 tons, against a five
year average OF $4,000 tons. We have
raised this year also.a 100000 bushel
apple crop, which can also be eaten,
against fiVe-year average OF 100000
bushels. and the average price for
apples now is 80 cents per buHhel.
The most notewarthy achievement
OF the year perhaps has been the
driving OF the average yield OF corn
per acre UP to % bushels.
Perhaps the less said about the cot
ton crop the better. Agriculturaliy,
however, the crop has been one of the
best we have had. The yield per
acre has been higher than all the pre-
Iceding years. and higher than in any
cotton producing State In the Union
except North Carolina, and North
CarollhS does not raise near as much
cotton as South Carolina. The pro-
ductioh OF cotton has been heavy.
A Silver Lining.
! have said above that there Is a
silver lining to the present clouds that
Iengulf us; perhaps should have said
that 1t is o golden lining. The inn
mediate future must be devoted with
out delay to the planting OF a large
grain crop; wheat, oats and rye must
be put In. and they must En put In
quickly. The demand OF the world for
grain is going to. be the greatest in
fhe. ..,1...la's =. f;s.s.ol ine Souln. nv
reason OF its climatic location. is the
only section Of the nation where we
can get q crop planted end harvested
some, months earlier thsn any othor
section, and the farmers are going
to ke able 20 see for themselves that
grain Is as good % money crop as cot
ton This crop can be harvested bv
Junes and having once seen that grain
brings money the farmer will realize
that corn. and cow-peas can bring
money, and Ii he uses sound Judgment
II VIII be q waste of time to plant one
stalk OF cotton, for every pound Of
coftph that Is raised will simpIy serve
to drive the already low prfcs lower
until the man who raised If without
regard 20 economic conditions will
Ind himssif paying dearly for the
privilege OF having done SO. II fhe
crops are handled In this WHY tns
coming year the value ought to re-
COUP and our own people ought to re-
cover qaicirly from the tremendous
loss. they have already sustained this
yeess e., . =. s.:: &c &c, In position 10 ko
forward toward IA new well balanced
agriculture In nwhich livestock, main
tenance OF soil fertility, and the raIs-
ang OF home supplies Will figure con-
spicuoglsly, tho cotton being used
merely as Q surplus crop to BIO mar
keted gradually and asneIy as the
world 9 markets demand It. and there