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South Uses Too Much Potash.

South Uses Too Much Potash.
Celumbia.-RegaEding the scarcity
Of potash, due to war in Europe, W.
Starke Of New York said recently in
Columbia, that Southern farmers are
given to overuse of potash. Mr.. Starke
has long been associated with n of
the largest raw fertilizer material i'm
porting houses in the United States.
Mr.. Starke said: ,
1.-THE farmer Of the South faces an
economic problem brought about by
the present war in Europe. 1t is for
him to devise and practice economy
in every branch of his business. A
study of his needs in the use Of COM
mercial fertilizer is n manner in
which large savings a be made. 1t
is a well known fact among the in
telligent farmers of the South that
entirely too much potash in its va
rious forms has for years been used.
The different state departments of ag-
riculture, the United States depart
ment of agriculture and the various
state experiment stations are entire
ly agreed on this face and have issued
bulletins from time to time advising
the farmer to use less potash than
has been his custom.
LAS is widely known, all the con-
mercial potash used for fertilizing
purposes is mined in Germany and
the company that controls the sale OF
potash in this country very naturally
has been anxious to increase the con-
sumption of potash and with that end
in view has advertised extensively
that the average soil needs far more
potash than is actually the case. On
the other hand, all disinterested au-
thorities, without exception, state
that there is enough potash in the soil
of the Southern States to last for
many years. 1t is far better to take
the advice Of experts on the subject
than to follow the directions of a
company that controls this particular
article.
1.-THE farmer Of the South has been
spending millions Of dollars annually
for this almost useless material. The
present European war has made 1t
impossible to get potash to this coun'
try and after the present limited sup
ply in storage. Is exhausted there will
be no more to be had until matters
are settled abroad. During the coming
year the farmers will be convinced
that they will raise just as good
crops without the use of potash as
they have with it. This does not mean
that the farmer should not use the
other fertilizer materials, ammoniates
and phosphates; but it is to allay his
fears that he can not raise a maxi
mum crop without potash.
Dlspensary Sales During August.
Dispensary sales in the Is wet"
counties during August aggregated
nearly 5000, 00O-or, to be exact
s1ss. 9O.77-according to a statement
compiled BY M. H. Mobley Of Coium'
bia, state dispensary auditor. Elk.
penses aggregated s11, 046.94.
Richards total OF sales is $685.
334.30, all for dispensaries In the city
of Columbia, except ~$S,561.S0, which
represents the sales of the d~ispensary
at Eastover.
Sales in other counties were as fol-
lows:
Charleston, $51,126.15; Aiken, $13,-
794.65; Barnwell, S16,395.20; Bam-
berg, $~S,715.57; Calhoun. $~4,620.85;
Dorchester, $6,306.SO; Florence, $780,
5S8.28; Georgetown, ~s13,S61.42: Jas
per, $1,711.8O; Orangeburg, ~$23,570.05;
Lexington, s11, 720.35; Beaufort, &c.
2O8.40; Union, ~s14,S49.73; Williams
burg, s7,367.7O.
Senators Join 6uy-A-eaIe Club.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. senators or
ganized a branch Of the buy a bale
of cotton club" which originated in
cities throughout the South, each
member pledging himself to purchase
at least one bale of cotton to store
away until next year. Senator Shep
pard of Texas is president of the
senator's club.
At a conference today senators and
representatives in the cotton-growing
states Endorsed the resolutions, by the
cotton congress that legislatures pro-
hibit by law the planting by any
farmer next year of more than half
this years cotton acreage.
New Enterprises Authorized.
A commission has been issued to
the Palmetto Film Company Of Col.
umbia, with a capital Of $4,000, for
the manufacture, production, sale and
rental of motion pictures. The petit
TONERS are George Rucker and E.
Harvey Hand.
The secretary Of state has commits
stoned the Planters Warehouse Com
pany of WATERFORD, with a capital of
$4,000. The petitioners are: w. B.
Gruber, James E. Peurifoy
Cotton Alone Is Down.
Washington. - Average prices of
practically all important agricultural
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