The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-10-15
LIVE AT HOME.
Letter sent Out BY Bradford
Knapp.
Bradford


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 produc-
! ton abroad and has interfered with
consumption and with markets and
financial conditions in this country.
This state of affairs, familiar to
every one, makes it imperative that
every farmer and every community
should plan for next years work ac-
cordingly.
The department suggests to the
cotton farmers the following impor-
tant things to council for the next
year.
/. A home garden for every faml-
ly. The home garden is one of the
most important means OF cutting
down expenses and producing thehv-
ing 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 apply manure
liberally. Secure from your county
agent, your Agricultural! College OF
the L. S. Department of Agriculture,
directions for the making of gar
den, not only in the summer but
early and late in the year. Proper
attention to the garden will give the
farmer wholesome food during a
large portion of the year. Get in
touch with the girls canning club
work and arrange to can the vegeta.
bles and fruits for winter use.
2. Produce all the corn for your
own use. Get good seed corn and
follow the instructions of your coun-
ty agent in raising good crop next
year. Figure how many bushels you
will need for your own use and some
to sell, and put your acreage in ac-
cordingly. You will need corn for
the feeding of your livestock and
your family. and reasonable sur
plus.
8. Produce your own hay and for
age crops. If YOU can obtain seed
at a reasonable price SOW crimson o!
bur clover. vetch. or some other win
ter leeume. Ii unable to do this put
in oats or rye this fall, peas or beans
in the spring. or use sorghum, kahr
corn. milo or some other crop adapt
ed to your climate and soil. Con-
suit your county agent, your Agri-
cultural College or the L. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture.
4. Produce enough chickens and
hogs to make your own meat. AS a
rule our Southern farmers have too
few chickens. Pay some attention
to them. With a little work they can
be produced cheaply, and enough of
them will save the necessity for pur-
chasing meat. Every family should
plan to raise a few head Of hogs and
the crops necessary to feed them.
The county agent will help you with
plans in this direction. Save your
brood sows and hens and pullets. You
cannot afford to sell any breeding
stock. Market a part Of your corn
crop and your peas and peanuts
through hogs and chickens Do not
be tempted to sell heifers or COW;
breed them to good beef type bulls
and grow your own meat.
5. Cut your fertilizer bills by saw
ing all manure and by planting cover
crops, especially winter legumes. If
the seed can be obtained. Buy fer
tilizers for next year carefully. Pur-
chase only high grade materials OF
the kind you need. Some kinds OF
fertilizing materials may be high
priced. Do not use that kind unless
you know your land requires 1t.
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 live at home as nearly
as possible. Every dollar saved on
advances will be so much gained at
the end of the year; every dollar bor-
rowed on advances has to be paid
back out of the cotton crop.
6. Plant less acreage in cotton.
Why? Because food products Will
remain high and cotton will proba-
bly, remain low if the war lasts. Do
not run any chances. Follow a safe
plan. You will need the extra acres
to produce the food crops. 1t is es-
timated that between three and four
million bales of cotton will have to
be carried over out of the present
crop. A normal acreage in cotton
next year, and no increase in food