The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-11-14
URGES GRAIN SOWING.
STATE AGENT LONG. RELIEVES
PRICES WILL BE VERY
HIGH.
May Sow Wheat Safely as Danger
From liCssian Fly is Past and Wheat
May be SOwn Until Mid Dcccm-
bCr.

Long, State agent Of farm demonstra-
tion and director of extension Of
Clemson College, urges South Caro-
lima farmers not to let the autumn
slip away from them without SOW
irg as much of their land as their
conditions will permit in oats and
wheat. The time for sowing oats
is passing rapidly and the best time
for sowing wheat is at hand and Mr..
Long urges farmers to get their
winter grain in without further de-
la.y if they have not already done SO.
1t is now safe to SOW wheat in any
part Of the State, according to Mr..
Long, since danger from the Hessian
fly is past. Mr.. Long advises largo
areas Of wheat for the Piedmont res
gion and advises the sowing Of
enough wheat for home consumption,
at least on every farm in other re-
gions Of South Carolina. Full in-
formation relative to wheat culturG
may be obtained by applying to the
extension division Of Clemson Cols
legc. Blue Stem is variety that
has succeeded in many parts of South
Carolina and that is recommended
by Prof. w. l.. Hutchinson of Clems
son College. ~
November is the best month fol
seeding wheat, though it may b1
sown in December under favorabN
conditions with good results. Whca
prefers heavy loans and clay soil
and Il seed bed which is firm with
thin layer of loose soil ut the sui
face. Wheat is best seeded with
drill. but may be sOwn broadcast aI
diskcd in. Sow five or six pccks
the acre. At planting time use
mixture Of equal parts of cottonse
meal and acid phosphate at the ra
of five hundred pounds or more
the acre and top dress in Mar
'wftF ore Kdndfeu to .svre htjhd *
fifty pounds Of nitrate Of soda to the
acre.
That South Carolina can produce
excellent wheat was clearly demon
strated at the recent State Fair
where there were numrOus fine eX.
hibits Of South Carolina grown wheat
in
stration agents. That South Carolina
farmers intend to plant more wheat
than ever before is clearly indicated
by many things, among them the re-
port Of the county demonstration
agent for Clarendon county that his
county has already arranged to seed
five hundred acres, far more probably
than Clarendon County has ever had
in wheat.
The Clemson College farm has
nearly forty acres in wheat this
season. which is now up to a fine
stand with all indications pointing
To thorough success. The varieties
planted were Rluc stem and Leaps
Prolific.
Mr.. Long states that he expects
the prices of grain to he higher next
spring than they have been in years.
lie expects to sec wheat so TO two
dollars per buShel, and oats to one
dollar. Russia Austria. France. all
great wheat producers, arc at war,
as indeed are most of the important
wheat countries of the world with the
exceptions of the United States. Can
ada and Argentine. and to these three
rCGiOns tho world will have to turn
for its bread next spring. There l.,
no possible argument against the
growing of wheat and outs by The
south Carolina farmer and Il multi
tudc of arguments in favor OF IL.
Mr.. Long urges farmers not to sleep
ON their opportunities at This time.
but to SOW grain Immediately.