The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-04-16
STATE WILL SILL.
iITRO CULTURES
SOIL IN0CULATING MATERIAL To
FARMERS .tT COST.
Price Forty Cents Per Acre Carriage
Paid-YariOuS Kinds Are
Available.

The State.
Under the act OF tie general as
sembly passed at the last session upon
my recommendation said Commits
sioner Watson on Monday, within d
week We will be able, through the de-
! partment, to furnish to farmer,
carriage prices prepaid, soil inocu' a
ting material, pure bred and viruleat,
at 10 cents an acre for one acre, Or
for any number of acres, and for all
; leguminous plants, both summer and
winter. Prices that have pre-, allied for
the material heretofore nave been
practically prohibtive-$2 for an acre
size and not less than $3.50 an acre
/ for 100-acre lots The South Carolina
farmer viii! now be in a position to get
his costly nitrogen free from t e air
! by farming the air. l do not believe
/ that there is anything that has ever
/ been done that means more. to the
future prosperity of the State than
the action of tie general assembly
which has made it possible for tne
average farmer to forsake soil robber;
and turn quickly and effectively to soil
building"
Commissioner Watson has been at
worok on the proposition since. TIE ad-
! journment Of the general assembly.
his purpose having been to complete
arrangements for furnishing tie cul-
lures in time for the summer legumes,
such as COW peas, peanuts, Soy beans
and velvet beans. He has inFestigat-
ed thoroughly ali methods employed
| in other States, and all processes Of
manufacturing the cultures and in the
end he says he Las exercised his au-
thority under the act to secure only
high class, virulent bacterial cultures
in unlimited quantities, and at the
lowest price possible for material OF
the character that will be furnished.
For Forage Crops.
Commissioner Watson said that tie
| general use of legumes properly inoc-
ulated meant the quick and successful
! growing of forage crops and that
meant the establishment of real live
stock industry, and live stock meant
more than lie dared predict, without
taking into consideration the more far
reaching effect on the soil itself.
The act of t.e, general assembly re-
ferred to bears the title: The pro-
vide inoculation material for legumi-
nous crops and for the distribution
of the same to the citizens of South
Carolina" 1t differs from the acts III
Georgia and North Carolina 1t pro-
Vides that the commissioner of agri-
culture shall make arrangement wits
one or more reputable manufacturers
Iof inoculation cultures for the supply
of cultures at or as near as possible
the cost of production, to be furnished
through tie department to the farm
ers, or, failing therein, to manufacture
in the State laboratories the cultures
and furnish T. EN- at actual cost. The
other acts referred to simply require
+bo S+o+o n M INN ~ o+,ro o,, y 1lo,1r ;, ~
alternative. CommissionertWats was
convinced that the best proposition
was not to put the State laboratories
to manufacturing, but to make the au-
thorized arrangement and have regu-
lar examinations made of the material
in the State laboratories.
The effort !las been made to get the
best cultures obtainable in the coun-
try and with this in Tiew the con-
tract for the cultures has been made
with the Standard Nitrogen company,
of New Jersey, guaranteed by the
Earp-Thomas Farmogerm company,
of New Jersey, manufacturers of the
culture known as "farmogerm'
At tie price made no attempt will
be made to put out cultures that will
stand Indefinitely. Columbia being the
centrally located distributing point,
the department considers that it is
easy, as it is certainly best, for the
farmers to order cultures as tnp.y,,
need them: TIE nitrocultures to be
distributed, therefore, by choice, will
be cultures that must be used within
80 days and preferably within three
weeks. The price of 40 cents per acre
will include packing, addressing and
postage or express to destination. No
shipments will be made on C. O. D.
orders. Order blanks will be furnished
by the department and the cash or
check or currency must accompany
the order. In each case TIE date Of
cbinnoDT will bo ctonopo5 on tho