The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1916-08-17
STATE OF
South Carolina
Department Of Agriculture
Commerce and Industries,
Bureau OF Marketing.
e. ). WATSON Commissioners
A Weekly Bulletin of
information

oou'i Saioiilta OIate bureau or Mar
Ket1ng says: Your Fundamental
principle, getting the producer an6
consumer directly together and elm
mating the surplus duplication of the
processes of distribution, which works
such friehtful waste for the farmer
Is unquestionably sound. 1t is lust
that together with finding O. market
for the produce Of our small farmers
who now cannot market their stuft
that | am trying to work out here
and / am grateful to you for your
assistance. From tho scant knowl.
edge l have been able to CLEAN OF
State marketing operations, am in.
claned to believe with your belief
that you have established the most
practical working organization and I
am going to try to have our State
profit thereby"
A truck farmer in Harnett County,
NJ c., hearing of the effectiveness Of
the South Carolina marketing system
wrote to the Bureau last week ask.
ing if the Bureau could help him in
marketing his dewberries. In his let
! ter he says: 1--WE are endeavoring
to keep out Of the hands Of commits
I sion men, our experience being that
! while they quote sales at satisfactory
! prices, yet it is practically impossible
| to obtain prices quoted Therefore,
we are trying to find better system
| Of selling and wish to ascertain If
we can reach the consumer with a
good article at fair price"
| Writing from Donalds this week a
| farmer who has been making use of
the Bureau writes: 81 think your
Bureau is the greatest thin gfor far
mers that has ever boen gotten up
have received good results from
everything l have inserted in your
columns. Please insert the following
wants and offerings for me in your
issue of AUGUST g."
Another Letter dated Latta in tho
Pee Dec section says: I'VE need
100 or more bushels Of Abruzzi rye
In this county and as had such good
success with the ed you carried for
me for burr clover i am going to ask
! that you put one in for the rye. or
| dered 1000 pounds Of clover from
! one man Gall he had) and am just
waiting to hear from a few more
| men that I have written concerning
prices on 1000 pound lots before
| order several more large lots"
AS will be seen from the following
lists Of Wants and Offerings the bus.
| mess Of the Bureau continues ex.
ceedingly active notwithstanding this
| Is supposed to be the dullest period
| of the year.
WANTS.
| Two light timber carts with arched
hxles. Second hand but must be In good
+, order.
TO communicate with parties who wisn
! to plant tobacco on shares. Have had
years of experience. Have big force
Of boys
! One gin feeder for 7O-s gin
To communicate with some one who
J wants an overseer for large farm. Would
consider share crop proposition Prefer
I Sumter county.
| 100 or more bushels Abruzzt rye.
Some second hand &c betting. second
| hand evaporator or boiler for cooking
! syrup. good cotton press screw.
Six thoroughbred Barred Rock pull
900 bushels clean wheat far grinding.
state quantity you have to offer and tho
| best price
Half dozen Barred Rock pullcts
a "Mallard Drake"
| seed potatoes.
One Hols;e,n or Hereford calf
A position as lumber grader dressed
pine ,only). Have h had over s. SIX years
Some alfalfa seed. Must be Of best
quality.
Position on dairy. Understand milling.
dairy course and actual dairy experience.
10 s communlcatc with producers OF
| large quantities of country products.
OFFERS.
rs to 10 hounds OF fresh dairy butter
per week Would prefer to dispose of 1t
~" TO exchange S'h nse'; IS bushels Fu,ghum seed
oats for 25 bushels clean burr clover.
900 bushels Pcdlgrecd Red Applcr
""-s ct and dried without rain and are
100 bushels Fu'Thum oats $500 per bu;;
"'seo 900 s@ bushels Trst ' PROOF @fe oats sn '0'
300 bushels w"ll cleaned burr clover,
Good from nut gass sloG scpeeneS sushs Burr
clover. free from nut grass. 81.
100 bushels els burr burr glover seed freq from
nut oo Snss hsnss sGs pashe hrr clover we'll cleaned
free from nut grass. soc per bushel.
100 bushels burr clover free from nut
grass an" ah"aa ou1 rve ees seed 'V from e coKera
Pedigreed seed. $3.50 per .bushei.
iS'5ss nsI basSs ?s nsS fy sssa SSsss wsss
IS T@ pounds %lss Of Veteh see seed. Viii Viii take
inTFket prlce "niIe u iaStS.
Seven nice Duroc Jersey pigs. register
! ed, 10 weeks old. $3.50 each.
ii pure bred Berkshire COW ready for
breeding. $1,000; good Berkshire pigs. 8
Registered Essex boar years old, $40;
some registered cow pigs. months old,
so each. One registered Essex SOW. yrs.
old. 400; some Duroc shoats. $40 each.
! -Four Duroc-Jersey pigs. registered. \
Il One pure bred Essex gilt, S14.00; three
! Unire bred SOW pigs SO each. One regis
sex SOW. S35
One Q; r. G. SOW and Ave pigs. five
SOW to farrow in fall, $500