The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1916-06-27
STATE OF
South Carolina
Department Of Agriculture,
Commerce and Industries,
Bureau Of Marketing.
E. J. WATSON Commissioner
A Weekly Bulletin of
Information
Information

The State Bureau O; Marketing con.
tinues ceot er vienu
tinues to receive numerous voluntary
letters from farmers in all parts of
the state expressing appreciation OF
the substantial benefits that they
havereceived through the use OF the
machinery of the Bureau Of Market.
ing. farmer in Chester, who has
used the Bureau to good advantage
writes: "Your efforts on this line
have been very heartily appreciated in
the community by the farmers and
have led them to look upon you as
sincere and useful friend"
The season is now rapidly approach
Ing when the people residing in the
towns and cities will be wanting
fruits, vegetables and chickens and
fresh eggs, in fact, those things that
go to make up the table service, and
there is no reason in the world why
city housewives cannot make their
wants in this direction known through
the Bureau of Marketing and obtain
all Of these things at first hand from
the producer.
The grain crop Is also practically
ready for distribution and merchants
who sell grain either for feed or for
seed should be laying in supplies of
the pure home product which can be
obtained easily through the Bureau.
Already many of the flour mills in the
State have been getting the finest
quality of wheat through the offices
OF the Bureau.
The State Department of Agrcul
ture is still furnishing TO farmers pure
nitroculture for all summer legumes
at 40c an acre delivered and consid.
cradle quantities are being used. The
Department Is also receiving daily in
response to requests heretofore made
as to remarkable results on succeed
Ing crops from the use Of nitro-cul
ture on cowpeas during the season Of
1915.
For the present the mari plant. for
the output of which the state holds
the contract, is closed down pending
the installation OF new and better ma.
chinery, but the plant will start up
again some time in July. and it should
be remembered that mari is pro.
duct that can be applied at any time
Of the year to field containing a
growing crop and the benefit be deriv.
ed. Full information In regard to nj.
tro-cuHure and mari can be obtained
by application to the department
The Bureau Of Marketing would
again urge all who make use Of its
services to get their communications
in the mail so that they can reach the
Bureau not later than midday every
Saturday when II is desired that they
should appear in the Bulletin OF the
following Tuesday morning.
The following is summary Of the
weeks Wants and Offerings:
WANTS.
One barrel good can syrup.
housekeeper 80 or 35 years old far
family consisting OF four grown people
and one child.
To correspond with breeders OF Guern-
sey cattle who have stock for sale,
fresh and bred.
Two bushels soy beans.
A ton Of good peavine hay cured while
One or two four gallon or more cows
that can be delivered at McColl at around
s65 each. Must be good dairy cows that
owner can guarantee.
Full bloded Red Poll heifers.
A sawyer for small mill.
Two horse cultivator to work two sides
OF row.
One galvanized iron. three feet In diam
OFFERINGS.
Clean. sound mixed cowpeas Price,
SIPS per bushel.
100 bushels mixed peas, sl.oo per bu,
70 b. Norway or Cope.
25 bushels sound Iron peas at s1.25
100 bushels Iron or Coffee peac. s12s
per bushel fob. Orangeburg.
Several hundred bushels Abruzzi rye,
S225 per bushel fob. Hartsville.
200 bushels Abruzzi rye, $3.50 per bu..
1900 bushels Fuighum oats. 500 pc,
bushel. fob. Cope or Norway
200 bushels Fulghum oats at sl.oo per
Appler oats si.oo per bushel fob.
Neeses.
100 bushels burr clover seed. well clean.
ed and free from nutgrass. sl.00 per bu.
Some burr clover seed.
20 bushels fresh burr clover seed free
from nutgrass and noxious weeds, Si.0e
Per bushel.
70 bushels Lookout Mountain Irish po-
tato seed. fine stock. $3.50 per bushel.
30 bushels Lookout Mountain Irish po-
tatoes. $l.40 fob. Newberry. cash with
20 tons o, fine oat straw; write for
500 South Liberty St.
A lot of fine cotton now In warehouse
so tons lighter cucumbers in baskets.
crates or barrels. Carloads less.
so tons SQUASH In baskets crates OF
barrels Carloads uI or less ,.,.. ~.
cord and Delaware. These grapes ready
to be gathered last OF July and first OF
Lewis on the Southern Railroad and Ave
miles from Chester over a good road.
Three Duroc Jersey boars. registered
sey or Jersey grade heifer or will pay dif-
ference for registered Guernsey heifer.
A pair OF real fine Duroc- Jerseys. quite
a.. f...,. a.