The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-09-26
GRAIN SOWING.

The United States Government guarantees a minimum price
of So. 90 a bushel for wheat harvested in 1913. "
1t ought not to be a very difficult matter to induce a patrl-
nHc farmer to raise wheat at $500 a bushel. South CarollnaI
farmers are asked to increase their wheat acreage A per cent
This wear. This also should be easy to accomplish. ~
Two dollar wheat means high flour, for when you pay S2.OOi
for wheat and then pay the millers' toll, railroad freight and
the dealers profit, your flour will cost you a Pp IRE ax sun 10 p n1oe
It takes six bushels of wheat to make the kind OF flour the most
of you buy-millers and railroads and dealers nave thelr Pro- pro-
fit, they won't work for nothing and board themselves; me
result is YOU can make your flour cheaper than you can Duy IT,
And besides it will pay a man to SOW wheat for the stubble.
There has been considerable trouble the last lew years 70 getI
an early stand of cotton, but there has been no troupe to gt|
an early stand of cotton when it is planted after stubDle. An
earlv stand is going to be exceedingly important when the Doll
,veeyiI strikes YOU and it is going to strike you and when 1t
docs the ear1v cotton is all YOU will have to pick. When the!
boil weevl comes, it will be July crop or no crop. ana your
July crop will not be very heavy on cotton 1na a!t CONES III up = 10
lime. It will be the early cotton that you will pick and stuDDle
mighty nearly guarantees a quick stand. You cant sow down
all your land at once and it is a good year to begin when you
are guaranteed So. 90 a bushel for your wheat:
Three acres of wheat and three acres OF oats to the pro" on
land that is we'll prepared and we'll fortified will turn the
trick and make enough Tor your farm heeus IL Il IL 10 oo0O
Se% W7h m' nc SOW with a three disc grain drill you can fertlize
when you sow and you have about as safe a crop as you can
plant. We are not selling three disc gram dru!s Dut Inere are
neonle here who do. You can get the grain drlls-Dut we are
selling fertilizer, and the best that is made; the very pest put
in sacks; the best by test of result: ana aa - IS sn wnS t h
demand last spring nor the spring Of 1915. Sold out and sweep
the floors. 1t must be a pretty good fertilizer Tor there TO pe{
sucb a demand for it. 1t isn't our winning ways that sells the
Goods At least we have ben reliably informed that our winning
ways did not add to the sales to speak of. 1t is just the natural
Inherent virtue OF te go0uS INdC oh0 "' "oPo
creates the demand. c~h
We have it now fine and dry. See us for prices. Cash
December first. IL.
If YOU can use it in bulk (unsacked) we can save you the
cost of the bags which is higher this year than we nave eyer
known and the cost of the labor of bagglng 1t, when IS also
more than it has been heretofore.
See us and get the best. When it is all the same price; get
the best. A great many people will use ie pei. cent acid by
itself when sowing and will top dress in the spring if needed
The Virginia farmers use 16 per cent acid by itself when
sowing and do not top dress in the spring, and Virginia 1arm-
es make fine grain crops.
We can supply you with acid and mixed goods, just as you
prefer. Come to see us. -
w. r. Farmer, Sec.