The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-09-19
GRAIN SOWING.

The United States Government guarantees a minimum price
of so 90 a bushel for wheat harvested IN 1913.
# ought not to be a very difficult matter to induce a patrl-
otto farmer to raise wheat at $500 a bushel. South Carolina
farmers are asked to increase their wheat acreage II per oeh'
,b;s wear This also should be easy to ccomplSh.
Two dollar wheat means high flour, for when you pay ?S:oG
for wheat and then pay the millers' toll, railroad fredght ana
tho dealers profit. YOUR flour will cost you a pretty st1i price:
It tokos sx bushels of wheat to make the kind OF flour the most
of YOU buv-millers and railroads and dealers nave Wer P m.
ft thew won't work for nothing and board themselves; Il t
result IS YOU can make your flour cheaper than you Can puy H.
And besides it will pay a man to sow wheat Tor the stuDDle:
There her has been considerable trouble the last few years to get
. - earlv stand of cotton, but there has been no troupe 10 ge'
- - oar1y Gland Of cotton when it is planted after stubble. An
eorlv stand is going to be exceedingly important Wheh te
weevil strikes you and it is going to strike you anu wv wne4 Tho ~
dooc the early cotton is all you will have to PICK. Wheh ue
holl weevil comes, it will be July crop or no crop. Anu YOU
Julv crop will not be very heavy on cotton that COMES u + IL
June. 1t will be the early cotton that you Wri pi "a tn q ~ down dO
mighty nearly guarantees a quick stand. you can ! 81" uown
all vonr land at once and it is a good year to Deglh "heh YOU
are guaranteed So. 90 a bushel for your wheat;
Tbree acres of wheat and three acres OF oats TO te plo" on
,ond that is we'll prepared and we'll fertilized Will turn tne
trick and make enough for your farm needs and II i IS a goou
wear will leave some to sell. nm for+;izo
when Won sow and you have about as safe a crop as you can
nlant. We are not selling three disc grain drills Dut tnere ae
Sailing fertilizer. and the best that is made; the very pest put
in sacks: the best by test of result. And that IS "nat you
want-the best by test of results. we c g eo,d no vi sa apG swe mt
tba floors It must be a pretty good fertilizer for there to be
snch q demand for it. It isn't our winning ways that sens me
goods, at least we have ben reliably informed 1nat our w natmn
uav did not add to the sales to speak Of III just the natural
inherent virtue of the goods that makes the crops III ua'
creates the demand. Cash
We have it now fine and dry. See us for prices GaSh
December first. thu
IF Won can use it in bulk %(unsacked) we can save you the
cost of the bags which is higher this year than we nave oyer
known and the cost of the labor of bagglng 1t, Wnlcn IS dl0o
more than it has been heretofore. .a+
See us and get the best. When it is all the same price, &C.
the best. A great many people will use Is per cent ACID by
itself when sowing and will top dress IN the spring II neeueu.
Tba VIRGINIA farmers use Is per cent acid by itself when
sowing and do not top dress in the spring. LII virginia ''A"
ers make fine grain crops. 49,,
We can supply you with acid ana mlAeo soouS' Ju'' o. ~
prefer ANDERSON D ! PHOSPHATE AND OIL COMPANY,
" W.. r. Farmer, Sec.