The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-11-30
WHAT ABOUT WHEAT?
Greenville News

ator from Laurens, in statesman
like utterance in The Laurens Adv y
tiser. declares: ANYBODY with fore
sight can see that bread means more
to the world now than we have ever
known before. Why should I leave
nv chance FOR wheat bread next yeor
to uncertain conditions (there are so
many ahead Of us) when I can be
certain about the matter by having
some at home OF my own raising
TIE Laurens county farmer who fails
TO 90 his best in land, fertilizer and
attention Is certainly very slow to
seq his plain duty not only to his
country, but to his wife and children"
A. H Moore, another Laurens lar
mer, says: eyes, I'll SOW wheat. 1t
has been a good policy all these
years; now it's the only policy. Bread
enough for home use by every South
ern farmer means vitality helping in
this big fight. And then what goods
my cotton when the -four barrels
empty" H. S. wallace says that he
always sowed wheat and will give it
the best possible chance, adding "Un-
der present food conditions I would
re a very foolish and short-sighed
farmer to do otherwise" B. 3. Blak-
ely says always SOW wheat. Not as
money-making proposition but for
bread. More important now than ever
before in my memory" j. 7. A.
Rallew says: ''This year we are plan
ming on my place TO 'eat bread by the
sweat of our brow" and each man
must do his own sweating. The land
lord can look after the interest Of
himself and his renter in no other
way better this year than by seeing
that every man raises his own wheat
ANY other policy seems foolish. to say
nothing of being unpatriatic." G. H.
polt sees the situation very clearly:
''The Government is asking our young
men to 90 to the front. We know
what we think of one who won't will
inoly 20. It is asking of the older
ones nothing more urgent right now
than that we plan to make our bread
at home, Frankly. I think the man
who is not planning to do SO is
Stacker The man who isn't looking
out for his own bread at home now
needs a guardian and his Government
ought to let him 20 hungry" J. NJ.
Sumerel is going to SOW wheat as he
has done in the past. for the "possibil-
is that we may not have -four bread
next year and I am making ready
Tov A. Drummond says that he will
SOW wheat this fall and will expect
his tenants to follow his course. On
this R F. D. route more wheat than
usual is being grown. The Hon. ".
D Byrd always has grown wheat and
will keep on. He finds that by
planting it on good red land he IS
able to make it "a profitable CROP
The farm demonstration AGENTS have
initiated a campaign for greater and
more general production Of wheat
throughout South Carolina The i'm
portance of such a course is amply
attested by the Laurens county far
mers whose opinions have been re-
produced from The Laurens Advert
ser. Up to this time there has been
little preparation by the farmers OF
this State for planting wheat and
oats. Some explain this costly in
action by saying that they are late
in getting out their cotton. that labor
is scarce and HIGH, and that thew would
rather save their energices and land
for cotton cron next year. This illu-
strates the attitude referred to by
John L McLaurin when he recently
said: "High-priced cotton makes REQ
r1e fools: thnv vii! plant the earth
nevt wear in cotton and evne"t other
peon1e to sacrifice and feel them. :"
Farmers are getting 30 cents for, cot
to-. 20 cents for sorghum rnolacses and
SO for potatoes and thew do not
n,;nd ravirg s14 or sf5 for -four or
other things in proDortion.
I7n'e~s thev are generallv Grown,
there is bound to DO an alarming and
immense shortage of wheat and oats
!, this State and IN this country next
wear. This won1d he Just the reverse
re what should he the oaen. f"r the