The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1917-09-05
GRAIN SOWING.

The United States Government guarantees a minimum price
of ST. a bushel for wheat harvested d in 1913. J..
1t ought not to be a very difficult matter to induce a patri-
oic farmer to raise wheat at $500 a bushel. South Carolina
farmers are asked to increase their wheat acreage At per cent
this year. This also should be easy to accomplish H.
Two dollar wheat means high flour, for when you pay SIC
for wheat and then pay the millers' toll, railroad freight and
the dealers profit, your flour will cost you a pretty stiff price.
It takes six bushels of wheat to make the kind of flour the most
of you buy-miller and railroads and dealers have their pro-
fit, they won't work for nothing and board themselves. The
result is you can make your flour cheaper than you can buy it.
And besides it will pay a man to sow wheat for the stubble.
There has been considerable trouble the. last few years to get
an early stand Of cotton, but there has been no trouble to get
an early stand of cotton when it is planted after stubble. An
early stand is going to be exceedingly important when the boil
weevl strikes you and it is going to strike you and when it
does the early cotton is all you will have to pick. When the
boil weevil comes, it will be July crop or no crop. And your
July crop will not be very heavy on cotton that comes up in
June. 1t will be the early cotton that you will pick and stubble
mighty nearly guarantees a quick stand. You can't sow down
are guaranteed So. 90 a bushel for your wheat.
Three acres Of wheat and three acres of oats to the plow on
land that is we'll prepared and we'll fertlized will turn the
trick and make enough for your farm needs and if tt is {! good
year will leave some to sell.
When you sow with a three disc grain drill you can fertilize
when you sow and you have about as safe a crop as you can
plant. We are not selling three disc grain drills but there are
people here who do. You can get the grain drills-but we are
selling fertilizer, and the best that is made; the very best put
in sacks; the best by test of result. And that is what you
want-the best by test of results We could not supply the
demand last spring nor the spring Of 1916. Sold out and swept
the floors. 1t must be a pretty good fertilizer for there to be
suCH d uelldLu IT,. II Sill I JUL WlHlIHS dyo Iudt ooHo Iol
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 the goods that makes the crops and that
creates the demand.
We have it now fine and dry. See us for prices. Cash
December first.
If YOU can use it in bulk (unsacked) we can save you the
cost of the bags which is higher this year than we have ever
known and the cost of the labor Of bagging it, which 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 16 per cent acid byI
itself when sowing and will top dress in the spring if needed
The Virginia farmers use Is per cent acid by itself when
sowing and do not top dress in the spring, and Virginia farm
ers make fine grain crops.