The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1918-07-04
LOCkHART JUNCTION

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tion and the crops are fine, except a
little cool for cotton since the rain
Now, it seems to me the cotton acre
age has been overestimated. There is
lots of corn planted and still they
don't stop planting. The most corn
was planted late. Lots of the corn is
small and it is not all planted where
1T can be Seen-lots off the roads on
the bac.; of the plantations, on the
! branch by the river or creek bottoms.
| saw some fine corn on the bottom
lands that looks like it might make
10 bushels to the acre and there is
some upland that will do the same
thing if they continue to get good
rains. Lots of nitrate of soda is being
bought for some and if there is some
short in acres, there will be more
made, for every farmer seems to be
using more fertilizer to the acre than
they have been doing.
L know farm few years ago
that was all run down and as an old
saying goes, "would not sprout peas"
that farm has been built by buying
! fertilizer for they are using on that
farm today five or six tons to the
plough and they are now making a
bale of cotton to the acre or from 60
to 20 bushels of corn, so YOU see it
pays to use fertilizer. | am using
more fertilizer this year to the plough
than | have ever used before and NV
prospects are the best for crop at
this time that I have had in MANY
years. | have heard some people pro-
phesy that corn will be $500 rer BUSH
ell next year. I think this is prcma-
turc. Corn will never reach that price
while the United States is victorious.
We would have to be ruled by the Ger
| mans for it to bring that much. Now.
am making this prophesy; there can
be drouth or some calamity to cut
off the crops, but if there is not there
will be plenty made for man and
beast: hope so, anyway. While am
on this subject, let me say again
that there is more old corn in the
country today in the farmers hands
than | have ever known and where one
farmer has planted more cotton some
others have planted more corn and ex-
pect to make more to the acre on that
he has planted. The fellow who is not
planting so much corn this year has
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the year.
You see the point and there will be
many bushel of old corn in the crib
at gathering time. We are all eating
more corn meal than we ever have
and everyone, think, is learning a
great lesson of economy.
Now, dear readers, don't get wor-
ried or look hard at me for writing
again about the good dinners DR..
Thrasher and I have had. We were
invited to the birthday dinner of Mrs
j. G. Garner on the 28th of June and
enjoyed the good dinner and the kind
hospitality shown us. We were also
invited to the home of d. J. James to
eat dinner, which we also appreciated
and enjoyed-as much so as the good
eats. I do like that part as we'll as
the good dinner they gave us. (Please
don't tell us any more-Editor)
While visiting at Lockhart last Sat
urday attended the Old Fiddlers Con
vention which was grand affair. The
program, I though, was the best I have
ever seen. There was fine music o.
every instrument that could be men
toned; also dancing and there was a
large attendance. The proceeds went
to the Red Cross 7 was lucky fell
low to get free ticket given me b.
my friend, P. l.. Crawford, who said
that I wrote a good letter to The
Times and was such good advertiser
that | deserved a free ticket, which I
appreciated very much. I could tell
other things about this convention but
space prevents.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. B. Burgess, Mr.. p
d. Burgess, Mrs. J. F. Burgess and
Miss Eura, all from Bogansville, Wis
lited Mr.. w. B. Lancaster on Sunday.
Mrs. Anna Gault, Miss Mary Gar
ner and Mr.. and Mrs. Will Garner Wis
tied Spartanburg last Sunday.
There will be Children's Day SER
vices at the Gault school house next
Sunday night. Prof Guess will be
one Of the speakers for the occasion.
Miss Ruth Scott is visiting rela-
tives in Spartanburg. Moxy.
DOTS FROM JONESVILLE, r. F. D.