The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-11-12
BOIL WEE
VII CAMPAIGN
How sortne Of Our Georgia
Friends are Beating the
Boil Weevil

/ large numbers, is rapidly advancing
and Will soon 1avage the entire cot
/ ton area ct the State. the following
| liberal extracts from q letter written
! just one y.ar ago today by The A. z.
| Brantley Company, B'ackshcar, Ga, to
their friends aid customers should
be of interest TO South Carolina bank
crs, business men and farmers
| hTe letter is rather lengthy, but it il;
we'll worth reading. rs il is applicable
! to conditions existing today IN many
South Carolina communities:
Bla;.1kshear, Ga, Nov. +. 1918.
The ti'.ic is now here when those
who make their living out Of the SOIL
must give serious consideration 10
III. question Of what crop to depend
upon ;,'.r monev crop. Tic boil wee
vii MAX. it Questionable il ii IS safe
to rely upon cotton IS heretofore.
While we do not advocate the entire
abandonment of GOTTEN fer the present
at least. II the same time it does not
now appeu. to lie the part Of wisdom
to risk all upon that crop. Until we
know more about the boil wcevii, and
how best 20 control his ravaSe, 1t, is
the part q! simple wisdom 10 devote
only Il compal lively small acreage
to cotton. Meanwhile. What. will the
farmer do: Ic cannot afford to stand
still. He must SO forward or cease
to exist. and planting time will soon
be here! Plainly. therefore. a de-
cision must be reached and effective
plans accordingly laid The desire to
aid you in this critical situation Is the
Simple purpose of this circular. =.
Tobacco LOOKS good and, after pret-
ty thorough investigation, we believe
there is the possibility Of splendid
profits tlom its cultivation. Farmers
around Nichols and Douglas have
made a great deal Of money out Of to-
bacco this ycac. Our information is
that profits have ranged from 5000
10 $500. and etcn moro per acre. To-
hacco does not require the long grow
ing season that cotton does. The
crop is made and the money is IN
your pocket by the time cotton. is
ordinarily ready to be picked. There
fore, tobacco would not interfere with
cotton if YOU wish to devote an acre
ago to both Further it is believed. by
those competeif, to Judge. that the to-
bacco market will be high this year.
With average success, therefore, one
crop should pay all expenses and leave
a comfortable profit besides. It must
DC understood in growing tobacco the
first ear that expert advice is vital to
success. 1t is very probable that a
lcompctcnt and reliable expert tobac-
CO grower can Le secured for COM
pensa1ion of ten per cent OF the value
of the crop actually grown: For this
co1npensa ton the expert would super
wise everything from the preparation
of the seed bed TO the harvesting and
curing OF the crop. Such an arrange
Inent offers the decided. advantage o..
being reasonably safe, and, besides,
cessful beginning. Another import
ant thing is that tobacco should DC
grcwn in communities. BY this we
mean that the farmers of a given COM
lnunity. where the farms are. reason
ably convenient to each other, should
all plant tobacco. The reason for this
is that this plan makes it possible to
secure the necessary expert advice and
supervision at the least possible .ex-
pcIise. and in addition makes pos
sihle the interchange of necessary Ia
Dor at the harvest season. Tbs last Is
a .%ery important consideration. The
cuTiug of otbac:o is Il matter of prime
Importance, and for his purpose Il
properly constructed curing house is
necessary. The curing houses are not
necessarily expensive For instance, a
curing house sixteen feet square,
which would be amply large to care
for five acres Of tobacco, cul be built
Ut I, cost Of $3.50 to 500. A hou%..
! eighteen ,fect sIuare. which, would be
large enough to care for seven acres
Of tobacco. would cost proportionate-
~ more. II you decide to try to-
facco for a money crop it is essential
that you lirst interest your neighbors
in the project so that. arrangements
can be made to secure the necessary
hcxpert ;dvicc. If tobacco looks good
To you we cannot too strongly recon-
,uenl tllat you arrange to visit the
Nichols and Douglas sections and
find OF. For Yourself more about the
trouble and tho I.rofit Of tobacco grow
ing You ca,I'l make the trip BY au-
trmobile IN day. and If it is made it
may easily prove to be tllc most pro-
fitablc trip you ever made II YOU
have any thought Of going in for to-
hacco rs a money crop Mc very strong
t ~ urge prompt action so there may
be, plenty of. time to make all neccs-
sary ARRANGEMENTS before time t"
plant We wish t., add that if as many
rs two thousand acres are planted to
| tobacco in the territory tributary to
Elackshcar next spring VIC will under
take to see that = suitable modern
tobacco w;lrelttiusc * built 3ltcre IN
good time to care for and. market Tho
crop.
Swcc, potatoc:. when of. the proper
.lu1lity aud car"fiIlly graded and
cured. is a crop. that Will always cont
nand the ready cash. To get the
most out OF sweet potatoes careful at
tcntion must be given to varieties
| gradin" aud curing. The old fash