The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-05-19
What OUR COUNTY
FARMERS ARE DOING

Mr. II. K. Beatson has cut his cot
ton acreage about seventy acres and
has planted corn and velvet beans in
stead. AS Mr.. Beatson has a silo and
about seventy-five acres of Bermuda
pasture he is very well fixed to raise
STOCK. Mr.. Beatson expects to fill
ms siio this fall and to feed beef cat
tie all winter. More livestock must
be raised in Clarendon if we are 90
ing to fight the boil weevi successful
ly. -
Quite a number of farmers are 90
ing to plant vetch next fall to use for
pasture and also as a hay crop. Vetch
VIII gather more nitrogen on it's roots
IN cool weather than any other legume
and makes just as good hay as alfalfa
when cured properly. If anyone want
ing to plant vetch next fall will notify
me will obtain the seed for them by
ordering comparatively.
Over twenty men signed up for the
Bull Association at Davis Cross Roads
and two of those men already had
their own bulls. These men, when
they found the Bull Association puts
in the very best bulls obtainable i'm
mediately decided to discard the bulls
they now have and to boost the bull
association for twenty men can do
more than one. These two men are
j. M. Rowe and l.. d. Sports. There
are number of men who are not
joining the Bull Association because
they have bulls of their own, but they
don't have anything like the bulls
that will be bought by the Associa-
tlon. Men don't let bull that was
sold to you unregistered but entitled
to registration" keep you out of good
movement like the Bull Association.
Nine chances out of ten if they we're
entitled to registration they would be
registered.
10 those persons in Clarendon who
purchased Excelsior Hog Powder
several months ago for cholera cure
want to say that the company has
backed down on that claim. l have
had some correspondence with the
Excelsior Hog Powder Company who
wrote me that they were very par
ticular to instruct their statesmen not
to represent it as cholera cure. The
statesmen who came through here, how
ever, seemed to have forgotten about
such instructions. l have sent a
sample to Clemson College to have
tested to find out whether it is a good
hog powder and will publish in this
column the results of the test as soon
as l hear from the College. In the
meantime do not let the Excelsior Hog
Powder Company scare you into TAX
ing your shipment out of the depot,
for they misrepresented their goods
to you and until you find whether the
hog powder is any good at all leave
it where it is.
From July 18th to 23rd the Boys
Agricultural Short Course will be held
at Clemson College and l want to urge
all Club boys who possibly can to at
tend this short course. The short
course will offer some special induce
monts this year in the matter of live
stock Judging and sports and pleasures
as well as splendid course of instruc-
ton in other lines. The course in live
stock judging should especially in
tcrest boys in Clarendon for livestock
Will play a very important part in
fighting the boil wcevil and you can't
begin to learn how to Judge and raise
livestock TOO young. The fee will
probably not exceed $1,000 for the en-
tire course and trip to this Clemson
short course will be very pleasant and
profitable. For further information
write or see your county agent.
Mr.. Herman F. Lion, representative
of The South Carolina Development
Board spent Monday in Manning and
explaining the objects and
the workings of the DEVELOPMENT
Board, to a number of business men
and farmers. This is something that
all progressive South Carolinians
should take an interest in for this
Development Board is working for
the good Of the farmer especially, also
the business men and the State as a
whole. Their slogan is "Do It For
South Carolina" South Carolina can
become the most progressive and best
developed state in the Union, but
everybody in South Carolina must
help. Don't leave it all to your neigh |
Dor to do but get busy yourself and
make things hum here in Clarendon.
A. NJ. Musser,