Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16
FORAGE CROPS AND LIVESTOCK
Economic Conditions Which Contribute to Development
of the South AS Great Beef Cattle Country

fered In the Soutn Wnlcn IL OF SupTeihS
importance in livestock production.
Summer legumes and silage crops fol-
low the grain crops, giving US q dou'
Bile crop system which not only pro-
vides abundant forage. but insures An
Increase in the producing power OF
soils"
The statements made by DR.. Morgan
are based on such facts as are given
in q bulletin by the Agricultural /EI.
pertinent Station of the University Of,
Tennessee on the relation Of temper
ature and rainfall to crop systems and
production by ]. F. Voorhees,. Consult
ing Meteorologist. With. reference to
our growing season, 1t Is stated In this
bulletin that the states south OF Ken.
lucky and Virginia have an advantage
Of from twenty-five to seventy-hvs
days over the states north Of the Ohio
river. This not only gives more time
for the crops to grow. but gives more
leeway at planting time and q better
opportunity to get the seed bed In the
best condition. Extracts from this
bulletin follow:
Farming Methods Not Adapted to Cen
.dltlona.
"The trouble Is that most Of US have
not adapted our farming methods to
our climatic and soil conditions. What
is needed Is O. system Of farm manage.
ment and the rotation Of crops that
will utilize the abundant heat and
moisture that our land receives. %
"We must have q system that win
Increase the humus content Of the soil
and rotation that will keep the
ground covered in winter as we'll az In
summer. :
"The old plan Of growing only one
crop year which IL practiced through
out the country Is great success IN
the North, but Is glaring mistat IN the
Sonth. This Is due to the great diner.
snce in climatic conditions. First, the
growing season north of Tennessee is
generally too short for two crops IN
one year. Second, the ground is usual
ly frozen In the winter and the winter
precipitation is small and Ia usually In
the form Of snow, so that there Is no
imperative demand for winter cover
crop to prevent washing. Third. the
annual distribution Of rainfall Ia en-.
tirely different from that Of the South.
eastern States. Instead Of two wet
seasons we find only one and that 10 In
the late spring and summer. There 10.
also only one dry season, which In
cludes fall, winter and early spring.
Crops put In the ground In the fall or
spring occupy 1t during the wet sum-
mer season and are harvested In the
late summer or fall. Here the condi-
tlons are Just suited to the single.
cropping system and the system IL
suited to the conditions because II Was
developed under and for those condi-
tions. 1t would be absurd for an Iowa
farmer, with his short growing season
and his light winter rainfall, to at.
tempt to use the double-cropping sys'
TEN. But 1t would be no more absurd
than for the Southern farmer to stick
to system developed to at. conditions
entirely different from those under
which he Is working. He must have q
system that fits his conditions II he u
to get the most out Of farming, and
when ,he realizes that his conditions
are almost perfectly adapted to the
growing of two crops each year in-
stead of one he will be in q position
to live up to his opportunities"
For the reasons given In the fore
going article we may look for encour.
aging progress In the development Of
farming interests In the South within
the neHt decade. Our farmers are
waking up and are learning how, -
live up to their opportunities"
to undertake the execution Of accept
ances on cotton In storage.
Requisite Conditions.
There has been q diversity and
often a laxitS In business practices,
as well as an absence Of uniformity In
the obligations and responsibilities as
sumed by warehousemen, under vary
ing state warehousing laws. which has
caused banking institutions not di.
rectly acquainted with the Individual
warehousing concerns to hesitate TO
extend credit on the strength Of their
receipts" the bank declares. "On re-
celving q request for loan against
cotton the bankers hrst concern is
that there actually Is cotton behind
the warehouse receipt. One Of the.
most serious difficulties which banks,
particularly those which are not In close
local touch with the situation, have
found in the way Of loaning more free
Iy against cotton receipts Is that they
have never been able to ascertain 'ex-
actly what title to the cotton they had.
In general II Is true that the holder OF
q receipt Is subject to prior liens, and
uncertainty as to their nature and ex-
tent increases the bankers hesitancy
10 accepting receipts as collateral,
even though In practice the actual
losses from defective title by reason
of such liens have bseR comparatively
small. The cotton. Furthermore,
should be In the hands OF reliable
.warehousemap, who should be inde-
pendent Of the borrower, so that the
latter cannot, while the receipt Is out
standing In the hands OF q third party.
obtain control over the cotton covered
by 1t.