The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1920-07-14
FARMERS MEET
AT CONCORD
BOIL wEEvIL CONSIDERED
Cleposon Experts Show How
The Pest May Be Fought BY
Intslligent Farming

The meeting at Concord Thursday
IN the interest OF the American Cot
ten Association and In better market
tnyof cotton and other farm products
coooerative marketing. liberalization
ano Sighting tho boil weevil was well
e}3endsd By nnaxy ladies' and gentle
ulon- IS fn
IN 2. Frank williama county ag-
e7l presided and introduced the
opsakcrs after = short talk ex-
Dlhlning tho OBJECTS and the advan-
taGoe OF carrying out the plans Of the
eonpatgn- Mr.. r. j. Kirvin. Vice pres
t9oNt Of the Sumter County branch of
e. American Cotton Association as
uDDeed by advice and leadership In the
u>oees Of the mocting. p1
mtes Caro- Truluuk. home demon
o9ati0n agent for this county. and
uFA poar. home demonstration agent
fox 0eorwstOwn county were the first
~ speAksrp who appealed for the CO.
Q1nrptton In tho homes between the
fsrmers and their wives. sons and
4roghters In solving problems. ! They
o>1Ded for greater cooperation In
helpfns the housewife In her house
hs1d duties. In giving the women more
conwenlAuces 20 tighten their work.
opd In economi9tng- They requested
, gr~otsr interest in the boys and girls
e@rb work In the home and on the
& Nym. In the parents helping the
t~44ren I'm poultry. canning. corn
a94 tomato. and pig club work.
n 10th of these ladies' showed unus-
n'4f knowledge In the subjects they so
I >.oofeetingiy handled. 81
N pFofessor Wilkins o. Ciemoon Col
7 ~ sxpsrt on poultry raising interest
X iuG1y discussed how 20 market errs.
v9uotry. how to hatch. build poultry
y foo9sU. feeding ANA health OF poultry,
Iroftesor winters. coll fertility ex-
\ ptee ;diDcosssd nitrogen Importance.
1pDfe TO sscure nitrogen eco
q44IpoNy without paying thirty cents
IS uound FOR same. s1e dwelt on the
uupovonuoo of Incorporated or humus
80 Pther oroAnic matter In land He
DeaG~9or ssra money crop
eenn psAnuts are not sou improv-
4sptsssor Conrad entonaolosi.t Of
QJcQon wss the boil weevil expert
- - mep<ing and ne told his hearers
qbmo Shings that made them cit up
qno lake notice. In Sumter county
Hu and viii soon be very clearly "the
o4ne old story that has followed the
oppearance Of the boil weevil, every
vn@ee. every year. Sumter county
need not expect any favors at the
ooD weevifs expense.
I0D speaker did not favor boil
weevh catching machines and was not
- advocate OF poisoning the first
{ear &c the wsevii's appearance--in
Qtct ho dtd not seem to see much In
~ poisoning proposition anyway.
Dtvofs6acatiou, rotation, reduction
Of acreage to suit farm conditions OF
labor. growing everything possible for
man Ind beast. and business AXE
rneehods on the farm. and intelligent
marketing seemed to be his chief slo-
gan- He warned his hearers that too
much condolences in sumter county's
immunity 20 boil weevil damages spell
disssker. His talk was of Immense
valus in many ways and was some
Thing that n very much NEEDED.
NJ. WI. Sheatcy. live stock ex.
vers. very conprehensiveiy connected
up hve stock raising with boil weevil
farmiog, He showed that cattle and
hegs 90 hand In hand In intelligent
ana pronssbbs farming all times. but
80 psouliarH adaptable to agricul-
turs during boil weevil times.
Nc dwelt on the most approved
methods Of stock raising, the impor-
tAnce of improved breeds and show
cd how South Carolina has been the
eompin8 ground by "bushv ackers'
~ esmping "culled" breeds OF hogs
~ cattle on Carolina farms. He told
~ audience tn watch out for and how
tetv0td this taking system.
Mr. Renn. q. Honeycutt of the State
Wsrehouse Commissioners office dis
eusssd tho community cotton ware
house. state Warehouse certificates.
cost of storing. insurance, etc. He ad-
vochted warehouses at cotton gia: said
cotton can be stored In such ware
nouses at about 30 cents per mo1th.
psns cost OF management. interest on
sne money invested In the building,
ana other minor expense.
~ Mr. J Frank williams thought that
unleD there is an advance In the cost
Oh sforing cotton I'm Sumter ware
nousss u will sscrcely pay to built
ccmmunity warehouses except under
cxcspfonai circumstances Sumter
counsy now has capacity I'm commun-
w warehouses. outside or Sumter to
~ore about 10000 bales. Sumter can
nshose about twelve thousand bales.
- soon as Sumter warehouses are
mown that cotton production will not
% greaffy reduced by the boil weevil
additional capacity will be provided.
Mr.. ID. Harris. Commissioner OF Az
ricuiture. strongly appealed To those
present to immediately join. and high
" endorsed the American Cotton AS
sociation which was undoubtedly large
" responsible for the present prices
OF cotton which. he did not think
would have been over thirty cents NJ
N had not ben for the orva pizatio, ~