The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1920-01-21
COTTON MEETING
DRAWS BIG CROWD

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and pure seed, as the white Spanish
brings the highest price and the oil
mills prefer them, that is the variety
Tor the farmers to plant. They are
bringing at this time $21O to 1926
dollars Il ton. This price is rather
high and the oil mills cannot afford to
crush at a price higher than $1G0
a ton. Mr.. Harkey also stressed
| che sweet potato as commercial crop
IN South Carolina. He backed up Mr..
! Prlnce's statement in regard to the
storage houses and added that a sweet
| potato association be formed to handle
| this problem. He stated that there
were numerous calls every day for
potatoes and at prescnr there were
, less than 10000 bushels in storage
houses in this state. The potatoes
kept in banks bring from one to two
dollars less per bushel than the nota-
toes stored in houses.
Mr.. c. X. Sprott, president Of the
! Manning Oil Mill, was then called on
to give his opinion OF the peanut as
commercial crop. Mr.. Sprott gave
| a clear cut statement as to devcloD-
mcnt of the peanut as commercial
crop. He stated that the shelters had
| boosted the prices Of peanuts so that
! the OIL mills could not afford to han lie
them, but that the oil mills in South
Carolina were capable of handing,
300, 10000 to 100000 tons Of peanuts.
and that there was no l.anacr of flood
ing the market.
Mr.. Charlton DuRant, president of
! the Home Bank & T,uS, Company
was then called on to discuss Rural
credits. MIR. DuRant stated very
briefly and clearly the stand that the
bankers would have to take. He said
| mat the bankers were very closely
| related to the business men and far
, mprs, and that they ulu rot lend
money just because they liked man.
lie stated that the banks could not
lend money unless they had safe Sc
curltles, and that it would not be safe
! TO lend money to men who grew moth
ing put cotton. lie stated that the
/ banks would be willing 10 back the
farmers though if they made prcrar-
atlon this year to beat the boil wccvil.
MIR. w. G. Davis, president of the
| First National Bank, followed Mr.. Du-
! itant and stated that he wus of the
same opinion rs Mr.. DuRant on the
rGral credit question, he said that
he saw no reason for a panic as Car
endon county was already growing
some crops 20 take the place of cot
ton, but that it was very necessary
| that thcy cooperate and organize.
At this time the program SUGGESTED
Tor the farmers in Clarendon county
| was read by Mr.. McFaddin and q COM
nlttcc appointed to act on same. While
| tins committee was changing the pro-
; gram ns they thought was best suit
ed TO TINS county, Mr.. ID. w. Watkins,
; ..33i&.ant Director OF the Extension
Service, gave some timely advice. He
! stated that If there was ever a time
that the farmers needed to practice
figiH economy, now was The time. But
lhat by this statement he do not mean
10 discourage pcrmcncnt improve
n?"htS such as building fences. lie
| also stated that if tho farmers had
bcrH A;&!2d /. the fact that they
had made money the last few years
t"cy should visit Che boil wccvil terri
tory. He stated that the history of
| the boil wccvil was that the farmers
just short distance ahead were
very optimistic and that they were
| ;:iw"y& caught.
In closing Mr.. Watkins stated that
q. course me new crops were expert
mentS but that they were the best
| that could be offered at this time.
Nevertheless, if the farmers start
"rcra"2tion i'll time they Will safer
very little .oss.
Mr.. G. \. CardW2ll, Agricultural
Agent for the Coast Line, was the last
speaker. Nh. Cardwcll stated very
briefly the necessity of backing up
tn" County Agent, as he was very
important man in the county, and cs-
neclaliy at this time. The County
Agent can do much good if he is given
support, otherwise, he is of little use.
Mr.. Cardwcll also called attention to
the misrepresentation Of the good the
Doll wccVil has done. Had the far
mcrS practiccd diversfication while
they were growing cotton they would
have been in much better shane at this
time, and thHt the monument to the
5oli wcevil in Enterprise, Ala, should
have dlvcrsfcation
Mr.. Y. w. Lewis, Livestock Spccial
l$t, was present and told the farmers
that livestock growing in the south
was not an experiment now, and that
by cooperative shipment they could
get the market prices for their pro-
duce. Due to lack Of time Mr.. Lewis
could not make his talk ON live stock
growing.
Mr.. }. b. Parker, Dairy Expert, was
also present to discuss the dairy prob
lem but due TO the latcncSs Of the
hour did not discuss this problem.
Below IS the program adopted bv
me farmers of Clarendon County aL
this conference.
Per plow SIS acres cotton.
DprnG corn bnnpe ,,,l