The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1920-08-12
MARLBORO PRAISED
BY ARKANSAS PARTY,
Director Calls Attention to the Great
est Cotton County in United
States"

States"
Bennettsville, Aug. 6-The Arkan-
sas Travellers, numbering 152, reached
Bennettsville last night at a late hour.
Early this morning they were con-
Quoted to the Hotel Evason and to
Rector's Restaurant for breakfast.
Automobiles were waiting and the
party made a tour of the country,
first passing out over the Cheraw road
to the Moore section, thence through
the Fletcher and Pine Grove neigh
borhood on to McColl. In the Fletcher
neighborhood refreshments were SER
we'd and at McColl about noon a
lunch was served by the women OF
McColl. A short address of welcome
was delivered by Mr.. Mcmillan.
Continue to Clio.
The party then continued to Clio,
where it was welcomed and watermel-
ons and fruit served. 1t proceeded
through Hebron and out to Blenheim
Springs, where short pause was
made, thence to the Drake neighbor-
hood, and the acre of corn on which
was raised the worlds record, 254 Ia
bushels, was viewed. The party then
went by the old river road, passed the
Evans farms, arriving at Bennettsville
about $3.50 o'clock. The members
were entertained at dinner by the
town of Bennettsville. After this the
visitors were invited to a special pic
ture on at the new theater.
Marlboro crops seem to have done
their best for this inspection OF the
visitors. The intensive farming meth
ods and results were favorably COM
mented upon by the visitors.
This Is the fourth farming tour OF
the Arkansas Profitable Farming Bu-
reau of the Board of Commerce OF
Little Rock. The visitors were un-
stinted in acknowledgment of courte-
sizes which have been extended to
them by the South Carolinians and
their appreciation of attentions shown
to them here added pleasure to the
honor that. the citizens felt in having
them here. 1t was a source OF great
pride to Marlboro county that these
visitors stated that while they had
seen many fine farms elsewhere, as
an agricultural country, Marlboro
surpassed not only anything else they
have seen, but even what they have
heard of Marlboro.
Off for North Carolina.
The party left Bennettsville tonight
and will arrive at Wilson, n. c., ear
~ tomorrow morning. H. M. Cottrell,
director of the party, sent to the Ar
kansas Gazette, Little Rock,S the fol-
lowing account of today's visit:
."Our party travelled today 110 miles
through cotton and corn fields in
Marlboro County, South Carolina, the
greatest cotton county in the United
States. Last year 10000 acres were
planted in cotton and the average
yield for the entire acreage was 465
pounds lint an acre. The farmers used
last year on all crops grown in the
county $4,000 tons Of commercial fer
tilizer, while only $4,000 tons were
used in all Arkansas. All kinds or
land in thecounty were covered In
our trip. We saw a few farms where
the cotton was poor. We drove mile
after mile upon every field which
would yield one to one and a. half
bales an acre. The soils Of the coun-
ty are almost entirely thin handy pin
ey lands like those in Arkansas that
produce a bale from five to six acres.
The large yields throughout this
county are produced by farming
methods that keep the soil filled with
vegetable matter; deep plowing. in
tensive narrowing before planting,
seed bed for thirty years to produce
high yields on the farms where 1t Is
planted through frequent and long
cultivation and fertilizers.
Visit More Farms.
"The growers say that If they left
out any one of these conditions the
yield would drop badly. We were on
the sandy farm of J. A. Moore, who
last year raised 1000 bales on 1000
acres. One tenant last year paid 500
bales Of cotton for rent and had $780,
900 for his net profit.
J. T. Breeden raised last year one
and a half bales Of cotton and 100
bushels Irish potatoes on an acre. He
planted his cotton in six foot rows
with a row of Irish potatoes alternat-
ing with each row of cotton.
"On one farm of 5000 acres the cot
ton rows are one mile long. Last year
the Weld was one bale long staple
cotton to each two rows. Visited the
Drake farm and saw the acre that
yielded 254 bushels of corn.