Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1920-09-16

Bile crop system which not only pro.
vides abundant forage. but insures an
Increase in the producing power Of
Soils" J
The statements made by Dr.. Morgan
are based on such facts as are given
in bulletin by the Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station Of the University Of
Tennessee on the relation Of temper
ature and rainfall to crop systems and
production by J. 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-fve
| days over the states north OF the Ohie
river. This not only gives more time
for the crops to grow. but gives more
leeway at planting time and a better
opportunity to get the seed bed In the
| best condition. Extracts from this
bulletin follow:
Farming Methods Not Adapted to Cen
ditlons.
THE trouble Is that most Of US have
not adapted our farming methods to
our climatic and soil conditions. What
Is needed is system of farm manage
ment and the rotation of crops that
Will utilize the abundant heat and
moisture that our land receives.
| I'VE must have a system that will
Increase the humus content Of the soil
and rotation that will keep the
ground covered In winter as well az In
summer.
"The old plan Of growing only one
crop year which is practiced through.
out the country Is great success In
the North. but Is glaring misfit in the
South. This Is due to the great differ
ence in climatic conditions. First, the
; growing season north Of Tennessee 10
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 Is usually in
the form Of snow, so that there Is NO
Imperative demand for a winter cover
crop to prevent washing. Third, the
annual distribution Of rainfall II en-.
tirely different from that Of the South
eastern States. Instead Of two wet
| u
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.
! tiOns are just suited to the single
cropping system and the system 10
suited to the conditions because II was
developed under and for those condi.
| tiOnS. 1t would be absurd Tor an Iowa
farmer. with his short growing season
and his light winter rainfall, to at.
tempt to use the double-erOpping 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 is
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 next decade. Our farmers are
waking up and are learning how ~
live up to their opportunities" -
to undertake the executions of accept
ances on cotton In storage.
Requisite Conditions.
'"There has been q diversity and
often laxltS In business practices,
as we'll 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 d.
rectly acquainted with the individual
warehousing concerns to hesitate to
extend credit on the strength of their
receipts" the bank declares. "On re-
ceiving request for loan against
cotton the bankers first 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
ly against cotton receipts Is that they
have never been able to ascertain ex-
actly what title to the cotton they had
In general 1t Is true that the holder Of
receipt Is subject to prior liens, and
uncertainty as to their nature and ex-
tent increases the bankers hesitancy
In accepting receipts as collateral,
even though In practice the actual
losses from defective title by reason
of such liens have been compa ratiysly
small. The cotton, Furthermore,
should be In the hands Of q reliable
'warehOuseman, who should be inde.
pendent Of the borrower, 80 that the
latter cannot, while the receipt Is out
standing In the hands Of a third party,
obtain control over the cotton covered
by 1t.
Uniform Warehouse Laws Needed.
"A reasonable method Of improving
this situation would seem to be the
application of fairly Uniform laws con.
corning cotton warehousing wherever
cotton Is stored. Two laws have al.