The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-10-29
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TION DEPARTMENT

AS the best season for planting
fruit trees is approaching, Mr..
Williams expects to make an order
next week. Any one who is inter-
ested can leave. an order with Mr..
Williams or at the Chamber Of
Commerce. We hope that many
will take advantage of this for the
time has arrived when we must
raise what we eat ct home and fruit
is among the necessities; in the diet
unless our health is to suffer.
a suggestion comes from Mrs.
Dabbs that we have plant ex-
change and pass on to the neigh
Dor the fig sprouts, grape cuttings.
peach and apple trees that would
otherwise be cut out and burned.
November is a good time to do this.
Strawberries is one Of our earliest
fruits and these plants should now
be given away bought or eXchang-
ed. The Weekly Market bulletin
gives opportunity for buying, SELL
ing and exchanging. It would be
we'll for us to- have that coming
each week. 1t may be had for the
asking.
In the comments Of Comrissien-
er Harris this week is this: Begin
now by planting winter gardens.
The September drought has made it
difficult to get winter gardens start
ed. But the indications are that
there will be favorable seasons be
fore the erd Of the week. / urge
our people by all means to plant
colIards, rape, turnips, and other
root crops Of the season. They are
wholesome ana nutritious for man
and beast And again, The
relative importance Of gardens in
1922 cannot be stressed too much.
Our landowners should encourage
| the tenant farmer to raise more
chickens and pigs and well as to
have garden and truck patches. The
great demand Of the world is fuel,
and food is8thetfuel that keeps the
old human machine running.
BY this time all or most, at least,
of the non-producing hens should
have been. culled out and sold there
/ by saving the feed for the winter.
Some womengl1ave done this, and
! will have just as many eggs, less
housing and feeding to do. Those
who have not should attend to
this at once?f The agents are ready
! to help you at any time. The SUI
perintendene of5poultry department
of county fair expects to have an
auction sale Of pure bred poultry
during fair week. This viii be 9.
splendid opportunity for getting
good stock over the county, I hope.
Too long have our focks been neg
lected, and not paying invest
ment. Tie mongrel flock grows
weaker each year.
South Carolina does not produce
nearly enough chickens and eggs
for it's own use. We get large sup-
plies from Tennessee and North
| Carolina. Chickens are shipped
into Sumter county every week:
Why not we here in the county
supply this market2 In some coun-
ties of the state there are being
organized isouEry associations. The
members Of each of these assecia-
tions will have one breed CT
chickens. This will standardize the
production and make marketing3
easier and more profitable. One
community of this county has Ieen
selling eggs comparatively during
the summer and realized better
prices than otherwise. I hope that
any community interested in this
will talk it. over and begin now
to make plans in a small way. We
do not want to try any big thing
until we have looked carefully into
it. The home demonstration agent
will be glad to talk it over with
janycae.
Friday OF fair week there will be
a meeting of Woman's CoL.lcil with
representatives of Young Mems
Business League and specialists
from Winthrop College to discuss
special industries for the women
of the county; for next year. Fel-
lowing is tfeaiist which state de-
| Par IllIGll3 lS dOfOCclIlS duoss NAL
handle OF course we can under
take anything that we can market
! here in Sumter and for that reason
we are calling: this meeting. Any
one interested is invited to attend.
Place and hour Will be announced
later
Special Industries.
Fig preserves, blackberry jam,
plum jelly Dixie burgoo. Bruns-
wick stew, pine bark fish stew, arti-
choke relish, grape juice, soup mix
ture. aaf
| 1t might be.5interesting for those
contemplating any Of this work to
know that state marketing agents
have already had inquiries from a
firm in Oklahoma regarding this.
A Real Butter Cow.