The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-11-04
Fer Middle Coastal Plain

! year.
Fer Middle Coastal Plain
Approximately so to 100 miles in
land. In this section cotton produc-
ton is also hazardous but if the acre
age is limited and due care exercised
the chances are in favor of fair
yield during mose seasons. \ rota-
tion suggestion for 80 acre farm
j (of course it must be varied to meet
individual needs) is 10 acres of corn
and velvet beans Cor peas or soy
beans to be grazed off by cattle and
cattle and hogs after gathering corn;
10 acres of cotton and peanuts (say
SIX acres of cotton and four of pea
nuts); and 10 acres of small grain
and truck, sorghum, sugar cane, etc.
Watermclons have proved to be
good crop for this section where sat
isfactory marketing arrangements
, can be made.
Sand Hill Region
The cotton acreage here may be
regulated according to the available
labor to take care of cultivation,
weevil control and prompt gathering.
In no case, however, should more than
5 per cent be put into cotton and to-
bacco together. A liberal acreage
should go into farm and velvet beans.
Hogs should be carried on every farm
and cattle where possible. Sorghum,
peas, sweet potatoes and in some
cases peanuts should be planted.
F.; Piedmont Region
Cotton production in this section is
safer than in the lower section and
will continueGto be profitable on aver
age years, provided due care is ex-
ercised in meeting weevil conditions.
The acreage should be strictly limited
to an amount which can be perfectly
handled by the available labor. Am
ple foodstuffs, including corn, peas,
velvet beans, potatoes, sorghum,
wheat, oats, ETC., should be grown.
A suggested division Of acreage for
a 80 acre far mhas been made by one
; of the most successful planters in the
Piedmont and may be found useful,
; although of course. it should be mod
| fled t. meet individual needs. Ten
acres of cotton, six acres of corn with
peas or velvet beans, eight acres in
wheat and oats, followed by pea vines,
beans and Lookout Mountain pota-
', toes, one acre of sweet potatoes, two
acres of alfalfa, three acres of sQr-
ehum-total 80 acres. An ample
number of hogs and few cattle
! should be carried on this farm and
for these a permanent Bermuda pas
turage should be provided. It would
, be we'll to increase the percentage OF
corn on farm of this size unless the
land is very fertile. Thirty acres is
usually an awkward size for a farm
as it is too large for one horse and not
large enough for two. The relative
proportion Of different crops, how
ever, may be observed, no matter
what the size Of the farm unit.
Experts Available
In every county the farmers should
utilize fully the government farm ex-
perts. No one can advise intelligent
ly and correctly just what each indiv-
idual farmer should do. The demon
stration agent, however, can tell you
exactly what to do, for he knows
your conditions and has available all
the necessary information to advise
you upon each detail.
A most important factor for sue
cess under boil weevil conditions is
hard and intelligent work. The slip
shod farmer will be out of business
! in a few years and only those who
work hard and use intelligent meth
DDS will remain. In all crops only va
rieties of proved adaptability to the
jsection and those which make a pro-
duct of the highest money value as
well as of good production per acre
should be used.
The year 1921 has been more IA
. vorable for the boil weevil than any
/ since he entered the belt in 1892.
Consequently he has done more DAM
age than ever before. His damage
next year and succeeding years will
depend on weather conditions and
the intelligence and industry used in
fighting him.
We urge all our citizens to CO.
operate to carry this message to !ev-
cry farmer and farm tenant in the
state. Unless the main features of
the above program are generally
. adopted the whole state will suffer.
Last but not least call on the extern