The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1921-10-12
MANNING BANKS
RECEIVE WHEAT SEED

The three baslks of Manning have
purchased a car of best wheat seed
obtalnablc with view towards en-
couraglng their patrons and planters
generally in growing food crops for
home consumption by delivering this
seed to them at actual cost laid down
in warehouse at Manning.
The cost of this seed delivered here
is $3.50 per bushel.
The boil wecvil has clearly shown
its ability to destroy our cotton crcr
and to make the growing of cotton
with which to buy necessities cx-
tremely hazardous, but as. is we'll
known much of the provisions pur-
chased with the, cotton crop. in the
past can be produced successfully on
our own soil, the officials of the banks
have taken this step as an aid in max
ing our community more self-sustain-
ing.
The officials of the three banks do
not advise the planting Of wheat on
an extensive scale by any single plant
CT with the view of making market
able community of it. but by reason of
the fact that wheat products-flour
bran and shorts are more univer-
sally and constantly used in every
home than any other single food, and
it having been clearly demonstrated
by recent experience that excellent
wheat can be grown here, they strong
ly advise every farmer to plant not
less than two or three acres for their
own use and to also grow other food
crops SucE as are consumed among us,
for which we have in the past sent
our money into other sections to pur-
chase.
For those who are without exper-
ience in growing wheat, we have OBJ
tanned the following information
which we believe to be reliable:
Wheat should be planted on land
with clay subsoil that is not too
deep, the land should be well drained
and in fair state Of cultivation: where
lands have humus in the soil, acid
phosphate can be used quite literally,
up to as much as five hundred pounds
per acre broad cast: this land should
be broken closely and narrowed and
after seeding, if possible it should be
rolled, as this rolling will prevent
winter killing and the seeding can be
either broad cast or drilled, drilling is
preferable.
We are advised not to plant wheat
without treating The seed for smut, no
matter how clean the seed may ap-
pear. This is important as an entire
crop may be ruined by neglecting to
to do so, as small amount of smut
will not only cause the flour made
from it to be dark, but is positively
dangerous to use, ergot of wheat as it
is known being very powerful
poison.
To treat for smut proceed as fol-
lows-dissolve one pound of blue
stone in fourteen gallons of water
this will be sufficient to soak two or
more bus.lels-put tho mixture in
wooden tub or vessel and soak the
wheat over night, remove the wheat
in the morning and spread out to dry
enough to handle. IF drill is to be
used, it will be necessary to dry until
the wheat will flow freely. Our in
formation is that for seeding an acre
Of land ono bushel is sufficient
although some prefer using little
more.
This wheat is now ready for de-
livery, and can be had from the ware
house on Dinkins street, where Mr..
+. P. Erwin has it in charge, and to
insure success, it must. be planted not
later than the last OF October or early
in November.