The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-01-15
TOBACCO IN PLACE OF COTTON

Greek legislation here today.
iOBtCO IN PLACE OF COTTON
Most of the tour hundred applying
this year have applied during the past
SIN days. 1t is hard to cstima.c what
the number OF applicants for l,..4
or the number of acres expected to
be planted will be as farmers secure
seed UP to the last of January every
year. The demand for seed ecu
tinucs to incrcase daily.
Within the last few DAYS it loo,.s
like a larger acreage than the Cham
ber of Commerce expected up to Il
few days ago when applications were
comparatively few. Ut seems that
farmers are slow about getting their
tobacco beds planted for 1921. or
have been in doubt as to whether
they would plant tobacco during
1921.
The acreage, per applicant for 1927
rs smaller than for 1920, however, up
10 this time. Many who planted dur
inS 1920 will not plant tobacco this
year. II has been found out also
that many saved seed from 1920 crop
which they are using this year. and
not few ordered their seed them
selves, but only the large farmers
ordered seed for themselves and their
tenants and share troopers
About thirty-livc OF forty pounds
more seed it is thought will be re-
quired IL the demand continues for
the next two weeks like it has for
the past six days. Probably fifty to
sixty per cent OF last years acreage
Will be planted tributary TO the sum
ter market, but ii is hard to estimate
because ii is evident that many land
owners are requiring their tenants and
share troopers to plant limited acre
ages for 1927.
III inc land owners generally agree
that tobacco shall be planted by ten
ants there may be o larger per cent
age OF acreage for 1871 than is now
Indicated by the records at Chamber
of Commerce.
That thcre will De enormous re-
auction OF cotton acreage in sum
ter. Lee, Clarendon. Calhoun coun-
Ties from which applicants for to-
baccO seed come 10 Sumter Chamber
OF Commerce, from which counties
tobacco is sold on the Sumter mar
ket is indicated by the applicants
saying thar they are going To cut
tnelr cotton acreage two-thirds 10
htty per cent during 1921, and that
tneN arc going to put i'm tobacco. corn.
vegetables oats, sweet potatoes. pea
nuts, sorghum cane velvet beans.
soy beans, vetch, clover, and that
they will raise hogs to the extent of
their ability.
III il also evident that the poultry
business Will be considerably en-
iargcd I'm those four counties And
that the boys pig and corn clubs,
poultry clubs, tomato clubs, and home
demonstration clubs, will grow in
popularity during 1921 If there are
agents 10 push these lines OF diver
sihcation and conservation.
club work among boys girls, and
women are ut the greatest during
hard times" Conservation and
methods of economy so hand i'm hand
WIN increased production OF "livc
mt home products. and hard times
also.
Tn" paper bag ami canned good,
method of living during forty cent
cotton times will have great set
EacN during 1927 with low priced
cotton-th" cotton bol wccvil, and
high priced fooG and feed sturs.
Living expenses on the farm haven't
Kept pace i'm reduction of cost with
the low price OF cotton. Money is 20
Ing to be comparatively scarce on the
farms Tor coupe of Years 10 come.
Much can be accomplished towards
cutting down that one hundred and
ten million dollars annually sent out
or South Carolina for food and feed
stuffs that can he raised on grown in
this state and hundreds of thousands
o: dollars saved i'm sumter county. or
better still. kept in Sumter county. if
the hundreds OF boys IN the pig and
corn clubs are started 80 raising pigs
ana growing corn, and the hundreds
or girls and boys in the poultry
clubs and canning AMI the homo
demonstration clubs ar" kept organ
izcd and runctiouing.
Hard times creates additional inter-
est i'm home economies and conscrva-
tiOn. And these will he needed moro
in the next couple of years than since
1911. and later when we were ASK
ed to grow food To help win the
war Now we must grow and con
serve food TO- win another, war--a war
against the hon wcrvi'--low priced
cotton. and high priced food.
The difference between fifteen Gems
and forty cents cotton makes several
other differences i'm the way people
live uu The fuIms and clscWhCr-