The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1921-11-03
SUGGESED FARM PROGRAMME
UNDER WEEVIL CONDITIONS
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(Continued from page l, column A.
early with early approved varieties
and only the quickest acting fertilizer
used. In this section the main re-
lance of the farmers must be live
stock to craze the large cut-over
areas and a large area should be
planted to corn and velvet beans for
winter food. Peanuts, winter and
spring growing truck crops, sweet po-
tatoes and in some sections melons
must, besides livestock, be the main
reliance of the farmers of the lower
coastal plain. Pork and beef can be
as cheaply raised in this area as IN
any section of the country as the hogs
and cattle can be carried on pasture
or field crop grazing the entire year.
II. For middle coastal plain. Gap
proximately so to 100 miles inland.)
In this section cotton production is
also hazardous but if the acreage is
limited and dure care exercised the
chances are in favor of a fair yield
during most seasons. A rotation sug-
fgested for a 30-acre farm (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 hogs after
gathering corn; 10 acres of cotton
and peanuts (say 6 acres of cotton
and of peanuts); and 10 acres OF
small grain and truck, sorghum, su-
gar cane, etc. Watermelons have
proved to be a good crop for this
section where satisfactory marketing
arrangements can be made.
III. For upper coastal plain and
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, now
ever. should more than so per cent.
be put into cotton and tobacco to-
gether. A liberal acreage should go
into corn 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.
w. For Piedmont region. Cotton
production in this section is SAFER
than in the lower sections and will
continue to be profitable on average
wears, provided due care is exercised
in meeting weevil conditions. The
acreage should be strictly limited to
an amount which can be perfectly
handled by the available labor. Ample
food stuffs including corn, peas, VEL
vet beans, potatoes, sorghum, wheat
oats, etc., should be grown. A sug-
gested division of acreage for 81
acre farm has been made by one OF
the most successful planters in the
Piedmont and may be found useful,
although of course it should be modl-
fed to most individual needs. 10
acres of cotton; 6 acres Of corn with
meas or velvet beans; acres IN
wheat and oats, followed by pea
vines. beans and Lookout Mountain
POTATOES; l acre of sweet potatoes; 2
acres of alfalfa; acres of sorghum;
y total, 80 acres. An ample number OF
hogs and a few cattle should be car
ried on this farm and for these
permanent Bermuda pasturage should
be provided. 1t would be we'll to In
crease the percentage Of corn on
farm of this size unless the land IS
very fertile. Thirty acres is usually
an awkward size. for farm as it is
too largesfor one horse and not large
enough for two. The relative pro-
portion of different crops, however,
may be observed no matter what the
size of the farm unit.
In every county the farmers should
utilize fully the government farm ex-
perts. No one can advise intelligently
and correctly just what each individ-
ual 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 put out OF busl-
ness in a few years and only those
who work hard and use intelligent
methods will remain. In all crops
only varieties of proven ada ptablllty
to the section and those which make
a product of the highest money value
as we'll as of good production per
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