The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-08-24

do not always have extremely cold
,, weather in the winter time, sufici.
entity cold to kill out the weevils. In
case the cold weather should kill
them all this winter another milo
winter would mean their presence
again.
The only sensible thing for US to
do: is to begin to shift to other crops
at least in part. And why not turn to
potatoes? Most of the lands in this
county will produce huge crops of
sweet potatoes. We are informed that
an acre of land properly cultivated
will make from three hundred to five
hundred bushels of sweet potatoes.
But if we make on each acre only
one hundred bushels, we may still
make money from planting them.
That may be illustrated in this way:
We will say that we plant one thous-
and acres fifty one horse farms Of
.tMsnty acres each) in sweet potatoes
and these one Thousand acres pro-
Fduce one hundred bushels to each
acre! That means one hundred thous-
and Bushels, which at a net selling
pree';of fifty cents per bushel, will
bring In fifty thousand dollars. That
is as much as one thousand bales of
cotton will bring at fifty dollars per
bale,. and it will take two thousand
acres Of land to make that much
cotton; If instead of planting one
thousand acres we plant five thous-
and acres, we shall have a crop worth
half as much as the entire cotton crop
raised in this community will bring
this year, counting cotton at fifty
dollars per bale. g.
There is a market for every kind
of crop on earth. The people may
wear last years birds nests and
clothes but they cannot eat the same
things oyer. The human system de-
mands; fuel, and there are more and
more people to be fed every year;
there is larger and larger demand
for: the things on which the human
system must subsist. There will be a
market for potatoes when there. is
none for cotton; and if there is no
market the people may live on the
potatoes while they wait for cotton
to go up. Half as much cotton in Alb
beville County as is now planted,
with the other half of the lands in
potatoes, will mean fewer hungry
people in this country and better fed
pocket books. "
Tomorrow there is to be meeting
at Hodges Of, the potato growers of
that. section. The growing of pota-
toes is no experiment with the
Hodges people. They have a potato
house where potatoes may be stored
and kept free from rot, and they are
them there for profit.
There, tomorrow, first hand informa-
ton may be secured about the amount
of potatoes which may be produced
on single acre, how much these
potatoes will. bring on the market,
where a market may be found, the
best way to cultivate these potatoes,
the best plants and varieties to use,
and every other kind of valuable in
formation which the people may need
can be had. The Chamber of Com
merce is appointing a delegation of
citizens and farmers to 60 to Hodges
tomorrow for the purpose stated. 1t
will cost you little to go on the trip,
and you should be as much interest
ed as any other individual in this
matter.
If we find that it is practical to
produce potatoes for e profit, we
may return and get ready for next
year. A potato house will be plan
ned for US by Clemson College and
we may easily erect it before an
other crop is produced. We VIII Be
ready to store the potatoes when