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Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-09-28
Anderson Phosphate G. OIL Co
Anderson, S. O.

NhuoiSoH, >. T..
Gentlemen:
1 have been Interested in your ad-
W,, I,sHh!ent as to fighting the Roll
l Iold my hands that here
~. NC would nave to make a liy-
ing at home first and then 500 har,
much cotton we could mako 'Io .,,,a now
TO SOW five acres in wbaot o,, 'ninh M
tills fall and to plant five anros o"tS 90
corn next year to the plow will pivo
us corn, wheat and oats enouph to
run the farm, and some to sell NH.
"neat ana oats should be fertilized
well ~hen soWn, and corn OF course
sno"la DC well fertiliZed when Dlant-
GU. some people talk about stuntinp
corn put ] want mine to come m
sIo"ihs, then I will try to keen If
growing. expect to plant from six
10 elght acres Of cotton to the Dlow
depending upon the amount of labor
gong with each plOw, and exnect
10 plant about four acres i'm peas and
some sorghum cane, and | expect to
1crtilizc everything well, and 7 hone
10 make about as good crops as
nave been making. | think we should
get good price for cotton from now
on. The abundant carry-over we
nave been hearing about, as we'll as
'Ho CIop we are making now, will
probably be used up by this time
next year, and ! believe 1T will be q
long time before we mi Ike 10000. 600
bales OF cotton again in the year
with tho Boil Weevil covering the
entire cotton belt. The demand for
American cotton, which will proba-
bly, increase, and will take every bale
we can make, and 1T may be that
all of the cotton mills can't be able
10 run all the time--so | see nothing
to prevent us getting a good price
for cotton as long as the Boil Weeyll
Is as prevalent as 1T Is now. 1t Is 60
ing to be hard matter to extermi-
nate the Boil Weevil, as it Is esti-
mated that single pair Of Boil Wee
wills will have from three to Ave mil
lion descendants between tho last
frost in the spring and first frost in
the fall. 1t will be very dificult
matter to exterminate anything as
prolific as that, so 1t looks to me like
the Boil Weevll is here to stay. Go
about actively fighting the Boil Wee
VII, and we can keep this damage
down to such an extent that we can
farm profltably, as cotton will bring
good price. Yours truly,
J. N. Masters,
Anderson, S. c., r. f. D.
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Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, s. C.
Anderson, S. c..

Anderson, S. C.
Gentlemen:
Your advertisements are right. We
should sow grain this fall, and am
satisfied it will pay to fertilizc grain
with acid phosphate when you SOW
1T, and apply soda in the spring Then
we should plant corn freely next
spring. Then 1t will not be wise to
plant more than eight or nine acres
in cotton to the plow, and by putting
as much time in preparing this eight
or nine acres as we have been put-
Ting in preparing eighteen acres to
the plow. and by giving this eight or
nine acres the same fertilizer as we
nave been giving the eighteen acres,
planting early and working fast-say
twice a week-we can make as much
cotton as we have been making to
the plow. and at half the expense.
We can't buy supplies and have the
Boil Weevil eat up our cotton, and
we can't successfully fight the Boil
Weevil on more than eight or nine
acres Of cotton TO the plow
Very truly yours,
j. s. Fowler, Anderson, S. C.
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Anderson Phosphate & Oh Co.,
Anderson, S. G..

AHucTSOn pnOSpnate a. OIL Co.,
Anderson, S. G.
Gentlemen:
The time has come when we are
forced to change our method Of far
ming, and the Boil Weeyil forces us
to do this. We should SOW oats this
fall, and l wouldn't SOW them unless
| was going to fertilize them. We
should plant corn next spring, and
that of course should be fertilized,
and with good seasons five acres in
oats and five in corn should be
enough to do us, and we should have
some to sell. Then we will have to
cut down acreage in cotton, planting
as much in each crop as force In that
crop can work successfully against
the Boil Weevil, but 7 believe we can
continue to get along all right where
man looks after his farm CLOSELY
and fertilizes properly. It Is out OF
the question for us to buy supplies
and have the Boil Weevil take our
cotton crop. The Boil Weevil Is here
ana will take the cotton crop unless
IL Is fought vigorously. We shonId
py an means sow oats this fall and
wheat. too, where land suits # Gnu
io"rs truly, Samuel Bowen,
Iva, S. c., r. r. d.
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Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G.

AHuclSOll, .. y.
Gentlemen:
| have read your advertisement in
the daily papers, and if we farmers
don't adopt some plan like that we
are going to suffer, as the Boil Wee
vii will destroy our crop If we un-
dertake to plant as much cotton as
we have been planting. We should
not plant over 40 per cent as much
cotton as we have been planting to
the plow, and should plant this early
and fertilize heavily and cultivate
fast-say every five days-and then
we can make fair crop Of cotton,
probably about as much as we have
been making. We should SOW at
least five acres Of grain to the plow
this fall. Oats can now be sown at
any time; wheat as early after the
first killing frost as possible. There
Is no reason for us to get alarmed
over the situation We can make
as much money as we have been
making II we farm right.
Yours truly. j. e. Rainey,
Starr, S. c., r. No. 2.
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y. -. CaFleo,
Townville, S. c., r. No. 9.
Mr.. J. r. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate & OIL Co.,
Anderson, S. c.,

Mr.. J. r. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate & OIL Co.,
Anderson, S. G..
Dear Sir:
Your advertisement in the daily
papers is on the right line. We must
make our own living at home here
after. sowing grain and planting corn
and having our own meat. Six acres
to the plow will make enough corn,
oats and wheat for the needs of the
farm, and we will have some to sell.
1t pays to fertilize wheat and oats
when they are sown, as it enables
them to stand the winter better. We
will have to cut down our cotton
acreage, plant fewer acres, prepare
better and fertilize heavier, plant
early and cultivate faster. I also
wish to state that your fertilizer Is
being used In my neighborhood a
great deal and seems to be a favor
ite. There is no reason for us to get
alarmed, because in few years we
can be in better fix than we have
ever been If we follow some such plan
as outlined in your advertisement.
Yours truly, J. G.. Bolt,
Anderson, S. c..
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Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson. & q

AHaerSoH FnOSpnate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G.
Gentlemen:
? think the farmers down in this
SECTION are going to adopt plan
very similar to the one you adver-
tised in the papers, for they find It
absolutely necessary, as the Boil Wee
vii has proved very destructive this
year on cotton. Still, that doesn't
mean we will have to knock out. If
we Will plant four or five acres in
oats and wheat each to the plow af-
ter well fertilizing 1t, and then plant
five or six acres Of corn next spring,
and some seven or eight acres in
cotton, putting as much fertilizer on
this eight or ten acres as we have
been putting on fifteen, we will make
about as much cotton as we have
ever made, and will have wheat. oats
and corn and meat to sell, and where
there Is plenty Of corn, usually there
is plenty of meat. We don't believe
the farmers Of Anderson county are
going to sit down and let the Boil
Weeyil ruin them.
Very truly yours,
G. C. Rainey,
Starr, S. c.. r. No. Q.
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Mr.. J. r. Vandiver. President.
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson. S. c..

MIR. J. r. Vandiver. President.
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..
Dear Sir:
The Boil Weevl is with us and
we will have to charge our method
or Farming on that account, making
our own supplies, sowing four acres
in wheat and four acres in oats and
planting four or five acres in corn.
and not attempt to cultivate more
than five or six acres in cotton to the
plow. On this five or six acres in
cotton We ought to make a bale 10
the acre with proper preparation, fer
tilizer and cultivation. | don't think
1t pays to sow grain without fertil-
izing it when it is sown. | don't be-
lieve the farmers Of Anderson county
are going to sit down and let the
Boil Weevil eat up their cotton crop
and ruin them. I think that they are
too active set Of men for that.
Very truly yours.
B. j. Smith,
Anderson, 8. c., r. No. 3.
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enough corn next spring to do us,
and then from six to eight acres Of
cotton to the plow, according to the
force we have to fight the Boil Wee
vii. The Boil Weevil Is here now and
is going to be very destructive, and
we have to, take steps to fight it in
telligently, or 1t is going to get the
best OF us; but by going at 1t right
we can make about as much cotton
as We have ever made to tho plow,
and by having our own supplies we
won't have TO buy them, but on the
contrary will have corn, wheat and
oats to sell. We will probably have
about as much money and less need
for 1t. hope we will all manage our
farms so we can prosper in spite Of
the Boil Weevil.
Very respectfully,
j. Fred Dean,
Starr, s. c., Il. II. ID.
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Mr.. j. r. Fandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate e. Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. C..

Mr.. j. r. Vandiver, President
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.
Anderson, S. c..
Dear Sir:
! have read your advertisement,
and we will certainly have to change
our method Of farming. The Boil
Weevil has damaged our cotton TO
such an extent that we cannot de-
pend on cotton entirely hereafter.
we should SOW wheat and oats this
fall, five acres to the plow, and fer
tilize it well when sown, and next
spring plant Gve acres Of corn to the
plow, and in that way have wheat,
oats, corn and meat on our farms,
Ana seven or eight acres will be as
much cotton as we can succeed in
cultivating under Boil Weevil con-
dlt1onS. We ought to make a bale
10 the acre in cotton if we preDare
the land well. plant cotton early. fer
tllize we'll and work it fast-say twice
week. A man who does this will
come out all right in his farming il
ne Is given reasonable season, and
man who doesn't do this, or some
thing like this: will be hunting trou-
Die, and will be mighty apt to find
1T. Your fertilizer has always given
mo satisfaction.
1ours truly, r. II. Tilley,
Anderson, S. c., X. f.. d.
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make our supplies at home, and we
must cultivate fewer acres Of cotton
to the plow. You suggest that we
plant five acres in corn, sow five acres
in oats and wheat to supply the
needs Of the farm. think that will
be ample enough for that purpose.
have made enough oats on two acres
of land to feel a mule for year.
When we cultivate fewer acres of
cotton to the plow and give it better
preparation and heavier fertiliza ton
and faster cultivation, we are going
to find that we will get on as we'll as
we ever did, and will be better of.
We can now start this fall by sowing
wheat and oats plentifully.
Yours truly,
Foster i. Brown.
Anderson, S. c., r. T.. ID.
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Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..

Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..
Gentlomen:
| have been reading your adver-
tisemonts in the papers and like the
Idea you suggest. We will have to
SOW grain this fall and will have to
fertilize ii when we SOW 1t. would
rather have five acres OF oats, we'll
fcrtilized, than ten without fcrtili-
zcr 1t pays mo better. Then we
should make our own corn. be-
licvc we arc going to get a better
price for cotton than we have been
averaging, and If we do we can fight
the Boil Wccvil and make cotton in
spite OF the Boil Wcevil, but we can't
plant as many acres in cotton and
cultivate it successfully, but we can
make about as many bales on fewer
acres If we will prepare 1t better and
fertilize ii heavier and work it faster.
The farmers Of Anderson county are
not going to sit and let the Boil
Weevils eat them up. They are too
active for that. but they will have to
begin in time and SOW their grain
this fall and plant their corn next
spring, and plenty Of both, and then
plant cotton in accordance with the
force they have to work it and fight
the Boil Weevil. Personally 7 feel
hopeful Of the outlook and SEQ no
reason why farmers should be dis
couraged IL they will go at this thing
right Very truly yours,
Willis McGee,
Starr, S. c., Il. f. ID.
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Anderson phosphate e. OH Co.,
Anderson. S. C.

Anderson Phosphate G. Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..
Gentlemen:
| nope the farmers will be inter
ested in sowing grain this fall-say
five acres each to the plow, which
should be we'll fertilized, and then
plant five acres Of corn to tho plow
next spring, and say eight or ten
acres in cotton rot more than that
because that is as much as we can
cultivate successfully from now on
with the Boil Weevil preying on us.
1t will pay us to fertilize everything
heavily-wheat, oats and cotton.
Yours truly, w. II. Rainey,
Starr, S. c., II No. 2.
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Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..

NHueTSOn PnOSpnate & OH Co,
Anderson, S.. G.
Gentlemen:
Your advertisement in the daily
papers has interested me. We will
be compelled to change our method
of farming by making our supplies
at home, and we should begin by
sowing grain this fall. 1t pays to
fertiliZe grain when you SOW it.
realize that because it makes it able
to stand the winter better. Seven or
eight acres in cotton is as much as
we can cultivate successfully under
Boil Weevil conditions. Your fertil-
izer seems to take we'll in this COM
munity. Very truly yours,
J. L. 0. Whitfield,
Townville, S. c., r. f. d.
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Mr.. ]. r. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate G. Oil Co..
Anderson, S. c.,


Anderson, S. G..
Dear Sir:
like your advertisement in the
papers and expect to adopt some such
plan In my farming this fall and
next year. 7 will SOW wheat and oats
enough to do me, and will fertilize
well when ] sow, and next spring I
will plant enough corn to do me, and
will plant some six or seven acres in
cotton, and I will put as much fer
,iiiZer and cultivation on the six or
seven acres as have been putting
on sixteen or seventeen, and 7 ex-
pect to make about as much cotton.
am going to use fertilizer, If any
thing, heavier than ever, because
cant plant or SOW anything without
fertiliZing 1t. 1t is necessary for us
farmers to adopt some such plan as
that to keep us from going broke.
Yours truly, r. d. Dean,
Starr, s. c., r. r. D.
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MIR. J. II. Nandivcr. President,
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..

Mr.. J. II. Nandivcr. President,
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G.
Dear Sir:
have been reading your adver-
tiscments and | have been hearing
about the Boil Weevil for severa |
years, and supposed, sooner or later,
1t would be with us, but we know it
is here now and is doing q great deal
of damage in the lower part OF the
county. We will have to change our
way Of farming by sowing wheat and
oats this fall, and fertilize it we'll
VIII IN we SOW it, and next spring
plant corn and as much cotton as we
can work successfully under Boil
Weevil conditions. The number of
acres OF cotton we can plant to tho
plow will depend upon the force for
working that particular crop. Where
there are lots Of children, where they
can pick up the squares as they fall
off and burn them, a larger acreage
IN cotton can be cultivated. If you
put the same amount Of fertilizer on
six or seven acres that We have been
putting on sixteen or eighteen, we
may make nearly as many bales OF
cotton to the plow. At any rate. we
Will have more clear money in pro-
portion than we have been having
when we get to making our own corn
and oats, wheat and meat.
Yours truly, w r McGee,
Starr, 8. c., r. II. d.
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Mr.. j. r. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate e Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. c..

Anderson, S. c..
Dear Sir:
have seen your advertisement and
know you are right. The Boil Weevil
is here and is the most destructive
pest we lave ever had in this coun-
try. Farmers should SOW grain this
fall and then plant enough corn next
spring to do them, and not any more
cotton than they can expect to cul-
tivate successfully under the Boil
Weevil conditions. Unless they do
that, somebody is going broke.
Very truly yours,
Nelson r. Greene,
Anderson, S. c..
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Mr.. J. r. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..


Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. c.
Dear Sir:
Referring to your advertisement
in the papers will say that | think
you are exactly right. The farmer
must m?ke his supplies at home and
then what cotton he can. Six acres
in wheat, six acres in oats and six
acres in corn to the plow will make
enough for the needs Of the farm and
some to sell, and five or six acres in
cotton TO the plow is as much as n
man can hope to cultivate success
fully under Boil Weevil conditions.
Properly handled he can make bale
to the acre, and that with supplies
enough to do him and some to sell.
In two or three years, | believe, we
will all be in better fix than we
have ever been, and in a more indie
pendent condition. Grain should be
well fertilized when sown. 1t is a
mistake to think that we can't make
wheat in this country. Cotton should
average us a better price hereafter
than it has ever done. The crop we
will make this year and the carry
over we have been hearing so much
about will both be used up by this
time next year. The demand for
American cotton is from 12,500,000
bales to 13,50O,000 a year, and 1
doubt if we can make that much
again. There will be an active de-
mand for all the cotton that can be
grown. and I can't see anything that
will keep down the price. 1T looks
as II there will hardly be enough
cotton for all the mills to be kept
running all the time, and that being
the case cotton should bring good
price and be profitable crop to
grow. have used your fertilizer for
a number Of years and intend to con-
tinue doing so. Yours truly,
John G.. Pruitt,
Anderson, S. c., r. f. D.
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Mr.. J. r. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. G..
Dear Sir:
The Boil Weevil is forcing us to
make change in our method of
farming. We must sow grain, plant
corn and plant less cotton, otherwise
we are going to get into trouble.
Yours truly, G.. NJ. Bolt,
Townville, S. c., r. T.. d.
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Anderson Phosphate G. Oil Co..
Anderson, S. c..
G. C. Rainey,
Starr, S. c., r. No. 9.

1hIfNfOI oVF1 I IIUoIIIdIE d OlI OU.,
Anderson, S. c..
Gentlemen:
| am afraid that I won't make over
"A per cent as much cotton this year
as | made last year, on account Of
the Boil Weevil 1t has been very
destructive. Hereafter / expect to
plant more corn. Wheat and oats
should be fertilized when sown and
corn fertilized when planted. Your
fertilizer has always proven satisfac-
tory to me. expect to put as much
fertilizer on six or seven acres as 7
have been putting on fifteen to eigh-
teen. and | am hoping to make near
ly as much cotton.
S. y. Rainey,
Starr, S. c., r. No. 2.
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Mr.. j. R. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson, s. c..
w. K. CNalnD DICE,
Starr, S. c., r. +. D.

Mr.. J. R. Vandiver, President,
Anderson Phosphate G. Oil Co.,
Anderson, S. c..
Dear Sir:
We like the advertisements your
have been printing in the papers.
They are timely, and make valuable
suggestions. AS you say, it Is abso-
lutely necessary to change our plans
of farming since the Boil Weevil Is
with us and has proven destructive.
We must make our supplies at home,
and we can't afford to buy supplies
and let the Boil Weevil take our cot
ton crop. The way to start is to SOW
six acres in oats and six acres in
wheat this fall, and fertilize, because
1t pays to fertiliZe wheat and oats
when sown. Then plant six acres to
the plow In corn next spring, and
some five or six acres in cotton to
the ploW. It Is the experience OF
those who have fought the Boil Wee
VII that five or six acres Is about as
much as they can handle in cotton,
and even then it Is persistent fight
until the crop is gathered. If the
ground Is properly prepared and the
cotton we'll fertilized with high grade
FERTILIZER, planted early and worked
fast--say twice a week-it Is no
trouble to do this on five or six acres
to the plow. We ought to be able
to make bale Of cotton to the acre
and that is nearly as much as we
have been doing under the old sys-
tenn of farming, and then we will
nave our own supplies and some to
sell, and in a few years we will be
in better condition financially than
we have been for years.
Very truly yours,
j. NJ. McLeskey, NJ. D.,
Anderson. S. c.. Rt. /.
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Anderson Phosphate & Oil Co.,
Anderson. G O.

Anderson, S. G..
Gentlemen:
We will have to make our supplies
at home hereafter and cultivate less
cOtton--cnltivate it better plant it
early and work faster, and we are
going to get on about as we'll as we
have ever done. There Is no occa-
sion for us to be alarmed or feel like
we are ruined. Under the new meth
od we will have to adopt we will get
along better every year, and will then
wonder why we haven't been doing
1t all the time. Yours truly,
J. n. S. Mcconnell,
Anderson, s. c..
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Anderson Phosphate e OH Co.,
Anderson, S. c..

GentIemen:
/ was glad to see your ADVERTISE
ment in the papers about the sowing
Of grain, as that Is very necessary
with us from now on. We should
sow enough grain-say five acres
as may be necessary to do us. and
this grain should be we'll fortified
when sown, and we should plant
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Anderson, 8. c., r.
Anderson Phosphate C Oil Co.,

Anderson, s. G..
Gentlemen:
| have read your advertisement
and am very sure 1t pays to fertillze
grain when it Is sown, and we all
know it pays to fertlllze corn when
1t Is planted. We can't do much with
cotton unless we fertilize 1t when we
plant 1t. We will have to change our
method OF farming and sow more
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from six to seven acres in cotton. By
doing this we will be able to get on
and make possibly more than we
have been doing.
Yours truly, T.. 0. McCown,
Anderson, S. c., r. No. 5,
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grain, plant plenty Of corn and plant
less cotton to the plow Unless we
do that we are going to get in trou-
bic Yours truly,
w. J. Mcclure,
Anderson, S. c., r. No. 2.
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and our own supplies besides, and
we may have corn, oats and meat to
sell. l believe there Is a better time
ahead for tho farmers.
Yours truly,
j. Lawrence McGee,
Starr, S. c., Il. IL. ID.