The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-11-26

Like all truck crops there is some
risk of improbable. prices at mar
keting season, but if the crop turns
out we'll once in every two seasons,
it will pay to plant it. They oc-
cupy the land only short time and
can be followed by peanuts and a
number Of other crops. Further
more, should prices make it un-
profitable to crate and ship the
beans, they can oe allowed to dry
on the bushes and sold as dry beans
and as seed. The green beans are
also good cow and hog feed, so the
crop cannot cause serious loss and
may prove highly profitable. The
Carolina Products Company is go
ing. to make specially Of handling
snap beans and Irish potatoes, and
expects to ship them in carload lots
to the produce merchants of the
large eastern cities. They should
be planted as early as danger of
killing frost is over and pushed to
maturity Red Valentine is the
usual market variety.
Peanuts.
There is a ready market for pea
nuts through the oil mills Of this
state. In addition to the peanuts
there is yield of 1,500 to 1000
pounds of peanut hay, which is
worth as much as peavinc hay.
Sorghum and Sugar Cane.
The sorghum should be used both
as feed cut green for hogs and COWS
and part for syrup. The sugar cane
syrup is readily marketable if well
made, and at least part of the
syrup yield should be marketed.
Tobacco is one of our staple
money crops, and the acreage in
this crop should be much increased
in this county. We are not advising
any one who has not experience in
curing tobacco to go into tobacco
raising extensively; but wherever
experienced help can be obtained
for curing, we believe the crop
should be planted. If tobacco is
not planted. this acreage should be
put into some other money crop.
Sweet potatoes, cotton, or corn will
utilize the land reserved for tobac-
co to advantage, where the farm
owner is not in position to plant
the acre of tobacco.
Cows.
The cows will be found of the
greatest value to any system of di-
versified farming. Through her you
market your peanut hay, your Gull
sweet potatoes. a portion Of your
surplus oats, and any other of the
crops which may prove unstable
and be left on your hands. She will
also add immensely to the fertility
of your soil and lead to system
Of legume crops-velvet beans,
peanuts, peas and similar soil-en-
rlchlng cropS-which will soon
make fertilizer, other than acid
phosphate, unnecessary. The cash
returns from cream coming in every
two weeks, while they may seem
small at first, will count up to a
very considerable amount in the
course of the year. The skim milk
can be used to advantage as food
for the farm hands and their
families, for the poultry and for
the hogs. When the returns in the
form Of cash for the cream, the
value of the skim milk on the
farm, and the fertilizer value of
the manure and Of the soil-building
crops, which the dairy COW utilizes
are taken into consideration, the
COW will be found one of the best
return producing factors in any
system of diversified farming to
meet boil weevil conditions. We
urge that the full program of two
COWS be realized at the earliest
possible date.
Hogs.
Hogs are another important part
Of the program, and if given
proper attention the hog products
sold from each one-horse farm
should exceed greatly the 500.
put down in the estimated returns
on the program given above.
Poultry.
Poultry too should receive much
more attention than in the past
The skim milk makes one of the
finest poultry feeds known and Will