The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1921-10-06

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late in the winter. The Spanish va
riety is an early variety and is suit
able for the beginner for it requires
less skill to grow than does the run
ming type. Peanuts will be planted
in fields by themselves and harvested,
the peanuts going to the oil mill and
the hay being used for feed purposes
on the farms.
Third: Farmers will plant a mix
ture of corn, velvet beans and pea
nuts all of the same field gathering
the corn as soon as possible and pas
turing most of the beans and peanuts
left in the field. The acreage of
these mixed crops, will exceed the
acreage now planted in corn.
Will Raise More Hogs.
Fourth: The production of hogs
will greatly increase. This will un-
doubtedly become one of the best hog
producing sections of the country.
This will be brought about by the
production of velvet beans and pea
nuts and more abundant and cheaper
corn. Hogs will constitute balance
wheel in the system of farming Tor.
when peanuts go down in price, they
can be hogged off. Hcgging off pea
nuts and velvet beans greatly increas-
es the fertility of the soil. Hogs will
also make use of any cheap and sur
plus corn and they furnish meat for
family use. The slogan o. "SoW to
the plow" is exactly the right line.
Farmers are making good yields will
have more than one sow to the plow.
Fifth: Tobacco will come in as it
has already done, the acreage being
determine by the price and the labor
supply.
"Sixth: The production of oats and
cow peas in the upper tier of coun-
ties will not increase. The prospect
is for a decrease for, with peanuts
and more corn ard velvet beans,
these crops will not be needed for
feed or soil improvement as they have
been. Toward the coast, where the
cotton acreage decreases; still further
more oats will be planted but there
vi be few Of these threshed and sold
on the market, except for seed.
Seventh: Family cows will in
crease in number as the supply Of
feed will be increased under the new
system. Fatter mules due to the pea
nut hay, will be noticeable.
Eighth: The production of beef
cattle, particularly on unused land,
will receive an impetus, as on culti-
waited land there will be feed products
in the way of velvet beans stalk fields
and peanut hay for wintering. The
largest and most progressive farmers
will feed cattle as the supply of velvet
beans and peanut hay will make this
possible. Small farmers will not
feed cattle, as cattle are most usually
fed in car lots which is more than the
small farmer can handle. The small
farmer, however, will find market
for his surplus velvet beans and pea
nut hay with the big farmer who feeds
cattle.
Dairying Not Promising.
ninth: Dairying, aside from the
family COW and the city milk supply
offers little opportunity. The North
and Northwest will be able to pro-
duce butter more cheaply than your
section and, as butter is only a semi
perishable product, outside butter in
large quantities can be sold here
cheaper than it can be produced. Dali
rying, too, unless highly profitable,
resolves itself into a family PROPOSE
ton WI the family does most of,
| if not all the work, and it would take
great change to get your people
| where the average farmer could own
and operate even small dairy. Cheese
making is out of the question because
of the climate.
Tenth: There are two things in
which hesitate to make prediction.
One of these is fodder pulling and
the other is the building of silos.
Where running velvet beans are used
fodder pulling disappears, the vines
preventing it, peanut hay being used
for roughage. The supply Of feed
and the difficulty of making silage
where running velvet beans are
planted act as a preventive in max
ing silage. Now, however, that bush
velvet beans are being planted, fod-
der can be pulled and silage made
more easily.
Eleventh: Sweet potatoes for home
use, of course, are advisable and they
can be grown in a limited way for