The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1921-12-13
TUESDAY, DECEMBER =
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eight million tale crop OF cotton. 1t
was expected that The crop woIld by |
something over SIX million bal1S. This
two million additional bales caAnO /
but drive the price down. II is true
that we are beginning to trade with
other countries, but these other coun-
tries do not seem to have any money
with which to buy. There is, it is
said, some eight million bales sur
plus. Now, if these things be 50, anG
next year the South produces fourteen
million bales and uses vast quantities
cf fertilizer to do so, We may expect
a low price sor cotton. Any blind man
can see that What are we to do? At
the risk of being "snubbed" by the.
farmers, we beg to suggest:
l. Reduce your cotton acreage.
2. Plant much more food and feed
stuffs.
3. Increase your drove of hogs.
4. Add one or two COWS to youi
herd.
>. Plant vegetables for canning.
&. Help organize modern canning
plant here. Fifty dollars thus in
vested may start us all upon the up
grade.
Z. Unite and establish a creamery
here. Ten thousand dollars would do
that. Let two hundred men plank
down fifty dollars each, and start a
creamery.
8, In connection with the canning
plant establish produce concern that
will buy and ship whatever surplus OF
corn, peas, hay, hogs and cattle that
may be produced upon the farms &C
the county. Ten years from today all
three of these enterprises will be in
operation in Union County. Why not
be a pioneer-why not start some
thing?
9. Increase your flock of poultry
10. Plant an acre to peanuts.
IL. Increase the size of yorr home
garden and live from it twelve months
in the year. This you can do for eight
months by using the fresh ve~eto-
bles, and the remaining four month
by canning some of your garden prod
ucts.
IL. Plant a dozen choice fruit trees
peaches, apples, pears and cherri"s
This will give you fruit to rsn as /.
ripens and some to can for w;n4e" u~e
13. Buy yourself hand corr eholl.
er and having produced more ca~n
than you need, get out in vorr brrr
during the rainy days in tho w Ntrr
and shell and sack hundred b 'shels
to sell at the right time in the follow
ing spring or summer
ID. Plan to produce home mad, fey
tilizer on bigger $, ale than you have
done heretofore.
Is. Make it rule to bring some
thing to sell when you come to town
to buy.
16. Stop complaining, stop blaming
the other fellow, stop looking to
Washington for deliverance. Whether
you do or don't, there will be no help
coming to you from either one Of
these directions.
II. Throw your frying pan into the
trash pile. Let your family have the
best to eat that your farm will pro
duce, vegetables, eggs, butter, milk.
18. Plant few grape vines. You
will enjoy the fruit. You can sell
some. Grapes are shipped into Union
every year, thousands of dollars
worth.
10. Write B. w. Sparks, route ?
and get him to send you a rooted
Thomas grape. He has one vine that
the writer has visited half a dozen !
times every summer for the past eight !
or ten years. Just one vine, and the
quality and quantity produced each
year is simply amazing. (Dont tell
him, but we venture Mr.. Sparks has
not spent ten hours work on this vine
in the eight years. 1t seems to be a
sort Of orphan, but is doing its dead
level best). Quite number Of rooted
plants have shown up. Send him so
,ents to pay for packing and postage
md we feel sure he will send you a
ooted vine.