The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1921-12-21
The Self-Sup-
porting Farm
Notes From Extension Bulle-
tin 4S Farming Under Boil
Weevil Conditions

Under boil weevil conditions it is
considered extremely important tor
each farmer to raise as nearly all
of the staple food and feed crops
as is possible to supply all needs
OF the landlord, the tenants, and the
livestock.
These things can be grown at
nome much more cheaply than
they can be purchased from other
sections, and producing them
should not interfere with the pro-
duction Of staple cash crops but
should round out we'll balanced
cropping system.
On any farm on which good
rotation is followed for the pur-
pose Of building up the fertility Of
the land and maintaining system
OF diversified agriculture, all of
these crops can be grown economl-
cally and to good advantage.
Without a good all-ycar garden
there can be no 900 per cent
self-supporting farm.
The soils Of South Carolina are
more than ordinarily adapted to the
growing Of fruit for home use, and
in some sections for commercial
shipment.
Home Dairying.
With an abundance Of milk. but
ter and cream for the family, 25
to 35 percent of the grocery bill
may be saved.
Each farm family Of five should
own or be furnished with two COWS
of standard dairy breed Grade or
purehred.)
One COW should be bred 20 fresh
en- in the spring and the other in
the fall and in this way about two
gallons Of milk per day may be pro-
duced if proper care and feed are
provided.
All feeds for the family COWS
should be home grown.
1t is important to prepare one to
two acres of permanent pastures
for each COW in order to produce
the dairy products for the home
more chcaply.
The milk COWS should be paStured
on the cultivated fields in the fall
when possible and on oats and rye
in the winter and early spring.
The milk cows should be bred
only to purebred bulls of dairy
breed. The cheapest means Of in
suring the service Of a good bull
for few COWS is TO organize a dairy
bull association among neighbors.
Poultry.
The keeping Of a flock Of laying
hens on the farm is an important
part Of good general farm manage
ment. On every farm there should
be at least 80 to 40 laying hens.
It is more advisable to keep pull
lets and ycarlings than birds over
two years.
For general f,:.n1 conditions, the
dual purpose breeds, Plymouth
Rocks, Wyandottes, and Rhode Is
.:and Reds are the most popular and
from records appear to give the
most favorable results.
Purebred poultry stock produces
4 greater number Of eggs. q more
uniform produce, makes possible
the selling of eggs for Matching,
and creates a greater interest in
poultry.
~ viii take four hogs averaging
$50 pounds each to supply pork for
;ile average fanlil;' OF five.
All feeds for hogs, save possibly
a little tankagc, should be home
grown
II takes approximately ten bush
els of corn end sixty pounds Of
,ankase TO produce q l59-pound
pig.
II buttermi!k, SOY bean pasture.
rape pasture. OF; corn and velvet
bean pastur. is available, it will not
be necessary 10 lay tankaSc.
< splendid way TO faiten hogs is
to turn them on corn and velvet
beans ard let the hogs do the har-
veStinS.
1t has been thoroughly demon
ytrated that good pastures will save
about two-tifths OF the grain ration
One or two acres of rape or rye
for winter pasture and access to
Bermuda pasture Tor summer. will
produce sufficient grazing for q
brood SOW and her Htter
1t is important 70 use only pure
bred boarS, as this is the most
economical way Of improving the
herd
The surplus feed crops resulting
from diversified farming may be
sold through the dairy COW profit
ably if convenient market is avail
able
\ silo is recommended for herds
Of ten or more COWS. Corn and sor-
ghunn are the best crops for en-
silage.
Balanced rations for milk pro-
duction should be made from home
grown feeds: corr. velvet beans,
oats. cottonsccd meal. peavine hay.
alfalfa hay. soybean hay, silaSe.
Good COWS should be fed liberal
~ and Improbable COWS sold to
the butcher.
l. !s better 10 sell cream TO a
creamery :il3.n TO make farm butter
for sale.