The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1921-10-19
SPEAKERS COME
TO GIVE ADVICE
SERIES OF MEETINGS WILL BE
HELD IN COUNTY IN INTER.
EST OF CROP PLANTING IN
COUNTY NEXT YEAR-CLEM-
SON MEN COMING. ..

Srble the farmers OF -ADDeVlle COun-
ty in the preparation of a planting
program for next year that will make
the people independent of the boil
weevil, Secretary Barnes has ar
ranged with the Clemson College au-
thorities a series of meetings. at CEN
trail points in the county at which
will be present experts from the ag-
ricultural college. These specialists
will be prepared to tell the farmers
of this section the most profitable
crops that can be grown.
Although the dates and places of
meeting have not been determined
upon the subjects to be taken under
discussion have been announced and
will fbe as follows:
The preparation of the soil.
What is best to plant and when to
plant.
Live stock and dairying.
Cotton and how to fight the boil
weevil.
Cooperative marketing.
The farmers of the state who have
made a success at their occupation
know the Importance of the proper
preparation of the soil before plant
ing. If only a shallow seed bed is
prepared, the root-ground being left
hard and impenetrab1e, the crop will
not get the proper start. Grass and
weeds will get in their work early,
and the young plant will be much
more likely to suffer from cold. The
ground, especially if it has a tend
ency to be dry, should be broken
early so that moisture may be stored
up for later use. All vegetation
should be buried early enough to in
sure complete decomposition before
seeds are planted.
Farmers of this section who are
we'll informed upon the present
status of the cotton crop in Abbe-
vile County, and those who know the
actual damage that has been done in
the curtaiment of the present crop,
say that next year nothing remains
to he done but to plant something
else than cotton. They say that it
will be a waste of time to cultivate
this old Southern money crop with
the prospects of one or two bales to
the horse. It would be a waste of
time and labor. Therefore, the prob
lem arises. What shall be planted?
What revenue can be derived from
any other crop? Where is the money
to come from to pay taxes and to
purchase the things which can be
grown at home and yet which have
become a necessity? In the answer
ing Of such questions the specialists
of Clemson College, who are paid by
the government to be informed about
such matters will prove dnvalusble'
They have spent time experimenting
on soil types and other factors invol,
we'd and their advice will certainly
be worth having.
There may be heard everywhere
now discussion of the possibilities OF
livestock and dairying as subsi-
tute money source. In this connec-
tion the questions arise: Are the
conditions in this county favorable
to the growing of live stock? Are
pasturage and water so plentiful as
to make cattle raising possible at a
profit? Where would demand come
from? Shall they be shipped to the
North, the South, the West OF
abroad? Is the South equipped to
compete. with theWest? If you have
not investigated these subjects, ii
would likely prove interesting to
hear them discussed by some one
who knows.
There is in progress in South
Carolina at the present time cam
paign to handle cotton on a coopera-
tive marketing plan. It is claimed by
those who should know that coopera-
tive marketing of the substitute
crops is even more essential than in
the case of cotton. 1t is certain that
if cattle should be produced 80 that