The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-10-25
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Anderson Daily Mail.
The question of what is going to be
the chief crop Of Anderson county
next year, and how many bales of 1t
will be produced is the one of most
importance before every one in the
county at the present time. Cotton
is going to be planted in Anderson
county. There is no doubt as to that,
but how much is going to be picked
out. ginned and sold is a question
which is going to be answered by the
sum total of three big factors; boil
weevil, common sense of farmers,
weather conditions.
Mr.. w. w. Long, head Of the ex-
tension department of Clemson col
lege is in Anderson today, on his way
back home to Clemson after big
meeting last night in Greenwood.
"Greenwood county," he said, cor at
least, certain parts of it, is no. going
to make bale of cotton to the plow.
They met last night to talk things ov-
er, and to make plans for the county
for next year"
'It is funny thing" continued
Mr.. Long, who besides being a first
class man for his JOB, is further fitted
for his work by a long, long know
ledge of farming in all sections of the
south, "that the same look of desper-
alton, or total decentralization is on
the faces of the farmers IN Anderson
county who face the boil weevil, as
was on the faces of Texas farmers 20
years ago. heard the same converse
tions on the trains in Texas rs years
ago that l am hearing right now
in South Carolina.
'The other day l was in Anderson,
and man, whose name l do not
knew, approached me as l left the
"T want to say few words to you,
Dir. Long he said. You remember
seven or eight years ago, you made q
speech in Anderson at the chamber
of commerce, and you outlined the
exact situation, as it exists today. You
told the people what was coming, ex-
actly, and as l went out of the room
after the meeting a friend asked me
what l thought of it.
All darn foolishness,' was my
reply to my friend, and l am here
right now to apologize to you.
"Cooperat;on is the solution to the
boil weevil problem" according to Mr..
Long, who says: "The boil, weevlls
work together and when they meet
farmers who are working along for
themselves, and without the help OF
their neighbors, and the help OF the
business people cf the cities, they
fight mighty easy to overrun the
forces of the farmer"
Of course, just talk cooperation is
not what Mr.. Long means. He ,Sdoes
not mean meeting on the side of the
road and coopertting fifteen or twen-
ty minutes, and then going home to
plant cotton. He doesn't mean a
banker addressing group of farmers
and telling them not to plant cotton
and then refusing them credit with
which to plant some other crop. tie
doesn't mean whole lot of things,
but he does mean the absolute work
ing together of every man. woman
and child in Anderson county.
"Plowing now means less .weevils
and more cotton next year" said Mr.
Long. 'I'll just show you few
figures. Here is what fall plowing
means for the boil weevil.
"When cotton stalks are plowed IN
on or before October 18th, the per-
centage of weevils surviving winter
weather is but 3 per cent.
"Plowing between October 18th anc
9th lets IS per cent of them live.
"Plowing between November l anc
25th lets 22 per cent survive.
November 80 to December 'tf
means 2S per cent survive.
"You can figure this. IT Ander
son county farmers get busy rlgh
now and plow under their cottor
stalks as soon as they can get the cot
ton out, it will mean an increase OF
not less than Is per cent IN mex
years crop. Emphasize this. PloW
now, means less weevils."
Mr.. Long said that there is no U.S.
for CONSERVATION in the ranks OF
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