The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-22
AN INSPIRING STORY
OF A PLUCAY FARMEH
How J. M. Whittle, on Small Acreage
and Despite Boil Weevi!, Finds
Eight Sources Of Income

luda County, in The State.
When calamity is being howled on
many sides and men. discouraged and
downhearted, are turning away from
their first love, the soil, by the scores,
i is reassuring to see here and there,
under those same conditions, the
more industrious and perseverlng far
ners succeeding in spite Of the diff
cu!cies. Every community is blessed
with few such farmers and they are
the beacon lights of promise for the
security of this country's farming fu-
..ure.
One of these small, industrious.
hard working, successful farmers is
j. NJ. Whittle of Saluda county. The
other day, when asked as to how ne
had come out on this years farming
operations, he started by saying:
"Well, / don't see much difference
since the weevil came. I've never
known anything but work and / get
along about as we'll now as ever" At
this hour, when men are leaving the
: farm for anything else that they can
make a living at, when farmers are
going broke .5y the hundreds, and
when general farm enthusiasm is at
dangerously low ebb, the statement
of this farmer is most significant. And
upon inquiry it was found that his
eheerfulness was well founded.
Mr.. Whittle is a small landowner,
having dug his land out Of the dirt.
He runs a plow and half, the half
blow being accounted for by his boy
Who attends school regularly. His
farm is located in the rough and
rocky pine woods section of the coun-
ty and is no more favored location
from any standpoint than the average
farm Of the county. This year he
planted five acres of cotton, from
which he ginned 1900 lbs. of lint
cotton, which has been turned over
to the cooperative marketing associa-
ton. He stated that his yield was as
high or higher than adjoining neigh
bors obtained who used the molasses
poison to fare-ye-well. From his ore
and three-quarter acres of sugar
cane, S152 worth of syrup was sold
and 60 gallons4were on hand for
home use, 1000 stalks of cane were
sold for s16o and $500 stalks of seed
cane are bedded away for planting
and sale next spring. This is valued
at three cents per stalk or. total
value of 500 for this seed cane. To
date SGG12 has been realized from this
'ane patch and all of the seed cane
s or hand still.
Turkeys to the value Of S81 had
been sold and at the same price s45
worth were still to be disposed of.
0nesacre Of watermelons netted $40.
Chickens and eggs to the valne of
$50 had been disposed of this year,
md butter and cream sales amounted
&C s25. In addition to plenty of meat
"a run the farm being produced, 20
o;gs had been sold for $50. On the
2 acres Of corn, 225 bushels were
arvested. Three-quarters OF an
acre was planted to. rice and 20 bush
zls'were harvested from this area. Ali
ii this that is not used by the family
II, be disposed of for seed in the
~oling. From the 13 acres Of oats 80
lshels We're shreshed and the bal
zee fed to the two mules. The wheat
srnout on the 1-2 acres chat were
we'd was 81 bushels, enough to fill
naily needs for the year. One and a
alf acres were planted to sweet po-
atoes and 200 bushels were harvest
/. ID.
In addition to all of this, there was
sufficient supply of vegetables pro-
duced through the year and sufficient
fzuit and vegetables canned to more
than supply the family. The two eld-
n children have been kept in school
4: Ridgedale academy and the other
ne in the local rural graded school,
{ which Mr.. Whittle is trustee.
his is the lineup of farm opera tions
lat enable Mr.. Whittle to say that
didn't see any differnece between
ow and before the Weevil came.
This is a simple case Of diversified
arming. His years cash income Of
95S on that farm has come from
ght sources, and besides these there
IRE other crops that will mean money
before they are finally disposed of.
Doubtless a considerable portion Of
that 200 bushels of potatoes will be
sold in the winter and the surplus Of
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