The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-01-20
TO FARMERS
HOME RAISED CORN

Talking about diversifcation and
marketing of crops there is practical
and an ocular demonstration Of how
the thing can be done right here in
Ncwberry, and The demonstration is
beirg made by one Of the largest, if
not the largest, general merchandise
concerns in this part Of the state.
Summer Brothers company are Tot
only large merchants, .5ut the also
coeratc a large farm, or rather we
should say, several large farms in
the county, and these fScnis axe
managed by practical farmers and
men who know how to make crops and
to make what the farm needs on the
farm. And besides that they have
large surplus crops Of things to eat
and 70 feed on these farms, and the
past year they made good cotton crops
as we'll on all the farms.
The Summer Brothers company
made on these farms the past year
from 5000 to 10000 bushels Of corn
and they are row selling some of that
corn to the farmers of this county to
make the coming crop with, and these
farmers could have made the corn
they needed if they just had taken the
trouble to make it and not depended
on the cotton to buy what they need
to eat and to feed the stock on their
farms. And if you do not believe
this story you just walk in one OF the
warehouses of the Summer Brothers
company at their grocery store right
here in Newberry and see piled up
there large rows Of two busheI sacks
Of corn which was grown on the farms
in New'berry, and it is fine corn, and
according to some Of the farmers who
have oeen purchasing it a much better
grade than any corn that can be ship
ped into this market.
And besides the corn they have
large crops Of oats and wheat and
have baled tons of fine hay all OF
which they are selling to the farmers
of the county, and all of which, or
silimalr amount, the farmers should
have made themselves instead of buy
ing it from merchant farmers.
And R. NJ. Werts and E. B. Feagle
and Oscar Peterson who are nanag-
ing the farms for this company, and
possibly some others, made fine crops
of cotton the past year in spite of the
boil weevil. And we say the farmers
of this county can master the boil
weeviI if they make up their minds
to do it. but the first step is to make
all the food stuff that you need right
on the farm and you have about con-
ouered the weevil the moment you
do that.
And then just think of the meat
such farmers can have and do have
because you can turn corn into hogs
and chickens and turkeys and cattle
and Just lots of things that you will
have to buy if you do not have the
corn, and these merchant farmers are
doing that very thing on these farms
and then they can and they do have
nice fat mules and with that Sort of
stock you can make crop.
No sane and sensible man who owns
a farm or who rents farm should
expect any one to tell him to do these
things. He should use his head as
we'll as his hands and proceed to make
corn and hay and have plenty Of meat
and bread and all the things upon
which sustain life of man and beast.
And you can take it from US the far
mer who has been practicing any 9TH
er system in this county you can gen
orally see it and spot him when you
1t will do you good to walk in this
store and 90 back in one of the ware
rooms and take look at the long
drive along the road by his home.
this very corn was grown and sacked
in Newberry, and if you are farmer
you will go right back home and de-
temine that henceforth and now on
you will buy no corn for your farm
unless something worse than the boil
weevil comes along and destroys the
crop. And then look at the Dig sacks
of oats that are being sold to the
farmers from the fields right here in
Newberwy county. Well, if the av-
e.age farmer will not grow these
things himself it IS much better, and
he is fortunate to be able to buy them
and TO know that when he does 5hat
ne is buying Newberry grown oats
and corn and hay.