The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1922-02-23

PICKENS COUNTY GROWS
FINEST COTTON.

ohcie BUCK Singleton was man
" great common sense, and keen
observer. In the days long ago peo-
PIE often rode horseback when they
went to Pickens. 1t was in such a
way that we overlook Uncle Buck.
ne dellghted in speaking of the natur-
al advantages that our county had,
| ana on this occasion he ended his
eulogy by pointing to the road over
whicn we We're passing, and said at
Is this red clay that makes Pickens
what she is"
Dr.. o. p. Cook, Biologist in the
United States Department of Agri.
culture, is noted Scientist. He is
regarded as the greatest authority
IN the world on cotton. He is
m'ilonaire; but no man who is forced
10 work for living puts forth more
energy than does Dr. Cook in this
study in which he delights. He visits
an parts cf the world where cotton
Is cultivated, or where it grows wild.
ne has visited our county twice to
'ostrve it's growth here. On his last
VISIT ne pointed to our red soil. and
asked, DO you know the secret of
your superior cotton?' and then gave
the answer, 1T is y;,ur clay"
we have before referred to the fact
that the Department of Agriculture
Wlshlng to ascertain whether our
CLAIMS were we'll founded or not,
gathered number of bales from va
rious sections of the cotton belt and
sent them to famous textile insti-
tute in Massachusetts, where thew
each were subjected to the same ex-
haustive tests. The result was that
the bale from Pickens county, and
one from Gastonia, surpassed all
CtherS. These two bales you see were
from the Piedmont. The bulletin sum
ming up results says, "The geograph-
lcai comparison is interesting"
1t is a well known fact that when
a pale Of cotton is prepared for spin
nlng there is loss to the mill. In
llxing price that may be paid for
GoIcon inns loss is taken into account.
it IS called the Commercial cakcula-
tion from waste" In this test which
we are reviewing it developed that
the bale from our county had so little
waste in it that the mill buvino II
would get $12.26 worth more of spin-
| nable cotton than the average bale
would contain. This was basing the
price at 20cts per pound. So much
cotton. "h'y .
A!gain-recently samples from five
bales were sent to the Bureau of
Markets with the request that thev
be graded. In the reply the informa.
tlon they gave closed with this sig
nihcant sentence: "The samples sent
showed such high grade, some be-
ing strict good middling that they
VIII command an additional premium
Of 300 points"
Now to sum up: Expert graders
and classers find cotton grown in our
county which is worth three cents
above market price on account of the
grade which our land can grow.
Put to actual mill test bale is
round which contains $1226 worth
OF cotton more than the average bale
on account of it's uniformity.
"A keen witted and observing son
OF our county who was once with ms
told us it was so, and
"A distinguished scientist tells us
why it is So 80 80
Now there is a question we wish
every one of our farmers to put to
himself: what premium do I get for
making this cotton? God has lavishlv
provided me with soil and climate
TO make superior product: the world
finally pays for it. Why donu al
ways get what it is worth 2,
Next week we wish to writo about
the business farmer, and how he cot
there. s0'
This will be written for our farm