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PAGE EIGHT THE STATE FARMER SECTION Cotton white for the harvest. Forward to Better Cotton Quality Lint and lAononiic Yields Result from Palmetto State Cotton Improvement Contest By A Stajf Writer A NNOl'NCKMrCNT th;.r the South Carolina rottoii inipiovo- nu'nt contest will be coiulmtctl again iii !«).?(> arouses new iiitcrost in tlie luni- nlativc hcncticial results of tin- contest. I'he Cotton Maiiiitactiirers’ Ass<Kiation ROOFING DIRECT TO YOU east TO NAIL ON ROOFINC BOOK SCMT FREE COSTS LESS THAN I SAVE MONEY. Get ■■ WOOD SHINGLES I your Roofing direct “ from the Factory* an and keep in your own pocket the profit ■■ others would get. AU kinds and style^ to pick from. Galvanized Roofing ana m sninfrles* Asphalt Roofing and Shingles * and Wire Fencing. All sold direct to • you at naoney saving prices. Freight 5 paid. Best quality, ^sy to nail on. J WRITE FOR FREE SAMPLES WRITE TO-DAY for Big Free samples and money saving prices. You will be pleased and .delighted with the fine quality and low prices. Write to*day-—while prices are low. Address. Raleiffh Fence & Roofin)? Co. Dept. D-E-6, Raleigh, N. C. Send me FREE SAMPLES. Direct From Factory Freight Paid Price* and FREE ROOFINC AND BUILDING BOOK. To.... Poit R. F. D State.. NON-POISONOUS ROTENONE-SULPHUR * DUSTING MIXTURE M«chling’s SULROTE also controls M«xl<aii ■•on Cabbage Worms, Cabbage loopers and other in sects allocking vegetables. Ask your deoler or wiile us for descrip tive folders and control calendar. •MECHIflNH- BROS* CHEMICAI! CD. Caindon, N«w J«rs«y E8T. 1869 END THE TORTURE ~ OF ITCHING SKIN Athlete’s FViot. Rin>;worm, Eczema, Tettrr. Itch and all Kimilar skin troubles inAtanlly eftsc*d with firnt U*eatment of Tetterine or money bark. A soothing. coolinjT, ointment thal i)enc*ti'atf>:i to the paraniteN ihat bt»re into the »kin. Tet- lerine Mtoi»s the itch immediately ami a feu dayn tue^itmcnt kilih the para&iten. Healing Hnd healthy Kkin ^ri'owth prom|>tly follow. Sue<*etm> fully UKeil for more than 50 yearH. Get Tetter- ine from any druK atore today and try It, or send 60c for a box to Shuptrine C<».. Dept. B. Savannah. Gh. Tetter ine! Men Wanted We pay y«ar railroad fare to Naehville. Let «• train ytm to be an expert aatomobile aocchaiilc and help r«a ret a cood ieb. The cost to yea li Mean. N« mrrne* taken. For free booklet write Nailiville Aato College, Dept. 77. Nashville, Tenn. of South Caiolina has afiain for the eighth year oflfereil $?,(>)() in prizes. Durin}: the years of the cotton con tests approNiniately 0,;^o<> Soutli Caro lina farmers have entered ti\e-acre plots, and OS pfr cent of tiiese have nsetl |X‘di- jjreed or improved seed of such varieties as would give a staple of 15-it) inch or longer. Kacli contestant has beconu' a source of <io«d plantinj' set'd for other farmers. The cotton contest uas first conchict- ed in In i<)2S a survey ot cotton mills of the state sliowetl that South Carolina farmers }^enerall> urre not pro ducing cotton of the staple lenfjth desir ed. H'he cotton contest was instituted to remedy this situation and to stress more economic production per acre, th<- state’s fi\e-year average i<)2i-2S having fallen to I S-J pounds of lint per acre. Improvement in Quality In the first \ear, S4.<) per cent <)f lint produced on contest plots was 7 S inch or less. In M),?S less than two per cent \» as of such undesirable lengths. ’I'he production of lint ot more desirahl'- lengths- is-if» inch or longer- incre.-is- ed ste.idiK from 40.S per cent in 1926 to oS.i per cent in i<).^S. Reports b\ the U\ireavi of Agricvil- tural Kcononiics, I'. S. Department of .Agriculture, in c(M)per:itlon with experi ment stations in the cotton belt, sliow that South C'arolina is producinj; ;i high er percentage of crop with lint is-Ki Inch or longer than any other southeast ern state. TIw state’s percentage of such cotton has risen from ^6.7 |\<*r cent in i<j26 to 81.4 per cent in i<),^S. Practical Lessons Keeping in nniu] that not only longer staple is needed to meet spinners’ re- <|uirenients, but that better, niiue econo- niic yields are needed for profitable cot ton pro<luction, the Extension Service has stressed improved practices in the contest. Optimum number of plants per acrc means highest yields. Close spacing of rows and of plants on tiv row’ result in higher yields, but other important fac tors in this cionnection are high germina tion, safe placement of fertilizer, anti seed treatment against seed-borne dis- <ases. The most economical and profitable fertilizing calls for—in terms of plant food per acre—20 to 48 pounds of phos phoric acid, 18 to 20 pounds of ammonia, and 12 to 24 pounds of pot.ish. J. O. Taylor, right, and his farm su perintendent in the five-acre field which won the first state prize in 1931, pro ducing 5,970 pounds of lint, or 1,194 pounds per acre 2 2-5 bales. H. H. Bennett, chief of the Soil Conservation Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture. North Carolina Farm Bov Makes Good A S CHIKF of the Soil Conservation Service, H. H. IJennett fights soil «ru- sion on all agricultural lands of the countrv ; as plain Mr. Mennett he (ight' erosion on his own s^Hvacre faun in his native North Carolina. Horn in badly erodetl An.son Count\, Nortlt Carolina, in iSSi. he literalh grew' up with the problem of soil wastage. After taking a H. S. front the I'ni- vcrsity of North Carolin.i in i<K)J he went to work wnth the Bureau of ChenuV- try and Soils, IJ. S. Department of Agriculture. He has b<*en with the Depart ment ever since, e.xa'pt for a short period in i0.^,^-.<4 wh«ii Soil Krosion Service was part of the Department of Interior. As soils expert, he has accompanied expeditions to Alaska, South AiiM-rica. Central America, and other foreign lands. Author of articles and papers dealing with soil erosion, as well as tv\i) b«K»ks. on soils, he is regarded as 311 international authority on soil erosion and soil con servation. Tobacco Control Necessar\ Commenting on plans for tobacco crop control, Dean I. O. Schaub of State College, North Carolina, points t<i the fact that the early consntnption of flue-cured tobacco is only 65o,(K)<),(xk) pounds. “Without prcKlnction control.” sa\- Dean Schaub, “a crop of 05(Vxx> poiuuls or morf can-be thrown on the market. The growers in North Carolina alone can produce more flue-ciired tobacco than is consumed in the course 0} a nor mal year.” Last year on an 80 per cent of the base acreage, North Carolina planters jiij grew' a crop in excess of S5(>,ix)<).(H)(> pounds. The Dean does not Ixdieve that the new soil improvrrnent program, bv it self, will be enough to hold the tob.icco crop within reasonable bounds, lie feels that a definite control plan is necessary. If North Carolina tobacco growers c:in hold their 1036 crop within 70 per cent it ol tiu'ir base acreage pnxluction, huge ,itj price-ruining surpluses will be avoided, u Seed bed destruction and terrific rains li in April arc servmg as a retanling in fluence.
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