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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
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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.