08 Mar 1929
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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1929
Page
1
By John K. Aull, the News and Views column notes the current legislature may run about sixty days including Sundays, estimating it will match the 1928 session length if passed by March 9. The column cites Gibbes Manual.
The piece lauds Cibbes' 1910 edition of a 300 page manual by J. Wilson Gibbes, cler k of the House, calling it an essential legislative guide with sketches of officials and historical notes. It details the author’s hours of work, the Washington statue history, and notes on state politics, committees, and recent legislative happenings including an apparatus for rail and road matters.
A fragmented clipping reviews Acala cotton variety praised for resistance to the cotton boll weevil and notes a ball weevil called Thurberia. It mentions the Acala’s superior upland type developed in Mexico in 1908 by the government, with J R Long of Tarboro North Carolina asserting longer fiber and premium seeds. A separate ad line warns about not overdrawing one’s fertility account.
The passage traces cotton production developments from early waste processing to byproducts. It notes seed hull separation, oil extraction, and a hull cake used as fertilizer. In 1926, 5,628,243 tons of cotton reed yielded $256,027,431, with two-thirds returned to growers, while earlier fibers were often discarded.
Old Friends and New Southern farmers recall helping fathers haul V-C Fertilizers to spring fields. Their sons assist, keeping V-C a family institution. Fertilizer choice seen as profitable as regions follow the Old South in adopting reliable, well named V-C for balanced N P K.
Premium seed areas push for laws to bar off varieties. California enacted a 126 law creating pure seed districts to keep uniform crop quality. Department notes benefits as farmers gain high quality seed and fiber, fetching premiums. Ferrinze men claim higher yields even with boll weevil pressure.
A historical excerpt extols U S agriculture highlighting vast land, fertile potential, efficient farmers, advanced research and extension systems, and a robust fertilizer industry. It cites figures from Olde State University and J Midiario urging liberal fertilizer use and modernization to boost cotton and overall farming profitability.
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