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HENRY WILLIAM HASELDEN

Henry William Haselden demonstrated to the farmers of Williamsburg
County a dramatic but practical lesson in agricultural production in
1922. Economic disaster threatened the farmers of the area. The price
of cotton dropped from 42 cents a pound in 1920 to nine cents in 1921.
Production had fallen more than 90 percent in a single year. The tobacco
crop which was expected to produce 800 pounds per acre and bring 30 cents
per pound actually produced 400 pounds per acre and sold for about eight
cents per pound. The people began to ask, "What are we going to do?"

In an effort to encourage diversification, in the Fall of 1921, the
Williamsburg County Fair Association offered a prize for the best display
of varied farm produce produced on a single farm. Henry William
Haselden's exhibited almost 100 products from a small 80 acre farm
received the prize. The exhibit was well arranged and attracted a great
deal of attention.

William Boddie witnessed this display and stated in awe::

1. Four varieties of corn, long and short staple cotton, oats, rye,
sorghum, peas, wheat, ribbon cane, rice, soy and velvet and soya beans.
2. Irish and sweet potatoes, tobacco, watermelons, cantaloupes, squash,
cucumbers, pumpkins, okra, gourds, hops, hay, fodder, pecans, acorns,
hickory nuts, walnuts, rutabagas, peanuts, chufas, mulberries, egg
plants, collards, mustard, hot and sweet peppers, carrots, radishes,
beets, figs, and onions.
3. Lettuce, tomatoes, lima beans, string beans, cabbage, artichokes,
sugar cane, pie squash, grapes, grape preserves and jelly, grape acid,
canned and preserved pears, canned and preserved apples.
4. Plum jelly, apple butter, blackberry jelly, cherry jelly, orange
jelly, lemon jelly, pepper hash, sweet pepper pickle, cucumber and pear
and peach pickle, hams, butter, sausage, and lard.
5. Eggs from hens, guineas, turkeys and ducks, apples, peaches, pears,
grapes, Japanese persimmons, strawberries, raspberries, cured pork, and
dairy products of all kinds.

Henry William Haselden was able to furnish his table the preceding year
and preserve a surplus for the following year. He had also marketed
$6,000 worth of produce that year.

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