Box 21

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Land Uses Survey Project Report/Determination of Soil Acidity in terms of PH value; recommendations for "liming" and fertilizer for various crops; special circular, April 1934, "Liming and Fertilizer Recommendations for Certain Crops Under Various Soil Conditions in South Carolina" by H.P. Cooper (from SC Agricultural Experiment Station of Clemson Agricultural College).

Scope and Contents Forms for recording soil information (for Mark Keyserling properties) for each field he owned; report sent to WK by E.H. Rawl, Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics/Clemson, re. results of acidity test on soil from WK's farms; results of soil samples taken by South Carolina Truck Experiment Station (1933); circular from the American Cyanamid Company (Agricultural Division) of Soil-Disinfecting and Weed Control Properties of Calcium Cyanamid; correspondence re. a fungus...

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"Note and Mortgage of Crops and Other Personal Property" Mark Keyserling to Regional Agricultural Soil Corp, Raleigh, NC (1933); Real Estate mortgage on same property (Laurel Hill Farm on Ladies Island); inventory of "Farm Material in Warehouse" (Wilkins, SC) typed on "Mark Keyserling/General Merchandise/Cotton/ Truck Farming" letterhead; statistics on Mark Keyserling's crops (1934).

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Resolution (drafted by WK?) stating farmers of Beaufort County (listed) have found the marketing of their crops by South Carolina Produce Association unsatisfactory; request a marketing organization be set up as part of the Beaufort Agricultural Credit Company and principal place of business be within the city of Beaufort.

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For farm level with telescope from the Bostrom Brady Manufacturing Co; sewage disposal system from Sanisep; fruits and vegetables from Atlantic Commission Co.; Basic Slag; "flame gun" to "destroy weeds the modern way" from the Hauck Manufacturing Company, etc.

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Boundaries of Laurel Hill Farm (Ladies Island) and Brickyard Farm (Ladies Island); list of live stock and equipment turned over to Laurel Hill Farm by WK; schedule of machinery, equipment and livestock at farms; prospectus of expected farm returns; crops planted and to be planted on Laurel Hill and Brickyard farms.

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Hand written "seed account", "improvements" and "fertilizer" financial figures.

Collection Overview From the Collection: Part I (Mss 1049a) is the first accession of the Keyserling family papers. It includes Keyserling genealogical information, ephemera and family news clippings; material related to Leon Keyserling's political career (essays, clippings, speeches.) Correspondence includes letters between William Keyserling (WK) and Jennie H. Keyserling (JK) 1903-1935; WK and Leon Keyserling, 1908-1949; WK and Beth Keyserling Rosenfarb, 1911-1951; WK and Rosalyn Keyserling Schreiber, 1911-1944; WK and Herbert...

Scope and Contents Resume of conference held in Washington DC (Feb. 23, 1935) re. policies of Charleston Production Credit Association and attitude of Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, towards truck farmers of the coastal section of South Carolina (WK was in attendance as President of the SC Produce Association); breakdown of "New Farm Legislation For Soil Conservation As Proposed in Senate Bill 3780 and House Bill 10835" (1935); correspondence re. production credit problem in South Carolina's early...

Scope and Contents Members of Beaufort County Agricultural Planning Committee; statement from farmers and citizens of Beaufort County protesting special session of the SC Legislature called for purpose of enacting a law prohibiting planting of cotton during the year 1932; statement explains why such an act would be detrimental to a large segment of the farming population; request the governor call a special round table conference with farming community leaders to discuss the situation (1931); WK is one of the...