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Agricultural jjP * * Worn-out Lands TT .. . . A_ r? ? 11 ? - otivw iu ivcsiorc mem?/\n Experiment that Every Farmer Should Make. The Progressive Earmer: VVe have few soils that are simply worn-out. We simply call them so. We have treated them badly ; so badly they huve | become unresponsive to our calls. Some of these were good, others were less so; but bad treatment, cruel neglect, and thoughtlessness of their comfort have contributed to making them what thev are today. What shall we do with them? We can do three things : 1. Turn them over to weeds and gullies; 2. Make forests out of them ; or 3. Biing them ba_'k to productive areas. 1 am sure we have no desire to turu them over to weeds and gullies. We have already enough of each. Weeds come as nature's blessings to those abandoned fields, but the gully comes, leaving ouly ruin and desolation to morb its franb Perhaps there are many areas where hills and rock abound, that might be used to better advantage if turned over to forest erowth. Timber lands are becoming valuable, and with the coming years will be still more so. Hence, lands difficult of tillage and cultivation might be employed better in bringing on new crops of timber for the future generations that will need them. Still the greater part of these so called worn-out lands can be reclaimed aud brought back to the tructuous state they were in before the soil robber came. This is the first Btep: Clean them up and give them the ad vantage of good appearance. If cioiueH niaae me man, good iookk make the field. If fields could tlnnk, I surmise they would act like animals and men. To show their value they should wish to look well. But to be covered with brush and thickets and gul-i lies, and the like, is enough to make them shameful and little doers. Give these lands a fair show and they will brighten up and respond gloriously. For every cent you spend on them in the way of better appearance aud clean faqes, they will return many. Every gullied wrinkle you remove will briug hope and earning power to them and to you ; the care and attention expended in grooming with axe and plow will produce marvelous changes in appearance, productive ability, and commercial value. You may have many acres of this kind of land. If so, reclaim them as you can. Five acres, ten acres, or fifty aores: work along this line jnst as you are able. Winter is the time, and there is none better. You are not busy with details of other work; your men, your tenants have many, many idle days ; your teams are inactive because winter is on and no work to be doue. Make work; employ men and loams in these old fields. Oat the thickets, mow the briers and brush, plow the soil deeper than you have ever done before. Let the one-horse plow alaae. It is Department. useless in these old fields. A larger, heavier one is needed, and two horses or mules will be rerimfnr iho mn.lr TF ara able to do this daring early winter the clay sub soil turned up | will do no harm. Freezing and thawing, air and rain, will get things ready for the crop, and no harm will be done. Have you ever done this work ? Have you ever tried it on your old fields? It may (surprise you. It did me. Small Grain. Some of the Advantages of Sowing Small Grain and Peas?The Onion Crop. Chaa Petty, of Spartanburg, in the Progressive Farmer. Last Monday the Cotton Assneiatiou of thb county met. The subject for consideration was "Small grain." Prof. C. L. New man, {Assistant Instructor in Agriculture, was present on invitation, and gave an Instructive talk. He stated that analysis showed that the first foot of com pact clay in the Piedmont section contained nearly four tons ot potash and two tons phosphoric acid that was locked ud in the compact clay and could be rendered vailable only by sowing email grain and leguminoue cropland a systematic system of rotation ai.h deep plowiug. The soil should be deepened grad ually by breaking about tw< inches every year and incorpo rating that with the top soil. But deep plowing, the breaking ot the hard pan and underlying clay, was worth little unless hu muB or vegetable matter was ad ded by sowing small grain and following with peas. Small grain will force rotation, the sowing ol cowpeus, the preservation ot land from leachinc and wnnhimr th? addition of humus, fall plowing and enable the farmer to secure two crops in a year and improve the soil at the same time. All this will lead up to the raising ol stock and everything else needed on the farm that the land will supply. The raising of live stock lies at the foundation of perma tient and progressive agriculture. Another advantage is that small grain and peas are the best grass and weed killers known, All the grasses or weeds known as pets can be killed out in two years by keeping the ground shaded with small grain and peas. One year is generally enough. It requires fewer hands I to cultivate a farm when one third of it is sown down. Labor saving machinery can be used in planting and harvesting small grain and peas. The productive capacity of soil can be greatly increased. The farmer who now makes eight bales of cotton on sixteen acres will soon make eight bales on eight acres, when he improves hie land. The cost of production will be diminished. These were some of the advantages. TDK ONION CROP. Nino, th.ro ? V * n/?mvv vuvt v n&v ui nuj uujoifl VI odiudb in this Piedmont country the crop is increasining in importance. There hare been some wonderful yields reported, especially in Texas, in which State an acre has been made to produce $1,000 worth. This is a good climate for onions. With a little pains they can be kept well dur 1 .*" ' b x? FURHI1 BEDSTEAD, 48 IN. The famous 70-in. ro]]n 1 . ^ A 1 -Deasteaci. /\ bargair For a leader, we can fit you u The old time Split-bottom Chair our price 70 cents. The regula in stock. We have the largest, and are going to surprise you w go away pleased. Remember tl and get particulars. The Underselling Store. ing the warm Rummer, The usual way to raise them is from small sets. The red and yellow varieties are generally considered best. The sets may be put out October 1st to December 1st, or in open weather in February. The way to raise sets with least trouble is to select a thin piece of land that will not produce grass and weeds, i'oor land makes the best sets. Plant the seed in rows about a toot apart, putting a little fertilizer or finely pulverized manure in the hill. Cultivate them n?v?r?l iim#a They will be ready to gather as soon as the tops die. Solid sets, a half inch in diameter, are best 8<ze. The intensive system of cultare should be used for onions. That is, they should be planted thick and high! manured. If the rows are a to t a Dart and the sets twelve inches apart, 5,435 may be raised on <>ne eight of an acre, or a plat 60x91 feet. The potato onion is the heaviest yielder, aad will make about three mvs I w c/) |?; SMBm* 5 ' >Q :. ' ' '--$&&y?.\?v^^SSKi^T^U ; * $ r-tor 1 -':; \ |||| V-1 1 ;."' V.v -" 3 i'ViSM o 9 vo ^ ?^> nrsBBfjR w UHiK " - I ta . n> ^ OH I CO -3 *-1' JJ ^ HIGH $2.40 I ;$4.50r 2 p a complete Oak Suit, bureau, w for 45 cents. An open cane be r $1.25 Oak Rocker at $1.00. A j newest and most complete line o: ith the rock-bottom prices we are he handsome $50.00 Suit of Furni Williams-H viiiioo I*rt many ?H Tne 8618. Ttlt* best plan to net ?et? is to plant the seed thick under cover, and then tranaplant them. The onion demands nearly equal quantities of nitrogen and phosphoric acid, and twice as much potash an nitrogen. Wood ashes worked, into soil will furnish the potaRh and lime necessary for onions. It commercial fertilizers are used the phosphoric acid and nitrogen should be about equal and twice the quantity of potash. For oneeighth of an acre about 200 to| 250 pounds of a fertilizer that would show 5 pet cent each of phosphoric acid and ammonia and eight per per cent of potash would be about right. Attacked. Haya Mr*. Nanov Htnddard of Foautain Inn, 8. (J. I was attacked by thai terrible monster yon call Hheninatiam OUH NKW DiSOOVKUY waa roooinu ended to me by onr draggiat, and after Uking two bottlee, that great monitor of tronble and suffering waa forced to take it* flight. 1 gladly recommend it to any anfftjiiug with Rheumatism. flbld by Crawford Broe. fRNITURE furniture.. We have some of the best bargains ever offered in odd BUREAUS fl KwM r t A solid oak Dresser for 55.00, 6.oo, 7.50 and up to 518.50. Big stock of Side Boards ?prices in reach of all, $io and up, no dining room complete without a sideboard. <' V Here is the greatest bargain ever offered in A. V Something everybody should have and they are now going like hot M 'tiggJK. cakes. Old ])rice $5.75, J flWKjegk, now going at $5.00. All colors. We also ' l^^Jhave the Valour and HHfip Leather Couch, $10.00 wHgSy and up. Mahogany parlor suits and in odd rashstand and bedstead for $9.90. ittom Diner, regular price $1.00, ?ood line of Willow Rockers now f Furniture in Lancaster county giving. We guarantee you to ture we are giving away. Come uahes Co. ^ V The First National Bank of Lancaster, S. C., Solicits Recounts of individuals, tlrnis and corporations, and offers to depositors every facility and courtesy consistent with sound banking. Interest allowed on time deposit. Safety deposit boxes for rent. Correspondence solicited. E. M. CKOXTON, CashierCHAS. I). JONES, President. LANCASTER & CHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY f SCHEDULE IN EFFECT MAY 28, 1908. DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY WESTBOUND Lv Lancaster fl 30 .4 in 3 IS p m Lv fort Litw n 6 19 a m i lb d m (,V IltutAAmvilU 4 -rt - ? - . v ? m ? so p on I,t Klchburg 7 ?6 a m 4 46 p no A Ar Chwwr 7 30am Htpm m Ar Charlotte?Sou. Ky 9 6f> a m TOUpa X Ar Columbia? Sou. Ry.... 10 IS am x KAST1IOUND ' Lr Columbia?Sou. Ky 8 0S a m >10 pa bt Charlotte?Sou. 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