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VELVET BEANS The Best and Surest Summer Legume for South Carolina?Great for Feed and Fertility, Says N. E. Winters, Extension Agronomist. Clemson College, April 25.?Of the great variety of legumes which may be grown in South Carolina for feed, pasture, and soil improvement, velvet beans probably head the list for the following reasons: They make a fairly good growth on the poorest land in the South. They make a bigger growth than almost any other legume. Because of their growth they take a large amount of nitrogen from the air; and when plowed under or pastured off and all residue and manure incorporated with the soil, most of this nitrogen and large amounts of or#antic matter are added to the soil. Every ton of growth may add to the soil from 25 to 30 pounds of expea sive nitrogen. They will make more milk and meat per acre as a pasture next fall and winter than anything farmers plant this spring. Last, but not least, when planted in corn they help to check that "Fodder pullin' disease," an antiquated and expensive method of making feed. Varieties. Probably the best varieties for South Carolina are the Early Speckled or Ninety Day, and the Osceola. The former matures in about 120 days and the latter in about 160 days. The Osceola makes a larger growth of vine and foliage and larger pods than the Early Speckled; but as it needs about 40 days longer period, it is not so well adapted to the upper part of the state. The Early Epeckled matures anywhere in South Carolina. Livestock usually eat the Early Speckled more readily than the Osceola, although they like both. Method of Planting. Velvet b~ans make more seed and better pa si ur e if they have a trellis to run on, and corn is the most profit able trellis. Most velvet bean grow- ! ers plant them in their corn, in alternate rows with the corn, using corn rows 6 1-2 to 7 feet wide. If the length ! of season permits, it is a good plan to plant the beans from 20 to 30 days . after the corn, which permits the! :orn to make more growth before the | beans begin to entwine around It, and j results in the corn standing up better at harvest time. Another method adapted to the upper part of the state especially is to j lay off all rows about four feet apart and plant every third row to velvet ; beans with corn in the two rows be- j tween. This is especially advisable where the beans are planted at the i same time as the com. as it takes ; " longer for the vines to cover the corn ] and usually leaves a better opening j - between the two corn rows in which one may walk in gathering the corn. Amount of Seed Per Acre. Farmers are using from one to two ! pecks of seed per acre for planting in j corn, planting from 12 to 24 inches apart in the drill. If planted alone in j rows, about one bushel of seed per i acre is required, or about six pecks ! broadcast. Effect on Corn Crop. The first year the beans may re- j duce th6 yield of corn About two bush- j els (about the same reduction as pull- j ing fodder causes); but the next year i following a crop of velvet beans the j yield of corn is likely to be increased i about 33 per cent, and cotton about 25 ; percent. On poor soil the increases are often more than this. Fertilization and Inoculation. It is usual to fertilize the corn as ! you otherwise would and let the velvet j beans use what the corn doesn't get. 1 Some farmers increase the amount of | their corn fertilizer for the benefit of the velvet beans. It is never neces- j sary, however, to increase the amount j of ammonia in the fertilizer for vel-: vet beans. Velvet beans use the same inocula- | tion as cowpeas, peanuts, and lespe- ! deza or Jan \n clover, hence inocula- j tion is practicably never necessary, as j our soils are already inoculated for j them. Velvet Bsans?Good Business. j Velvet beans are the safest and surest summer legume for South Carolina, and we are not going to be the : prosperous state that God intended ; until everv cornfield in South Carolina i Is wrapped up in velvet beans every , year. In most of our soils nitrogen is the limiting element in crop production. It is also the most expensive part*of the fertilizer that we buy. Nearly thirty million dollars was spent in 1920 hv the South Carolina farmers j for nitrogen; yet it is estimated that j one square mile of the air contains enough nitrogen to supply the whole world for fifty years for crop production. There are 35.000 tons of nitrogen in the air above every acre just waiting to be pulled down and made available for growing crops by using velvet beans and other legumes in the rotation. Humus, the very foundation of soil fertility, is also the crying need of our soils. Velvet beans will help as much or moro than any othei crop in nnttdlng up the supply of hum** in the <otl. The marketing problem will be well on the road to solution when growers are willing to co-operate with their neiehbor? instead of competing with Them. Do yea realize that your county agent is one of the most valuable assets to your county? MARKETING FARM PRODUCTS Co-operative Selling Will Give Grower Large Share of Consumer's Dollar. Clemson College, May 2.?In marketing farm products, co-operatively or otherwise, certain things must be done. Most of these necessary steps are included in the following. 1~\ \ TTio fnmmnHitv must hft fJSSMTl ^ JL J I WW 1 bled or concentrated. (2) It must be graded and standardized. (3) Part of the crop must be warehoused or processed. (4) The marketing operation must j ! 6e financed. J (5) Cheap transportation must be! provided. (6) Expert salesmanship must be; brought into play. (7) The commodity must be retailed or distributed to consumers. The above mentioned steps coming between the growing and the consum- j ing of a crop are at present largely: conducted by the so-called middlemen.! By looking over the list it is seen that the ''middlemen" includes the rail-: roads, bankers, jobbers, retailers, I warehousemen, and in the case of: some commodities the manufacturers,! in addition to speculators. Co-operative marketing by the grow- j ers, if it accomplishes its object, will i effect saving in those steps between the growing and consuming of a com-! modity where loss or unnecessary! waste now occurs. In other words, a : co-operative marketing association of j growers will do those things neces-j sary which are not now being done' efficiently and will leave alone those things which are being done properly, j The following principles of co-opera-j tive marketing have been put into ' practice by the California associations ! < and elsewhere and clearly apply to the eo-oDerative marketing of any, . commodity. j (1) Organization bv commodity or;: crop. I j (2) Membersship limited to growers ' and to landlords who receive a part j 1 of the crop as rental. j 1 (3) Binding crop contracts between i growers and association. j 1 (4) Grading of the crop or comYnod- j ' ity and pooling according to grade, j ' (5) The business of the association J to be handled by experts. I (6) Organization without capital ] stock and therefore a non-dividend * paying association. All profits are paid to growers, thus making the association purely co-operative. Organization by Commodity. It seems well established that or- * ganization of a farmers' association; i by commodity rather than by locality; 1 is essential for success, An organiza- j ? tion set up for the purpose of market- j < ing peanuts efficiently might be utter-! I ly unable to cope with the problems t involved in marketing cotton or tobac- j I co. It would not be advisable to try 11 to combine the marketing of cotton j and peanuts but it would be entirely j 1 feasible to marke* several kinds of j * truck crops through the same organ-. I ization because of the similarity of j I the problems involved. i 1 Limited Membership. ? Since there is no stock and hence no dividends in a purely co-operative as- I sociation there is no inducement for * anyone to join except those having j r the commodity to s?ll. In order that - ? + V the association migni reyreBeui, yn- imarily the interests of growers, mem- t bership is limited to actual grower* and landlords who receive part of the ? crop as rental. f The Crop Contract. The crop contract is essential for the reason that it gives the association ^ title to the commodity for purposes of s marketing. Without such contract the c association could not market the com- ~ modity because it would have no con- ? trol over it. The crop contracts create g a basis upon which the association j can more readily borrow money foT i making advances to growers as first | payments. ( Grading and Pooling. I When a member of an association | delivers his crop it is immediately 8 graded and he is given a receipt for g the amount of each grade delivered.il His product is then mixed in with | that of other member and lots of each l grade are made up. These lots aro I called pools. His interest in each I pool is represented by the proportion j which the product delivered by him to the pool bears to the total amount in that pool. In this way every man receives the same price for the same article. Jrained and Expert Management. Farmers are too busy with production ever to .become expert and effl cient at handling these seven steps in j marketing. A co-operative marketing association of growers, if large enough, may employ the best talent in existence to work for the growers in eliminating waste and loss in any one or in all of these steps. Pure Co-operation Vs. The Stock Company Plan. Organization without capital on a j t non-dividend paying basis is an es-1 sential principle which has the follow-1 i ing advantages: (a) It makes it un-1 * necessary to raise large amounts of j capital stock: (hi It is sanctioned by!" the Sherman Anti-Trust Act: (c) It ' turns all profits hack to the growers, only operating exoenses being de- ( ducted | } Where co-operative marketing associations operate Iargelv rural life is i * j ? more stable and farminsr offers a more j.. certain liv-ng to those who ensrage in j f it by reason of the fact that many of j 1 the elements of chance are removed t from the industry. i i ] Livestock Leaks. Prepare to Care for Animals and Manufe. Clemson College, May.?Are you ready? It is said that opportunity knocks at the door of every man some time during his life, and the question which you must ask yourself is, "Am I ready?" Are you ready to go into the livestock game? Is your land well fenced? Have you the right sort of pastures? Do you raise your own feed or must you buy it? It pays to grind your ax before you start. If you plan to go into the livestock business be sure you are ready and then go in to stay. Animals make loads of manure. Are you prepared to save it? The horse will produce 9 tons, the dairy cow 13 fVi<a ofoor f? tnnQ tVi** hntr 9 trmcr tV/UO) IU^/ Obwi V VA.A w Wi*w> and the sheep 2-5 of a ton per year. Will you save this manure? The best international harvesters in the world for corn and velvet beans are cattle and hogs. The best inter* national manure spreaders are hogs and cattle. The grandest fertilizer in all the world is manure. On the average a ton of barnyard manure will contain 10 pounds of nitrogen, 5 pounds of acid, and 10 pounds of potash. It also contains a large amount of organic matter which our South Carolina soils need and must have. Experimental Results With Manure. Did you ever stop to think that more than half the fertilizing value of manure is in the liquid manure? The Ohio Experiment Station found out that enough manure was lost by seepage in twelve months' time, even where liberal amounts of bedding were used, to pay for concreting the floor. Ohio and Cornell Stations ; have proved that manure exposed in the barnyard will lose approximately 50 percent of its value. If it is allowed to heat, the loss runs from 10 to 15 percent greater. ? ?- - ~ 11 15 St uummuu lu uaiu manure to the field and place it In piles. This is not a good plan. It should he immediately spread over the soil, and the thinner it is spread the better. A ton of manure thinly spread will be worth more than one thickly spread. Thirty-fire years' ^ork at the Pennsylvania Experiment Station goes to prove that manure put ra at the rate of 12 tons per acre returned $3,29 per ton, while manure out on at the rate of 20 tons per acre yielded only $2.29 por ton. Pastures for Pig's. ? Clem son College, May.?We cannot nake the hog business go in this state mless we make good use of our grazng season. A pig in a pen is lazy md expensive, while the pig on pas:ure is happy, thrifty, and profitable. Sverv experiment station, every ex;ension department., and every proslerous hog raiser in this country beieves in good pastures for hogs. What can we grow in South Caroina that hogs will pasture? Rape,, ye. soybeans, cowpeas, Bermuda, lesjedeza, velvet beans and many other mstures do well in this state. Suppose we try some of these pastures tnd cut our grain ration in two. Will hogs do well on pasture alone? Co, it is best to feed a little grata vhile the hogs are on the pasture. Two or.three ears of corn to each ihote per div will work wonders. The )asture will maintain the animal and he grain will make gains in weight. An acre of goo& pasture will reurn from 800 to 600 pounds o! port, i'orj dollars per acre Is net bad eh en the pigs do the work. To Cure a Cold in One Day 'ake LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE (Tablets.) It tops the Cough and Headache and works off the lold. E. W. GROVE'S signature on each box. 30c. illlliilllS I Best material and workman- Jv ship, light running, requires fc little power; simple, easy to B handle. Are made in several K sizes and are good, substantial j|j money-making machines down 9 to the smallest size. Write for S catolog showing Engines, Boil- fj ers and all Saw Mill supplies, jft "LOMBARD IRON WORKS & I SUPPLY CO. | Augusta, Ga. PORTABLE AND STATIONARY AND BOILLitS Saw, Lath and Shingle Mills, ajectors, Pumps . and Fittings vVood . Saws. Splitters, Shafts, Pulleys, Belting, Gasoline Engi] :s .AKUE3T0CK LOMBARD Mud dry, Machine, Bo i n i vcrj>piy Store. A FGITSTA, G,-? MEETING OF TAXPAYERS. A meeting of the taxpayers, voters, >f Bamberg s'-hool district Xo. 14, | s hereby called to be held in the city! null in the town of Bamberg, S. C., on Clonday, May 16th, 1921, at 4 o'clock i. m.. for the purpose of electing one nemfcer of the Board of Trustees, and 'or the transaction of any other business that may legally come before he meeting. D. F. HOOTOX, Chairman Board Trustees. Bamberg, S. C., April 25, 1921. 5-12. I J. F. Carter B. D. Carter J. Carl Kearse Carter, Carter & Kearse ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW Special attention given to settlement of Estates and Investigation of Land Titles. Loans negotiated on Real Estates. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life / Accident INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copeland's Store' BAMBERG. S. C. j BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS I Dry Split Pine Wood E Stove or Fire Place. B|f The largest load you ||| have had in a long time for $3.00. pi PHONE 116 fM J. H. DIXON I BAMBERG, S. C. |g To Stop a Cough Quick take HAYES' HEALING HONEY, a cough medicine which stops the cough by healing the inflamed and irritated tissues. A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE ' SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and Cvoup is enclosed with every bottle of HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve should be rubbed on the chest and throat of children suffering from a Cold or Croup. The healing effect of Hayes* Healing Honey inside the throat combined with the healing effect of Grove's O-Pen-Trate Salve through the pores of the skin soon stops a cough. Both remedies are packed in one carton and the cost of the combined treatment is 35c. Just ask your druggist for HAYES' HEALING HONEY. J. WESLEY CRUM, JR., ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Ramherir. S. C. Offices in Herald Building Practice in State and Federal Courts*. Loans negotiated. The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Because of its tonic and laxative effect, LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor , r/uging in head. Remember the full name and * look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. 30c. R. P. BELLINGER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW General Practice in All Courts. Office Work and Civil Business a Specialty. Money to Lend. Offices in rear over Hoffman's Store. BAMBERG, S. C. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restful sleep after the first application. Price 60c. A. B. UTSEY INSURANCE Bamberg, S. C. A TONIC Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup. So pleasant even children like it. The blood needs QUININE to Purify it and IRON to Enrich it. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect 60c. 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