MERS A Regular JjVs?kly feature, for the Farmers pf Anderson ? ? adjoining Counties. Contributions for this page gladly rece?vll^* ROYAL HOGS AND IMPERIAL ^ GRAIN GROWN BY AUTUjN FARMER How Mr. B. M Aull Has Turned Gullies Into Fertle Soil By Judicious System of Rotating Crops Told by Intelli gencer Representative. At tille timo when there ls much red peanuts, another to rape. All theso talk o? p instituting other crops for aro growing nicely and bid fair to cotton, it would make an enormous yield, farmers so interested to visit the hog / . , rahch of Mr. 15. A. Aull, ?it Aut?n, a The arrangement of this ranch ls little station eight miles from Ander- Meal. It is located on both sides of.a son on the Blue Ridge railroad, be- ?feam formed by the confluence of tween Anderson and Clemson College. ?everal ?rgo springs, Itself tributary Tho possibilities of raising hogs for of Three and Twenty creek, and the money crop to take the place of cot- run8'or ?he ho*8 arf BO arranged ton would he brought home to any *hat thTey ***** access to water at all farmer who would take the time to in- "mes. In addition to this a large water spent the up-to-date farms of Mr. Aull, "*f?l? representing as nearly as pos IJoglnning about three years ago on flb,e Perpetual motion, ls being used some gullied hillsides, .which would to force. the clear and cool spring produce about five bushels of corn to water to,ft taak and through \he hog tho nero, and a hundred pounds of lint P?n8- and runs; Tn?3 wheel and pump cotton per acre, by a Judicious system hav,e a capacity of 1,600 gallons of of crop rotation and planting legum- water Per day, or about ten gallons es, Mr. Aull has brought these gul- for every hog on tho ranch. Hes up to about 20 to 25 bushols per Mr. Aull ls raising now Poland China acre. There is no way of telling how and Duroc Jersey pure breeds for much cotton they will now make, as breeding purposes, and a cross oe none has been planted on them this tween them for meat. He bas some year. But lt la certain that the produc-, very fine specimens in both these live capacity of this land has been in- breeds. He manages to'keep about 150 creased at least 300 per cent hogs all the time, and they'are fat Tho crop being grown this year by enough for pork. Very little grain ls Mr. Aull on that part of the 70 acres being fed now, nor has been during devoted to his hog ranch, consists of tho Bummer. corn, pinders, wheat, rye. vetch, clov- "How do you keep down hog choic er, rapo, and some of the hillside in ra?" was asked Mr. Aull by the report Bcrmuda. Between tho rows of corn er for the Intelligencer. "Oh, that is Mr. Aull has planted, and has now a easy," replied Mr. Aull. "One has on flfio stand of wheat and rye mixed, ly to keep his runs clean, disinfected with vetch and clover. This ls growing occasionally, and keep the hogB free nicely aud will make the finest kind fw>m lice." Asked what he thought of winter grazing a little later. Anoth- of tho serum treatment. Mr. Aull oald er ?lold is devoted to Spanish peanuts; ho was not specially impressed with another to Japanese and Tennessee it, for it lasted only about three weeks - -r - ? ------ - when used, but that if he had cholc 111 :; ra in his ranch he would use It to fl . . *fT\ stamp It out, and then ho would go flan ?I'S* di Bi is??7 hack to the disinfectants, and the clean J lib I SI IXW treatment . .". Mr. Aull baa a very systematic ro - /.I,,, tation of crops which he adheres to O/ Vile year after year. For instance the fields _^ * ^ 4 ms . where he has this year corn, with MorT?T i.nnn Th lt! IT?? Wheat, rye and vetch planted in the lYlailY iKJ?? I flingS row?, will next year bo planted to j- j-f pinders about the first of July, with Ctt tile another grazing crop following. The next year he will plant soy heans, an "S^UAI " M?YlTir t>arIy vorletv< followed by crimson lIsEriaL ilUVf clover and rape, going the third year ~' ' ' ' to corn again. Everything that can be : i turned under will be added to the BUp Pimentoes, can ..... 10c ply of humus in the soil. AB a hog ?, i i- " r\mt M--1 feed Mr. Aull does not think much ' YA Tcbelieu. ?at- Meal of vetch, but ho plants lt for the soil . .10c Package. .. . . m ... Improving qualities. He says his hogs White and Green. Aspara- wiu not eat artichokes, either, being c .... ww~ . 9ri a blt particular what they feed upon. B1?* I"P-*?B?U? *oc Asked for a practical schedule of Cranberries in Tins. .. .15c what the ordinary farmer can plant DI.:? raU^J '' "i n X 'o??. for t?B parp?se of raising hogs month flam uuves . ,1V ana by?month, Mr. Anil gave the follow Sfaff?tf Glivss %% aa? 3& lng: Quaker Oats in Tins, 2 for., ^uary-G raze on crimson oats and ! ... . . . . .25c f . i- -Si'enruni'y--Oraze on Crimson Clover Cooking Apples, per pk.25c and rape. ^ a wt March-Graze on crimson clover and .Yellow Sweet Potatoes,, per. rape. pk. ............. .40c April-To tho middle of the. month, ... _ . , , An graze on crimson clover and rape, trish fotatoes, per pk .Wc April-From 16th on graze on wheat 'un dried Apples, 3 Ihs for and rye in dough stage. bgc May-Graze oh wbeat and rye ut ........... ... . s dough stage. : ci Wheat, per pa .,10c June-Graze on wheat and rye, fil Mincc Meat, per pk. . .10c ?gj !n Baps wIth pasturage in Berum Pnrc Maple' Syrup, qt . 60c July-Early cow peas and soy beans, c ?X?. ?2?? IA. and early planted Spanish peanuts. capono, cane . . . .. . . ,iuc. August-Soy beans and peanuts. Sauer Kraut, can Y.. .10c ?! ? September-Soy beans.'and peanuts,. *, /.-iil^ MJlimm iLk on. October-The same, and . some corn. Cooked Brains, can . ,?lC; " November-the same and corn. While Cherries, can .. . 30c : J j :pecember-Begin grazing crimson os * ' -v> ' ? ' ?.- For Instance, he ls - Just now ..very rn' n& n'&SW fl much interested In breeding cotton for .*? [f **f- X-WiB44.f ^ long, staple; He- bas several-varieties . ; - *..?? r! : ho has nrbught tfp, abd Chestaple on C-TF^rt?^?^?'??f' ' fc^Sr? ' tfeveral varieties be. ts. breeding mea* fl s-f K**%*M yV^^?o aureB from 1 i-8 to over ? 1-2 lriche? . \W's-tt??Z*-'terestihg'. tP^eav . AWDERhON, S. C. ' . Mr.-Aull.apeak of tho families of hts ' Phone 471. -; : l c?twuVa^ it.it ?othear sbmeiittstldN ' . -.. %?&!ffl&j?. -? m r ?^-^^^^^^rngmgs . -, ?Will ^ ;v I ? frrala)%ae ^nVen^ ?j S mlpgtildcd method of inislng a crop that drains the ?oil continu. 1 | Otc ourse, yon mbrht say that thestf-fims :aro try In? to sell \ ? * r^'t hAyt/ thif '.' ^"oid"'" ""^ aaa* r**^^ ?te rt sa ^ | n,j!j '^J^0 * ; 15 cs along tito fiscs of^a^res^Htnnce1? ba^as^?fted eaMhese \ j ilraw evidenUy have the Interests ot tho faraieMt than the city could consume annually. I maka this statement after having repeatedly looked over such vacant plots. ? Is there a plausible excuse f*>r tho worn expression: "The. high oost of Living?" Can you not hotter.attribute such a cost to lack of thrift and (he utilizing ot a productive roll that I ar turo was bountifully bestowal. A re duction in U?e cost of l'vlng-even t*w existence depends upon, tim effort of tho individual citizen. Reforms come slowly-don't blaine the cotton planter for not wanting tn reduce his cotton acreage anotl.cr year-perhaps he has never been ex tended credit except on a proposed cotton crop- Don't blame your children for walking in your tracks rnless you have given them the advantage of every educational Interest . that your community, affords and. perhaps your Inertness today is the greatest .menace facing the coming g?n?ration. The par ent can not expect of tho child .who. will make the community, in v/hlt-h- we live a .better one unless that parent gives that child every educational ad vantage and every moral opportunity for the betterment/ of citizenship that the community may afford. U. S. Commission-jr of Education Claxton bas said: That I t a f??w years if it can be generally adopted school gardening can add $100,000,0.00 to thc incomes of school, pupils and parents ln citios and In .rural communities at least $150.000,000 can be added in tho same way. This total of ?2:,o,boo,OQO is now wealth-Wealth'that may be pro duced by 'the school children of to day-lay aside the-question-of wealth added; who can estim?t o thc worth of the spirit of thrift ?and self-reliance that such will inculcate Can not our public schools afford to take the children and do a lit tin gardening daily perhaps the ...parent does not s?o the necessity -of doing? . , ; . . -?E?RMAM;.SMITH. SB RHETT'S VfEWS OT? THE COT TON S??UATZ05?' Restrictive LegM'Ulon Futile and Dangerous-Wade Flan for TI nu nc- j lug the Hu rpi ii s Full of V ro tulse-. J ' From tho Nows, and Courier.' : To the\ Editor of tho Nev's and Cou rier: Will you-kindly, permit mc to state my. views on the -subject of the j "Wade plan", and the: general situation a little moro clearly'then is explain^ 'in tlio interview contained In your paper. - "In-the first place.- (permanent relief to our cotton situation can only, como through consumption of tho ?elton. Every effort put forth In that direction is helpful and ought to be encouraged. Tho. drop In the price of cotton Itself is naturally .going to ptimulate the consumption ;. but there are j ? other, Ways of stimulating its use,-and every bit of help in thai direction is perma nently ? beneficial "" Now tho price of cotton' has., been deolining steadily In the fact; of the mime rous conven tl/ms -.held,; for: the purpose - o? oiituiuiuB B"? r? meat a'd of Borne kind. The conwmer is.sp imr tpressed with tho utter futility bf any and all auch plans that he has. re frained from buying "any moro -than he need B from day ito; day, ?even whore ho cha got. the money ;to, buy. freely., At this Boason.ho usually burs almost lits'.entiicd .year's ; supply. ; J B .thore any way bf inddclng him to do this at pres ent? If yon: cati-create in- birimind i a conviction that tho cotton which ts bb tainabie at -th? price '"offerlnjg.it j not gotjjtg to betsnffl?lent to meet , tho fa-, mand for consumption then ho may be counted pn;,^.;?ome into the market freely, n?xt; cotton crop; no law "passed by a legislature .compel?-t L any ouch effjwti'la : Ay. Ju4gm>npC,T>e Sfl^Mnq^ the second ia re garded by fix?. bu?inotU> world as .un-, Scb^tfotlpiSsft tmS71Impracticable > eif ; enfourne lt.. could be; ?jPrat?co$o&$*0!>.of ?ha tilted sta ?'rr : Is only CO per cent of the. cotton crop of. tho.worj^^a^tigiire; WO^I?f':b* prfiby an enforced 'c?rtallm?nt of ?.ne ? third 'of thbitcrop ot South *:Cardli|(t> S?r?ifeta?ct?-Thla is suppered to bc a Stwm'er crttl^B^whb may aol; bo able ?rtto i?ant +tmty;^>'?$ji?&. ot - the I qultlva?lon pfavportic-n ot their lands, {What I? to fce-the'end of.suci/u beging ; "Mis: q?es^SjSusi; ??ttie ' ibroii; : ?y ecortomlc Hw? ^ith-such assistance aa th^Vgtjvemtaant ; may ?Ive wi thou t en crosshing Upon fondamental rights-. i without even, establishing precedents whiahr. might?nrovo infinitely more disastrous than tho lim which wa a? hew' ^?e4i'^':-to':bejar. To . establish ft stable and firm ,m*?ksi wa nins* taire away-from'lt ,the surplus, ^ndiake it ?fay for the entire year. Wa nu3?tt?keit away on such a f basis that thia surplus win stand as THE GQOP AN ILL WWP BLOWS Preparation for the Boll Weevil in the Palmetto State That Will Re volutionize Ita Whole Agricultural System-The European War' Wai Only Hasten the Work. 'Amid the gloom into,which the cot- The.people of Mississippi knew for ton situation, brought about by tito a long time that the boll wcovil must European war, ha's plunged the South reach them. They knew when to ex there ls a.ray of. light and of hopo pect lt Yet they made very little which waxes.stronger as it is moro preparation in comparison with what carefully observed. While on all sides they should and could havo made, is heard talk ot impending disaster, Hut when the boll weevil had entered or at boat,...serious., embassassment, the state and starvation stared men there are some leaders'-In agriculture in the face, the reauonsc was immod who are already beginning to gird up late. Dairy and. beef farms sprang their loins and go forth to bottle with up rapidly. Largo areas aro being stout heartr,,..determined to take full planted; In alfalfa. Diversification has advantage of Such good -as this ill como to havo a real meaning for tho wind is blowing.to the South. Mississippi farmer. For twenty years' Southern farmers Its Effect ou Our Economic System., have heard the preachments ot diver- Changes In the economic system of aiilcation. They have , been taught, a people are wrought with great slow coaxed, pleaded with, and even threat- ness and, under ordinary conditions, ened with pleutres of Just such situ- this ls as it should be. There Is ono attona as that which is now threaten- exception. When a huge crisis aris ing their economic structure. Fbr es, a situation that threatens the very nearly, ten sreara a ?great army of men, economic life of a great mass, tho the demonstration forces organised by barriers fail, men coat aside in one Dr. Seaman A. Knapp, has been slow- day tho inheritted practices of a coli ly but surely libcratinp Southern far- tury, tho conservatives of yesterday mers from ? the absolutism of cotton he come more radical than those whoiu ?In somo regions t?ese men have made they considered ultraradical, and rc such wonderful progresa that they are form Which were llttlo moro than ? ebie at thin time to point proudly to ideals are incorporated in the normal large masses of farmora who no long- lives of the people with astonishing | er recognize cotton as their master, ease and rapidity, farmers who are "living at home" and So ititi that somo of the agrlcuUu ,whb in this grave crisis, aro -able to ral leaders In South' Carolina feel tnot rest easily in tho thought of abundant tho prosent situation can be worked supplies pt food, for man, and beast, into a death blow to the absoluto dom ' well-filled Bilos, COWS giving products lnatlon of cotton If thoy strike ' while which do, not dopend for their market tho Iron 'is hot. Add they are plan value on the whims of rulers or the ning accordingly. Nor is there any vagaries of speculation. ? .. ; doubt that mon in other Southern But alas for the frailties of men and States will recognize tho same oppor especially of husbandmen! Centuries tunity. of living to themselves have dovclop- Tho demonstration forces of South ed in farmers an independence of at- Carolina had already teen planning titude to be found in no other class. * groat campaign ot preparation for They are willing and glad to receive tho boll weevil, a campaign which instruction, but only after-lt bas neen they had determined was, to make the demonstrated to them many limos that State better prepared for tho advance the new ways taught them win result tho destructive pest than has boen profitably. The Urne required to makp: any other Southern State. With such demonstrations cannot beiineas- moro than four years. In which to ured In.hours.-it is the work of years, work, they had time fpr their opera- j determined, plodding at many 'times lions. Just as the campaign was to | discouraging work. . - '". -.. ' be launched In earnest, with the bank-, Kow tho-Boll Weevil. Will Help. r. *rs' and commercial bodies of the! It. has been well argued that i the State thoroughly, prepared to glvo ac-? propinquity nf-*the cotton boll, weevil tive support and co-operation, the na?, will do more to bring about good farm- tiona ot Europe sent their millions In lng : methods! In the South Atlantic *? tho field, commerco was paralyzed States than could twenty.more years and tho-market fpr cotton' dropped of- teaching and preaching? uaaWed by out of ?sight .. ? . nj. the overwhelming, argument which the TlM? work of first importance io, ot; weevil presents .The farmors ot South couree^. to help the cotton farmer in Carolina?."and- Georgia,observing-the every way possible to weather th?' suffering resulting : frouv the spread storm that ls now brewing. But along of thia pest ova* Louislsl?n? and Mis- wIth tho relief measures will go tba slnsippl are beginning .to build their doctrine of diversification, preached -fortifications against tho 'onslaughts' now under conditions which are bleat, which they aro 'assured-..aft) bo made fl -AH Europe l?, or will soon be. .cry?: on-their.States.- ' '??," lng for food. Wheat end oats and But even th? most harrowing de- n^o and corn, hay, horses, and mulca; seripUoas. of .;ths..ee?cts ,ot tho boil ?nd; animal products ?ill be ia such? weevil In nearby States do hot seem demand, according to experts, that to have as poworful an effect as it de- ?milne,prices will prevail. Yet Couth, siredr Distaht disasters make only Carolina, Uko nearly all of the South; passing impressions on the average has not a bushel of grains nor-a bale mind. The death of .ten thousand sol- of hoyv nor a pound of meat products dies in a.battle tn Belgium would that it^ can soil to the people of Eu-* not seem so terrible to a South Caro- iOD , ? ...- . the nearness of the cotton boll weevil IA month ago, at one of tho Wash-, and the present situation ia. certain to Ington conferences, some of UB ?ndeav- make them event moire earnest iib their brod to work out a similar plan, sup- .efforts! to do everything In reason tp plementcd by as?tstahco on tho: part bring about a System ol d?ve?i?cBiioi? of tho government tn the form of ,do- , It .has been demonstrated that. South j I posits in those bank.v which made the Carolina can make an much hay to ! advances to the/bxtept of one-third tho ?ero. as'any Northern State, tbat.j br ioe amount- advanced. Money ho- she eau produce morq corn to the aero , carno BO stringent ia Now York and tuan;any..state In'the Corn Belt, that] tho calls upon treasury funds beean?- he Bermuda gras? pastures aro iwt S?. pressing In the face of a decline in ^?r^MM? the bluegrass and that she its. balances that(.tho Plan.*,** to he ^Rp;^?uitural. posalbllitlps pf. won-., Abandoned; ', ' , derfol, magnitude. . , It seems to me now'as lt did then,>',,"'Theite'ni'i??<,natratIon forces have that some fosciralan Would give hs the already begun to urge farmers to grow relief tavare. looktng for I am In-; Pf*.-and wheat, to establish bog mind io think that'it yilliho necee- ^^?*o?*?^te=-i^^'?ttf,?H0tt to leary'.tofprbVido for.more than 5,000,000 'jM^s?**-' tp # Te8f tahje gar? Sod, ond it is hot much, h, ask of "W j? ?n*T.?t'"n '*b6irii'f a South whlca: IIA" Bftt thn monev to niant shv .cron? wilt ?rrm? ?nt?T her own at' ??s'g??i ? ?Mink we can-safely'leave P>to him fit? moat favored agrlcultuaral'region *{to decide what! he shall plantet ?? o&f,thfe plafaet._... concern ourselves with endekyorl?g to SSxirSi^ aid Mm abd his crodltora to eave some- BOILERS TANKS, STACKS, thlqg out of the wreck of the-present ALL KH?DS "OF irlAC???NER> crop by tho practica! method of rvmov- AM[>- iJUPPLIES. REPAIRS Ing . {. ... . .. ? JSi-. Large Brass Fern Dishes, with copper liners, *y Ayi' ^'H value $1.60, Minor's price. .. ..^ vi.... .. ?)4*&S? lV? Mens and Yoirtha Shirts, value 69c to $1.00 | r|^ JH Minor's prico. ... ..... . .'.!.. ,. .. ^fe-^foVlf?t'S| Mens and Boys panta,' value'?9c to $1.00, >??? MmorVPrice. .. V..,,,.,,, i^^^i^^S?E; Ladies and Misses Shoes, value $1.00 to $3.50 pr., ? B I Minor's price 25c each shoe. ." '!. . y ." '''^H Silk Neck Ties, value 38c to 69c,, Minor's' \ Z f ffl H High class decorated china ware, great assortment, laSfge E 1 ^^a^sw. 'UM. n ; price. . .....-. /-v./. ..? .'. ?..* .? *'.;-i*? .'...:.??? . .li.JJv."^.!-JH.* ? Spanish Salted Peanuts, per large water pitch- ?i ? T IjC. S, Minor,^,5i&^c^^