Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, April 14, 1897, Page 8, Image 8
ALLIAJVCE DEPARTMENT.
./. F. A FSB/T Ft/! tor.
A Statement.
As this is your editor's tirst at -1
tempt and as the arrangements |
were only completed last Friday,,
the matter tor tho Alliance
columns will not be very lull this
week, but I will try to prepare
to do better in the future. The
County Alliance met in the
Court House last Friday. In the
absence of the President. C. A.
IMvler. brother .1. II. Knight. Y icePresident
was in the chair, and
brother M. L. Lenunond was appointed
Secretary pro tern. The
committee appointed to make ar !
rangements for the columns of
some paper for our use reported
through brother llicklin that they
had en I erod int <?< ntraet wit li I lie
Kxtkk; uisi., and a r Motion '.-as,
passed to ask Mr. A. .1 Claik,
editor of the Mntkim'Hisk, to come'
into the Allianee and state his
understanding of the contract,
which was so done that the County
Alliance and Mr. Clark now
understand each perfectly, and
I now hope that each sub Alliance
will elect a reporter at an
early day and that he will tell ns
what they are doiti? in the way
of building up the Alliance, and
about the improvements of their
farms, etc.
.1. K. Nisijkt, Editor.
As to Cotton Tic*.
News and Courier: East vcar. it j
will be remembered, the Alliance |
Exchange tackled the iron band!
cotton tie rather late in the sea
son, and there was a considerable '
amount of confusion on account!
of the introduction of the wire
tire. Colonel 1 )uncan, of the Alliance
Exchange, does not intend
letting the matter lie over until
such a late day this season, and
has already entered into correspondence,
and has offers that
would have been ?r! Ily accepted
last year. The tie^ will he very
much cheaper than they were
last year, and whether the trust
has had its backbone broken or
not makes no material difference.
Suffice it to say that the prices
now being <t noted aro verv much
less than they have been for some-1
time, awl Colonel Duncan is being
pressed for contracts for the use j
of the Alliance.
A Hrllllant Opportunity for Far- '
mora.
li the new congress enacts a'
tarill'that reserves the American
market for American sugar, many !
beet sugar factories will be established
in the novt f'oiv vrvire I
The hoot at + I per ton yields $~>0
por acre, of which + 10 to + "_'.~i arc
not profit over and above every
item of expense, including pay
at full waives for all labor done
fin the nop. Contrast this with
1 he average of only + 7 fir + S per
acre from corn and wheat, which
barely pays cos? of production and
certainly leaves no profit. No
wonder farmers are tumbling over
each other to ''get a whack at"
this new crop Consequently all
will be glad to know that a book
has just boon prepared by the
editor of American Agriculturist
which, as expressed in il> title,
tells all about "Sugar : A New
and Profitable Industry >n the
I'nited States for Agriculture,
Capital and babor. to Supply the
Homo Market Yearly with + 100,000,000
of its product.'' The
book tells just what has been
done, and bow it has been done,
by growers of beets and cane and
mnnufaeturers of sugar therefrom.
during the past six years.
It describes beet culture in full
detail, tells bow to start a factory
a _ .r ...i i ?
to niioru a nomo market, lor
thousands of tons of Itoots, con
tains adverlisonionts of nutnerou?!
concerns that make (lie machi-1
nery for such factories and itirnish
experts to run them, etc.
The many pictures illustrate
everything about the business
and crop. Altogether tho book
answers every question that can
be raised about this new departure
that promises so much for agriculture.
So large an edition has
been printed that it can be sold
for only f?0 cents per copy post
paid. It is published by Orange
.Judd Company, 52 Lafayette
place. New York city, X. Y., the
well-known publishers of all agricultural
books, to whom orders
or applications for descriptive
circulars should bo sent.?Cotton
riant.
HOW TO APPLY MAYt'lti:.
I Comparative of Surface
Manuring ami it* Mami
re.
Klias A. Long learned a lesson
in the application of manure
whim :> Imv in ln'o foUin-V- ......
sery He t??11 s the story as follows,
io American gardening:
We purchased from a tannery a
large pile of compost, hair, ashes,
lime and other refuse, with
enough bark in layers to make
all pile up well. In the winter
we drew this on land devoted to
nursery and other crops, usually
plowing it under in the spring.
Sometimes on fall plowed land
we would incorporate the mixture
with the soil, by the use of the
cultivator or share harrow, in the
spring.
One of the things that vividly
impressed me as we dug trees and
plants from soil thus manured
l was the way in which rootless
would lay hold of congenial bits
of plant food. The tufts and
felted knots of hair would be the
attraction to a mass of small roots.
This is illustrated in the accompanying
sketch, in which a a a
show bunches of hair. This thing
was seen not only in the case of
seeding and tree roots, but also
in those of strawberry plants,
which ho much nearer the surface.
A lesson to bo drawn from this
is that the plowing in of manure
as a method of applying it should
not yield to surface applications
in any marked degree. The
avidity with which roots seek out
and lay hold of particles of manure
in the case stated showed to
me that there can be no mistake
in putting the plant food right
where it will be needed. With
the surface and application of
manure in the fall and winter
there is often great loss of fertility
through escape by leaching
and surface drainage during
thaws in the winter. If it be
drawn to the plat and be kept in
piles until just before spring
plowing or rultivating, such loss
is not appreciable.
The question of the comparative
merits of surface manuring
and the plowing in of manure
may depend somewhat on the
crop also. It is plain in the case
of shallow rooted crops, like lettuce,
radishes, onions, strawberries,
etc., that tho manure i? not
wanted at the same level as with
parsnips, cauliflower and other
deeper rooters. Then, again, surface
manuring may, as in the
case of strawberries, serve an excellent
purpose as a mulch in
keeping the soil cool and in proserving
moisture.
Another thing, all crops do not
need the same amount of manure.
It is a poor plan, for instance, to
he lavish in the use of manure on
potatoes and then s'ight it on onions
and celery. Among crops
that do the better for high feeding
I would place strawherries,
celery, onions, lettuce, spinach,
beets, radishes, cabbage, cauliflower,
squashes and cucumbers.
< >f such, the extent of tho crop is
MlmrtMt mnitHiirfwl hv fhn air?r?iint
of manure, and .'50 to 40 tons per
ac re each year is none too much.
The bush small fruits need lees
manure than do strawberries,
while vegetables, potatoes, peap,
parsnips, carrots, beans, tomatoes I
ami melons get along very well I
with one halt" the manure ca'led !
for by the others named. '(
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IN THE CORNFIELD. 1
i
It<?l??rte<l ili<> Altil>aiun
rulfiiriil Kxperlineut Mutton.
1
The spring and early summer '
of 189(5 were extremely dry.
, Among 14 varities of corn tested
the largest yields were made by
St. Charles, followed by Early1 (
j Mastodon and Blount Prolific. ,
_ j
In the unusual season of lSfiG;
seed corn from Illinois afforded a ,
larger yield than did that from
Alabama and (leorgia. Kernels
i from the middle of the ear of dent
' varities afforded a smaller yield
' M
than grains from the butt and tip1
| ends of the ear. This result was
'confirmed bv averaging the r<?- j
! lative yields obtained in 1 I tests (
, at five experiment stations.
In this dry Season the yields ;
I were practically the same whether (
the distanee between single plants j
in rows five feet apart was three;
or four feet. A distance of two |
j feet in the row greatly reduced j'
j the yield.
On sandy brunch bottom land j
the yield of corn was 3. 1 bushels
greater where 120 pounds per
1 acre of crushed cotton seed was
I used than where ISO pounds of
cottonseed meal was employed,
the amount of nitrogen furnished '
j per aero being tho same in each
fertilizer. On sandy branch bottom
land which had borne two
crops of weeds the hiss when the
weeds were burned, instead of
being plowed under, was 2.8
bushels of corn per ac re.
The yield of grain was less
when the entire stalks were cut
and cured before pulling the ears
and also less when topping was
practiced than when the plants
were not disturbed before gathering
the ears. Financially, topping
was unprofitable, and the
profit in harvesting the entire
stalks was doubtful where no
shredder was available to prepare
j the stalks for feeding and when |
| corn wae valued at 45 cents per |
i bushel and stalks at 25 cents per j
1 I fW I rvAii t* /I a
A compilation of results of I
stripping the blades or pulling |
fodder showed an average loss of
| 2.0 bushels of corn per acre from 1
pulling fodder. Only when fod-j
! der is high and corn low in price
jean fodder pulliug be regarded as (
profitable. Hay making would
generally give better returns than
fodder pulling for the labor employed.
What use is there in eating when
food dees yon no good?in fact, when I
it does you more harm than good, for j
UlK'tl I !?? /"Iwu it" iwd
I f you have ii IohI liing for food ! here
is no list* of forcing il down, for it will
not be digested. You must restore t In*
digegtive organs to their natural ,
strength and cause tho food to tic di-'
I gesteel, when an appetits will come,
and Willi it a relish for fond.
The tired, languid fe#*Iifi#c will give i
place to Igor and energy; then you
will put tlesh on your bones and he-j
eome strons;. The Shaker Digestive'
t 'ordial as made hy t lie Mount (.citation
Shakers eontains food already digested i
nod is a digester of foods as well. Its '
action in prompt and it> etfects permanent.
Doctors prescribe /,'?./ ?/ because it
has all t to* virt ties of <iaslor < >iI and is !
palatable.
I ?Wo are requested to an-'
notince that the (iills (..Toek town-j
ship hoard of pensions will meet
! here next Saturday for the pur-|
pose of electing a chairman.
?Mr. .1. Browning Sykes. of!
, Kock Hill, was hi Lancaster between
trains Tiit?sH ay, shaking
hands with his friends and attending
to some matters of business.
LIOOD'8 Sarsaparilla tins over and
| over again proved by its cures,
when all other preparations failed, that
I it is the One True BLOOD 1 'uriller. J,
Railroad 7SOO MIIcn l.nuc.
One of t iie most stupendous
enterprises ever undertaken is
lite building of the Trans Siberian
railway by the Russian Govern
ment. When completed it will
be 7,500 miles long extending
Iroin St. Petersburg to Yiadivos- |
lok on the Pacitic coast. Our
great transcontinental lines will
be laid in the shade. Track has
been laid on 5,000 miles of the,
line, and the whole system is ex-1
pectcd to be finished by the end
r?f the century. lilizzards are
entirely unknown in the region
through which it will run. the
atmosphere is dry. the average
winter temperature a little below
zero, ami the snowfall is
usually not very deep. When
this road is completed it will very
considerably shorten the journey
around the earth, making it pos
sible to circle the planet in a,
month. Heretofore it has been ,
considered a wonder!ill foal I"
around the eaith in eighty days ;
at present it is possible to aeeoin- ]
plisli it in sixty six days. Imt by
the end of the decade a man can
leave New York, go by way of.
Piemen. St. Petersburg, Via
divosfok. San Francisco and re
turn to New York within a little]
more than thirty days. The]
world is becoming smaller, and a
man can scamper around it on a
brief holiday trip.
There is a man in Holland
whose water supply costs him
$'2f>0 a day. lie is a millionaire
who lives near a village. Not
liking the local water, he had a
special conduit built tor himself
at a cost of $400,000, though he
resides there onlv three months
a year.
Ileuutil'iil Sea Shells.
Kvery one admires them. Since
coming south I have received numerous
inquiries from northern people
for sea shells, and now I am prepared
to answer yes, I can send you shells,
for I have made quite a collection of
lovely shells, bot h from our own coast,
the coral reefs and lovely ones from
the West India islands. I will mail a
dozen or more different kinds, no two
alike, to any one who sends a stamp
for postage. Yours.
ttl 1.^ a *?t
nn. r. a. n a it.n Kit,
Jacksonville* Fla.
PHILOTOIvEN.
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Itcvca monthly pained, cures i.ervonnncs* nn<l
hysteria and restores to period health. Sold
by druggist* and dealers for (I a bottle. Pamphlet
mulled on application. If you can't tret
it from your druggist, send <1 to the proprietor
and he will send you prepaid by express. Chad.
Ulsley, Wholesale Druggist, 6'i Cortland si.
New VorU.
J Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all l'at J
Sent business conducted for moocrm t Fcrv 4
Joes Orrice is ?"?ppaeiTr U S. pitint Ornct ?
J and we < an sc. n. e | 4enl in lc:?s lime than those J
remote from Washington. t
J Send model, diuiving or photo., with de-,rnp t
itlon. We "dvise, if patentable or not, free of'
Jcharye Cjr fee not due tilt patent is vccured. ,
' A f-AMPMLtT. "1 low to Oh?ain Patents," with ?
Jcost of lame in the L'.S. aaa foreigncountries J
sent free. Address, *
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Oregon. Washington, California,
or any point West, It Will Pay Von
to writo to or skk mk. Kxeursion and
special Kates from time to time.
Choice of Routes. No trouble to answer
quest ions. Kates and maps furnished
free. Address Kkki? l?. Krstt,
l>ist. "a--. Agent, I.. A N. R. K.
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I art *?iitlrj?-t prvm|tljr. I !U'fKtl^Hk|?Uj*' J
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tioti ami all Bronchial, Throat ami t
Lung I liseases, Cencral Decline, Loss
of Flesh ami all Cnmlitions of Wasting
Away. By its timely use thousands
ot apparently hopeless cases
have been cured. So proof-positive am
I of its power to cure, that to make its
merits known, I will send, free, to any
alilicted reader ofj your paper,'three
bottles of my Newly Discovered Iteme- ?
lies upon receipt of Express ami l'ost- *V
olllce address. T. A. .SI.OCl'M, M. C.,
'.>s Pine St. New York.
When wrltiiur the Duo tor, plcuso mention
litis paper.
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WANTED.?W K DO NOT WANT
ItoYS OK I,o \ I Kits, to write, but
men of ability, $'jno to $51)0 per month,
salary or commission. state and
general uiaiiap'is KAt INK FI K E
km; I N E Co., IP cine, Wis.
Wanted?fill Idea
Protect your Menu: ttinv tndv lirlitK ymi wctlth.
Write .tAuS WKItKRUMTHN* > CO.. Pntent Attorneys.
WuhUIuki< ii. 1>. for their erne offer
Aiul new list of one thousand Inventions wanted.
AGENTS to coiicn
I -V ordcis by s.implo lor our
I I-- ?.3 Wool Pants to order $3.
" Suits " ' $16
^ " Overcoats $12.
ui inducement.- in thn
I ri?ht paftiL's- a 1 r< i
S ly" -S*AH GUARANTEE mILOKING Co
! H.ro4?.>?^TV L , J ?Hi.?l7e-inilQI W V
H1NDERCORNS The only rare Cur# for
! c??rr>:<.yt?pt all |?:n. MuK. * talking rmv. 15c. at Drufffiiti.
WguM , hairRbalsam !
" m'u' t**ul,ficf tho hale I
Never Fails to Ilratoro Orsyl
to its Youthful Color. I
^^^|vurta^?calp ^*h?ca??-i ft^hair t illing I
If rna ^CONSUMPTIVE or hsv. |
InillL*r?i|on, I'nlnfirt TTl* ..r l>.l?IIity of mir kind u?i *
PAllKSR'8 OINOEIl TONIC. Mnny who v>i ru hopv
W..ju..d tliM-'oiusgLvliiuTu tvs'.uind health hy Us uock
Miss Maria Parloa
1* admitted to l>e a lead in ir American
authority on cooking;: she
Says "Use
a ftood slock for the foundation of
soups, sauces and many other thltifs.
and the best stock Is
: Liebig COMPANY'S
; Etract of Beef."
I'*' of Miss I'arloa s recipes
sent frails by Itauchy & t'o.,
- 7 l'ark Place, New York.
Itch on Human,
Mange on llorses. Dogs atul all
, stock, cured in .'50 minutes b>
: Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This
I r .1
i never ihiih. ooiu oy J. r. IMnc ?ev L
j & Co., Drucgist, Lancaster, 0.
NOTICE
TO ROAD OVERSEERS! , >
V' SA fONSK<jrKXCCE OF THE
recent heavy rair.s, the public
i roads in some sections of tlie County,
(ami especially the clay roa?ls within
a radius of the miles of the town of
' Lancaster), are almost in an impassable
condit ion. A11 overseers of public
roads are hereby notified and re(|iiired
to call out tlieir hands and put
their respective sections in jood repair,
as soon as they are in a proper
condition to he worked.
My order of <'ornmisHioners.
lo .1. I'kiihy,
County isor.
CASTORiA
For Infants and Children.
T*. fie- /)
? If you want any of your
property insured call on A. J. \
(.Mark, who represents a number *'
of'the best Kmrlish and Arneri- .r'
can companies.
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? Deeds, Mortgages, Agricul* ^
tural Lcins, and all kinds of Magis- \
trate's blanks lor sale at the
Kntkkpkisk office.