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I'P R. PA ~PREPAF FOR A "( If a bumper crop should be made it will pro] the supply of cotton will probably ne a little shoi to have some early cotton. The crop is going to to side-dress your crop thoroughly and as often ton. told the writer that he knew a man in Flor3 time !he cultivated it. When he lays by lie has a Last year he averaged 8t4 pounds of lint cott on i zer lie applied made him over 400 pounds of lint . Sidc-dressing is the economical and intelliger food in a stall for a mule on Monday morning t You don't try to eat enough yourself on Mond need it. If a (loctor gives you a bottle of medic M along as you need it. Fertilizer is a medicine a as-it ieeds it. The reason cotton sheds is becaus is plant food along as your cotto'n needs it, it weo ding and lie will make a good crop. Now youci that you cant apply it. And the way to fertilzt side-dress as often as you can. You wont use to, M You see how it pays cur Florence friend to use 1 when lie planted and then side-dressing frequenti too much fertilizer on lands that havo been well tion, as most of the lands in this county are. TI tilizer. Up to six years ago France used more fe about the size of the state of Georgia. It has a g M is in forest and pasture, and is occupied by dwell of the land Is taken up in roads. Allowing for a We Want to Show You What Mr. J. S. Fowler says: "Side dress ing will pay a profit of 100 pr. ct." I Elias McGee says: "Side dressing is a paying business. Any man who side dresses once will always do it M again." B. J. Smith: "It will pay 25 pr ct." r. J. Hannon says: There is noth E ing like it." ) J. A. Elgin: "It will pay 25 to 30 % per cent." ( Reuben Mcee: "It will increase the (()) one-fourth." A. E. Dean says: "'Side dressing is very )rofitl)l(e, the plant getting the fiill benefit of all the fertilizer and that it. will stop the shedding of the squares." H. E. Cooley says: "Side dressing pays better than it does to fertilize M when the cro) is started." M J. R Austin says: "It will increase M the yield 25 per cent." M J. R. Miller says: "I find it very M profitable." John B, McDaniel says: "It will in crease the crop one-third." P. L. Tate says: "It is very profit able. " Clyde Oreen says: "I expect to I idress both cotton and corn this I -,year.' -'J. G. Harris says: "By side dress ing I make from 40 to (10 bushels of corn .to the acre where I formerly t * madeC 20."1 SJ. D). Babb says: "He makes more on a one-horse crop by side dressing than his tenant did on a two-horse crop without sido dressing.' I S G. W. Gilliard: Finds it profitable. F. 1E. Guber says: "It will pay (10 per cent 0on the monev invested for M side dressing." )1 c. M. Campbell says: "'The forti M lizer used in side dressing pays better than that used before the crop~ is Splanted.' T.rj R. Cason says: ''le got a great' profit by sidlo dressing.'" M Ira . Copeland says: "'it increas ed his yield one-third.' R. L. Hall says: "Ho-I has been gireatly benefitted by side dressing."' Jas. A. Cox says it pays him well Sand he advises every farmer to try it. - R. J. (ainbrell says: "He miade one-f onrth more b~y side dressing.'' You will see froma this that the estimates Svary. T ihat es accountede for largely we think It is very t robable that somet of them ai time to aply It. Andl when't it is appllie~d theng Ofcourse f dry wether sets in after that the ine tksrain to enable the ferlilizer to bh come pha you 'w ant to use9 high grade goods, say ouar 8.-I it wvill certainly pay you. and fihe)- are among We are making a great deal of 8-4-4 especia because we know It wvil pay you. It will prevent your cotton fronm sheddmn Mget the wvormn next fall. S Fertilizer thatt is put into the ground at rains and absorption and by the time the crop 1 MJ. R, YADIYER M President A & FOLG2 Mmm . :CMM ,tanM SA TIONE BUMPE )ably sell for more at tKe flst of the season tihai rt in the earlv part of the fall. This being the c start off a httle late, so if you want early cotton is you can Joel Key?. fornerly of this place, v nco county, South Carolina, whoside-dressed hii pplica from 1800 to 2000 pounds < f fertilizer to ti o the acre. We have no doubt that the last 1001 uot.tont. You can figure his prafit with ootton at it way to fertilizer at mid beforeplanting. You o last. him until Saturday night. Yeu feed it 1< ay morning to last you until Saturday night, ht h.e to tako ns a tonic, you don't take it all at on< id a toi ic for ce- (,n r ind the wa3 to at ply it is tc L it Is lackingin plant foo-l. If you will aipply ti it shed an I all a gooli farmer wants is to keep h mt depond upon sidedressing entirely. The si iis to put it in% the groutid at or before the time c > much fertilizer if you get the rihht kind, the Ic 800 to 2000 pounds to the acre aptilying so . o bel y ani making 814 )ouils of it c Ittoa to) the I prepared. as they hiav been. this year and in a g< ke people in this country are just beginning to le rtillizer than the whole United Statis oft Ameri reat many cities, towns and villages in it. A gri ings in the towns, cities, vilages and in the coui 11 of tha; there is probably a great deal less lau Some Of The Good Farmers 4 J. S. Martin says: "With favorable easons he finds it will increase his e rield one-fourth." C. B. Lewis: "He finds it pays him c 0 per cent." s J. T. West: "Finds it pays him vell." y T. L. Rainey says: "He had rath- s 3r have one acre side dressed than 5 ;wo acres nt side dressed." C W. M, Strickland says: "It pays ;o side dress." J. ,. Bolt says: "It payrs to side 1\ ress." Tr. G. Stewart says: "It will pay , roi 20 to 25 per cent." R. 13. Cooper says: "He made 168 j >ishels of corn on five acres of ordi iary land by side dressing." 81 J. A. Lindsey says: "He left two t tcres un-side dressed, which was not ialf as good. as the cotton he side tressed. He says that he made 1650 8 >ounds of cotton to the acre on the and that was side dressed against h 1000 pounds wvhere it was not side I Iressed." W. T. Clark says: "It paid him 25 C >or cent. Finds it. pays to side Iross cotton and corn.'', John S. Cromer says: "It pays if fi iot applied too late." . J. E. Saddler says: "He made one hird more where he side dressed han wvhere he did not.'' Clarence W. Beatty says: "He; inds that it has paid him the last ;wo years andl he expects to continue .t. H-e says that he has yet to see C mnd try a guano that is better than ur 8-4-4." Sanmuel McCrary says; "It has paid him and he expects to continue it and to side dress more extensively I this year than ever." J. W, Hlall says: "He thorough Ly believes in side dressing. He finds: the A. P. & O. as good if not better r than any he ever usedl.'" Wmn. F. Lee says: "'It paid hand- t somely wvhen properly applied at the proper time."' t B. M4. Aull says: "H~e finds, it prof itable.' J. M4. Knox: "It makes at least one-fourth more cotton to the acre. Hie expect to side-(lress his whole crop this year.'' made by different, farmers of the extra prIofit, nu iy theo diff'eiene in the times it is apphedr. plied the side 4 iresser 1oo iate We think June is t, is certainty the miost profitable investment y'on )re)sR woni' be as miuch as if the wvether conditio nt food. \ ou svant to apply your side.-dresser as .If these me~n whose names we have given kno he best farmers In Anderson Uounty. Ily prepiaredl to side--dressing. It is for sale and v g. it will bring it in early and the chances are thi md hefor.. planting firaduially grows weaker, of< >egins to fruit the plant food (fertilizer) is weaker ER, 'THU PJ(umunum 5 HAVE R CROF i it will later on, as France than in Georgia nee, it will pay you whole United states of the way to get it is. any risk in putting do% nd now in Darling- this country. They hr j cropy nearly every rent for $75 an acre a y ie acre of his cotton, the pecle and to inak ) pounds of fertili- and then they are uin 14c a pound. WV'can all reemi aon't put enough Do. Sold more 16 per c mg as he needs it. As a side dresser. it eat it along as you lowvr grado goods. I :e, but you take. it Now soda acts quic i feed the crop along Our 8-4-4 is made of h io fertilizer. which feet on the crop of a g is cotton from shed- practically no potash ii -ason may bo such Now Potash preve f paniting and then to Stand drought bette ind we are malcin4. great advntago to a ci ore planting, soflb made more cotton last icro. You wont use cotton last year if less )od state of cultivL- Lon. on 300 acre of 8a1 arn how to use fer- cotton. You can flgw ca. Now France is another year but no in )at deal of the land It will probably br itry. A great deal dresi it, as that pushe: d ia i cultivation ir s This County Who Have h Foster L. Brown says: "That for very 100 pounds of well balanced artilizer to the acre, used as side resser he expects 100 pounds of seed otton increase per acre. He says, uppose your land made 1000 pounds f seed cotton by using 300 pounds of -3w3. By adding 500 pounds more on ordinarily get. 1500 pounds of LNd cottood as follows: 00 8-o-nds 8-3-3 $6.25 fpplyicg sathe per acre .50 pathrring a llbs no .t50 2.50 t dl cost 9.25 akiggr50ea pounds extra seed cotton, or 175 potids linteat even '100' pounds(1 $17.50 -azing) off all cost 9.25 ,eaves extra Proft $8.25 rot counting the extra seed. I con dler the money I invest ill fertilizer do best r iestment I hpake." John u. Bolt says: "It paysto use f4-4 as a side dressWr. " P. T. Haynie says: "It increases is crop 25 per cent." Ji Er. Stevenson says, it has id teased his crop 50 per cent. L. Osca Dea says Crp d . bet upposhey fruit bette mad hold pounds fi edcttrnwhenuside 300se pouno Pa3l3. Myaring says hond gathre ooriaiyg.1500 pounds of cto otear oueds otton its ot sid rsd Shsyedfon00t300 pounds 8--3f62 tlyittn tom ther acre.5 cll cos Gabl.2yiticrae aing rp0 pund cent ase coon, 25or 17c punsninta. 'aking ob ays, iot wil.25e w ea xtra rofto toevryto 5o ~.derteony hosphaes in frilizerpa y'-4-4 thatahsiusesrassarsid P. . Haynoe says: It inc rmses iso 25 Per ent . E. Steveso says, it l aslubin-h rased fehisr5er uen. N..scaress says, heros sibe Ir, they cfrunet and hdold the dhe th'r~e- cs;noteCO)neamr aul D.ak oMa arin sasho ~athe redti 500 aroundsag of cotto to stthis acre rery at yoianadso side-dressdagi sin00 ouanythg aiot it nsidedress ye Go. an youonela, it tfoasie-n Gdi.iedfom20t the beund forf ee tno the ealacr wl res.n ae h E. P.eGby breo ofys, th oi nretaned is crod is weren. Fo vr on auG 011obsas Cowlmk w xtr -ae fcto oeeytno tdrnLopaEYOlCma IKEN-- ta h ssS sd trse.A P.&/ os.844py >ete thasda BEEN OF Co So you see that they must fertilize very heavil; America. They must put it down a great deal he n too much fereilizer to pay well. Tie lands in F ve been in a high state of cultivation for hundred, ear, They have lots of people to feed, so it is necl farming profitabl. They know that the only wa.1 g a very high grade fertilizer. The people here ar er when 12 per cent acid was as high as was used. int acid than any other kind. We sold more high iothing lower grade than 8-4-4.should be used. 'I e think that the 8-1-1 goodi will pty better than r kly and exhausts. That is like a crop getting a g: gh grade phosphoric acid, high grade blood and t )od soaking season followed by showers, to keep il i it. This 8-4-4 of ours has 4 per cent potash. its rust, in cotton and blight and various other dis e than it would without it. It also develops the li op. You dont get this a.vantage in using soda a year than any county east of the Mississippi rivet ide dressing had been done. W. A. (Bud) Simps( I last Year. He side dressed liberally. It cost hiL e his profit with cotton at 14c a pound, Now we atter what the price is, the more you make to the ng a better price early in the seasoi than it will I the crop. een Using Our Fertilizers As J. H. Martin says, it pays him at least 60 per cent. 1 Elias Earle bays, he made 24 bales of cotton on 20 acres of land last year lI by side dressing. John T. Green says, he can safely e say that it increased his crop from 20 e to 33 1-3 per cent. C Johnathan McClellaud says, it more than pays and he expects to c side dress his crop again with Ander soil goods. A. C. Milford says, it pays him overwvhe im ingly when appiled along about the first of June. Mrs. M. F. Kelley says, it pays 25 a per cent. on cotton and 50 per cent on S. H. Whitefield says, it about a doubles his yield. He expects to al- c w ays side dress hereafter and to use Anderson goods, as it is the best he has ever used.t J. D. Cartee says, it payz from 25' to 40 per cent. 11 Lewis D. Blake finds side dressing advantageous. s M. T. Fleming says, he finds heI made at leest 1-4 more by side dress mug.'1 Rev. W. B. Hawkins says, it will it increase the yield 1-4 where the prep-' aration has been satisfactory.f E. B. Griffin says, it will make 1-4 more cotton by side dressing and oni some land he has doubled the yield a by side dressing. J. H. Pruitt says, it pays hand- ~ somely and he expects to continue it. Joe W. Clement says, it increases his yield at ldast one-fourth, a E. C. Rogers says, it increases'his yield at least one-fourth. It J. J. Smith says, it increased his C yield at least one-third. R. I. Elroll finds it pays well. I W, K. Maddox says it increases ~ the yield one-third. Eugene Mays says, he wvould not a farm without using side diessing, as it increases the yield from 30 to 50 g per cent and sometimes more. A. R. Allen says he made a bale of r cotton to the acre,by using 300 lbs of fertilizer' as a side dresser. H-. M. T~ate says, he would not farm< wvithout it. It pays handsomely to I feed crops while they grow. 'ant food durig the fruirving sason than at any >lied with susficient p'ant f oodi to sustaim it. St. I Icened anid is graduall growing weaker, wvhile the it throwvs off or sheus all ihe fruit it is unable to ling is to furnish it with plant food by side-dressli T1he Ccasonl for side dIressinfi is short and if you lime you see your mistake it is too late to correct ii ood the quickcer you can digest it, and the finer yo -easing must act quickly to be profitable. bis. Don't jeopardize a dollar to save a dime, rati lant grow rapidly bhades the ground quicker ard uilds up your land. of view side-*dressinag is profitable. 4 Co., Ai MADE TTON. y when more is uazd there than in the avier than we do here. So. you 'vont tin rance are much better than the lands in. i of years. A great deal of their land- will ,ssary for them io nako big crops to feed , to do this Is to use a good deal of fertilizer. e using 'higher gradti fertilizer every year. This year tht Anderson Phosphate & 0 1 grade fertilizer this year than ever before. hat acts more rapidly. and acts better than ' itrate of soda as a sidc-dresBer. od soaking season, followed by a dry spell. mnkage. and fish scrap, so thtt it has the of growing and healthy. Nitrates of soda has oases cotton is snbject to, It enables cotton tit. makes a l-etter boll, and altogether is a a side dresser by itself. Anderson county Anderson county would have made less . on of near Piedmiont made 300 bales of cat a less thain $5.000 to make his 800 bales of don't know what cotton is going to bring acre the more profi, you have to the acre, .ter. The way ;o get early cottou is to side i Side-Dresser ThinK It ) J. L. Pettigrew says, it incoasod is crop at least one-fourth, C. H. Gassaway says, it pays and .o expects to continue it J. Belton Watson says, it increas d his yield at least one-fourth. He xpects to side dress this year more xtensively than ever. Dr. J. M. Richardson says, it in reases the yield from 20 to 25 pr. ct. S. N. Brown says, it increases the ield from 15 to 25 per cent. F. E. Watkins says, he uses 300 ounds as a side dresser as soon as he cotton gets large enough to run round and finds it profitable. Nelson R. Green says, it will in rease the yield of cotton about 1-3 nd will almost double the yield of 3rn. P. D. Martin says it pays from 20 > 25 per cent. John T. Milford says, it pays as iuch again. C. F. Martin finds it profitabl to0 do dress. H. H. Russell says, he ises 500 lbs > the acre and of this e uses 300 )5 in side dressing and finds it prof able. Wade Drake says, he would notM irm without side dressing. It is the N hieapest labor he can get and- pays M t least 100 per cent. A. S. Morgan says it pays 100 per M L1nt. Hie never expects to work a r'op without it. L. N. Martin says side dressing dds 100 lbs of lint cotton to the acre. H. T. McFalf says it pays from 10 o 50 per cent depending on the time+ f apphicatlon and the seasons. J. N. Nance says side dressing ays handsomely. B. F. Gentry says it pays at least 0 per cent. W. H. Martin says, if conditions re favorable it will pay 25 per cent. John Allen says it will pay from 0o to 75 per' cent to side dress. M W.E tone says, he makes about M 0prcent per acre more where he y ide dresses than where he does not. J. McKing of Bel ton says, side Iressing is a hobby of his and . that 10 has found it exceedingly profit.. Lble. oth~er time. 'Phie reason cotton sheds is ) hat at the very timie It needs the most plant mc~reasing fruit is inlcre'a'ing the strai.. on supplort. aiii that cuts the crop) off. Now the sg wvith a goodIfertilizer. Get the be.t fert iii nake a mistake its Nele'cting~ your fertilizer' fr ,Get a wvel i ulve'rised( fertilize er. The u have your fertilizer the quicker it becomews wer use the dime andl save the, dollar. Side make more vegetable matter to be returned cents, j