The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, October 14, 1905, Page 7, Image 9
1 Three Bales Per Acre; How
to Raise Them.
(Southern Cultivator.)
9Editor Southern Cultivator :
H In an editorial on the first page
lof your July number on "Southlern
Georgia," you state a Mr. ,
Somebody raised 24 bales ot cotlou
on eight acres. What I ask
|or is the details. 1. What kind
f land did he use ? 2. llow did
e prepare it? 3. When did he
dant and what kind of seed did
ie use? 4. llow much fertilizer
ras used ? Please give the forr
aula. 5. Give us the mode of
' ultivation, and how olten and
tate about the seasons.
It you will give the informalon
asked for and such other
acts as may be had it will make
nighty good reading in the Uul
ivator tor your patrons. 1 could
lardly be called a novice in mat
ers of this kind, for the reason
hat lor several years I have
>een a reader of the Cultivator,
ind am reading several good farm
aapers with most all the bulletins
>f the state and United States.
This is not doubted, but a more
engthy report will be very help
ul to your many readers in my
ipinion. We use some fertilizer
lere. I sell it myself, but we
ire beginners. We have some
rouble in putting out our fert ili:ers
on deep,sandy land. In seems
o sink with the heavy rains.
What is your advice in the mat.VJ
/er ? We are rained out over
aere in Arkansas. It raius incessantly,
and is raining now.
\i w i?i -
Itt o iiii??ii t 11iiii more i iih.ii l wo
or three days to the week to
plow (his whole season. We
were kept out two weeks at one
(time, commencing .June 21st aiul
running up into July. We have
mud and grass to spare.
Yours respectfully,
B. F. S.
I'resoott, Ark.
Comment by the Editor :
In response to the above letter,
we will describe the condi
(ions under which this large yield
?? -i *
HO Iimuo 111 1W1I UWIWreill JMclCHh,
and endeavor to make the steps
plain enough so any oiih who desires
can do likewise. We took
the (rouble to go and see both
parties and in the latter instance
to put our toot upon the soil that
so far as we know holds the ree
ord in 'cotton production. The
facts in the case relerred to in
south Georgia are these : The
cotton was raised on the laud of
Mr. D. P. Cugle of Oglethrope,
Ga.; it was cultivated by Mr. It.
v Allen, and we have the 1
, I the tacts from him. The piece
\ contained nine acres instead of !
\eight as we were informed. Mr.
'uglc has a good many cattle,
p penned them on this land at <
Iht, and their droppings confuted
the principal manure i
t), only 150 pounds of guano i
g put in the drill when the <
fton was planted. The land <
t / broken deeply and the cotton I
iited, in four-foot rows, and i
y ? chopped and oultiv 1 i with i
ftoter and scrape in the ordinary t
^4iy. It was plowed rapidly and I
jAon grew up to where it did not '
Jleed any more work. The nine <
Acres yielded twenty one bales, 1
feveraging 512 pounds each. i
I Within the city limits of GrifI
fin, Ga., in Spalding county, Mr.
it
11. 4l. Burr has six acres that
yielded eighteen bales in 19 04
It was cultivated on halves by
Mr. H. C. Rodgers. We went
out to view this land, which is in
cotton this year, but owing to
the hot wave which simply cooked
the forms upon it, and the
squares and young bolls still hang
upon the stalks by hundreds, the
yield will not be more than a hall
to the acre. Tno stalks were
fine, six feet high, but the top
. i t?? i-.. J ?
into icei iiuu uu irun upon 11.
This land is fresh, the top soil is
sandy, pebble soil, with still", red
clay subsoil, the ideal land for
cotton. This land was broadcasted
with stable manure in the
tall and broken deep with a two
horse plow. In the spring the
ro ns were laid off four feet apart,
and six hundred pounds ot "Day
Break," a highly atninonialed
guano, was used in the drill. The
cotton was planted about the mid
die of April, ot the "Big Boll"
variety. When the cotton came
up it was hided and chopped in
the ordinary way. It was plow
ed every ten days with scooter
and scrape. The cotton was lelt
one stalk to about eighteen or
twenty inches.
We are convinced that to get
the maximum yield you must
have it thick ; the land must be
wholly occupied with cotton.
We have seen several parties this
year trying seven or eight-toot
rows. This is too wide. We
are confident four feet is best,
both for corn and cottou. Now
three things stand out very clear
to our minds in iIiojo *??
stances ; aud they stand at the
very foundation of all successful
farming. First, the lands were
broken deep ; second, they were
well manured and largely with
cow and horse manure. We can
never do the best farming without
more cattle to make more
manure. Thirdly, they cultivate
^,1 .... .11.. i> -
c? mpiuiv, i\apiu, snanow cultivation
alone can give us the
maximum yield. This is the only
way to make money raising cot
ton; and whenever you bring
one or more acres up to this yield
you have done a genuine service
?first to yourself lor you will
never he quite so contented with
a low one ; and second, to your
pocket, which will feel the dit
lerence in the tail ; third, to your
family and community in setting
them a good example ever to fol
low, and fourth, to posterity, for
to them you will leave some
aiTifs more leruie man you lound
them, and upon which they, in
turn, can receive a just return for
all their labor expended upon
such lands.
School Fund and School
Buildings.
Columbia cor. News and Courier.
The question regarding the sub
jidy contemplated tor new public
school buildings has just been
iecided by Assistant Attorney
Gtenoral Youraans. He thinks
ime stale board has a perfect
right to provi.ie that the State's
money should only go into a
jchool building where the title
to the property is in tee simple.
The point was raised in Claren1on
county and the Assistant Attorney
General renders this opinion
on the interesting question :
October 10,1905.
Lion. O. B. Martin, State Sup
erintendent of education, Colum
bia, S C.?Dear Sir: Yours < f
October 8 received, calling my
attention to the Act. to Encourage
the Erection of Adequate Public
School Buildings." February 22,
1905, 24, Stats, 905, and asking
whether it was within the com
petency of the State board of
education on April 27, 1005, to
pass this resolution:
lkResolved, That county boards
of education shall require all
public school buildings to he con |
siructed rnly upon land deeded
to the trustees in lee simple ;
that no school building schall be
aided by funds under tho School
Improvement Act, unless constructed
according to plans ap
proved by the S ate board of ed
ucalion, and furthermore, unless
the building is tound to be of
first class material and workman
ship upon inspection by t he
county superintendent of education?"
1 am of the opinion that it is
within the competency of the
State board of education to pass
this regulation.
Yours respectfully,
LeRoy F. You mans,
Assistant. Attorney General.
A Tarheel in Trouble?Charg.
ed With Having too Many
Wives Sticking to Him.
Oakland, Cal*, Oct 11.?Frank
C. Norton, a painter of Charlotte
and Raleigh, N. 0., was today accused
of bigamy by one ol his
wives, formerly Miss Josephine
n.lilllan tJU
v^iiihkiii, Vf? X W1CU17 j V 'ii Ml. OH?
claims that, while looking through
his papers, she found that he was
married to three others besides
herself, not having had a divorce
from either. The papers state
that Norton made an almost fatal
attempt to kill his second, Miss
KTizabeth K. Milton, of Butte,
Mont., and a third is Anna French
of Los Angeles, Cal.
The couple is in court because
iviln ntlamnluil tn L- i I I \T
ton. She claims that he was going
to kill her to keep secret that
which in some way he found out
she knew. She shot in selt defense.
Bob Barrett Said to be in
Trouble Again.
Special to The State.
Fort Mill, Oct. 9.?Iiobt. Barrett,
a while man, who has lived
here tor the past year without
any visible means of support,
i was arrested hv the \\>rih flu .
linn authorities near the State
line Sunday with 17 gallons of
corn whiskey in Ids wagon.
Barrett was accompanied by
his son, who unfortunately for
himselt had a pistol in his pocket.
The father, it is understood,
was taken to jail in default of a
$500 bond and the son of a $450
>ond
Barrett had to leave the State
(it North Carolina several years
ago, having been convicted of re
t tiling whiskey, a fine of $500
b^ing suspended on condition
that he stay out. of fhe State for
a certain length of time.
It is said that this fine will
now have to be paid.
% I
For results, advertise in the
Lancastor News.
Our Army?German Paper
Says It's "Rotten"
Berlin, Oct. 11 ?The leading
conservative newspaper, Breus
sische Kreur Zeitung, prints what
it, calls an expose ot the claim
ot the United Slates to he a great
military and naval power. It
characterizes the American army
as "rotten,*' and says it is madel
iip of "iniseraple material," and
declares the Russian army super,
to it. It say8 Americans are
patriotic only with their mouths
Morton's Philosophy of Life.
Paul Morton, when asked t?'r
his rule ot philosophy in lite re.
CHEC
$1.00 overywhoro or samplo bottlo free. C
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J ' NOW FOl
| FANCY GI
2 Nuts, Cheese, M
\ Crackers, Pre;
^ And Fruits of Every Kin
^ Give me your business,
^ and Quality.
? Don't forget I keep a fu
^ China, Crockery
Yours to serve.
i J.
jWAN
The Trading P
We have the Bi<
Cheapest Stock ol
ever hail. We 001
cotton was chen
I higher prices, a
such being the c
more goods than i
Our stock of
dress
/ S NEW AND
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Wo nride oursnb
medium priced li
IN (J in the towi
well assorted and
GENTS' FUF
And at prices tin
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SHc
Think of us. We carry the
I styles and quality. We hi
Shoe for men, and Ivippendo
pair guaranteed.
(Jive us a call ; we welc
or not.
Yours, with Honest Goo
Funde
plied: ''Did you ever hear I he
Western advice, fc*S ? live your
lite each day that you can at any
time look any damn man in i lie
eyes and loll him lo go lo h'dl'f
That's my philosophy of lite"
Mr. Morton ought lo he not only
president of the Equitable, but
of the New York Lile and the
Mutual . s well.? 'harleston Post,
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that ihe fax
books of the town ot Lancaster, S <
will he open for the collet tion of faxes
on the 1st day of November, 1905,
at the ollice ot the town Treasurer,
and all taxes remaining unpaid on
the 1st day of Hecember, 1905, pursuant
to.Section 1 oftiie Supply Hill
of 1905, will be subject to a penalty of
15 per cent for the non-payment of
the same when, together wit it cost.
K K. Wyi.IK.
Oct. 10; 1905. Mayor.
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we 11 ?ive
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