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Agricultural Tfeonghts for Farmers. Two Roads for Farmers. Vtiut Progressive Farmer. 1* in a very blind man who per weruely travels a rough, stumpy road when he has the chance of over a smooth, easy one. That is what some of the farmers of this Piedmont section are doing. They are well assured that the plan of planting cotton brings flail ore every time. Impoverish ed land, poor horses and mules, empty cribs and smoke houses, and unattractive homes are the results of such farming. But there are many who are getting <m the smooth road. They are vowing much more wheat in tins than thav <li/l loot % */! they will put in a larger oat crop. JBy doing this they will decrease the cotton acreage and thus help 3? keep up price. Col T. J. Moore of this county,a large land owner, is making his plans for next year, lie has cut off 200 acres of land, 39.)ach of which is thin and devoid of humus. Lie proposes to propare 50 acres for peas by plowing and harrowing. Then the balance will be equally divided "between small grain, corn and cotton. He will sow peas after the email grain and plant or sow pens iu the corn. Thus he will have a hundred acres in peas, lie will divide his 50 acre lots by good hog-proof wire fences. Thus be will be able to raise hogs from the gleaning of his small grain and pea fields. By pursuing that p!ai> eight years he w ill bring his land up to a bale of cotton to thf acre. The soil will tie eight t( ten inches deep and his foon crope will be very abundant. CuKN AND COTTON TOGETHER. Colonel Alfred Aldrich, ol BarnwelJ County, plants his corn mhil cotton in the same field, lit snakes his rows four feet widt and plants two rows of cotton and two of corn. He claims th^t tie makes about as much cotton to tibe acre by that plan as his neigh bOB make on similar K??wl rl.mt """"ft'" 4.. the top. There can he no adrvantage in that. There is positive injury if the clay is brought \ to the top. Never turn land unless there is a heavy sod like j .. ^.lulling all cotton. II is corn and peas are an extra crop. This year Le planted a forty-acre lot in that way. lie has Bold 40,000 pounds of ear corn at seventy cents a Ymshel, reserving enough to RUp ply his farm, lie has picked 20, WO pound? of seed cotton, which w.U make about 7,000 pounds ol lint. The corn sold brought $4000 at eleven cents the cotton is worth $770, and both crops are worth $1,170. It seems to us that he would have made more if he had planted the two crops separately, But he is fully convinced that the -rtlrt n ib Koolfni1 O 1.1- ' vr n w t ii > iij cum ins Jilll'J TURNING LAND. 5f looks as if onough had boon written on this subject to give all necessary information. But every week such questions as these are asked : Shall I turn my per stubbier before sowing small grain? WbAt shall I do with pea stubble, pt -??eed8 on land intended for com or cotton next spring? Will it pay to turn land in cotton this where I wish to plant cotton or corn next spring? By turning iaud the top soil is put on the iioStnm and tht? K .-r. Department. clover or broom fledge on it, and then be sure to bring no clay to the top. Do not turn pea stubble when preparing tor small grain. Do not turn it on land to be plantel in cotton next spring. Do not turn clean land at any time. What all clsv land needs is pulverizing. This can be well (lone with the disc plow when followed by a harrow. The elay is then mixed with the soil and will not harden and hake when the winter rains come. Land in cotton this year, and intended for corn or cotton next, may be broken and sub soiled. A good plan is to plow up ^stalks with a twohorse "middle buster" and follow with a subsoil plow. Then do the same to the middle. In the spring the harrow will put the land in tine condition for an\ crop. A good plowman can take a two-horse plow and break land well without turning it. By mak ing u narrow cut two inches of the clav mav be broken and the t. >1 soil edged up. The winter frei zo<will pulverize it. Hut if the cla\ is put on top, it will harden and the land will be in worse condition than if it had not been plow ed. CHARLES PETTY. Spartanburg Co., S. C. The Penalty of Exclusive Corn Feeding. Over and over the changes neec to be rung on the danger of feed ing corn exclusively toyoungano growing hogs. Corn is the great finisher, but nitrogenous or pro tei 11 foods at least in part art necessary for young hogs. In a recent number of the Live Stock World, Dr. Alexander says upon this subject: "Corn is a fine fattening food, but it is deficient in bone and muscle-making ingredients and if fed as a well nigh, exclusivt ration to young, growing pigs, ii is not strange that they develop fat, pudgy bodies, which become too heavy for the weak muscles and bones to uphold so that par alysis ensues. In some instance*the bones become so weal; thai they actually fracture. Such cases have been noted in both II linois and Iowa. Susceptibilit\ to the trouble is inherited by pigs trom parents fed as we have outlined and the disDosition n common in all hogs of the 4'lard,; breeds. The disease, which is akin to rickets, may easily be prevented by breeding from good strong parents that have been al lowed free range and given a mixed diet, feeding pregnant and nursing sows on mixed rations, while, allowed free range on green grass, clover and rape, and 1 nstead m pampering young pips upon corn without adequate exercise, allowing them plenty of exercise upon grass, etc., and feeding a ration rich in nitrogenous muscle and bone-making ingredients. Such a ration should contain milk, middlings, flaxseed meal, bran, dried blood meal or tankage, or a combination of some of these foods rather than corn, which should be kept for the finishing process when frame has been fully developed. Lime water should also bo freely mixed in the food and drink of all begs showing a tendency to weak bones and muscles. Feed your pigs in tiiis way now, and unless too far gone, they will be likely to recover." Attacked Kays Mrs. Nancy Stoddard of Fountain Inn, S. <'. I w.ik attacked t?y (hat terrible monster you call Itheumatism OUK NENV DtSOOVEUY was rccomn ended to me hy our druggist, and alter taking two bottles, that great monster of trouble and sntTeriug was forced to take its (light. I gladly recommend it to any sutleriug with Kheuinaisin. ?oid by Crawford liros. I L J 500# Reported Killed. Casualties at Moscow Said to Reach That Number "With 14,000 W ounded?Scarcity of Provisions Threatened. 1 London, Dec. 26?The correspondent, of the Dailv Press at St. Petersburg, in a dispatch dattd 6 :45 p. m., December 15, says. aAt an early hour this morning the casualities at Moscow were estimated at 5,000 killed and 14, 000 wounded, with the fighting still proceeding. The inhabitants of Moscow have been forbidden to leave their dwellings after 7 o'clock in the evening It ia :inpo.saibio to move about the city in consequence of the frequency of stray bullets. Many innocent persons Iiavo been accidentia killed. Tk scarcity of provisions is threatened. Fifteen Cents Cotton. Is noo<l for th?> poofcet; but it takes OUIt NUNV Ills OVKKY lot that lui'l tast" in the mouth every morning, and that old won't back, and tired dull feeling when ton got up '!li" only SI.on liquid preparation sold with an absolute (JUAllANI'KIC with encli I>??t11 f??i all Hlond an I SKin l iseases, Nervon-nuess, I.iver and Kidney Troubles. You run no risk whatever in Inning OUK Nh\V DlSCOVKtiY. Your druguist will sign the guarantee Sold by Crawford llros. (Brighter^ t* lncrea.<e',ibiir| I /Prospects ?pf< C I J Wo havo ^ B many actual \ 1 photographs of cotton J I fields on which no fertilisers woro c \ used and pictures of tlohls on which f I "other makes" of fertilizers wero \ I used. Results of these crops were 1 I dismal failure.-! 'i'hero uro much / m "liriirhtoi* lirnKMi'pla" nl r.ml i'nr #bo f f progressive luririors of the South, j f Two ami t)ir'-o b.nrs to i ho Hero oro / I only orctiiuiry yields wboro t / Virginia-Carolina Fertilizers J y nro used with proper cultivation. / \ Make your cotton mature early, and I f thus escape the boll weevils andother A I damaging insects. You can easily do I this, as well us incrcaso the ntimbor I W of bolls(nnil their si/.c) on your plants I I by plentifully using Virginio-Caro* / \ lina Fertilizers. This method will y 1 tremendously Incrcaso your yields I ' | iHjrucre." Don't be fooled iuto buy- 1 I lug a substitute. f I 1 Virginia-Carolina Chemical C?. \ Richmond. Va, J V Norfolk. Va. / \ Durliain, N. C. I ,1 Charleston. 8. C. ll U Raltimore. Md. ll I Atlanta. Oft. k Savannah. Ga. . p I Montgomery. Ala. .B VI Memphis, Tonn. JJB I A Bhrevuport. La. Jgt CLERK'S SALE, STATE OF SOUTH 0/ MOLINA, County of Lancaster. IN THE COMMON PLEAS. W.J. Williams, al, Plaintiffs, vs S. F. Williams, Defendant. 1 BY virtue of an order of court made t in the above stated cause, by Judge I). K. Ilydrick, dated I >ec. 11th, 1905, I will sell at public auot ion at Lancaster court house on the FI RST TUESDAY I N J A N U A RY next, within the legal hours of sale, ttie following described real estate, to ( wit: All that certain piece, parcel or tract of land lying, being and situate | in the county of Lancaster, State of South Carolina, bounded as follows: | North by lands of .1. Frank Gardner, Jr., East by land- of J. L. Sowe 11, formerly lands of 1) L Blaekwell, and lands of John Knight, formerly minis in i? r i.aruuer; IsOlir?! anil I West, by Hutl'alo Oreek, containing two li 11 ii(1 red and eighty-four [28IJ acres, more or less. I Terms of sale : One-third cash, and Hie balance in one and two years, se- I cured by bond of purchaser and mortgage of the premises; with leave of purchaser to pay all cash, if he so desires. In the event purchaser fails to comply with terms of sale, on demand being made upon him, said lands will be immediately resold on same day. ' Purchaser to pay for papers. Lancaster, S O. Dec, 12 1006. J F. OR KOOKY, I O. O. O. I\ L. C. ?. D. Blakeney, Plaintiffs' Atty. i / i A Slai hi In view of the fact that we a changes in our business on Janu make some special prices to c * following and compare with wl nAAA 1_ i A i t rr n I^uuuyarus iuc juungai ( i-z< ing at 5c ; 2000 j ards 0c Ginglu ette, all colors, 81-Sc ; nice line sale 50c tl.e yard ; yd. wide Taff wear guaranteed, 08c ; 52 inch per yard, ior only 75c. We hav Clothing and to beat the band, but we are < previous records. $15.00 suits, H suits, this sale O.OO ; 10.00 suits, 1 this sale 5.00 ; 5.00 suits, this s: ter price in Overcoats. Every'b< B advance in the leather market c I but we continue to sell A * asices at u Should you need Underwear weather, see ours. Wright's II best 50c knit Underwear 37c ; g 22c. If your dollars are worth making your purchases. You Funderburk L5 cents will buy either 4 cak 10 cents bottle Machine Oil, 8 b a hundred other things we can't j Horses, Mule ^ Our Mr. Hood has just closed j* loads of Mules and Horses?1? /-? J IV i+C\Y\'\l\ 1"* l\ \*t\ Ann A f U A ?HL' A c* on ^ vuio V-v/111\j iiviv, unc wi uwiDuo an 3 of it, 60 head to arrive in a ft * wires they are the best we hi B Some closely matched teams oJ ? that weigh from 1100 to 1250 ea ? portunity to buy brood mares. J finish and family broke. I Buggies, Bi Two solid cars to arrive this we< ^ Wagons, \A B Have just closed a deal for 1 S stacks of them on hand of all sb j| four horse with regular or broad m all. Those who do not feel able 0 vehicle can buy a second hand, ; J second hand buggies, carriages s W we are going to sell regardless oi 1 Come and ! B for we are far ahead of any i 9 dealers east of the Mississippi ^ harness department. We manu J ness and have no competition. 1 " jGregory-Hood Li ter Sale re going to make some tary 1st, we are going to :ash buyers. Note the hat you've been paying : :; 1000 yards 7 l-2c Out ims at 5c ; best Flannel- ] i of 75c waist Silks, this J eta 75c yard, best grade, Broadcloth, worth $1.00 ^ e been selling Overcoats determined to break all / this sale 11.00; 12.50 this sale 7.50; 7.50 suits, ale 3.75. Same slaughady knows there is an >f at least 25 per cent., id Price for the cold December ? [ealth Underwear 35c; ood 35c knit Underwear y saving, see us before rs to serve, Comp'y. es good Laundry Soap, alls Sewing Cotton, and mention here. F. Oo. / / ES. | js, Mules! I another deal for six car ^ !0 head. Two of these J id one of mules. Think J ;w days, and Mr. Hood ft .' ive bought this, season. M : extra fine mare mules V ich. This is a grand op- { Have some with extra ^ aggies. I ok, all kinds and styles. J /agons. 5 .00 more, and we have ft i. 1 1 V * itrs?uiiu, iwu, uiree anu "T, t tire. Come one, come g or willing to buy a new f as we have at least 100 ^ md wagons on hand that J f the price. Don't fail to W ' See Us < f ? *etail stock and vehicle V river. Remember our c facture all of our liar- 1 sell. ^ .76 Stock Co. 1 A