The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 27, 1906, Page 2, Image 2
Agricultural
Farming Wastes.
.How Carelessness Keens the
,?
Know-it-all Farmers Poor.
Th< Progressive Fai mer :
It has been raining steadily all
%ia\, and while 1 am housed up, 1
?:r; reading some, writing a little,
posting my books and planning
for the campaign that is to follow
*1J this bad weather. Yes, the
weather is bad, but stock are all
comfortably housed, and tools
and machinery under sheds. 1
could not feel comfortable mysel'
if any of the dumb brutes
^ ere exDosed to this cold rain.
-All farm operations are at a
standstill, so far as active work
is concerned, but the wise farmer
is planned ahead for the comdug
season. It is said that no
Other business could stand the
drawbacks that come to the farmer
and succeed. Well, maybe
not, but these bleak wintry days
-are a help to many of us. We
rest and recuperate, both man
and boast; we lay our plans, read
our agricultural papers, study
the bulletins, and in many ways
fortify ourselves for the busy
season later on.
Aro your tools and machinery
ainder shelter, good friend? I
passed a good farm the other
day and saw all the tools scattered
about the barn, nothing under
shelter except the wagon. I
know of a reaper that has never
S>een sheltered since it was first
.^et up.
Now, good friends, this is one
drawback that men farming can
aiot stand. Why will a man buy
costly machinery and leave it ex
posed to all kinds of weather? 1
cannot answer that qutstion, and
will leave it for my readers to
ponder over. Auother thing 1
cannot explain is why a man will
leave his cattle out all winter ex
posed to the weather. Some time
.since I passed a farm and saw a
few poor cow8 standing shivering
in the cold, trying to eat
wheat straw. Not a shelter, nor
the sign of any other feed, and
the man expected these cows to
give milk. 1 once knew a man
who did not have a stable for his
hoise. lie kept him tied to a
tree in the yard.
Mr. Editor, do 1 expect to start
any great reform movement by
writing about these things?
llardly, because the people who
do these things do not read your
# paper, nor ?n.v other farm paper.
I They are the folks who know
rauore about farming, stock-raising
and all kindred questions
tyan all the farm papers com
jned. They are also the folks
i.o give chattel mortgages for
nplies. Good friend, if you
, 'Id see thifl by courtesy of the
^ uj(r in aending you a sample
f ? , let me make one or two
4 'i&estions. First, subscribe for
1(*fe paper and read it every week
4uddqn)e aH you do your Bible, or
in*1 maybe a little "samer," and as
oniin stu vnn Hnha^fiiiu f/?. t-hka
'OO - "'V vwvt.MV t v/1 VIIO
On ' reaper get out and make a shelter
fV for those poor cows, then gather
up ihe tools and put them under
shelter, and don't forget piggy
tind leave him out in the rain
;*ind snow. Then proceed to get
wrathy at me for telling you
about it. E. S. Millsaps.
Irdell Co., N. 0.
Department.
New Experiments With
Corn.
i ^ .. ...
n.xperimenrs witn corn at the
Nebraska Experiment Station
have just been compiled and
published as Bulletin 91. Tests
of a number of varities of corn in
different parts of the state have
continued. Something over one
hundred farmers are engaged in
these tests. It was found?*thut
uo one variety of corn is equally
well adapted to all parts of the
state. By dividing the state into
six sections, it was shown that
certain varieties yielded best in
certain sections aud other varie
ties in other sections. The yields
j obtained by each experimenter
I are stated in the bulletin.
Corn was planted sufficiently
thick so that it could be thinned
out to from one to live stalks per
hill, 44x44 inches apart. Ou
good soil with liberal moisture
supply, three stalks per hill gave
the largest yield of grain, al
though the ears were smaller
than where the planting was
thinner. Experiments indicate
that towards the western edge
of the corn belt two stalks per
hill are better than a large num
ber.
The plats of corn having the
thickest 6tand had the largest
nrnnnrt.inn r?f hnrren ntnllra On
r ? r -*,WM "* - w? wVW...w. w ..
the other hand, suckers are more
abundant in the thin stand of
corn. These suckers serve a use
ful purpose iu producing ears
when the stand of corn is thinner
than the soil and moisture
can easily support. Iu regions
of sufficient rainfall it would not
seeui advisable to remove the
tillers iu ilij hope of improving
the yield.
Experiments with seed corn
from different states lead to the
conclusion that seed corn should
be raised as near as possible to
trie locality in wiucii it is to ue
planted.
Seed corn placed in a dry seed
room in the fall gave 20 per cent
better stand in the field than
seed corn from the same field
that was left in the crib over
winter. T. L. Lyon
Nebraska Experiment Station.
Some Profitable Experience.
Editor Southern Cultivator:
This cold rainy day reminds
me of many such days, when I
lived in town, and had to work
in a dark shop to make expenses
or draw on my little savings for
a livelihood for these rainy days;
and maybe our wood was nearly
out, and no wagons would run
such bad days as this. Hut 1
worked hard, aud saved enough
to buy a nice farm in the country,
ana stock anil feed to run it the
first year ; bought a sawmill outfit
and sawed the timber where 1
wanted to clear the land, built
a good house, and made other
improvements on the place, sold
my shop and home in town, and
moved to the farm, where we
have been living now nearly two
years. My v. ife and children are
all healthier and happier and enjoy
life much better here than
they did in town.
1 will tell how I began to farm ;
I rented out a one-horse farm for
standing rent and run three
others myself. Among the first
steps 1 made towards farming
was to read the Cultivator, then
I went to work as near like It
said, as my means and circnm
stances generally would admit
of. I kept two good mules and
one horse, a few cows, and a good
many hogs; have cleared a great
deal of fresh land, built good
tenant houses, terraced my land,
bought what I could not make in
the way of good farm tools and
implements. I keep a forge and
a good Bet of wood and black
smith tools, bo that I can keep
tuy farm implements in good
condition, don't think it pays to
work with dull or worn out tools
This year 1905 haa been quite
an unfavorable one for farming
in this section, but we have made
fairly good crops; any way we
are eating cur own hog and
hominy and burning our own
wood these cold rainy days. I
will give my plan for dividing
up my crops; I cultivate about
100 acres with three plows which
I run myself. I plant 30 acres
in cotton, about 5 acres in
potatoes, sorghum, popcorn and
sugarcane, 10 acres in oats, fol
lowed with Soarnsh trround ueas
and 5 acres in old fashion or run
niug ground peas, and the balan
ce in corn, with field peas in |
every row. I have no shredder,
but cut part of my corn crop in
fodder stage, so I can cut plenty
of hay. At this writing, Dec
20th, I have half of my oat crop
up and growing, will sow balance
in spring, and nearly all my c <t
ton land turned with a two horse
plow. Now, Mr. Editor, if you
think it worth the while I woulo
be glad for you to comment on
my plan and offer any improvement
that might suggest itself t<
your mind, that would be practicable
for a poor mau to try. VVhai
do you think of laying off corn
land on hilly land, with middle
buster in fall or early spring?
I think it would be a great help
to the terraces in holding water,
if nothing else.
Any advice you see fit to give
on these lines through the (Jul
tivator will be gladly received.
Wishing the Cultivator a mer
ry Christmas and a prosperous
year for l'JOG, I remain yours in
the work. M. S.
Richland, Ga., Dec. 20, i905.
Comment by the Editor:
We do not know any better
comment we can make, than ?im
ply to say?Go on, you are on
the right road. We will add?
the plan for dry bedding or men
laying off the row as you nuggest
with a "middle bnHter" ia a good
one. We have heard many good
farmers say they had tried the
"drv-bedding" or throwing two
furrowa together with the Mallory
plow, and were delighted with
it, and were satisfied it materially
increased their yield.
Using Brains on the Farm.
TO iL _ Ll I KT
rrom mo oavaunan news:
The moat, productive farms of
the country are those of the
northwest. This is not because
the natural conditions are more
favorable in that section than in
others?the south, for instance
?but because the northwestern
farmer is a stickler for system in
his business. lie does nothing
by guesswork. He keeps books
and takes a strict aocounting or
expenses and income. lie knows
what it costs him to grow his
crops, and when he has marketed
them he knows what his profit
or loss has been. He knows the
tro I 11 n r\ f kr oaim nor nr? Win lv ? ?
T u I m o wi n wpi UK) *4 H 11 1 n IliRlylJ I II~
ery and his stock and taking advantage
of newest methods. lie
is a reader of newspapers and
magazines and keeps abreast of
the progress of the world. Year
after year the farmers are mix
ing more and more brains with
the brawn and guano they put on
their fields, with most satisfactory
results.
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your money
present month
I Don't S
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till you get 01
Clothing, Sh
coats, odd Par
Jackets and
L other things.
Wc have od
in all these tl
going to close
the price.
With best w
patrons genera
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| Horses, Mul
M Our Mr. Hood has just close
J loads of Mules and Horses?!
^ cars come here, one of horses i
V nn i 1 :? -
iwj. it, uu iicau tu arrive in a
wires they are the best we 1
Some closely matched teams
that weigh from 1100 to 1250 <
portunity to buy brood mares,
finish and family broke.
Buggies, I
Two solid cars to arrive this w
? Wagons, \
? Have iust closed a deal for
? stacks of them on hand of all s
1 four horse with regular ot bro;
? all. Those who do not feel abl
j vehicle can buy a second hand,
J second hand buggies, carriages
W we are going to sell regardless
|| uome and
I for we are far ahead of any
dealers east of the Mississipj
f harness department. We mar
J ness and have no competition.
^ Remember, we buy as well a
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d another deal for six car ^
180 head. Two of these J
ind one of mules. Think J
few days, and Mr. Hood &
lave bought this season. ?
of extra fine mare mules f
sach. This is a ?;rand op- (
Have some with extra ^
buggies. |...
eek, all kinds and styles. J
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rv agons. ^
100 more, and we have &
>izes?one, two, three and W
id tire. Come one, come V
e or willing to buy a new f
, as we have at least 100 ^
; and wagons on hand that J
of the price. Don't fail to ^
See Us ?
retail stock and vehicle t
3i river. Remember our (
lufacture all of our har- f
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