The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, February 03, 1906, Page 2, Image 2
Agricultural
Winter and Spring Work
for the Farmer.
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iuih spriug oeiore piannnp:
and you will have a good garden
if the rest is done as well.
There are hundreds of little
&ings that you can do now,
which will add wonderfully to
your success this year, if you will
look out for them and do them
now while you have time.
How about the cow and calf?
What are you going to do for
them this summer?
And those shoats, which you
xpect to make your meat from
aext December? Where are you
joing to keep them ?
Can you get to your horses,
?OW8. or h02R. without inmninor
? I-."*
Jrom place to place to keep from
$oing into the mud up to your
.ihoe strings?
Where is the stove-wood?unior
the woodshed or out in the
mud some two hundred yards
from the kitchen ?
Now, my friend,you see all these
*thi ngs ought to be done; but
don't get too busy to be organiz
ed into the Cotton Growers' or
gamzation. This is the most important
thing you will be called
upon to do this year, for the gen
eral good. The agent will soon
be in your county. Be sure to
t took out for him and help him all
I on can. Take up this matter
and get all the information you
aan, so when the organizer comes
you rill be ready to help him.
sure to see that AVnrv roan in
jour township goes to the township
meetings when the time
401X198.
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Mow, by the first of April every
tfownship should be organized in
North Carolina. Be sure to keep
down the acreage. In planning
lor this year's crop don't forget
fc> cut the cotton crop and put in
ntv of corn, peas, potatoes and I
garden crops.
At the Cotton Growers' Asso
vnation in Raleigh, five good men
were elected directors, who will |
Have charge of the business of 1
the Association. These are as i
good men as we have in the State I
a lNumoer ot practical Suggestions
by Dr. Freeman,
of North Carolina.
From the Progressive Farmer :
Now is the time for our farmers
to begin to do all the plowing
lliey can. Where the land has
, much litter on it. or where it lay
ant. last year, these lands should
lie broken now and again before
planting.
You should remember that for
?ome years now our springs have
been lnte and the land wet, so it.
wa? hard to pet land broken in
time. So look out for pood days
bow and Rtart the two-horseplows
front six to eipht inch deep,
ftnd where the land is roupb,
pulverize it with harrows.
Now is the time to clean out
ditches and let oil water so the
land can dry out thoroughly.
This can not be done to the best
advantage just before planting.
Clean out, clear up, and keep
*leun every foot of space about
the home and farm now while
jou have time.
li you have not already plowed i
up your garden do so the first
nice day that comes. Plow deep
and spread broad cast with any
rough litter manure you have on
Sop after the plow. Do this
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Department ^
and they will do all in their i
power for the good of our farm
ers. So be sure to co operate i
with them and help in every way (
you can. The cost will be only I
three to ten cents on each bale of i
co.ton you made last. year. The .
Association has already raised t
the price $20 on the since it was
organized. Now of this $20 gained
you can easily, and I am sure
willingly, pay three to ten cents
on the bale. Look out for the [
agents. H. F. Freeman.
Wilson Co., N. O.
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Horse Notes. '
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By iShcpberd. j
Give the horses a change of t
food occasionally.
It is easier to keep ajteam in a
Rood condition than to make it
so.
Overfeeding is just as bad for
a horse that works as underfeed
ing.
A good time to make the coming
horse tractable is while he is
young.
Give the brood mares plenty
of food and exercise but 110 heavy
work.
HroaU colts while young, but
give them on O I ight work enough *
to keep them training.
The most clear profit in handling
good horses lies in the fact
that you have raised them yourself.
Examine the horses1 teeth oc
capionally. and if they are uneven i
have them rasped down. ?
Horses liaviug fast work to do (
should be ted but little hay and .
ouly a small allowance of corn. ]
The value of a horse depends, <
first, upon his breeding, and next
upon his first year's keeping.
The forcing process is not
dangerous, provided the proper ^
conditions of exercise and mus- ^
cular development are maintained.
'
Horse breeding requires more (
capital, is more profitable if sue- *
cessful, and involves larger losses '
if not, than any other kind of *
stock breeding. I
Overfeeding is just as bad for 1
the horse that works hard as I
underfeeding; there is a happy ]
medium which should be sought
and carefully followed.
a -l:
a. (uuu iiuiu to maae ine com- 1
ing horse tractable is now, while j
he is young, He is easily handl- ,
ed now and remembprs all you ,
teach him as long as he lives.
A liberal use of the curry comb j
and brush will go a long way towards
keeping horses in good (
condition, especially at this time. ,
The handling which the colt t
receives from its earliest days
til) it becomes a mature animal
is as important as the food that !
in supplied it. 1
Horses, mules and sheep are
the animals that require the least 1
Krain in proportion to their '
ralue. This affords a good rea- 1
ion why a man with ample pas- '
turea and plenty of fodder shonld (
be partial to them.
Horses for hard work should
not be too fat; good thrifty con
iition is best. If in good strong
lesh they will stand up to work
batter and suffer from heat less
than if very fat. On this account
oats is a better daily ration
:or work horses than corn. A
nixture of the two, however,
jives good results.?Live Stock
Journal.
Harvie Jotdan,
President of Cotton Association,
Attacks Last Report
of Census Bureau.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 31 ? Pi*'silent
Ilarvie Jordan* of th
Southern Cotton A?sooi 't'o ?.
oday gave out a ft'dement in
which he Jakes severely to la.-'.
;he Cen>u? Bureau at Washing
/On tor alleged shortcomings.
Ele says in pari :
"The action ?>f Director Nor h,
)f the Census Bureau, in tailing
o make public all the inform a
. on lie teemed from the ginnei>
Ian. 16, and his persistent re"usal
to do so, in face of repeated
lemand-*. is exciting consider
ible indignation throughout the
50uth. i\lr. North asked, Jan.
16, all ginners for the following
nformation :
"How many bales gii ned for
he season of 1905 ?
"'What is the average weight
>fbales ginned to date?
"'What is \ our e t mate of
he percentage of cotton remaning
to be ginned ?' "
The public received the result
>f the answers to the first ques,ion
on Jan. 23 in the statement
hat 9,998,111 bales had been
;inned. The results of the oth
*r two inquiries have been withheld
90 far. I wired Mr. North
yesterday as follows :
44 4 For what purpose was aver
ige weight of bales and estimat 1
?d amount of cotton to be giun- 1
jd after Jan. 15 obtained in your
recent ginners' report ? As this
s public official information,
KUidly wire me today the result
jf the estima'es as shown.'
44In reply to the above, Mr.
Norta sent the
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44 'Average bale weiehts will
oe made public as scon as can
ae compiled. Estimated amounts
to be ginned were obtained, and
>nly approximately, to enable
Densus Office to determine wha'
jounties must again bo canva^sid
for final report and not for
public use. Will be published
if Congress directs it. Resolution
to that effect introduced
House today.
" 'North, Director'"
President Jordan says that
170,000 bales of the crop were
ginned prior to Sept. and w4e
iounted in the commercial crop
>f 1904 05, but have been made 1
a pait of the Census bureau re- 1
portof 0,908,111. Deducting the
170,000 bales from the publish
3(1 total of 9.908.111 Iorvhh 0
528,111 to be counted in the
irop of 1905 06. Add to thiR
150,000 bales and there still re 1
main9 a crop under ten million
bales.
lie says wide investigation
?hows that spot holders are not
|
telling their cotton and that
practically there is no cotton tor 1
tale in the face of the present <
lepression. |<
I TO THE *
TRADII
nnni r
ruBLii
If you want to
your money dui
present month,
Don't Sper
A Nickle
till you get our \
Clothing, Shoes
coats, odd Pants,
Jackets and a
other things.
We have odds ;
in all these that
going to close re
the price.
With best wish
patrons generally,
Funderburk
I Horses, Mul i
1 Our Mr. Hood has just closed ar
J loads of Mules and Horses?180
^ cars come here, one of horses and <
m of it, 60 head to arrive in a few
< wires they are the best we hav*
1 Some closely matched teams of e
? that weigh from 1100 to 1250 each
^ portunity to buv brood mares. H
J finish and family broke.
i . Buggies, Bu{
S Two solid cars to arrive this week
? Wagons, Wz
m Have just closed a deal for 10C
* stacks of them on hand of all sizes
M four horSP with rnmiliv. A 4-:
?? t vii i v^uiai ui UI UdU li
? all. Those who do not feel able 01
0 vehicle tan buy a second hand, as
J second hand buggies, carriages an(
W we are going to sell regardless of t
1 Come and S<
J for we are far ahead of any ret
S dealers east of the Mississippi r
p harness department. We manufa
^ ness and have no competition,
t Remember, we buy as well as se
$ Gregory-Hood Lie
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kin
lb
!!
? S A.VE
*ing the
id
)rices on
, OverLadies'
h undred
and ends
we are
gardless
es to our
I
Comp'y. j '
FX I V
I"w i
i, Mules! I "
iother deal for six car ^
head. Two of these ^
one of mules. Think J
days, and Mr. Hood S
; bought this season. ?
sxtra fine mare mules ? ?
l. This is a grand op
ave some with extra ^
?gies. I
, all kinds and styles. %
igons. J i. ,
) more, and we have S
i?one, two, three and
ire. Come one, come v
r willing to buy a new V
we have at least 100 i t
1 wagons on hand that J
he price. Don't fail to ^
ie Us *
ail stock and vehicle V
iver. Remember our M
nturA oil 1
wuiv i/i our nar-^^0|
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