The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 07, 1906, Page 2, Image 3
Agricultural '
South Carolina Farming. ,
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Twenty Years Ago and '
Twenty Years Hence: Re- t
view and a Prospect. 1
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the Progressive Farmer.
During the last twenty live
years Piedmont South Carolina
has moved forward in all her industries.
This is especially thei
case on the farms. The ideal j
farmer is the one who makes his:
own supplies, improves Ins land
every year, has a comfortable and
attractive home, with good work
animals, good schools and good
ueighbors. Very few have reach
ed a point where they can say
that they have done their best
But comparing present conditions
with the past, there is room for
congratulations. The first marked
difference in the present and
past is the increased intelligence
of the farmers and their families.
Twenty-five years ago the average |
farmer knew little about nlantl
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food and its application, lie ,
bought blindly and applied it in (
the same way. So it was guano (
with a popular brand on it he (
would buy regardless of the cost ]
or value. Be has also learned
how to judge agricultural imple
ments. It is pretty difficult for 1
an agent, although a hypnotist to
unload a lot of cultivators and I
rights to make a fence and $100
lightning rods (ou $75 houses) on ^
the farmers as they did a quarter
of a centry ago. They understand ]
the elements of plant food in the i
soil and the kind of ferii'izer to (
apply to this field or that. I
Another great improvement is J
harmony existing between all of f
our business people. Formerly '
the farmers were taught to con- 1
older manufacturers, middlemen '
and bankers as their enemies. 1
That was the dav nf tho /.hoorv t
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politician. Some of the same I
^ort are left. But the farmers '
have been at school. Tliey have *
no enemies now except them
selves. They feel and know that #
geueral and lasting prosperity '
must depend on good fellowship f
and harmony amongst all busi- '
ness classes. Every one who pro- s
duces anything or handles the %
products of the soil, or adds to the t
country, is ilie farmer's friend, 1
and he knows it. '
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Great progress has been made
in the cultivation of ttie soil.
Men are now using brains instead
of brute force. They have been a
seeking reasons for doing this r
or that thine 'I urnrL inn. r
e. ill intelligently.
They have better o
farm implements ami use them ?
more skilfully than ever before b
They are learning how to deepen ?
the soil and bring into available t
Condition the vast stores of potash
and phosphoric acid locked t
up in the red clay. They begin n
to understand how to catch and I
hold the nitrogen in the air and k
turn it into plant food. With I
improved implements they are f
doing as much work now in one P
day as they did in two in former t
days. Another great improve- t
ment is the increase in yield of 1
various cropp. Only a few years '
ago the yield of lint cotton was '
about 133 pounds to the acre, t
They have increased that about 40 f
per cent. Even the yield of corn t
which receives too little atten c
tion, has been slowly increased, f
Another step forward is the (
raising of better cattle for beef Ib
Department.
md the dairy. Almust,any farmer
now can own a cow that will
nake a pound of butter a day,
md many of them make tw<
rounds a day. This^comes fiom
proper selection of cows ano
>roper feeding. Then beef cattb
ire attracting the attention ? f
inme of our farmers and they ar*
beginning to raise the heav>
;attle.
A good crop for a year or two
s a good thing, but it may not
>e the best thing. We consider
lie greatest improvement raadi
ey farmers is the increase o
knowledge. They are beginnii g
:o understand a little about theii
business and they are anxious t<
learn more. They are giving U|
heir prejudices again.it "book
farming" and they seek the aid
>f chemists and other experte.
I'hey read agricultural papers as
they never did bet'ore.
But our farmers are picking
up only a few pebbles on the
ihore. The* great sea of knowledge
has to be explored yet. They
are far below their highest ideals
and "'they need the guiding hand
}f wisest men to point out the
way for them. We verily believe
that this is to be the farmers'
jentury. It will be, if he will
5nly use well thejf, brains his
Maker has given him.
A. Virginia Farmer Gives His
Experience.
From the Progressive Farmer.
I have been farming iust fiftv
fears and made a good living at
t, and have raised sixteen chillren.
It is an independent life,
aut a slow way to make money.
[ am called by my neighbors a
i;ood farmer, especially forjcotion.
While I have made cotton
ny money crop, 1 have always
tept plenty of hogs, milch cows,
md large truck patches and garlen,
and my wood-pile well supplied
at all times?good stove
vood for the boss, and have at all
imes been under petticoat'govsrnment,
liaving had three wives
md always a baby to amuse and
ceep me company. I have an
trchard of over 350 fruit trees of
lenrly every kind of fruit, good
trawberrv patch, fifty grape
Ones well assorted ; have sold 100
lounds of butter in the last sixty
lays at 25 cents per pound ; keep
ifty liens and sell eggs every
veek ; also keep bees.
A TEST WITH FERTILIZERS.
Recently 1 have been subsoiling
,s an experiment. Lands very
oiling, with hard red clay foruation,
hard to get in and hard
n team. I am not able as yet to
ay whether it pays. I use hiIIide
ditches; don't think terracng
would do for my land : never
ried any.
1 had tried every brand of ferilizers
1 could get hold of, but
tone paid a profit; so last season
got some high-grade Peruvian
;ukuo (have forgotten analysis),
applied 500 pounds per acre: 1
icked and weighed correctly. 1
;ot only 1.36 pounds seed cotton
o pay $10, which it cost me; coton
worth $5 14, including seed;
oss per acre, $4 50. Some years
>ack I took a square aero, perfect
y level, applied 100 bushels cotonseed,
110 twohorsa loads of
nanure and 2,000 pounds of ferilizers
and got836 pounds of seed
lotton and paid Davis Dixon $5
or (bushel of seed to plant it.
Checked three feet each way, two
talks to hill; land very poor to
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impoverisHBd Soil
Impoverished soil, like impoverished
blood, needs a proper
fertilizer. A chemist by analyzing
tlie soil can tell you what
fertilizer to use for different
products.
If your blood is impoverished
your doctor will tell you what
you need to fertilize it and give
it the rich, red corpuscles that
are lacking in it. It may be you
need a tonic, but more likely you
need a concentrated fat food,
ami fat is the element lacking
ia yout* system.
There is no fat food that is
so easily digested and assimilated
as
Scott's Emulsion
of Cod Liver Oil
It will nourish and strengthen
the body when milk and cream
fail to do it. Scott's Emulsion
is always the same; ulways
palatable and always beneficial
where the body is wasting from
any cause, either in children
or adults.
We will send you a sample free.
Tin sure that this picwEgy
K ture in ttao form of n
tuiuvi is uu iuc wrapper
of every bottle of Emulsion
vou buy.
SCOTT 4 BOWNE
409 Pead St., Hew YorK
50c. and $1.00.
All Druggists.
s'urt with. N-xt year, and foi
three years, it made 1,600 pounds
seed cotton per acre.
UK OWNS A KKMARKARLK 11KN.
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i nave a nen eignt vears old
that has just finished laying 152
eggs 011 a straight 6tretch, only
missing a few days in time. The
reason I kept her ho long I found
she ate all the terrapin hugs off
my cabbage and learned all her
ha ch to do the same. She is ?
mongrel.
WILL PLANT F< lt 7 CKNT CoTTOIl.
I expect in the next few weeks
to see more advice to us farmers
about acreage in cotton than a
little; and nine times out of ten,
if trom a farmer, if you will visit j
Ins house you will find him doub
ting his own acreage while advis
ing others to reduce. 1 did re
duce ntv cotton acreage last year
l< r the simple reason 1 could not
get any laboi to work it, and fear
I shall have to still further redoes
this season for the same reason
VVhen it comes to white folks hav
ing all the work to do, especially
backbreaking picking, we need
not fear any over production. But
for Providen-e stepping in when
most needed by adverse seasons,
farmers would soon bankrupt
themselves regardless of what the
Southern <' ot t o n Association
might say or do. The poor plant
ing season last year and gloomy
outlook in the entire season put
cotton up and short crop has kept
it up with good demand for manufactured
goods.
i shall plant for six and one
half to seven cents' next fall to
try and have enough hog and
hominy to carry mo througn.
W. W. liainey.
Brunswick Co., Va.
MONEY TO LOAN
I am prepared, a* usual, to negotiate loan
on I in proved eoitbn farms, In sums ol MiO.
and upwards for tlvr years. Interest ai 7 pe
cent on sums of 11,000 00 and over Under
11,000 0o. B per cent. Interest. No brokerage
or commission charged?only a reasonable fee
for abstract of title.
R. i!L WYL1K,
Attorneyat Law.
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TO THE #TRADING
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If you want to SAVE
your money during the
present month,
Don't Spend
A Nickle
till you get our prices on
Clothing, Shoes, Overcoats,
odd Pants, Ladies'
Jackets and a hundred
other things.
We have odds and ends
in all these that we are
going to close regardless
the price.
With best wishes to our
patrons generally,
I Funderburk Comp'y.
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are manufactured from the highest grade
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