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Agricultural 1 Value of Vegetables. j?? It o (Paper read before the Illi- ti nois State Horticultural Society p hv Mrs. Nora Hurt Dunlap, of fi Champaign (Jo ,11!) Tne science of lite should bo <! the principal science in all edu d rational systems,' around which s ether sciences should resolv r a. d correlate. As it is, it is the h one subject of science upon <* * hich man is the most lgnora- t, a the care of and the feeding of his c |>i dv. We appropriate thousands t of dollars to develop the scienet ot agriculture alone the lines of I stock and plant feeding, but v question tbo necessity of any ex o ? .*, knowledge regarding tit f food and care of the growing p -Liu U _ ? fk/. 1 Iw,.. n UfJI IU) tlir Ul am WIM i\n, uir lawwi | u log man or the aged, and what is I the result? With our public d school system and compulsor\ education clause well carried out. do one should be ignorant of the vital principles of life. If we did not labor under false ideas of S -what education should mean and do for man ; if we were not buried t under methods and traditions ot if the past; if we did not close our ii eyes to the cause of existing * ?ffa trs, moral and physical, then I the ignorance along these most a vital subjects would not be ours, a Go into the home of the aver- T age horticulturist or farmer and p jou find that vegetables., their r growth and use, in the dietary of r * ? - - 1 j ? xnar nome is oniv a secondary u matter. The garden in not plan n Bed and studied as the fruit, corn. ^ oats and wheat crop, and is usu n ally wholly inadequate in size, o and with a very limited variety P of vegetables in it. t If our rural residents could realize the medicinal and dietic a ^alne of many of our vegetables, H i am sure they would learn to Jike them and make greater use R of them. If they could appreciate ^liu /Inllnru tliuf u'linlil liu auvail 1' n it only in providing a variety *' of" food, but ?n doctor hills, I am a sure a little greater e(F irt would " I hi put forth on that most important side of every farmer's homo. If 1 could ask every horticul toriat here, "Have you as many s# * lour winter vegetables in your . cellar?' I doubt if more than three or four affirmative answers WU/U!d be gl ven. i ^ lu the spring if we have a good f) garden we can be provided with i ml the medicine we need. In- , i Hl s end of taking a patent modi j fi cu e or doses from the doctor to not upon the liver and to purify the blood, let us go to our gardens for .til needed help. Select from your garden spinach, kale, mils ? tard and Swiss chard and thev will prove bettor cleansers for ^ your svstem than any drug. Spi (i liach is called the broom of the u , tmti.-K I I' I......... I |J. i <% UI 'MIIII II III U M 1 Uf I to sweep and clean out tlie refuse 1 . i c oi (Me stomach and intestines. Try . it and I think it will be prefer- ? uolo to some bad tasting medi cine. p I heard ot a Hanitnrium where H ?iich as he entered must be fed, f; ftiniwrit entirely, upon Rpinach for H ttirer or four meals; instead of C( giving medicine all the way I j, through the course of the treat- | fr Bi-ot they resort to the medicinal i ?i properties of the various foods to y aid in their cures. tii nsand lettuce and cabbage at re needed in the spring to help tl purity the blood after the b< cold of winter. Lettuce and on di Department. lis are alao good tor one troub *d with iMHoinnia. Cabbage and nioiiB are Haul to he atitiacorbu c, but must be eaten raw or else roperly cooked to derive the nil benefit of their use. As rheumatism is the result of ietetic errors, it can he cured by iscarding foods causing tlu a me and substituting those cor ective of it. One physician sayt e can cure rheumatism with ahbage and I am sure it can In deviated by making onions ahbage and celery nrominent in be diet of one so alllicted. We gel the mineral element! rom 'tie vegetable kingdom thai /e need in the growth and repair f our bodies, and may it not btor a lack of these foods in pro ier proportion that, wo need so tiany dentists and orthopedists! 'here is always a cause to pro. uce every effect. Study causes. Fertilizing Sweet Potatoes. outhern (Cultivator. 1 he first thing to consider n he growing of the sweet potato * its quality. It is even mor* mportant with this crop thai nth the white or Irish potato Jmformity in size and appearnee when placed on the markei re also entitled to attention 'he potato that brings the bes irice in the different markets if elativelv small, and in shapi ound, rather than oblong. Wher ooked it phould be dry anc aealy, and of a good, rich taste lany?yes, all of these require rients can be secured if care ii xercised in selection of soils anc lant food, since the characteris ics of the crop are influence! oth by the character of the soi nd of the manure and fertilizer! pplied. The soil best adapted to th< uccessful growing of sweet pota oes is known to be the dry, sand) nams, and the most useful fertil icers are those which contain at ,.r ~i 1 imi iiuam r ??i uiiiiri an, b acid and potash, and not to< irge supplies of quickly availa le nitrogen. Accordinp to Professor Vorheei f New Jersey, two hundred hush Is of sweet potatoes, not includop vines, contain on an averapt f 30 pounds ?>t nitrogen, 10 oi hi.sphoric acid, and 45 of potash V'liile it is shown nitrogen it eeded, it is not desirable t< ave too much, particularly in nluble form, since it encourage? >o rank a prowth of vines; als? larpe, rather oblonp root of an lforior quality. Wnen the cr<-j ; intended for the general am arlv market, larper application! f nitrogen can he used, and ex crunenh show that. organi< arms are preferable to soluhlt Drms, thonpn the season and cli late largely influence this point. The one element required in ? nnsiderable excess of the othei wo is potash, and a mixture that as proven r.atisfactoiy is .'{ pel ent nitrogen, 7 p^r cent plios horic acid, and 10 per cent pot. -<ii u-eu in very noerai amounts xperiments both 1n New Jersey lid Georgia have shown thai >nunerciit! fertilizers can be deended upon to produce maximm crops ol sweet potatoes, and t much smaller cost than with ard manures. The application of fertilizers lould be made sometime before ie plants are set. As stated, the est quality of potatoes is proneed upon rather light, sandy ' Throat Coughs A tickling in the throat; hoarseness at times; adeep breath irritates it;?these are features of a throat cough. They're very de- i 1 ceptive and a cough mix- j 1 ture won't cure them. You want something that j will heal the inflamed 1 membranes, enrich the I blood and tone up the system Scott's Emulsion < j , is just such a remedy. * It has wonderful healing ! and nourishing power. t Removes the cause of ^ the cough and the whole system is given new ^ strength and vigor .*. .*. ^ J Send for f'tt iAmple 4 SCOTT & BOIVNE,, Chemists ( 409-415 Pearl Street, New fork \ JOC. and $, .OO. AH druggist 1 J I | ?~?: ? j lands. This is a soil that can be worked earlv in the spring, and the fertilizers can t>e applied 1 1 when making up the hill, if they 4 are made up two or three weeks 1 ' before tho plants are set. During 1 the preparation of the ridge, if ^ that is the system followed, the fertilizers may he distributed and 1 well mixed with the soil. Some times when the soils contain more * clay and humus, the mineral ele' ments can be applied broadcast < 5 the fall previous, and only the > nitrogeneous fertilizers applied 1 * immediately to the plant. It kain it is used, as it frequently is in * (tonruin unit nthor J^nntliorn * States, it is very Decennary that ' it be well mixed with the soil " before setting out the plants. I). I. Duncan. 1 . A Profitable Cow. ^ 5 * Farm News. A man who has been a success fill dairyman for years recently 1 wrote to one of our exchanges concerning his favorite cow. 11? r< * purcnased this cow as a 2 vear- t< I old for $125 I'llis was in 1889 Me d kept her on the farm for twelve years, during which time site j raised a ca 1 f each year and averng led 475 pounds of butter fat per ... year. At the end ol the ten years * she was sold to a N-*w York dairy ^ ''man for $300?she was then 12 years old. Sue did well loi h< i J; j new owner, as she dropped a calf 1 | the tir*t year, which as a 2 year 'old produced 7.7*0 pounds ol ' j milk in twelve months, or a total w of 171 pounds of butter fat. In ' ; 1903, when -he was I f years of > ' age, she produced during the per * iod between Mav I of that year | to April 30, 1904, exactly 8,225 !* 5 pounds of milk, or a total ol 4df? 47 pounds of butter fat. Thia record wa? made under the hu 1 perviaion of the experiment st.a 1J 11(iii of New York, hence the J figures are reliable. Pleasant Hill Club Meets ?? III Saturday. | The Pleasant Hill Democratic K' Club will meet at Heath Springs ,'4M ' iiex' Satwida.v, ilio 28'h instant, '?> at 2 o'clock, p. m. W. I?. Buuck, <a President. m a I ?:?:?~ l ('/has. Kouselier, a Frenchman, I "I who was a blacksmith until hisl voice atfr.i.ted attention and he I was sent to Paris to study, will appear m the United States next year at #1,600 per night. | ofl BARGAINS ' 85 Men's Overcoats at $ 1 75 > 2(H) Men's Odil <'oats at 1.40 ' 82 Men's Coats and Vests at 2 50 < , It) Men's Odd Vests at 25 ) 104 Boys' Odd ( oats at 1 10 < 150 Hi ys' Sail.pie Knee Pants at ... . .85 ? - 100 Boya' Sample Kuee Pants at 25 * , 7 Ladies' Ooats at 1.76 4 Ladies' Skirts at 2.25 ( i 11 Ladies* Jackets at 1 00 ! > \N ill 1h-1 until April 15th only at ^ iMackey's Corner. CHERRY &. CO'S. f SHOES Second Door from First National Bank * i "Tue Old Reliable " ^ THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, S. C. i CAPITAL $50,000.00. A I SURPLUS .$50,000.00. K i ft r Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. M ^ Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^ S Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ J Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and |1 J the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. First National Bank r_? ? 1 In llif se days of keen c onpotition, the success of a bank may be said to < 't I depend primarily upon the liberality of treatment accorded its depositors. ' l Hecognizing tbia fact, THE FIKST NATIONAL H\NK of Lancaster, ; ( grants as generous terms as are consistent with modern conservative bank- , ing. and the result bus been a continuous and rapid growth in business , , and resources , We want and invite an account from every individual, tinu and corpo- , ' ration in Lancaster County. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent, paid on 1 ' time deposits. K J CHAS. D. JONES, Pres't. E. M. CROXTON, Cashier. I I REPRESENT fTSTk THE I * jf! COLUMBIA LIQUOR CO. I I/Vir?lp?n1p nnrl Pptflil Dpnlprs in B^H a Foreign and Domestic \ WIHIS AHD LIQUORS. X ? , AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. I All orders left with me will eceive prompt and careful at- Yorkville mtion. No charge for forwar-1 ing orders. Monument Works John W. Elliott, ! Kquippo.l with modern ma7 [chinery and electric power. In At Crescent Restaurant. I position to furnish anything in ? pure Vermont Marble or Granite , . . . Ti r i Monuments from the cheapest laims Against I dC County Slab to the most elegant design. Write for catalogue and informportant Notice by the Sup- ma^on* ervisor. Yorkville, S. C. Hereafter tin- I'm 111 nl ?>t Commissioners! i'! In in fis-i n i wo .liii i in en h inomli. fx f- fx fx r-r f ? r v/ m ilv. on tin* tirO mi I iliinl M..minis I 3-m I I -I J M I II ,.i?rti. s li.niiiK ohm.> inmost th* eoHi-1 ' ' ' me r.<|H'-tni jo pris i t th. niim I could arrange to treat i In* inliMlili-lvl l.\ tin* I ? 11 Innl'loli oln* I . r . f , tins.* Huminr in.-'.* in.r .ims I in Lancaster, it any desire Notin isHiso in i. iivwivi iiiii 11 ociiiinisi to try the new science of r ( iililm work will In* inn I lor unless ork is thine uinler eontraet inmli* wi'li n , treating diseases, i inlier ol iIn* Iloutil M ( (iitnliior Write me County Su|u*rvisor. T Luiieuster. s c . Miir.ii -i. n? ? Literature and in forma- V tion pertaining to Osteopathy sent on request. ^ ^riu All curable diseases sucrUn YOU. successfully treated. 'In (lie in'iiil of eveiv tit in ilv wlio is mil* DR. T. L. DAVIS. Itious till tin' future ami e.luention ot his Osteonathie Phvuieinn linlreri, we have a S. eeinl I'roi.osil 101, to WSLeopuilllC 1 nVSlCldn, ake. Rock Hill, S. C. No Artielo in the liium shows the evi- . i- . . ........ .. ?... 4-t-0(?-lm. ki No neeonipliKliuiciit us much ensure or ik of us ifrott value m oft?-r 1 ifo . i iio k now it'll .f miiHif umi?it uiuiitv Notice to School trustees and piny well. ? Our Small Payment 1'lufi uiHkcH tiie own- 1 C3CllCrS. whip or? hi^l. ffrn-ln Piano or Or??n ? Vf>ry illlll0rtlint lhat ,tlj leiw.h?? h?' i ii iiiuIic u:> tlieir vourlv report ?! the cIohh of lust u few (loilurH down and a small pay- \?nti )tn() liml,1 or toI|?. cut end, month or quarterly or ?v Tnniaea wl,| ?li|t / .nunlly u.ol llie instrument yours ,hjH js j,.., wi,'h Write uk toiliiv tor t/utiiloftueH anil our 1 ^joopg mcial Imposition ol Kaay Payments. <Jo superintendent Education Address, Lancaster. > ( ., \pril 1 :t. I!)i (i 4t Vt ALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE. loiumina. c. m. m 1)oc8 Jol, |>rintill(, ? . . . , , lllu llOno for other*. Whv OliD NfWMimpprH for snl*. /Ipply to J Ice of th<' liiiDcaNter Ncwit. CHfl't WP do yoiirsY ? ? ? ? ? ? # / *