Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Agricultural Will Iron in Land Prevent it Growing Corn? Southern Cultivator. . I have purchased a farm, of red mountain land, contains a UC?cll Ul IIUII, its O v IViCUUCVi by iron scattered all over the place. It produces cotton woli, but every one living near there, says it will not produce corn. (Jan you give me any reason, why it should not? or can you tell me what kind of fertilizer to use to make corn on that land ? I want to plant a small plat in corn and will do what you suggest. U. M. (Comment by the Editor. We publish this just to show what erroneous ideas people can have. "Every one living near" Mr. "Hugh M.V' place tells him (lis land will not make corn. How do they know it will not make corn? Simpiy because some one has failed with a corn crop. The reason why he failed is the thing. We can not of course say positively ; but we venture it was only because the land had never been thoroughly plowed and well manured for corn. All our red clay has large quantities of iron in it; yet it makes corn. Of course, corn can not assimulate iron, but we believe any land in Oeorgia will grow corn if worked and manured right. If he has any anil there, he can grow corn. *v ariety in Feeding Horses. One of the commonest faults in feeding horses is the lack of variety of feed, says an exchange. Considering the number of different grains and feed stuffs it does seem that everv team owner should provide for his animals a ration that would he perfectly acceptable to thier system at all times. It is a fact, however, that not more than twenty per cent feed what may be termed a well balanced ration. The other 80 per cent still cling to the old rations of corn and hay, or oats and hay, which practical exper- j lments have long since proved to t e expensive and wasteful. When it conies to feeding your horses and mules, just think of! your own appetite. Suppose yon I were performing hard, manual j labor: how long would you be content to eat two articles of tood?the same thing for every I meal, day after day? If is pretty ! safe to say that you would tirel of your ration in a very short lime. Ii would tie like "eating a I quail a day for thirty days" and your digestion would soon get I out of order. A bad digestion and a poorly nourished body is always the result of improperly balanced food. When such a condition exists in I either man or horse, the heat physical efT<?rr cannot l>e expected? it ic impossible. No one or two article? of feed will supply to your horse? all the elements of nutrition their systems need. If you want the best repults, feed a ration that contains all the ele ments of nutrition in properly halanced proportions. Corn alone is not a well halan <-<ed grain for feeding?neither is oats or barley. Of the three grains, oats is probably fed more extensively than corn or barJey combined, Harley is rapidly - Department. gaining favor an feed, however, and when properly combined with the other grains makes an ideal ration. We cannot emphasize too strongly the necessity for grind ing the grain part of the ration. The horse owner who fails to do [this hues 25 to 50 per cent of the nutritive value. I lie hard outer covering of the grain makes it difficult to digest, <nd a very large proportion pass es through the stomach of the imtnal in an undigested condi don. An examination of the I feeds will show the whole grain md prove the truth of this statement. When you feed a ground ra1011 you prepare it for quick di gestion. Your animals utilize it nore readily and there is practidi) I lu 11 n u/nuf a If aKrvnlst h n ra V? *? ? J ? ? * / ?? l?U I v< A V nuv/u 1V4 UC ? O" membered that the horse digests ita food quickly, and whatever ration you feed ahould be pre pared with a view to supplying: the nutrition the horse needs. Your horses will work better and keep in better condition on five or six quarts of ground mix ed feed than they will on eight quarts of whole grain. Feed a variety of grains properly balanced, and have it well ground, and you will not only have better horses, but it will cost you less money to obtain this much desired result. Figures for Southern Farmers. A bulletin issued by the Governujeufs Bureau of Labor, covering a period of 16 years, ex presses in figures what all house keepers have learned, namely, that the most of living in this country has materially increased and is still increasing. The following comparisons have beers condensed from the bulletin by the New York Herald: Compared with the years of lowest average prices during the hiaim*mi yearn irom itv.fU ro i'JUO lit each of the general groups of commodities the 1905 averages >how farm products 58 t> pet cent higher than in 1896; food, etc, 29 7 per cent higher than in 1896; clothes and clothing 22 9 per cent higher than in 1897; fuel and lighting 89 4 percent, higher than in 1891; metalR and ltnple ments 41.8 per cent higher than in 189K; lumber and building materials. 414 per cent higher than in Is97; drugs and chemi j cals. 24 1 per cent higher than in 1895 ; house furnishing goods, 21. i 5 percent higher than in 1897; and articles included in the miscellaneous group, 23.4 per cent higher than in 1*96."' Those increases apply herein! South Carolina as elsewhere. Hence the rise in the price of cotton in the decade does not represent net profits to South Carolina farmers. What ought to be encouraging; and inspiring to the people of 1 the South, and especially to thel people of South Carolina is that the cost of production of our I principal articles of consumption, which we may produce at home, has not increased. Rather by improved methods has it decreased j To the consumer of farm products the price is 58.0 higher than inj 1800, but there is scarcely a cropj that cannot, be produced about j as cheaply now as heretofore. Inj other words, the producing capac- ^ Why Socialism Fails, i I Tom W atson Points out J the Fundamental Error of the System. ! I No matter h< w much difference i there may he in the Tomorrow of Socialism, in its Today, when I , nil it shall he inaugurated as ajj system, all tilings must he own j] ed Collectively, and that means j that the high and the low come . to a common level; thegord and the had start even; the idle and I j industrious shire and share'! alike; the illiterate aid the! learned, the capable and the in competent, the 'o d and the wise man. the virgin and the troll, the negro and the while, all come to t he U niveis d Ih other hood p , and ladle out an rqual porringer. r..i ..r .... fill ui God! What a Fordid, ?ick? ning dead level! What an enforced equalizing of all men Mnd all wo-1 men, in a world w here God never I made two grains of sand, two] leaves of the forest, two birds of the air, two fish of the sea, two beasts of the field exactly equal. Only in a political sense can anyone even dream of two men being equal, for our eyes, our com-i tnon sense, tell us that such a thing as equality in strength, capacity, character, or in the elements and achievements of manhood has no existence among men. < Socialism proceeds upon the 8 idea that equally is there, or I can be put there : and the effort to prove that the idea is correct has been made time and again and again. It was not only tried among the Ancients, but it has ( been tried in modern times and it was tried by the colonists who first settled in North America. Failure, dismal failure lias been the result of every experi ment. Why? Because Human Na ture is radically, eternally differ , ent from what the Socialist as ? sutnes it to be. j If all were equal, and all wen j good, Socialism would be uunec ' essary. even Irom the standpoint < of the Socialist. ^ (live us absolute equality and universal goodness, and we don't need anything but a little tune to reach an equal distribution of wealth and an era of IVace on . Karth and Good Will to Men.? Vat son's Magazine for May. J ity of lands and labor have more j man Kepi pare with the rise in! wages. The South Carolina farmer can 1 j raise cattle cheaper now than , formerly. It costs no more to 1 raise chickens and other poultry. ] With the versatility of our soil 1 and with a climate which allows J1 outdoor work to go on the year j round, the farms may he made self supporting. If a man may raise his own bacon, mutton and j beef, at no greater cost than he : could raise them in 1896, and ^ must pay 27 percent more now ) it lie buy them from some other j producer, the reasons why he should produce them himself are!" just 27 percent greater than they were at that time.?News and ! Courier. i * I v ? j Rock Hill is Jo have another I 1 " cotton mill. 1'he capital stock ? will be $400,000. fj - "The Old Reliable." ===== ^ S THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster. S.C. CAPITAL $50,000.00. A '/ SURPLUS $50,000.00. X 4 Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. A Ki Collections ^iven prompt and careful attention. ^ ^ Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and |1 the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. jg Carolina Hail Insurance Co. CAPITAL STOCK $25,00000. HOME OFFICE: MAHIOX, S. V. NO MEMBERSHIP FEES. Office in Farmers & Merchants Bank Building. DIRECTORS : 'N. J Montgomery Marion, S. C. ?. S. Cooper Mullins, S. 0. ri C Graham Marion, 8. C. Hhas. A. Smith Timmonsville, S. C. N H. Cross Marion, S C. &ich'd I. Manning Sumter, 8. C. \ C. Mace Marion, S C. i? 11 Pnnwnu S f! I ? M.* KyVUl li/V/1 V/V4^ II . i V/V? ? *? 4*J ? ^ * x' ' tV. Stackhouse Marion, S. C. Insure Your Crops Against Destruction. We insure jour Cotton for $80 Per Acre, or lean We insure your Small Grain for $ 8 Per Acre, or less The cost of this insurance is small in comparison with the investment that rou have at risk. The premium to be charged on all crops, except tobacco, is two ri) per cent * if the amount of insurance. ^ The losses will not be pro rated but are guaranteed to be paid in full withn sixty days, after proof of loss has been tiled at the home olllce, or may be raid sooner, in case the loss is adjusted in a shorter time. Our Agent in Lancaster County is W. B. KNIGHT, Lancaster, S. C. ^ Carolina Hail Insurance Co., Marion, S. C. Policies Expire October 15th. First National Bank j \ In th< so days of keen c in |>?-t it ion. the, success ot u Innk may be sai.l to ? depend primarily upon the lih rahty of treatment accorded its depositors. 9 ( i/i it?? t Ins t n't, TUK Flits r NATION VI. 11 \ N K of 0.monster, i grant* a* generous trims u* an- eon<?i-.t?nt wi'li m< ? ! -ru ivinservipive hank- & ing. ami the result lias tin n a continuous and rapid growth in business M i and resonrcen m \Vi? want and invito an aromint Troin every indivi.in.il tinn and eorpo- X 1 ration in I.aiiiMst. r <'<unity Intorost at tin- rate <1 I per cent paid on m time do, oa.'s K 1 CHAS. D. JONES, Prcs't. E. M. CROXTON, Cashier. V I I I A PIANO OR ORGAN Livery, Liverv, for you. T.? the lioad ot i voi v family wlioiftnin ft lotions |.<r tlo- future and odiiontion ol his 6 4 \ T f\ t*\7 f iliiidren, wo liavo a Si,, id Proposition to LI V CI V 1 " ^ j Artlflo iii tlie ho.llo hIiowh the evidence of culture 111nt does a Piano or <)i- _ ? Though doing a rattling good ?un So awompitHhmeiit give* a? mn<h i ? j , i _ I'lfiisun* or ih ot* us L'n at value in nfler lifV ivery business, we aie deter- aH ,i?. g, lowa-dge >>t muaicami the uiniity nined to do even better. Our ??? play w. u. present stocks of Vehicles and n P.1,"J'"-*""'"1 i'|H,i ??"k?*tii?owri. . , , neraiii). Ot a high grille Pi mo or Organ Horses are being supplemented easy. ?y handsome new carriages and J,,H|,l rvw ,l 1U,,S ,l"w" a,",/snm;1? ?*J . i , .. , nietit eaeli month or (quarterly or hoii>1and Styllbn annually and the instrument is yours. . . Wiite us todav lor ?,'utnlogues and our Driving and Saddle Horses, special Proposition ot k?h> iv> mi,ta. Addresa, Our liverv establishment is *oing to be second to none in alone s aiusic house. he State, and don't you forget Columbia, s. e. ^ t! Come or send to us when '.of w?"t the best, up-to-date Winthrop College Scholarlvcry serv,ce' ship and Entrance Ex- 4 HEATH-ELLIOTT KULE CO. i aminatlon. J % J* The i-xmntn 11ion for tin- award of vm rnt ? . -a scholar.hips in \VIniliruii .mil lor the H AT* I (-* admls.ioii of m-w students wiu Ik- held at tli?' ^* kJUiXvi County Court House on Friday, July Atii.nttf > _ si_ _ -? ?r ??o * ui Applicant* must not he less than fifteen Ml Actm MDn oo6 mile " I rml? - yearn of age When trshlps lire vacated fillo on public rond and Lyni'hf'it river after Ju'v rt, they will he awarded to those mown uk the .Joshua Voters homo | lace making die Indent average ?t thin rt.m urn, t _ . , , ,i... c i,I, Wuti-ru nlnee Hon, provided iliey ???? t tl < gov * _ * 1 ol "" ,, , 1 V ernlng the award Applicant* for scholarship euntitul Ikiiihi! Kite, ttoi'd well uDd spring, >,ti<?n 1 ?t write to President Johnson before iW ,n(l Ifl acres bottom land on Lynches river examination for application blank* 'nee US (Mi tier acre. flood t*rms to riifh Scholarship, m worth ?Hio and free tuition' i 'f IX ih i'I' If 1 he next session will open sopteinlier l(| IWfl ?'"y- '7 i t ,i For further Information and catalogue,addreaa Birmingham, Ala. PKK8 I) II JOHNsON. Rock Hill, 9. C.