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Agricultural Plowing Drilled Oa s, Cutting Timber and Using Cottonseed for Fertilizer. Southern Cultiva.or. 1 have a question or two to ask you. 1. When is the proper lime to plow oats that wered?illed in the fall iu 18-inch drill-, or do you think it will he?p them, and ho* must I plow them? 2 Does it injure land to cut all die limher oil at one cutting, or l- it better to leave some tim her to he cut later? 3. Which is better for corn, 1 a. ~ 1- 1 1 yre ti cotionseeu, <?r iu nn thim? \V. E C. Hamilton, Ga. Comment by the Editor: 1. Ye9, it would be beneficial jo run a furrow in between your oats. Tne time to do this will depend largely upon the seasons. Cf the grouud is dry we think it would pay best in April, just vh.en the oats begin to put forth * vigorous growth. You could plow them with a very small scooter ; or you couid do it more rtpidly, and perhaps as well with a cultivator or harrow and work several rows at once. 2. It does not injure the land to clear it at once. It might benefit the land by allowing the tra-di to decay on it, when clearing by degrees. 3. It would be best to kill the seed in the land where the corn was to be planted. Of course the corn can not make any use of the '<egd until they are not only killed, but decayed and dissolved in the moisture. Plant roots take in their food in a liquid form. Hy killing them or rotting^them in the soil, you gain'all the escaping eases, and the land is at -to benefited by fermentation, l lie nnin thing is to kill the seed without any loss. You can do this by composting them to the soil as slated <>r by mixing them with other ingredients tn a com oust heap, that will absorb all tie ammonia ?? s?t free. Oats. Corn and Wheat as Money Crops. From Progressive Fanner:? Our land here is white s.-ndy, and some of it is quite poor, hut our best farmers are improving their soils by sowing peas and clover, t'otton is raised in abun1 uiwl 111J Itin.-li ciirn vt liii-i ! and oa's. I plant live a.r^s of cotton and raise live bt'e-, averaging 500 pounds apie< e. I raise plenty "1 corn, wheat and oats. Wes^il our oats at fifty cents a bushel. 1 sowed three acres and raised eighty-five bushels. O ir wheat doesn't do so well on p tor land, but where the land is improved, it avera ges twenty bushels per acre. Our farmers raise to > much cotton and not enough grain. Some ot our farmers get in debt planting cofct ui. I have known one tanner to plant five acres and get one wale ofcollou. Tue Uolton Aseo Department. jciation has done lots ot good. ! People have reduced the acreage I and have begun io plant mnr? corn, wheat and oa's. Farmers have learned that there are inor? wave to make 111 >ney beside!raising cotton II >rses, hogs and i cattle are high and cannot be bought here a1 any price. Ilor t ses sell at $175 to $200 a piece. I It will pay us to raise horses in I stead or paving such a priceI planted a quarter ot an acr? in Iri-h potatoes two ye ?r* ag< i and ma le sixty bushels, winch I sold at $1 per bushel. At tins I rale one acre will make $240. Let's stop raising so mu-'h cot j ton and raise more corn, wheal oat* and vegetables, and I an; | sure we will have better farms, prettier homes, and more money M. B Rowan (J., N. O. Postmaster Robbed. G. W. Fonts. Postmaster at Riverton, la , nearly lost his life and was robbed ot all comfort, according to his letter, which Siiys: "For "20 years I had chronic liver complaint, which led to snch a severe case of jaundice that even my linger nails turned yellow; when my docter prescribed Electric Bitters; which cured me and have kept me well for eleven years." Sure cure tor Biliousness, Nenralgia. 'Veakness and all Stomach, Liver, Kidney and Bladder derangements A wonderful Tonic. At Funderburk Pharmacy, Crawford Bros. J F, ^lackey Co., Drug store, 50 cents. A Thought For The Week. Never ask a man what he knows, but what he can do. A fellow may know everything that's happened since the Lord started the ball to rolling, and not be able to do anything to help keep it from stopping. But when a man can do anything, he's hound to know something]worth while. Books are all right, but dead men's brains are no good unless you mix a live one's with them ?Olu Gorgah Graham. Disc Harrows. Southern Cultivator. Formally years I have been connected with the cons'ruction of disc lianowsand plows. Ocea sionally I have been ?sked why not make ;? disc machine same as a drag-plow with a beam or tongue, i have given this subject carolul thought from the start, over 35 years, and cover ing more than 2,000 different disc harrows and plows that 1 have gotten up. Thus far have not seen any practical way to construct a disc plow or harrow without the use of a pole, espec lallv a disc harrow. I Harrows varv in length from two to 1 Gleet wide and in size of discs from 1 1 inches to 20 inches or more, and in horse-power from one to 10 They are ma le with single and double lever-?, simile and double action, with hitches for horses to go abreast, sometimes two and up to 10 or 12 Again, the team is used in a u'rmu two ;ihre;ivl ofton liMliiir *->' - - p> as many as eight to 10 pair of hordes to a harrow. N<? matter! wliat kii><| of a hitch used, it is necessary to so hitch the team to tho harrow that they could not net their heels hiiek against the disc. The only way that I found to keep the horses' heels away from the discs is to have a One Gold m Hootlier The season's first cold ( may be slight?may yield to early treatment, but the next cold will hang on longer; it will be more troublesome, too. U n necessary to take chances on that second one. Scott's Emulsion is a preventive as well as a cure. Take scons EfnuLSion when colds abound and you'll have no cold. Take it when the cold is contracted and it checks inflammation, heals the membranes of the throat and lungs and drives the cold out. Send for free sample. srftTT r. Rnu'iT /"i WVVI i u uvniiUi VIICU1I31S 40V-4I5 f?r| Str^rt, New York SOc. and $1.00 All dru(t<iti pole 'onji enough so that, they can not get hack against the ( discs. It is the same in all disc ' harrows When harrows are drawn out ? o! work tile discs are always se' , in a straight line. Again, the short tongue or beam has to be carried on a carrying wheel. Willi this condition of facts how can it be drawn down hill? With extension head for orchard work they must extend lar out under the limbs of the ( trees. With a short tongue the harrow will zig-zag across the j field,striking the trees and horseheels in turn. 1 don't giuss at it. Years ago 1 killed two good horses frying the short-tongue foolish experiment. I have done t with this fooling, and hereafter I shall never recommend any disc machine that has not a pole long enough to keep the horses* heels out of ihedhcs. Yours very truly, George \I. Clark Teach Your Daughter. Teach her that Ion cents make one dollar. Teach her how to wear a t-impie muslin dress and to wear it like a queen. Teach her how to sew on buttoil"1, darn stock in its and mend gloves. Teach hoi to dress for health and comfort, as well as for appearance. Teach her to arrange the parlor and tie library. Teach her to love and cultivate j flowers. Teach her to have a piace fori ever\thing and to put every- ' thing in its place. ] Teach her to say no and mean 11 it, and to say yes and stick to it. j i Teach her to have nothing to do with intemperate young men j Teach lier to pay regard to then character ol those ^l?e would as ij socia'e witJi and not to how much ! money they have?Detroit ' ' N e \\ s Deaths from Appendicitis dm-reaa? in tlx- H?m? r?iti?> tliHt the use of Dr. Kin^s New Life 1'jlia incrcasex I'D??y < hhv<- yon tr irii danger unit i'ring 4|nick and I }iriiiileH8 it-ieaae from cnndipation and the . i illr< growing ont of it. Mren tli ?n?l vigor j always follow their n*c Guaranteed l?y ' i FnnderV.nrk I'haiiimcv, Crawford 15r>-< | ! and J. F. Mackey Co Druggists, '25o. Try ] , iL'.Ui. |j - "The Old Reliable." : U 1 < THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, s.c. S CAPITAL $50,000.00. 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We insure your Cotton for $30 l'er Acre, or less We insure your Small Grain for $ 8 l'er Acre, or less The cost of tliis insurance is email in comparison with the investment that pou have at risk. The nremium to be charged on all crops, except tobacco, is two (2) per cent at the amount of insurance. The losses will not be pro rated but are guaranteed to be paid in full within sixty days, after proof of loss has been tiled at the home office, or may be paid 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. \ I First National Bank j A Id th? *e days of keen c inpetition, the success of a bank may he said to j& depend primarily upou the liberality of treatment accorded i's depositors, 9 % Recognizing this fact, 1 HE FIRST NATIONAL H INK. of Lancaster, A A grants as generous terms as are consistent with modern conservative hank- S C ing. and the result lias he??n a continuous and raj id growth in business g \V, want and invite an account from every individual ti'j> and oorpo _ .?uwia ,i. t ' ..iu ic.m iii Hi*.- urn.* <u ? per ceni. palil oli W ? lime ile, osits ? 1 CHAS. D. JONES, Pros't. E. M. CROXTON, Cashier. I I | i A PIANO OR ORGAN Livery, Livery, f?r you. 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