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Agricultural Clods in The Corn Field They Are an Incubus to tl Farmer and This Artie Tells How to Deal Wi Them. Hitr croos of corn and clods a never found in the same fielt Wlule the clod has in it all t elements of fertility necessa for the development of the coi they are locked up so complete that the corn roots are utter unable to reach them. Not on that, but clods in the corn fie prevent the corn roots from g* tfnn hold of fertility that won otherwise be available, and. ^t further, hv the too ereat admi sion of air, dry out the soil. Whether the farmer has clot and a short crop of corn or i olods and a large crop depenc almost, altogether on the jud ment which he exercises in pr paring the seed bed.The man wl plows his ground, or even disks wet, if it has much clay in invites clod formation. He i iiowever, often obliged to plo his ground when it is somewh wettish for he cannot alwa keep the plow off of it till ide conditions prevail. If he folloi immediately with the harrow 1 oan avoid this formation ai prepare an ideal seed bed. If I tails to do so, under favorab conditions, clods will form three or four hours which cann he reduced or broken up unt after a rain, which may not con for weeks. Meanwhile his chanc for a stand of corn, or of full d velopment of even the stand i does secure, have gone glin mering. It is to prevent this clod fci mation that we have been so insi tent this year that our reade who are putting corn in on co ground should disk their land b fore plowing. Once more v point out the reason for it: Wii the dry southwest wind whi< frequently occurs at this seas* of the year, the loss of moistu 111 the exposed field is very grei much greater than the farm imagines. As the moisture evaf rates from the field the particl of <. artli are pulled together, ai if the land is heavy great crac form. It it is not disked or pio' ^d up, the large sections bre lip into clods, and, being nio fully exposed to the air, eai particular piece pulls togeth and we have a hard clod in very few hours. We have se< very hard clods form in gum land in four hours after expose ro a strong southwest wind. Wnat, then,does the disking d hhrst., and mainly, it forms lirt mulch on the surface, whi prevents this evaporation moisture and hence prevents el formation. You will not find ai cracks in a well cultivated co field, no matter how dry it m be. Why? These cracks are a r suit of the shrinking or puili together of the masses of earl just as the cracks in a piece furniture are the result of tl drying out of that furniture o der furnace or steam heat or tl heat of the sun. The forming of dry dirt mulch before plowii stops this clod formation, ai when it is afterwards plowed turns up mellow, triable ai loose, and a very little harrowii will make a good seed bed. Ther ore, do not plow your corn-sta I Department. < ground when it is wet; and if it i is wettish or wetter than you like, ? then immediately follow with the <; harrow. , i 1C I 1 he question then arises: Af | ter the mistake is made how can t th we rectify it? Some farmers use r a tlat roller. This is better than f nothing, but after all it is a very < inefficient instrument for gettiim re rid of clods.The most that can t)e 1 If- said for it is that it is better than t he the harrow. The harrow will roll ' ry over these clods, turn them over, i reduce thetn a little, but that is t Iv all than can oesaid. The smooth i ly roller will press them into the t Iv earth and crack them ; but in do ( Id ins; so it wastes moisture, and in i -*t cise of high winds encourages i Id {blowing. The ordinary clod v ill 'smasher is better than the roller. 1 C IP n In fn t\a iionil Inf 1 f I 'C I H n luuri in U\J un untrii, 101. n . be the corrugated roller, or what 1 Is is sometimes called the disk roll t no er. This splits the clods instead Is of merely pushing them into the t g- earth, and besides this leaves the i e soil surface ridged, so as to avoid t, ho loss by blowing. No roller is of r it any use whatever in a wet sea p it, ?on; but we do not know of any s in, better implement on the farm f w than the disk roller, where a per- e at feet seed bed is desired. t ys The best way to deal with clods v al is not to encourage their forma- t *a tion, and this on the ordinary " no farm can be done by the methods l id we have outlined. There is no he need of having a cloddy field ex- ^ le cept under very exceptional cir- * iu cumstances; as, for example, > ot where cattle have been allowed t il to tramp down a clay field when ?ie it was wet. ? es Bear in mind that you cannot c e have a cloddy field and either a ^ he ar\f\f1 a + anrl r\ r u hi ry nr/in f ha aatvia I Pswv/vi r,v?*uv? VI n u.ftUivpvuc naiur n year. Better spend two weeks f additional time in getting the < ?r- seed bed ready before planting.? t 8- Dr. Henry Wallace, in Wallace's I T8 Farmer. f rn , _ , t Happenings in (ieorgia I rh t ;h I on As Chronicled by "Former ' re Lancasterian"?The Auto- ' at' mobile the Farmer's Bete e r I Noir-Greene and Gaynor >o- J ffl having a Good Time in id Macon Jail?-Other Matks ters. w i k re Mr. Kditor: ? In our omnium , ch cations to your valuable paper, er we usually make some mention n of toe weather in these parts, en We had about decided to "cut bo outk' sending the weather report, re but when we have weather mi April almost hot enough to cook o? an egg in the sand along some of | a our country roads and weather ( eh in May cold enough almost to | of freeze ice-cream without a od freezer, we must say that it "do ly seem to us" to ho the strangest rn weather we ever saw. ay To day is the first day of a e- three days' automobile meet in '> ng our city. Our citv has over an 1 th, hundred automobiles and a numof her of them are here from other ? lie points. Beautifully decorated , o and filled with jolly parties they he make a beautiful procession. a Some interesting races are to ug take place down at the race track jr id this afternoon and the grand) it. stand will be tilled with anxious | id spectators every day. For they 1 ig "more than go" to Pee horse races, ' e automobile races and base-ball > Ik games in this old town of ours. Don't have any Sunday base ball )r races, though. No indeed, this a too nice a town for that. Her ;wenty five or more churches are veil nigh tilled every Sunday md we think our city is not juite bo bad as some we have ead about. Speaking of automobiles, if here ever was an article that got 'cussed" good and strong this same aforesaid automobile is one )f'em. And the ones that do the 'cussiti" are the farmers who lave to meet the pesky things in ;he middle of the road, with a 'wild" mule or horse. The mule md the automobile simply can't nuke friends, there's nothing do ng at all. And we are inclined ;o sympathise with the farmer 'especially, as we have no auto nobile) for they are almost a luisance to some of the farmers, vhose mules and horses have lever gotten accustomed to the loisv. strong smelling things. Jut we have not, to progress, in his progressive ace. Atlanta is pulling strong for n >ig exposition in 11)10. l'hey are ip against, a big proposition, bin hey go after things with a determnation that usually wins and I juess we might as well expect to ee a great exposition in the city our years hence. They are accus id of having a lot of "hot air' alk up there, but when one sees vhat a hustling city they have, le begins to think it pays to have hot air" if you can get more peo lit? nun n tuw 11 uv ji. iorne fellow out west wanted to [qow o. a Southerner if Atlanta vas in Georgia or Georgia in Atlanta, as he heard more about he city than the state. he said. The noted characters, Greene ind Gaynor, who were recently sonvicted of embezzlement ii. Savannah, after a prolonged trial, ;he details and facts of which ire familiar to the public, are :oniined in jail here, awaiting he time to be transferred to th> Demtentiary to serve out then lentences. They appear cheerfu md fairly well contented. A heir own expense, they hav> lad their cells very comfortably lifted up and by paying the ex pense of a marshal to escort them hey are permitted to strol i roll ml, take drives through the Mty and have a very pleasan ime, under the circumstances. Former Lancastrian. Macon, Ua. A Teacher on Teachers. Views of One who Knows Whereof he Speaks--Char acter Building a Part ol Teacher's Duties. Kd. News: Ah "Tutor," 'Ta Iron," and ''It. T. IT " have disnissed teaching r*?t her extensive ly, I will not attempt to write i lengthy cominunication at his tune, but aeiul .some ideas gained irom exj>erience and obicrvation. It they are worth myihin^ to the profession, then am conieni. It a child is taught in the ichool r'x ni. to read well, solve i difficult problem quickly and can write a bright composition >11 honesty and Justice, then ?oes on the play around and (hows by his example, that he loes not carry out his theory, or hat he does not know what pracical honesty and justice are, of yhat benefit is his education? There are other q ualifications /S -"The Old Reliable." H 5 THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, S.C. k S CAPITAL ,$50,000.00. A SURPLUS $50,000.00. K ? Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. A Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^ Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ ^ Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and Ikl H the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. Jg Carolina Hail Insurance Co. CAPITAL STOCK $25,000.00. //<>m /; omc/: . ma n / ox, s. c. NO MEMBERSHIP FEES. Office in Farmers &. Merchants Bank Building. DIRECTORS: W. J Montgomery .. Marion, S. C. P. S. Cooper Mullins, S. C. H C Graham Marion, 8. C. Chas. A. Smith Timmonsville, S. C. W H. Cross Marion, S C. Rich'd I. Manning Sumter, S. C. J C. Mace Marion, S C. R. B Scarborough .Conway, S. C. W. Stackhouse Marion, S. C. Insure Your Crops Against Destruction. We insure your Cotton for $30 Per Acre, or leas we insure your ?man uram tor .* ? l'er Acre, or less The cost of this insurance is small in comparison with the investment that you have at. risk. The premium to be chained on all crops, except tobacco, is twoi2) per cent of 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 olllce, 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 pt urcf "NT o fmn o JL IlOl A lCiUWliai JL^CLIJLIV | In thiso days of keen c mpotition, the success of a bonk may Iip Roid to > depend primarily upon the liberality of treatment accorded its depositors. V t Hecogni/.ing this fact, TIIK FIKST NATIONAL HVNK, of fjauoaster, M f grant* as generous terms as are consistent with modern conservative hank- ft i ing, and the result has been a continuous and rapid growth in business ft , and resources ft , 1 We want and invite an account from every individual, ttrtn and corpo- 2 ' ration in Lancaster County. Interest at the rate <>t I per cent paid on m time de| osits. ft I CHAS. D. JONES, Pres't. E. M. CROXTON, Cashier. I -.ecess try to ma^e a teacher be [encouragement (and the leahsules Iviok knowledge We ran't I ?*rs wlio tire striving t<? do ilnir 11 the qualities ot manhood j duty need .encourag ment) to or womanhood possessed by tlie | the te teller, and stimulates the quality of grammar ti ed. I pupils to gi eater effort. *' Tcaelieisllip" t-h??uUl be! llawles. brought to a higher plane gener \ ally before we critic se the pa- j Irons to i severely. When they A PIANO OR ORGAN become convinced that I hey, ??rj FOR YOU. their cltlldr ll are being benefit j To , he head of every family who is an.. i eil tiy att 'tiding a certain Insti hitious lor the future and education ol his children, we have a Special Proposition to tulion, then they become inter- make. i . ,i , , . , , No Article in the home shows the evi1 ested in that institution whatever dei.ee of culture that does a I'latin or Oiit ric.1t' liu u.i/l iUa |a./.I.u. ? 1 I cro.11 No iiCtvrinnli?f inianl ?. . ? '>m nn'i Hid idu ir i vvnu "" ' "I pU'itHiirc or ih of hk ^rt ut value in after life is working lor the ^OO'l O* Itls or aaihe knowledK" of innate and tho ability i . r 1? play well. er count ry (and Il<>t t- O' e 1 y for Our Small 1'Byiuent l'lan makes tho ownthe money) will l?y their work 1.^1. Kmlo I'iauo or or^an Soon Convince llie patrons that J?mI ? f"W dollars down and a biuali pay. . . ment each month or quarterly or geniitheir children are hemg benetlt annually ami the inatrumoiit ix yourg. e<l by attending .he school in- *" Stltllliin. A.ldresM, F<?r a teacher hi know thai MALONE'S MUSIC MOUSE, the Sup I. in likely at any time Columbia. S. C. 'to come inlo his or her school is ??? jan incentive to hotter work, not mi n I)oe8 job printing | that thev are not already doing 1 iiU llClIu for others. Why i K"o?l work, tjut the visit lends can't we do yours? ? ? ? ? ? ? c