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Agricultural L-and?Hold on to Your Dir * and Get More of It, Progressive Farmer. Being tectotally of the farn j?*>d of the earth earthy, J hav found it a capita1, idea to tak Hie old earth as a standard c ?rasure of value. .lust, as th banker reckons his capital 1 bonds and bullion, and the mei chant measures his worth by hi x-'X in trade, so should we hay ?ee?ls reckon our worth by ou acrv-P of arable and grazing landi The fact is, wo don't realiz the value of a dollar compared t ite purchasing power of land. Fifty cents is no money at all ami any old stick of a farme can drive into town to a circu ?nd go up street and "smile wttb a couple of friends ant tfcn/w down a dollar. Now, just look at it in till tight: Say, for instance,^Jlam alte for $20 per acre and yoi jost had one dollar to start with JCow get out and step off six step ^ f 11 of pi (vli t nn/vlaalnn^lfltoi owu iui ii at i 1^111 Aii^irnjaiiu jnicj ?ff forty Rood, big, long steps tarn at right angles, then si? are steps then right angles am Hack forty steps?and there yoi **e:for only just one^dollar ? bnt it's a nice patch and it's your fee simple, yours]]andJ|youi W;rs and assigns]|iforevermorp it is yours all ]aroundJ)an( li*\5 way down andj'for the on* 4fct?))ar you can get twenty millioi ioos of dirt and neighbors 01 tooth sides of the earth. It make ? f r\f linn a i r* ?t a d VVUVf 1\4\J4 V? J vu nuu|?uun vi I ^ ??iy to you and makes youja bet ?*r citizen. Now you can plant this patcl in strawberries and Jit'll Jdoubl ulself ten times the tirst year, i carefully cultivated. That is jus of the dollars you let sli away from you carelessly over y&ar. You could save up severa these in a year's time, an yr.ar one dollar strawberry pate would soon stretch out into broa stores. 'Tis a cumulative invest cc.ent and grows very fast. Now on the other handsuppos you have a reasonable amount c land?one or two hundred acre quite a sufficiency. But snj you have this much an have it paid for, but have no e.\ tira money, and suppose a fello' rearing a derby and a pleasan xmie comes along selling count vijchts for some intent and let y /in have one real cheap ? say t'J 11 ?>0. You don'* happen to hav Xhe ready money. ?o he carries <? yimr note. Think about it wi you! Fifty dollars isn't mite but 'twould tak?* a big slice clea ncross your best lield. If the dei by and ttie smile were to Hay t yon, ' Here, now, Mr. Farmer, fi Jy dollars is no money at al H'hy, 'twould only take a tractio (o'er two acre? off" on side < .bat ten acre clover field, an you'll never miss it." But now, would you miss it Well, possibly if they'd approac t on in that way 'twould get yoi Irish up, ami you'd point to th derby and the door and tell hit bo get in one and out the otht ;reii.v niamea tj.ncK *?r you' *w;k old Ti^e on him. it'member you're a farrrn Hud that you served your apprer ship behind the hoe and thr ^arming ih or should he you strong point, and that some goo ,?id clover sod is worth a count hull of get rich quick schemes, tk) when you feel tempted t Department 4 t go into something which promise such large returns just calculat how much of youi clover lot c berry patch 'twill take and that' i help you cut vour eye-teeth, n j * X. e Iredell Co., N. C. r What About Bur Clover i e| Cotton? The Effect of Goo u I Plowing and Fall Oats. 8 Southern Cultivator. r , The encouragement a fello' gets from the Cultivator is wel worth the price. Since I began t I read the Cultivator 1 have bougli q f/ni v. h . ?r jo (1 iur> rtlnor u n .1 Krn n r| my land ten inches and it has in H creased my corn crop a good dea ? I also find (hat it does not requir j so niiKh cultivation on thorough ly broken land. Another big ad 8 vantage in a four-horse plow i ^ that it enables you to do so muc j fall plowing with one hand whe your team would otherwise b g idle and I have found from expei p iment that fall plowing pays wel 1 usually get about 75 acres brc . en before Christmas with on ^ hand and four teams. For th la3t two years have sowed m oats in the fall and made fin crops. The Virginia turf oat wi stand the hardest kind of winte if the land does notbulge|or spe? I as it is sometimes spoken o a List March twelve months ag< ^ my oat field looked as bare as a yard and 1 came very near plov p itig them up and sowing to sprin oats, but they came out and mad a fine crop. I have been tryin to adopt a three year rotatio but can't find time to put in n many peas. What do you thin ^ of sowing burr clover '.n cotto at last plowing where you expe< 1 the land to lie idle? Would th ^ seed continue to come up for se1 v j eral years afterward as red cl< ver does. Publish this if you lib ^ but do not sign ray name. Yours truly, d H. L. S. Battleboro, N. (J. e f (MMMKN'T IJV TIIK KDITOK I ,fl Yen, the bur clover would r Reed itself and furnish a betti stand than the red clover. Ti : it. T Early Summer Stock ar Dairy Notes. 15 H Kvery pasture should be we supplied with water, (lows in fu 11! milk require fifty percent mo fi water than when dry. It in tri ir they acquire much moisture fro r- urass, but this will not supp ? their needs. ' While fresh cows may give a sa ! isfactory yield on good new pi 11 tore, thev are not likely to ho out long, so it is well to fet d them regularly and thus keep i the flow, and if we do not increa t? it.. h Don't feed young calves co ir milk. It should be sweet, an e warm. When the W ft ft f h A r la a a n tied and pasture good it ih an e r cellent plan to turn tlie calv d into pasture by themselves. I not allow them to run with tl >r dairy cow--, even after weanin, i Keep tlie t)!irn or other plai it where ttie cows are milked ciea ir and carry in and strain each met d Milk allowed to stand in tl v barn or cow yard will absoi odors. o A good plan is to start tl . If a Cow gave f Butter 5 mankind would have to ^ jl invent milk. Milk Is Na- jj ture's emulsion ?butter ? put in shape for diges- v tion. Cod liver oil is ex- Fl tremely nourishing, but V it has to be emulsified ? n before we can digest it. 11 d Scott's Emulsion ^ combines the best oil I with the valuable hypo- J w phosphites so that it is 8 II easy to digest and does 1 far more good than the ' oil alone could. That j. makes Scott's Emulsion \ the most strengthening, i nourishing food - medi' cine in the world. jj Send for free samnle. I? SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists 09-415 Pearl Street New York j BOc. and $1.00 All druggists j h lambs on oats and as aoon as they 6 pet to eating well add a little ' shelled corn. j 1- Feeding Bteers should be kept j >- growing. If the pasture is insulll e cient a grain ration should be ad- E e ded. To supplement grass there is I y nothing better than corn. Bran | o is necessary for a high finish and Lm 11 can be used to advantage with >r corn. t, Early pigs are large enough tf X f. wean and should be turned on V >i pasture, having suitable shelter X a provided where they can go in W ' case of storm. Portable hog hous m g es are coming more into use as \ e their utility becomes apparent. S g An experienced New England S n hog feeder has found that where * to all fond is purchased it costs him m k $13 to bring a hog to 250 pound* m i? weight. Western hog growers cai % 3t do much better than this. II ie Keep the work team in as good ___ p- condition as possible. Don't let ^ 3- the horses run down because :e they are doing hard work. Th< horse and thecov need about tht same amotit of food, but that o' the horse should be much mor? concentrated. Hay should b< fed sparingly in the morning am at noon, but may be given quitplentifully at night.?Farmer'* e Voice. pi i>'or our Presbyterian Readers, and any Others Intericj ested. We have been requested t< publish the following: As sum m i" time comes on, the though! ol va-iiMon fi Is every mind. W? are apt in our seeking after lei"lire to forget that there are oi ) G nhans to I)* t'louglit ol ami ni 1 I cared for. Ask the Superinten dents of our orphans' homos and ? without exception they will teb B. you that the hardest time in tin j(l hole year, is 4 the good olo , summer-time." Provision gets ? carce arid money a great deal ^ -career still. It is a splendid F time to remember the orpliat s then. When tbe wheat crop comes Id in, send "s mp'es" to be tested i?n< id by the palates ol the little po t pie. The 200 pupils at the Thorn ed x- well Orpiianage could t.o*t sev- Wh es er?l hundred bushels of wjien', VV'JJ 1#, I l'?r I he l>oi ??b bori ii ir mill mub?- i'-? ,te the gilt of w h? it as acceptab'e "J | aft flour. And as for money, t only $5 00 will care l<?r a li'tV f.h? du el f r a whole month and " there are 200 little children to pur ,H bo carod for here. Provision,e can be sent to Thornwell Or- "f \ rb phanuge (Minion, S. and 190(1 money to Rev, W*n. P. Jacobs, ie at the same place. 5-23 ===== "The Old Reliable." ===== U THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, S. c. CAPITAL $50,000.00. A SURPLUS $50,000.00. % 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 |\ the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. immn fiw??I? ? ? I I ?!! I III 111?1 I ! I??? Southern Kailuxui THE SOUGH'S GREATEST SYSTEM 1 ? Unexcelled dining car service. > Through Pullman sleeping cars on all through trains. Convenient schedules on all local trains. r Winter tourist rates are now in ; effeet to all Florida points. For full information as to rates, routes, etc., consult any Southern Railway Ticket Agent, or BROOKS MORGAN, A.G.P.A., R. W. HUNT,G,P.A.f Atlanta, Ga. Charleston, S, C. First National Bank 1 In tlnse (lay* of keen competition, the success of u bunk may be said to ft depend primarily upon the liberality of treatment accorded its depositors. ft Hoeognizing this fact, THE FIltST NATIONAL HVNK, of Lancaster, ft grants as generous terms as are consistent with modern conservative bank- ft ing, nnd the result has been a continuous and rapid growth in business ft and resourceH ft We want and invite an account from every individual, firm and corpo- ft ration in Iiancaster County. Interest ut the rate of 4 per cent, paid on ft time deposits. ft CHAS. 0. JONES, jjT > Code SpiM* AILEY BROS.' Cock-Spur plug tobacco g& [)Uts all competition to flight, because it ???, has all the sweetness, flavor and strength Isas!! of the best tobacco grown in the world's greatest nature-favored section. Chew Cock-Spur. m No better tobaccos made V B than those manufacture<l by ^k_y M Bailev Bros., Winston-Sa- 1 i lem, N. C. Not in a Trust For Sale by BENNETT GROCERY CO. College of Charleston the 2nd day of July at l.an- _ .#4_? cr. S. < .. at 12 o'clock in Tract of 11785 ChaTlGStOn, S. C. IPOfi < i ? ? <> * - . iii ,i\ in am t"r * <911111 V ClHItHI f) I flff - . >. ? . Ml (i?s acres. know., as tract I of . .nlraiice examinations will he held estate lauds of .1 ill ins M ills, hound- ?n llie t.oiinty t.oi.rt House on Friday, north an.t west on Catawba and Ju > ' ? ? ? One F ree tuition teree rivers, as per plat of W K ;S.<:ho ?relilp to each county of South re,, l? S; tieiiur tract conveyed hv oarnlina awarded by the Counljr hupt Warns, Clerk of Court, to Annie R <>/ Kdunat on and Judge of Probate, linson by deed dated the 2nd day furnished room in l?or,ni- x )eceinber. lss'.t, and recorded in a month. AII candidates for d Book O. pages S and 4 admisaion are permitted to compete erms cash; or one-third cash and for V" "' 1 ?y?e s1?ho,?r"hJP? w,?sc,? balanc e payable in two e,,,.al P*f ?100* year For ( atalogue and ressive annual instalments from 111'orinut ion, addresss ol sale, secured by bond of the Harrison Randolph. chase-r and mortage of the prem - resident. . Purchaser to pay fur deed $1000, ___________ also f ?r taxes payable after dale cale, including those payable in i. a. M. Lee, thp NPWQ PoeH Printing Executor. . 1110 llOiYkJ for others. Why Est. Anuie K. Robinson, | , , -Iw. deceased.' can t wo do yours f ( ( f ? ? ? s , .