The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, June 23, 1906, Page 7, Image 7
featured, the typo can withstaud
the effects of wet seasons to a
marked degree, though it suffers
from drought in the long dry seasons.
This type is well adapted to
cotton, and is cultivated almost
exclusively to that crop, yielding
from 200 to 250 pounds of lint per
acre. Some corn is grown, and
the yield is from 10 to 20 bushels
per acre. The soil is also excellently
adapted to grasses and
small grain, though only a very
small acreage is planted to these
n,.
v/iv?ii?[jcbb ?ro grown to a
limited extent, but do not thrive
on this type as well an on the
more sandy soils.
CKCIL SANDY LOAM.
The Cecil sandy loam, on ac
count of the demand for easily
tillable land and the power of
the soil to withstand drought, is
^considered equal to the Cecil
clay in agricultural value. The
soil, to a depth of from 6 to 15
inches, is a medium to fine sandy
loam, brown or gray in color, and
is underlain by a stifT, tenacious
red or yellow clay, usually containing
some sand. In its typical
occurrence the subsoil is identical
with that of the Cecil clay.
Where the subsoil is a yellow
clay, the sand in the poll is in-|
clined to be finer, probably as a
result of a diff erence in the rocks
from which the red and the yellow
clays were derived. In this
phase the soil is closely related
to the ?ecil fine sandy loam,
the one grading into the other.
Quartz fragments occur in the
Ceoil sfendy loam with the same
frequency as in the Cecil clay.
line of demarcation between
the two types is usually well defined.
The largest body of Cecil sandy
loaiji is found in the extreme
northwestern part of the county,
j^ile other considerable areas
occur in the southern and other
parts of the county. It occupies
the undulating divides between
stream courses, and occurs on
level hilltops. The drainage is
excellent.
The soiI has been formed by
the same process as the Cecil
clay?by the slow weathering of
uruuiieH itn(i oiner similar rocKs.
Talcoae schists play an important
part in this soil's formation, giv^
ing rise to the yellow clay suhm
soil.
The Cecil sandy loam is adapt
ed to cotton, corn, cowpeas, tobacco,
and a less degree to truck.
It is exclusively farmed, however,
to the first three crops mentioned.
From 180 to 230 pounds of
lint cotton, and from 8 to 15
bushels of corn are produced per
acre. Peaches and other small
deciduous fruits would do well
on this type of soil.
CECIL GRAVELLY LOAM.
The soil of the Cecil gravelly
loam to a depth of 7 inches
usually consists of a brown sandy
loam, carrying varying quantities
of feldspathic or quartz gravel,
f which range in size from very
small particles to fragments onehalf
inch 1n diameter. The subsoil
is a heavy micaceous red
loam or clay loam, in which considerable
gravel also occurs. The
*hica imparts a characteristic
greasy feel to the material. The
su?bsoil is underlain at from 10 to
liH fftpt hv >rr>ioite in a sin In <d
decomposition. Outcrops of granI
ite appear at frequent intervals,
and where these occur the sandy
loam, or surface soil, is deeper,
as is also the case where the type
occurs in swales and bottoms.
Infrequently the red r'tibsoil is
| exposed at the surface, giving
I nse^^imlches of soil resembling
the Cecil clay. d
The characterizing feature of ^
the type is its lack of tenacity in '
both soil and subsoil, as a result
of which the land erodes and
gullies in a serious manner. Many
gulches from 20 to 40 feet deep
were noticed, and much of the
land comprising this type is beyond
profitable reclamation. It
occupies the high,broken uplands i
in the southwestern corner of the
county and occurs also in a few
smaller areas in the south western
corner. The drainage is in all j
cases good.
l'his soil has been derived from
the breaking down of granites,
chiefly of a course-grained variety.
Road cuts and washouts
reveal the complete process of
disintegration in its different
stages. The type is in many ways
related to the Cecil clay, and in
its sandier phases to the Cecil
Sailflu lnom K..? " L
.vhuj, w u V IV rWpreBCIHH ft
leps complete weathering of the
rocks, and this imparts a different
character to the structure of
the soil.
Twenty years ago this part of
the county was very good agricultural
land, but today the
greater part of it is either abandoned
or farmed by negroes, a
result of the immense amount of
washing and gullying which
has taken place. Some of the
type, however, is still very good
farming land. The characteristic
timber growth is oak, hickory,
shortleaf pine, and some cedar.
For the first few years after
cultivation excellent crop yields
are obtained on the Oeeil craw* 1
ly loam, but the productivity
declines more rapidly than in
other types of the Cecil series.
As long as a careful supervision
is maintained over the soil,
the crop yields compare favorably
with those on the Cecil clay
and theOecil sandy loam. Cotton,
corn, and cowpeas are the main
crops. Cotton when properly
cared for yields 230 pounds of
lint and corn 8 to 15 bushels to
the acre. Cowpeas do especially
well. Grape growing ou the precipitous
hillsides and thecultiva
of small fruits might be made
profitable industries,
(Continued in Next Issue).
University of South Carolina,
Scholarship Examination.
Thp University of South Carolina
oilers Scholarships in the Normal Department
to two young men from
each county. Ksoli Scholarship is
worth #40 in money anil $18 matriculation
or ''term" fee.
Examination will he held at county
seat KRI DAY, JULY Oth. Examination
for admission to the University
will be held at the same time.
Write for information to
BENJAMIN SLOAN, I'res't ,
Columbia, S. C.
Executor's Sale.
For sale, at public auction, on Monday
the 2nd day of July 1900, at Lancaster,
S. C., at 12 o'clock in. Tract of
land in Lancaster County containing
about 053 acres, known as tract 4 of
the estate lands of Julius M ills, hounded
north and west on Catawba and d
Wateree rivers, as per plat of VV R ^
iruren i>. S; being tract conveyed by 4
Williams, Clerk of Court, to Annie It.
Robinson by deed dated the 2nd day _
of December, 1889, and recorded in
Deed Book (}, pages 3 and 4 i
Terms cash ; or one-third cash and
the balance payable in two equal
successive annual instalments from
date of sale, secured by bond of the
purchaser and mortage of the premises
Purchaser to pay for deed $19.00,
and also fur taxes payable after date L
of sale, including those payable in l.
1909. A. M. Lee,
Executor, A'
Est. Annie K. Robinson, A
5-23-4w. deceased. A
Notice.
To Administrators, Executors, Guar- ['
dians and Committees : \.
The law requires that you make an- ;s*
nu*l return to the i'rohate court on or ?
before the 1st. day of July in each
calendar y ear.
J. E. Stewman. t,
i It. 1'robate Judge.
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A. I. McLUKK, Superintendent.
re50lved
That it is the duty01
Parents To dress Their
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A PIANO OR ORGAN
FOR YOU.
To tho lieud of every family who is am
vtinus for th" fntr.r' and education of hii
In id run, we have a Special Proposition t(
nuke.
No Article in the home shows tho ovi
loner of culture that does a Piano or (>i
{an No accomplishment gives as inuel
deasura or is of as great value in after lifi
is the knowledge of music and the ahiliti
o play well.
(Jur Small I'ayiuent Plan makes the own
lershipofa high gra le Piano <>r Orgai
asy.
Just a few dollars down and a small pay
ncnt each month or quarterly or semi
nnually and the instrument is yours.
Write us today for <'atalogues and oui
Ipecial Proposition ol Kasy Payments.
Address,
MALONES MUSIC HOUSE.
Columbia. S. 6.
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Winthrop College Scholarship
and Entrance Ex<
amir.ation.
>
Tin- cxitnilir.itIon for tin- award of vacant
H)'lii>lar.nhi|i!i in Wlnthrnp ollege .mil for the
admission ?f new students will lie held at the
l County Court limine on CiMay. .l ily Utii. at
a rr; Applicants must not lie ii ss than lifter n
yearn of age When scholarships are \ueilcd
iiuin iiu'v 111' v ?ni !>< awamno to inose
malum; ib? hiplcst .?v?-r;it this <:\m innlion,
provided th<-\ iikm t t!>? conditions trov
niin^ tlw award. Applicants for scholarship
' should write t<> President Johnson before the
examination for application blanks
scl oliirshtps arc worth '.no and frur tuition,
'ilii' ti' Xi session t> ill open September It*. IH06
I' in tin iiici' Info'n ation and > ainloytie,address
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