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Agricultural Thoughts for Farmers The Winter Garden--PreI paring Land for Small; Grain. Progressive Farmer. This is the time to begin preparation for a good winter garden. The family that lives without! vegetables, or which depends on j canned goods, only half lives.) Turnips demand attention now. Rutabagas should be planted at I once. The other varieties will be in time, if sown August 10th. If the large, curled mustard is piauted in August it will give ? 1 _ 1 XT ? J1 T\ nne ?aiau in ^ovemoer ana December. Successive plantings of spinach and lettuce should be! made. At Clemson College last | October Prof. C. L. Newman planted onion seed in rows. They j came up and stood the winter i and made tine onions. Beet seed,| early varieties, may be planted in August. If a good stand is secured fresh tender beets will come in during the winter. The leek is a great favorite with many. It is early and milder than the onion. For turnip salad, get the oldtashioned Seven top. or some of turnips that grow deep in the ground. They make pood turnips as well as excellent salad. Let tuce planted now will head about the first of December. If planted in Octoberand protected somewhet during the winter, it j may be transplanted in February .1 and it will give fine solid head in April. It is understood that! deep plowing or spading, with an abundance of manure, is neces sarv to make best garden truck ' Commercial fertilizer is very | good, but if you have manure from a well-fed cow it is better. On Virginia soil, which had an j abundance of plant food, our grandfathers made fine whettj crops with little preparation and1 no commercial fertilizer. About 1850 they began to learn, as the soil was growing thinner, that, pea-vines ami cottonseed increas ed the yield of wheat. Now that we have verv little fresh land,, the small grain crop will be very light unless there is thorough preparation and judicious fertili zing. For small grain, the sub | soil should be well broken and a I tine seed bed prepared bv bar- 1 rowing. At least two or three in- , dies of the clay should be broken and mixed with the top soil. That preparation prevents winter k: 11 \ ing and carries the water down when excesive rains fall. It brings the potash and phosphoric acid locked up iu the clay in contact ! w ith sun, air and frost, and by I degrees renders it available. It is said by chemist* that th<? tir-t toot of Piedmont red clay con tains enough plant food, with the exception of ammonia, for more than one hundred crops. Between Ni.ples and Rome tine wheat, fields may he seen and they hail j tine wheat on the came land 2,500 years ago. Our land i- 1 nex-1 haustible if we only take rare of I it. In the Carolines th<?re are I thousands of acres of land that ; have nothing except weeds and grass growing. Let all of it he thoroughly broken and harrowed | in August so as to be ready for the small grain in September and 11 October. I, Charles Betty. ! ( Spartanburg Co., S. C. (l Departmentj Results of Working Crops 1 Injured by Hail Storms. Southern Cultivator. * i I note your editorial in issue J, of July 1st, "Crops Ruined by I Hailalso your request for in-1 formation. Ilenee I beg herewith to submit my experience along j these lines. Some six weeks ago we had a I verv severe hail storm?corn was , about shoulder to head high ; the , blades were all split up like rib- I bona and some broke off; cotton about half-knee high; not a leat left on it. Some of the stalks en- I tirelv beat down in the ground j or broken off at the ground ; some now higher than I can reach ; has eared out nicely; and, but for the fact that there are no bottom bladep, or what few are there are all split up, you could not tell that the hail had ever struck it. The cotton had been chopped out and sided up just before the hail; sent plows from corn to cotton which was five days after hail, and run around cotton two furrows to the row with eighteen-inch wing sweep, shallow ; run in siding furrow and dirted the cotton just a little. Some of it had, by that time, be- , gan to show signs of life. By care ful examinaiion I found that the stalks that were broken olf above the first leaves were sprouting out, but all that were broken oil below the two first leaves were dead. I waited ten days and | plowed again same as before, on lv u?lmr inch - I following this plowing five days ! behind the plows; by this time all of the stalks not broken ofl below the twofirst leaves had: sprouted out nicely, some one. most of them two or three, sonu lour to the stalk, and looked vigorous. It is now knee to haltthigh high and very bunchy, or well limbed and we'l fruited ; by just looking at it you can't tell it was hurt by the hail, only there I is not over three-fourths of a , stand ; in other words, one stalk n every four was killed, broken rtV be'ow the two lir-t leaves Right behind the hoes 1 went over and planted with hoes Spanish peanuts in the missing places, and while 1 will not make as | much cotton as 1 would havej made I will have some extra meat and lard which always; cnmei" in handy. With best wishes for tho Cultivator, I remain. A Florida Subscriber. The way to Treat Crops Injured by Hail Storms. I ( Southern Cultivator. I see in the Cultivator that you elicit communications from hail "forms. On the 4f h of July. 1905, a hail !, 'torm of great severity passed ' rtver my farm. While walking nver mv crop next morning and ' finding the leaves, fruit and tops < standing about half original ( neignt ; tne Held looked like a tire had swept through it atui left a few 6talks standing wliere the cotton had been. To sav I j was blue, is a very mild expres- i sion 1 did not know what to do, but did the following I ploughed the corn out at once; it was time to plow it and was the laying by plowing; ue^d 22 inch winged sweeps ; three furrows to the row, J 4-foot rows, run shallow; it is I >f the cotton lying piled up in aj :he furrows, I hardly knew what y :o do, but decided to work it out. 4 A. few days sunshine did wonders. & I never saw cotton fruit so rap ^ idly. I made a fairly good crop. < ^ On one field which contained ^1 13 3-4 acres I gathered 10$ Dales ' J af cotton. Of course I did not y make a full crop. This land ought, 4 to have yielded one bale to the I acre, and 1 only give this as an > example to show what the cotton J stalk will and did do after being ? beaten up by hail on July 4. | 2 1 advise farmers to work crops _ out instead of plowing up and planting in other crops. ^ Now, there was very little to do to my corn as I had laid it by, so I just left it alone. 1 got a very poor grade of fodder, but good corn and peas, as the fodder protected the ears of corn. 1 hope my exDeneuce will ! cheer up some of mv fellow men ! ^ j who have the blues over the crops. Yours truly, F. M. Gadsden. j! Kockton, S. C. 7 8 Rust and Lice on Cotton in! York County. Enquirer: Mr. M. L. Thomasson. who lives about three miles east of Yorkville was in town yepter day withsome sorry looking specimens from his cotton field. The specimens includedtwolarge fully grown stalks, both bare of fruit with the exception of a few shriv eled squares and the leaves show -ii 4.1 -: - r 4. i ni? nil iiiw HI^UW 01 arreBifju ^ growth. There were a tew worm? g and lots of lice on the stalks. Mr. Thomasson said that a whole field f of fifty acres is similarly affect ^ ed. Ho has sent the specimens to s Clemson college for the purpose of getting some information. Why Jefferson Girls do Dan- ' cing Stunts Explained. From Carolina Citizen. If you see a Jefferson girl stop p and execute a hornpipe dance, ~ she is neither practicing for j vaudeville nor going crazy ; she is just trying to et<?p the chig ' gers from biting. The girl who has been out in the country tor! a day's outing and didn't collect I a bunch of the micrnacopsc devi's yet to be found. They all got | them, no matter what ?hev sav. j In Self Defence M.jor ll.iJQin. f.l:t<>r md Manager of tIj< . Coii titn:iouali-t F. tumeric. Ky . when 11? was lit-reely attacked, four year? ai? . l>\ Piles I .ought a l>< x of Ih.cklen'H Arnica >a.of whu-b h< shxm "It cured rue lr. I*n ilttiibd no tioiilile ain Quickest J healer ot Hums, s...ew, Cut* and Wonn 126c at F Mackejr Co , Crawfor 1 Hi >* . Full .<1 hui k I'll i Ml. \ Stable Men Poisoned. .Jacksonville, August 1.?Thos. i t.'al aw.?y and Kr? d Walters, bos tleis at a livery stable heie, are; suffering intense agony and are ! iii a dying condition from drink ing whiskey given io them by j \ f I ti 11 r liiiwl lur nt ??? Ant.? ??'?" sitii'ii -table. Ivuie has been ar- I rested mid -him to jml without; bill to await remits JiiVesliyH- f; i ?n -11 o w s tha* a lorg ?|uanti'y _ r?f crotou "ii w:i?i mixed with the whi-key. What prompted the ileed is not known A Mystery Solved J?" "How to keep otf |x?rio tic attack* < ( '?? lali .'i*ne** ?n<! h ilotn ?l coos'ipttmn \\.i* xv t nivw-rv that Dr Rid/ * New Life I'lli* 'r olved for nta," ?iit?-s John N I'lenasot In >f Ma/ri >li?. In<t. Iheonl} pills tint are ' '< ^iiar.int-?-<l to give perfect sati-faction t<> j<> rv?*rjbo<5> or money refunded. (>nl> '2 r> W it I P Mac key Co., Crawford Hros,, Fun- ar jerbork Pharmacy. | "The Old Reliable." : ^ THE BANK OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, S.C. jfc & CAPITAL $50,000.00. / f SURPLUS $50,000.00. 5j ^ Loans made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. A { Collections given prompt and careful attention. ^ t Interest allowed on time deposits.. ^ ^ Your business solicited. The oldest, the largest and ll p the strongest Bank in Lancaster county. Eg Carolina & North=Wcstcrii Kailvv y Company AND Caldwell <?, Northern Railroad Co. TIME TABLE. SOUTH BOUND. NORTH BOUND. :o. 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Buildings large and commodious, eated by furnaces or steam, provided with shower baths and ituated on a campus of twelve acres. Pure artesian water. Intructors, graduates of leading colleges of the country. Terms or board, tuition and medical attendance for session $120.00. Jniforms for cadet. $30.00; for vount: lady about $18.00 for ses ion. Write for catalog. ROBT. W. DURRETT, A. M., Principal. , I i -r HAS. D.JONES, President H. K WYLIE, Vice-President. K M . CROXTON, Cashier. , The First National Bank of Lancaster, v LANCASTElt, S. C. i Few Facts for Your Consideration: t'l/tST. That systematic -avion pays. A deposit of $K.OO a month for five years, with I per cent. interest computed semiannually, will yield you $!{>{'* V7. Ten dollars a month for the same length of time will jield i>(HS I.HO, while in ten years you would have .J% I,t74 7(i. S/ '('OA />. 'I lie safety of your money The well known character and ability of our hoard of directors is a siitllcient guarantee of honest anil capable management. 7 7///?'/'. 'I hat we take any amount from $1 .00 upwards. /'//. That your monej is payable on demand. I 11 I II. 1 h.at we pay i per cei t. interest oil ('ertillcates of Ileposil. S I ,\ I //. 'I hut we extend t <> <oi r pat runs every courtesy and accommodation in our power, consistent with good banking; and >/. ! K.\ I 'I. ' ',nr we ape 'Inv-rnttiHif inspection. \e re*f>ecttuii>j xo'.ic'' : < i>> u,. ri. ^kvja i vjin, Cashier. \ Word to the Public: We now have our (UKH'F.RIKS in the Riddle Block, three doors south of the Bank of Lancaster, where you will find a complete line of Fancy (Iroceries always fresh; also a full line of Clothing that will astonish you when you pet our prices. We are now better prepared than ever to give bargains, and solicit your trtfue in the different lines we carry. Thanking you for past favors, we remain,4^ yours to serve, Cherry & Company. Remember, our liOW-Cut Shoes are going at co^i second door rom First National Bank. Notice to Trespassers. To The Overseers \ All person* will nut ice flint Qf Public ITicrhiA/ftv* r>f icy are hereby forbidden under the l,1C * UDI1C XllgnwayS Of. -nnity <>f ihw. t.. hunt witii ?un ?,r .Lancaster County. >K, to ti-h or Htteinp? to ll>h,! * i nny nmiiiuT whatever. or to pick \? i he people will no ?n finish InyintC rries, KHtlicr niitn. or ritle. driv?* or I by Ihfir crop*, I must earnestly orgo nlU.coi or Htt**mpt to cut timber, or upon you nil to warn out your hand* ??piM In any other way, on my land on each of your sretion of road* add W Indian (jnd township, Lancaster work Ihrm nod put tham in good con OlllfV. StttlC of -lOlfh < urnliii" - * ?< - uiiiiiii, i iiupe >on will all discharge iriing the lands of A. P. Hprat t ,James your duty faithfully I am your humilson, l>aniel Wilson. James Rirh-' file servant, I dson, nod others. This July !?, 1 VHMj. duly, 17 llHMi. M (' (Jardner. ? MRS. M. K. CiORDON. j 7-1S lw. County Miperviaor. \ 'A