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Agricultural jXk Folly of Foddtr Puflinj ^ifcftlress of Mr. R. W. Sco1 *r Recent North Oarolin Farmers' State Conver ion.' She chemist tell us that aboi the feeding value in the cor 9>%\st is iu the stalk, shuck an fa fes, and this has also bee ,^m/7en by actual feed tests. 1 is true, are we properly hai 'Kiting the corn crop ho as to g( Jlif *_aost out of it? tVi this point there are variou kHj-v/ions held. Some pull the foe ttt?,.cut the tops and pull th [?Hru, haul to some convenier yfjseand shuck by hand. This i common practice in our Stat iifcday, but is it the best way i&y own experience says not. besides being tedious and slov has been proven by actual tei 'Jt-'ii the shrinkage of corn whei fodder is pulled is a loss e Xfal to the value of fodder savei ;Mnd therefore our labor is los ('his has been proven in Missii Kjf>pi and Georgia by pulling fo< from every alternate row i -tiHjaa the field, and leaving th 4'xor row untouched, and whe oorn was ready to harvest inhering the corn where fodd< ?ik pulled aud weighing it an leii gathering the other an weighing it. The past season in eight da; with a McCormick cor Harvester, a driver, three hors< wd three hands to shock, fifty < ?38 of corn that must have ave ?ged thirty bushels to the act ^Ttoe total Cost could not excee >*L*e dollar per acre, and was a vtttally under this. When I gt ^ady to shred this corn, I plac< dk-e engine and shredder out *% open space, and stacked tl ai>ver, making a long rick, ai fc stacked nicely. It took sev< va?ys to shred the corn. I ke JLrce wagons in the tield, an hand to load wagons . Tl .con was unloaded from wage nt shredder table. One man 1 t'fced shredder, one to look after i frtigiueer and one man to ui toad corn?nine men in all. Tl tirecost.includingenginesshrei sb j and labor, did not exceed 01 Hu ndred dollars. My corn was i crib, the field cleared < urV.ks for the next crop and fu fctfty tons of stover in tl l>.l?A<t*k. ihis corn never touched tl ground from the time it wi o&ncked until it was in the cri j| it pays to cut wheat with :?iuler and thresh it with ..hrosher, why will it m ;,*ay to ^handle a corn crop i >i' same way? Necessity brougl wheat binder into use; f wfentually will the scarcity p .ubor make the shredder ai loan harvester come into gener sue. The small farmer will say 1 annnot afford to buy this outl &r<a one or two horse crop; tiiNWdr, apply the same pruicip Jbht i? used in the wheat thresl *tg where tt.o outfit is owned L f company, and they go aroun **d thresh the crops, large an *n?ll, and the neighbors turn 01 Mud help. So can they do in hai wsting and shroddimr the sm? torn crop, and the engine ths 'hijs the thresher, instead of run' Kg in the shed in the fall, wi ne allocking oorn. Department. * * * yo - ' _? ~~v. : c a g. Some claim that there is too hu ^ much waste in the corn stover, in The only waste should be the Mi u pith and hard Btalk, and both of to these make excellent bedding, co a and is cheaper than getting leaves or using any kind of straw. bu 1 Some argue that the heavy fe< corn in the bottoms is too hard to an handle. This can be overcome by hii planting a variety of coru that foi it will bear close planting, have mi n more ears and of course not so fif d much stalk. If the corn crop of ly n the South is to be shredded it of f must be done by eo-operatiou of it f* the farmers, and as 1 have said, of it will make the small farmer te more feed than he can make iD ho i? any omer way. 1 If you once get used to this in e manner of handling the corn ni it crop you will never give it up. ca is ~ ~ D. 1 How to Raise Hogs. " of v, ei st Practical Experience of Farm- dc 6 ers as Related by them at in j State Farmers' Institute. ro fc. hi B" Clemson College special in News and Courier: After Dr. Hell's address Prof. Harper called upon 16 Col R.B.Watson, of Ridge Spring, th n S. C., who is a veteran farmer of r? '? sixty years' experience, and too 00 well known as a progressive far- pe a mer and fruit grower to need any a/" ^ introduction to South Carolina 1 farmers. Col. Watson's talk was H upon importance of the South's n raising its own meat, and it was 58 ; ull of "meat" in every sense of R* the word. He said that it is nar* turally hard to interest farmers e- in the importance of raising hogs when cotton is worth ten cents a c pound. Notwithstanding that we can grow more corn per acre than anywhere else iu the ccunln try, we apend thousands of cr 16 our cotton money for corn, hay H and other provender to feed our lb ?n stock. No wonder that Jwe save w pt, no money from our ten cent m ^ cotton. ci 16 Here are some general princi Sc >n pies and pointers in the raising gf to of hogs. HogH ought never to see hi '*'? Christmas, says Col. Watson. A 11 They ought to come after Christ- di le ias and go before Christmas,land A rapidly fattened every day while Ci ,e alive. Cleanliness is the most im- &P In portant principle in hog raising? th ^ clean beds, clean water, clean food, clean fresh grass. Woods cc ie pasture, unless full of acorns and m plentv shade trees, is worth noth :h ie ing much for hogs. gr ^ fi [ f |7 /tn n/ u n t to .? I- / ?> ? "" 1 n' . f ./! n Hill lU iimivc ill II t* CUl |?. " ton, feed more hogs and stock r 1 a ami use the manure from them. m rt Protect your hogs from the r)^ weather. Chicken-eating hops? co ln No, hogs won't e?t chickens, if (>t tuev can get anything else to eat. Pc 10 You will have no cholera in hogs >n r>' if you observe the principle of cleanliness. Corn is the great hog oi fattener,|and we can easily raise f? more corn to feed more hogs and 16 cattle, to make the land richer m 11 to giow more cotton. co ' As to how to feed?give as great bv 'e variety as possible. If you use et I hard corn, it ought to be boiled 1" or cooked or ground.Supplement co ^ your feed with grasses, keeping a I hogs in.lots and grass pastures not e? too large. bh r* Mr. Anderson, of Ninety Six, rose to II ,J to give his experience on feedlf' ing bogs on artichokes, and the wi experience meeting began to by II warm up immediately when Col. nu Watson began to call for que*- e|( n? and experience*. Mr. Ai rson Raid that once you g< ur hogs to eat artichokes, yo n keen them well on nothir t artichokes for five month the year, from November t urch exclusive, and that thre five hundred bushels per aci uld be easily grown. Mr. G. W. Fairy, of .Orangi rg,said, that in his experieix I'd crops should be so arrange d rotated that the hog gathei n own food. Corn, he says, as od all the year round woul tike your meat cost twelve 1 Iqaii onn f a nor rtnn twl nunanta i wii vv?i *17 pv i p\/u nu^ if you had to go the expent grinding, cooking, v'toteim to them, etc. Mr.J. 0. Striblini Pendleton, was called upon t II what he knew about feedit gs on cotton eeed, and state at he has had marked succe feeding seed cooked with tui ps which can be grown pract lly for every month in the yea >n't feed on cotton seed alotu id don't feed the raw seei lich will poison the hogs vei ten. Cook or allow to fermen therof which seems to brea iwn poisoning elements. Ilepl g to a question of fencing f< gs, Mr. Stribling said that d of hog wire fence, 28 inchi gh, would cost less than reive inch board, 16 feet lor ith a post in the middle, dr. B. Harris, ofPendleton, sa at if he could get his pigs fa wed in March or April, 1 uld raise them for three cen ir pound on grasses, clover id root croDS. nrovided he kill< em in November or Decembt More Cattle Needed. he Subject InterestinglyDi cussed at State Farmei Institute. Extract from Clemson Oollej >r. the News and Courier: He arvie Jordan, the president ie Southern Cotton Associatic ho was to have addressed tl eeting tonight upon the Agi iltural Opportunities of tl lUthern Farmer, was delayed 'tcing here, and his hour w led with the addresses of Dr. . Cary, ?State veterinarian ai rector of farmers' Institutes f labanm, who spoke upon t! Utie Industry in the South. 1 ioke of the recognized fact e lack of stock in the Sout id said that 110 system of Agi ilture could be permanent aintainedwithout stock,becau e chief need ot lands in tl owing of cotton and oth ean culture crops such as \ ise in the South, is vegetab stter. Live stock is the key no the problem of decreasing tl st of production ot cotton ai herj clean cultuie crops, f >cially since the great advan f ItA nrino r\ f lui?or |/t IV>U *#? II* UU la We must quit trying to sprei ir farms over the earth wi rty acres or more to the horf in the average farmer rai ore live stock atul still produ tton to the present extent? Y< ' rotation of cotton, corn, pet c. Nowadays a man is wastn bor and energy trying to grc tton, if he can t make at ies )ale to the acre, and the legur will help to supply the veget o matter to the soil necessai make a bale to the acre, an tre food for extra cattle, whic 11 in turn pay for themselv enriching the land with m res. 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To The (JVCrSeCrS Iowa, Wisconsin and other rich 0f agricultural States owe their Of the Public Highways of h, agricultural fertility chiefly to Lancaster County. r;_ the very large number of live . _ , . , As the people will soon finish laying ly stock raised there. by their crops, I must earnestly urge pp In raising cattle for market get "P011 \<)U warn out your tin ml* ,, . on each of your section of roads and [le all the scrub cows you can care WOrk them and put them in good Conor for, and get an much pasture as 'htion. I hope you will ail discharge , your duty faithfully. I am your hninve I possible in native grasses. An hie servant, ,1-, acre ot pood Merrauda praea will ,ML'-Y'! 1 l(U>' M.H. Gardner, l,e ^ , 7-lS-4w. ('ourity Supervisor. ie support t.8 many cattle as any _______________________ |ie acre of Kentucky blue praaa in 1(j the world. Vetch ia the cheapest Due West Female College yH prowth for cattle in the South., ? . ? ?. .. _ ! 48th year begins Sept. 12th. With ce ^rade up your herd with thor- full Faculty of Five Men and Nina oughbrsd males. Then feed we1! Women 145 pupils?25 per cent in- ^ , r .. , . crease over last year New Carnegie id and pet your beef on the market, Dormitory with all modern comforts, fi. aa aoon aa possible, by the time ready for occupancy in the fall. U?,, ,, tial extras Hoard and Tuition $150 ,e. they are two or three yeara old, ppr year RP before they have eaten up the Kev. JAMES BOYCE, Pres., p. i .. r . m Abbeville ( o. Due West, S. C. ? v ce profits, keeping them fat. lo ' aupplement the praaaea, a ration ia, of corn and cotton seed meal NotlCC 10 TreSpaSSCrS. [ljr makes a fine food, and will prob- m R . i a e l All persons will take notice that . ,w ably, judging from experiments, they are hereby forbidden under the Ht make a pound increase in tlesh penalty of law, to bunt with gun or for less than two centa ?'?g, to tlsb or attempt to catch fish. n. ior iesa man two centa. 1|( any manner whatever, or to pick a- ?. berries, gather nuts, or ride, drive or A Mvsterv Solved walk, cut or attempt tocuf timber, or ry trespass iri any other way, on my land 0 ,,1 "How to keen off nerirwlirt of in * * ' t ... yj, ... .......... ..a.iu lowusmp, i.anosster w ,u biliousness and habitual constipation ?u County, State of 8oath ? srolins, ad:h a mystery that Dr Kind's New Life Pills joining the lands of A. P. Hpratt, James solved for ine," wiites John N. Pleasant, Wilson. Daniel Wilson, .lames Rich* eB of Magnolia, Ind. The only pills that are ardson, and others. This July 9, 1906. guaranteed to give perfect satisfaotion to MRH. M. K. GORDON. everybody or money refunded. Only '25c y at J F. Mackey Co., Crawford Bros., Fun)d derburk Phuriuacy. DO you tttko 111? News?