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2 Agricultural D< How to Buy and to Test dollar Your Seed Corn. select: and p the fie Progressive Farmer. Seed corn should always be Rov bought in the ear. The pur- ? chaser can see exactly what he The 1 is getting, and the corn is likely to be of much better quality, as the dealers always select the (;0]un best ears lor customers who de* ^ mand ear corn. A tarmer who has purchased his first lot of ... . c , . , .. -Will seed corn is dissatisfied with its 11 . . . deviee appearance. He is apt to expect show ears. He should remeiii- ? fi ve 0* ber, however, that there are but r i ii ?ne lew show ears in a wagon load g.veil of corn and that they are worth j* very much more than he has ? ' paid for what lie got. prepa a i ?. * ?. Kice, As a rule, it is not wise t import seed corn a distance, be- ,onn 1 cause it may not be adapted to ie,t the conditions where it is to be j i? ( . i six-foe used. II a tanner can get good ^ ^ seed corn near his home it will give much satisfaction. In fact, ?ut i r in san every degree north or south of a certain point means eight or ten days di Here nee in the time of ' C.e^( Dixie ripening. Doing east or west makes much less difference. Ian Seed corn bought from a dis about tance will usually take two or C01*]n three years for it to accustom fl FS t/ vs itself to the new couditious before it will give the best results,, ^ ow ( 110 matter how good the seed . A . , inch s may he. On this account only . a small quantity should be import- ^ ed. When seed corn is bought ?r i i i i i ? i again the price should he taken into ? . , ,. mm ,. , so tha consideration. 1 he quality and ^ purity should be the important ^ ^ facts to be taken into account. n~ 1 ' A seed that will vield live hush I)mm , -ii pound els more per acre is easily worth 1 ten dollars per bushel. Much I)ou,,( of the seed ollered by the so-called dealers is nothing more than ever^ j. , rIM . . b~eak ordinary crib corn, lhis state ot altairs can he remedied only ' ^ by the purchaser insisting on fertili corn in the ear, and then satisfy . iug himself as to its quality and V ' inch s germinating power. Having made his purchase, no ^ farmer should neglect testing the ^ ^ ^ vitality ol the seed before plant- ^ ^ ing. Many a field has to be . , i.i i midd] planted a second time on account , . . , . el to I of imperfect germination, and . , , , MR 0 very often a poor stand is patchrcorn ] ed up by re-planting odd hills b? hand. Even this is often labor . thrown away, except for the f??d- ^ ^ der, because re-planted hills seli . i ' ? hr< dom produce perfect ears, there ,, /. .. for being insufficient pollen to pro , . . stalks perly fertilize them. , ^ A very good and simple way ^ ^ ot testing the vitality ol ^eed I'O corn is to count out a certain number ot kernels?say 100? toP ' ... , , on Im and place 111 a warm, damp place, , . . land i where no rats can get to them and allow to stay until all the when seeds have had time to germinate, 11 j1 Then count those that germinat- on the I i . 11 i Hiiro yo ed and this will give the per n?z?>i s cent vitality of the corn tested. - - ? The farmer should have a cer- The tain type of stalk, ear and kernel that he wants to grow, and for tii? he should always in selecting try price* , . . , , HOLM and get near to his ideal as poa- either sible when selecting his corn in vvV"^-* the fall for the next year's seed. The observing farmer will soon learn that he may easily earn for . ( THE 1 apartment JThe a tor the time spent in the , ion and eare of seed Coru,jj^jai roper cultivation of it in ad. * M. P. Lipe. Si van Co., N. C. .??? Proj Williamson Plan Given in Few Words. irrai man nbia State. sj)oe ? State has published Ire- l?o i ly the formula for the th? iamson plan" or the way wlii< >d by Mr. E. Mclver Wil- the in, of Darlington, to make post irs of corn grow where but can rew before. Thefoimulaas in i heretofore has been a little T The following has been ion red by Mr. .lames Henry was Jr., as the most concise Crei in which it can be given: only k land in winter one fourth ion r .lian common ; lay olT in cuss it rows, leaving five inch low When time to plant break heel ilk with scooter, following crip e furrow on thi* ridge.? A t lien with same plow, going the r; run corn planter with thin plow, with wing taken off. pres as early as possible,usually sole the middle ot March. Drop tone grains every five or six scab Use no fertilizer. Give the orking with harrow or any the that will not cover plant.? A d working with 10 or 12 the ,weep on both sides ol plant , rasp alter this working. and 11 should not be worked U until sufficiently stunted, way f it" i 1 I nni'or rvi*4%tt' 1 n ?*<>i ? f J i O t *v Hill VJH I?i m I it is about 10 to 12 inches hart put on fertilizer. Mix 200 beei Is cotton seed meal, 200 drie Is acid phosphate, 400 men Is kanit. Put halt in old oiht > turrow, on both sides of any other middle. Cover by knit iotr out middle with turn writ Goo week later treat the larz middle in tlie same wav, II zer and all. In a few days feet orn in first middle with 16 hors weep. Put all your nitrate post da in this furrow, if less bore 150 pounds is used; if more, obtj aif. Cover with one furrow real n plow, then sow peas in sibl e broadcast, at rate of hush tain i he acre, and finish break- 1 att? lit. Lay by early. More I' is ruined by late ploughing witi by lack of ploughing. No mac 0 in necessary and middle tr?11 lie kept clean until the time ^ ?ak out by harrowinv. aors 50 bushels to the acre leave 1 16 inches apart ; tor 75 l'ie ds, 12 inches; for 100 bush- toe inches apart. ^'le not pull fodder; do not cut a" let peas and pea vines die ^ie nd. Value in fertilizer to 1 "e ,9 worth lorage. not cept the oolcl winds dry and crack the aroi ?ox of salve can save much diseomn buying salve look for the name prac l>ox to av"id any imitations, and he n get the original DeWitt's Witch ialvo. Sold by Crawford Urns. setti ftlloi World's Best Pianos, ,ai c Superior Organs, ever i Homea or the Churches at low and i and on easy terms. A GOOI) , ... DAY PRKsENT can be had of a piano or an organ on easy it a special price at M A T.OX K'S at once to U'ear and t< lone's Music House, [ ? * < OLUMBIA, 8.0, catalogs, prices and terms. ltecon .AN"ASTER NEWS, JANUARY 16, 1907 Right Way to Shoe a Died from ] __ Received Horse. Hock Hill ? ron, who was s ny Costly Mistakes are wounded by z lade by Ignorant Black- d{,nc" at the 1 western subuxl Monday uight urday horn ti ;ressive Farmer. wounds. here are three or four most Ragsdale es Lional practices followed by after the s y country blacksmiths in the been hear* ling of horses that cannot be P^ars that Bar strongly condemned. First, rough house i C'ltiiug away of the frog, w?8orderedby h i? ilniiB hv a mainnfir nf keeDOllietOr 1 " ~ w ? ~ " 4i,,,Jv/,4?J V* 1 country smiths, is a most w'len he refu tive injury to the toot, and Rigsdale firei have no reasontible argument shotgun, the c ts favor. in his side am lie frog is the natural cush and ex pander of the hoof, and Shah of placed there by an all-wise tor. To cut it out means not London, r lo rob the foot of the cush. Mai1'8 C01TesI' that should soften the con- 8 tele?ran> ion of every step, but to al- '' 0 c'?ck the toot to contract at the *'1 he Shah and become misshapen and even'n2? thou jej nouncement ( ." , . , . . made until toi nother mistaken idea is that sole of the foot should be ned till it will yield to the isure of the thumbs. The _____ proper should never be If lied by the knife. All loose THE BJ a may be trim mod away, but ^ knife should never cut either ^ C sole or the frog. y SI 11 trimming on the bottom of ^ . foot should be done by the H Collect , which will trim the edge Interes not the solo. ^ Your b utting of a trog or sole in any 11 the Stron works an injury bv causing tissues to shrink and become 1 and dry. A frog that has l trimmed by the knife often ^ s so as to become as detriital to the foot as a stone or ? *r foreign body. There is lievei % good excuse for touching the 9 'e to any healthy Irog. The ^ er never saw one that was too ^ ^ e. - [ot-litting ot shoes to horses' m ^ should not be allowed by the B Vieowner. While it may be 0 iible, as claimed by some ^ le.shoers, that a better fit i* ^ lined in this way, and that 110 \ harm is done, it is also pos- m e that a good fit may tie ob ed by cold fitting, and the 0 i i in 1" IC1 UIIII1J OiUOr. M lie foot he perfectly leveled ^ | i (he rasp, and the shoe be m | le perfectly level, there is no W ible about making a fit. M . very common fault.among V leahoers is the habit of setting ^ ^ shoe a little too far back on ^ loot and then rasping oil' the ^ i to meet the Iront of the shoe ^ | trimming ot the hoof should W be done from the bottom ol M loot betore the shoe is set.? m outside of the hoof should I Big s be touched by the rasp, ex- \ rniQQ ; to smooth oil any slivers ^ ind the edge. Tlie common if alwa dice of rasping the entire m r surface of the hoof, alter w jig the shoe, should never be ^ ved, as it destroys the natu- ^ oating of varnish with which ^ y healthy hoof is covered m allows it to become dry and m le. ? Prof. J. M. Drew. 1 Will up the complexion, cleanse the liver >ne the svatcni. Yon can beet do thin done or two of DeWitt's Little Early ^ i. .Hife, reliable little pilla with a Uion The pilla that everyone knows, j ^ intended l>j C 'awford Iiros. j I \ Effect of a Shot Two North Carolina Cotton at a Dance. Mills Close Down-Re ceiver to be Appointed. lerald: Jno Bar ihot and seriously Charlotte, N. C., Jan. 12.?A eke Ragsdale at a flurry was created in local finanatter's home in the cial circles this afternoon by bs of the city on the announcement that two big Dee. 31, died Sat co'ton mills, the Vermont and he effects of his 'he Southern, at Bessemer City in Gaston county, near here, had caped immediate- g >ue to the wall. The plants were (hooting and has closed down Thursday night and 1 of since. It ap- it is understood that immediate ron was making a application is to be rfiade '?y i*t the dance. lie creditors to have Caesar Cone, Ragsdale to either 'lie Greensboro mill magnate, eave the house,and appointed receiver. The Southern sed to do either mill was incorporated in 1895 J on him with a and has 15,000 spindles and 401 harge taking t ffeo* broad looms. J. M Odell of Coni arm. cord is president and S. J. Dur. . ham, Bessemer City, secretary. Persia Dead. made madras and yarns. The Vermont was chartered in. 9.?The Daily jwo years ago, and 5,000 spinondent at Teheran, dies and .9G loom". D. A. Garrisent last night at son of Bessemer City is president, says : J. 11. Bailey & Co. of New York of Persia died this and Philadelphia were the sales ^ igh no public an- agents. No details are ascerfainrt the fact will be able as to the cause or extent of morrow." (he failure. "The Old Reliable." U m OF LANCASTER, Lancaster, S.C. APITAL $50,000.00. A LJRPLUS $50,000.00. X made on Real Estate, at reasonable rates. ? ions given prompt and careful attention. ^ it allowed on time deposits.. ^ usiness solicited. The oldest, the largest and |1 gest Bank in Lancaster county. 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