The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 23, 1907, Page 2, Image 2
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Agricultural I
Thoughts For Farmers. at
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Progressive Farmer. ^
Every earnest, thouglitfui far- Qf
mer is desirous of improving his an
soil, mnking more remunerative 'pj
crops and doing the work with tr)
the least amount of labor. Small jy
grain and pea vine hay is much
less expensive than cotton. Corn
and sorghum come next in cheap*
ness. But the cheapest crop
possible in proportion to the la- ^
bor is alfafa. Because many farmers
in Texas and other South- ru
western States and in the irrigated
districts plant hundreds | c
of acres of it, we do not advise .
you to rush into the business ^
that way. Go at it by degrees
until you learn how to manage ^
it. Take one acre as a trial lot. ^
Select a dry sort of soil, with a
porous subsoil. Flat, sandy land
will not do. A cotton lot that
is nearly free from grass seeds ^
is best. Break well, getting up
two to four inches of clay. Do
this as early in the year as you
can. Harrow several times so
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as to make a fine seed bed. Sow
broad-cast fifteen pounds of seed
on the acre, March 1st to 15th,
mixing them first with two bushels
of sand slightly moist. Sand tit
is the best thing to sow small p"
seed with. Cover the seed with ki
fit!
a weeder or light harrow, but de
not deep. Keep back a pound
of seed and go over the lot after
they come up and re-sow the
thin places. Before the last harrowing
it might be well to apply
400 pounds of 10 4 acid potash. Cl
If a good stand is secured and 88
the first dry spell does not kill it
before the roots strike down you Hf
will be all right. After learn- C(
ing how to manage that acre you
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will be ready to put in two or
three the next fall, which is the
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be6t time to sow it. The farmer
who woiks two horses and has
ten acres in alfalfa will get more 11
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clear money from it than he
would from a cotton crop if he e(
planted nothing else.
TOO MA^NY IRONS IN THK FIRE.
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The blacksmith who would
thrust an edged tool, a plow and
a horse shoe in the fire at the j
At
same time would be apt to spoil j
all of them. He would show as !
much wisdom as farmers who
endeavor to do three or four 81
things each of which is a specialty.
We know a young man .
brought up on the farm- He is ^
industrious. But lie read up on
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poultry and incubators and
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thought it would be fine to have
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100 or 200 chickens falling over
each other to get out of their
shells. We have never heard ol .
ir
him getting any broilers. An ^
incubator might be bought from
him at a bargain. There is an- .
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other who has a quick penetrating
mind and he catches on to C(
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correct methods of doing things.
But, he has an orchard of several U
hundred trees, had bees, and ran
a truck farm besides his regular .
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farm. lie attempted all this
work with little help; consequently
he does not succeed,
liaising chickens with the aid of ,r
an incubator and brooder is a hi
specialty. So is an orchard und
truck farm. These are very ex- t"1
acting. The work has to be done
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Department
the right time. An expert is
quired to do it. No larmer
n give up his main work lor (
ese special crops. No grower
truck can attend to a cottou
id corn farm at the same time,
le old saying '.Jack at all
ides, good at none" is especialapplicable
to farmers.
THK COW PEA QUESTION.
It is very evident that farmers
,nnot get peas enough to sow
eir stubble land. The n?ctbest
ling is break and harrow land,
in ofF rows about thirty inches
>art and plant about a peck of
>as to the acre They ought to
> cultivated twice. One farmer
this county last year sowed a
t of nubble land in cottonseed,
e had a good stand, but we
ive never heard results. While
e cotton plant does not gather
trogen, it. is better than] nothg
on the land. Thin laud ferized
with only 200 pounds of
I 4 acid potash to the acre,
anted in rows and cultivated
ill make of an average year 6
10 bushels of peas and be
arth $4 to $G an acre to land.
Charles Pettv.
Spartauburg, S. C.
Healthy kidneys Alter the irnpuri>s
from the blood, and unless they
i this good health is impossible.
>ley's Kidney Cure makes sound
dney and bladder disease. It
rengthens the whole system. Funrburk
Pharmaoy.
[ow to Feed Cottonseed
Meal to Hogs.
A bulletin of the TexasJAgriiltural
Experiment ^Station,
iys:
To those wishing to use cotton.
?ed meal tor hogs now, we reimmend
:
(1) For animals on heavy feed,
lat not more than one fourth
le weight of the grain ration
>nsist ot cottonseed meal.
(2) That this feeding continue
ot more than fifty days, or that
le proportion of meal be reduc1
if feeding is to be continued
inner.
(3) That the meal be* mixed
ith the other feed and allsouri
together.
(4) That as much green feed
? possible be furnished the hogs.
(5) That a close watch be
ept, and meal be taken from
ay animals not eating or not
lining well.
Feeders who have had exper
snce with the meal will proba*
ly be able 'o exceed these re^mmendations,
which, however,
How the use of enough meal to
really improve a corn diet. One
ound of cottonseed meal to five
1 corn furnishes the nutrients
i the most desirable proportions
>r fattening, while one or two
F corn are more nearly correct
>r young growing stock. Of
jurse other feeds are desirable
r their influences not attribtable
to their composition, but
is not often that the adopted
andards can be ignored indeed
ig any animals tor profit.
An IiiftldlMtin Danger.
One <?r the worst features of kidney
ouhle is that it is an insidious diase
and before ttie victim realizes
s danger tie may ha v a fatal malady.
?ke Foley's Kidney Cure at the tlrst
gn of trouble as it corrects irr?*guritles
and prevents Liright's disease
id diabetes. Funderburk Pharacy.
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Summer Term Discussed. ctn (
mine
Ed. News: I thought that lose
perhaps enough had been written steac
by me on the subject of public ou'
schools; but an idea, which was littU
not touched upon formerly, now mo"'
calls for another effort. This idea Octo
is one concerning the practice of w,'l
having a few weeks of school in ?"e8
the months of July and August. 'ong
At this season of the year the ?,,e9
children who have toiled faith- now
fiilltr in finlHo ?p? crrniil.lv ex of to
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hftusied by heat and toil. Their ana
systems are so relaxed that they fche f
have no energy to devote to study. here
They long for shady groves and c*n
sweetly babbling brooks; their ,rict
minds are indolent, and anything duri
iu the nature of a dream is pre- Pto'
ferable to the stern realities of er?,(
life; they sigh and wonder if 18 nc
there is any such land as Utopia.
They need rest and should have *11 8<
it.
Besides the above reasons there ^
is another and a very cogent one. M
During J uly and August theelder 1?
brothers and sisters and cousins ?'
and friends are enjoying a merry BA
round of picnics, fishings, excur WJf
sions and other gaieties. Seeing Wl\
these things from afar only makes Bj)
the younger ones more anxious W
to join in the fun. Thus their B\
already weakened minds are dis- Pij
tracted from their studies : hence
they derive no benefit from the
school. In this manner the school jf
money is?as it may be said? flw
thrown away. Ifi
Every experienced teacher
knows that, after an extended K|
vacation, it requires a month to Eg|
break-in the average country
school and get the scholars pro
perly at work: sometimes it is not |K/
done eveo then. So one month ^
ts lost in summer and another a
when winter schools begin. Two ?
months are devoted to breaking m
in instead of one:?one month ?
clear loss. ^
Imagination hears some one ^
ask : What is the remedy ?? M
It is simple enough:?just make W
the winter term as long as possi- V
ble and let the summer term go ; f
and the children will derive fifty &
per cent, more benefit than where ^
there are two terms. Some may ?
contradict this: but experience, ff
that best of teachers, shows this
to be true. The graded schools f
in towns, holding eight or nine ^
months, advance their pupils ^
twice as tast as country schools #
haying tour months in winter and ' W
two in summer.
TIllU 1Q Q f u/>t f Knt /?a?\ ?\/\* U/\ I M
? liiu <o U t**\J%. 1 H(?t V>n II ur "T
gainsaid; and one cause for it is ^
a single session instead of two. ^
Each country school should W
have one session, continuing as f
long as possible: this can be done 4
by tacking on at each end. Hoe
hands as a rule are not needed X
until 20ih of May or after: then X
children can go to school until W
that date. Small farmers can m
combine torces to apply guano W
and list on it; or they may be m
able to do it at home by covering
willi one furrow:?it would only ^
8top a scholar t wo or three days ^
from school to help in this work. M
While the ground is too wet to
plow the farmer can sprout, ter- C
race and so forth, instead of go. ^
ing to town, and let the children
go to school. ^
4<Ah! but," Kome will say, 0
"We need them to gather cotton."
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23, 19C7.
i enough Bui, if those who oc
Jo good work wiilf ust deter ni
) to let the little fellows go
iliool, they can wor!\ radie pi
lilyaud gather the crop wil 1?- fe
the little ones Let these p<
i ones have at least seven Ct
i h ^ schooling?from last ol ?>c
ber to li e last of May ! They di
alt r avth.le bo tlie larger u]
and can not quit the field so
, but cwu allow oilier li'tle
to ei joy the privileges tney
have. TnUs the little ones
'day will be more benefited p
better able to turn to account 01
ihorter 'erras they may have ai
after. P.enty of children p)
be found in the averace dipto
make a respectable school 1
ug six or seven months, if
>le will only bend their en ^
?s that way. Oi course there cc
> objection to a longer term, j)
is practicable to have it.? <?
)tne localities the little ones H,
\ ch??8e Y?"r Yie,ds by c|
I lf|mUj get a crop like that at the lei
/JK }W% provided you choose a ferti!
SSNIvH^^ and other cropt, write (or the "p
wSlflf'ikMn though worth much?write to
|||bSm| NnrYark?M Nuui St., or A
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sa:
Furni
Cloth
Undei
Big stock to sel<
miss this opporl
always guarant
Your mon
if you war
Williams-I*
OAMII s
>uli very well have eight cr
ine months.
Now, if patrons will do their
art by raising the money and
curing experienced and com
etent teachers, there is no ex186
for the decadence of country
ihools: otherwise schools will
steriorate and the people grow
p in ignorance.
Tutor.
How lo Avoid Pneumonia.
You can avoid pneumonia and other
rt< tin results from a oold by taking
oiey's Honey and Tar. It tops the
?ugh and expels the oold from the
-stema* it is mildly laxative.Refuse
iy but the genuine in the yellow
kckage. Funderburk Pharmacy.
peolal Announcement Regarding
the National Pure Pood and
I>rug Law.
We are pleased to announce that
o!e)'<* Iloney and Tar for ooughs,
)ldn. and lung troubles is not affectI
by the National Pure Food and
rug law aa it contains no opiatvs or
her harmful drugs, and we reoouiend
it as a safe remedy for children
id adults. Funderburk Pharmaoy.
[loosing Your Fertilizer
rop like that in the right- AjVM
a poor fertilizer. You'll
ft, even if the soil is poor, ^ I
lizer containing 8% of I '" I
ash ijt
result* from rmwinr trasses B%*+/,-, T5SI
srmer'i Guide." Sent tree, TB
itlaela.Ua. ?1224 Caadter BM|.
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