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2 Agricultura A Letter to Mrs. Farme The Progressive Farmer. Dear Mr9. Farmer : A hap New Year to you and the cl dreu It the old gentleman awake, say to him I wish hit new way of farming this year Madam, have you been out the barn to see if there is 1 enough to make uests for vi hens next month? You had t ter see about this because } know a-body don't have no h setting a hen on a nest made hay brought from a distat: The best hatch is always froi nest made of hay grown on home farm. I have been knocking ab over North Carolina for so months, and keep a close lo out as to the barus whereve see a place where there sho be one. I am sorry to say t the barns in my State are c very cheap, shabby, ramshac construction, and few of th at this time contain hay enoi: to teed the animals thirty day GKT THE OLD MAN TO SOW OAT Your old man will be borrt ing egg and chicken money you to pay for hay at the rat $25 to $30 per ton if you do put him to work right aw You see the poor old fellow it in his head that he can't mi feed till the fodder is ripe on corn next fall, and will wanl buy feed until that time. IS don'tyou let lilmd o that. You gi town or to your neighbor (wh wide awake), buy seed oats * your egg money; then when land is in condition to pi net me oiu ienow out Dv d light, have him to prepare su lard as you like lo have y garden plot prepared. On I land put plenty of fertili (made at home 19 the best;)pie note that I said plenty. Tab Cole oat planter and seed oats in the uopen furrow wa Don't be afraid that there > too much land prepared for o the more the better. I think old fellow may as well be k at this job every day until Ma But I would not wait till Ma to begin seeding, but would \ pare an acre or so and seed t right away, then keep on | paring and seeding at ev chance until March 15th. HOW TO COAX HIM TO SWING ' SCYTUB My good woman, if you 1 have this work done well will see a pretty sight. The field will 90011 look green. r growth will be rapid and soo will be in the "dough" 9t> A few inches of the plant fi the ground up will be turn brown, Now, you watch tl and as soon an this is the coi tiou, you have the old mat drop all other work and get the mower because the oat c is now ready to be made i the very best hay you can | It the weather is advantaireo I would mow one day and | in the barn the next day. not let ihe sun burn the lite < of the hay. Your old man is a one-he farmer, is lie? Aiu;t got no m< THE LAI 1 Departmenl r liner mn.nhiiin to out. ont.a wit Don't vou take anp excuse. It is a one-horse man, more is t reason why he should sow t >py oat and make hay. He will c Inl- and cure the crop, too, if y l is tell him there is no dinner i n a him until he swings the scyt half aday to get up an appetiti i to Yos, madam, there may b< lay prain of foolishness in the abo our But let me tell you a "parable >et- if you pick out the hard sense irou this letter and put it to wo ick there will be more money of your farm after May 1st tli ice. there will it you pay no attc n a tion to the old man and the c the seeding NOW A WORD ON COTTON. out What are we to do about t ,ne cotton crop for 1907? Shall ' _ 1_ . . OK* put this first or shall we ma )r 1 an estimate of what will be net uld ed in the way of these a bit mc ',at than we need, and then put it a little less cotton than we c kl0 work and gather, or shall it cotton first, la9t and all t lgh time? '8- The sooner we get full atfen 's ance to the township club me* 3W. ings to discuss the question . Qf <lhow much cotton to plant" t j of better it will be for the comn: not nity. Every man in every tow ay ship should bo at the next met ha8 ing club. Then talk of genei ike conditions in business way at the decide the aoieage for the 19 t to crop. It will be too late to [ow this after crop is planted. oto . 0 j8 IIow fo Avoid Pneumonia. Mill You can avoid pneumonia and otl serious results from a cohi by taki the Foley's Honey and Tar. It stops I cough and expels the cold from t ow, syotemas it is mildly laxative.Refi ay_ any but the genuine in the yell package. Funderburk Pharmacy me our _ . Cotton Disease Investigatioi izer a8e Practical investigations up ' 6 ft ^ the disea-es of the cotton pla in South Carolina have be ' alarted at the South Caroli vill % Agricultural Fxperiment S ft t P * ' tion and theae invealigatio t,''e can be materially aided by t co-operation of the cotton gro rc^ era in the State. During t rc^ coming 8ea9on specimens of d )re eaped cotton plants are earnest ''<lt solicited from growers who w )re send the specimens with the fc er- lowing information. (1) When planted? niE (2) When were diseased plai first observed? will (3) Do you find lice or sp you era on the under side of t oat leaves of the plants whi The appear diseased and wh n it were they first observed? ?ge. (4) What kind of fertilia om was used (Formula); wh ing applied ; how ; and ht his, much per acre, idi (5) Do you find the boll woi i to doing much damage? Wh out did it first appear? rop (6) What crops were groi nto on the same land the thr ?et. preceding years, us, (7) Is the soil red clay, y< put low clay, pipe clay or sa Do dy clay ; loam, sandy loa Dut or chiefly sand ; it b;a< bottom land or upland? irse (8) lias the weather been d >w? or rainy and is the cr< *0ASTER NEWS, JANUARY 26, 190' , growing or is it unhealthy? 4 (9) Has the particular trouble ^ reported been observed in previoas years and are tfte verg affected areas in circular ^qq or irre patches, or is 45 ^ *ie it sea* 1 here and there QCe| ,ie over tne held? iut Address all communications j8 ?u and specimens relating to this paa or subject to the Botanist, Clemson ejgj, he College, S. C. The ? cha ' A NpeeUI Announeemtinl Bftgard* ve luff lh? H?tlon?l Pure Food and i?. Drue Law. fclie We are pleased to announce tbat the ln Foley's Honey and Tar for oeughs, rk colds, and lung troubles is not affeot- 0 l?] eJ by the National Pure Food and _0rt OQ Drug law as it contains no opiates or other harmful drugs, and we reooui- lltl au mend it aH a safe remedy for children ?n_ and adults. Funderburk Pharmacy. are I hai >at A Love-Sick Freshman. ? f I Written for The Lancaster News. Down in the old oak grove roaming, m W? Long time I lingered in the shade, k? Carrie by my side, sweet and loving, )(]. Now she is sitting there alone. M ire Bright as the sunbeams on the moun- ^ t a tains. M Fair as a lily by her side, V an Fresh as the water in the fountain, M be Is Carrier my little4'Wild Cat" girl. ft he Oh! all the world is sad and dreary. ft Nothing brings me solace all the day; ft , Day-time and night-time I am weary ft For "Little Carrie's" far away. ft Long time I've loved her; now a- ft ?' roaming, ft he Wide o'er the city of Spartanburg, ft ,u. Oltimes I think I see her smiling, ft Oftimes I hear her in the old oak ft n* grove. ft ^ Oh, she is an angel? ft Last year we met, a id And I tell you she looks good tome. ft 0*7 That is, my little Wild Cat girl! M A Friend, ft Healthy kidneys Alter the impurities from the blood,-and unless they do this good health is impossible. __ Foley's Kidney Cure makes sound ler kidney and bladder disease. It ng strengthens the whole system. Fun^he derburk Pharmacy. ise & ow The Bill to Increase Pay of * R. F. D. Carriers. \ is. \ Washington special in the Char ^ leston Post: A bill that is re ^ on ceiving more than ordinary at- ft mt tention trom many members ol ft en Congress ?t this time, although C ua in a quiet way, is that introdnc ^ ta- ed at the beginning of the pres ^ ns ent session bv Rsnrpaontatiwo he Aiken to increase the pay of M w free delivery mail carriers from 8 he their present compensation to C if- $900 per year each. There is a \ tly pressing demand from all sections ^ ill of the country?from the car- W >1- riers themselves, also from their M friends at home tor the passage m 'of such a bill, and in the la->t V its'annual report of P. V DeGraw, ^ Fourth Assistant Postmaster ^ id- General, he called attention in ^ he Ktronc terms to the fact that W cli carriers of the country were not f en receiving proper compensation m tor their work, and that Congross m :er should at least make iheir an 8 en nual pay $800 or $900. %. The demands for the passage Y | <>i sucn a bill do not come from M rm any one section of the country, ? en but are from all. M vn Curfd of I.unfc Trouble. /mMS \ C0 It is now eleven years since I had a narrow escape from consumption," writes m O. <> Floyd, a leading business man of M . Kershaw, S. 0, "I bait rnn down in weight M '' to 13.1 pounds, and couuhing was constant, m j!_ both tiy day and by nignt. Finally 1 be- M gan taking Dr. King's New Discovery, and m m, continued this for about six months, when . my cough and lung trouble were entirely 2K Kon? and I was restored to my normal weight, 17) pounds." Thousands of persons are healed every year Guaranteed yy at Crawford Bors., Fnoderburk t'harmacy i 'drug store hoc and 1 00. Trial bottle i ^ . )p free I ?/ 7 Curiosities of the Bible. he Bible oontains 3,566,48 srs, 773,746 words, 31,17 ins, 1,189 chapters ?ud 6 kp. The word Aud occui 177 times. The woid Lor irs 1,855 times. The wor rerend occurs hut once, whic l the ninth verse of the 111 1 Im. The middle verse is th ith verse of the 118fch P?alit 21st verse ot the s^vent pter of Ezra contains all th era of the ulphabet excel letter J. The longest verse i ninth verse of the ei'htl pter of Esther. The shorte* ?e is the 35th verse of th h chapter of St. John. Ther no words or names of mor n six syllables. 19 IS w Make your New Yeai bank account and, in yourself from the errc oills by check?it is make no charge for k< WE THANK YOU, ONE for your liberal patr and it is our sincere \ and prosperous year The First Nationa SPE 30 1 HA Furn Clotl Unde Big stock to s( i i miss mis oppc always guarai Your m if you \\ WilliamsCASH \| Wood's 8?>dt y 3 /] Choice. Ia * // OCCU Heavy. \l u K|> WWVIMt d We have thousar.ds o\ bushels in stock, selected from the heat crops grown in this country; all ll the best and most productive kinds: 0 v Burt, or 90-Day, C 1 (p Black Tartarian, S Swedish Select, 0 Red Rust Proof, ^ White and Black Spring, Virj8 ginia Gray Winter, etc. Write for prices. 11 WOOD'S NEW SEED BOOK fir 1907 >t tells all about Seed Oats and all / \ Farm and Garden Seeds. Mailed / \\ free on request. II 6 T. W. Wood & Sons, Seodsmsn, / e J) RICHMOND, VA. 07 I ITH US 1 *'s resolve good?start a M financial matters, protect m >rs of others; pay all your m 5 the one safe way. We M jeping your books for you. m 1 AND ALL, f onage of the past year, m vish that 1907 be a happy m to you \ 1 Bank of Lancaster 1 C1AL j 3 AY L JLE iture, | ling, ? irwear | jlectfrom. Don't 5 rtunity. Prices 5 iteed. f oney back f /ant it. ? Hughes Co I * STORE. % J