The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, March 20, 1907, Image 6
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Letters Froir
.Farming and
T-*
i Abroad, fda,n 1,1
the water o
Farmers in;levo1 in 5,11'
l much mot i
THE LAN*Oil
the world, will keep the s
I the Nile at theeame well
seasons and will cause j natii
b land to be brought I ou* i
LCSTKK NJfiWS, MARCH S
streets and a* stations, a
as kept in the market- Th
7H8 can make a square men
3f it.
10, 1907.
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YOUR S|
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E-gyp
BY A. M.
(Copyrighted, 1WC, b
NO. 1
Farming in Eg)
as falling (-ft" a lo?
' under cul'i'
an ample m
stack. times, lln
v R. F. Beasley )
dam was a
3. j gineerinn.
:pt is *'?? easy |)V an Ahum
j," If it were | and one-fe
(ration. It will affoid SOUT
.lpply of water at all
e construction of this Tl
wi i di rlul feat of eu-J^en'
The plans were drawn j
ricr n. The dam is one j The
urlh miles 10:1 jr and I neei^
I! MAY HAVE NO FEARS O
EGYPTIAN COTTON.
cotton crop requires work
co there iH very little dan
of increasing the acreage
cotton growers of the Soutl
have no tears about Egypt'
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PPORTU
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HITY
not there would b
it done by the pre
the soil. The c
make themselves,
are very indolent
not wholly to Man
is something in
e very lit'lo o! j |las a dumr
sent tillers oh This dam it
rops virtually | provemeuts
The people! given jEgy |
but they are in, stmiable
re for it. There! Agriculture
the sunshine j Egypt's we
ny car track on ft.? cot in
; one ol the ni;iny im ;i tlil
i winch Eng:and has l'l,e
[>f, and will prove of clum
value lo the country, plow
is the main source of pi
filth audit is the chief a' ,0
>ii crop. ueriHiniy not unti
Icrent population moves in
land is broken up with
sy tiling which they call
. It is just like tl e picture
o\v8 which I saw in the roy
inbfi at Thebes and, conse
I 1 \i ?o t lw\ en tnn L'1 iw) lluoi
I
We offer below for you
a appeal to all who want i
? We Art
nor running a CRUSH J
~ item quoted here not nc
ir consideration some pr
to save money on their pi
; Not Cr
SALE, but we will forfeit
>w in stock. We make the
ices that should
urchases.
ushed
$100.00 for any
following prices
wnicn iiiaKes one <
dislike exertion. 1
earth is more suit
man. The soil is
he can get his fox
tie effort, and the
warm that he can
r?lot li i ir rPhoco fn
crave ease ami occupation
tint no land 011 If England
able for a lazy t,j0n oi mod
so ferlile thai fuse new li
;1 with but lit Egypt will
t climate is so among the
dispense with world.
vrtrc of ?nil :ind
of most oi tlif people. I vi"*7"
can secure the adop- morc
leni methods and in- ?thei
fe into the farmers, are <
a^ain take a place s
great nations of the ,eri'i
This
^ must
Ill l?5 1JC O CI 111V/ |>1"VI "OV
> than 4,000 years ago. Thei
r instruments of husbandr.
)n par with the plows Alte
ieed are in the ground wa
g the land is (he main laboi
is a pretty big task an<
not be neglected. A cow o
- unin witnarawn:
r $5.00 Overcoats at 2.S
v coats at 7.50.
r Men's Suits from 3.98
54-inch Broadcloth, sc
. Wide Taffeta Silk, bli
I 54-inch Ladies' Cloth,
r 20 pieces A. F. C. Gin
>8 ; 7.50 Overcoats at 4.9
I to the best in stock at 9.
>ld at 1.00 and 1.25 yard, i
ick and colors, at 87 cent!
42 1-2 cents yard,
ighams and Linen-finish C
8 ; 10.00 Over00.
now 85c yd.
5 yard.
?
"hambrays, 10c.
climate flie native
to an uncommon
usually works in t
ed of everything
clothing. In the ]
the children of th
stark naked even i
PLANT SKKD
i farmer enjoys
I extent. He T||e crnp,
he field divest jn|o wiu|<>r
in the way ol The winler
remote villasres ,Jjat(,)y aft(
e peasants p-o ?|e inululf
n tlie winter, Tw , ,w ,i
IN THE MUD OF TIIE
ltlVKl^. buffo
5 of Ksrypf are divided t'1'H
and summer crops. ,ner
crops are sown imnie I)at('
?r I lie subsidence of *n co
i' ion. In southern f>"?
~ <i.n thicli
O
lo, sometimes a camel, doe
work in most cases. No far
plants much cotton, just ii
lies here and there. An acr
tton is a pretty big crop to
farmer. They plant it to<
: in very many instances
toilet case cotton tfiai
8 Only six of our G.00 \
Men's Odd Pants fror
; 5.00 Foi
r!
0 $3.50 Krippendof Sho
Ladies' Fine Shoes at
ukets at b.5c, eye ana l.zs.
Vool Blankets left to close
n 75 cents to 3.48 pair.
bush Shoes at 2
es at 2.98.
75 cents nair and un.
j at 4.25 pair.
k48
Ill sucl' a conditi<
the tourists lor I a
will not let up
some monay.
While Eitypt ha:
square miles of ter
tivatable nait is !c
iv-> i't ""
>n they chase (jj(l 0f f>ct<
ck!>heetli, and p;irt ()l the
until I hey yet 0j
deit.i U hey;
* over 455,000 'I's.o subsid
ritorv, the cul- ,miis Ironi
\-s than 1 ' ) 00(1 1 f?!in-e? the
time intum tile lino |
:>her ; in the central ^ 'le
valley it begins the sa
vember, and in the 1 lie
ins late in December ^?ns
enco of the Nile be 8Cftn'
south to north and and
liill'erent seasoiiR (or ?lirr>'
n I lie cotton opens they picl
ck it and sell in the seed
cotton buyers ship it to tlx
in the same sacks. Gins ar<
c. Tiieco'ton stalks are cu
sold f< r fuel. The stalks an
ed to market on camels, am
< 2000 yards heaviest w
2000 yards (?e Plai ls i
Job lot Men's Fine 2.<
Bitf lot Laces, Insertii
Get our ]>rices before
1 tee to save you money,
e
I
1 Jl
weight Sheeting at G cents
\t 5 cents yard.
>o and 2.50 Fur Hats at 1,
igs and Embroideries at c
you make your purchases
Yours for business,
yard.
.48.
>ld prices.
>. We guaran
square miles. l'ra<
is the Nile valley v
in by the two mci
through which the
The Lybian desert
and the Arabian
east, and the lengt
dically, Knypt sowing. I
vhich is walled ground plo^
ordain ranges peed,
river fl \vs.? about, and s
is on tlie we.-t t ho wel groi
desert o? 'be t?n roller is
U of the valley four nron'l
? - - ,
larely ever is flip (
>ved or prepared for ,roni
The planter wades
patters the seed over ')e,<"
nnl, and then a wood- l,ot
run over if. About a! ?"
is I hen elap -e before '
3amel cnii ea;ry the h' alfc
nearly an acre ol 1 ?n<l.
?tt<'ii was unknown in Egyp
e 1820. Its cultivation wa
s ri-usiy umiertaken uuti
t 1803. Now the value o
cott??n ex ported abou
hundert
\
8
1 1 ~ ?
. I Time is the
)urk Com
Thief
pany
is about 830 miles,
varying from six t
until the delta is
Mien the river fork
ley gradually wide
branches of the r
the sea. The soi
with a breadth harvest. '1
0 fit teen miles a sickle, eat
reached, and hard place
:s and the val- spread out,
?ns out as the trodden out
iver approach which are c
1 in this valley straw is th
he wheat i.s cut with
ned on a camel to a ''
on the ground, there 00,,<)
and then the grain is '
by oxen or buflaloea ,n"r<
Inven over it. Tjle '9 ,1()
en loosed U|) in the yet f
>00,000 per year. 1 lie bul
Hoes to England. Very littl
n i- m^nulac'ured in Egj'pl
' could grow many time
cotton than I Ik y do, but i
t likely lo be done for year
o come.
J/
oi opp-irtiinity an?1 de
e a b- nk account ami let
on tin' road to a ureati
The sooner > on
S on the habits of thrift
I will j-our accumulatio
Start an account
All deposits made on <
trom tlie tirst. Your i
lays breed danger. Some day
your surplus ? urmng* accum
*i prosperity. Why not. do it
form the bunk-account habit a
and economy, the better for j
n grow.
in our Savings Department i
>r before the tilth of the month
tccount will have careful atten
you intend to start
11 late and place you
now ?
nd get n (food grip
r on, and the larger
md watch it grow,
will draw interest
tlon at
is exceedingly lei
fertility is renewed
the annual overfl
caused by the heji
the Equator and h
of tlie snows on th
Abyssinia. But mu
1 l 1 J5 1 . . . ,
rtile, and this I air with \v
every year by wind blows
o\v, which is wlie?f is c
ivy rains near and put in
y the melting little larger
e mountains <>f The print
icli of this rich Egypt are vt
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ooden forks and the hioii
away the chaff. 'I lie
arried to the village h
a mud granary but acre.'
than a barrel. rents
lipal winter crops of 'o
rheat, barley, elover, pays
l'HICKI) LAND AND CONTKNTK]
I ARMKRS.
an Egyptian owns a ft*v
? lie is well to do. Lan
i from $'20 to $50 per acre
r one-hall. The land owne
the government $5 per acr
The Fir:
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.ANOASTER, S. C.
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a
ank
~ >
i all (I WOUIU UU
it it could not be v
gation. It does n
the summer and
supply the water t
Canals branch out
and carry the watt
A f 4 It A /l/llltt I f 1
.eny worthless | and beans (
va'ered by irri- kindred cro
ot. rain here in work. Tl?
the Nile must planted in 1
or the crop*.? are jiatheiec
Irom t lie Nilemonf t lie pr
?r into all pari* j ;ll-e cotton,
for slock.) Those ami as ta
>pH require very little from
e summer crops are The
March an<l April and local
1 in the auiumn. A- river
incipal summer crop* far ''
llax, hemp, rice and e,^'e
: .1 _ _
kXes. nana near nairo sen
$1,000 io $5,000 per acr<
price varies according t
ion and level above tli
Of course, it is chespt
rotn the cities and on tli
of the desert. There is cot
. _ i i _ i 1: : .v l
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Am
I
f
J sa i ii
urs
i
ui tau vuuuii Y
effected by difl'erei
The principal on
wheel, which is tu
lalo, catnel or cow
The wheel is fitti
of wood or clay.
i;irM On fh*? a* Ih>p I
iiii'"| sugar cane,
it methods.? ! quantities
e is the water cucumbers,
irne 1 by a but- vegetables,
blindfolded.? baceo is pr
;d with scoops. raise reveni
The buck ts or <?i tobacco.
Iifiiir lt>?? wr?4??r -I.i ? ?
i Jiey also frrow v<isl s??ei
of melons, onions, uninj
cabbage and othei 11
The growing of to- most
nhibitod, in order !o He
le from the imports ';ife
In upper Efrypt tlie h'8 r
- - 1 i-\ 1 /\vtI
H"ie ueilllll}^ 111 ii
% on just now.
10 Egyptian farmer in tli
contented man in the worli
does not wish toaccumi
property and will notehauji
net hods or liahil s. lie sti
' u 'j Jam I: oir ???/! u iwivr tw
r | AFRICAN COTTON GROWEJ
W/ / Guaranteed Analysis
e W/^ Avail Prion Ac ut (j',
- Ammonia
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II
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S//mA
TM
izers
i
into a trnuph, frot:
into the li-ld. 11
ers u*e a bucket o
long pole, and tin
h cro-'s piece re tii
posts. The man
water naked an 1 w
, ~ uiiiwi i'rop
11 which it runs sutiar laetoi
ie poorer larm- (,u^. The ca
11 th? end "I a the stalk to
j ole work on lurers. Froi
\z on two mud tram roads
stands in the tion- over t
i i this crude
in sugar cunt*, <iii(i
io" are very n inter- cairn
ne is cu5 and add in gelh
the nearby rnanulac- 1'ie
n the lactones .small I'her
run indifferentdirer- ??o c<
ii - country and tlie sccti
? \ I 1? li 1 r naiui f/v | ; farm
>! and a donkey, yoked t'
er. lie hauls everything o
1) u'k oi the ?am" animal'
e are very tew horses an
onveyaiices in the countr
(?ie. The products of tliej
s and all other heavv hill
;*| i nui uuyinij
" Disti
"They Grov
ir
r
ury, rnitfiij
'ibute Eoenly
/ the Biggest
vjrounu,
Crops."
contrivance. An
screw, said to bo
invention, is also
in lower Egypt, li
augershaped punij
ed by one man,
two men. This is
I ,lf 141
Archinvdean ; nearest i l'fti
an American work is nee
used by a le'.v Jn, |q work
I i, an inclined loves. Sutra
) an.I is operat- b; the peoj
HomelimeR by rem luxury
not in general
n lino. Very little
.s ar\ for this crop? 'in (I
is what ihe African 'oa?!<
r c hi is l .rypiy eaten 1*<>rs<
>!o and is esteemed a (f?nk
. It is pecMlcd about c irrj
i than
are carried on camels, whic
ow ti to be loaded and tii
Btl. 'l'bey can carry i ont
e load on a camel. The po<
ey is also compelled t
f burdens liruer arid heayie
it is, and is too olteii oruell
Il
Gt
' The He
i r
v T.A \T(
:t Them From
ath-Jones
n a qt'xt' t^ a r
Co.
V
use, as the Oriental
new inventions v
In northern Kgyp
fields are planted
steam pumps ar<
The dam above A<
<?ri44
I does not ?do|> 1 j Mr 1?. N. W
er\ readily.? 'journal, the Ki
? ,fI ran a li ill n
t, whore vast I on.-e applied li
_ __.w. mtlun.iiiaUon
in >ut-.i?r ca > , jjeal0(^ (|,? wo11
5 often seen.? Kk'" 'jV"
lord llniH , 1- in
isuan, the larg- gist. 26a
?i i.ihc ? < iiiirni.
iilkcr. editor of tlmt Kj>iey (
iti-rprise, Louisa, aay?: jl ue
i my foot last week and at .
nek inn's Arnica Salve. No
followed; the halve simply i
nd." Hi nla every sorc.bnrn J
itHc. (inarantced at <'ravr- IihTG
iiderburk i'barmney. Dint- ,
can'
an with a heavy stick. Hi
ver complains like Iho cam*
. The tanner still dresses t
did when Joseph was (low
, when he dresses at all. Yo
t tell a man from a womai
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