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2 , Agricultura Rebuilding aWoro-Out Fai Entire Crop of Corn, Sta and All, on Five Acres v Hauled Off by a Two-Ho: "Wagon at One Load?L Year Five Acres Yielded Fine Crop of Clover and 2 Bushels of Corn. Progressive Farmer. In June, 1888,I bought old, abandoned, worn-out fa in Dindiddie County, Va. was so poor that the neighb told me I would starve to dea that the former owner, una to make a living on it, had ab doned it and suffered it to Bold for taxes. I moved ot in Nnrflmhar ISRfi onH hoc ? . ?I -? operations. BOWED TWO BUSHELS AND thhkk! As I came from a wheat coi try, I thought I would try a tie wheat. I sowed two bu els on the best spot I could fi and the next summer harves three bushels. During the w ter I cleared three acres of n land for com. The new la produced about twenty bush to the acre, while the old mi next to nothing, the most o tasseling before it got to be ki high. I hauled it off the tw< ty acres at four two horse wag loads, corn, stalk and all. A a T nnf i t /I?I ?I- -- ? ? ?.o JL V/UU ID IIU " II) X IIIUK (ip idea thai the land had not be broken deep enough by the f mer owner, so I began breaki about four inches deep. The neighbors cautioned ] against plowing too deep had always been used to de plowing where I came from. humus brought somk lifk. I saw this land was devoid humus, so at all odd spell went to the woods and gather Jitter and the top soil and mix it with all the manure I col make, and applied it thinly a evenly to the land, and it w surprising to see how a little it made the land respond. T1 encouraged me no little, as added greatly to my next cc crop. I had sowed black p< in ray corn at the last worki and got a fairly good grow of them, which I alsou-ed in t next spring. I also used in t spring an application of ac ?nrl -1 I a un 1 V CVlHi H|l? I I I I ^ l'<] ' parts, about 200 pounds to t acre in the row. With thesai amount sowed between the co at the last working, when I agi broadcasted with hlacK peas, which I got a fine growth, made a fairly good corn crop. CLOVER, DEKPBR PLOWING, A] HOMEMADE MANURE. This mode of operation was cr tinued for three or four yeai and 1 found out I could gr< clover on this land by sowing among the corn at tho last woi ing. I plow deeper and deener e\ ry lime I break the [land, ma all the manure I can and sa all I make, as it does not get drop of rain on it until it gc to the field where it is broadca ed thinly and evenly from t wagon. After manuring my tobac i v fca. THE LAJ 1 Department ie?d Z==I=I==zzi=Z=I===Z=Z=Z In rffl 'and I use what surplus manure I have on the poor ?rot spots in corn land up until the l|ie last of April, and what is made 'as from May to July is applied to I* 113 ra? poorer land and sowed to black *arm ast peas or fodder corn. What ma- ',0a(3 a nure is made from July to Octo- wi" XI 150 ber is spread on the land not in cultivation and sowed in crim- ?ratl son clover, which is either cut ?ver for hay or turned under. I made tried an manure enough last year from k,,CM rm May to October from seven head 1 l vnrai jt or nogs to manure two acres ' ors which I sowed to crimson clover. 80118 t|j. It is looking fine at this time cr?l) jjjg and I expect to make 30 to 40 ^ear an bushel? of corn alter taking the as ke clover off for hay. au<* God. 1 It FORTY RUSURL8 OF CORN TO TUB give ran ACRE AND A CROP OF CLOVER. _ . ? rai I always make two plantings to rg lDe ?f corn. The first from the last one of April to ?he middle of May, Lin. the second on the land that. I rlit cut clover off sometimes in June. j , sfi. Through ih* first planting I sow ^one ind black peas broadcast at the las' ted plowing, in the other I sow ^ jn_ crimson clover, practicing level nnr VftM in nil f ha Wtotr f ItltAIKrh YY V?? v MVt * - ? MU ?T W.T kUIUU^l^ in(j so I can cut the clover with the on< els machine if 1 want it for hay. ?fi? I have five acres of this land he ms * Kidt>? f it that would not produce corn u & iee when I took hold of it that for ""r^1 sn- the last three years has been ;on yielding both a crop of corn and A C clover each year with the applian cation of about 400 pounds of ^ .eil phospha'e and potash when 1 (i_rj or- sow the clover. Last year I path jy njr ered fifty bushels to the acre from this five-acre piece and it lias a vosji me nice growth of clover on it j^an, ; I novv- lows iep RKCIPHOClTY WITH NATURE. 1 have come to the place thai ,.]lln( the peas and clover furnish the pj of nitrogen and 1 apply the potash tjrae B | and phosphoric acid. stalk .e(i I break the land a little deeper (jie ] e(j each year, with thorough pre. wag( ild paration, dragging the land until does n(j it is as fine as an onion bed.? jj. rag The corn is planted in rows 3J pj^ 0f feet apart and 18 inches in the jq a, lis row, anout one inch deep, unless wag tlie ground is very dry?then I cessj )rn set the planter lo run deeper and 0j co >as practice level cultivation from Gf nR start to finish. tribe rJj, I sell nothing off the farm ex- pal c ho cept tobacco and peanuts, unless their i,A it goes in the way of finished pro "Prev< .j(j ducts, such as beef, pork, butter, thn (i , .1 egiis and the like. I keep enough "*r'0,,i 141 * as w?l j!(, stock to consume the corn and care ti lie all the roughage I can raise, so o?Col ,rn every thing goes back to the fatni, ; principally in the shape of ma- ni?. i , , Mucke Gf r.ure. With clover and cowpeas, I vetch and rye, to plow under and a light application of phosphate s'd a"d potash yearly the old, aban- ^ doned farm is coming to the .. Deas )n- front. , 11 few l rs, "hahd thinking as a money jje9ii )w CROP." pm/./ ; it I raise on the (arm our own ?nd 'k- wheat, meat, and eatables, and ihitfl all the teed wo need except fine G5 y< ?e- 8< l<(( l>oiii(c Bualnea* Ak?Ih. "Waen rny friend* thought I wan ahooj Dooh ( v? to take leave of this world, on account of doen! ' iQdigention, nervonaneaa and genoral d?>- "Hoali bility," writes A. A. . hiaholiu, Treadwcll, parche )0g N. Y , "and when it looked oh if there wn? real < no hope left. 1 wa? persuaded to try Elec- liealti trie Bitters, and I rejoioe to Hay that they match u are ouring me 1 aio now doing business If yoni again aa ofold, and am Htill gaining daily " stlnd ( Best tonic medicine on earth Guaranteed It in w by Crawford Broa., Funderburk Vharmac y It's uu ICO druggist. 50o. by Bei NC ASTER NEWS, APRIL 24, 1?07. , cottonseed meal, oil oake wnat . no on Th? fcbovo Qi 80 OU* earning Dr. P t The Progressive Farmer of Jywjjj oary 14th, Mr. T. J. W. Tho answer /. , . Discovery" Is 1 >m hit the nail squarely on blood-purifier, head in bis article "Hard tive way upon0 , . n ,, faces, as of tb iking as a Money Crop."? bronchial tut* ieets my views exactly. The Jhtu^os'wh^ ler that does not keep his chfa! siS5aSh* I at work as well as his hands g ?* 0<ras0t not amount to much. the chronic or affections, it is ie fartrera of the Southern inK,^uri?The "Favorii 98 have a great advantage for the euro of? peculiar weak) the North and West. I have Irregularities n is a powerful y L it in both sections, and ing tonic and 1 .. . r , n . out, over-workt v whereof I speak. Here in has caused tb South we have a greater di- S^'buuSfng" up ity of crops, and longer sea . We can ofteu raise two ^AbSISkofiJi s on the same land in one ^o^f^Vhat3 , and if he will feed his land leal authors, v* 1 by physicians o ley have to do in the North a9 guides iu pt ' gradient enter West, and put his trust in The words oi .... ... ,, , several lngr?Hll , It will feed him well and Pierce's medlcl . . have more wel him something to lay by for non- professioi , T. . , . such moil are v my day. It is mucn easier their medical b lise fifty bushels of corn ou thBoUi?modlclr acre than fifty bushels on f^mlngXu^? acres, if you go about it SfcinaMom \ sold by dealers afford to accept have not starved on the aban- these medicine any secret nost d farm. Dr. Pierce's t ? . easy to take a J. L>, Norris. vlgorate stoma inwiddie Co., Va. A Insidious Danger. > of the worst features of kidney E le is tbat it is an insidious disease ? H I efore the victim realizes his danger Mil iv have a fatal malady. Take Foley's / I I ;y Cure at the first sign of trouble as arrests irregularities and prevents t's disease and ^diabetes FanderPharmaoy. *orn Harvesting Machine. The anufacturers' Record : Mr. i -i Runge, 204 Grand avenue, Clcllly t'aukee. Wis., one of the nwn. I m dp fJ _ ' V* 1 the patent for a corn har- tViem b?l ng machine, writes to the ufacturers' Record as folLaces ant is a corn and hushing ma- We have t e, drawn bv three horses, goods ever cks one row of corn at a Prices rangi , taking the corn from the ^ . ;s, husking it and delivering * lusked ears into a box on a to 3 >n driven along the side. It not cut the stalk, but leaves ?. iff* *11 * inding in the field. We can and husk with one machine :res a day. The machine , , e.l\ave. ^ ... , , , ,, , Miss Minnie here last fall and sac. |eased t0 s| ully picked three acres yQU yQUr mj rn. We are having some e machines built, will dislie them in the six princiorn States and demonstrate 5 pCS> prjl practicability. 1 pes. Cha 40 inches wi ntii-n" will promptly check a cold or 2 DCS. 30 i . miru iukoii oiiriy or ui the .. i ~ so stui<e" Previ-ntic* core seated ooldn the l.~?) gl*a I. Prevention are little candy oolit 9 DCS. 36 i ihlets*, and Dr. hhoop, Euiuo, Win. rr.17f!,f .. CJllr udly mail you samples and a book lanetU ollK Ids free, if you will write hi in. The 5 pCS. De< oh prove tlo ir merit Check early :n \virlf> with Pieventice and stop I'nenmo- * ? i Sol I in oc and '25c boxes by J. F, v ?fc Co. ~ 22 yards 32d Farmer Meets with 30 yards bes Bad Accident. \ (joz* hands 2 doz. white >ck Hill Herald: Mr. Geo# i, an aged farmer residing a nilos e?9t of this city on the Three Door e road, fell from the door or New Postofl :a at his home last Thursday sustained a fracture of the l bone. Mr. Deas is about Barsold and the accident will m JL Jr JIC iry hard with him. ** Have you 3ofl'eo <liHfifjree with you? Probably it If not, yOU S Then try l)r Whoop's Health Coffee. wp qrp f-p qp th Coffee" is a clever combination of 4. <1 cereals and nuts Not a grain of Waflt in r T< Jcft'se, remember, in I)r whoop's fact W6 havt 1 Coffee, yet its flavor and tasto 1 , BB closely old Java and MoohaCoffee. Ket. We ah r stomach, heart, or kidneys can't summer. Joffee drinking, try Health Coffee, holeeonie, nourishing, and ftatiefying je even for the youngest child. Hold n, . . inett Grocery Co illOne NO I Do They Cure? wj Mil uestlon is often asked con- Mm. nfl lerce's two leading medi- 1 Medical Discovery" and ?ia'^t hat "Golden Medical PaJ 1 most potent alterative or tO the peFSOFl C and tonic or lnvigorutor :n fv,0 ?:fv t tally favorably in a-cura- the City Oil all the mucous lining sur- complete and 1 S. nCi.?r*fcurS"d business thai tbVrXKXSVSS tire bu88ies 81 , the throat, larynx, bron- ?r 1 _ . (as catarrhal dyspepsia), We have a ucous diarrhea), bladder, r pelvic orgaus. Even in "nTTf! ulcerative stages of these U VJ often successful In affecto Prescription"Is advised _>.^e Se*| ^* jne class of diseases?those Fiedmont, KO1 uesses, derangements and ____ A w^nn icident to women only. It man, A. Wren et gently acting Invlgorat- Cannedv and nervine. For weak worn- -r, td women?no matter what HiVery One 01 le break-down, "Favorlto fr,r 19 rnrmf-ViQ rill bo found most effective Ior the strongth, regulating _ functions, subduing pain \KJ f\ \ about a healthy, vigorous ? ? a ) whole system. tlculars wraps each bottle \Ve Sell the lulas of both medicines and __j p scores of eminent med- ana carver, 'hose works are consulted f all the schools of practice UEATU..EI I i -escribing, say of each in- V1EA I II ELLI ing into theso medicines. f praise bestowed on the ?????? ents entering into Doctor nes by such writers should T">* ght than any amount or X IdllUo d ia) testimonials, because ritini? for the guidance of Af Foptr retkrcn and know whereof 11 ?*v?i?v 10s are non-alcoholic, non- rite us at once ntaln no harmful habit- of payments on a being composed of glyceric you buy either roots of native. American us, you get a star it plants They are both wJU |a8t a life tilI ? in medicine. You can t t as a substitute for one of Malnna'c l a of known composition, ITldlOne ?> I rum- nnf.DM 'ellets. small. sugar-coated, a candy, regulate and in- for catalogs, ] ch, liver and bowels. The Greatest MM ill ever witnessed in Lancast< A. J. BROOI r receiving their Spring roods and ask your ir fore buying your spring ft Embroideries. Lawns 3 he best line of these \ 50 pes. 27-in shown in the city.j worth 8c, our ng from j? P08'^'.*nT 5 pes. 40-in. I ;he yard . 25^ white: ? j ings in figured 5c the yard. ! tea, at 10c to 5 nery for Evei the goods and at the right prices to \ Pardue is in charge of this depart low you through and with pleasur llinery 25 per cent, cheaper than y< iss Goods. Shoes ar lliantine 54 in., 49c. When you mpagne Brilliantine Shoes that fi ide, at 49c. _ purse both at n. I eaude Soie Silk, for our ce] de, at 9? c. ry for in( n black guaranteed wood shoe for ' v' ?, guaranteed. 3r Skin Suitings, 36 1 r ? . . * tc iuc. | "reat to i inch Sea Island for ;t Calicoes, reds and blues, for .... ome pleated and ruffled mer. Silk F Linen Skirts, handsomely tailored, Respectfully, US A. J. BROOM C r Bros. New I been to see us in our New Market ihould come to see us just to see h rve you. Let us have your order 3sh Meats, Fish and Oysters, Poulti 2 almost anything to be found in ar 50 handle ICE and shall be glad to Plyler Bi . 148. ' v ' . * ' 7 * V* - v. , ; ? # I 1 fARD! y r a liberal reward >r persons finding ^ancanster a more up-to-date livery 1 ours. Rubber id stylish horses. few mules left. rGIES ollowing buggies: ck Hill, Rattern & Sons, Taylor Tyson & Jones, them guaranteed GrONS Virginia, Nissen OTT MULE CO. nd Organs >ry Prices. i for our npecial plan Piano or Organ. (f instrument through idard make, one that le. Write ffusic House, BI A, S. C., prices and terma. i r RAY ^r. VI CO. and Sumispection of goods. ! Lawns! ich Colored Lawn, price 5c. White Lawn 10c. ndia Lawn 12 1-2. mercerizedWaistI, striped and dot25c yard. ybody. please everyone, ment and will be e and ability sell )u buy elsewhere. id Slippers. are looking for t your feet and the same time, ebrated T.D.Barm and the Sherladies. All shoes Wifh US it is a "it the Feet." $ 1.00 1.00 'etticoats. . 1.00 only 1.25 I0MPANY. Market. ; on Main street? ow well prepared for anything you y, Eggs, etc.-in 1 up-to-date mar- ^ > furnish you this mothers. % */ J ;.V