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I 2 Agricultural V. ? ? Shallow Corn Culture Again Progressive Farmer. The writer has been much interested in your articles on the cultivation ot corn, and the illustration of a corn plant in The Progressive Farmer of the 6th instant is particularly of interest, as it might well pass for a photograph of a plant taken up by Mr. Geo. Watt, the founder of this business, on his farm twenty-five or thirty years ago, and kept on exhibition for a long time in our store to show the growth of roots and the injury resulting from too deep cultiva tion. Hia practice was to plow deep and put his land in the finest condition of tilth before a seed was put in it. If weeds appeared before the corn, or if a crust formed, he would run a harrow (weeders were not at that time in use) over the field. When the corn was small, his practice was to run one of his one-horse plows with the smallest mold board on it, plowing with the land side of the plow to the row, running as close and as deep as possible before the lateral roots had grown. This mold board allowed about two-thirds of the earth to tall back into the furrow, leaving a pulverized soil for the roots to peuetrate easily. The next working was with the same mold-board running this time with the moid-board side ot the plow to the row, just outside of the last working. Very little earth thrown, but euough to fill the furrow left by the first working. Thereafter he was cnrelultoplow not near enough or deep to disi urb t he grow ing roots. This left the land level and being in fine condition, the roots easil}' penetrated it, and were not disturbed by the process of cultivation. As a result his corn crop never failed, and yielded good returns. Manfred Call. Gen. Mgr. The Call-Watt Co., Richmond, Va. ttliniiilitfion Without Irritation. | That is the watchword. That in what I Orino Laxative Frnit Syrup docH. Clean*, es and stimulate* the bowels without irritation in any form. During the summer kidney irregularities are often caused In excessive driodiug or being overheated Attenl to the kidneys at once by using Foley's Kidney Cure, Funderbiuk Pharmacy. Advance in Price of Cotton. New York special in Wednesday's Charlotte Observer: Today's cotton market has been ihe wildest since the wild markets of the famous Sully year. Three dollars a bale, at least, has been added to the prospective value of a short crop which appears inevitable. The central figure in the market has been Theodore Price who has ever since cotton touched 9^ cents last February been steadiest in his prediction and worked for higher prices. War AffKinst Consumption. All nations are endeavoring to check the ravages of consumption, the "white plague" that claims bo many victims each vear. Foley's Honey and Tar cnres coughs and colds perfectly and yon are in danger of consumption Do not risk yonr health by Home uuknown preparation when Foley's Honey and Tar is safe and certain in re- j anils. The genuine is in a yellow paokage. Fnuderbnrk Pharmacy. 1 THE LA Department Sowing Crimson and Other Clovers at Last "Working of Corn. The high price of cowpeis this year will cause farmers to use subsfcistutes for this croo. where ver it is practicable. For sowing in corn, cotton or other cull tivated crops, at the last working, crimson clover is unquestionably the best that can be used. Satisfactory stands are nearly always secured, sown in this way. Crimson clover, and, iu fact all clovers and grasses, will do much better when sown on a firm seed bed, and the preparation and cultivation of corn seems to give ideal conditions of preparation tor this crop. We would also recommend the seeding of other clovers at the last working of corn and other cultivated crops, as results the past two or tbfee years have been satisfactory, when sown at that time. It is also very desirable, in view of lubor conditions, to get as much land as possible into crops that do not require annual cultivation or preparation. Putting the land down in Red, Alsike and Mammoth clovers will secure crops that will yield profitable returns lor at least two or three years, and at the same time improve toth the condition and productiveness of the fields wherever they are sown. It is becoming a very general custom f f\ fin XV mi YO<l i?lntraro vv/ WW .. lU'AV1* viwyvio^ CillVl of Alsike with the Red or the Mammoth clover seems to pive particularly'satisfactory results. ? Wood's Crop Circular. Horse Notes. The well-fed colt ren uirea more exercise than the average poorly fed one. The value of any horse is increased or lessened by his education or training. Hard driving after heaity eating is more injurious than hearty eating alter hard driving. Keep the horse so that you will never have to be making excuses for his appearance. Next to pedigree comes the action, disposition, endurance, health, size, style, color, etc., ol the parents. A horse "*hat is shod with a high heavy shoe should never be I allowed to go out of a walk. At no tinae itia horse's life! can you make a horse out of him ; faster than the first year. If it is not natural for the horse to carry his head up let him hold it down. A horao should never be fed or freely watered immediately upon being brought into the stable hot and exhausted. If a remarkably fast walker is used for breaking colts, he may teach them his gaits with very little trouble. Feed liberally of the right kind of feed and nature will do the re*t, so f?r as bodily development is concerned. Fast walking, like every other fa. t gait, is the inherent power to perform the moat service in the least possible time. In the horse perhaps more than in any other animal are the dig ease of tho sire and dam apparent N0A8TER NEWS, JULY 6. 19< in the offspring. . As a rule it will be safe to feed as much as the horse will eat with apparent relish; and then with plenty of. exercise he will not become overloaded with fat. As a rule, while an ample allowance of such roughness as hay, straw and stalks should be supplied, it should always be less than the animal would eat had it free access to this provender. Reject a horse with a narrow or shallow chest. There is not OS . 4 . - 0 At 1 snincieui capacity ior me lungs. Also reject one with front legs very close together. These two delects generally go together.? To see these points, stand in front.?Livestock Journal. Dairy Notes. Rich milk is lighter in weight than poor milk. One of the essential things in getting clean milk is to milk clean cows with clean hands. The test ot the churn will show the quality ot the milk and the value of the cows. It is not the breed nor the pedigree, but tlie cow that must eat the teed and give the milk. loo much salt c>?n be ground into butter by mechanical torce, but it will not absorb any more than it needs. It the dry cpws are well fed thev will dron better and stronc. -r - " I er calves, and both calf and cow will do much bet ter. The dairy cow should be one that will convert feed into milk 1 and butter, and that will no' get J overtat because you feed her well. Warm cream and rapid churning mean a large amount of butter lost in the buttertnilic as well as soft butter, which is hard to handle alter it cures. Profits in dairying depend very largely upon the ability of the farm and the farmer to produce what is needed by the cows right on the farm. With the cow clean at milking time, the milker clean and clean pails and other tinware, the pro i-I I. : i -l t; 1 uiem 01 Keeping aim delivering! sweet cream is well in baud. If the cream loams in the churn it is too cold, it too warm ; it cures too soon, and there is a loss of bulter in the buttermilk. A tail ore to feed a dairy cow sufficient t o^s up ply her natural demands and enough to admit ol her making a good quantity of J milk even for one time is an op-1 portunitv lost forever. II a cow has any defect in her; udder the same defect is very often manifest in her heifer calves, and it is rarely be9t to raise her calves for the dairy. It is not always the cow will make the most butter in a week that is best, but the one that will make the most in a vear with the least feed. It is claimed that if the cream is churned when sweet considerable butter will bt lost in the buttermilk, and the butter will lack flavor, no matter what the cows are fed. A Wondnrful Happening. Port liyron, N. Y., has witnessed one of the iii oh t reniakuble can en of healing ever recorded Anion F King, of that place nays: "Huoklen'g Arnica Halve cored a gore on my leg with which I had nntTered over SO yearn I am now eighty-five" Gnaranteed to cure all norea. by J F Mac key and Funderbnrk Pharmacy Droggint Vl&o J )7 * tH?=S> ThiS Remi You That There is : Kick Coming On account of your goods promptly when you gi\ HEAVY and FANG to FERGUSON. In fact, th anything you get from my stc line of Heavy and Fancy Grc times to fill all orders promp those delays which are so am keeper. Give me your order GEO. F. F] ER.SKLIME < DUE AVE SI Offers a large opportunity for a lit courses. Wholesome moral influen features. Tuition and incidental fee $40.00. cost. A limited number young ladi< ?tuition free. Write for catalogue 7-3?lm. J. S. Chicora College for GR.EEVILLE. A Christian Home School. Owned and Controlled by the Presbj B. A., B. S., B. L. and M. A. 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'<* " h DEPARTMENTS College, Graduate. Medicine, Engineering. Law, Pharmacy. phor Library contains 15,too volumes New wate , works, electric light*. central heating system 00011 New dormltorle*, gymnasium, V MCA build lng. library. ?? 732 students. 74 In faculty. The Fall term begins Sept 9 1907 Address Onr Francis P. Venablt, Pres. J,Q^t CHAPEL HILL, N. C. with l A-191 ma purifV _____ ness, i Subscribe to The News. j'FM is Just to ind JT no ik not being delivered 'e your order for { GROCERIES iere isn't any kick on >re. I carry a complete iceries and try at all >tly, thereby avoiding noying to the house's. Phone No. 50. ERGUSON. s. c. tie outlay. B. A. and B. S. ices and positive christian Board in College Home at es taken jn the Wylie Home to MOFFATT, President. 3&3 Young Women, s. c. A High Grade College. 'teries of the Synod of S. C. egree Courses. Schools of 3S. Elegant buildings and leniences. Handsome Audiclimate in Piedmont section. n and fees $183.00. and tuition for MuorUl _ <C1 A OA 1 WVV/i y UUU ? - - tpiv.w, $203.00 2 19th, 1907, For catalogue . C. BYRD, President. iable." ======= A ER, Lancaster, S. C. S $50,000.00. H $50,000.00. g t reasonable rates. fi careful attention. K >i\ time deposits, com5? ^ oldest, the largest and county. mer Killed by Lightning nd His House Burned. u il) Ka fn \_ i ^ 1 - 1 ' w ?, wei ..f , u., ill 1110 arver: A verj- fierce thunderm occurred I wo miles fr??tn today. Four men who were king in a field sought shelter l the storm in a house.? itning struck the house and id one of the number, James rett, and severely wounded ion. Leitoy Dixon and a son i unconscious for more than our. Their horse was killed. Iiouko was burned. Teleie and telegraph wires have t wrecked. 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