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Agricultural Sowing Oats in the Cotton Fields. Southern Cultivator. Having read your comment on sowing o its in I lie eol ton field in August and September, p trdou me for not fully understanding you. 1. Do you mean to say that lean with sa ety and profit afford to plant my oats in the cotton I 11 ? ii A itiMinl 0 \ * C -i t \ Kim l\ i r he _ 11CIU III v/i kjcutv u* fore ull I lie cotton was picked, a'.d risk getting a good crop 01 oats next spring ? 2. Will the tramping of the cotton picker i jure the oats? 3. Can I afford to feMilize the oats at time ot planting in September ? 4. Will 1 get a stand of oats in any part o! the r \v xcepi the furrow ? As [ wish to tiy this plan this 'all, please g.yo me full in-true tions. 1 fear the ground would not be in good condition, not not having been broken deep enough. Thanking you lor your valuable information and the address of some party having tried this plan, 1 bog to remain. J. 1\ K. Columbus, Ga. Comment by the Editor: 1. Yes, v\ here so many of our farmers have a greater portion of their Ian J in co'ton. we think it wise to sow oats in the cotton in August or September. We have seen fine oats made in this way. Have seen many sow in drills and others broadcast. You can ea.-ilv drill two rows of oat* in ordinary cot! ?n. The lands that are continuously cropped in cotton wili bo greatly benefitel by thus haying a cover crop during the winter and by the stubble returned to the soil in the spring. 2. Of course theoa's will bo crushed by the cotton flickers, but they will recover from the trampling during the winter months. 3. We would wait and apply the fertilizer as a top dressing early in the spring, by this time 3*011 can tell it condition ot i oats will justify such expend ture. i This depends altogether up on Ihe meth )d you use in put tin Z them in. You can drill them iigli/ly without ii juiinfs the cot ton r;'tileas your cotton is rank. ) On riCi 1 lniuls where ctiiou is rank, \v?. 1 would sow the oats broadcast. Wo are ") ^ t0 n )te 80 m,,ch interest in *ro wi"? willter croP8 and in growing 14 greater variey a? well ?8 a i?rfffc r fluantity OI these food producin * crops. "Regularas the . SU?I(.A v ...... , . race. No 18 an feXj-'rcfwlon hh old us the thc sun is donbt the rising and Netting of t|)M Ul,j. the most regular porloininnee in i,? |1W,* verse unless it is tlie action ot .V Kind's and bowels when regulated with Dr \j 7c. New I.ife Pills. Guaranteed by J S key and I'nndeibork Pharmacy. >X gist ,25c. Lad Killed in Mill. Germantown, N. C., special in ? Charlotte Observer: Hoy, the tiro 10-year-old son of Mr. Frank P Myers, was camrht in the belting at George li. Charles' roller mill j, this afternoon and horribly mm- '?u?l g'ed. He lived only a short time. una the la: Department.! ? I Plowing Cotton in August. * 0 At this season of the year, 1 when farmers have worked for a;1 I long time without any vacation ! I t it is but natural f<>r them to, want to yet through with their |J iuaii> wi fv- u ?i> loo much hurry to lay them by. J It always |)avs lo work crops * reasonably late, but it is more ' important tbis year than usual on account ot the late cold spring which made the crops slow in a V starting ami behind in iheir growth even as late as this. twH: know some ot the best farmers who try to give iheir cotton one ^ plowiug in Angus' every year. L A few limbs here and there may fc ? -reI broken, but i' pays to plow it lue. You want your cotton to c grow la'e and m my a time 11 1 stops growing because the plow w -tops running. O; cour-e 'he 11 a-t two or t hree plowings should he very shallow. Our rule is io give all cotton a plowing as la'e as the last week in July, and late planted cot'on should be plowed one time in August. Have you laid by your cotton? It so, it might be the hest thing you could do to give " it one more plowing?Smilhlield 0 if ? i ri IlUIiUU. I) Keeping Sheep on The Farm. 11 a 1'rices fur boch mutton and " lam'o are high and while the sheep is making meat that is s iurh' after, there is growing on (lie suface oi the body a crop ol wool that will nearly,if i ot quite. . 11 pay tor the leed consumed, says N. A. OJapi>, iu Ohio Farmer. ( No one cla-s of stook kept is cared for with so little trouble and labor s the sheep. In the ... . . , 'I winter, furnishing the shelter, feed and water is all that is ar-cessary. There is no currying or . n h cleaning of stahles to he attend ed to every day as with the ' horses and cittle. As to kinds of feed consumed, they eit a great ^ variety, an 1 that, too, with ? relish. All the clovers, bean c pods, pea vines and cornstalks can be fed to advantage in win- " ter time. In the summer some ( sheep can be kept to advantage ' on most farms. The range of grasses, weeds atul shrubbery that ihey eat is almost unlimit.,i. If It hurtled or fenced in the odd * corners where weeds ami bushes 11 grow, they will keep them nip- * ped down and bo making meal ami wool at the same time. Ou " very m my farms in what we 1 call northern Michigan sheep can he used to good advantage v at the present time. There the ? briar Lushes and weeds that are going to get a atari and become ' a nuisance if there is not some 11 thing done at once.' The sheen I will keep the fields trimmed 11 much cheaper than it can be H done with a sc.vthe and bush 8< hook. In handling the cheep the'0' important necessity of good ' '1 water should not ho ovor'ooked. b -Shepherd's Criterion, Chic - ni : e: # WARNING p< o kidney and bladder trouble |(j f yr.n hrj% e toley's Kidney < ure. yon do not ?* ? ourself to blaiuo for results, ! ra have only > ires all forma of kidney! t |w>Kitively <v sen. tl bladder diya^ SCASTKR NEWS, AUGUST 3 _ i i Value of Shredded Corn. YorkviUe Enquirer: If die )eople oi York county would >nly believe and act on the s'aleuent ol Prof. Harper to the effect hjv' shredded corn stalks are nore valuable for leed than cot011 seed hulls i' would be worth housands and thousands of dol. .. ... a;s 10 nitm i\ numoeroi morel idvanced farmers in different mrls of the county have quit lulling fodder, cutting their corn talks into stover instead; but tiindreds of them still insist on d lowing their stalks to go to vaste in the field, while they soutinue to pav $8 or $10 a ton or cotton seed hulls. Prof, liar km'? statement to the effect that lotion seed hulls, if used lone it ?ugh as a rouuhness, will kill attic, should also receive due omideration. There is reason o believe that the professor irould never have thought of linking eit her of t hese st it mants iad lie not b en absolutely cerain of their correctness. Che Farmer and Automobile Friends. If the farm rs of Georgia are ispostd at any lime to look with rritatioil upon the swift passage f au'omobil es along the country oads of the sfafe, it may perap" 3' ot1 e t heir feelings to know iow large and vital a patron the utomobile is coming to be of the mperial staple which is the glory f the Southern fields. A-a G. Candler, of Atlanta, is uthority for the statement that ne million bales of cot'on are ouHumed every vear in the mn.k-1 ng o! the tires < f automobile*. Mr. Caudler is t< o sound a usitiess man to tnaNe a stateienf without proper foundation, nd his inhumation derived inmi he best sources is to be dependd upon. At first blush it would seem tc. e almost impossible that this stounding statement should be rue, and yet a moment's considration will Rerve to trive it creence. Nearly two tliirds of the ig heavy tires ol the automobile onsisfs oi cotton woven into leshes solt but firm, which losely put together make up tlie eavv tire wrapped in rubber irhirh yives the automobile its ott touch upon the r?>a 1. I n Atlanta alone t here are over our hundred of these aulonio-j iles each with four wheels and ( ..t .!> >.? .. ; -- - I I ' > ^ I 1/1 I lirlll I W 1> lll^ llllf UC IWI) mergency wheels which have to ip repaired from time to time ,nd frequently to he replaced by ew ones. In Atlanta there are ver four hundred; Savannah, t'hich is a smaller city, claims ver six hundred, and it ia doubt3S9 true that there are more than en thousand automobiles now in se throughout the stale. We have no means ol estiniatig the enormous number thai j re in use throughout the forty i \en stntes of the Union, but in! mtemplating this number and j ie demand for tires it begins to1 h evident that an estimate of a lillion biles of cotton is not an (travatrant one. VkA t It at t li?? nnf (iiYii.l.i!/* if KJ\f lint t'lO WHl MUWI/JIO J09 ill ;>int of fact, the Jriend and max-J ificent patron of the farmer ither than his enemy. It is en ! tied to his hind consideration , 1907. | CLOSING 0 AU Summer Goods at 5c Colored Lawn 10c Colored Lawn 7* 15c Colored Lawn 1 25c Colored Lawn 1 All white hosierycut Shoes going al they Cost us. This saved for You. Wi!!iams-Hu Cash Stc \ ERSKLIKTE < rn i<: avkk' Offers a large opportunity for a li courses. Wholesome moral influei features. Tuition and incidental fee .$40.00. cost. A limited number young ladi ?tuition free. Write for catalogue 7-3-lm. J. S. ifjv ~ nr ?n ~r i ? R ; "The Old Rel 4: THE BANK OF LANCAS1 ?* CAPITAL SURPLUS Loans made on Real Estate, a 9* Collections given prompt and 8 4 Per Cent Interest allowed < pounded every three months. V Your business solicited. The |1 the strongest Bank in Lancastei r/zsss, rather than to his annuo it". I |m . jl i*i conies as a new claim n' in the fir 11 to consume an uddi'ional million hales in tlie great industry which is the foundation of the ^ farmers' prosperity and develop E"r ment.?Atlanta Georgian. hisn exp Big Tomato Patch. dauj Canton News. (he The bigsrest toma' > patch in spw the United Staos, if not in the *(j world, is located in Clark county. .''M Mo , .just south ol the Dee Moines W;!S river. by In this patch there are 170 un'i acres of tomatoes, and it is ex- ',0 acily a mile in length and ahoip I'1 one third of a mile in width.? The rows, it etretched out in a Me straight line, would extend for ;Yi<or almost 100 miles. gi?rul I 1 " ' 1 tjik-n Hay Fever and Summer Colds r?*ets Victims of hay O ver will experience great men > benefit l>jr taking Foley's Honey and lar, lt<? k us it stops difficult breathing immediately enlar ami heals the ii tinned air passages, and f<>r y< even if it should fail to cure you it will Foley give instant relief." The ^niiine is in a have yellow package. 91 yei w \ \ hi sun. and below Cost. i 0 1% and white low t exactly what means Money ghes Co. "r re. r, s. c. ttle outlay. B. A. and B. S. ices and positive christian Board in College Home at es taken in the Wylie Home to MOFFATT, President. M iauic. ? ' : KI 'EE, Lancaster, S. C. ^ $50,000.00. U $50,000.00. Jg t reasonable rates. ft careful attention. qS on time deposits, com- ^ oldest, the largest and 1J county. ^ ed to Throw his Daughter Out of Car Window. ew York, Au*. 1 ?Frederick 1, ot I'idlade'pltia. became me in a New York Central te*8 train after leaving Aly to lay and made several ris to kill Ids two year old trhtor by throwing h"r lr>m window of the train a?il was . ! 1 ? I'.nm aiong, ntn was prcventby passengers Ford also 1 to make away with himself leaping from the train, but restrained and hel 1 cnptivo members of the train crew il this rity was reached, when was sent to Bellevne Ifos1. Men Past Sixty In Danger re than lia'f of mankind over sixty of age mitJ'i r from kidney and bluddor di-re usually enlargement nfproptite Is I bis t^ both painful and dangerind Foley's Kidney ?'nre anould bo itt tl??* Urst aign of danger, as it cor <-?< <<> imi mm ii i* mini i iniiny oiit >f thin(liHPiw Mr Ro'lnrj Hum tt. port, Mo . writes: ' I suffered with Hed prostate ylii (I nr.il kidney trouble jar* and after taking two bottle* of "h Kidney Cur.- I feel better than I for twenty yearn, although I am now nrs old."