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2 Agricultural A Better Way Than Pulling Fodder. Much has been sud and writ' ton against fodder pulling Soni* claim that it does not pay, am other* that it injure* the corn We take the position that vvhei a crop is raised it should be bar vested, and our plan is to gc ahead and do it. The lima t< think about whether a c op wil pay, is before it is planted. Af ter it is planted the thing to d< is to work it and house it. S( we advise every tanner to sav* his fodder. We advise the pull, ing of fodder unless a boi ter plan cau be followed. It will injure - 1 l!iil . if uie corn very ntue n n is n i pulled loo soon. It is well tc remember that corn rati easily be injured and this should cause the folder pulling to be pu' < 11 until the proper I'me. We have learned a better way than to pull our fodder. For several years we cut the tops and put iu large shocks, using binder twine to tie them near the top of the shock. They were allowed to stay in the shock two or three weeks until they w re dry and then were stacked or hauled and placed away in a barn or under a shelter to be led to h<<rs is or cattle. The lodder trom the ear down was pulled and saved in bundles, the regular old way. The new-ground corn and bottom land corn which was usually planted lata and ripened in September when there was not often mnnli r;?in_ wi> cut jind simple stalk ami all. Gradually we have cut more and more of corn until now we h*ve decided to cut and j shock it all this year. Experiments have proven that stalk and fodder and shucks are worth nearly as mueh a<? the corn itself and we cannot afford to lose so much. The corn when saved this way should be put in large shocks, well tied near the top. When the corn and stalks are both dry the shocks can t.e taken down, the corn being pulled off as this is done. The stalks can be fed to sti ck as they are hauled from the field, or they can be re-shocked in the field, or they can be brought out and put up in much larger shocks in the lot or put under shelter. There is very little danger of any rot or falling down if the shock is properly made This plan gets the stalks; out of the fields where they are | so often in the way and puts thein in the stables and lot, just where they a~e ne de l to make manure, after they are eaten, and most of then will be eaten. If you have never cut and shocked com we suggest you try it on part of your crop This is a good way to start. We do the cutting with case knives, but regular corn knives can be bought for this work. The poorer the corn the better it pays to cut it. If there is no grain the stalks certainly should be saved for rough teed. Get something from the field.?J. M. Beatty, in Srnillifield liera'd. OF INTEREST TO MANY Foley'* Kidney Cure will cure any case of kidney or bladder trouble that la not beyond the reach of meificine No nieoicine can do wore, Funderburk Pharmacy % - m \ f T31? I Department. M m The Nature of Vetch and When and How to Plant it. Having seen so much inquiry 1 about the cultivation, etc., of . vetches and having long experii once ot it3 superior value, t hought I wnnl.t wril? vnii ji lillln nil flip ) subject, particularly a? this is a ? very rainy day. Vetches, or tares ! as tbey are tnoie oiten called in England, have been grown there > for the past century. They are ? of two distinct varieties, winter ? and spring. This should be thor oughly understood by those seedsmen who handle them, as i they will be a total failure ii pliintt-d at the wrong season, i Winter vetch sown in spring will make such a p or crop as to di sgust the grower and his fever) j for growing it will end there; spring vetches grown in winter, j will generally grow a tew inches and disappear the first good frost. Vetches should be planted any lime in the South Irom middle of September to first of Decern- ! ber?October being the ideal 1 m/"\nl f nr Kacl \ r\ flia 1 drier and warmer parts ol the I South. Vetches require a well- ( drained soil; will thrive anywhere ( that corn or cowpeas grow, but I will make a much gretter amount ' ol green teed per acre than cow f peas and easier to handle. They cover the land fully as dense as f velvet beans; are much more > nutritious than cow peas and I improve the soil more. Hanted t in September or October ?>f a 1 mild winter, can he used for s soiling in February. Oa'tle and l horses will eat them all clean as i they do not grow hard and woody ? at thebu't ends; thev grow a t dense mass from two to four ? feet high; have little joints about t every six inches with small little r leaves all around ; lots of these i are shed olF, particularly on the a under part much like the velvet 1 bean, but the main stem never c naraens nor twists up liko tha' a vine: it lias several blossoms on ' the top joints and makes pods * of one to two inches with three f to s;x inches in each, nearly black, about the size of No. 3 or * I shot; when these blossoms begin to drop and pods form, then e vetch is in its best. I 1 have known horses to do ( heavy work fed entirely on them ( and a small feed of grain once a 1 day and for milking cows no I other soiling crop will equal them; for working horses they should be cut when dew is off; let remain until evening and put in barn to teed next day; chopped t up and fed to hogs with a little t shorts and milk, will make them ' grow like mushrooms. 1 I don't approve of Mr. Walker's pjun of growing any of the seeds you mention in his lotfer. ' Both cow peas and vetches re- 1 quire a cover of four to six in ches of roil for bast results. I mean properly prepared soil, not to turn over clods or stiff ' soil. Break your land as dsep as you can (disc plow preferred,)] l?: - " ' - wwii i/ wim>; up iiver one men OI l clay; cultivate thoroughly until j fine; roll with a heavy roller,! J use GO-toolh harrow or weeder j * once a week lor two to fourjj iAN0 A.S IE fl NEWS, SEPT weeks before planting?lc tlie better. Then sow one hi fifty pounds winter ve'ches oue bushel of Giant White per acre broadcast; cover best means at hand, pony p etc , harrow with light ha and roll, and I will guarn you a crop (if the seed are gc such as you have never ?i in the way Of feed on such 1 poor or rich; a sandy loan best results. If rye is not at w n'er wheat, or stiff straw will do. When soil is pro] prepared and allowed to sufficiently, mv preference plant all seeds with a (wheat drill and fertilizer tributor comb.) fully one i less seed will do, then roll a heavy roller and you rati your seeds to grow.?W Emory in Southern Cultivate How to Induce Fall Lay A little care and ad litit attention and work with hens on the place at this se will be well repaid. This b beginning of M>e moulting, shedding se .on, and a j many of the liens are no! la\ Mid will not lay some twe Lhreo months under the u :ourse til neglect and ind:fFer< )n the part of their owners . yet, i' s po8*-ibie to get a goi lumber < f fall eggs, if we wil it. it right To indue 1 tall 1 tying, t lie 1 ihould have a variety of tor,c io? a great deal of any one k jut a li'tle of several kinds, his purpose, all the waste of wtcbcu and the dining-ri should be Raved and give lietn. The be^t plan is 'o li ? good Sized pot handy, and th <11 scraps into it. Let it si he back of the kitchen at it the close of either the clos dtln-r the breakfast, or midneal, put some oats, or wl: n it too, with water, and e. ill together. It will not t ong to do it, and then w ;ooled oil' some, call up the 1: md give it to them. It will s hem to sinking and running al u a happy way, and soon also s nern to trie host, an<i som hem laying all through the unui and tall. In addition to the eggs ivstem will bring, it will teep the hens healthy and >rous and enable them to tnd reclofche themselves in i 'eathers earlier than otherwi junior Council at Abne^ Kershaw Era : A counci die Junior Order was organ it Abney last Thursday n by the State Council Secret Mr. J S. Wilson, of Lancat Fwenty-ux charter mem were enrolled and the lollov >flicers were plected at the ganization: D. M. lvirkley, Councilor v Williams, vice-councilor; W. Bowers, II S; 0. A. Cii >ry, F. S. The Touch That Heals Is the touch of Bncklen's Arnica [t*? the happiest com binatiou of A lowers atiil healing balsams ever >onuded, No uiHtler liow oM the ho ilcer is, this A'alve will core it. For b icalds, cuts, wonnds or piles, it's an nte cure, Guaranteed by Funder Pharmacy. 25c. f | . _____ MONEY 1 \TINP_ ' * I row jcut Shoes gc 11 at they Cost usove; J 0 of saved for Yo day YA?i 11! rv>< ?hi< wviiiiain? ake hen lens 1 art bout itart e of au? We Fee( lied T f It you peris 11 i se. eatables are nere best goods for t /. elsewhere and gc who trade with i Led If y?u are not 01 igin the host of Gooc to serve the publ be? atles at the best ] ping bidered. Wean I know what you 1 . kS 1 Call or phone t. Fancy Groceries ! (jr HO. JaUe. I " 1| Send Us 1 EMBER 7, 1907. ee keep your. ? CIRCULi with >low, rrow 01 tee When you keep your , your home, you are doi] )u(?' trial growth of our com rown wej] ^ others, and, When you keep your a for it can be loaned to thos hand building of the business t creased property value to be one of those who peri.v surrounding country co rest amount of your deposit is to a start in the right dire drill Now is the time to st i r?*in thfi mnrp vmi will h 1 ir;' THE FIRS! with i tell . M. CIIAS. 1>. JONES ripsi.U-nt ar. 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