The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, January 08, 1908, Page 2, Image 2
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Agricultural
Let's Farm Better in 1908.
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WliAT MADE YOUR LAND POOH?
The first of the year is generally
a time tor new resolutions. <
It is a good time to review the
past year, and to learn some- <
thing from its errors. Many i
farmers say that they made poor
crops because their land is poor. !
Did you ever reflect on your own j
responsibility for its being poor?
Will you continue next year to I
plant laud in the old way and i
again complain that the crops
are poor because the land is poor?
Or will you resolve to go right
to work in a systematic way to
1 ^ 1 .19 T ? U K ~
liuprUYU llio lauuv xt nan uccome
poor through ,long years of
bad treatment, and. to restore its 1
original lertility and productiveness,
you must farm it right.
ROOT UP THE RICH RED CLAY.
Have you ever tried to gel the
benefit of tbe fertility in that old
red clay hill you have been
scratching over with a single
mule and a Boy Dixie plow?
There are thousands of farmers
iu the red uplands of the South
who have no idea of the productiveness
ot the red clay right un
der the scratch of the little plow
or the hull tongue they have been
using. Now is a good time to
get the eub-soiler at work rooting
up that red clay to let pea
roots get down into it.
l'EAS AND CLOVER FOR YOUR COTTON
LAND
Are you still planting cotton
only, year after year? Are you go
ing over ten acres to get as much
cotton as three or lour aero*
f-hould make? Why not try to
make three or four acres produce
it? Are you resting land
by lotting it grow up in weeds
and grass between cotton crops?
Do you not think that peas on
the land rest it more effectually
than weeds? Would not the peas
give you feed for stock and enable
you to raise more manure
and bolter manure for the cotton
crop? Are you going in debt
every spring for fertilizer for the
cotton crop, and paying the high- 1
est price for what is of value in
it hy buying the low grade 2-S 2 <
goods? Did you ever rellect that ;
to make tlie apparent low price
on a fertilizer of tliin grade the
manufacturer must put into it
about one fourth of the hulk of i
Useless "'tiller" on which you <
pay freight when you havp pien- 1
ty of poor dirt on your land a)- '
ready? Did you ever realize 1
that by the regular n*e of peas <
and crimson clover in a short, ro- i
tition of crops you could avoid i
the purchase of any ammonia in i
a fertilizer? In such a mixture i
as 1 have mentioned the nitrogen ]
in that amm nia costs you twen ?
tv cents a pound now. Then in t
the 2-8-2 goods you are getting i;i
every 100 pounds two pounds I
of nitrogen that costs you forty '
cents, while you might have had '
from a pea crop on the land five 1
or six dollars worth of nitrogen I
on every acre, at no cost at all, |
but an actual profit to the land. I
DO YOU COVKK YOt'U LAND JN WIN- '
TEH?
Is the land on which your cotton
or tobacco grew this year
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Department
past lying bare? Did you ever
reflect that in the rains of winter
the soluble nitrates are washing
out of that soil, and you are
losing more uitrogen than you
will buy in more than 100 pounds
of low grade lertilizer, while you
might have had crimson clover
coveriug that land?adding nit
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rogeu iu lb iiiHiomi ui lueiiig in
[u fact, is it not time for every
Southern farmer to understand,
as hundreds of iarmera further
North have found, that when a
farmer farms right in a short
rotation with legume [crops like
peas and crimson clover brought
11 frequently on the land, ho
ran keep his land improviug and
*is crops increasing, and yet
never buy an ounce of ammonia
in a fertilizer? And yet, I know
of one section where the wheat
farmers have brought up their
lands to the production of an
average of forty bushels per
acre, and in doing this have
never bought any nitrogen or
ammonia at all. But we must
keep up the supply of nitrogen,
phosphorus and potassium iii^our
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tauu, auu ii we u<> ..not get ine
nitrogen through the use of the
legumes we must buy it at a
fancy figure, and all over the
South the cotton farmers are
paying high prices for the nitrogen
they could get for nothing
while raising the best feed in the
world for stock.
Then, if they had the ,feed and
the stock they would bejin shape
to have something to sell in the
spring tojgive them cash to^buy
the kinds of fertilizer they need
at lower figures than 011 credit.
TURN OVER A NEW LEAP.
Now at thii New Year season
It is a gOOU i 1 111'? i.O roSolVo tO
farm better, to study your soil
and its needs and to plan a rotation
that will he making your
poor land richer while giving
you annually increased crops.
It is a good time to resolve that
you will make an effort to get
out of the old ruts and turn a:
new leaf in farming. If your
1 o n rl i a tianr I linm 1 a ma KaI 1 am ittai, I
una in j/vjui uivio 10 uw UO* *v (i y
lo keep it poor than by planting
cotton or tobacco year after year
with a little dribble and buying
jt low grado, but C09tly, lertili
ser.
WHAT MB AT BUYING MEANS?
Are you doingtliis and buying
noat to be paid for out of the
irop ? Did you ever reflect
what this meat-buying means ?
Some Western farmer who cannot
in his climate raise the vari
sty of foods you can for hogs, has
raisid tho hog. He has made
money in doing so. A railroad
takes the hog to Chicago, Jand
gets rich out of its freight. A
packer buys the hog and dresses
ind cures it, and gets to he a
multimillionaire in the business.
Another railroad makes money
wringing the meat South, and
he local merchant adds his profit,
and you hope out of tho cot
on crop 1o pay for ajl these men
getting rich. Every oneofihesa
people has had a profit out of
that meat, and one of their main
dependences is to get theSouthern
cotton farmer to buy it. and pay
all these profits out of his one
crop. Don't you think that you
could make all those profit.; your*
L8TER NEWS, JANUARY 8, 10<
self by raising the hogs and curng
at home ?
couldn't you raisb your own
MULES ?
Then do you go in debt for *
mulea in the spring, hoping to 1
pay back for them out of the '
cotton crops ? The mule raisers *
in Missouri and Kentucky look *
for their profit out of the cotton 1
crop of the South, and get it J
Don't you think that if you kept '
some inures uiiu ihibcu ui> ie?si.
the mules you need on your '
plantation it would be cheaper *
than buying them out of that (
crop ? Is it not about time for '
the cotton farmer of the South '
to quit enriching the hog and 51
cattle raisers and packers and
mule raisers and fertitizer man- '
uiacturers ? What, crop on eart h 1
except cotton could stand such a '
drain ?
Therefore at this season for
resolutions let all make the resolution
to study more this winter
and plan for better farming. Get (
out of the notion that all other
crops, are merely ''oupplies1' to
enable you to grow more cotton,
for if you farm right in a good
rotation you will soon find that
these "supplies" get to be surplus
and become as profitable as
cotton, while increasing your a
bility to grow more cotton per
acre, and hence at a smaller
cost.
The Cotton Association?
When Meetings are to be
Held.
President Ilarvie Jordan, ol
the Cotton Association, has issued
a call tor a meeting of the
national er^cutive committee to
be held at Dallas, Texas, on Feb
19 next.
The annual Convention o! the
Association also ,wi 11 bo held at
Dallas, Texas, Feb. 19 and 20.
The regular aimunljjneeting of
the various State divisions of the
Association will j? be called to
meet at their j] Si ate . capitals
throughout the cotton belt on
Feb. 5. Toe annual meeting ol |
the State and divisions and ua- ,
tional executive committee on !
the dates will he for the election
of oflicers "and mapping out a
programme for handling and
marKeting the cotton crop for
i r\r\o j ?: f ,1 u ?
i ?7v/o anu IUI w?ru uio
work ot the Association.
Whiskey Drummer in Trouble
in Prohibition Georgia.
Athens, Ua., special in Augusta
Chronicle : Anson Iliggins, a
young white man representing
E. B. Gibson, a Chatranooga liquor
dealer, was arrested yhere
this afternoon on the charge of
violating the ?State prohibition
law. He whs distribu'ing advertising
matter for his lirm.JJand
wit h the *nattor small bottles of
rye whiskey.
lie is charged under the law
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wini unviu^ kiycji iHjuur ii* a
minor and with having given away
liquor in a public place to induce
tra le.
Iliggins is held under two
bonds, one of $200 and one of
$1,000. The Courts hero having
announced that they would
impose the maximum penalty in
such cases the magistrate fixed
the bonds at the maximum figure.
Iliggins has notified bis house.
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Advertised Letters.
Ed Mcllwain (col), H. T.
rohnsou, Jira^s Miller, W. H.
Barber, N. A. C. Bullock, Caro
iue Ballard, J. D. Burton, Jncd
Ulyburn, H, P. Crockett, Jo'inie
31ilan, Sallie Cunie, P. D. Hell
)er. R. C. Howard. Marthea
Rabins, Lizzie Hopkins, Sarop
Juipes, Lizz:e McHaw, Eilie
^ouser, Mary L. Oonser, Beaty
Davis, Janno Johnson, Martha
jr )odwin, Secain Graham. Tome
junen, T. N. Harker, R. M.
?uiidorburk, E. Fruser, Seebro
Terre, Floor, Torn son, Presfcor
Sullivan, Mossie Sis'are, Will
Waters, Louis White, Desda
Slogner, D. A. Shuunorhou,
Fim Williamston, G O. Perry,
Lucy Knox, J. W. Jackson.
Jas. P.. Hunter.
P. M.
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Officers of Kershaw's Fraternal
Organizations.
Kershaw Era : The following
were installed officers of Abney
Lodge No. 211, A. F. M, Dec26
: Dr. L. T. Gregory, W. M ;
I. R. Hayes, S. W ;|L. A. Baker,
J. W; J. W. Ingram, Treas;
Harry Hirsh, Jr. I); O. C, Gardner
and J. L. Blackwell, Stewards
; W. R. Gregory, Tiler.
The following officers of the
Woodmen lodge were elected at
the regular meeting I?ot Friday
night: J- W. fclamel, C. 0; J.
C. Falkenberry, A. L; J. A.
Whitley, Banker; T. C. Stover,
Clerk; Dr. L. T. Gregory, Phyaician;
1). A. Baker, Watchman ;
K F. Adams, Sentry; J. R. Belk,
Manager tor 3 years.
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of Honor.
The Daughter* of the OonfedU
eracy have furnished ue with the
iollowiug list of the veterans to
whom crosses ol honor will be
presented a' the courthouse' on
January 18th, 1908, between 12
and 1 o'clock.
1. John Aycock,
2. Jim Bowers,.
3 Rnhort Oonver.
4. M. M. Oackey,
5 J. M. Crenshaw,
6. J W. Denton,
7. John C. Foater,
8. J. W. Garlner,
9 0. Gardner,
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11. S H tlargeUe,
42. C. C. lloiton,
13. Maria Horbon,
14. T. S. R ddle,
15 T. J. Reeve",
16. W. A. Streate,
17. L T. Stroud,
18. Wilson Threat be,
19 Ii. J. Thompson.
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