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Agricultural > Departmen Suggestions for July Farn "Work. Frof W F Mussey iu Progresive Furuier SOW PEAS, SOW PEAS! This is the last call lor til covvpea ciop. The man who a lows jthe price of pea seed to d' terliim from keeping up a regi lar amount of land m peas to hiB rotation is filling at t! spile aud wasting from ti bung-liole. Especially should a larg amount of peas be sown thi season, for it is probable that i almost every neighborhood som one will get a pea thresher au go around the while sectio threshing peas next winter. But sow peas, sow peas amon your corn, unless you sow crin son clover there. I believe thi crimson clover is better to so^ among corn, but it needs exper ment to determine whether i the South it can be sown so earl as the last working ot the cori what sort of cattle will yo feed this winter? But do not imagine that yo can make as much money feec ing scrub cattle as you can fror good beet bred animals. The may increase in actual weight a fast as the beef breeds, but th chances are that they will pu the increase into parts that d not bring the money lite th animals that lay the fat on th loinp. There i9 no better beet breed for the South especially, than th Polled Angus. In fact, it ha always seemed strange, but true that a black animal is bette suited to the South thau a whiti one. The black hogs are alwav the purvival of the fitteet in th< South, and you never find j white piney woods rooter. This does not mean that yoi should buy a stock of full bloo< animals, but that you can breet good beef stock through the us< of lull biood Ansufe bull, for n< matter what sort o( a dam voi have that bull will get you blacl calves nearly every time, anc calves that will tat ten bette: than any pure scrub. SAVE GOOD, C I.KAN < IK AIK FOF SEED . T f l Alll- ? .of C If I .. ? h ?wl M.M. ;yui W?13 auu ^ IIC'U llflU UIIL'MI in them this year, do not make the mistake ot supposing that the wheat or oats turned toeheat for they did nothing ol the sort, The cheat was there because yoi sowed loul seed. Then deter mine another fail to sow cleat seed. A ROUT ROTATION. It you are going to follow you corn with oats or wheat the long er you keep up the shallow am level cultivation the better. Bu if you sow crimson clover amoni the corn and get a good stand you can profitably repeat cori on the land one more season b; * : ?i, ? ~ i ~ a ~.. 1/liC U'UVCI UIIUU*. The crimson clover crop is tin only one I would habitually turi under for com or cotton, for it i the hardest of all clovers to mak into good hay, as it comes at bad season for haymaking, am being a catch crop among tli coru, it can profitably be U9ed t * * Mtv '' turn down either for corn or cot* ton. t But if you follow corn with ? small grain the be9t thing to sow a is cowpeas. If the peas grow rankly, you can mow them after cuttiug the corn, and if not too rank, you cau chop them up with the disc harrow and make the ie surface fine and have the best l" possible chauce for winter grain e* if sown with a disc drill, for the *" trash will be mainly on top and r act as a mulch for the grain crop ie in winter, ie LAYING BY Y'Ol'R COKN. e In laying by your corn deteris mine once lor all to keep the u fu~ning plow out of the field. ie n that time on the corn will d ' all the moisture it can get, n aad if the cultivator has been run shallow and a dust blanket g made over the surface, there will i_ be moisture lor the corn roots, it and if you put in a plow and 5V turu this up you will simply i- make a ridge to dry out directn ly and starve tli.? roots even if y you by some chance do not cut i. off must of them, u Iiemember that the only part of the root that is gettiug back lood from the soil is that part u just back of the advancing root I" lets that is cohered with fine u hairs, and that if that tip is cut y off these roots cannot get food 8 from the ioil till more rootlets e lorm, and by that time the corn * will be so tar exhausted that the 0 crop will be largely reduced. e Do not imagine that piling e earth to tlie base of the stalks will prevent the corn blowing L' down. It will blow down worse, e ior you will soften the brace s roots by covering them, and the U cutting ot the roots will make f the corn weaker to withstand e the wind, Hut with hard and s tough brace root?, well set on ^ 1 aTTA I It a1 ? 1 1 r, f - ic?ri muu> u? uuiu \>iii it*5i3i mi a more wind IJIGIN Now TO SELECT YOUR 6EKD J ^ CORN. j Then start at once to select ? and breed your coin to a better ^ stature, tor a stalk that is very j tall and has the ears far above . them will always blow down j worse than corn of fair stature r that makes ears half way between ground and tassel. Tl -T SIDE-DRESSINGS, DOX't GUESS. Now experiment with side dress: ingc on your cotton. Some think * I that a meat deal is cainerl hv the :1 u-e of nitrate of soda alongside . the corn this month. Doubt, less it encourages growth, but i j measure off two areas and treat - one with the eide-drepsing and i the other with none. Then compare the crop- carefully from each and see what the outlay has paid you. There is entirely r|too much guessing among far'! mers. They see some result * from an application of fertilizers, 1 but they do not carefully comg This is what Hon Juke Moore, State Warden ot Georgia, says of Kodol for Dvs3 pepsia: "E. CI. DeWitl ?V Co., Chicago, III.?Dear Sirs I hare suffered more than ' twenty years from indigestion. Ahont o'ldit.or. ti: 11 v 1111 < fiact I hail Di'iurn go tuneh worse tLftt I could not digest a crust of 2 corn bread and conld not retain anything on tuy stomach. I lost 25 lbs; in tact I ^ made n J' my mind that I conld not live 8 but a short time, when a friend of mine recommended Kodol. I consented to try 0 i it to please him and was better in one day. I now weigh more than I ever did in mv a 1 life and am in t etter health than for many (J years. Kodol did it. 1 keep a bottle con{ stantly, and write this hoping that hue inanity may be benefitted. Yours very truly, Jake C. Moore, Atlanta, Aug. lu, 0 I'J04.'' itold by ull druggists. w g pare the results with a check | plot. , Mtt nnininn ia that whfirfi ft: farmer farms iu a good rotation and grows and feeds plenty of legume forage he can profitably dispense with the purchase of nitrogen in any form, il he feeds his couousetd and all his hay and corn fodder and puts the manure on his corn field. PREl'ARE YOUR ALFALFA LAND. i # | | If you intend to sow alfalfa; in August or September you should be preparing the laud now and getling,it clear of weeds. I'iow early and turn under a good lot of manure. Then a? j soon as any weeds start put the disc on both wavs, aud repeat j this as last any weeds show. Remember that every time you uo over wi'h the disc you are increasing the chance for a stand. Then, just before sowing and before the last harrow ing, get some soil from a field where alfalfa has made nodules, and scatter 100 pounds or more per acre and at ouce harrow it, for exposure to the sun will kill | the bacteria. 1 Sow not les9 than twenty-five pounds of seed, and more will do no harm. Then if you get a good stand, the following spring before growth starts apply twenty bushels ot slacked lime per acre and run the smoothing harrow over it both ways. SWEET POTATOES. Cuttings can be made of the tops of the sweet potato vines for a late crop for winter keeping. For making a crop of bedding roots, I prefer to ser the cuttings in August. Then make them a yard long and coil the cutting around the hand and set the whole coil in tl|e hill with only the tip exposed. This will give you a hill lull of little po tatoes that will make far more plants per bushel than the general ciop, and they are the easi est kept in winter. PLANT ENSILAUE CORN. When I was growing corn for the silo, and annually puttine up GOO tons of it, I always planted my silage corn in July, tor there it followed a crop of clover hay on the same land and, in the cultivation of the crop, clover seed were sown again, bo that on that rich bottom land I generally got two tons or more of clover hay and twenty tons of corn silage every year. finally, brethrkn, farm! parnl! The whole gist of these suggestions is to farm, farm, and forever stop mere planting without definite aim. Get into a good rotation, grow peas and more peas and feed them and . have cattle to sell in the spring S and have cash for the cotton- E crop season. Use fertilizers ^ more judiciously and liberally . for the improvement of your land rather than only tor im- ' mediate results in crops to se'l, o / 1 vrAltv tlLorv* j t*t i 1 1 4*11 11* auu jf uui uai ijo win UO 111IUU v with plenty and your presses will [ burst with new wine." c A REVELATION It is a revelation to people, the severe . cases of lung trouble that have been cured by Foley's Honey and Tar It not only | stops the cough but heals nud strengthens | the lungs L M Ituggles, ltcasuor, Iowa, . writes: "The doctors said I had consnmp- | tion, aDd I got no better until I took | ' Foley's Honey and Tar It stopped the I hemorrhages and pain in my lungs and ' they are now as sound as a bullet" Fun* | I derburk Pharmacy, I'. W Hammond, Heath Springs, 8 0 s I Cough Caution 1 Never, positively never poison yonr longs. Ura eough?even from a simple cold only?you should si ws ys heal. soothe, Mia <*m the Irritated broo- < AIM tabes. Don't blindly suppress It with i itupefylng poison. Irs strange how some things Bnally come about. For twenty years Dr. Shoop 1 has constantly warned people nea to take cough i mixtures or prescription* containing Opium, | Chloroform, or similar poisons. And now?a little late though?Congress says "Put It on the labajL If poisons are In your Cough Mixture." Good I Very good 11 Hereafterfor thlsven'reasonmothen, snd others, should Insist on having Dr. Bhoop g Cough Cure. No poison marks on Dr. 8hoop's 1 labels?snd none In tho medicine, else It must by law be on the label. And It's not only safe, but It Is said to be by these that know it best, a truly remarkable cough remedy. Trko nochanoe then, particularly with your children. Insist on having Dr. 8hoop's Cough Cure. Compare carefully the r>r. Bhnnn nncVagn with others and note the 1 difference" ^Jo poison murks there I You cu tlvruy* be on the safe side by demanding Dr. Shoop's Cough Cure -ufilQEHBURK PHARMACY. 1 W ante i " T. Y. W i 1 Lancaster, - j|j A great number of people a I reductions in prices we close out our ei Dress [Moti and all Ladies' Goods (excep to make another lower < THE GOODS. W< have the i Shoes, ( and Men We will posit at least a>a.uu to $10.00 you spei Y ours Williams-I* )ue West Femaie College. With the beat modern conveniences ind equipment, and high standards of eachmg and living, this is an idea! lace for preparation for the great ' esponsihilities of womanhood. Terms moderate. For attractive 1 atalog write REV. JAMES BOYCE, 7-98w I>ne Wast, 8. C. ? | ELECTRIC Si BITTERS "^andkidneva i; Dr. King's New Life Pills The best In the world. Sucklen's Arnica Salve The Best Salve In The World. I Notice to Debtors and Creditors. All person* indebted to the estate of J. A. P. Matere, deceased, are hewby notified to make payment to undersigned, and all persons havinBr oiainis against said estate are direoTftl ? ......... .!..!> .. . . . ?l i u iiirsoiii onmr WUIJ ai iciru . LOIh M SIrtTARE, J P. U. CAhKEY, iT>.S4 Administrators. Notice of Discharge Notice is hereby Riven that the underHRtied, ?is administratrix of the estate of E. S. MoDow, deceased, will on the 28th day of July, 100S, make her ti tin I return atd settlement as such administratrix, and apply to the l'robate ( ourt for Lancaster County for her tinal discharge Mary B. McDow. Administratrix Estate ot E. S. McDow, deceased. June '27. l^OS. 76-84 S. 50 BUSHELS GOOD SOUND PEAS. illiams, - ? s. c. re taking advantage of the 2 have made in order to ntire stock of Goods ions f*r t shoes). We have decided :ut in prices to MOVE ? need and must "oom for Clothing l's Wear i ively save you $5.00 on every id with us. truly, I lughes Co U I 'TZZ.^iaM SO MANY Havfc availed themselves of our Liberal Otfer, viz; $>l5dlscount on 80 and *90 organs NVe have concluded to renew the r.iru. .. -I - liuj n oiiuri wmie ho as to get these excellent organs introduoed into every county am! locality in South Carolina Only $20 first payment- $20 Nov. 1,1900. balance Nov i. 1909 These terms enable you to buy this llrst class, sweet toned Organ which will prove a lasting treasure. Don't delay but write once for catalog and price l.?r to The Old Established Mclone's Music House COLUMBIA, M. O. PIANOS AND OROANtL S Is .