The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, July 18, 1908, Page 2, Image 2
Agricultural
^ Department
What Has the Moon to Do
With Peas and Potatoes?
"yhe Progressive Farmer.
Your valuable paper comes to
my home regularly, and I think
it should be in the bands of
everv farmer. I don't see how
I could do without it. I want
to ask questions about cowpeas
and Irish potatoes. What is the
best time of year to plant cowpeas
to get results, and does it
make any difference as to what
time ot tlie moon they are planted
; if so, what time of the moon
is the best for planting? What
is the best time ot year to dig
Irish potatoes to have them keep
best, and does it make any difference
as to what time of the
moou they are dug? How is the
best way to keep them?
S. O. Briimfield.
Darbun, Miss.
Editorial Answer: With the
exception of what relates to the
moon, all these questions were
answered not far from the time
that they were asked: and for
the sake of brevity, reference is
made to previous articles on peas
and potatoes.
The time of the moon when
crops should be planted or harvested
has to do with the period
of agricultulture when signs and
charms received more consideration
than the laws of nature.
It is on a parity with proving
the existence of the so called disease
of "hollow horn" among
cattle, by sawing ofT the horn
and finding it to be hollow, when
nature regularly makes cattle
with hollow horns because the
Creator evidently thinks that
hollow horns tor cattle are pre
lerable. It is on a parity with
a iit*n lillU i* JJUiir t)T HI1
apple tree, with the Men of warding
oil disease. It is on a parity
with hanging a horseshoe in a
tree to make it do well, some!
saying that the horseshoe will
give tlie tree goo 1 Inch, and otli-1
ers saying that the iron in the
horseshoe will give the tree vigor
ouslife. It is ona parity with car
rving a rabbit foot in one's pocket
to keep oil had luck. It is on
a parity with the ''charms" sold
by voodoo doctors, to bring good
luck ward < IT bad luck, to put ,
the wearer's enemies under the
ground, and so on and so on. to '
the whole length of the iraagin
ation ot tlie ignorant and superstitious.
\n man vt. lw-> lia,
- V ......A *' il ? (I
series of te.-'n with intelligence
and care has found that the moon
has any appreciable inlluence on
crop*. Those whose mental development
is such th u they have
not parsed cut of the rtage in
which charm? and sign? are do- 1
n I
minating influences are not like- i
lv to get over their beliei in the
influence of the mo >n on crops ; 1
but it should he reirarded as
significant that tin *e who rely (
on charm - and sivn- instead of
scientific fac's. common -ence,
and industry, are not anionu
those who accomplish great
things in lif<o Tf a man will
plant crops when t:.e uround is
in the rk'ht condition and when
the usual planting sea?on for that
nrnn 5 a .it I,.i.,/1 I-. % . nn.i ??l ? '
ti ?'p l ^ a ifiiiu. iic hrc>i ll?ji iffer
to his almanac to see when
he should plant. If the weather
is right for harvesting, lie can
go ahead with the work, no m*?t i
ter what the almanac say* about
the moon. So it is throughout
the whole realm of agriculture.
THE LANC/
Danger in Crimson Clover
Fed to Horses. g
i Prof W. F. Massey ill The Pro- ^
gressive Farmer.
A veterinarian stopped me on ^
the street today to show me a ol
b??ll he had taken from a horse. ?
It whs rather larger than an ordinarv
baseball and he said that in
in a post-mortem examination he
removed eleven such balls from
one horse, in which thev had
burst the intestines. He said
that the crimson clover hay the
horse had been fed had been cut
as soon as in bloom, and in the
balls there was no appearance of
the stiff hairs that form oil the
heads, but the ball was made up 0
ot felted layers of very fine material
like the hairs that cover p
the entire plant. He showed
me a part of one ball that he
had cut ooen. and this showed
layers of felt as tough as an ordinary
felt hat, and not a sign of
stiff blossom hairs couldbe found.
Some time ago auother veterinary
practitioner in this State
told me that he thought that ^
the advice in regard to the cutt
ing early was wrong, and that it V(
is not the blossom hairs that in- ^
jure the horses, for that in his ^
practice he had found the early
cut clover more dangerous than w
that allowed to get more ripe.
It seems evident that we must er
fight shy of crimson clover as m
horse feed. In the case first OL
cited a very valuable horse was ra
killed, and killed by clover that t
was cut early, too. Then, if" the ar
earlv cut clover is dangerous to tjj
horses, the later cut should be j)
more dangerous, and it seems to HV
me to be the part of wisdom to Gf
abandon crimson clover as a food
for horses. For ruminating ani- ra
tnals it will probably do no ni
harm, but those who have made e^,
crimson clover hay should be aj
very cautious indeed in feeding
it to horses. ar
As a rule, 1 dislike to use a th
good feed crop as manure direct, w<
bu in ttie case of crimson clover, w
we have a crop that comes at. a 8t:
season when the curing is difli- ca
cult, and it is the hardest of aH b>
the legumes to make into good th
hay. Hut a* a green manure fe<
crop, to be followed by a hoed co
crop like potatoes or cotton or Tt
corn, it iias a groat value, and 1 Irt
would rather advise its use in in
this way than to run the risk of gr
killing valuable liorsos by feed- la
nig it.
Coming in as a catch crop of
sown among corn, it rertainlv ?01
makes a valuable soil cover in
winter, and a crop tlml will
largely increase the crop planted liv
niter it* turning under in the lar
spring. 1 have heretnlore heen he
inclined to value crimson clover rai
mainly as a soil-improver and ant col
more than ever impressed with lie
the necessity of usinn it in thij ab
way from what I have seen to-1 tat
Say. But it is too valuable a fni
plant for this purpose tor any (^
firmer to neglect it, and it is ,
well worth growing even if we '
So no' make hav ot it To the F,rt
iair.vman, the hav will lie per doi
leclly sale if lie can mase it exj
right. And there is the greatest wil
1:fficult> 1 have ?ver had, lor
wnile I can easily make the he.-t ,
. 4* i. _. c_ - _ i ? ! IAT
ui nay iri 111 siiwpens, i iiavej-"
never had satisfactory success in '
Iryinjr to cure crimson clover. j
wc
l'*? > DeWitt's Little Early UieerK, pleaHant Je!
little pills that are easy to take. Sold by
all druKRixt*. w-s SH1
kSTER NEWS. JULY 18,
Stop That Cold
to chock early cold* or Grippe with "Preveottc^'
eans sore defeat for Pneumonia. To atop a oold
1th Preventics ii safer than to let it run and be
alijred to cure it afterwards. To be sure. Pre.
antics will cure even a deeply seated cold, but
ken early?at the snooze stage?they break, or
a ad off these early colds. That's sorely better,
hat's why they are called Preventics.
>reventlcsare little Oandy Cold Cures. No Qnlne,
no physic, nothing sickening. Nice for the
illdren?and thoroughly safe too. If you feel
silly, if you snooze, if you aoho all over, think of
raventlcs. PrornDtnaaa mtv slm usta Viol? ?/?<>
mal sickness. And don't forget your child, if
it're la fevorlshness. nlghtorduy. Herein prober
Ilea Preventlcs* greatest afUclency. 8old in
boxes for the pocket, also In 26c boxes of 48
revenues. Insist on your druggists giving yon
Prcvcntics
KiNOERBURK pharmacy.
APPENINGS IN GEORGIA.
each Crop too Big for Profit?Cotton
Crop ProspectsSeventy
Acres of Okra as
a "Side Line"?How a Lancaster
Young Lady Missed
a Crate of Fine Georgia
Peaches?Macon Breaking
up Blind Tigers.
d. Lancaster News:
The peach crop in this state this
>ar is a great d^al larger than
,pt year. Hie supply is greater
ian the demand, and thousands
find peaches are simply being
asted, ?s they cannot be shipped
ter they ripen and there is not
?ough demaud in northern
arkets to cousurne the enormia
supply ol peaches and wan
nt peach growers in gathering
,em and shipping while they
e in an unripe condition, as
ey have to be when they are to
> shipped hundreds of miles
i * ? '
>?/. v mi iiucuuui ot i ne nig crop |
peaches, watermelons are sell- ^
g dirt cheap and those who
ise them and usually make
ee little sums of surplus 111011
out of this crop will not he
?le to realize much this year.
The prospects foracottou crop
every fine at present. Through
e central section of the state,
3 find, that while the crops
ere planted late, there are good
u\ds, and the abundant applition
ot fertilizers, the favorae
weather conditions and
rough cultivation showtheir elcts
in the splendid size and
lor of the weed at this time.
le crops we have - eeii are also
)e from grass and there is nothg
at present to retard the
owth. (>t course, these very
vorahle conditions are not ex
eted to continue until the end
the season, but the prospects
r a splendid crop in this secn
are good.
A brick manufacturer, who
es in this city, conducts a veiy
ge f irm a few miles from !
re. He not only bolievos in
sing large quantities of corn,
lion, oats, hav, etc, but bev.'s
in raising okra. and has
out seventy acres ol ibis vege- j
j1". and the pro? peels for a L
e crop are good. Ho exnectsi
have 'lie okrn canned and J
iced on the market and hisjfl
)fits on this *4i(If line"'' will
ubtless he immense. If thej
penmen' proves successful, he I A
' C. I
il probably increase the acre-i^
? another year, as lie owns atn
ge tract of very fine land out <M
?re
A s*eet yuunr Lancaster girl
?uld have received a crate of
licious Elberta peaches, had *'
e waited a few days longer to
19Q8
of people ?
reductions in prices we
close out our e
ui
Noti
and all Ladies' Goods (excep
to make another lower
THE GOODS. W
have the
ouues, i
and Men
We will posit
at least $3.00 to
$10.00 you spei
V nnrs
A W
Williams-F
Catawba
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OAiinf^r on lrnntofinn f/-v trioif
V^v/U 1 1 tj C4II ill V Il/Utivyil ? lOiV.
and offers to you such induce
find at hut few Summer Iiesoi
lina. First the water at
Catawba
has medicinal properties in it
indigestion, bladder and kidne
a renewed lease on life by vir
this place. The table is all th
ask, and the climate unsurpass
alley, lawn tennise, and no one
VitliiW M<X
that did not wish to return. C(
are reached over the Southi
North Western to Hickory, N.
fortable hack line that will
Springs in 40 minutes. Fine d
enjoyed rather than to be <
given by applying to
Catawba Sprin
Hickory,
Or E. G. Gilmer, Hotel Ii
JHICORA COLLEGE
Owned and controlled by the iTesbytf
, liighicrade c llejfe for women. A
Durses in the Arte and Sciences. lit
nd business barge and able faculty.
iK*. Modern conveniences. Healthfi
M'tion, and in city of 25,000.
EXPENSES FOR TH
A. Tuition, Hoard, Kooin and fees $1
tion A. and Tint ion in Music, Art of
ext session opens September 17th Foi
70?H6 8.
ire taking advantag^o^^!^^
have made in order to
mtire stock of ^
Goods
ions
>t shoes). We have decided
cut in prices to MOVE
e need and must
room for
Clothing
l's Wear
lively save you
$5.00 on every
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La wnn us.
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truly,
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1
,
Springs
Citizens of your town and
it during the hot Summer
ments as would be hard to ?
*ts in Western North CoroSprings
which are no humbug for
iy troubles. Many have had
tue of spending 60 days at
at any one could and would
;ed, fine orchestra, a bowling
s has never spent a season at
Springs r
jme and try it. The Springs
ern Ry., and Carolina and
, C., where you will find com
transfer you to Catawba
rive and one that is always
ireaded. Full information
gs Hotel Co.,
- - N. C.
redell, Statesville, N. C.
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Ties of the Synod of South ( arolina.
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laic. Art, Expression, Gymnastics
K'-autiful grounds Elegant build*
il climate. Location in Piedmont
E ENTIRE YEAR
183.00 B. All included in propoKxpresaion
$203.00 to $213 00 The
r catalogue and information address
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