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2 Agricultural & ' ^ Department the w -= ?1 ones. "What Farmers are Losing tarrae Through Poor Seed. land, (L'rof. W. K. Massey in Progressive Ids lai Farmer) but if Hiding along the load iu Meek he wi leuburg County a few days ago ghoul among fine lands and fine cotton fields and corn fields, 1 was ^Vha struck with the tact that rot with- I standing all that has been said about the importance of good ^out t seed, the majority of our farmers are using very poorly bred 9eed. ' 'osec In field alter field of corn ^ with growth enough to make ^ , , . ... best t forty to fifty bushels or more per acre, 1 could see numbers of barii . , . sows, ren stalks from the carnage. ^ Now the example of Mr. Collier, whose work in corn-breeding in Marylaud I have mentioned, ^ shows that it is perfectly posfible to eliminate this tendency to make barren plants. Why should Comn farmers keep cn losing from 10 We to 24 percent of thoir corn by but w planting poorly bred seed' When reasoi a man has a growth that would 0'1 i? make fully fifty bushels per acre, t)ur f why should he be content to lose wouh five to ten bushels per acre vetch through the ground being occu- we pied by plauts that make no 8'x pc earjjf In Mr. Collier's field of seedseventy-five acres the officers oi quant the Maryland Experiment Sta- vantai tion were unable to find a barren precis plant, for he has by his care in and j breeding completely banished were the tendency to barrenness in this li his crop. And in the tine corn to let fields of Mecklenburg there will er it f be many thousands of bushels ot e>-t mi corn lost this year because they a '10? have planted seed that has in herited the habit of producing ^ barren plants. In the cotton fields we passed I 1 saw the same tendency. With ! publis a tine growth of cotton, 1 could forthc see all over many fields the tall, and 1 long-limbed plants shooting up | appea above the others, and I could lesion warrant that not oi,e ot those Colun weedy p ants would make half ban the crop of the bushy, short Mr jomted plants alongside ot them, just ti But the weedy plants were 'here ic act\ to the extent of 25 per cent in 1864. some field*. and w Passing one lield, I noticed ered h that the cotton was of a great and ? <leal better color than on any game field I had seen ; and not on y years this, but it was bushy and per was g fectlv uniform, not a weedy plain l>o yo to be seen. < >n reaching the di?moi place of our Iustitute not far amour away, I asked whose larni it were j was which had this tine cotton in can field, and described its location just 1,< "Oh.1' said they, ''he is a 27th dairyman and raise* manure and about is a good farmer." from : 1 knew he was a good farmer down as soon as I saw his field. The works cows and the manure accounted scouts for tlll> dppn irropn r>nlnr r\f I ?. i 1 tinrr r b v " cotton ; and he had evidently men t taken care to plant ?p"-brei hack ( seed. while the fields ari-un i him r.emj had pale cotton and weedy plants, my gn And his neighbors do not >11111 n-'aim to realize that the crowini: ot ail 'hi forage and slock feeding in -om^ cer <>r form lie a' the very foundation b?tiev of all farm improvement, hut little I are hoping to make cot?< n pro- tlanKf titably with 200 pounds per acre' 11 imp of 2-S 2 fertilizer .and poor seel, last, and the result is pale cotton and >paire unproductive plants occupying peters THE LANCASTER NEWS. vbere good ones should be. |B||i||f Mt 0 t costs as much to cultivate |%|| vU 111 C eedy plauts as the good ,lltlJ , ,7 ? Poor seed is costing the r bltnost as much a-* poor Ihto deplorable ?jo?kb. and a tnao may improve fit e*raaaar?wtth * On t^nBitedt ?I found |h$ )ni iid as much as he pleases, he plants badly bred se? d 11 not make the crop he ?^ ir^iVi^jtww'UThol , weetee. !oi?dU?TBy?tunivUoHl o. ilid ?w?jr wdw ltd ?rt! traelr (i doee nMf wnen tU . ? . And then, when (TTeeorred, thi traelr from the ey?toa It to Sow for a Hog Lot lor Winter Grazing. "* ** *CU*" lern Cultivator. LfF- !jI10 ave au half acre patch inI back of my horse lot that KUClllIlOllv li to run two brood sows on "t.'NDERBURK P rinter. L'lease tell me the ? hing to sow in this lot. for federate Hag Hoi ind winter teed for these breeze, and beneat If you should suggest rape and true and tri me something of it. 1 Cook's brigade, the ;ht ot vetch and rye. dale's brigade. W F. R L. compliments of thei dison, Ua. said we were the they had ever met. nenl by the Editor : ,on csme over oext answered (hi, privately co,mte'1 ,Utee" <1e" e publish it here tor the one ^unc^* u many should be intereat- 1 wri,e tbe foreg an inquiry ol this kind. cate my lUtle baml riend suRReeta rape. We 'ion has ?""T been i use this and his rye and inciden?. At * alan. On this half-acre roe la9t year 1 mel men tUat name I/. .< , , I , . 1JLIUII mil V/ULUO IU 11 sulci iow peck of rye and , , . , . , , . , that same old flag \ uinds each of rape and vetch , _ . , . - . , .. . to me that I saw th lithe land is rich this . k j 11 a , a ?f October, 18b4. i!y can be doubled to ad- ...... ~ . . refrain from kissing ge. Our people do not ap- .... , . , ... . wish this could hav i?e a sowins; of mixed grain . , T . .. in vour description grasses. It is time they * , . . . Wishing vou sni trying experiments along . T m . . . . work, I am vours tr ne. lo grow the feed and ^ the animals graze or gath- _J_ or themselves is the cheap- Why James Lee ethod of feeding them. Try Kve.ybody in Zuneimlli n * Vf.... -..-..I ? ? lot upou this plau. "My hti^and/Jamoa^Le __ ho owes his life to the n New Discovery His 1ud| ave Little Band at Bur- iy affected that consunir evitahlc, when a triend rt gesss Mill. Discovery. We tried it. ... . restored hini to nortec > daily papers continue to King's New Discovery h matter from Col. Brooks's tllI?at ??<l, }nDg, ana colas it has uo aqua oming historv of Butler ?lv*-s r?'h';f ,ryII' ^ol b - tee at J. 1. Maclrey * Co. lis cavalry, the following I'harumoy. f>Uc and $1 , | free ring in last Sunday's Char _ . News and Courier and the Senator Allison E ihia State : e(j 43 Years in isford, S. C., July 20, lbOS. . , , , . Dubuque, Iowa Dear .C ol Brooks: I have IT . , o. . . , I nitpd States Se: nished reading your graph- ... ,. , , _ , r Allison died at Ins )Uiit ol the 27th of October. . . . . citv this afternoon, tight. I read and wept, ^ ? ... F Senator Allison ept and read, and wond ,, ,, , 1 ; l errv, March 2 iow vou got up st) accurate!, ,* , , . ,, , boyhood davs he letailed an account of a . 1 1 ... 1; ! farm, which was hi: plaved nearly fortv-tive T> . 1 Reaching voung m? ago, but failed to sav what' . . , n cu'ed h s education oing on north ot the c?eek. ,, .. . T> College, in Penns 11 remember that all the ..r , the Western Keserv nn.eu ...en o, ,ne tm., (-)hjQ He ^ #d| .ling to about eighty men bi>r iQ ,8-0 Fr jut under me, and 1 wan J857 he prilcljced lp north ot Hatches Run. . 1ki--y i 1 ' In 1857 he re mo vet alow Burgess Mill, on the'.. ' He was a delegate t of October, lSti-1, and, n ... Republican cotivei aunriae, 1 received orders: ^ jQ ,860 He it courier to double quick bpr of (he G,)Vern0 said run to a line of breast ... ... ing the civil war. , and when 1 got there the I . . . . was elected to t.oag i were being driven in and . , ed contmuou-dv un icdly covered the worka- lg_s |)(> wa9 e,( ive pace, apart and boa. {rQi on.mn alter column ol lh? h,3 gta< l ??r tliree long hours | . . pacitv until i ne dlant bnii i held the works | , ^ ?t perhaps 20 to 1. For| is time 1 ii. v?-r -aw an < Hi- Excellent heall received an order, ftiid I 1 mrs. m m. i>avi*on. < A*.' . San JoAe. Cat *ay* e had thev run over rnv i Electric Bittern as a gen. band the enemy would have I "1 your lett and tjot between tb??t I am prompt.. 1 t<> * . fa*or. for the henetit of ton and 1 etersburu. At lief from such ..fflwimnH when I had almost de health for the digestive u w nen i naa almost tie cf Electric Hittein than in d. I looked up towards dy I know of." Sold n? i i * J. T. Mackey .V Co. and I .burs and "it an old Con- macy 6u AUGUST 8, I9Q8 itism VVE SEEK m 101\c 0 gmd-llk* |?m g^T'g^gg n/3 m? pcJJooom wutM I. Ud t)M CMm M a?*"c~s Q AI\*C f BMa fc= ft ?dy i HAhwmCY. f-L 'V\?W 7 .U I'ing in the 1) it a thoup- ^ssL^mjj \ A ' JjK ed Tarheels, n next Barks //7/$iij*A Ao* ' M. e received the A lf|, %x.C| *e troops, who // ' \ ^ best cavalry jf/ A K Gen. Hamp fj/ {$/ ^ JPk^fljj morning and / / j. flu] [ | ,d Yankees in j | oin? to vindi- ' I, as no men- V -"^sl made of this BBBSSM inion at Mon- ?> WE3$*B8B& rvSai I some of the WW ny relief, and *as presented lat dav?27th .* A ?, r " u IAIIT MM 1 P i cumu iiim yy Cm e^n'l^ " "|N MEN'S 1 ?f the fight. YQUR ccees in your ?-* Williams Got Well i>. <>., knows Mrs 0 > sho writes: e, tlriuly believes se of Dr. King's ^____________? rs were so severe- ? ttion seemed in- _ icomtuendod New 1^. mid its ase bus I Ck health.; 1 U UHV 1H tilt* kltw? < it I leg. For coughs I The tirst dose W d under RtinrAiizd o f w est e r n n W )ead?ServCongress. The Carolina and N o , Ausi. 4 ? IlfttOr W 1? Tlie only direel line for Lenoir, M< from Lenoir, N. for Blowing Koek home 10 this passenger trains. Train No. in. leaves Chester. >. C. was born ill Hl Fenoir. N. C. l.-to. 1\ M.: leave im i i .I. For Mortimer, and F.dgemont over th ^ 1 V2J, lll8 , #l * < r??*k <?nru'i?, the grainiest scenery in spent on tile The Week Knd Traill No * leaves i birthplace, arrives at Lenoir, N. C. 10.-.14 I i , i leave Mortimer, Mondav morning. 7 . mhood he se in Allegheny vl vania, and Plana ?jnH Hraon PrAnaiti ,, ,, i iuiiu unu vi tan Lwuuuiii e College, of s uitted to (he 'r >;!u V* intere"Ae?Jn. the pureha of a 1*1 A N O or an ORG A N . we wa om 1850 to to sell you one Pon't think you mil I flh' goto Mime mail order house to buy law in t/nio. 1,>W priced piano or orgun : noroutsi< 1 (o Dublinlie. ?f t^outh ? arolina to tret the I est pi 1 no or organ. We have a great varie 0 the national of grades anil all sty es. a' prices th . /il: cannot fail to interest you We a manufacturers' factory represent was a mem- tivea for several of (he largest and mo , famous makers of pianos and organ r s stati dlir- \\> take old instruments in exchani III 1863 he most liberal terms of pa roent to those who wish to buy ? ress and serv time. No house- <jiih ity of pian ?'l ls"l I and organs considered?can under** ill! 1 - l 1. In Twenty-four years of fair dealit acted I'nited Columbia and throughout Hon < arolina i* our refetence and guara ill Iowa and tee Wrif-e us at once for catalog te in this ca- I l>not* 4,1,1 ^ , t n, Malone's Musk House. Colutnbl "me h,B S.C. PIANOS AN1. OKOANS. h Advice. Notice of Registration. ot NO 3711 Giftbnt ' i '' I ho u >rtli of The ofllr.e of .Supervisor of Rejgiatr r 14""1. r,'mo" , lion will bo open, coinm?-nriii? .In mess an,I tor,.or ,H, 1!M)St at oV1()(.k H. In aru! 0,O!4jr s?o pronoiinc, ,1 at 3 O'clock for ,Ut> ?,OIlths f?v a wor.t in its i , _ . . H,..hlngre.l' l,,y|and ,A,,*V ' "VPrJ' V **T Mar.. IS Iiior. Sundays, for tbe purpose of reviair r?ans mn'lntti, the resist rat ion books. A 11 voters wi any other remo- have to have new registration certii iter imurante? >.t rates Call at otNo.e in rear of eon Muiw ?""" W .1 A l'ORTKK. w July 24, 190S ?70-*.W. Chairman ???1?1?^ Tl ^ the I HEN'S ^TRONAQE CO Hi fir N? Hj H Vn- ? ? 5^ X *?i? I c s#e ? S! r- ^ ^ *2~ ^ S H.? R ? j 1ft C<2^ r * ? 1 QP Eft CD I * OS S I o ~*,*rr j . ~ r+ ^ ST 55" c gs i [ M ?- W L .. - Op LUfiJj v VERYTHING | WEAR":::::: I IS TRULY, jjj Hughes Co. | Mountains ORTH CAROLINA VIA rth Western Railway Co rtimer ftn<l Kdtfemoiit, N. r. Sta^o line , N. Kleyant chair oars attached to all s.l">. A. M. (dally except Sunday,) arrives mediately l"'?r mowing Hoek, N.t'. by .stage v e Caldwell X Northern Hail road, up Wilson the world. Chester every Saturday. 5.25 P. M. and '. M.t Mortimer 11.45. P. M. Keturnintf V. M. and arrive at Chester 1.20 P. M. H4 tf. y. WOFFORU COLLEGE. ?e 11KN11V NKI.SON SNYKKll, A. M., nt l.itt. I>., LIi.li,, President. st Nino Departments: Library and Lla hrarian: < iymnasium under competent ,|p Director, Athletic Grounds. Next Sesa_ sion begins Sept. lFor Catalogue t y add ress at A. i AM KWKLL, Sec y, re Spartanburg, S. C. a *** \Vt?PPt*KI> CM|,|,K?iK FITTING SC||?M?|. y- Spartanburg, s. c. q" 1IH.11 GKAPK PKKPAKAT??KY >|| SCllonf,. Well equipped plant. Two large th : - (iiinniinrit's mi i one recitation building "" all brick. Limited sc hool; small classl,e vn; charges rt asonahle. Se ssion Logins Sept. 1 >. For catalogue address A. M a lU l'Ki:, Headmaster, Spartanburg, S. ' <S4-H7 A Valuable Place FOR SALE ajj 177 Acres of Fine Timbered of Land \L Suitable for sawing lumber. in on? and j11 one-half miles of the court bona?; 35 or iO acres of tins is open iud in cultivation, rt Apply T. S. ('AHtKH. or to ^ J. V. A K. C. ALLISON, June '25, l!k s 77 tf Istucanter, 8. 0.