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c 2 Agricultural ^ Department Sowing Wheat and Oats. Prof. W. R Massoy in Projjressivo Farmer. Oh, the lelteis we get askiog formulas to make fertilizers lor grain! Below we try to give in condensed form answers to all ol them- Your question may not be printed, but I he answer to it may be found here nevertheless. Kead carefully what is said about rotation of crops and preparation of your laud. A lady farmer who is a new reader of The Progressive Farmer wishes to know the best method tor sowing wheat and oats on lan'd with r> d soil on a very still red clay sub-soil. The best method is to plow the soil well and then harrow, and harrow till perfectly tine and well settled and sow the wheal after the first white frost, with a drill, using five pecks of seed per acre. Oats should have the soil as well prepared and should be sown as early in September as practicable. Disk the land thoroughly by going over it both ways repeat-Jl.. 4^ I. - 4 1. . ? ?2 emy iu iuhku me sunuce iiue. Then drill the oats in deeply at rate of two bushels per acre early in {September. The Virginia Gray winter oats are as good as moat varieties. The Ap pier is highly esteemed by many, but I have never tried them. You may perhaps get these from the State Te3t Farm at Statesville. If the corn was on a manured sod the fertilization would be more simple, for in that case I would use only acid phosphate and potash, say 300 pounds of 16 per cent acid phosphate and twenty-five pounds of muriate of potash per acre. If the corn was not on a manured sod, then 1 would make a mixture of 1,200 pounds of acid phosphate, 600 pounds of cottouseed meal and 200 pounds of muriate of potash, and use 300 pounds per acre. For the wheat, make the surface as fine as possible, going oyer and over with the disk harrow, remembering that the finer you make the soil the better the cuance for wheat \Vork in in the disking 400 pounds of acid phosphate and twenty five pounds ot muriate of potash per acre, and do not drill the wheat till there has been a white frost, so as to avoid the fall fly. If cowpeas grew on your land, cut the peas and cure for hay. Then disk the stubble and apply 11 * til* / * me luruuzer nrst-namea above for the manured sod. Sow any good winter oats. The Virginia Grey Winter oats are as good as any. The Texas Rust Proof oats are excellent, but it tiie seed cmio from Texas you will run the risk of getting Johnson gra'-s seed with them. Cut the crop when the clover is in bloom without regard to the oats. On the black sandy soil where clover wa? tnrned for corn, I would cut the corn and shock it for curing and then would , dish the ground well, making the surface as fine as possible, 1 (lodging around tlie corn shocks , so as to cover all the around ex- < cept the spots on which the 1 shocks stand. In this disking I would work in four hundred i pounds of 10 per cent acid phosphate and twenty-five pounds of muriate of potash per acre, and would drill the wheat alter the first white frost. Then you would probably escape the fall "yDo not turn under any green growth in hot weather. Later turn under th?* dead weeds and sow rye on the land to be turned under in the spring, or better ufill sow crimson clover with the rye, and if if succeeds you will have a Hetter crop to plow under in the cool season. THE LANCA! Turn the peas lor the oats and sow as soon in September as possible so as to give them time to tiller before cold weather. Sow two to two and a half bushels per acre, using the same fertilizer advised for wheat. In preparing pea stubble for corn or cotton, 1 would disk the land and sow crimson clover seed for a winter cover and a crop to turn I miner. On the stubble field, if vou do not plow the land till late in tall, or early ill winter. 1 would let I be rag wee 1 stand, and then turn it under. But it would be better to cut the rag weeds now and rake and haul them oil" and then disk the land lightly and sow crimson clover seed at rate of fifteen pounds per acre, and 'urn this under in spring in bloom lor the corn. You can do this safely tor a hoed crop in the cool weather of spring, and getting the clover on the land would be a great help to the corn. In that case I would spread all the manure at hand on the clover during the winter, and would nan tir? lArlili^pr al h!1 A correspondent wants to know it it would be a good idea to spread straw in the orchard to keep down weeds. Where the laud cannot be plowed, there is nothing better for the trees than a good mulch extending out a little further than the roots extend. Put very little, if any, around the stem to harbor field mice to gnaw the bark in winter. Millions of bottles of Foley's?Honey and Tar have been sold without any person ever having experienced any other than beueticial results from its use for coughs, colds and lung trouble. This is because the genuine Foley's Honey and Tar in the yellow package contains no opiates or other harmful drufirs. Guard vonr health by refusing any but the genuine. Funderburk Pharmacy, E. W. Hammond, Heath Springs, S. C. h No Wonder She Blushed. An elderly Bishop, a bachelor, who was very fastidious about his toilet, was especially fond of his bath, and requested particu lar care of his tub from the maid. When about to leave town one day he gave strict orders to the housemaid about his "bawthtub" and said that no one was to be allowed the use of it. Ala-! the temperature grew on the girl and she took a plunge. The bishop returned unexpect ediv, and finding (races ol the recent s'olen bath, questioned the maid so closely (hat she had (o confess she was (he culprit, and was very sorry. "1 hope you do not think it is a sin. Bishop?" asked Mary in tears. Eying her sternly, he said: "Mary, your using my tub is not a sin, but what distresses me most is that you would do any thing behind mv back that you would not do before my face." ?Ex. When Trifles Become Troubles. ii any person suspects that their kikneys are deranged they should !?ke Foley's Kidney Remedy at once ind not risk having Bright'* disease >r diabetes I>elay gives the disease i stronger foothold and you should not lelay taking Foley's Kidney Remedy. Funderhurk Pharmacy, K. W. llainnond, Heath Springs, S. (J. s Piano Tuner Killed. Yeaterdav's Charlotte Observer: Stephen timber, sou ot Mr. S. I'V Oruber, a well-known musician ol Mai ion, was stabbed lo death it Blacl* ville, S. C , yesterday afternoon by a man by the name o' I>e i11. Young ( it U her was thorn tuning niannn No particulars ol the homicide could he learned last night. |) Witt'.s Little Early Risers are' small | ills, easy to take, Kenfle and sure. Sold by j F. Mackey &. Co. w-s j STER NEWS, SEPTEMBER, Democratic Outlook?Brighter than a Month Ago, Says Bryan. \ Chicago, Sept. 9.?William J. Bryan told the members of the Tc Du>i Democratic national committee obl at their raee'ing today to discuss campaign plans before the cut*- 7 did ate makes his swing through i,n< the Eastern States tliat with a ri.i l'r. perfect organization to conduct ^ the piesidential light the victory for Democracy's cause was as sured. Mr. Bryan said that lie 1 and Mr. Kern had presented t^e issues^ carefully and that he was absolutely confident that he would bo elected if there was a ? strong organization to hold the ? ground that had been gained. The outlook tor victory, said Mr. Bryan, was much brighter than it. was a mouth ago. The ?_i.i 11. .??:44 uanuiuaio iuiu int) uuniuiiiitetmen that he was more than pleased with the work of the national committee and hoped j the work would be continued with the same spirit. There were meetings at headquarters of the national committee and advisory and finance committeee early in the day and this afternoon all three committees joined in a general conference in which Mr. Bryan took part in the council and made a pee'Slh. All Democratic members of the senate and house of representatives and Democratic governors have been requested by the national committee to lend their services. The commit teemen passed a resolution calling upon all Democratic se | uators, congressmen and gover- . nors to give all tlieir time, it pos- ; sible, to making speeches in the campaign and asked the chairmeu in the debatable States and the speakers' ^bureau of the national committee to arrange speaking dates. Quick Relief for Asthma Sufferers. Foley's Honey and Tar affords immediate relief to asthma sufferers in the worst stages and if taken in time will effect a cure. Kunderburk Pharmacy, 12. \V. Hammond, Heath Springs, H. C. ? Carried Bullet in His Leg for TfYirt\/-Si v Ypan; II Winston Salem, N. C., special || in the Charlotte Observer: To rSSl carry an ounce bullet in his right leg for forty-six years and ^ then tor it to push its way through the skin is the strange experience of Mr. M. T. Mitchell, of Dillard, Stokes county, wtiose son, Mr. M. N. Mitchell, is with RE the People's National Bank here. IP Mr. Mitchell was shot at the jp battle of Seven Pines, May 27th, j||f] 1802. lie was a member of Company II, twenty-second Era North Carolina Regiment. The H wound healed soon, but the ball H| was never extracted, and Ail. ran Mitchell suffered greatly from it |Pi sometimes. Last Saturday lie K? felt a pain just on the surface of pl|| the skin of tlie right ley and saw R|| the bullet literally forcing its Fs| way out, which it actually dm ai h? little later, leaving only a alight| ft|? abrasion to mark its course. ^ When you have a cold you may tin sure tliHt it has been caused indirectly ^ by constipation and consequently you ?must lirst of all take something to Ne move the bowels. This is what has . maue rveniieuy s i.hxhwvh ? ou^u r>yrup so successful and sosrenerally do- of ! mantled. It does not constipate like ^I(1J most of the old fashioned cough cure*, but on the other hand it gently moves w'll the bowel# and at the same time heals irritation and allays inflammation of the throat. Ho'd by J. K. Mackey it i'o. w-s 8V1H 12, I9Q8 top That Cold ? ? check early cold* or Orlppo with "Preventlcs" mx sure defeat for Pneumonia. To stop it cold ___ h Preventlcs U safer than to let It run and he iced to euro it afterwords. To be sure. pre. t itics will cure even a deeply seated cold, hut y VII -arly ?at the sneeze stafjo?tbey break, or id off those early colds. That's suroly letter, iit's why they tire called Preventlcs. vventlcsare little Candv fold ?'ur>'S. No O'iIi. )f] . no physic, nothtn? sickoninit. Nice (or the M'on?and thoroughly safe too. If you feel lly. If you sn -exo. i; yon ache a'l over, think of 'Vi titles. Promptaiss lav also save hn'.l > i:r ' " :a! sickness. And don't forgot your child. 11 re Is fevorish'tess. nightorday. Herein prohy lies Preventlcs' greatest i-tliclmicy. Sold in Pk 1? ' ,? ? . ?r ... u iv< titles, liu'st ou your druggists giving you | c8 - 01 r I & FUNDERBURK PHARMACY. I 11:iiII. wmiiiiiiN- iiii w E carry a full stock | of trunks and suit cases. .*. .*. .*. .*. .*. Let us quote some prices to you. .*. .*. .*. / Williams-III MM? COUNTERFEIT money is g( for counterfieit roofing, bi spend real money, get It ING! Our VULCANITE ROC resisting, (taking the same in: metal or slate) water-proof an outlast the building, and assu tion to contents. For bO yer proven its sunerioritv nvpr Investigate it. Before you b our free booklet: "The /1 if/It t Roofinfi and i W. M. MOORE, L :w Way to Stop Drinking. hoi loe Brown and II CJ. B*r<ihill. fire Stillson, Bulloch county. were ()f :aged in diaposinir of a jn^ of |j(| isky Saturdav niidit when 'lie e of Barnhill appeared on the 1 ne, and, after trying to per- ol de them to separate and (?a, I DR. J E-WELSH Jv DENTIST ? lice in Emmons Building op posite First National BaufL. I Phone No. 8. I LANCASTER, S. C. I V. P. ROBINSON I ATTORNEY AT I.AW I lice over Ileath-Jones Co.'s .Store. LANCASTER, S. C. | ompt attention to business. 1 R. DOUGLAS McINTYRE I IMSNTAL SUKGGON lice over 111? h t h-Jones Co.'s Store. IiANCANTKR. B.C. :kfen's Arnica Salve . io Best Salve In The World. iglies Co. **0 iiffluiti i\i ! ugiii/o vv. || J at# 5?^ irs it has constantly rerything of its kind. ay or repair, write for 1B| the Reason Why!" liji .ancastcr, S. C. ||j? me without ayail, she opened ) on the jug with a pistol, one iIn' shots taking ? (feet in HarnPa hand. It is feared that p* i wound may result in the loss his hand.?Toombs County, Local