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m??. * | Agricultural ^ j ^ Department How to Grow Oats? How to Make Big Crops and at the Same Time Make Them Profitably. (Southern Cultivator) la the fir6t place, the best of seed is absolutely necessary. It would oe a waste ot time ami money expended to try to make an extraordinarily big yield ot oats with poor seed. Begin with choice seed, ot a good variety and try to improve your seed. ? I have been more successful with T* the Appier than any oilier vaI riety ot oats. How to prepare the land. I find that it is not necessary to break land very deep lor oats, as we have all the moisture during . the winter months that we need. Yet it should be broken reasonably deep. About seven or eight inches, with a two-horse or disc plow, is deep enough, turning all vegetation under. If there is much vegetation, and the land breaks up in clods, it ^hould be run over with a cutaway harrow, otherwise a smoothing harrow will be sufficient. The next thing is how to fer tilize. Oats are heavy feeders and should be fed well. Trying . to economize in the use of fertil> izer is like trying to feed two hogs on what one ought 10 have The result would N.e poor in either case. Oats should not only be liberally tertilized, but ""sWuld have immediate access to a fertilizer, containing the three essent*al elements of plant tood in the correct proportion. A good f/rtittawr judiciously used, is by far the cheapest labor in a i n . i ? * trie ooutn. i?3> po doing, we are enabled to morl than double the yield of most any prep at a mere tritle of expenditure, when compared to the high jirice oi labor of the present d;ly. By all means do your own mixing as none of the so-called complete fertilizers on the market are rich enough in nitrogen and potash. There would bo just as mifch sense in prescribing the same medicine lor every disease ot the human race as there is in using a fertilizer made by the Fame formula for every plant that grows. Let your formula be fixed suitably for the land you are going to sow; that is it you are going to sow land that will yield one bale ot cotton per acre, mix *200 pounds 16 per cent acid phospate, 300 pounds cottunupp/l ? meal and Pfr '^dunds muriate of >n lan that will not re than 250 or 300 ( lint, it would be well >u use the following for ^a: 200 pounds 10 per cent id phosphate 100 pounds cotdnseed-meal and 50 pounds muriate of potath. Now as to how much to use, never think of usiii?* less than 500 pounds per acre. No doubt it would' pay well to use 1,000 pounds j per acre, afe by a liberal use of lerlilizor your oats would not' only make a better crop, but would be enabled to stand the ; Winter months better. -I have never found it neces-1 sary to Use a top drossing ?>t nitrate ot soda when they were properly fertilized at time of sowing. Of course 1 sow in the open furrow,* which is too \*ell known to be described. I lind that by ! thii m (it hod*' we have not onlv a guarantee against killing ?> v winier freezes, but t? o \ieid will be much greater. This I knowby repeated experience. I have tried every way 1 ever heard "f arid find the open turrow bv far V the best method, even it 1 knew they would not be killed by cold "4 weather* One reason for using ? ^this method, is that it is a guarUee against drouth. In the 1 THE LAr year of 1904, I had oata sown in the open iurrow. We had a droulh that year, which lasted from the first of April until harvest time. My yield was filty bushels per acre of as fine oats as you ever saw. This was ou red i stiff land that would not make more than 300 pounds ol lint cotton per acre. It is strange why people will pay $1.00 per bushel for Western corn, when they can grow oats for less than 25 cent? per bushel My oats cost me about 18 cents per bushel this year not considering the crop of hay that 1 will make after harvesting them. 1 made an average ot 88 bushels per acre this year. 1 think I had some that would have made 100 bushels per acre. It is true that this crop was made on tine land; but rotation of crops and deep plowing, together with a liberal use of commercial fertilizers is what has urougnt n up 10 its present nign state of cultivation, as I have never used any stable or barnyard manure on it. This being true, why not sow oats, then fol low with peas, make your land rich and quit worrying with so much cotton. This would do more towards adjusting the price of cotton than anything under the sun. Geo. O'Kelley. Clarke County, Georgia. It's a pit when sick ones drug the stomach or stimulate the Heart and Kidneys. That is ail wrong! A weak Stomach means weak Stomach nerves, always. And this is also true of the ll^n^t n.wl 1/ K urni i aiiu iMunrj n i ur v\ rn ?v nrr>rn are instead crying out fur help. This explains why Dr. Shoop'e Restorative is promptly helping Htomach, Heart ami Kidney ailments. The Restorative reaches out for the actual cause of these ailments?the failing "inside nerves." Anyway test the Restorative 4S hours, ft won't cure so soon as that, but you will surely know that help is coming. Sold by Funderburk Pharmacy. w Sowing Grain and Grasses. 11 onr people in the Cotton Belt Can be taught by precept or j example, if our farmers will con'sult their own best interest and I that ol iheir soil, if we learn wisdom by the experiences of ' the past or ever he induced to adopt the best methods lor the | future: then Ihere will be more wheat, oats, clover, vetches and rape sown this tall, than ever ! beiore in the history ol the South. ^ 4 . I .. . i ~ 1 .-noi omy tins, out wiirtl is sown will he put in under more favorable conditions, as tar as preparation and manuring goes. It is now high time for each and every larmer to include grain and grasses in his system ol farming, since no other can he made either so complete or so remunerative The Farmers I'nion of Rockdale I County, Georgia, have set all i their brethren a line example along this lino. They have adopted a resolution binding each of their '.>00 members to sow one acre or 111 )re of wheat. So we call upon eacli reader of the Cultivator to sow from one to a hundred acre1* in grain according t ? their ability and the extent of their land holdings. It will be profitable to yon if put in right and certainly nene fieial to your soil. In sowing either grain or grass, remember to do ttiree tilings, prepare the land well, manure it, and'hen sow at right time. Let your cotton wait, it will not lose as much by waiting, as you will lose by neglect ng to sow your grain in time. We do not plead for so larje an area, as for small acreage well put in. never tail to sow oats, it is undoubtedly the best paying food crop we can 5? I ?J W . Wheat and rye make the host toed, if you (lo not wish to how wheat to make your own Hour Wheat and vetch sown together are line, so are oats and vetch whore you do not care to thresh the oats. We want to make enough] i JCASTER NEWS^SEPXEM Charged with Killing Hus- | band with Rat Poison. Anderson special in Charlotte Observer : Eliza Moats, a negro woman 40 years old, was placed in jail here this afternoon charged with the murder of her hueband. Evidence at the coroner's inquest held today was to the ellect that she had administered rough-on-rats, mixing the poison with his food. Arsenic was it* f hn o( nm unl* a Plnr u 1U" uvi IIIIU DIVUKIUU C%11VI ? chemical examination, made by I)r. J. 0. Harris. The negroes lived on a farm seven miles northeast of Anderson. Moats worked hard in the field all day Wednesday and apparently in good health, being of powerlul build. After eating supper he became ill and Dr. Harris was called the following morning, lie suspected that something was wrong, and as the negro died a few minutes after he arrived ho removed tlie stomach and brought it here, where it was examined. The coroner's inquest was held today and a verdict returned that Moats came to his death from poison administered by his wile. She was arrested by tlie coroner and committed to jail here this afternoon. How to Get Strong. P. J. I>a'y, of 1247 W. Congress St , Chicago, tells of a way to become strong: He says: "My mother, who is old and wns very feeblr, is deriving so much benefit from Electric Bitters, that I feel it's my duty to tell those who need a tonic and strengthening medicine atlout it. In my mother's case a marked gain in flesh has resulted, insomnia has been overcome, and she is steadily growing stronger." Electric Bitters quickly remedy stomach, liver and kidney complaints. Sold under guarantee at J. T. Mackey & Co., and Funderburk Pharmacy. 50c. w Mower Cut Off Horse's Leg. Gaffney special in The Obser ver: iMr R C. Jones had the misfortune to lose a very valu ti Kt~ 1 .. I -1 i i ?j o ii'?ioo iv ic? njtys ago in a peculiar manner, lie was en I gained in mowing grass with a 1 mower, when something about the harness became detached which allowed the machine to advance against the heels of the lior es, and one ol the b'ades | coming into contact with the ani mals cut off a leg trom one. Mr. .Jones, realizing that there was no chance to save the animal, killed it to stop its suffering. The animal was worth over $200 and the loss falls heavily upon Mr. Jones. They Take the Kinks Out "I have used I?r. King's New Life l'ills for many years, with increasing satisfaction. Thcv take the kinks out I of stomach, liver and bowels, without fuss or friction." savs N. II. Brown, j of Pittslieid, Vt. Guaranteed satisfactory at .1. 'I'. Mackey Co., and Kuuderburk Pharmacy 25c. w grain in IPO'.) to start a threshing out lit in every community. They have been .about starved out. Start an acre or two of alfalfa, red clover, crimson clover, bur j clover, orchard grass, timothy, < herds grass, arctic grass, or rape, t Sow an acre in three or four ol i these varieties mixed, using six c pounds ot the seed of each kind, I and seo how you like one or all. o I Learn the nature and growth, c also the value as a food ot each 1 ol these valuable plants. t we near so mucn these days l ot t he "need for education among s tho (arming class."' \Vre are f aware that this is true, and lie t in ?si needs the education that d he can }?et in his fields doing t those practical things that will il 1 Viirut I V ii lu i*rr\1\u nviv ?t?rl K'? t .. ? ?/ ? ,' o "i"|' 1 l A J/fMIU 111^ j V unci ol agricultural knowledge ti and increase the revenue ironi c his farm. There has been enough a ''hoi air" launched forth over o the South to parch uj> our corn I and wither our cotton, now let's <1 begin to ^row some winter crops a and we are sure our farmers will j (are better.?Southern ('ultiva- 1 tor. tl BER 16. 1908 gg???? Williams-Hi w C carry a full stock of trunks and suit cases. .*. .*. .*. .*. 1 Let us quote some i prices to you. .*. i || Williams- II VULCANITE Is fire-retarding, (taking tho same ir the most powerful acids will not ati of freezing weather will not crack it It is cheap enough for the most and durable enough for the finest per Every roll* is guaranteed under years as the best Roofing in the uiorh Don't begin any building or repa read carefully our booklet, "The L'iijIi W. M. MOORE, irnunn Duncan Disbarred. Columbia special in Charlotte )bserver : The Supreme Court e oday handed down its opinion v n (lie ease against John T Dun- ( an. o Columbia, disbarring him rom practice in any o! the courts 1 f ihis State or practice in any 9 ither State on his South Cam- * ina license and requiring him \ o turn in his license for cancel- a at ion The opinion, which is ixteen typewritten paires lonir. nils to rule Mr. linn-an lor con- '* empt on the ground that the lisliarment decree swal'own up lie lesser charge of contempt. v Ir. Duncan was charged belore j, lie court with issuing laDe and ? cMtious a Hid * vT: t s 111 a criminal jj aso on appeal in order to secure rs reversal. Mr. Duncan was <M nee prominent in Stale politics. le was an unsuccessful candi. f? ate tor 1'nited States Senator, nd was defeated in the primary u ust ended for a county olTiee. ?' le is prominently connected * hroughout the State. r, + iighes Co. I w I II (illAV! <(a I UlttkllVkJ vv? ? J ROOFING 1 tsuranco rate as metal or slate) t tack it. and tho ttorrnst riiv!icr.>? I ordinary, temporary 8tructurcs, I the reputation it has made for GO I ir work until you write for and fi t Riioji>>(/ <tml llir lleasons Why!" P A simple-hearted antl truly levout preacher, wlio had tast(1 hut lew of the drinks of the vor'.d, took dinner with a highoned family, where a ylass of nilk punch was quietly set beide of each plate. In silence ml happiness this ntw Vicar of Vakefiohl quaffed his goblet, tul then added, "Madam, iyou hould dailv thank God tor hucIi cow."? Exchange A Paylnu Investment Mr. John White, of Js Highland kve., Honlton, Maine, saya: "Have e? n troubled with a cough every inter ami spring I,ast winter I rieil many advertised remedies, but lie rough coritinued until I hmivlit a )c bottle of Dr King's New Distvery; before that was half gone, ",f* High was all gone. This winter the tine happy result has followed; a w (loses once more banished the iiuual couch I hoi now convinced iHt I ?r King's New Discovery is le best of all cough and lung remeies " Sold under guarantee at .f. T. lackey A (Jo , and Funderburk I'harlacy. 50o. and fl.OO. 'I'rial bottle ee w