The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, September 16, 1908, Page 2, Image 2
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| 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
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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.
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.-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
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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]
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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
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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
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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,
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at .1. 'I'. Mackey Co., and
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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
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BER 16. 1908
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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,
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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
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