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I ? Agricultural -30 ^ Department < A Profitable Corn Field I Two Hundred and Twentythree Bushels of Corn and Seventy Bushels of Peas VFrom Pour Acres of Land _ u?... t*. w?.. -V .1 ao xyuuc. V 4\V. C. (.'rook in ProKrt'.vsivi" Farmer. 1 M \Two hundred and twenty three bushels ol corn from four acres : \ in h single crop is not anything I to boast of; yet. to say the least '> ot it, one is due some credit when this yield was made on land i that eight years ago only made 31 bushels per acre, and that;4 coneidcred an excellent yield for 1 i the land. To otie is due more / credit when this increase has / been made without any com- j t ih-M'cial or home-made fertilizer M bem^ applied to the laud from j t%* time the yield was 1*J4 bush- [ ,ei^ on four acres until the pre*,' sent. This splendid increase , has been produced by subsoilinu the land three times during the i : i o ii * pjri'i i or o years, 'lie last subsoiling wasdone for corn crop that made 223 bushels. This subsoiling reached the depth ot 18! inches. W h also followed a rotation of 1 corn with cowpeas sown alone at las' plowing at the rate ot 1 I bu-hels per acre, or with ten , pen Is of crimson clover and one bushel of cow peas per acre a the last plowing ot corn, (lorn followed by cotton, crimson clov- ^ er in co'ton land, fitteen pounds to the acre at la*t plowing, or rye a' close of cotton harvest. Cotton followed by second crop Irish potatoes with cowpeas sown in spring preceding potato planting in August; after potato har- ^ vest, crimson clover at the rale of 18 to 20 pounds per acre. Til's is the rotation followed that ' brought abnut the increase in yield. Of course the subsoiling' must receive a large part of the1 credit. I' llOW TilK LAND WAs l-Rlll'AKKI>. I... ~ : .ii i ? in piepnriug me lanu ior corn a lieuvv crop of crimsor clover 1 vv ts turned and land subsoiled 1 to eighteen inches. This was done in April. In May, land ( was cut twice with twenty inch 1 disc harrow, harrowed several ! times with smoothing harrow ami planted to corn on May lSlh. ! I he earn was dropped in drills1' *>J feet wide and one cr dn every 1 j lee! in drill. The seed was ' our own improved I ha' had been 1 caiclt.lly selected ironi the field ' of gr jwing corn the preceding ' ye r. Before corn was tip a ; stiio thing harrow was run twice ' over the field. This ir?e ?tly in- * ctea.S'd the per cent of stand, ' a'destroyed mo-t all germina'- * i? ~ grass seed. Some people 11 laughed at us for cultivating com ' b-fore we could ?ee it. This we 1 <r ui-ider the best cultivation the 1 corn received, l'iie corn came 1 up a- near a perfect stand at 1 '' ever saw. < I <4 , We began cultivation with weeder while the corn wa- only three or tour inches hi.'h. Thicultivation wai continued twice ' a wee ; until the corn was over i two i et in height. With the i weeder we are able to cultivate ' fcom 10 to 12 acres daily. At- < ter the weeder cultivation ceased ' we used small shovels on two- i h<?rse cultivator, going very shal- j ' low and leaving inn suriaee ai- i most level. We cultivated as 1 soon as the land would permit alter rains, as a crust allowed i to form and remain auy leng'h I of time would have diminished I V ur cotu yield. We continued j a using the cultivator until the corn ! 1< vas too large, and then substi- li ,uted oue-horte harrow set verj p shallow, runniun one and two d turrows to the middle. This'n was continued until the corn h was silkimc when it w as laid by and one budiel ot cowpeas were t sown to the acre. t 70 r.rsiiKLs ok > ow pea8 kxtka. 1 t This method gave us the yield ol 223 bushels of shelled coro trom lour acres. We must have 250 bushels when the rotation brings the land to corn again, , ^ ' t and that will be next year. Can ( we get it? What about it, L'rot. ^ M assev' s uv. ^ 1 - ? - i "? * 1 ^ aiso picKea seventy DU*n- ^ =?ls ot pens from the above sow- ^ mg. which were sold at $1.75 ^ per bushel. Henderson Oo., Tenu. j _ I V Children especially liko Kennedy's Lax ili\e ('oujgli Svrup as it ttitle* T1 'fly us iT' 1 i* nmplo sugar- It not <>t;ly h.ds ir- < ritation and nlhiv* inflammation, tlieerby toppKi'.' the cough, hut it also move* 'the t Mrtvi'i. gently and a that wav drive* the . told lrotu the system. It contain-, no opiite*. hold by J. fc\ M ickey C<>. \v-> ^ I Our System of Soil Wasting , is Criminal. A. I.. French in Progressive Faru cr. It seems hard ft?r a treat . many of our people to (listingui-h the dill'erence between a ivbiera ot real farming and !he prevailing system of cropping, ( vet tttere is a vast difference. ( file one system means the hand- v ing down trom generation to " f generation of a constantly im proving soil. We d<> know, } however, of soils in the older ^ ountries that have been 1 armed c inteiiigeutly lor nearly a thou9ind >ears thai are supposed lobe richer today than when man :ook charge of ihein. k When we realize that this \ little thin crust of soil may be * needed for ten thousand years j pel to produce food with which lo feed ^the inhabitants ol our world ? witb the chances favorable to an increasing population r ail the time?the real signifi- * trance of what a constantly im- c proving soil means become ap- f parent, and ? ur selfish system ^ of soil robbery begins lo take c on the aspect of criminality, in 1 plain English, it means starving c our descendants: and^tor a lew e extra present dollars we do not, any of us, wish to lay ourselves 1 I t U I. 1 A ?.W.V 1 ' ? HI autn a unarge, i HJU 4 -lire. All men with any 111 m v hood at all are de-irons i>f doing I -orne good au they go through * he world, and ir is lo such men 6 hat tli9 writer of this has en- ' ieavored to appeal for a nu:n- " jcr of years, through The Pr< - d rressive Farmer and by uther ' mans, to laice up live stock 1 ilong with their other lines of arming, because, irom quue an / ix!euf?ive personal experience 1 ml a rather careful study of 1 trming conditio us over a goodly portion Ol the I'nited States lie jirmly believes that otdyfiirough tie use ol live stock can 11 prolit. tide system of farming continue ^ >11 the average firm, and at the arne time preserve and increase ^ lie fertility of that (arm. c 'I'll K SOIL TilK KAUMKK.S ?:A\K. | We have known men who, v laving a good-sized baiiK account 1 vould strain every nerve to 3 naintain and constantly add ' J P something to ttiat account, never Minstdering for a moment the ( 1J ft A 4 ut.tr narl ' - t ? I tl f \/i c?iij j'?? ' wi iv rauc|h i i1h interest, t herefrom. Yet these r tame men would continue to c rob their farm* yen after year, ~ failing to realize that their soil was a far more profitable bank h accouut and more easily added tl] lo, because of outnide sources that could be brought to bear to 1 * J / THE LANCASTER NEWS, id them in their work. Tliis BIG ooks to the writer to be the leight of folly, looking at the irobleru only from the present Columbia lobar standpoint, and sayiugj Blind ' lOthing of the duty the land- forTwt lolder owes to posterity. rv>n ? ? ? * ? j AJoiisrsi We need to go abroad nitoj be great world r.nd do some t 0 Facts o hinkiug if we would know what j v he care of our soil mean-s We see' Columbia he great lines of railroad stretch. and Cou ug across the continent with ton Sellers purs running into almost every ; as t he "Ki 100k and corner of our great! now out or ouutry. We hear the roar of1 second 'ria he millions of looms and spin- Constable lies in our great mills. We see February, he vast pi!es of iron ore! lite wiJow md coal that are the raw ma- for damag erials for u-e in our thousands $25,0 (J. >i great toundries. We stand was filled \ villi hats oil'and wonder at the a lis pende rnstness of it all an 1 forget for the suit tc he time being that all 'his complaint vta'l't and greatness depend ! fi ed t< daj mtirely upon the thin covering j Court. ?f j owdered roe it and bumu1- 1' was hat we call soil, and bac o'. Febru irv I his soil, upon the farmer on ton Sellers vlioin the whole burden ot it ail satble .J ests. and Const* I W OKK WOKTllV l)F OClt MOST l0US? k EARNEST KKroHTS. 8<""Ch W8r were refusi My people, isn't it a problem j upon bein> vorthy ol any ol us. tins care ol kicked one he soil, and should we not j a |,jst0i ju hink well belore allowing our- j J00r was s. elves to neglect every possible from withi| neaus of profitably increasing iu{, entjtei he fertility of these soils? Should j ^armer ve not put aside personal ideas | s(at;tjy ] tnd prejudices, work and think fore the si larder than we have ever done been lefore, that we may do our duty f,recj ju an o posterity and that ''two blades I er? wjin w d grass may be made to growL.^ jugs vli.re on" grew before-; ' |rom the ca Sellers's Hewitt's Little Early Risers, the best ... uown pills and the best pills made, are It'leil Wit asy t?? take ami act gently and are certain- . fl.p V? sell and recommend them. .1. 1\ ' lackey Co. \v-s lumhia ant r% _ . . (rains, and Patten Qu.t Pit to Satisfy iu th? %ia selling of v New York, April 28. ? Fear Ooe ol bat id* h( Id 011 the wheat mark- Hint 111 iv t >t would be broken did not in- career, is t luce James A. Patten 10 get out: Seaboard " >1 the market, nor was it that he on loa 1 oi" vas satisfied with his profit. He'Scllers, kil dosed out his holdings, accord*ja'd demol ng to < story in Wall street, bo- its cmtenti latise his wife ilesired him to do whiskey, lo. 1 tlnit the "I Both Patten and his wife are land Coun ntensely religious and spend Such ha nurh time and money in church and he is } vork. Mrs. Patten .-aw the news the May to japer stories about the increase be tried fo n the price ot bread and when mer, the j die read that her husband was a^ree at tii damed for this, she realized the Sellers e ulTerings brought upon the poor in fact, his itnl it i- -ai 1 persuaded Mr. Pat?i always p?i en to cio>e out Hm speculations j w released,.' 11 wheu^ I iny. Arc you tortured to death d.tily witli F.c- \V?* < ft? n w ciiii- why sutler when l<l/>ODINK ()1N I- p,. p, rhiiade.l IKS I will give you iii'Unt relict ?nd per- l olev h Hone i>"u ntlv cure you. A''.- .? hox mailed l?y i alJ,i lun^ iroui '1m* I'd.. line < v? , tuc , Itoatou, Vlnsa. ; aceoptiii{< on riwt'ord Uros , Special .fronts. 1U-74 if (t j |,p g,.n i dru^s ?nd i lev. Oliver Johnson Called to Yorkville. orkville special in Columbia Eleven ^ ila'e of Wednesday: At a con-, on ;rei?ation;?l meeting at the A:-yn- Naples, ia'e lietorrned Presbyterian men were hurcb last Sunday morning, were wou ".l-.ler I). K. Kinley presiding, it 1 explosion ya- voted unanimously to ex [board the . - end n call to Rev. Oliver .John- <a n of Winnahoro to be pastor The Am I this church. A committee,! ion, altho oasis'ink of Messrs. W. I). taut from Jlenn, J. S. Rrice and W. I), damage, irist. was appointed to send a gunboat t epresentative to W'iuusboro to work of rei ot.ier with I>r. Johnson in re:ard to the matter. During the I benefite 1 by ? ineily. It tur If yon h ife backache and urinary Iron Hdneya after ijes you should take Foley's Kidney Hem- and it puritie i Atron^hon and build up tlin kidneys m ' the kidneys, a bey will act properly, as a serious kidney J ate the impnr rouble may develop. Inodorburk I'lm fcemedv impa racy. E. W. Hammond a Co , Heath ' ant to take, prints a J W. Hammond ra> MAY I. I9Q9 DAMAGE SUIT 's Alleged King of rigers to be Sued ^ mty-five Thousand Damages by "WidIVIan He Killed- f Homicide Recalled a s-pecial iu the News t rier: Wade Hump, known in these parts J f, I in: ot Blind Timers," i bond, awaiting .bis *> d for the killing of J. P. Farmer, in j( will be ^uec by ot the m in he killed * es to the amount of This afternoon there ^ I ri .villi Sheriil (Joieman us, giving notice of * > he instituted. The ^ ill t he ease was not . with '.lie Clerk of i t 7 a u the morning of ihat Wade liamp- j shot to death Coul'. Farmer. Farmer lS ible %ven to the sellers, armed with a | > rant, and when they IjT :>d admittance Farmer, I? : told bv Omy to do so. - ?o ? - - J I 11 the door, holdiug a I his hand. As the wuug aj.ir Sellers fired q, the ritle -hot passy through the body ol illiug him almost inI usf a tew weeks belootiog Sellers's horse shot, when Farmer attempt to stop Sellas racinit up thejstreet I ot whiskey received j I ,rs of a freight. II whole lite had been ' | h adventure-, ever 11 time became to Oo-jl 1 ran nmv,lmv /-?? > E - " - -V.' V" . i til3 alory g;>e9 that le Sellers be^an til* . BB whiskey. JB^ the many iiu i Jt?r-1-" j1J >e recalled of v ellers's ||| he occasion when the Flyer" struck a wagwhiskey belongiug to ! " ling the ne?ro driver ishiug . the wagon and s, save a tew kegs of ? on which it is .said SandhiUers" of Iiich- ? ty thrived a while, s Iven Seller's career, ret a young man. At ; . rm of Court he will r the killing 01 Farjury being unable to r?l trial. ? said to be well oil, numerous lines were d readily. His bond ( $,~>.0o0 when he was hort'y alter the kill_... into taking anjttiinx but l' y and Tar lor coughs, colds JJ i>lc I>u not be tooled into B iii make' or othei hiil>sttill* mine contains in> Lariuliit n a yellow package. FundKey, K. W. Hammond ,V Co I. h I Hilled in Explosion p;()( Submarine. Uej April 28.?Eleven >v'' killed and 11 others Wa nded ?3 a result of an here yesterday on ,ro Italian submarine Ko- Pre wit encan gunboat Scorp- e<' U|;h only HO feet dis- ^ni the Foca, suffered no Launches from the wa o-day helped in the|e('f floating: ihe Foca. |ov* m ^ m siki spring every one would lie taking Foley's Kidney It*;ni sties it needed tonic to the F the extra strain of winter, gait a the olood by stimulating whi md causing (hem to eleuiin- pne iticK irom it. Foley's fii.lnt y upo irts new lifo and vigor. Pleas, nnd Fuoderbnrk Pharmacy, E, Fnt I * Co., Heath Springs, K AC Ee You want < Kodol Tou need a sufficient ar ood wholesome food and n his you need to fully dige Else you can't Rain strei an you strengthen your st j 19 nc*i. You must eat In order tc maintain strength. You must not diet, bee: ody requires that you eat jnt amount of food regula But this food must be < nd it must be digested the When the stomach can ou must take something 1 lelp the stomach. The proper way to do I 'hat you want, and let I est the food. Nothing else can do this he stomach is weak it ne< ou must help it by givini ovi Kodol will do that. Sold by : "We S ^ That Go > tage > will be ) ure wit ) our lin< to your 9 mantels where. > We hav Heady 1 which \ | Don't n * lvyinrvr i iviwur } and Ma 2JL2h2^^ Hi Mone And N ed by ceries 1 Ferg Between Carnes A Queer Happenii Juchmiao, \? Mr. D/e, while plowing on ir here Monday. wna en tlie ^rouml amide v beneath the feet o hciries ami the aniin tn view. Allhouuh h< at danger of beinjr e th the animal, Mr. Boi lo the oneninc and \ il? severed the leal he rintr the other horse s at (he time sinking re of the pit. The earl ?r tlie body of the unf< mat and it w;?3 not. re olcy'H Honey aud Tar is a *u mt aerioUM lenalU froiu apt cti inflame tlie i mm* hui! fie iin onia. i4votfl counterfeits fc n having the genmne Fole Tar, which contains no hum nhirhitrk Pharmacy, E. W. o., Heath spring*. it What , >{ the food fbu need will digest it. ZtL?n Our Guarantee st it. Go to jour druggist today, and igth, nor purchase a dollar bottle, and If jou om&ch if can honestly say, that you did not * receive any benefits from It, afjiir K > live and using the entire bottle, the drug* gist will refund your money to yo? * ' ause the without question or delay. ; a sufflc- We w 111 pay the druggist the prtoe .rly. of the bottle purchased by you. . . This offer applies to the large Kes ? ' bottle only and to but one in a i ,7^ zrs. _ that will We could not afford to make such Is to eat an ??er? unless we positively knew ?odol dl- what Kodol will do for you. It would bankrupt us. The dollar bottle contains 2ttttmee When M mu<:*1113 ^10 fi^y cent bottle. ods help; g It rost, Kodol is made at the laboratorlse j Hooey HhVlolan and Burod iilul drtign. on cm over Crawford Bro?. Drn* JH* llauirnoDci All Cftlls promptly Attended " ^ nijrht and day. 1 % ew Goods Obtain- ! j*' buying your Groof uson & Elliott. Bros., and Funderburk. Co. 56-tf "g- Notice of Teachers' Examb -' (!l,,rles natjon his far in * . , I he next regular ? xamination tor kt:IPl lur) lu.i'l..""1 ?J~-? ? - i1 " . v... ,.v? i < r.nuuBir.i win ne nehi in llieC'Hirt House on Friday, Majr 14 tin iiav? UHV.t, beginning {' ? II' . *Oil closiUfe, r 011? of Hf 11' m* All person* criiiteiuplntinfr LeaulpBf iftl sunk ingiti the county, will please^ ha^K till* in mind, ? * positively ntfdhty F* WAS in w|j; tie permitted tn teach in the pub'. ritf?mbed "* 1 ^ ?>f the county, that doerf | n<>t linid a cert ideate of qualification. J [>/.? riir?li Respectfully, with his A1!- 1 ' ' Co. Supt. of Education! r i rac< ? ,T'Z Moaey <?Loaa-. \ i -i.-a-.i lam uo'? prepared to negotiate* loans ut\ it c '>s tront $:ti I'.iMi and npwarda on improved** [iftntKi'e cotton tarum, repayable in annual in*tall. y inent*. at 8 per cent inteieat. So oom- * covered iui*Hit>o? charged ; only it reasonable fee \ for alattmct of title " W-?ii H E. WYMK, Attorney-at-LaW - i c Foster? Vttlaii inlA 1 ' of E. C. DeWitt & Co., Chicago. J F. MACKEY & COHI EvmtMim J V CT ? es to Build a Cot- J or a Mansion" i AND t?' ? ( A j glad to have you fig- " V h us lor anything in ^ e. VVe will mnlre it a advantage. See our ; before buying else- ? They are superior. V re on hand a big line of # f. - Mixed Paints ? ve are selling at cost. ^ tiss the paint bargain. ^ ?E LUMBER I. , inufacturing Co. A W ~ - = y Saved ^