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" 1 1 ' - ? Uses and Abuses a By Prof. R. J. H. De Loach, Director of G< 1. THE USE OF COivliViERClAL FER The First of a Scries of Si We would not be disposed, to try to give a c Commercial fertilizes, but only to show how i grew in the jSouther'i United States. Generally generation inherited the habit of applying fori been taught tho underlying princip'es of the ii The use of some kind of manures on soils wit creasing the yields goes back to ancient times, people applied animal manures to their soils ft; I' centu'des ago, apulied manures of variout kinds with phenomenal results. In Von Tsliurti's Tr; early its the middle of the last ceututy rvites w value of Guaro by the Peruvians. Bousiogauit speaks of seeing fields in Peru year for two centuries, ai.d the yieid still higl i ne practice of using mineral fertilizers wa ru to the United States iii the year l^i46, ant as we liud above. It had already been used ii way into the United States, but Peru seems tc application of minerals to soils us plant fo know this la true, but all evidence points to t to us therefore that we know about the custo The First Use of Peruvia The first man in the Southern States to use t Dickson, of Sparta, Ga., who saw an advertise can Farmer published in Baltimore. The Sot more successful farmer than David Dixon, 1 dollars farming, and who was a pioneer in m; the use of mineral fertilizers. In the year 184 duced into the United States, he bought three s ing that it paid him, bought it in increasing and 1856, when he "\^ent into it fully." As i doubt the first instance of the use of a cono cotton in the United States. The universal success with which Mr. Dicks* ruvian guano led many other prominent far and in every reported case, success followed to believe that the application of this cotton and other crops in the South could nol dent. Its success was unquestionably based oi A quickly available manure was what the cro once applied results were evident. After a time it was found that the Peruvian clpally nitrogen, produced too much stalk ar yield of fruit, and hence its use was somewha The First Use of Germai About this time the war between the Sta time the discovery of the potash beds of Gertr market of various kinds of mineral fertilize ings of Von Liebig of Germany, who was at pion in the world of agriculture and its possi ularity of Peruvian guano subsided and more eral question of the use of mineral manures, and the students of agriculture. Two great contributing factors to the rise '/ South are first the abolition of slavery, and tural education. Before-the war the questioi growing farm crops in the South "wore the la slaves to "take in more land " It was cheapei for any artificial manure. In 1862. the A creating agricultural colleges in the various gan a campaign for improving methods in public expense were begun on a small scale, t make greater use of plant foods of all kinds, n of tillage. This, of course, caused an immedij eral plant foods, and out of which grew det fertilizers. vrom thiB groat demand there sp all Darts oi fie wwintrv All kinilo nf pood, k'hd some was not, but much of both k no restrictions and many of them palmed off would smell strong and that could be put in count of state laws did not last long. We beg resume of the part taken in the rise of the t CUi 11 DESERT WAS ONCE A JUNGLE -a8', ? found Scientists Have Discovered Facts of pierce Greatest Interest Concerning the has tali Barren Hills of Wyoming. him," t ?? er. , Ae That palms, flgs, magnolias and oth- son Qf er tropical vegetation once grew lux- 80mewl uriously on what are now the barren anient hills of Wyoming is proved by fossil hesltat plants found in the enormous coal de- Frankll posits being uncovered there. These trick h trees .and plants doubtless grew in the wh0 jj swainps of Wyoming when the cli- about i mate was as mild as that of Florida Chester is now. Coal is fossilized vegetable matter. The tremendous extent of the coal fields indicates that the '-egotatlon The to produce this great amount of car- accordi bonaceous matter must have been ex- passion tremely luxuriant. The hills are now I lor the brown and bare^ the flourishing jun- j bo had gles were long ago turned iuto arid large i deserts. iiinchii It Is estimated by the United States wont, s geological survey that the amount of 11 masa coal in the Rock Springs, Wyoming. Orient Held alono availa'.,e for .nlning ex- Manv i ceeds 142,000,000.01)0 tons. "Available posjtlv for mining" means within 3,000 feet of npartun the surface and in beds 21,? feet or given j j more in thickness. St I-ot A businesslike busine< business asset. W< you fine samples her< ordering elsewhere GV 11 CALL. $? I \y/( LJ V/ 1\ VV V LAW WC CIRCULi Job Work of / LANCASER PUBLISHH * niK tjAScy ?/ Fertilizers I. "u> (h,ld l hi corgia Experiment Station. J JTeut deal is ' written now-a-da TILI2ER3?HISTORY. ' . ,, , .. . . , x Articles chl,(l tnat t()lls- ( onthkte history of the use ot u1'? ,bei."? ?s.ke(' his great industry began and e,1t U'\\s against speaking, the farmers of this Will not now dist ilizers to su;is, but have not ol this question, f kdustry the child should 1 h crops for the purpose of in- law, if neccssar\ We know that many ancient positions which .r this purpose. The Chinese his education, Ol to their soils and gardens and > . , . ... ivels in Peru we lind th;? as S ph.vsical )cm ere being taken 011 the actual Way tend t his life. on which wheat grew every But We need at ft and the growers prosperous, to ho lrrentlv m is introduced direct from Pe- 4|10 c'hilfl thnt fr 1 was based on such reports wi? make a mQ !i Holland l)cfore it found its ? be the country in which the V , ;S 1 tv!-!' od originated. We do not ^ toils. I nis his. It is of greater interest J'1'1 is beconiitljf a ms in Peru. The streets of ou n Guano. ies are too freqiu his Peruvian guano was David children who ne\* ment of it in the old Ameri- probably spend ; ith has perhaps never had a rooming ill .ho made many million, of a9 ,. iny other lines as well as in . ., , . 6, the year after it was intro- S^eK ? harmf 11 tacks and used it, and on find- 0* the streets ail quantities till the year 1855 ternoon gatherin; s suggested above this is no tlires all the entrated mineral fertilizer on which are exerts Few. worse cal on met in the use of this Pe- fa? chik, than mers to follow his example, 1 . . ., its use. We are constrained i ' 1 idleness. mineral fertilizer to the, comes to matur L possibly have been an acci- prepared to beai i the actual needs of ihe soil life's burdens, ill p needed, and when this was majority of c averse to doinj guano, which contained prln- ]jVPft 4,, f-u.,* id not much increase in the i .. , ,. . , , bors of others ; it discouraged for a season. I , , r, Potash. reason why he : tes began, and at the same J'PPG to do SO. lany, also, the offering on the beilljf a blirdeil-l rs resulting from the teach-. comes a burden, that time the greatest chain- he falls ail easy bilities. As a result the pop- tation * for it is s study was given to the gen- ..jd,e {)r&m ig ty both by fanners themselves sh()p ? Sq sU(,h of the fertilizer trade in the ^e?me a moral ? second, the rise of agricul- society. It n of land was secondary. If taught to labor, nd out," there were plenty of j able all this \v< r to take in land than to pay 1 averted, lorrill Dill passed Congress. | It niatteiS not StateH. after wliirh thorn ho. .. . --? ?- ? f inancially to kee agriculture. Experiments at, . , . , . ind the public was induced to ^''l King, tnut is is well as to improve methods should do SO. ite increase in the use of min- has no proper c< nands for great quantities of I osponsibilitv Of irang up fertilizer factories in may oongratula als were tried ouC some was he is *l kind fa ind.u,?d. The factories had mjataken kind on the farmers anything that Backs. This condition on ac- Prove a C^rse to in the next article by giving a bilge maiontv 0 rade hy the states themselves, meil.of Olir land their fathers ta anderous Attack Resented. work, and^thtiy ilstorlcal writer has at last of the chief call 'the .. n who beat FYanklin cess, at checkers.' No wonder it j Let US save ?*l ten over half a century to lind sympathy we ar iays the Montgomery Advortis fL fhild th-it t . a stalwart dsfondor o. e.ory jt th chi, New Hampshire, and as one 0 fiat acquainted with the temper . Southern C hr of checker players, we do not' . .. e to Bay that no man ever beat . Message O In Pierce at checkers. It the A message ot Sp ad ever been turned the fellow; I m longing (1 it would have been bragging A violet Uildei t from that day to this.?Man- a Cl'OCUS by (X. H.) Union. A message of Si To spread my d Sandwich's Drum Room. To meet the fir eccentric Lord Sandwich had.' ier ng to his biographer, a strange From the bl'ij i for the thunder of big drums time skv. i gratification of which passion caused the entire side of one t-u.. u ,l. , t . I he husk> ot nusic room in his mansion at ... . . nbrook to be covered witli parch w 1 their J jo thai w 1 *n it was struck with SHOW, ive stick it gave out a roar suf ' want to heal* to terrorize any sensitive soul ! will make t vho h aril this drum once struck A message of S dly declined ever to enter tlie On the rosy )i ient again lest they should be That sings of lo r second performance, says the jn the lap of lis Republic. ~ I've had this air IAND With her bare l > I A message r>l" tl >s card is a ; t would that i 1 ! Its rosy revel * 2 Can SHOW laughter rir r> r ! The robins long Deiore The redbirds ' I/C T TC A O. message of th VIL UiJ r\ Come cheer th * IMS np j Too Much j It Is imp08Hiblo I _ __ _ ? I comprehend how a J IV 1^ exact aiiRh* at whi A X 1/X. ionable to perch net )R K ~ A R S I DT.DI - - ~ ' I Umm I 1 For Catarrh Wh \ 11 1/^' Jrt A "ur"- saf,>' tlr All IVinn^ for Catarrhal Affi 1^.11 lv4v. description. gold Klxt' * VN rite the Co'umhus, Ohio, t viae you free. JG COMPANY. iSTKK NT1?^\ S MARCH 7, 1916. it Toils Not Voar Chickens and Your NVigh- brother l ii being said and, hor's Yard. , . , ys about the ^ es? the chickens n o yours ' .V'1 ^ an lom 5ur legislature* anrl the .val'd whi< h vour neigh ^uost <>t nime upon to pass string- bof is trying to beautify is your las vouchsafed me a child labor. Wo "eighbors, and ho has spent a Tu Nvh.lch, has :uss the merits:^00'' deal time on it trying 'm ?, rw!,e 'one.y h save to say that beautify it; but just look at > u>4. l.m,Y 1 isC*- Y ' be protected bvYhat ?,(1 hen with a brood of P?aka 'nends wiith t \ from all im- fhickens. The chickens r.ro fine !u .'"V ju. .,ro^ hinder him in !)U*. f'oes it not strike you that lnen<h as r which injure ther wanton in you not il'V' . <K>' ana,nK g, or which in keep them shut up so that . , i 4t i' ,V f()V } o improverish th?.V cannot destroy your neigh- <V iK i V1.1 ?' bor's property? Now to come , va,ue h,fP' an' ; the same time ri*ht square out with it! Do j!? as (>l per* mcerned about >'oa think it right? Is it not LI*,.?1 lh* SUM OM J >ils not; lor ho to exasperate the most "it , ,s a>- , re useless and patient person ? Well, you should M1ental (lluckem i than the child t,hmk so- **nd you should do more ?/or ' for 110 ?tbo class of child- than think. You should act. \s mter larmingly large.|a. ???d neighbor, you ought io \j *! <. r towns and cit- that hen up. and all the J1"* im]*\he swlJt s sntly lined with Pther chickens you have, and * I V P??'er er work. They k?eP them off of y-ur neigh- in5J<inc!ll.nff \ few hours in|bors >""* mises. It should rive ' r- I10 .v the school, but]* m< rp annoyance thai, any ?"e * Vn?ers. an(' ch' ;r is over they ?ne ekse f?r them to be disturb- on,.(' .s ,)r.a,in' 1 environments ing other folks. That is the way j ^ a/1(, 1('oas Kar d spend the af ,to look at it. books. tako a k?nd g into their na-l rWe understand that the la- nn '! h.? .Pu(;tlC(-:1Ustl( evil influences ('les- who are intent on civic im- i .s ... c fnewo d. iprovement, are contemplating ,!*?? ? , a point < amities can bo l}% an ordinance passed pro. . 9s t,x'c for it to grow hibiting chickens from running ju / .v I oints of Such a child large with the hope of abating be ] ity utterly mi- this nuisance. It strikes us that i> n P" , his ptlrt of this is hardly necessary; for if r uir^ ^ deed in a great ?ur People will only be neighbor- tha1 ases perfectly v.and considerate, the chickens c,. .c' rs so. Me ha will not annoy any one. Resides Sitting by the h ie upon the la- ordinances are not always en- co,(i winter night, s! ind he sees no forced. half-shut eyes, one should not con- fhere is another consideration '11 c's aP.(' other far-( Thus instead of that might appeal to the selfish an" fol[mv? the oat nearer he be- an(j inconsiderate. It is this. f;'jwn the long trail More than that chickens really do better shut !,l?prey to temp- UP than they do running at 't is odd that so n till true that an lal*go. Now suppose you try it. sonality clings to thi ie devil's work- iuul convince yourself that this friend. Where he is an one is apt to true, .and you will solve the nnd comfort; findin lore on the body Question. At any rate do not'finds companionship, he had beenjf?^et your chickens, and your alone, it is most prob- neighbor's yard, and you might Old campfiies oi iuld have been include garden. ? Greenwood folk on Asian plain Journal. here; what did out A it a man is able, ?. > ?> r ~ tors talk about, one p his child from I',ve for Letting Whis- they gathered aroui nn rp-wnn whv' ~ to toast their toes c Such 1 f-itheV 1)r- Henry Smith Williams, of historic trek? Here inception of the York' an enlinent special-, great hearth fires of parenthood He lst in nervoi.,s and mental dis- kings, and huge w te himself that eases' sum ing un his mvesti- embattled hosts on ther but hi- 'is ?atlo"s concerning alcohol and pean plains or in ( mess which will effects, says: ()f ^he Caucasus. Hi the child. The ! am 0!in Relieve, on the new. fires blazing in ?f the successful ^'idence, that if you take alco- homes in times of p thank God that hoJ habitually in any quantity .?sced of fire? is C; ught them to whatever, it is to some extent hearth, to hearth, to give this as one a menace i(] yolV , f vou do th's- afresh."?Scribner's ! f fh > - 1 am bol,nd to believe, in the *es o it n . in hgrht of what science has re- . Public Opinion and croud ivirt of the vea,ed: , The Greenville Ne e lavishing upon 1 hat you are tantfh>ly exagerate the value oil- nnd bestow threatening the physical struc. opinion in the enfc th..t toils' not tures of your stomach, your liv- law; but we think i stian Advocate er* your ki(lneys. your heart, cart before the hor ' your blood vessels, your nerves, matter of creating f Springtime. your hiain, _ ion when it says, ringtime is what That you are.unequivocally can go just as tar \ for decreasing your capacity for forcemeat of law as neath the snow. w?rk hi any field, be it physical. ion dictates. Beyoi the door intellectual, or artistic; cannot go on peril < pringtime. :k That V(.>n are in s0me job." wings and fiv measure lmseiing the grade of jf that were tru st winged cour y??r m,Iuk dulling your higher fonnation of public i esthetic sense, and taking the ,H> ]eft lar,re]v jf ?ht blue Spring- finfr edge off your morals; t() th(? ,uwWs; m. t, 1. rhat you are distinctly les- ()f ,aw. for lhev a; sening your chances of maintain- active an(, pcrs;ste, ' Winter weary \}f health and attaining long (.()urse ()f conduot ilizzard and their "1^ and; ten in- mistaken, it a. I hat you are entailing up- .. hlj(. opinion ? a nieessaire that "n your dependents yet unborn hem want te go ? 'V'"'"1 inealculable misery. , pringtime. I'rogress.ve l-nrmer. ll^rid'y an.l have n ps of May. wjjj Gf the indh HARD TO DESCRIBE STYLE Il1' la/.y day. to do. taking his ow . . Matter Is Exceedingly Difficult to De- thllt Of the public, that tinges ana fmft chiefly Because It Is So If the officers do weot, its gleam, intangible. violation of law. wh t hi* <ima.rtMm. !. " V.7;?:r.''.Vr i'i , " says public opinior "t in win.lt>- <>l niakea a woman stylish? Al>- public opinion is a V piled lo dress, sty e 13 a curiously eluSpringtime, s'v'' quality. eitlnr to define or to ao- ? ' "1( 'Vl' ll't athrill quire. Hay; a writer In Good Health Win knows certaipl i of Miss \pril stylish garment!" we say. of one really is unless in S( feet in till' ril! "> H?o fashion of the day. Hut and uncommon siti 1 when we ask. "What is the style of the calls forth the loud a , , cm.intrt:n, garment?" we are inquiring for a do on expression of ptl Lmm E " 8Cription u,at muy b0 of thi8 ypar'8 The "public opinion" mind n!1 m,i r f ?r y?aT'?r, ?f Vle las,1 ?<n obedience to law and rumn.ng .nut US turys. a dress may be in style so , , ? ia* Igillg. clear, far as its material, cut and trimming t f , ^ ' altlO: to bring it. B?- and yet not look stylish when c ief* / 'C is (H"b' Wait the dgn worn, either because it is worn by the ^ei't'.ve, while Pllb e Springtime wn..e ""i-nin or vj tjie vr -'g way that is on the othet is heart of mine' - ? pressive and asserti Exchange kou vouk child's cough often mistaken for If your child ban a cold, nose runs ion" of the majority or coughs much get a small bottle p]e for Him. 0f Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey. Its a * for a mere man to pleasant Pine-Tar-Honey symp, just Who is going to 1 woman knows thi what children like and just the modi- the opinion of the 111 ch it will be fash- cine to soothe the cough and check impossible tha tt r hat.?Kansas City 'he cold. After taking, children stop , should 1 fretting, sleep good and are soon en- ine Pe,,P|e *>noiim i tirely well. Insist on Dr. Bell's Pine. every Occasion, ol ~ Tar-Honey. 2 fit at your I)ruggis< question that arise . m ? . ? 3j were to judge by the | 1 I\1 i\ I AN IDKAL SPUING l,.\XATI\? * ffini u?- i i^twns set | * good and time tried remedy is STm|M thjnk jn j erever Located. I I?r. KinM New l.lfo Pill*. The first f , w? .1 dose will move the sluttish bowels. tn-.l pUDI.C op ne-trieo rcmeay gt,m?lftte th,. liV .r Rntl ciear (hp syK. liquor-selling, and V? ' ? iZl'rJ I teta of Wiisle and blood Impurities things that it does Peruna Co, of I Tou ?* V* ? J 811 to c}**\ as i sproved ill an ele JL ,, . I system of body poisons, accuujuLttod , ' , ... . They win ad- | rinK the w|ntor Dr K|llg.s NV the people quietly d I \At? Pills will do It. '2.r>p. at your ballots. amcKist. It ought to he take >m lit-arms, ^ ' 11 1 ^ nmeiiMus aim h of flame insinuations about the law in of human O,,dor to t?*y and make it unpopular; an dthe first thing one ?...K ,,r knows comes the other parrot ^elemental talk that a law not enforced is i id,, f worse than no law at all. In that g him one way they hope lo niake un" and it not so aR to ha ? pealed. f shenherd Tt is not the People's preroga' I ii tive or duty to enforce the law; it is their duty to obey it. Their wonilor -i - unofficial and. therefore, unau. t ..f f;' 'i x thorized attempt to enforce a ... tV . lr law would be simply intermedirlow again (1,inbr- and might lead to all sorts Mvoonnn.Jn trouble; would really do more ..r'fivo- nf harm than good. Resides that, ai inesotj, . i .. i ,. the private citizen has his own wine rjUio. , , , , . ... Wn villpvft WOrk t0 (1? ,n mak,n? a living ere one sees r,,r hin,ReIf and famil-v- i,ndnew human <hcrcfore- has no time, even if . /. , he had the right?which he has arried'Yrom ""J-to spend his days trying to nr? enforce laws. Men are elected or ai appointed to do that, and are .Magazine. paid to (Jo it I the Law. Tf they will do their duty thev \vs does not will have the endorsement and of public respect of their fellow citizens; )rcement of if they will not. t*Hev ought to it gets "the be left out at the next election se" jn the and men ought to he elected who public opin- will. "An officer The law and his oath of office vith the en- ought to urge an ttffioer to onpuhlic opin- force the law or to do his part id that he toward it. Tf he does sn mihlie >t' losing his opinion will .sustain him. and he will be a large and influential e. then the factor in creating a strong pubt>pinio would ii(' sentiment in favor of law. not chieflv. public officer has great inle opponents fluence in creating public sentire the most nient in favor of law obedience it in their and law enforcement, and in that and will of- way mav m ove of immense value lerefore, for to his state and omnuinity.? Newberry Observer. ' WO WOlll'l 1 1 v . \OTICR or l>IS('!lARGE. II as l < Oi Notice is heroin* given that the olaw except . .... ? . . . . ... , ndersigned v ill. as Administrator if 11,1s each , . * of the estate of Garret Sims, dorenshad a mind1 . .. ,, .. . . oil. on Ihi 1 .1'1 nay o Match, l.ilfi, 11 opi.don as ;1,1,1, final return as such and apply to the Probate Court of banno* pi even* , ;lS( >|- countv for letter- 'i ni-snry. 0 will? One gko w McM.wts. 1 Tint ill ' i:\e.-uti.r lvitnto of : i ! deceased. cry variable; _*vs ^ lnl* 4t Tuesday. iilpable. Xo y what it j coi.ih i^i k ki v i;::i.11:\ i n )me striking | Many people c.v. . id con*!* 1211ion that I froni the beginni'.* of Fa11 right ind outspoke thro?gh to Spring. Others get cold . ,. e .. alter culil. ral< :)r. h s Now O.iC reeling. Discovery and you v. ill t almost that faVOl'S immediate rehef. It chocks your I the observ- colli. Stops the racking, re spin.', tiss and decen- "so tearing cough heals the iniflam, , motion, soothe:, tie ran tubes. Kosy Jltld not as. j0 Antiseptic and Healing. Get lie opinion f>Oc. bottle of Dr. K ng's Now Dis' side is ag- cov -rn and keep It in the house. "It ivo 'ind is ?s certainly n,great mod.cine mil T the '"nnin keep a bottle of it continually on ne opin- pa 1H|" writes W. C. Jesseman, Fran(?f the peo- conla, N. H. Money back if not sat say what isl il\n<ikh* of dkaft o If I Drafts feer beat when we arc hot a.ioilty. 't and perKplhWtg, just when they are he voice of . most dangerous and the result is Kettle gathered algia. Stiff. Neck, Sore Muscles or noon everv sometimes atp attain of Rheumatism. ... * In such cases apply Sloan's Liniment. !r%. II one j( stimulates' circulation to th< sore 1 noise made and painful part. The blood flows forth, he freely and in a short time the stiff1 times out noss nn<' i>aui leaves. Those sufferinimi fnvors i,1R from N'eura,friil nr ^"ralglc 1111011 , Headache will find one or twnappltirious other cations of Sloan's Liniment will givo not favor? grateful relief. The agonizing pain ?ction where way ,f) < tingling sensation of ptmvm* their ,konifort and warmth and quiet lest " w iiteu nn(j dcop |H possible. Uood for N'euIties too. Price 2Rc. at your Drugn for grant- giat. ' _ ???a? 1 J I u>' opinion favors h* ? r- out >r that ihi* 01 every law that ha n o). the hearth dorsed l\v the votes o t ae l? ? kind of i>- pie or "hat h is been enacted by ieved many their renresent i-ives Ah law our. Adrift a re pul l..-an form of g ;vurns well to went. such as ours is. comes he elements !l'oin tin- people. Sometimes her Fire is one hears, or > in a certain well as the of newspapers, tirades them all nbont the lews that have been he comfort "l,ut uP?n the people'. or laws is presence M1 t have "taken away the d the sense rights of the peon] but if he )etual shin- w'" think, he wii' recall that :he darkest these laws were d; nr nded by ays, but for an overwhelming majority of ng that he the people themse'v -; otherr acouaint- vv'se they would rot hr.ve be llectual and come lawsPhe flicker So public opinion is responsiparks. have hie for the laws; but for the enof lighting forcenient of the law. the offithought to vers whom the people elect? varmth of they are responsible. Here, for eeks mount instance, is the prohibition law, and experi- which the people voted for by nered from several thousand majority. Does ly glow. As any one suppose the people do :e I always not want this law enforced? Of iod for my course they want it neforced? :>f view, for if they had not they would not r given me, have voted for it. Rut as soon view, both as the legislature, carrying out vritten and the expressed will of the people, into words passes a prohibition law the licj. ommanding nor politicians and their liquor : border the newspapers?not including our contemporary the Creenvilie earth on \ News?begin the parrot talk, eepily, thru "Now. let the prohibitionists see sees other that the law is enforced," and v('p x 1. f n *v*l/o *?11 . I - - ? -?'