The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, May 16, 1916, Page 7, Image 7
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The south, especially the central
aad western parts, has not yet fully
appreciated the value of soy beans
as a feed crop or as a soil builder.
The acreage in this crop should be
Increased a thousand fold. It is
doubtful if there is any crop superior
to soy beans for feed production,
when the effects on the soil and the
amount of feed produced are considered.
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The price of cotton this fall will
depend almost as much on the farm
supplies produced as on the amount
of cotton. The prices of cotton
last fall and the year before were
l?raely influenced by the condition
of the farmer. When the cotton producer
has produced his food and feed
supplies he is more independent and
does not have to let his cotton go on
the market regardless of price.
Everv consideration of sound busiV
J
if should dictate the production of
dil the food and feed crops required
by the farm.
Feeding (1rlm.<M>n J'lover
Owning to the exaggerated Ideas
Sof many regarding the danger of
feeding crimson clover hay to horses
n i nxnlpQ niilr?h nf t ho rrlmann
er iMit for hay is cut too early. We
think the danger from feeding crimson
clover hay has been much exaggerated.
It is true that "hair-balls'*
sometimes form from feeding crimson
clover hay and cause death. It
is 1U0 true that these "hair-balls"
also form when no crimson clover
hay is fed and in sections where none
of it Is grown. It Is possible, although
wo think it somewhat doubtful.
that crimson clover hay causes
more of this trouble than other
plaut.A. It is also thought that this
trouble is less likely to result from
crimson clover hay cut before the
plants have become ripe and woody.
For this reason, some cut it as soon
as in bloow. We think this enlier
tljan necessary and too early to get
most from the crop. If cut as soon
as the first blossoms begin to turn
brown, or to ripen, we think this early
enough to meet all desirable ends,
and It is reasonably certain that more
feed value will be obtained from the
Crop.
HlMcr W?mm! In Southern Pastures
Bitter weed is troublesome over
i large part of the south. Fifteen
years ago it was not common in many
jarts of the southeast, but It has now
become pretty generally scattered
over the whole south. Cattle eat it
and apparently thrive on It. Of course
more is eaten when the plants are
small and young and other pasture
plants are not abundant. In fact, it
seems more plentiful in poor pastures
or on poor land where little else
grows than on good land where pas
tur* plants thrive.
Besides occupying the land and interfarlng
with the growth of pasture
plants. It also produces extremely
bitter milk when eaten by milk cows.
In so far as we know, there is no way
of removing this bitter taste by any
sort of treatment that can be given
the milk. The bitter taste is also
present in the butter made from the
milk of cows eating the bitter weed.
Every spring we are asked if this
troublesome weed can be eradicated.
The plant Is arj annual. That la, it
mak^H seed j7ery year the old plants
dying aad now ones coming f-om th?seeds
the follow lug sprlrg If all
the seeds germinated tn the spring
the weed might be killed on any \am
that could l>o plowed when the plants
j liad started growth but befoi e the}
" h&4 matured seed But the seeds evi
dontly stay 4n the ground for ? lonr
time, so plowing is not always effec
tire. In fact It is little if any iuor>
effective than mowing the pasture
once. One plowing Is not nearly so
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effective as mowing two or three
times during one season.
Many write us that mowing does no
good, but this is not correct. One
mowing will not kill out the weed,
but repeated mowings will proctical'
Iy do so in two years. One difficulty
in mowing as a means of killing the
i weed, is that late in the season the
i plants make seed when only a few
Inches high. In fact, seeds may be
made on some plants so low that the
mower will not cut them except on
very smooth land and when the cutter-bar
of the mower is run as close
to the ground as possible.
A few plants may persist for a long
time, but mowing Is a fairly effective
means of killing out this weed, if
several mowings are made each year
for two or three years. On pastures
that cannot be mowed we know of no
means of getting rid of this troublesome
weed except to cultivate for
several years if possible.
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Soil Fertility True Reason for niiw.
slflcntinn
Our agricultural advisers as well
as our farmers seem to have completely
lost eight of the true reason '
for diversification and livestock pro-1
duction. To produce the food and'
feed supplies of the farm is an economic
necessity which no one seems to
doubt; but this is not enough to build
up or maintain a sound agricultural
system, because it is not enough to
build up and maintain soil fertility.
Until we begin teaching diversification
as a necessity for economical
soil building we shall make little
progress toward a sound agriculture.
It is not practicable to economically
maintain soil fertility and grow one
crop a year on the land and make
the cotton and food and feed crop*
like corn, oats, wheat, potatoes
etc. We must reduce the cotton acre
age because of the necessity foi
fcrowing legume, soil-improving crops
and because more cotton can be pro
duced on less land when this is done
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How to Make Cotton a Paying Crop
A reader wants to know if w?
advise against the growing of cottor
when he "can contract cotton to In
delivered next October and Novem
her at above 11 cents a pound am
ran sell the cotton seed to he dellv
ered next fall at $40 a ton."
For the man who is farming foi
this year only we confess we don't
know a better farming propositiot
than cotton above 11 cents a pound
for lint and $40 a ton for seed. If s
man is willing to forget the question
of soil fertility and wants to farm t<
get all out of the lands he can tkh
year, and is also reasonably certain
that these contracts will be fulfilled
If made, he has a good proposition
as far as I can see at this time. But
even at these prices it is not safe to
depend on buying supplies next year.
In other words, if these prices are assured
it will still pay to produce the
food and feed crops required for the
year. If this is done; that is. if all
th?? corn, hay ami other feedstuffs required
are grown and sufficient garden,
poultry, hog*. butter, milk and
other borne supplies provided, then
cotton at the prices named is a moat
excellent crop.
But th.a Is the same old, old story
of robbing the land of depleting the
stock in trade and lessening the
earning powers for the futu-e. No
successful southern agriculture >s
possible until a i ce.a?i- farming for
this year only. Until w * farm wo
conduct other linos of bu. t'-c
soils will contin ue to ,e low yields
our people will be poor n- a who'o.
and rural life and cot dltio.v -nil) bo
unsatisfactory. N'o aai.e man io j h linos
<lf production iocs tveryih'ng
he can to exhaust h's rest urcs and
destroy his chances for future 1 :tslneaa
rewards; but that la ojccrtly
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what the farmer does who farms for
this year only.
Cotton is a great crop at the prices
stated, but it is this fact that has
been the cause of our agricultural i
backwardness. We can never advise ,
a man to plant crops which as a 1
whole will not maintain his soil for- ,
' tillty. This is not mere theory, hut
is supported by the observation that
the man who adopts a croping sys- j
tem which maintains the humus and |
nitrogen supply of the farm and
sticks to it is the man who generally
succeeds host in the long run accumulates
the most property.
If I were renting a farm and expected
to move next year and the
land owner did not prevent me from
doing so, I would plant all the cotton
I could cultivate and gather at the
prices stated after all food aud feed
j supplies had been liberally provided
for. If I was cultivating my own
farm or one I expected to cultivate
in future years I would first arrange
to plant such crops as 1 thought necessary
to maintain or increase the
humus and nitrogen supplies of the
land if continued during a term of
years and to furnish the food and
feed supplies required for the next
year, and then I would plant all thi
cotton I could cultivate and gather
IX > 1W ItM KKS W'OIlk IIAKOKK
\\i> <;ET I.KSS THW riTV
DWKLLEUS?
('ity Work N llanl, Honrs Arc Tyone.
and lite Howards Are Often Poof? i
Farmers Ciet Out of Tlieir Work
What Tliey Put Into It.
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A reader asks: "Why is it that
the farmer who produces the neces 1
si ties of life toils the hardest gets 1
small money compensation and a !
limited education, while his city kinsman
who sells the frivolous things
(with which the people could do well 1
wit flout) grows rich and has ad van- 1
tagea denied the rural dweller?'* 1
Many would be inclined to ques- '
tion the accuracy of these statements,
hut there is no denying that the average
man who stays on the farm and
also the one who leaves it. at least at
the time he leaves it. think that they
are true.
It is probably true that the farmer
"toils the hardest." physically, but it
is doubtful if he works longer hours
or his labor Is any harder than that
of the city man. The man who toils
10 to 14 hours a day in a store or an
ottiee where he keeps clean or is able
to wear good clothes is thought to
have the easier job; but is his Jul)
really easier as judged by its effects
on his health or its Influence on the
length of his days on earth? Candidly,
we think the cityman tolls as
hard as the man In the country.
That the farmer gets less money
for his labor, that he gets or handles
less money, is unquestionably true,
if we compare him with the doctor,
the lawyer, the merchant or the skilled
workman in the trades; but does
he put as much into his work Does
he put as much education and capital
into his business, and if not Is he entitled
to as much in return?
The average farmer does not put as
much training and knowledge into
his work as does the doctor or lawyer,
uor as much capital as the merchant
or manufacturer.
The vast majority of farmers, probably
over 90 per cent of them, receive
no education except in the rural
schools, and receive no education relating
to their ?rwn business or life
work. The lawyer and the doctors
on the other hand. receive a high
school education. many of them a
college education, and then a course
of from three to five year* of pro
feHftlonal education or training.
I submit that if these be the facta,
and they are, then the doctors, lawyers.
and others who put more into
their work are entitled to receive
more for it. I also believe that when
those whs till the soil put as much
agricultural training and ^knowledge
I into their work as the doctors and
the lawyer put medical and legal '
/
* may ui.
r wh?>t nkjht has * ?^ 1
"to divlk. ukft \ i
"that : "tn?n ows
sodn ?ri town
i5hs can havp vtvft?/^b
uk6 that y<>k/ 5wxa.o /
y^hnas pa a] > ^wnv^y
knowledge into theirs the compensn
tions as a whole, will he as great.
The average doctor and lawyei
barely make a living and frequent'a
very poor one. The money reward,
of the farmer may be smaller, bul
Ihey are more certain and there an'
other compensations. Th? smaller in
vestments and the lesser risks ir
farming are entitled to and receiv
smaller rewards when successful, as
the losses are smaller in failures.
Our correspondent says the farmet
receives a limited education. As i
general rule this is true, but this !
not entirely due to lack of oppor
tunity. A man will not attempt t<
pratice medicine without a medica
college education, but the average
college education, but the aver&g
farmer thinks an agricultural college
education unnecessary, and many ol
them actually think it a waste o1
time, if Pot actually a disadvantage
How many boys who expect to fa rn
think it necessary to go to' college 01
in any other way learn the facts ant
principles underlying agricultural op
orations? How many parents thinl
it as necessary that the son who is t<
farm should receive as good an agri
cultural education as the son who i<
to he a doctor should receive a medi
cal education?
The chief difference lu the eduoa
tion received is due to the different
views regarding its necessity or ail
vantages. Any farm boy in this eoun
fry ran get an education if he reall\
wants it, and he can get an agricul
lural education easier and at less cost
than he can a medical, engineering 01
other professional education.
The difference between a cow thai
produces 150 pounds of butter In n
year and one that produces 5ftf
pounds is 350 pounds of dairy knowledge.
The one Is an uneducated cow
ind the other an educated. The difft^rpfidn
In*t wn 9ft huaholo r\f /?nrn
180 pounds of lint cotton per acre
;ind 40 bushels of corn or Sfib poundsnf
lint cotton per acre is 100 per cent
of agricultural knowledge and thro*
to five years time. The one is an ignorant
acre or an acre cultivated in
ignorance, while the other is an educated
acre or one yielding the profits
of agricultural knowledge.
This is a world of wonderfully wellbalanced
compensations. No one section
or business has all the advantages
nor any other all the disadvantages.
If conditions were as our eorre
pondent states, there would be n<
farmers. We get out of any business
and out of life about what we giv<
to it, and if the tiller of the soil get.'
less for his labor it is pretty certain
that there are other compensation!
or he puts less Into it.
BETTER BABY WEEK
The "Better Baby Week" will b?
held in Graded school building Jun<
2 and 3. All mothers are urged tt
have their babies between the age:
of twelve and thirty-six months ex
amined.
Class I.
Country Boys, one to two year*
Country Girls, one to two years
Country Boys, two to three years
Country Girl*, two to three years
Sweepstakes, Boy. Sweepstake:
Girl.
Class II.
Town Boys, one to two years
Town Girls, one to two years. Towi
Boys, (wo to three years. Towi
Girls, two to three years. Sweep
stakes Girl. Sweepstakes Boy.
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KI-m. 318 r-tinton
I'lsc*. Kiimh ?_ t W/m B8^
City. Mo.: "i bad fe fe i 1 1~ if
a cold in th? h-ad. b# M _ i<
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Wm w.'tl plraaed I MM I I
with tha rMtilta. ,?
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/ Stomach '
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' Ilelime* Constipation Ka-.il> With-!
out (iriping or Discomfort.
Indigestion and constipation are I
two conditions that are closely re- j
I lafeii and the cause of much physical
. suffering.
The tendency to indulge /one's ap'
petite is more or less general and |
' most people suffer at one time or
another front rebellion of the over,
ta\??.i organs of digett/nn and elimination
A pleasantljweffective rente- j
dy, that will quickly- relieve the con- i
gestlon of poisono/ls stomach waste I
and restore regularity,\ Is the com-!
[ pounds of simple laxative herbs sold !
in drug stores f/Sr fifty ce^tts u bottle
under the nante of Dr.\Oaldwell'3
Syrup Pepsin/ This is a mold, pleas
ant laxative- tonic, free frofu opiates
. or narcotic drugs, and has oeen tip) ,
t standard household remedy in thousands
of homes for many years.
Mrs. Oliver Young, Merrill, Wis.,
writing to Dr. Caldwell, savs, she
, knows of nothing so effective for
regulating the stomach and bowels: ,
1 -inee taking Dr. Caldwell's Syruo i
> Pepsin she feels ten years younger; i
ner work seems e&sier and she has re-11
gained her appetite. |t
TRADESVILLE >
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Just in from church at which place 1
we spent a few hours in the divine '
interest of the holy command of the '
supreme architect of the universe. 1
As the beauties of spring which 1
are always in store for us have ex- 1
uborantly dawned upon our fair!1
land, I am constrained to believe '
that the same reems applicable to
our Sunday School, which !s mani- '
festly plain that it is taking on new
life, coupled with a spirit of prog- '
ressiveness which with a little more
' push and stlckability we could rise '
1 and exultantly proclaim that we
' have doue something.
Brother Carson, ever ready at the
' post of duty, was present and dellv1
ered a sermon worthy of the atten4
tion of an appreciative audience who
never feels disappointment after
listening to his impressive discourse.
Mr. Kditor: Just a few of the
topics of the day.
The weather is very dry iu our
, community and numbers of fanners
^ arre working at a disadvantage in
order to keep the wheel turning
while it is dry. for some day it will
rain and then it will be the faithful
and most progressive fellow who will
be in front, nevertheless, some of
our farmers make the claim that
j germination is taking place and the
cotton is beginning to come. There
is a large per cent of the com crop
in this section yet to be planted
This Is due in part to the Inability
of the farmers to prepare their land.
Children's Dbv whb->? la ?? a>n??i?i
i event and looked forward to by al
1 and especially the young people will
- be o-bserred some time In the near
future. The date will be published
in the column of The Lancaster
News.
The Junior Order of our village
enjoyed n pie-asint. rep.ist on the
evening oi the 6th
The election oo Saturday which,
was held for the purpose of dieting)
trustees for the Tradesvill^ school
was well attended.
Mr. L. S. Small, manager of the
Tradeeville Oarage, with his favorite
car is now on a trip north, his whereabouts
being unknown. There is no
little anxiety displayed on account
of his past experience on these
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Mr. W101 arc T.
Prany, 1"? Park
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mm 111 IW truublwl with C?Im
mm tarrh of tlia brad.
I 1 I I nose, tbroal atvi
atouiaeb. 1 am
rk U. S. r?to?< 0?cc> c really relieved by
, Colds, Nx
Troubles
Relieved. No \
Compete with n.
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Remedy
untless Homes
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Mrs. OHver Young
(let a bottle of I)r. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin from your druggist and hare
It in the house. A trial bottle, free
>f charge, can be obtained by writing
o l)r. \V. B. Caldwell, 4 34 \Vashingon
St., Monticello, 111.
northern trips, which have failed to
naterialize in anything greater than
:he magnetic force of his steering
?ear which on some certain occasions
las been known to display an inclllation
to collide with some telegraph
jole which was purposely planted la
he wrong place by some mischief"
linking guy, or either submerged into
the depths of a mighty road side
litcli which, in all probability, should
have been cut on the opposite side.
Sow we imagine this is all to the
detriment of the unfortunate tourst
therein. We are not looking for
poor Luke for some time.
If this escapes the waste basket,
we may come again.
PLY FIGHTER.
TABERNACLE NEWS
Miss Tressie Taylor left Wednesday
morning for the Pennell Infirmary
wher? .*he will undergo treatment.
Mrs. Clara Williams is still suffering
very much from rheumatism.
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Merrit left last
week for Columbia to visit their
daughter who is very 111. From thero,
Mr. Merrit will go to Charleston to
attend the Stnte Sunday School Convention.
Miss Lula Taylor, Messre. C. H,
and H. M, Rowell and Mr. J. A.
Carnes left Wednesday for Charleseon
to attend the State Sunday School
Convention.
Messrs. Clene, Sim and Van Ply
ler ana Messrs. Oscar and Charles
Taylor motored to Lancaster and
other points Saturday and Sunday
In Mr. Plyler's new car.
Messrs. Jeff and Allen Small and
Jaspar aal Manly Willi* and Yancy
Hinson motored to Spring Hill Sunday
to attend the Union meeting.
They spent th? afternoon la h's
coren* unity.
Mrs Al-'ce Funderbark ot I? maingham.
Va . -will return home the latter
part of the week, accompanied
by hot brrctoer, Mr. H. S. P'.yler.
Mr. Oscar and Miss Jaale Shuts
>f the Union section spent thj week?nd
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. HW.
Taylor.
A large number of onr people attended
the school closing at Bethsl.
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