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Better Fannin ; HOW CROP Y1EL1 The Weakest Element of Plant f the Weakest Link Fixes the t By Fertilization Can the Plants must feed fX J|l| th??se that come I - m "shori ut Cn>1? re" ^ 1 v x '':: have t1 be sup-i ^ ? piled by man it the H ip/ >' ll greatest yields . y*? *** >? >?-m are t? tje obiainJ. C. PRIDMORE fd" Thes?Lfre ^l* Acronor st trogen. Phosphoric acid and pot- ! Uh. Every soil may be said to have a limiting factor of production. This ' may be a shortage of some plant food t element. If so, thia should be supplied through fertilization if the largest possible vields are to be obtained. \ No matter how much of other plant i food a soil may contain. If there is a shortage of nitrogen, for example, then nitrogen wilt fix the limits of productlon. Likewise with phosphoric acid or other elements. (Plants differ from animals In taking food, in that plants will take food.- j only when the elements composing them are in soluble form, that is, when they are dissolved in water. When one element is deficient, the plant ceases growing. To Illustrate In another way, observe the picture. nor? is a vessel made or stares. Each stave may represent a food element or other factor of crop production. Some of the staves are shorter than others. Does not the shortest tave then determine how much water the vessel can hold, and does not the # I. 'I I Jpj Free! Fre A Cool or Beach Cloth Coat Trousers, the same material as y< solutely FREE to every purchase CO. CUSTOM MADE SUIT. This OFFER will only hold g order can be held and delivered We urge you to place your 01 <i , This offer is being made to th r COLUMBIA TAILORING CO.'S I furthermore to have our managt come acqainted with every man in country. We absolutely GUARANTEE ship, and durability of your gar money or replace any garment th proval. / i In making this offer to the ; the $2.60 ADDITIONAL of our e that the extra pair of hrousera, t v I vafuod from $6.50 to ?1 y**? ??<1 prints Lhat ' " II an(* maf'e to your Measure V U We GUARANTEE to SAVE y< ^|i of yoor suit and the present is ni and securing your good will and PLACE YOUR ORDER AT O Columbia Ti # ^ ^ 047 1-2 MAI* STRKKT, I - i g in the South DS ARE LIMITED rood Fixes the Crop Yield, Just as Strength of the Chain?Only Weakness Be Removed. j shortest plant food element represented here l>y a stave, limit the possibls production of a crop? If, for instance, there is only enough nitrogen in the soil to produce 20 bushels of corn or 175 pounds of cottou per acre, while there is enough plain food elements of other kinds to produce enormously more, how then can greater yields be obtained than the nitrogen will permit? The problem cf plant feeding is, therefore, no simple one It has engaged long and most careful investigations of scientists, who have delved deep into the mysteries of how plants feed and what they feed upon. On the basis of the most exact knowledge thus obtained, modern fertilizers have been niunnfai*' l?ro,l ,1rtno I "Uniting factors," modern fertilizers are designed to remove, and to call into fullest action the natural resources of the soil. Since there is a limiting factor In all soils, it is worth while for each farmer to undertake to remove that limitation. Intelligent use of fertilizers will accomplish it, if food elements be this limiting fact r. In no other way can it be done than by the help of man. He must bring to the plant the food it needs and cannot And when this is the f.u'or limiting producton. j The plant, of course, must be given the best of surroundings. It must not j only have plenty of plant food, but the soil must be properly drained of excess water. It mu<t be well supplied with lime, and organic matter; its moisture must be conserved, and weeds killed through propar cultural methods. These thiugs man can pro- j vide. Therefore, if man is not tha "limiting factor" and he looks after j the plant food requirements, the great- ! est possible yields will occur. PASTURE VELVET BEANS. Inquiry?"What is the most profitable use of the Velvet Bean?" Plant the velvet bean in the cor* and get a double crop. They do well together. Plant an early variety and fertilize for a good growth. The most economical use of velvet beans is to let cattle feed on them in the held and thea to turn under the vegetable matter remaining. If there are not sufficient cattle on tha place, get them and feed them. Why go to the expense of gathering beana, grinding and shipping the meal off te some one else tb feed and get the benefits??J. N. HARPER. = ^ r ie! Free! and Pants or an extra pair of | )ur Suit or Coat and Pants. ab- ( i of a COLUMBIA TAILORING I ood for a short period, hut your j J at any tinn* that you desire. ( | rder at once. e public to firmly establish THE I ' STORE at LANCAST iR an<l !r, MR. R. L. BECKHAM, be- i Lancaster and the surrounding r j to please you in fit. workman-^ j nient. or we will refund your i at does not meet with your ap J i public, we are presenting them j >rigin?l offer and we guarantee j hat you will receive with your - [ 2.'h? atcerd'UK to the valu. of | . is valued at $10.0'). ^ j 3U MONEY on the original price lade for the purpose of holding I trade. j S'CE with our MR. R. L. BECKl liloring Co. LANCASTER, S. C. 4 $ ? A.iJiiu Jk.yj. GLAD TO BE .OF USE! I RICH WOMAN REALLY WANTED TO HELP HER NEIGHBOR. I Offer Touched Victim of Accident More Than All the Condolence* ? and Offer* of Assistance She, in * Measure, Expected. It was Sunday morning. Pa Jen- ? klrs. wearing a kitchen apron, shirtsleeve* rolled up and his arms covered to the elbow with flour, stood at ? the kitchen table trying to make bread. Ma sat nearby and directed the operation. "To think I had to go and slip and break that arm on a Saturday." bemoaned ma. gazing disapprovingly at her bandaged right arm. "and leave us without any fresh baking for Sunday." "WpII VOlir littlo oM William lo on the Job." cheerfully quoth p.v 'S'long's I've got any muscle we'll have bread." He kneaded with added energy. "You must not work It as hard as that." declared ma. "Now cut It into pieces and make loaves and then it'll have to rise again. No?not like that. That won't make a nice-shaped loaf." "What's shape if it's good to eat?" Inquired pa "You Just stop worrying, ma. Ersrjt hire's going to be all right. . and you'd better lie down a while Soon's I get this dough stuff off my hands I'll make the beds." "I do hope nobodv'll come in today," fussed rr.a. thinking of the undusted house and hor inability to provide refreshments. Fa meant well and was more than willing to "do his durnedest," but of course he couldn't do hines right. . ? And company came! Word had gone abroad that Ma Jenkins had suffered an accident, so everybody called . all the neighbors and club women and members of the Ladles' Aid. and the minister's wife and mother-inlaw. Some brought flowers and others brought such substantials as healthy looking veal loaf, two beautiful loaves of homemade whole wheat bread, a ' couple of pans of home-baked rolls, a huge loaf of white bread, a plateful of luscious looking currant Jelly tarts, glasses of Jelly and Jars of fruit and cookies galore. Besides the flowers and the "eats" all brought condolences and thrilling tales of accidents that had happened in other families, rolo o/fl n? I V? mhoI* ?- 1 ? *?* J - A - * * .nun luuiu j?ainiui neiail Finally the callers had all departed * except one middle-aged, plainly ^ gowned woman whose limousine was waiting for her. She was a member 4 of ma's church?a wealthy woman, A who seldom had anything to say and who, rumor said, had Btarted life In 4 very poor circumstances. ^ She had brought neither flowers nor 4 cake, and while others talked stie sat 4 silent, looking her sympathy for ma. ? When they were alone?pa had gone down cellar to attend to the furnace? . she began to speak, hesitatingly, as W % it was difficult to And words to ex- g press her feelngs. ; "I didn't know there'd be so many ( callers, right away." sarid the rich 4 woman. "And I didn't think of bring- ^ Ing anything?like the rest did. I'm 4 rather slow thinking about things that g way. Hut I did think that I might ^ come In and 'fix up' your house. I'm I good a* that." 4 "Now that's kind of you," answered ^ ma. "but pa's awful handy around the f house." i "But a man Isn't like a woman to do * thlnga," answered the caller, "and I " know how a woman feels about her ? house. Now there s the Kitchen floor. ' Couldn't I scrub that for you. Let me | he of some use." "I was simply durofounded." said ma . to pa. afterward. "Ilut she really ( meant it. And she's going to send one A of her maids over tomorrow to stay as long as we need her. Now who'd think | a woman as rich as that would want | to scrub my kitchen floor for me?" ji "Even money can't keep a good M heart down," sententiously stated pa. f "Say. that was a dinged good batch 4 of bread I turned out. all-right-all right, ~ now wasn't It?"?Philadelphia Bulla- * tin. j 4 | Measuring Human Energy. The servant of the future will be ^ recompensed not for the time con- g sumed in performing a household task. " but according to the human energy | required. If the studies now under way g at the home economics division of the department of agriculture are sue- ^ cessful. These studies are made by g means of a calorimeter, which is a ' double-walled chamber, in which the ( subject for study is securely sealed up. g Every exertion made by the person * Inside of the calorimeter Increases the ( bodily heat which is registered in cal- g or e units. Even the process of breath- I* ing consumes from 15,000 to 20,000 ^ caloric Hah* in a <Jay. A woman do- 4 lnr some Uefrt weu-k such %s difdiwaab- . tnr may readier ?neo Hg<wls<- work aia/ Increase tho ?< ^MtnapMon of en- 4 ?r*y to 60.000 or 70,006, according to w the Individual. In this way the actual ^ amount of "work" reoulred for any g task can be accurately measured. " 14 College Gets Precious Memento. M Allegheny college, at Meadville. Pa., J has received from Doctor Hasklns of f , Boston the die which was used in the 4 original seal ef the college nearly 100 ^ years ago. Doctor Hasklns discovered w . the die among the records of his fa- ^ ther. who was a professor in the col g (lege from 18T4 to 1886. This die was f probably made in Boston in 1822 or ^ 11823. It was in constant use until tho g early sixties, when it disappeared " jEAS I Easter Will Soon Should Take : OUR OF : THE VERY * I i?>c9 r ALL W0< Colors?Green, Blue and Old Rose Reduce $12.00 Suit Reduce $15.00 " " $18.00 " " $25.00 " " iRS BUSY B t n * r? rr Safety F Safety First applies tion of this bank. Clients know that i ests are absolutely our hands. Courtesy is the ne: w uut ui&iuuuun. f1 make every deposit bank is HIS bank, see if this isn't Farmers Ban Service First, Las ter|. Be Here and Yoii ** Advantage of II FERINGS ' I ATCCT IM + + L./A i LJ 1 Il^i oat Suits!! DL POPLIN H 5, Gold, Brown, Black at the following 11 d Prices ** 1 to $ 7.SO " $10.75:: " $13.50 ;; " $1<3.502 ci-|S9 S EE_1 I r* -n-r-TTTTTTTTTTTri41 ! 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