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TIIOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THITRSDAY, APRIL 6, 189?. VOL. LVIII. NO. IO. TO GROW CORN CHEAPLY. By O.A. Wylie, Rich burg, Ches ter County, ?892. POMARIA, S. C., March 16, '93. -Mr. J. W. Bowden, Editor of The Cotton Plant: DEAR 'SIR: Mi! 0. A. Wylie, Richburg, -Chester county, a suc . cessf ul. fanner, furnishes this office with an experiment in taisingcorn and I have concluded to send you his statement for publication, in your paper with the view that our farmers throughout the State may be benefited thereby. I see no reason why a first-class .: agricultural paper may not be made a success in our State if de voted strictly to agriculture and kindred interests by inviting the assistance of farmers of the State lo contribute to it-liberally. , Yours very truly, THOS W. HOLLOWAY, Sec. A. & M. Society. Mr. President and Gentlemen of *-(the Executive Committee of the State Agricultural and Mechani * cal Society of South Carolina : - I beg leave to submit the follow ing statement under Section IS of the Rules of the Society : In order to make the report of the yield of corn on one acre more intelligent. I submit the cost of _ producing 342 bushels on eight and three-four th s acres of nplaud. * * The'land was in cotton last year (1891), three acres of j which was fairly good clay land, five and three-fourths acres sandy -clay subsoil. "^"Before the war the sandy land was considered too poor to pay for cultivation with slave labor. The clay land was broken with what we call Bide grab three inches j wide, breaking five to six inches deep. The.sandy land was broken with a two-horse double foot plow. plow, and I find it: a implement and a'success. About the first of April the field waB run off.in rows on a level four] feet wide with a shovel plow nine bj ten inches, which made a wide, open furrow five or six inches deep. Into this furrow fresh sta ble manure was distributed all along as light; as it could be evenly put in. The stable manure was used on about five acres. On the remainder of the field I used 200 pounds of chemical fertilizer when corn was planted and 200 pounds on side of corn at second plowing. .The stable manure was left uncov ered for a day or two. About April 8 planted Mosby corn and covered with light double foot plow, using two very small grabs, which covered the grains about one- inch deep. Before the corn came up, run a furrow in middle of rows with the same large shovel, which made splendid water furrow. The corn came up well. When about five inches high, run around with a three-footed cultivator, front foot of cultivator run inside of opeoing furrow, throwing just enough ,dirt to corn to cover young crop*?jJ grass. The roar or third foot of cultivator run near enough to vrater furrow to cover grass in same. The work was so well done that hoeing was not needed. I have not hoed corn fop some years past, finding it use less expense. ?** Thinned corn on wet days by hand, leaving one stalk, from eighteen inches to two feet apart. For fear of mislead ing others, I would say that I know or no other variety of corn that will bear such crowding iu drill as Moeby's. I have been planting this v?riety of corn since 1886, and to r?mew my seed I bought of Mosby one bushel at a cost of $3. The exrjressage was $2.70. * About two weeks after first plow ing, the second plowing with same cultivator, with all three feet of cultivator set to throw dirt to corn. This plowing filled the drill fur row to a level and nearly filled wa ter furrow. About this time an excess of rain fell. For fear of washing, and in order to retain as much of the rain as possible, I run one furrow in priddle of row witt} game plow | lajd P.ff with., .p^e t?fr4 ftn4 Iwt. plowing was dane with a one-horse double font plow, using two worn eight inch shovels. Until corn commenced to tassel had had too much rain, from . which it was slightly injured. About the time the silks began to appear rain ceased and there was norain for three weeks; then a good rain, and then thiee more weeks of dry weather-the last week the hottest of the year. The corn suffered considerably-the blades were burned up_ to about eighteen inches on the stock. The crop was on the public road and a great many persons pronounced the crop a failure, said it was plant ed too thick, etc.,- but when the fodder was stripped the ears show ed up two to a stalk and in some cases three ears'. Notice that in each of the three plowings that only one round in a row was made, thus reducing the cost of cultivation to a *%niniraum on hill or rolling land from the ordinary mode of cultivation. In our low country the land clear of obstructions could be cultivated with a suitable cultivator at half or at much less expense than on hill land. Someday in the not distant future the low country will be the "Eldorado" of South Carolina. " . It will be a great day for South Carolina when our farmers learn that'econoray is the bed rock of successfui farming. * The best of them never think of the cost of production. For instance. I have a neighbor who is called a good farmer, who gave me his plan of cultivating corn, which cost him as much for one plowing per acre as the three plowings-cost me, showing that at least one-third of the labor is expended in cultiva ting the crop is so much time and labor wasted. That if this third of the labor was* intelligently di rected, the result would be aston ishing. ^jT On weU-drained upland deep plantimphas giveu the best re My custom has been to scatter ih* manure in the drill, causing the .rootlets to seek some distance for it. If concentrated at the hill the rootlets concentrate at that p< int, hence less substance to the roots than if properly distributed. Never plow laud wet. Run rows ou a level so as to retain the rain fall. Never put much dirt to com early in the spring, and when once you begin to plow, do so regularly. In conclusion I beg to say that the result of the experiment made by me and that of Mr. Drake de monstrates the fact that South Carolina soil is capable of making more corn per acre and cheaper corn per bushel than any other State in America. As the result of the experiment the * following statement is made from eight and three-fourths acres of land: ^ Breaking land, mian and horse 8 days, $8.00 Seed corn, 5.70 Planting, 3 men and 2 horses 1 day, 2.50 Hauling and scatter'g manare, 4.00 Cultivating, 1 man and horse 7} days, 7.40 Thinning. 1 man 2 days, 1.00 Total cost of production, $28.70 Average number of bushels on 8f acres 39$. Average cost of production per bushel 8 2-5 cents. Largest yield on one acre 56*f bushels, 6 cents per bushel. Two thousand bundles of fodder were gathered from the 8? acres of land, worth as much or more than the manure used. RICHBURO, S. C., Nov. 9, '92. We the undersigued (disinter ested) parties certify that at the request of Capt. 0. A. Wylie we measured and staked the acre of land on his farm on which was grown the 56f bushels of corn, and that it was no more nor less than one acre. (Signed) GEO. C. GILL, JOE B. WYLIE, W. C. KEY. I hereby cerijfy, ^t i^g r-equeat, \ su.perjnjen.clecl the gathering an,d mtfaeiwlug of tfce acre of corn, ftbove specified on the farm of O. A, Wylie in October last and that the produot from this acre was 56| bushels/ (Signed) GEO. C. GILL. Richburg, Nov. 9,1892. LOVENGOOD'S LIZZAKDS. $8-eit Doler Rsw-ard. BYS-L-, OF TENN. Nashville Union and American. This cash will be paide in korn or projunce tu be collicted at ur aboute nex kampmetin by ene wun what ketchis him, for "the cacus ove wun Sutty Lovengood ded.ur aliv an safely gin over tu the car ove pas s on John - Bull in at Squire mack Junkins for a rasin ove the devil, permiscuously, discumfurtin the wim?n powerful af a skarin of folks gineraly at the ratilsnaix spings. signed by me John Bulin the Paason. attested tu by Jehu Wethorue. I found written copies of the above highly intelligible and vindictive proclamation stuck up on every blacksmith shop and store door in the Frog Mountain range. Its bloodthirsty, vindictive spirit, its style, and, above all, its chirography, interested me to the extent of stealing one from a tree for preservation; In a few days I found Sut in a crowd in front of Capehar's small doggery, and, as he proved to be about in ''tune." I read it to him. "Yes George, that ar dockymint am in yearnest, sartin. They duz want mo powerful bad, but I spect eit dullen won't fetch me. I'll go mysef fur fifty, plinked down, ef you'll go long an see me hey jestice. Lite, little ole feller, au let that roan ove" yourn blow a little, an I'll splain this cussed afar what hes mined my karacter as pius pusson in the scie ty about here. You see, I went tu last year's big meetin' at Ratail Snaix Springs, and iver sittiu' in a nice shady place conversiu' with a frien' in the buckilberry thicket, when the fust thing I knnwM T an' 1 was glad ove it, fur I thot he ment tu kill me with his club of he failed tu preach me tu death, an' I didn't wont her tu see me die." "Who waa the friend you speak of, Sut?" "Nun ove 3-our bisues, durn yonr little ankshus pieter 1 But I'll tell you one thing, George, that nite a neibor gall got an orful confounded stroppin' from her mam with the stirrup leather ove a saddil, an' ole Passon Bullin had et supper thar that nite ; an' what's wus nur all, she cooked it fur him an' beg ged him atremblin' and cryin' not tu tell on her; thedurnedinfurnel, hiperkritikcl, pot-bellied, whiskey wafttin' ole ground-hog! But I paid'im fur it all; ef I hain't I will. Imeau tu keep a prayin' ove him all the time. Well, at nex' big meetin' at Rattil Snaix I wur on him, as solemn as hat-kerrier at colt eel ion time, fur I had promised the ole hog tu cum an' be convarted j ist tu keep him from killin' me. I tuck a seat on the steps ove the pulpit to prove I wur in yearnest; Thei wus a monstrous crowd in that grove, an' ole Bullin wur preachin' tu 'em at au orful rate, how the Hell Sarpiuts wud serve 'em ef they didn't repent, how they'd crawal over 'em, rap their toils roun'd thar necks, poke thar tongues into thar eyes an blow inter thar years; an' if it war an' 'omman, how they'd quile in her busum, an' try tu crawl down under her frock string. An' he hed 'em hot, hollerin' an' scared. The fact is, the thing was a workin' 'powerful. Now I'd kotch five big grey pot-bellied lizzards, an' held 'em in a little j narrer bag, what I made a purpose --thar taila all at %the bottom, an' packed as tigh' as a bundil ove silks. So while he wur a rariu onto his tip-toes, unbenowens tu anybody, I ontied my poke an' put the mouth up under his britc hes leg an' gin ther tails a squeeze an' a shake, when they tuck up his bar leg, makin' ove a niee sorter like squirrils a climbin' a shell bark hickory. IJe stomped preachin f an' lpoke4 fur- ft moment like he wur. lis'nin. fur snmthiq,1 sorter }ike ftn' qle sow cfas when she hears you whistle fur tb,e dogs. ? give ft big groan, aq* hilt my hed fttween nay knees, Then he com. menced a-slappin' ove his self whar ye cut the steak outen a beef, an' tb.en he'd fetch a ruff rub whar ft boss's tail sprouts, then he'd stomp, then rub his han' atwoen his waisbun an his shut,an' reach down,'roun' mitily with it-then he spred his legs an' give his back; ? a good shakin' sort ove a rub ?gain'^the pulpit, sorter like a hog- \ scratches agin' a stump ; a leanin' tu his work p >werful,an' squirmin' ginerally, zit he'd jist cum^uten a dog bed, ur hed slep on a ant trial. About this time wun ove ray lizzards (scared an' hurt, I s'pose; by, all this rubbin' an' scratchin' an' slapping poked his hed out. atween the passon's shut collar an' his ols brown neck, tuck a' peep at the sircumstances, an' doge back agm. Ole Bullin's speech, now cum tu him. His eyes stick in' out like two buckeyes flung' agini a mud wall an' his voice trimblin' Says he, 'Brethren, take keer ove your sefs. the Hell Sarpints hev got me!" Sum ove the wimmin fotch'a panter yell, an' a ramrod legged doctor what Bot near me allowed it wur a dar. case ove v delicious 'remenjns. an'? I thot he wur rite, fur it wur tremen j ns afore it wur dun with. Off went the clawhammer coat, an' he flung hit ah ind him like he wur a gwine ; inter a fite (he hed no jacket on.) Next ho fotch his shut over his bed faster ?ur I got outen my pasted wun, an' he .flung hit up in the air like he didn't care a durn if hit k*?pt on up forever, but hit lodged onto a black jack. I seed wun ove my??? lizzvrds a . racin.' about over the big old dirty-lookin' shut,skared like the devil. Then he gin a sorter shake an' a twist, an7 he cum outen his britiches, an' he tuck 'em by the bottom ove tho legs an' swung'em round his hed a few times au' then fotch 'em down cherwallup over .the front ove the pulpit. You could uv hearn the smash a quarter ova a mile ! Nigh ontoahnnf^'teen short britches. Wun ove th? smartest ove my blue lizzards lit hed" fust inter the bussom ove a fat 'oman, as big as a skin'd boss, an' nigh on to as ugly, who sot thirty yards off a fannin' hersef with a turky tail, an smart tu the last,, hfi com menced runnin' down. So Bhe wur bound to faint, an' did jt fust-rate -j ist flung her tucky tail up in the air, rolled down the hill, tan gled her legs an' garters in the top ove a huckliberry bush, an' wur thar all safe, fair an' quiet when Heft. . "Now old Bullin had mithin' left on him but s par ove heavy low-quartered- shoes, seort woolin socks, an' eel skin garters tu keep off the cramp, an' his sk are wur a growin. -on him fast. He wur plum crazy, fur he jist spit in his hands an' leaped over the front the pulpit rite inter the middle ove the pius part ove the kon gregation, kerkiff 1 an' BOX in tu gettin'? away. He run, or rath?# went in a lumberin' gallop, heavy, like an ole waggin h os s skar?d at a locomotive. When he jumped a bench he shook the yeath an his self tu. The bonnets an fans cleared the way, an' he had a purfectly far track tu de woods. He weighed nigh onto three hundred, hed a black, stripe down hii back like onto an ole bridii rein, an' his belly looked about the size and culler ove a big beef paunch, an' hit a shakin'from side tos ide. He leaned back fr um it like a little feller a totin' ove a big drum at muster, an' I hearn it slosh plum tu wher I wur. Thar wur cramp nots on his legs as big ae warnuts, an' all over he minded me of a crazy ole elephant what wer possessed by the devil, with hits years, snout an' tushes sawed off, an' rared up an' gwine on hits hind legs away frum emediate troubble an' tribulation. He did the loudest an' scariest an' fussiest runnin' I ever seed since Dad raced with the hornets, tu be no faster thep it wur. Well, he disay peared in the ?hioicet, an' ove all the nisei ye ever hearn it wer- thar ju a cirkle ove two hundred1 feet QT thereahou,ts--sura. wim.enscram.in' -.they wus the sfcery wuns j sum ter-fip'-ahev wus the wicked wuns; sum oryiu-they wns the fool wuns,(sorter of the Lovengood stripe) ; sum tryin'tu git away ur hide thar faces-they wus the modest wuns ; sum lookin' arter ole Bulin-they wus the curious wuns; sum on thar knees with thar eyes shot, but laces turned the way old mudtukil was a runnin'-"hey wus the ?Eceitfui wuns; sum duin' nuthin' -^they wus the waitin' wuns, an' tfre most danjerous ove all 'emjby a- durned long s!te. "I tuck a big skeer mysef. arter a Bibil about as big as a brick, dia-sip-line, an' a book called a kataplasm, a few rocks an' sich l?k?.fruit spattered onto the pul pit ni onto my hed; an' as-the Loyengoods-durn* 'em !-know mithin' but tu run when they git stared, I j ist put out towards the swump on the krick. As I started a black bottil ove bald face smas hed agin a tree forninst me. Sum drirned fool perfessor dun this, who hed more zeal than sence ; fur I say that any : man who'd wast a quart ove good whiskey fur the chinee ove knockin' a poer devil like me down with it, if the bottil wr? nuthin,' isn't as smart as ole 'Squire MecmUllin, an'he shot bis sef t with a hoe handil, an' hit warn't loaded at that. Well, you know, George. I orterrun fast jistilook at. these legs ; I used 'em sum atween that meetin' ground an' the swamp, au' they hain't kotch me yet. "Ole Barebelly Bullin, as they call him since hie tribulation with the Hell Sarpints, .hain't preened but wup st an'then he hedn't an '?mjn tu hear 'im. His tex was, 'Nailed I cum inter this wuld an' I'm gwiue outen it the Bame way, ef Vin spared till then.' I'm told twa'il?: wowerful sarmint--it wus hear|f three miles. He proved that nakifiness warn't much arter all, ef yon take the rile view ove the thing-; that hell sarpints ove all size -jFUP skeery, cold an' trubil sumf.that it warn't tu be expected ove ffim, ? poor, weak, frail wum naUJUCU ?u IUD X'iWg . - range. ? . . ?.' "Now,* George, that all may be so but I want you tu tell the ole grownhog this fur me : Ef. he'll let me alone I'll let him alone, an' ef he don't, if I don't lizzard him agin I wish I may be turned inter a poultice I Let's go tu the spring an' mix a little ove hit with this yere whiskey (shaking his flask) afore you start. Mind, tell ole Barebelly what I sed about anuther big akeer, with-say a peck, ur a peck an' a half ove lizzardi. Try an' skeer 'im ef you kin, Good by." All Unnerved, The De tro tit Frc? Pre? I. . He didn't have them again, that was evident, but when he came in at 6 o'clock from bil office he was badly rattled. "Whaf s the matter?" asked his wife. "I--I saw a woman a while ago.' he stammered nervously," wearing one of those confounded skoop hirts-" "Skoop hirts?" queried tho lady, eying him closely. "No--no." shaking his head. "one of those confoundod hook i spirts-" "Hook spirts?" and again his wife looked at him suspiciously. "No one of those confounded skoop spirts-" "Skoop spirts?" interrupted his wife. He rubbed his head hard and tried again. "One of those confounded B00p-" "Henry, my dear.?' interrupted Mrs. Henry, getting up and taking him by the arm, "suppose you go but and soak your wits at -the hydrant for a few moments." Henry obeyed, and when he returned he said it was one of those confounded hoop skirts that had unnerved.him so. "A God-send to M? in This Time of 3Hy Dire Necessity*" CVRRVTON, S, CH March.20, ^ Mr- p. R. Durisoe, Agent Georgia Home Insurance Company.. I>s AR Sin \ Allow meto thank you, and through you Mr. H. P. Spencer, the Speoial Agent and Adjuster of your Company, for the prompt pay ment of my loss in the recent destruc tion of my residence by fire. The sum paid, Fifteen Hundred Dollars, in full of amount of policy, will be a God send to me in this time of my dire necessity, and will euable me soon to give roy wife and little ones a home again. Remaining your friend, and a well-wisher of the old reliable Georgia Home, I am, Yours truly, E. J. BARKER. Draining the Okefinokee Swamp. The work of draining Okefinokee swamp, the biggest undertaking of its character in America, which will eventually reclaim 220,000 acres . of the finest agricultural land in the country, is progressing at a remarkably satisfactory rate. The great swan?p is situated in the southeastern part of Georgia, and extends northerly from the border line of Florida. Creeks of St. Mary's River and Suwanee reach to the swamp. One of the engineers in charge of Ufe work was in the city recently and gave the writer an interesting chat about the scheme, which will open up a section which for 'centuries has been under water and muck, the borne of alligators and various ither reptiles. One hundred and fifty laborers are now at work at the swamp, and the construction of the great canal, which i< to carry the water from the swamp to St. Mary's River, is being pushed forward as rapidly is machinery and human hands jan accomplish it. After January I, this force will be doubled, one balf working during the day and the other at night, so that this year's results will be twice as much as that of the last twelve months. This canal, when completed, will be 150 ft. wide aud 63 ft. deep, with a fall of 125 ft. to St. Mary's River. The most difficult part of the construction will be through a high knoll two miles long. Through the middle of the swamp anothei canal, sixteen miles long, will be constructed, with small branches, the whole to act as feeders to the big drainage stream. When thu latter is completed) two hydraulic pumps, with a ca pacity of .30,000 gallons each pei minute, will force the water off the *U? ln-ir?of inland tt. lOUg, WI Wi a -xv "v"i?~. _. what is known as a combination dipper and stump puller. By April 1 the company will bi able to secure timber from Oke finokee. In this alone the wealtt of the swamp isjincalculable. Itf pine growth is the most magnifi cent in the world in point of siz( and quality, and its cypress de^ posits cannot be equaled anywhere The pines average. 70 ft. to th? limb, are as straight as an arrow and from 1 to 8 ft. in diameter while the cypress trees are enor mous in size, the average diamete; being from 10 to 12 ft. Saw mil men have besieged the company t( secure the timber, but, as it is o such valuable quality, the compa ny will probably erect saw milli OD the edge of the swamp and de velop the timber on its own ac count. The engineers expect to fin< many valuable curios as the worl progresses. Already they hav< found evidences of Indian habita -tion of. the numerous small is lands which dot the great swamp Numbers of Indian mounds havi been discovered on these island filled with all styles of pottery specimens of which have beei sent to the Smithsonian Institu tion at Washington. The most interesting curiositie? however, are expected when tb big dredge begins its work of re moving the muck from the swamp The engineers believe that mam moth wild animals, now extinct made their homes in the swam] in past centuries, and are anx iously looking forward to the turn ing up of carcasses to prove thei theories. Just what length of time wil be required to complete the drain ing of Okefinokee the engineer are unable to estimate, but it i safe to say. that there is worl ahead for several years. Whei the reclamation is accomplished the stockholders of the* company who had the nerve to pul thei money into the scheme, which when first broached, appeared t< i many ss a wild vagary, will real ize handsomely on . their invest ments. It may take a long time but it is one of those things wort! waiting for.-Save u nah News. Ladies Hats at Cobb's. Ladies have you seen Jas. M Cobb's beautiful assortment o Ladies and Misses Trimmed Hats Don't fail to see his milliner] goods. You can save money anc get the latest styles. EPGEFIELD, S. C. WATCHES, SPECTACLES, CLOCKS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. JEWELRY. BRONZE FIGURES. SILVERWARE. FINE CUTLERY. THIS WAY BUYERS OJ? FERTILIZERS, If You Want to Make 10 Cents Cotton. 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