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THOS. J. ADAMS, PROPRIETOR. EDGEFIELD, S. C., THURSDAY MARCH 17, 1892. VOL. LVn. NO. IO. TO GROW CORN CHEAPLY. By O. A. Wylie, Richburg, Ches ter County, 1892. POMARIA, S. C., March 16,'93. Mr. J. W. Bowden, Editor of The Cotton Plant : DEAR 'SIR: Mr! 0. A. Wylie, Richburg, .Chester county, a suc cessful farmer, furnishes this office with an experiment in taising corn 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 to contribute to it-liberally. . Yours very truly, THOS W. HOLLOWAY, Sec. A. & M. Society. ?"-~~ Mr. President and Gentlemen of v the Executive Committee of the I State Agricultural and Meehani .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-fourths acres of upland. * * The land was in cotton last year (1891), three acres of ' . which was fairly good clay land, ' five and three-fourths acres sandy ! -clay subsoil. ' 1 -^''Before the war the sandy land 1 waB considered too poor to pay for 1 cultivation with slave labor. I The clay land was broken with ( what we call side grab three inches ] wide, breaking five to six inches \ deep. The^sandy land was broken fiwitha two-horse double foot plow. plow, and 1 ima ITT* a ... implement and a success. - About the first of April the field ; 'was run off.iu rows on a level four j feet wide with a shovel plow nine j by ten iucheB, which made a wide, ? open furrow five or six inches ] deep. Into this furrow fresh sta- j ble manure was distributed all along as 1 igh t 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 com at second plowing. .The stable manure was left uncov ered for a day or two. i About April 8 planted Mosby ; corn and covered with light double i foot plow, using two very small I grabs, which covered the grains about one- inch deep. Before the corn came up, run a furrow in : middle of rows with the same i large shovel, which made splendid water furrow. The corn came up well. When about live inches high, run around with a three-footed cultivator, front foot of cultivator run inside of opening furrow, throwing just enough ,dirt to corn to cover young crop^ grass. The roar or third foot Of cultivator run 1 near enough to water furrow to cover grass in same. The work was so well done that hoeing was not needed. I have not hoed corn for? 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 Mosby's. I have been planting this variety of corn since 1886, and to wnew my seed I bought of Mosby one bushel at a cost of $3. The expressage was $2.70. " About two weeks after first plow ing, the second plowing with same cultivator, with all three feet of cultivator set to throw dirt to corn. This plowing filled the drill fur row to a level and nearly filled wa ter furrow. About this time an excess of rain fell. For fear of washing, and in order to retain as much of the rain as possible, I run one furrow in middle of row wit!} same plow ? lajd ?$ witl}, $|a't|u>4 Md 1*9* pawing was dane with a one-horse double foot plow, using two worn eight inch shovels. Until corn commenced to tassel had had too much rain, from which it was ?lightly injured About the time the silks began to appear rain ceased and there was norain for three weeks; then a good rain, and then th iee 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 ehow 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 'minimum 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. Some day 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 successful fanning. * 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 is 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 )f the labor was intelligently di rected, the resuit would be aston ishing, y On well-drained upland deep jlantin^has given the best re edy custom has been to scatter th* manure in the drill, causing the rootlets to seek some distance for it. If concentrated at the hill the rootlets concentrate at that peint, hence less substance to the roots khan if properly distributed. Never plow laud wet. Run rows on a level so as to retain the rain fall. Never put much dirt to corn early in the spring, and when once you begin to plow, do BO regularly In conclusion I beg lo say that the result of the experiment made by me and- that of Mr. Drake de monstrates the fact that South Carolina Boil 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 eigVf and three-fourths acres of land: ^ Breaking land, man and horse 8 days, $8.00 Seed corn, 5.70 Planting, 3 meu and 2 horses 1 day, 2.50 Hauling and scatter'g manure, 4.00 Cultivating, 1 man and horse 1\ days, 7.40 Thinning. 1 man 2 days, 1.00 Total cost of production, $28.70 Average number of bushels on 8| acres 39$. Average cost of production per bushel 8 2-5 centB. Largest yield on one acre 56f bushels, 6 cents per bushel. Two thousand bundles of fodder were gathered from the Si acres of land, worth as much or more than the manure used. RicHBURO, S. C., Nov. 9, '92. We the undersigned (disinter ested) parties certify that at the request of Capt. O. A. Wylie we measured and staked the acre of land on his farm on which was grown the 56| 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 certjfy, al foja request, I superintended! the garnering and measuring of tye acre of corn, ftbove specified! qn the farm of 0. A, Wylie iu Ootober last and ihat the produot from this rere was bushels/ (Signed) GEO. C. GILL. Richburg, Nov. 9,1892. LOVENGOOD'S LIZZARDS. $8-cit Doler Rsw-ard. BY S-L-, OP TENN. . -: Nashville Union and American. This cash will be paide in corn or projunce tn be collicted at ir ahoute nex kampmetin by ene vun what ketchia him, for the sacus ove wun Sutty Loveugood led .ur ali v an safely gin over tn he car ove passon John Bull in af squire mack junkins for a rasin ?ve the devil, permiscuously, liscumfurtin the wim?n powerful ip a skarin of folks gineraly at he ratilsnaix spings. signed by ne John Bulin the Passon. attested u by Jehu Wethorne. I found written copies Of the tboye highly intelligible and vindictive proclamation stuck up >n every blacksmith shop and tore door in the Frog Mountain ange. Its bloodthirsty, vindictive pirit, its style, and, above all? its hirograpby, interested me to the xtent of stealing one from a tree or preservation; In a few days I found Sut in a rowd in front of Capehar's small logge ry, and, as he proved to be bout in "tune." I read it to him. Yes George, that ar dockymint ,m in year?est, sartin. They duz /ant mo powerful bad, but I spect it dullera won't fetch me. I'll go aysef fur fifty, planked down, ef ou'il go long an see me hev sst ice. Lite, little ole feller, an et that roan ove" youru blow a ittle, au I'll splain this cussed far what hes mined my karacter s pius pusson in the sciety about 1?re. You see, I went tu last ear's big meetiu' at Ratail Snaix Springs, and wer sittin' in a nice hady place conversiu' with a rien' in the huckilberry thicket, rhen the fust thing I knnw'H T tn' 1 was glad ove it, fur I thot he aent tu kill me with his club of ie failed tu preach me tu death, an' didu't wont her tu see me die." "Who was the friend you speak ?f, Sut?" "Nun ove your bisues, durn yonr ittle ankshus pieter 1 But I'll tell rou one thing, George, that ni te a lei bor gall got an orful confounded troppin' from her mam with the tirrup leather ove a saddil, an' ile Passon Bullin had et supper har that nite ; an' what's wus nur ill, she cooked it fur him an' beg ged him atrembliu' and cryin' not u tell on her; thedurnedinfurnel, liperkritikcl, pot-bellied, whiskey vaitin' ole ground-hog I But I >aid ' i ni fur it all; ef I hain't I viii. Imean tu keep a prayin' ove um all the time. Well, at nex' jig meetin' at Rattil Snaix I wur >n him, as solemn as hat-kerrier it colteclion time, fur I had promised the ole hog tu cum an' je couvarted j ist tu keep him .rom killin' me. I tuck a seat on ;he steps ove the pulpit to prove I vur in y earnest. Thei wus a nonetrous crowd in that grove, in- ole Bullin wur preachiu' tu em at au orful rate, how the Hell ?arpiuts wud serve 'em ef they iidn't repent, how they'd crawal >ver 'em, rap their toils roun'd :har necks, poke thar tongues into ?har eyes an blow inter thar years ; in' if it war an' 'omman, how they'd quile in her busum, an' try iu crawl down under her frock ?tring. An' he hed 'em hot, hollerin' m'scared.. The fact is, the thing tvas a working 'powerful. Now I'd kotch five big grey pot-bellied lizzards, an' held 'em in a little narrer bag, what I made a purpose --thar tails all at %the bottom, an' packed as tighf as a bu nd il ove silks. So while he wur a rariu :>nto his tip-toes, unbenowens tu inybody, I ontied my poke an' sut the mouth up under his britc ies leg an' gin ther tails a squeeze in' a shake, when they tuck up his bar leg, makin' ove a nise sorter ike squirrils a climbin' a shell Dark hickory. IJe stopped preachy in' looked fur ft moment like he rVWT- tts'aiu fur ann^thin,1 sorter like un1 qle sow cjqs when she aears yqq whistle fqr tqe dogs. I jive a hjg groan, aql hilt my hed *tween my fcnees, Then he com menced a-slappin' ove his self trhar ye cut the steak outen a beef, in* (?hen he'd fetch a ruff rub whar i boss's tail sprouts, then he'd ?torctp, then rub his han' atween hi B wa i sb un an his shut, aa* reach down4'roun' mitily with it-then he spred his legs an' give hi's back; * a good shakin' sort ove a rub ? ?gain'^the pulpit, sorter like a hog-) scratches agin' a stump; aleanin' -j tu his work p >werful,an' Bquirmin' i ginerally, zif he'd jist cum outen a dog bed, ur hed slep on a ant i trial. About this time wun ove my < lizzards (scared an' hurt, I s'pose; 1 by, all this robbin' an' scratchin' j an' slappin') poked his hed out j atween the passon's shut collar ah' 1 his ols brown neck, tuck a ' peep; j at the sircumstancea, an' doge ( back agpn. Ole Bullin's speech, i now cum tu him. His eyes stick in' j out like two buckeyes flung' agin J a mud wall an' his voice trimblin' -x Says he, 'Brethren, tako keer ove 1 your eefa. the Hell Sarpiuts hev i got me!" Sum ove the wimmin < fotch a panter yell, an' a ramrod < legged doctor what sot near me 1 allowed it wur a dar case ove ? delicious *remenjns. an'/ I thot ' he wur rite, fur it wur tremen]na \ afore it wur dun with. Off went the \ clawhammer coat, an' he flung hit \ ahind him like he wur a gwine j inter a fite (he bed no jacket on.) ? Next he fot?h his shut over his i hed faster nur I' got outen my 1 pasted wun, an' he flung hit up in the air like he didn't care a durn < if hit kppt on up forever, but hit i lodged onto a black jack. I seed ' wun ove my - lizzBrds a - ra?in.' 5 about over the big old dirty-lookin' 4 sbut,skared like the devil. Then he . gin a sorter shake an' a twist, an' < he cum outen his britiches, an' he * tuck 'em by the bottom ove tho J legs an' swung'em round his hed 1 a few times an' then fotch 'em 1 down cherwallup over .the front 1 ove the pulpit. You could uv 1 hearn the smash a quarter ove a ! mile ! Nigh onto ahn?f"r?'teen short- { britches. Wun ove the 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 1 as ugly, who sot thirty yards off a 1 fannin' hersef with a turky tail, an smart tu the last,/mc com- 1 menced runnin' down. So she wur ; bound to faint, an' did jt fust-rate '' -jist 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 nuthin' 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 skare wur a growin- von 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 gregat ion, kerk iff ! an' BOX in tu gettin'* away. He run, or rathf# went in a lumberin' gallop, heavy, like an ole waggin hoss skared 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 blacky stripe down hii back like onto an ole bridil 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 n m 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 as war nu ts, an' ull 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 from 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 then it wur. Well, he disay peared in the thicket, an' ove all the niscs ye ever hearn it wer- thar Ju a cirkle ove two huhd^d feet ox thereabouts--sum wimenacramin* -.they wus the sfcery wuns j sum terfin'-?tb.ey wu? the wicked wuns; snm oryiu-they wns the fool wuns,(sorter of th? 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 ScW turned the way old mudtuk il vras a runnin'-they was the deceitful wuns; sum duin' nuthin'j 'phey wus the waitin' wuns, an' tiie most danjerous ove all 'erirby a. durne d long s!te. : "I tuck a big skeer mysef. arter i Bibil about as big as a brick, iie-sip-line, an' a book called a cataplasm, a few rocks an' sich l?jt?-fruit spattered onto the pul- ] pit ni onto my hed; an' as-the Lovengoods-durn?? 'em !-know aiffchin' but tu run when they git 3B*red, I j ist put out towards the i ?w?imp on the krick. As I started | i black bottil ove baldface smas hed agin a tree forninst me. Sum iu'rued foolperfessordun this, who a?i?--more zeal than sence : fur I iay^ that any man who'd wast a lu?rt ove good whiskey fur the ?h?nce ove knockin' a poer devil ike me down with it, if the bottil arv?, nuthin,' isn't as smart as ole Squire MecmUllin, an' he shot his jef . with a hoe handil, an' hit ivarjn't loaded at that. Well, you cnc%, George. I orterrun fast ist look atthese legs ; I used 'em mm atween that meetiu' ground tn' the swamp, au' they hain't iotch me yet. "Ole Barebelly Bullin, as they jail him 8ince his tribulation with ;he Hell Sarpints, ;hain't preened out; wup st an' then he hedn't an oman tu hear 'im. His tex was, Naked 1 cum inter this wuld an' ['m gwine outen it the same way, ?f Fin spared till then.' I'm told twarfa wowerf ul sarmint-it wus ' bearf three miles. He proved that ?akiflness warn't much arter all, af ye a'take the rile view ove the thinj ; that hell sarpints ove all ?ize .: F?s. skeery, cold an' trubil 3um ;that it waru'ttu be expected 3 ve Igm, a poor, weak, frail wum naiciitru ?? mo nug imytu..;-_ range. ', "Now/George, that all may be io 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! 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 skeer, with-say a peck, ur a peck au' a half ove lizzards. Try an' skeer 'im ef you kin, Good by.? All Unnerved, The Detrotit Frc? Prcis. . He didn't have them again, that was evident, but when he came in at 6 o'clock from bia 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 birts-" "Skoop hirts?" queried the 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 soop-", ' "Henry, my dear.-' interrupted Mrs. Henry, getting up and taking him by the arm, "suppose you go out 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 Me in This Time of Hy Dire Necessity?" CUURYTON", S, C" March 20, ^ Mr- Px ?R? Duriaoe, Agent Georgia Home- Insurance Company.. PEAR Sa? x Allow me to thank you, and through you Mr. R. P. Spencer, the Special 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 my 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. Drain in jr tlie 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 swamp 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 t$?e 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 home of alligators and various other 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 as machinery and human hands can accomplish- it. After January 1, this force will be doubled, one half working during the day and the other at night, so that this year's results will be twice as much ae that of the last twelve months. This canal, when completed, will be 150 ft. wide and 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 another 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 per minute, will force the water off the V-*** lnvaaof inland tt. long, Wllu a. iv *v. ~~.i?~. _. - what is known as a combination dipper and stump puller. By April 1 the company will be able to secure timber from Oke finokee. In this alone the wealth of the swamp isjincalculable. Its pine groTpth is the most magnifi cent in the world in point of size and quality, and its cypress de posits cannot be equaled anywhere. The pines average. 70 ft. to the 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 diameter being from 10 to 12 ft. Saw mill men have besieged the company to secure the timber, but, as it is of such valuable quality, the compa ny will probably erect saw mills OD the edge of the swamp and de velop the timber on its own ac count. The engineers expect to find many valuable curios as the work progresses. Already they have found evidences of Indian habita -tion of. the numerous small is lands which dot the great swamp. Numbers of Indian mounds have been discovered on these islands filled with all styles of pottery, specimens of which have been sent to the Smithsonian Institu tion at Washington. The most interesting curiosities, however, are expected when the 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 swamp in past centuries, and are anx iously looking forward to the turn ing up of carcasses to prove their theories. Just what length of time will be required to complete the drain ing of Okefinokee the engineers are unable to estimate, but it is safe to say. that there is work ahead for several years. When the reclamation is accomplished, the stockholders of th? company who had the nerve to pul their money into the scheme, which, when first broached, appeared to many as a wild vagary, will real ize handsomely on . their invest ments. It may take a long time, but it is one of those things worth waiting for.-Savannah News. Ladies Hats at Cobb's. Ladien have you seen Jas. M. Cobb's beautiful assortment of Ladies and Misses Trimmed Hats. Don't fail to see his millinery goods. You can save money and get the latest styles,. JJ*, FOX, EDGEFIELD, S, O. WATCHES, SPECTACLES, CLOCKS, MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS. JEWELRY. VRONZE FIGURES. SILVERWARE. FINE CUTLERY. THIS WAT BTTYEI^S OIF FERTILIZERS, If You Want to Make 10 Cents Cotton. I am prepared to offer to the Farmers of Edgefield county for the season of 1893 the following first-class Fertilizers, at lowest prices: Atlantic Fertilizer, . _ Atlantic Acid Phosphate" Atlantic Dissolved Bone, Bte. I have also on nand other leading brands. Call on me for prices md terms l^fore purchatsing elsewhere. F. P.JHOLLINGSWORTH, EDGEFIELD. S. C. "Seeing is Believing." And a good lamp must be ample; when it is not simple it is 'not good. Simpk, Beautiful, Good-these I words mean much, but to see "The Rochester" will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal, tough and seamless, and made in three pieces only, it is absolutely safe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin's of old, it is indeed a u wonderful lamp," for its mar velous light is purer and brighter than gas light softer than electric light and more cheerful than either. 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