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How Some Occ Boys Made Facts and Figures by WI Ry Wimiim Davis, Richland. <1? KIINIICIN on Acre. Tho plot of land on which my corr j wiiH planted was Pottom land. My aero was 22 yards wide and 220 yards long and had been planted III corn ever slnco I can remember. On May 11th my land was broken with a two-horse turning plow, about six Inches. Tho next day it was har rowed with a disc, harrow. Nothing mort' was done to lt till the first of .lune, when lt was gone over with a drag harrow. On the 2d of June tho rows we're laid off 4 V? feet apart and 200 pounds of 10-2-2 guano was applied with a dlBtlrbntor. Corn was drop ped by hand, very thick, tho seed be ing of Alexander's Prolific., raised on my acre last. year. The corn was cov ered with double-foot. On account of dry weather and clods lt did not come np until about two weeks. There w is a light shower on the 18th of .lune - just enough to dampen t ho gnni nd. On tlic 271 h ol" Juno my corn was worked the Hist (imo with a four toolh cultivator and thinned the same day. Not having a good stand I could not Mun ll to a regular dist-j ance, hut where I could I left it. about six or elghl Inches apart. On tho 3d day of July a nico rain fell, which helped the corn very much. On July 13th corn was plowed the second time with a sweep, two fur rows to tim row. On tho lath and Hitli of July a heavy rain fell, which caused the creek to overflow and do tho corn much daniage. Nothing else was done toward working lt till July 31, when it was laid hy with a sweep, one furrow In tho middle. On August 1, 2 and 3 showers came, which caused the corn to grow much faster. On September lifith I gathered 353 bundles of fodder from my acre, and on tho 251b of November forty-five bushels of corn was gathered. Total number of bushels, 46 bush els and 3 5 pounds. Total valuo of t;vop at J?t?Wk?i p?leo, Inclmllnp fod ? .^(it.W, - - ? r. : * Wt I Ha tn OftV!: Billes Striming, Richland. 7H Hnshels on Acre. The plot of land on which I culti vated my prize nero of corn for Ibo yon I" ION was situated near Hie cen ter of (leone.' county, about 100 yards west of ('oneross creek, just above what lt known ns the Venter lt ridge, lt was a part of a Meld of what ls known as second hoi tom land. Tho soil ls a ricii. black sandy land, with out any stumps or rocks in it. Ono side was somewhat lower than the other ami therefore contained more molstu re. Tills land was in eats in 19 10, fol lowed by cane and peas sowed for forage. About. November 1st, 1910, I broke lt up about. 7 to 8 inches deep with a throe-horse disc plow. It was left untouched until tho following slicing. On the first day of April I harrow ed lt twice with an Acme harrow, breaking the crust thoroughly and ?.rushing up all small clods. Immedi ately afterwards 1 hauled nine one horse loads of stable manure and spread broadcast over it. On April 21? I broadcasted into pounds of 16 |ier cent acid over my acre, and Oil the following day cross broke it with a half shovel plow and harrowed it. The ground was then in first class condition to receive the seeds. On April 27th I laid off my acre in rows feet apart with a distribu ter, putting L'un pounds of 9-:?-:? guano in the furrow. On the same day I planted one fourth bushel Marl boro Prollllc com by hand, taking pains to place the grains, as reg?lal as possible, it boil I ii or tl inches apart in tho drill, i then covered with double-foot. On the 2 St ll, 2ft th and 30 th rain fell, which caused the ground to crust some. On May Uh I ran a weeder over my acre to help the young corn break through tho crust. The com was beginning to come up some then. On .May 18th 1 ran around it with a scooter plow, putting two furrows per row and going pretty deep. On May 20th I went through my corn and replanted and thinned it to an average of about 12 Inches apart. My stand was pretty good and did not need nt ti ch replanting. On May 27th I put on my first side application of fertilizer-100 pounds of a mixturo containing 200 pounds of Ifi per cent acid. lf>0 pounds cot ton seed nv al and .">0 pounds muriate of potash--6 indies ?ni corn on either side. mee Corn Club Their Crops. b?ch Others May Profit. On .May 27til I run around lt with a scooter plow, going just outside of .thc furrows made hy the distributer in die Hist side application of ferti lizer, and threw fresh dirt on the fer tilizer. On June 5th 1 chopped out corn , with hoe, and on June 7th I ran ( around it with a scooter plow and 20-inch sw?_op, putting two furrows' per row. On June 17th I ran around lt the second limo with scooter plow and Bwoep to keep corn growing during the dry weather. On Juno 1 M li we had a nico rain, which was tho first since corn was coining up. The rain was accompa nied by considerable wind and hail, hut did not burt tho corn much. On June 2 2 1 applied 300 pounds of fertilizer, of the same mixture us' the Hist side application, 10 inches from corn, on either side, and on June 2ll 1 ran around with scooter plow and sweep. July 1st ti hard rain came in thc afternoon, und on July 3d I put on ll rsl application of nitrate of soda L'on pounds- applied by hand. We Mad a ni< <' shower in tho afternoon of thu sumo <lny and also the day foi-1 lowing. My corn was hunching for tassel and about shoulder high. On July 0th I ran around it with sweep lo help dissolve the nitrate of! soda; also chopped out weeds and faulty stalks. Light showers fell July 8th, 9th, I 10th, lilli and 13 Ml. My corn was' growing very fast about this Hmo. Heavy rains, accompanied by some hall and considerable wind, fell on tho 15th and 115th. On July 20th 1 straightened the stalks of corn which . luid blown down. On July 20th 1 applied 200 pounds nitrate of soda and ran one I furrow through middles with 30 ; Inch sweep. Corn was in full tassel at this Hmo. Italn fell July 21st, 30th and 31st. Wc had no rain during the month of August and my corn suffered for moisture and tho ears developed short. During tho first half of Septem ber 1 prat herod 7 4 0 4-hand bundles ol fu hier. 0 . ?. - hali off lt v.v.v. lu ?'.V'M.I' light -bo.vois, but w'as iu very i int i*'onili? '. . whef? liiih ititi upi on fin li5Wi and .'('.ta ?if Ootob f I I gathered my corn. t. hauled it to ! lt Ich land and had lt weighed oil I wagon scales. One hundred pounds was tnkon from two differ en I loads. Tho 200 pounds of corn was shucked and shelled, and tho shelled corn , weighed. lt woighod I."? I pounds shelled, or 77 pounds oui ol' each hundred pounds of corn in Hie ear. Following are the complete weights of corn : 1 'ounds. i Cross.1 0,048 j Ttl re. 1,360 I Total weight in shuck . 5,688 Shuck and cob. 1,308 Not weight of corn . 4,380 This result, divided by 56, gave a yield of 7 8 bushels ?villi 12 pounds. Following ls the report of my crop: Expenses-? Rent of land.$ 5 00 Preparation of seed bed .... 3 00 Cost of seed . 25 Cost of planting. 95 Cost, of * 1-horse loads of ina n ii re. 9 00 Cost ol" fertilizer . 28 37 Cost of cultivation . 5 95 Cost of nat hering. G 20 Total .$58 Receipts 7N bushels 12 pounds corn at $1, 7 lo bu nil les fodder at $2, 568 pounds shucks at 50c.$95 70 Less expenses . 58 7 2 Net profit.$37 04 Net cost per bushel, 52.4 cents. Stiles Strihling. Rotiert Davis, Richland. 'Mid Cents Per Hiishel. On March 27th 1 broke my ground ll or 7 Inches deep with common turning plow, and the land was har rowed with a tooth harrow on March 28 th. On April Kali spread 175 bushels ol* barnyard manure, broadcast, bar rowing ii in with tooth-harrow. Oil May 3 I went over land with disc harrow, dragged with tooth-har row and mark ?d off rows I l,? feet apart, with gopher, Oil May Ith I put In 200 pounds ol' 10-2-2 guano, planted Com in shal low furrows, Iben covered with dou ble-foot. On May 13th corn was up and looking tine, but by May 15th bud worms had destroyed 50 per cent of tho corn. On May li51li I harrowed the re mailling corn with side-harrow, fun ning as close to corn as possible. On .lune 1st 1 thinned and replant ed the whole crop, and on Juno loth buisted out. middles with 16-inch sweep. On June 2-Uh harrowed with side harrow, for second time. After'the second plowing the corn wilted and looked as If it was going to die. The long dry spell in June and July dam aged tho plants to a great extent. On July I nih a light shower fell, mois tening tho top of ho ground. 1 plowed with 16-inch sweep and dis tributed 200 pounds of 10-2-2 guano on one side of rows that day. Occasional rains prevented any more cultivation until August 1st, when 1 plowed *he corn with sweep and distributed 200 pounds of 10-2-2 guano on both sides of tho rows. On August 2d I hoed replants and laid the corn by. On August 8th corn was beginning to tassel. August 10th wind blew down fully one-fou rth. On September 16th I pulled fod der off part of the corn. On November 2 Ot li I gathered the corn, in the presence of two disinter ested persons. After weighing the corn we found there was 5,222 pounds in shuck. Two separate'lois of loo pounds each were weighed and wo found SI pounds of corn to each lot. After gathering my corn .1 found the expenses to be as given below, having kept a correct account. Preparation of seed bed.$ 1 75 Cost of seed. 25 Cost of planting. 35 Cost of manu re. 5 0 0 Cost of fertilizer. S 50 Cost of cultivation. 1 50 Cost of gathering. 2 00 Kent of land. 5 00 Total cost.$24 35 Value of crop, including fod der .$85 31 Minus expenses. 24 35 Piont .$60 96 Cost per bushel, 28 Vfc cents. Robert Davis. Richard Lewis, (Tenison College. 50 Bushels on Acre. March 7-Measured off land for my acre. Selected a piece of cotton land; gray loam, with clay subsoil; ran over with weeder, tearing the Umbri ' cracked bolls from '',*'* ! stalks. - j j Mardi s- Broke land with euc ! horse turn plow. ? urning \\.\d< i ii I ; I kr :'.id breaking land si < ?ne tu -1 ! deep. March 16- Han off rows with a| double shovel, going twice in same ; furrow. i March 18- Hauled and scattered live loads of manure in furrows. Drill ed in 200 pounds of 10 per cent acid, j March 20 Threw two furrows on ? stable manure and acid. . j March 25 ll roko out middles with j billi' shovel; drilled in 200 pounds ot' acid and meal ( mixed ). April ii Opened the bed with a j double shovel and planted Mosby's Prolific corn with Deering corn planter, set lo drop one grain every twelve inches. On April ?, 5, 8. 9, ll, 12, 1 ;5 and I I cold rains fell On April 18th corn was coming up and by the 20th all was up. April 2 1-Ran over with weeder, going up tho rows. May 0-Ran over with weeder, going across the rows. May 10--Ran two furrows with little Joe harrow. May lit- Ran through corn with .loo i .irrow. May 26-Broadcasted 4 00 pounds of acid iind loo pounds of meal, mixed; ran Joe harrow three times through the middle. May 30-Corn growing fast and about two feet high; ground loose and clean. June 10-No rain; corn growing some; average about three feet high. Juno 17- -No rain; corn about stopped growing, but. no sign of fir ing. June 30 Fifty days since we have had any rain; com wilting from hot, dry winds, but not firing. July 6 flood rain; corn com menced to tassel. Put 100 pounds nitrate of soda and sowed one bushel of dav pens, and ran twice through tho middle with Joe harrow. September I Had a heavy rain, with hard wind, which broke off a great deal of corn. September 7-Corn so badly dam aged by winds I cut and shocked to save what was on ground. I found that a great deal of corn had been bored Into hy worm. This was tho reason sc much fell. November 20.1 had to walt for Mil! shredder to cut up the stalks, so did not get my corn shucked early. Had two neighbors to see corn meas ured ?is lt was shucked. I mndo 56 1-8 bushels of corn and sold near ly all of it in the Midd at one dollar per bushel. Also made a ton and a half of forage, which I sold for $15. Richard Howls. j II, --~ Bruce Stribllng, lUcl?ond. OH Bushels on Aero. . The acre of land on which my corn was grown waa dark-colored, loose BecoiHl bottom land, with red clay subsoil. This land had oats on it in 1?H0, followed by peas and cane for forage. On November 3, 1010. I turned this land With a disc plow about eight inches deep. This was all I did to it until the first of April, when 1 broad casted nine one-horse loads of stable manure over it. On April 2 0 1 broadcasted 900 pounds of IC per cent phosphoric acid over lt, then 1 cross-broke it Ave inches deep with a half shovel plow to mix tho manure ana acid with the soil. The next day, after narrowing twice with an Acme harrow, I laid off the rows 3 V6 feet apart, putting 200 pounds 9-3-3 g lano in the fur row with a drill. Then 1 dropped the corn by hand (because 1 did not have a good corn drill) six inches apart, then covered with a double-foot. I planted Marlboro Prolific corn, using about a peck. In about a week I ran a weeder across the rows to break the crust, and on the 7th o? May the corn was beginning to come lip. It did not,come up very fast at first, so I waited until ibo 18th of May before I plowed it; then I ran around it close and deep with a narrow scooter plow. The next day I replanted and thinned my corn to 12 inches apart. My stand was not perfect, but I bad a very good stand, for it had a shower of rain tho night after I planted it. and again tho next day. I made my first application of fer tilizer-100 pounds home-mixed, analyzing about 0-3-3-the 27th of May. 1 applied this with a drill In the furrow about cdx inches from the corn on either side. I ran around it again with a scooter on May 29th, about t ight Inches from the corn. Very little grass or weeds either had come up In my corn, but 1 chopped through lt the 5th of June with a hoe. Next. 1 ran around it with a scooter and 20-inch sweep. 1 ran around lt again on tho 16th of June. On tho 18th of June wo had a very bard rain storm, accompanied by hall and a very strong wind, but no seri ous damage was done to my corn. On June 22 I applied 250 pounds more home-mixed fertilizer ten Inches from corn, and ran around again the next day with a sweep. We had another good rain the first of July, so 1 made my first, appllca itratc of soda f?0o pounds) bj hand on i ho 3d tiny o: Inly. \\ o j had (?hb\v?r the evening after f np plied ibo nil ato <>i sod.', and .".gain I hat ni? h t.. On (he Otb of July 1 knocked out the sorry stalks and then ran around with a 24-inch swoop. Wo had rain off and on for about a week between the 8th and I (Uh of July. These rains washed some sand Into one corner of my nero and some of the stalks were washed down, so Oll the 20th Of July I went (brough and straightened up the corn that was down and applied 200 pounds more nitrato of soda. I plowed my corn the last time with a 30-inch sweep, putting one furn v to the row. At this time the corn ."a.- growing fast and was dark colored. Corn suffered for rain for about two weeks during the first part of June. It seemed to be all right when I layed It by, but wo had ano ther dry spell the first part of Au gust-In fact, we had very little rain In August at all. This was the most impotrant time, so my corn was cut off about one-third of what It would havo niado In ii good season. We had plenty of rain In September, but this was too lato to do much good. The fodder was ready to pull by the first of September, so I gathered and tied up 7 30 bundles (four-hands to the bundle) on the 4th of Septem ber. I gathered my corn on October 25 and weighed it by tho wagon load on standard wagon acales. I had 6,08.1 pounds In tin; shuck. I weighed two different 100-pound lots and shucked and shelled It and lt. weighed out 76% pounds shelled corn to 100 pounds In tho shuck. This gave me 3,838 pounds shelled corn, which is equal to f>8 bushels and 80 pounds. Tho cost of my acres was as fol lows: Rent.$ 5 oo Preparation of seed bed. 4 2T> Cost of seed . 2a Cost of planting . l oo Manure. o ou C'est of fertilizer . 27 53 Cost of cultivation . fi '"fi Cost of gathering . f, 75 $59 13 Receipt? 08 bushels and 30 y ands of corn at $1 .$c,8 64 730 bundles fodder at. $2. . . . 14 (?0 600 pounds shucks at f>0c. . . 2 50 Total receipts.$85 04 Less expenses . 59 13 Net profit.$2f, 61 Cost per bushel, (il cents. Bmco strlbllng. Dr. Blackett told tho writer ono day last spring, coining up on the ( train from Columbia, that Usn lasted longer as an ammonlato In fertlll/.or1 than any ammonlate used In making { fertilizer. Wo have always been heavy users of fish, but since Dr. Blackett told us that we have more than doubled the amount of fish we j use. Fish ts the most expenslvo am mot?late put In fertilizer. Some fer- : tlllzer companies don't use lt at all, and we probably use more per ton than any manufacturer in the busi ness. In the home-mixed fertilizer, I or the fertilizer you mix at home, ! you only get the ammonia from cot ton seed meal. In the mixed fertili zer you get from us the ammonia ls ' derived from Nitrato of Soda, Sui-j phate of Ammonia, high grade blood, | cotton seed meal, tankage and fish scrap. You then have three different kinds or ammoniates: Animal, Vege-, table and Mineral. These different I ammoniates last different lengths of I time In the soil. Nltra e of Soda j acts quickest and exhausts quickest, Sulphate of Ammonia comes next,' blood and cotton seed meal next, tankage a little later, because ll is a j coarser grain and Uah scrap last of | all. and lasts longer than any. As one of these exhausts thc other comes in. So that by this combina tion of ammoniates wo arc making fertilizer that feeds and nourishes ! he crop from the time lt sprouts all through the working season, all I brough (he laying-by season and un til the plant is matured and the crop ; ready to be gathered. This ls a com-! plete fertilizer. Now a fertilizer with an ammoni- . ale thal is derived from cotton seed meal only, makes a pretty fertilizer and it does first rate while lt lasts. j The only trouble is the cotton seed | meal exhausts and is through with its work by the time the cotton be-1 gins to fruit, .lust at the time when your plant needs more plant food, more ammonia, your ammonlate is I exhausted and the plant sheds its fruit. And that cuts your crop. There was less home-mixed fertilizer used in the spring of 1911 than in any year within our knowledge, and lt ls a well-known fact that cotton shed less in the year 1911 than any year within your knowledge, and the cotton crop of 19 il was the biggest! this country has ever seen. Cotton fertilized with" homo-mixed guano always sheds like rips In the fruiting season. And cotton fertilized with a fertilizer In which fish ls largely used sheds less than any other, and then besides the home-mixed fertilizer is not mixed as completely and as tho~ oughly as the fertilizer we make. You could mix lt as completely and as thoroughly as we do If you were equipped as we are and had the ex perienced men that we have to mix ? lt, but you are not equipped for it ; and lt won't pay von to equip to mix fertilizer for one faun. It pays us because, ive oxpccl to mix fertilizer j for from '1,000 lo 0 non farms Vow to show you that home mixed fertilizer i? not mixed thoroughly, complot* lj and regularly, lake a sam ple of your home-mixed from the dif ferent parts of it. and have them! analyzed, and you will And no two analyses alike. Your fertilizer does' liol run regular, and it can't unless ii is thoroughly mixed, your crops will not he fertilized regularly, and, unless they are fertilized regularly the crop will be Irregular. You all know that it is the regular crop of cotton thal turns off the best crops. In a field fertilized with your home mixed you will have some good cot ton and some Inferior cotton, show ing that you have some good fertili zer and some off fertilizer. Two men were dining. One com plained to the other thai the egg be was eating was certainly not sound. The other Insisted that parts of lt were splendid, and that is ibo way with home-mixed fertilizer. Parts of lt. do very well, the balance of lt "will bo badly off. In the last few years crop contests of all sorts havo been frequent and popular. We have never heard of a man | taking the prize In a crop contest who used home-mixed fertilizer. And w'o have never heard of a man going into a contest relying on home-mixed fertilizer. In a contest of that sort, he always gets the regularly mixed goods from a fertilizer manufacturer because he knows lt ls better. Does lt not stand to reason that a fertili zer made by a fertilizer manu fact u j rcr who is thoroughly equipped with marhlnery to do mixing nnd bas thor oughly experienced men whoso repu tation, business standing and salary i depend upon their mixing the goods properly, goods mixed and manipula ted hy them, does lt. not stand to reason that they will bo better goods than goods mixed and manipulated by the colored brother who is per haps not over zealous in his work, and who ls probably not over consci entious In the discharge of biB du ties? A great, deal depends upon the mixer. If you give tbe same material to two cooks one will make better bread than the other, and don't you think the one who makes bread .165 days in tho year, and year after year, and whose reputation and standing In the business and salary depend on his ability to do it prop roly, will make better bread than one who makes lt for Just for a few days In the stiring of the year? Now If the homo mixer uses the same material that we use lt will cost him moro than wo ask for tho same analysis and lt won't he as Anderson Plosf ati j. ll. VAN DI VER, President. MOSS & AN SED. P. P. SI Md VAN. j. (i. BB BA ZEA I AO . J. W. BYRD . .1. O. ADAMS. ARE OCR AGENTS I srtilizers good because it won't bc mixed as regularly, and as thoroughly and Completely as our goods. Last spring cotton was high and the larmer felt Uko he could use the best grade of fertilizer, so he did no home-mixing. He got his goods already mixed be cause he knew they were better. Now If lt pays to use the best fertilizer when cotton is high, it pays still bet ter when cotton ls at its present price, because when cqttin ls cheal) lt must be mado cheaper to get a prollt. You can make more cotton to the acre with ready mixed goods than with home-mixed goods and the more you make to the acre the cheaper you make lt. Now you may got up a home-mixed 8-3-3, or what you think ls 8-3-3, for $2 a ton less than we sell it to you for. Of this ton of guano you use 4U0 pounds to the acre-as most of you do-you ought to use 800, but most of you use 4 00. Using 4 00 pounds lo tho acre a ton will cover five acres. Now that ls reducing the cost of your fertilizer 40 cents an aero. You can tell the dif ference In crops fertilized with some mixed goods and crops fertilized with ready-mixed goods riding along the road. Hood farmers who are close observers say there must be nt least 1100 pounds of seed cotton difference In the crop before the difference can bo4 noticed riding by. Now this dif ference of 300 pounds of seed cotton Will make more than 100 pounds of lint cotton. This 100 pounds ol* extra lint cotton that you make by using ready mixed goods will bring you at present prices between $!) and $10, and this $t> or $10 ls made at nil ex pense of forty cents. My withholding this 40 cents to the acre you decrease your,income from an acre of land be tween $0 and $10. Now we leave it to you If that ls good business and good farming. The money you pay out for fertilizer is the best investment you can make on a farm. It is the cheapest labor you employ, lt is the only labor you can depend on putting In 24 hours a day. seven days In the week, during tho whole prop period. It. gets in its work Sundays, holi days, rainy days and Saturdays of 24 hours a day, Bevon <tays in the week, from the time you plant your crop until you gather lt. If you use the same material In making home-mixed fertilizer that we do, it will cost you more than we ask for ours. The reasons you nnjke it cheaper is because you use cotton seed meal only as a source of am monia and that is one of the cheapest, ammonlates used in a manufactured fertilizer, and it gives out just when it ls most needed. Now, confidentially, you let the other fellow use his little home-mix ed goods and you buy your fertilizer from the Anderson Fertilizer Com pany, and make crops. Let the crowd use any fertilizer they Avant, to. mid you use the best you can got, because iii" best ls the cheapest, if you fol low the crowd you will ho as po?<>".\fl tl crowd, if lhere ls one thin*.,-.that th- fertilizer mixer ought to know as an aged woman (washwoman) ob served of her bluing, lt 1. mixing a fertilizer. A man who gives his time and his thought to it. certainly knows more about it than the col ored brother knows who mixes a few tons every few years in Hie Spring of the year. Now, If you want to make crops, and that is what this country depends on, get the best fertilizer. When they are all about, the same price gel Hie best- gel the Anderson Fertili zer. Potash is a very necessary in gredient In making fertilizer. In a 200-pound sack of your home-mixed goods you have about a peck of kal nlt and muriate of potash- together, and it will be. Impossible for you to j get this mixed thoroughly. And even If you mix it thoroughly your home mixed won't be as good as ours, be cause you don't use the material to make lt. as good. When you get our goods you get 200 pounds and more to every sack. When a man buys ! fertilizer from .us he gets 2,000 I pounds to the ton. Sulphate of am monia will cost, you $6f>.T>0 a ton, I spot cash on delivery. There is none I of this used In the homo-mixed I goodt. We use quite a lot. of it in maning goods which wo sell for less than $30 a ton, Just to maintain our reputation of making tho best goods put In sacks. Fertilizer ammoniated with nitrato of soda, sulphate of ammonia, high grade blood, high-grade tankago, cot ton seed meal and fish scrap ls a great deal better goods and will make a great deal better crops than a fertili zer ammoniated with cotton seed meal only. Yon have been charging your en tire bill for fertilizer to your cotton crop, when as a matter of fact you have used this fertilizer under corn, peas, cane, turnips, and everything else you have planted. You have made good crops of these where you have planted, You have made good crops of these where you would have made very little without it, and have charged thc whole expense to the cotton crop. T. W. McCarley tells us that one sixth of lils cotton crop will pay for the fertilizer used under his cotton. J. S. Fowler says a farmer makes a mistake in trying to mix his own fertilizer. Mixing your fertilizer at home isa very pretty theory, hut it won't make the right kind of crops. Perpetual motion is a beautiful theory, but it has never worked. ) ana Oil Company, 1). S. VAN DI VICK, Manager. .WALHALLA, S. O. . MADISON, H. C. . WESTMINSTER, S. O. ,,. SENECA? S. O. . SENECA, S. C. N OCONEE COUNTY,