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> / Farmers' T Factors lo Profitable Farming Clemson College.?The most importaut single element in profitable farming is a fertile soil. The principal steps necessary to secure a fertile soil are given by Prof. C. F. Biackwell, Chief of the Agronomy Division. First, the drainage must be taken care of and the land not allowed to wash if it is to be built up to a high state of tertilfty. In order to prevent washing it is necessary to have proper terracing Next to proper terracing is the incorporation of organic matter as the most important thing for our thin soils. We 'have found that the greater ~ the amount of organic matter added to most South Carolina soils the greater the amount of fertilizer thai can be applied with profit. We have also found that le gumes constitute the best source of organic matter. Legumes when grown as a companion crop make the most economical contribution of organic matter and nitrogen to the soil. Of these companion crops, perhaps the velvet bean is the most valuable, when grown as companion crop with corn. Cowpeas and soy beans may also be grown successfully in this way. The legume's next most economical contribution to soil im provement is as a winter cover crop. The legume may be grown alonelor in combination with rye. Rye a ad vetch make one of our best winter cover crops when turned under as a green manuring crop. The third most important factor in soil improvement is crop rotation. A crop rotation in which a legume appears as often ma practicable is extremely im oortant in soil improvement and in promoting: greatest efficiency of valuable plant food in the soil. We have found in our experiments that a crop rotation contributes as much to the yield of crops as 1000 pounds of 8-4-4 fer tilizer per acre. It is therefore a contribution which can not be neglected. Proper cultivation is also a very important factor in efficienl crop production. Many of the farmers in South Carolina do not have the proper plows or sufficient teams with which to prepare and cultivate their land ef ficiently. Another aid to successful crop production is proper use of lime and commercial fertilizer From our experiments to date, we believe that lime whea used in con * nection with organic matter aad crop rotation is a valuable aid to soil building and economical production. The judicious use of commercial fertiliziers essential to profitable ciop production on practically all of the soils ot this state, fudging both from our experiments and from observation of the practice of our most successful farmers, we are convinced that the above named factors are the determining factors in successful crop production in this state. We believe that any farmer who will put into practice proper tarracing, crop rotation, incorporation of organ ic matter, anh combine with this good tillage practices and judicious use of lime with comoierical fertilizer, will Ue able to produce crops economically and profitably. J Farm Gossip . \ Kill the weevil before the weevil kills you. Axarpenter's saw is not a fit tool for pruning fruit trees. A real system of farming doesn't change to meet changing prices. "V "" ^ I Section Farming in the South can no longer be done by proxy. "Blood will tell",?That's why purebred sires are so important. Money In cover crops now saves double money on fertilizer bills next spring. "Distress" cotton means "distressed" cotton growers. Both are national liabilities. Hai-hon hisnlnhide-is mighty discouraging to honest, hardworking: grain weevils. Where there's a will to fence the fields, there's a way to grow forage crops and raise livestock. Now is a good time to provide the garden with a self-starter by building a hot bed of cold-frame. Why will a farmer build a garage for his $500 automobile and let his $1000 worth of farm* machinery stay out in the weather? It is hard to understand how any farmer can spend his time squirrel-hunting and town-loafing while cotton stalks and othei' boll weevil hiding: places are still undestroyed on his farm. A Good Whitewash Seekers after a good formula for whitewash will find it in the one given below as recommended bv the United Stetes Department of Agriculture. Take one-half bushel of unslaked lime and slake it with warm water. Cover it while slaking to keep in the steam. Strain through a fine seine or strainer. Dissolve 8 quarts of salt in warm waten make a thin paste and while boiling hot stir _ _ - 1 ?# 0 0 in one-nan pouna ot riaster 01 Paris and one pound of glue, which has been previously dissolved over p slow fire. Add all this to the strained lime solution and mix well, then add 5 gallons of hot water. Let whole mixture stand for three or tour days. It ; should be put on hot, with a small brush. Coloring may be added, as Spanish brownjor yellow or common clay, CLEAN BATH BEST FOR HOGS Animate Will Ahow Appreciation by Making Profitable Qaina If Given Chanoa. Given n rhtulce hogs will keep themselves clean. While we have come to associate these animals and muddy wallows, the fact of the matter is that the hogs are usually compelled to llvb Id places where they cannot avoid the mod. If the premise* are so arranged that the twine can keep the bodies washed off and at the sains time stay out of the mud they will respond In tains as an expression of their appreciation for the opportunity to'btve regular clean bathrt. SUITABLE FEEDS FOR SWINE Farmer Who Can Produce Large Crops of Barley, Kafir or Milo ( / Should Raise Hogs. Many persons living In ft section where pood corn crops cannot hi raised in nn average season hesitate.. to raise hogs even if they can prodoee large crops of barley, feferita. kaflr or mllo. For ait practical purposes these feeds are Jnst as good as corn for flowing or fattening hogs, and anyone who can produce these crops can grow hoga. PROFIT IN HOME GROWN FEED Closer Feeder 8tioke to Hie Own Crept Better 8howfng Will Be 8took i Returns. A good role for all farmers to follow is to feed what they raise as ranch j as possible. Some purchased feeds I will usually be necessary, but the cloe- , ar the feeder sticks to his own crops, , the better showing wltl he make what ! he figures up his profits on a bunch ef t pigs or cattle. TO MAKE HOG-RAJSTNG PAY j Sanitation Must Be Pwddi< Tiyift ^ ee With Suitable Feed and Furs Water. I ? l Filthy, damp or duaty (gaartera, tM, hogs are not disease bseeders, bat I are dlseaac builders. You must pro-1 yidc unltDPr nnart?P? cnnR fmmd I "J.v of pure water, and theae with! pv. bred stock and constant caul a^csna n profit at ^almost any price, I V ^ r DAIRY J FACTS SERVICEABLE BREEDING RACK Useful Device Whih Bull Becomes Heavy I* Nut Difficult t* But id ?Must Be Braced; A bull thai la a good Individual arid thai has ex roll rot breeding back of, hlni should be kept In service at least* until his daughters come In milk. If he transmits his breeding to his' > daughters he should ho kopt In servlco j until he la no longer useful. To follow this plan It is necessary to ox-1 change bulls with other breeders andf In most cases It will be necessary tc^ use a breeding rack after the bull becomes too heavy. It Is too often the case that the breeding value of a ffltod hull Is not, discovered until he ! dMd. A very serviceable breeding reck crtt he made ft* fdllow*: Take Iwd tdankft 2 by 12 by 9 feet long and pi hop them on a level foundation fer the floor of the breeding rack, ttiena^ planks should be placed one and hoei -11 ii ? a ;i HZSmmSt :a ' " 'i I r.! Durable breeding ftaek far full, j I half feet apart in the front part of . the rack and two feet In the rest, laside measurements. Bach aide of th# bun-ding rack haft three poiti tnkde ot (lip same material as tbe floor which are four feet high In front and onb and ohe-haif feet In the wear. Hid posts are nailed to the floor and g plunk 2 by 12 b? .& foot long !* hailed nh tlie top of the poets. Two-iflcii, strips are nailed across the top of thb hreedlns: rack at Intervals of tan Inches to prevent the hull from sll^ pi UK. The breeding rack must be wall braced with 2 by 4's as indicated lg the diagram. Four pieces 1 by d are nailed across the front end tn prevent it frokn spreading. A 2 by 4 Is nailed across the floor plank Just hack of the middle posts A stanchion Is placed ih the froMt end Of the hreedlnK rack which is bo constructed that It can be moved backward Sk forward.?The Prairie Farmer. v;H TESTS DETECT REMADE MILK | Necessary That Borne Mat Had Be Da I vlaad That Natural Preduet Be , a Dlatlnoulahad. , . >3 rroparM hytkr Oaltad IttM featftaMt at ifHciKMl The increased use of remade milk arid cream?that la, milk ami cream made from powdered or condcnaod milk and sweat-cream tatter?has made ncccMary some method by Which, they may be distinguished from thd nutural products. Such a tact has bias devised by chemlsta of the United Stales Department of Agrleultnre, and It la now possible to detect as Httle as 10 per cent of remade milk In a mixture with natural paateurfsad aaflk. If milk powder has been used In making the mixture, the amount that can he detected will depend on ihe degree of hear used In lta manufactnra. The test for both milk and cream If Imsed upon the color produced whan the washed curd made from than la dissolved Iti sodium hydroxide. Wlm tliln curd solution has stood for ssrrrnl hours a characteristic yellow c<>|?r develops In the aatnplas take*' froi.i remade milk and crtam or arixtun* containing them; samples of the natural products or only slight mta^ tures do not show It. * , Remade milk and cream are wholesome foods If made properly from jrond. natural milk, hut should be sold for what they are. and this test makes ft possible for food officials to determine whether or not the consnmer Is holnj: deceived. TAKE RIGHT CARE OF CREAM During Hot Wogthor It thou!* No. cslve Mere Attention?Cool Soon as Possible. During hot weather cream most f> reive better ^are on the average farm. A* snnn after separating as possible, rr?ol the cream by setting the can It* Cold water. Never ml* the fresh warm cream with the cream from previous separation until cooled as low as possible. Do not keep cream too long at the farm. Send It to the creamery or take It to the cream station at least twice a week, and three times a week tvhen the weather gete hot. Poor, stale cream will not maka umnd butter. If the creamery cannet Make good butter the average price of i -enm will be lower than If-good butt r can be made. + Bacteria Furnish Nitrogen. ? ./ Sweet clover, Uke moat legumes, de1 ids largely for its nitrogen on the > rk of bacteria that live In nodules < (he roots of the plant. While It la i always necessary to inoculate the > d with this Jbarteiia it in always h iaable. Tomato Wilt Garrlod. ?matn wilt Is rairrled In tbo p hints hihI the disease la very often amttered by thla niearv U.erefore care ahould be taken where plants come from. - - v i.mm. . ?. jm ?. ? I \ ? ^ > ^ r> . , We are having bo many d ' Pageland that we have deci< department of our agency, proved that boll weevils mafc and dry sandy soils of Pageh season is the best in years. each week, and call at oui We will be glad to show yo have other ofterings not listc known your wants we can f to sell or exchange real est ' once, as the season is now c give below a few of our offeri 63 acres, clay lend farm three miles from Pageland, in high state of cultivation, good buddings, good water, good pasture. t , l fti. V V ; m ... 54 acres, sand hill farm 1 1-2 miles from Pageland, has 400 peach trees, good dwelling and barns, buildingsi alone worth price of the farm, two horse farm tn cultivation. " - ' : - - -? 2o9 acres, sand-clay farm, 8 miles from Pageland, one-half In cultivation, good pasture, good water, three good houses nod barns, situated on public bitch way. - 166 acres, sand-clay (arm. adjoining above farm, 100 acres in cultivation, good pissiiers, good waters three good houses and barns, located on public highway. J , , ;ii - ?o:>252 acres, cla> and gravel land, heavily timbered good build* ings, fine bottom ?csd tin cu!tlva< tion, located on government highway, sue miles pt. njh of PagePaaeland Insurance L. L. PARKER, Pre*<W . ' it *1? n '*** VP! W.'C.' ? t .iJr J' - ItK'.J ycttA- .?l?rts 'naoo ri'^A.s.q* j 7f?fc>^tT.?v ,, *. "ivitii no | J , . .; - - ' .o-rrv-tx YKMNtMWMWI 5 "fiitvj' W:1 ! me urowm I i jus Bani v K-?<* 1 /<JH ly ! '^1 "r. I See d '.* '< ? Has been | C general ki g~T personal c< S , ity, and tl C has al*iV . Bsffl i i ,,'T ' 1 On the bt j > < > and real f ( , _ your dccot i ^ / I ( I < ^' i! BANK iw I : : !* ' 1 c \ f.I : ? u.' ;; 1-' i / _ emands for small farms near ded to revive the real estate Experience this year has ;e little headway in the high and, and the cotton Orop this Watch this list for offerings 1 r office for any. information. ! ?u any of this property. We I id here, and if you will make | it you up. Any one desiring ate will do well to see us at >n for making changes. We ings at this time. land, an ideal home for a good citiaeo. 65 acres, located in good community, three miles from Page: hind, two horse farm is culttva tion, red clay soil and very fertile. We have ao attractive price on this farm. 4 lots* size 25 x 150 feet centrally located in Pageland, ideal business lots, fronting on Pearl street. 2 Lots, size 25x100 feet fronting on McGregor street, centrally located and very desirable. 8 Lots and dwelling 50x150 feet fronting on Pearl street, a good house centrally located. 2 Lots and drteflingin Pageland fronting on Maple street. New house and barn, well located. 92 1-2 Acres, good day land farm i 8 miles from Pageland, good huildintrs. rood two-horse farm lie cultivation, good pasture. an! Real Estate Co., ,t.. J.S. WALLACE. Manager. . v'-'fi*T J>-M i-?J'v? v , ,t ?jJ "7 < Ul'J 3r : V I .0 ' ^ I ' and Strength of S Mr $ T made possible by a broad w nowledge of business and 3 onditions in this commun- 1 ! tangible service that it ff s been our policy to render. 3 sis of confidence, courtesy 3 personal service, we invite ft rat. ? 9 s Mr | OF PAGELAND, 1 L. PARKER. Prendent ' 3' G.MORGAN. Carina V F^MOORE, Asst. Cashier. S ,.i : ft ft J* ? * 3 -1. A ? ^ .A _ ?. ^ ? ' * ' ,. , (>&:? fcJ' '><?'? -?' < > n "liCfl^too IHw fir?'lv? 11 m !./ ,'v ' *