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Factors In Profitable Fanning Clemson College.?The most important single element in profitable farming is a fertile soil. The principal steps necessary to secure a fertile soil are given by Prof. C. P. Blackwell, 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 * .. jj.li Hinuuni 01 urKQDic uiuuer a^uycu to most South Carolina soils the greater the amount of fertiliser that 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 sue # * cesstuity in mis way. .. The legume's next most economical contribution to soil improvement is as a winter cover crop. .The legume may be grown alone<or 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 at practicable is extremely important in soil improvement and in promoting greatest efficiency of valuable plant food in the soiL We have found in our expert* ments that a crop rotation contributes as much to the yield of crops as 1000 pounds of 84-4 fertilizer per acre. It is therefore a contribution which can not be neglected. Proper cultivation is also a very important factor inefficient 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 efficiently. Another aid to successful crop production is proper use of lime and commercial fertilizer From our experiments to date, we believe that lime when used in con^ nection with organic matter and crop rotation is a valuable aid to soil ouiiding and economical production. The judicious use of commercial fertiliziers essential to profitable crop 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 .his state. We believe that any farmer who will put into practice proper tarracing, crop rotation, incorporation of organ ic matter, anh combine with this eood tillage practices and judiciA..< -J t: ? uuo uac ui nme wim commencal fertilizer, will be able to produce crops economically and profitably. Farm Gossip - \ Kill the weevil before the weevil kills you. A carpenter's saw is not a fit tool for pruning fruit trees. a ?? ?* - urai system 01 farming doesn't change to meet changing prices. > V. Section s Farmihg in the South can no longer be don^ by proxy. "Blood will tell",?That's why purebred sires are so important. Money in Cover crops now saves double money on fertilizer bills nexi spring. "Distress" cotton means "distressed" cotton growers. Both are national liabilities. Carbon bisulphide .is mighty discouraging 10 honest, hardworking grain weevils. Where there's a will to fence f V*Arn'p n tirntr f A nrrAtll iu^ iiciuo? IUWIo a n?j iv/ 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 othef 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 reoomniended 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. iU.. L _ t: oiiuiu iuiuu|{u u uue seme or strainer. Dissolve 8 quarts of salt in warm water* make a thin paste and while boiling hot stir in one-half pound of Plaster of 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 brownjot yellow or common clay, CLEAN BATH BEST FOR HOGS Animate Will flhow Appreciation by Making Profitable Qaina If Given Chanoe. Given h chance hoga will keep them elves dean. While we have come to aasoclaie these animals and muddy wallows. the fact of the matter la that the It<i?s are usually compelled to live Id places where they cannot avoid the trutd If the premises are so arranged that the swine can keep the bodies washed oft* and at the sama time stay out of the mud they will respond In trains its an expression of their annreclatlmt for the oDDortunltv to bsve regular clean bathd. SUITABLE FEEDS FOR SWIKE Farmer Who Can Produce Large Crop* of Barley, Kafir or Mllo Should Ralee Hogs. Many persons living In ti aectino where good corn crops cannot bd raised in i\n average season hesitate, to raise hogs even if they can prodnca large crops of barley, feterlta. kaflr or mllo. For ail practical purposes these ?wun aiv juoi an Kuim an tui 11 iwr growing or fattening hogs. and anyone who can produce these crop* can grow hog*. PROFIT IN HOME GROWN FEED Closer Feeder Stloks to Hie Own Crepe Better Showing Will Be 8took i Returns. A good rule for all farmers to follow Is to feed what they raise as ranch I as possible. Home purchased feeds I will usually he necessary, but the closer the feeder sticks to his own cropa, the better showing wlh he make whs* he figures Up his profits oa a bunch a# t pigs or cattle. TO MAKE HOG-RAJSfNG PAY Sanitation Muat Be PreWded* TegeBh-' er With Suitable FM s*4 Pure Water. Filthy, damp or duBty (gaartera, tM hoes are not diaeaae bneedera. htrt are disease builders. You muat proyido nanltnry quartera. Rood feed, < y of purr water, and the*p with f)V. bred stork and eonatnnt cava nK'ans n profit at ^almost any prlre, t - ' DAIRV^. FACTS | SERVICEABLE BREEDING RACK Useful Devlee Wheh iult isssmei Hsivy U Nil bimeuit t* iuiid ?Must Be BrteN; A Wtiii that is a good ihdiriduai ahd thai Whs excellent breeding back 6f? Wihi should be kept In aerrice at least until his daughters come in milk. If he transmits his breeding to his 1 daughters he should be kept In serrlcf r until he Is no longer useful. To fpllnw this nlnn If la n rrn r? fa avl^ change hulls with other breeders, apflr In most cases It will be necessary iUfe i use a breeding rack after the bull bat , comes too heavy. It Is too often tkS> case that the breeding value of a goto! hull Is not, discovered until be la d^ad. A very serviceable breeding rack cm be made as fdliows: 1nkeufeM flanks 2 by 13 by 9 feet lollg ud place them on a level foundation far the floor of the breeding rack. Wisee^ planks should be pieced occ and ibne- . ?? B /"I j lXn OTvdMnMi |?i ?r )/ '11 ruwpmwiw jf 1 * . ' f "."Ft Durable breeding bask for flail. | II half feet apart in the frefet pert of the rack and two feet In the rent, idside measurements. Bach side Of the breeding rack hah three boats tofcd* of (ho same material as the floe? whldjl are four feet high In front and oni and nhe-half feet In the wear. UxO posts Rre nailed to the floor end t plunk 2 by 12 bfr & feet long id nailed nh the top of the posts. Two-itidl strips sre nailed across the top of the' breeding rack at Intervals of tan' Inches to prevent tbs bull from ping. The breeding rack most ba well braced with 2 by 4'a as Indicate* tfl the diagram. Four pieces 1 by are nailed across the front an* ts prevent It from apreadln(. A 2 by 4 is nailed across the floor plank just back of the middle posta. A stanchion is placed ih the froflt and of tba breeding rack which la bs cbAatmcisI that it can be moved backward Sfr forward.?The Prairie Fanner. . V TESTS DETECT REMADg MILK Necessary That flame Method fle DA vised That Natural Preduet Be , Dletingulahed. ^ ^ .., (Prepared ky tbr Oaltad StatM biHItSHlS ef Agiteettere.) The increaaed nae of remade Ht and cream?that la, milk and erasBl made from powdered or cendmMMd milk and syreet-cream kvattar?haa marie neceaaary aeme method by Wblck they may be distinguished from thd natural products. Such a teat haa bal devised by chemlata of the United Stares Department of Agriculture, and It is now poasibls to detset as Httls as 10 per cent of remade milk in a ml*-1 ture with natural pasteurised Milk. If milk powder has been used to asktiui the mixture, the amount that can he detected will depend on the degree of heat used In its manufacture. . , The test for both milk and ereaao If based upon the color produced whea the washed curd made from then is dissolved in sodium hydroxide. Wbea tlds curd solution has stood for see* oral hours a characteristic yellow color develops In the sstnplee take* frm.i remade milk and cream or mix* tuns containing them; samples of the natural products or only Slight mtK-> tures do not show It. \ , Remade tnilk and cream are whole* some foods if made properly from irood. natural milk, hut should be sold for what they are. and this test makes it possible for food officials to deter* mine whether or not the consnmer Is helnu deceived. TAKE RIGHT CARE OF CREAM During Hot Welther It Should Re* csive Mere Attention- Ceel Soon as Possible During hot weather cream must re* reive better care on the average farm, A* soon after separating as possible, c??ol the cream by setting the can In cold water. Never mix the fresh "nil" ' I rani " mi nir VI V?lil IIVIU I?r" flmn separation until cooled as low as posalhle. Do not keep cream too long at the farm. Bead It to ths creamery or take It to the cream station at lenst twice s week, and three times a week hdien the weather gets hot. Poor, stale cream will not make t rood butter. If the creamery cannot , i.take good butter the average price of ! i -enm will he lower than If good hut; 1 r can he made. 'D * >' Bacteria Furnish Nitrogen. Sweet clover, like most legumes, deI i ids largely for Its nitrogen on tha I < rk of bacteria that lire In nodules ? the roots of the plant. While It Is j t always necessary to inoculate the - d with tbin Jbacterla It Is alwaya n isable. Tomate Wilt Carried. '?ma to wilt la carried In the plants and the disease is very often scattered by this niear?- therefore cure should be tuV.cu where plantl come from. oV N / X ' > ~ h [ ^ ^ ^ i We are having so many de ' Pageland that we have decid department of our agency, proved that boll weevils tn&k< and dry sandy soils of Pagela season is the best in years. 1 each week, and call at our We will be glad to show yoi have other offerings not liste< known your Wants we can fi to sell or exchange real ests once, as the season is now 01 dtVA hptnw a fffiw nf niir nffftrii W ' ? ~~ ' 63 acres, clay land farm three miles from Pageland, in high state of cultivation, good bullalog* gooj w?tw, good p?,iufe. 54 acres, Sand hill faim X 1-2 miles from Pareland,' has 400 peach trees, good* dwelling aod barns, buildings i alone worth price of the farm, two horse farm in cultivation! ' " Vv? , i a j > in 11 i ' * i. i i. t.i fcmi i 209 acres, sr -clay farm, 8 miles from Page, a, one-half In cultivation, good pasture,- good water, three gbod houw* and barns, situated on public highway* v 166 acres, sand-clay farm, adjoinlog above farm, 100 ucresio cultivation*' pood past uera, stood water; three Rood houses and barns, located on I public highway. Jc /iM t ?<>;? ?' 1 " 1 1 ' " * . M1 252 acres, cla> and gravel lend, heavily timbered* stood buildings, fine bottomland fa cultivation, located op; government highway, six miles pcrth of PagePageland Isssranee L. L. PARKER. President. , '..1.1 1C - M / . V . bOCi' ? . , * V ' * > : i V J. |{ut*? m r mill imirlfriiintnr|,lil ^bfOw*?rJ ,< 11 m>i< - '?rfv?ri no uoi| } . -T : . ' - . ' !< r?e ftiwth" | This Bink m , ,1;ii . HH-bMD ! r| ) general ko i * rr personal co i > , ity, and th | | has al#4y( /%? 1.1 a - IUD U1C DK and real p< your dccou / r 1 j ; i ; bank ' .( fi&idyfi 1, m -M ' . -==i mands for small farms near led to revive the real estate H| Experience this year has & little headway in the high nd, and the cotton Crop this Watch this list for offerings office for any. information. 1 any of this property. We i here, and if you will make t you up. Any one desiring H ite will do well to see us at [i for making changes. We H Qgs at this time. H land, an ideal home for a good citizen. ,.. 66 acres, located in good com mumty, three miles from Page hind, two horse farm in culttva tion. red clav soil and verv fer tile. We have an attractive price fl on thin farm. fl 4 tottt tfee 25 x 150 feet centrally I located in Pageland, ideal busi- fl nets Ipts, fronting on Pearl atraet. . , t 2 Lots, size 25x100 feet fronting fl on McGregor street, centrally lo* B cated and very desirable. H 3 Lots and dwelling 50x150 feet* fl fronting on Pearl street, a good bouse centrally located. 2 Ldts and duelling in Pageland - fl fronting on Maple street. New fl house and barn, wdll located. 92 1-2 Acres, good clay, land farm I 8 mtles-from Pageland, good I buildings, good two-horse farm I in cultivation, good pasture. I and Real Estate Co., I 1. S. "WALLACE. Manaaer. I " *\ in '' T i . . . ?j7<<.?iy * \i !o > I* ,A: - r K.I.. : *.:.. } 0" - anT ^Strength "of1"! J Mr - J made possible by a broad ? towledge of business and 3 ndRions in this commun- 5 e tangible service that it i been our policy to render. 3 lis of confidence, courtesy 3 ersonal service, we invite J n | OF PAGELAND, I Aft ^ PARKER. President f| 3. MORGAN, Csshiet J P*f MOORE, Asst. Cashier* 2 .( /; t,fc,. J tJ V! iU ? -V. m! }<?-.. '? ? !lri,|v' .; I 0 r-s