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Farmer's' Union Bure.u of Information -Condueted by the South Carolina Farkners' Educa tional and Co-operatlon Union. .4rConnunicationi intended for th's departnenL should be addressed to J. C Stribling, Pendleton, S. C. Fanner. Are Not GtMng Bnough For Their Products. When farmers can afford to pay s high wages for field hands as- such aborers are getting in town, and armers' families can afford to dress well as other folks and enjoy the d things generally that people in her callings are doing,.then the far era are getting enough for their pro ets. But not until that time comes erd 'are not on equal terms with er occupations. Of course good management in sell farm products and taking care of e money after it is made, has as ieh to do with how the farmer gets e benefit of his labor as making od crops and getting good prices. There is where such thriftless farm gain by joining a good Farmers' on: He then can got the benefit the experience of the best men in e country, and learn their method business, and get as much for his oduets and buy his supplies as heap as anybody in the whole coua tiy. One reckless man who struck the glutted market on cabbage in a little town ruined prices for every body by selling out at half price be fore he would carry his stuff back ome and feed it to his stoek. This one reckless man set ruinous prices on all his neighbors' trick for the ck of information. uta Baga Turnips and Alfalfa. he reason why. we associate these o crops is because the character of e' soil and the preparatio,n of the nd and fertilizer for both are very '.milar until time comes to sow seeds. fter broadcasting stable and other manure over stubble iand turn the whole under as deep as possible, smooth surface and then roll or run smoothing-board over. This packing down smooth preserves the moisture .-And causes all foul seed to sprout that .is near surface. Repeat this arrowing rolling every eight to twel e. days until time to pla:nt. This cul ivation with harrow and following with roller destroys weed seed, (the great enemy of both crops,) and at the sfime time fires the soil and brings the moisture up to the surface where the young plants need it. If commer cial fertilizers are to be used this should be applied by harrowing in about a week -befare planting the seed. As to how much fertilizer to a,pply I could not advise without know'ing the land. But it is safe to state that the deeper preparation of the soil the more fertilizer can be used and less on shallow soil, as the amount. of humus or rotted leaf mold in the soil governs tile amounit of moisture stored there for the use of rplants in dry weather, it is never safe to apply a large quantity of com mercial fertilizers to lands destitute of humus and dep)end entirely upon rainfall to supply the necessary mois ture continuously at proper intervals to dissolve plant food for the plants as needed. We have had good results with say 400 pounds high grade acird phos0 pIrate, 100 pounds kainit, and 2'0 poundIs cotton meal per acre. Wood ashes, lime or land plaster are in many eases cheaper and do better than kai nit, but more pounds should be nised. If lime, plaster or ashes are used t'his should be applied at time of breaking the lavid. Seeding Turnips: Mark of rows 20 to 30 inches wide, about one and a half or two inches deep, drill in the seed, and cover b)y ro:ling a comn mon~ wheelbarrow once or twice in furrow. This packing; the seed dowvn in the moist soil mn the bottom of the trench out of danger from scorch ing sunishine insures a good stand and 'permits workiing in a little loose dirt 'about the young plants that given ad ditional protection from scorching gspshine. Cultivate with a very light, small weeder or harrow at first, fin ishing up with large cultivators. Thin out to width of common hand hoe. In the Piedmont section planting may be done from middle of August to mid dle of September. The later plant ings are less woody, more inutritious and keep better through the winter. Bank as you would potatoes. Plainting Alfalfa or Tiucerne Seed: If you have 'The soil in fine telth and comparatively free from wveed seed, as will be the case if you have coni mnenced preparing the soil in time, there is no doubt in my mind that thick broadcast seeding is preferable to seeding in the drill. The only ad vantage in drill-seeding is that it ermits the killing of weeds and grass y cultivating after planting, and my experience is that If cultivating is commenced after planting that it must be kept up at great cost or weed seed will keep on coming, and even-: tually choke out the alfalfa during some rainy spell. In the Piedmont belt seeding is best done in Septem ber to last of October. Sow seed on smooth, loose soil, and press inl the soil' with a roller. If you have no roller a smoo'thing-bpard will do fair-. ly well as press' the seed in if done just right. Ab9ut Inoeulationi Wherever plen ty of stable manure is ipplied new, or has been used in considerable quantity during last few years, you need not worry about inoculating; your lucerne will not need anything of that sort. But where commercial manures are used on land of uncer tainty as to inoculation, 'no doubt about it being safer to have the seed inoculated by a reliable firm, where inoculated soil cannot ibe obtai.ned at reasonable cost. Cantion.-Now there is a, great deal of rot, passing around through the sterotype press these days that no doubt leads the novice into the de lusion that the mere seed sown oil al imost aniiy soil will mysteriously bring forth a wonderful erbp, all brought' about by the magic properties in the seed alone. ' Anyone possessed of a reasonable amount of common horse sense ought to know that unless the stuff it. takes to grow alfalfa, is there available and in the right preparation ill the soil. you need not expect the seed to gather up something form the soil that is not available In the soil. Per haps the writer has lost more money on alfalfa during the last. 35 years than all other seed combined, simply from the lack of experience we now have. A good rich loose clay loam of all soils is best for Alfalfa. Any old salt lands that have been manured heavily for years. make a fine soil for Alfalfa roots goes down deep into this ground and utilizes the rich salts that hive leached and gone too deep in the soil to be reached by the roots of ordinnary crops. Good( crops of Lucerne or A.lfalfa and Ruta Baga turnips furnish all stock and poultry on the farm with good nutricious and healthy and suc culent food the year rund. All stoeli love Alfalfa, either green or in hay. Many years back our minister to Franee-Gen. Davie-stated that in portions of that country the poor people used and eat this Lucerne or Alfalfa as greens. From 'early in the fall until late in the spring all stock, poultry and peo ple enjoy turnips and when the last of March comes, Lucenne is ready to: take the place of winter turnips for all stock, and keep this food supply going again until turnips conic again in the fall. For winter feed for hogs, turnips and cotton seed boiled togetfi er at the rate of one lb. cotton seed to four' lihs. of turnips make a fine food for hogs. Ini order to learn hogs to, eat t his rat ion mix ini a littl bcraa or' nmeal1 to st art. with. then graduaily take out thle meal and bran. In feed ing~ Alfalfa to hogs or young colts and calves cut i-t wheii young and tender- we commence cutting a patch (sown last fall) close to the barn this year 5th of March. It was then fi'om 10 to 14 inches tall, and will conti.nne to cut this p)ateh about once every 30 to 35 days which wvill give a growth of niot less than sixty inches dnring the year. Do not try to grow this ero,p unless you do it right. In Memorlam. The grim monster is rapidly gar' nering the hiai'vest of the old Confed er'ate veterans of the war betweent thie-States. On.last Wednesday in the Chester cemetery we laid away the b)ody of Lieut. Col. J1. R. Culp, the last. field offeer of the 1.7th Rcgt., S. C. V. Captains W. H. Edwards, of Chester, Billy Moore, of Rock Hill, Henry Ulmer, of Hlapmton county, and Capt. W. 0. Stevenson arc the only ones remaining that held the rank of captain. John R. Culp was born 78 years ago in what is now known as the Wylie's Mill neighborhood in the eastern section of Chester county. He was the son of John Culp and his mother's name was Sarai .Jortan. He had three brothers, H. J1., B. D., and W. S. Culp, of Wylie's Mill, the last named being the only one now living. D. B. Culp, a graduate of S. C. Col lege, served as a soldier in the Mexi can war in the Chester Company of the Palmetto Regt., with the rank of lieutenant. After the war he practi eed law and died in the town of Un ion, . C. Col. Culp had six sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth McFadden, Mrs. Naney White, Mi's. Katy McCullum, Mrs. Placetta Key, aiid Misses D)orothy and Emil.v.("nlp, the two latter' (lying un married. The sisters are all (lead ex Icept Mrs. Keg,. She was still living Ia few months ago in TexaA, an old lady well up in the eighties. Until af.. ter the war John It. Culp followe successfully the avocation of farm Ing. He was a man of fair Englisl oducation, not college bred, however but nature gave him fine mental en [lownients. He was possessed of goot military' talent and a few years be fore the outbreak of.the late war wa elected colonel of the 27th. Regt., o S. C. Militia. in the fall or rather late summe of 1861 at Ricliburg, a company wa organized of which J. It. Culp wa elected captain. This company after wards became Co. A., 17th S. C. V and served the Confederacy until th close of the struggle. At the 2n< battle of Manassas J. H. Means, th colonel of the 17th S. C. V., was mor tally wounded and died on Monday the 1st day of Sept., 1862. J. R. Cull being the senior captain of the regi ment, was promoted to major. In thi battle Col Culp received a sever flesh wounl, being shot. through th arm and came hoie aln(d relmai.ei tiltil the wolimd healed And rejoinet, the re".imenit at Winchester, Va. A the hattle of Boonsboro, Md., Starl Means, who was then Leut. colone of tlie regiment was so severel; wounded that, he was never agai1 wle for active service, and was dis charged from the army, when J. R C!ulp was promoted to lieutenant col unel. He was a good officer, and -allant soldier, and was frequently il 11P1inanid of' tlie re'-iment. anid alway naintainiled the utmost ofidence ol bothi the ollicers and mien of Ilie com mam1111l. A (ite hattle of thie Crater Uein. Elliott was wountled when Co] McMaster took command of the bri -ade, and Col. Culp took command o the 17th. Regt. In. the fight at For Steadman, Marcli 25, 1.865, Col. Mc Master was captured, and the comu mand of the regiimeni devolvel ulpoi ol. Olp. Ii tte Itle of I' Pve F Irk r ihe 3d of .\Iwil. 1S65. 'ol. Cull was W111iun(ded inl I I head. :nd lhe to 'tliesr witi a nuniher or Ihis men wa vap)itured. That closed his militar, cariieer. He reached nome from northern prison in May or Jmie o 1865 and for some tme engaged it farming. Afterwards he engaged ii the mercantile business at Rossvill and was vRry successful. the time caim hiowever, when by reason of the fail ure of the crops ill that community the firm was compelled to suspeni He then abandoned the mercantil business and some years ago moved t Chester. He was trice elected super visor of the county and administei ed the office with fidelity and effiei ency. Last year lie was elected judg of probaite of Chester county, an was filling the office efficiently whe death called him away. During th war lie joined the Baptist church an for many years lie was a very usefu and efficient member of the old Hope well Baptist church and was of gree service in the work of the Cheste Associaition. No nioie hospitable main in hi home ever lived than Col. J1. Rt. Cult The best lie had wias always at th service of his guests. Col. Cullp w~as not4 without hi faults, but what mort?al man is pet feet ?- But he was brav,e, loyal an paltriotic. In April, 1856, lie marrie Miss Fannie Ragsdale and whe death parted them they had rounde out a litle hr.re than 51 years c married life. His wife anid seve children survive him, Mesdames Wi liamson, Ford, Peay, and Miss Emm Culp and Messrs. Wiilliam, John an Howard Culp. Two daughters, Met dames Featherstone and Morries ai dead. His children are all doing we] and are upright, useful citizens, ri fleeting honor upon their parents. have known him intimately a through life, and served with him an Undoubtedly and appropriatt Cut Glass o AT PELNAM' We are showil est line in stri rnoderate priceE critical and inte of our handsomi WM. E.. PEL Dealers in R 1Cloth 'We will sell, f< actual who bougr - 'We have had a fine sal we have left yet some ve out, and we want to give scheme of ours, but siml order to have more roon business suit we can sell to buy. It is our pleasur to call and let us show y, *1the time a full line of Me Yours to EDDY A. C. JC under him three years and six months and can bear testimony to his gal lantry and fidelity as a soldier, and to his (rustworthiness as a citizen and civil officer. It can be truthfully said of him, "Well done, good and faithful servant.'' W. H. Edwards. (The above appeared in last week's Chester Lantern, with the request that the Newberry papers copy. It 3 was not copied last week, as the edi - tor of The Herald and News was absent and did not get to read his ex changes until his return from the a Press association on Monday.) 4 k A C. PROOPE , eWest Main and 1 Old Post Office. t r FRESH SHIPMENT OF. IFine CPeaches. ~Tomatoes, ICantaloupes,'a IPineapples. and all kinds of fruits received daily. Also a nice line of HOME MADE CANDY. 1 'Call and see rne before you buy. i SA. C. PROCOPES. EDOINOS' the most tasteful a WEDDING PRESENT is r.Fine China, S PHARMACY, og the handsom king designs, at . We invite close, iligent inspection4 ~e displays. HAM & SON, eliable Drugs. )SING C 9 Ing >r the next f lesale cost it in Jones' e on these goods at th ry pretty patterns tha our customers advan ply a matter of clearir i for other merchandiE I it to you so cheap tha e to show you these gi ou just exactly what x n's, Ladies' and Child please, &FEL INES' OLD E To eat Ice to be screen .verlasting I HIGH Ice Creon Aith Duplex M( "Jack 2 qt.. $1.65, 3 ji2.25 and 6 q with tripple mot aiated ''SNOW BA 3 qt. $2.38 and :hese goods are mnond Cedar \ uaranteed in< sCRBH DOORS Doors $1.00, $1.2 Windows 35, 4E Kerosene Oil 5 gallon limit, SATURDAY, The above < Will buy Scra :her notice. Everything SF If you would S hase visit our e Craig Su PROSPEE )UT Sale! aw weeks, at all Clothing ;tock. ese prices already, but t we are going to close tage of this. This is no ig out this clothing in e. If you need a good Lt you will not hesitate :ods, and we invite you ve have. We carry afl ren's Shoes. dLERS )TAND. L IFE! Cream, and ed from the lies, is really LIFE. i Freezers, )tion, known as Frost," qt. $1l.88, 4 qt. t. $2.88. Those ion, and denomi A LL," 2 qt. $2.00, 4 qt. $2.75. All made by Rich Vorks, and are 3very particular. 5 and $1.50 each i and 50c. each. 13Sc. per gallon, JUNE 22nd. sate last day. p Iron until fur 'OT CASH. ave on your pur tore. 1PIM Co. IITY. . C .