Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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- - m3#u mmmumn FRID 1Wul To the highes See R. A. I CLOVER IS [SS[NIIAL CROP fOR 'KEEPING SOIL F[RTI[L More General Return to This Leguic Necessary Unless Production Is to Decline-Hut Sow It Right or Not at All-Seed Should Be Test. ed. Clever is the most. imiportan crop on the farm for keeingr upl the landl~. Old ? Yes. But perhaps you rmem ber that'. 'nre when the Queen of F'rance dlemanldedl something absolute ly new in a frock the dlressmaker re plied, ''There is nothinog new-except w*mnha been forgotten."' Maybe the for:age erop speCci:ili1st of the United States Department of Agriculture had just that thought in mind when he made the statement just. quotedl Far mlers have been dIrifting away from elover. A pparently, some o f thenm have forgotten the old truth that clover is the most important erop for keeping thle land productive, and the clover story needs to be told again. (crops dema nd a eoil, containing four things-orgic~~ matter, n it rogen pota sh, phosphoric acid. Of these four essential things, elov or suppl ies two, oratn ic moat ter and nitrlogen. It enn not addI ph1osphrus or potash, hbut it ca(1nret urn what it ta~sout. 'Te- miOsi impotrtanjt pa1in is thai~t (1l'.er ini the crop rot ation wil supoly the n H rm- or mos.-t of it. Num;erou~s di mondl:t rations of that Cars of Character SUMTER. S. C,. Part t bidder, for cas UIDGILL, Pinewood, fact have been made by State experi ment stations. Land on which clovei in grown in rotation with other erops makcs better yields than land oi clover is grown. The specialisits be lieve that unles sthere is a more gen eral return to clover productivity will certainly decline. Be Sure Seed Is Right. Here are some of the things they say about sowing clover this spring. (Clover seed is hiigh-probably 6i0s a plound at retail. D~o not plant it u nles you pilat it right. H ave '.he seed testedl. The State seed laboratory or the seed laboratory of the United States Department of Agriculture wvill do it. You can't af ford to take a chance by not testing it. Clover seed is most commonly sown on wintfer wheat in the9 early spring. This i.i ordinarily good practice, but if the wheat field was elft rough in the fal Ithe seed bed may not be favor able andi much seed may b~e wasted. clover needs a seed bed that is firm below but fine and loose on top. Use L drill when possible. On loamy soil barrow the seed in on the wvheat, but 'Jo not atftem pt it when the land is wet. If Ca rmers wouldl take as much pais seed ingi clover as t hey do seed an I alala, there wvoulId he fewver cloy or failures. Asa rule ref clover will not (1o well an hand that is ''sour"' either natural ly because it, has been so long (rop) pod that the lime in the soil has been yred up). There a ;e occasional excep in'. ( 'lover hias b'ien k nownw to do wel1 on lhmd that had a lime require ment of 1,400 pounds an acre, but. fhis land had been haeavily manured and~ rert.ilIized. U sua liy clover want~s soil hat is neutral or nearly so. It is a cafe sta t ement that in most cases where cl over goes out or fa ils to make ;Cfar 'rop two tons of groundl lime - one an acre would help a great deal. In many casea this would make the WE CAN SAVJ BY MAKING Y0l SERVI We are (oing it for not for you? We be'lies F00T ER'S==Clea CU MBEI CRYSM ITH, peilLocal Itttimm im m mm... O LO of R. A. o f I 81 Lots I A h, or part cash; SC. - - difference between success and fail ure. In other cases lime may have to be supplemented with phosphoric acid or potash. The use of potash will not be warranted when the price is as high as it is, except in the rare case when this element is decidedly Ohe limiting factor. Lime, however, is fundamen tal. There is generally no use sced ing red clover on "sour" soil. Use For Alsike Clover. If the farmer can not lime and the land is wvorn or "sour,'' or if the land is poorly drained, low, and damp, - sike clover should be seeded. It is a common practice nowv to mix the redl clover with alsike for worn or part ly run-dlown land. Alsike likes lime, too, hut it will make a crop on land that will not bring red clover. This is especially true if the soi! 'sboth "sour" and damp. Or course, soil can be so "sour" that even alsike will not growv. In such a case there is nothing for it hut to lime or to quite clover. On land that has lime but is other wise p)oor and lacks organic matter, try swveet clover. It is no use sowing this on "sour" soil. It won't thrive. But with lime it is about the best clover for poor land. It will add or ganic matter andl nitrogen and leave such a soil in better shape for the fol lowing crops. Sweet clover seedl is cheaper than red and in many cases a farmer could profitably substitute sweet clover for red in the rotation. The juestions involvea in the im portance of clover and methods of getting a stand, use of lime, and :sweet cloyvet are only touched on here. IAny State experiment station or the United States Department of Agri culture will send bulletins or addition Ial information on reqIuest. WIlIOSE GIRL IS SHE? New York, March 1.--The Supreme Court of New York may be asked to dleterm inc whether Rebecca Ellen T YOU MONEY JR OLD) CLOTIJING CEABLE.~ thousandis of others--why e a trial will conlvince you. ners and Dyers, Ler~nAND MD. TS P Ridgill La Pine -o be Soic 5th, 1 LT balance in thre< Or Jno. G. DIN bogen, a 21-year-old Rumanian girl purchased in Turkey at the age of 16 for $2,000 and brought to this country still "belongs to Alexander Alhadoff, a T- -I. He was brought before a mr gastrate's court today on a sum mons obtained by the girl who said Here'sPr T hat i hert No Vi br at in the Silent Alan Tie remarkable plant ope; under full load mountee three ordinary drinking gI Experts and laymen alike are amazed at the quietness and lack of vibration in the Silent Alamo. There are a score or more of electric light and power plants that will generato$ electricity. But how long will they last? How often will they reecuire attention? Service is what you want. And to guarantee it 5 u must get a plant that does not vibrale -thatt runsa *moothly and quietly-t hat won't shake nuts and bolts ' and bearings loose-and be out of commisqion In a ferw monihs. Select the *-the plant endorsed by prornine, where. The only plant in the world w rotating, sleeve-valve motor. The scies plant that does not pi/arale and that w house or shake itself to piecesa. The~ no special anchoring or concrete fou lilh bulilt rightl. Remember ThIs. No electric light pl pendable than its motor. And mno good, can operate efficiemntly for mn short period whenn suL;eet-to sevei stands to reason. NELSON MOYi OReS nd in IlQ 920, equal annual KINS, Attorney, Mar he had annoyed her. She told the court that she was "sold" to Alhadoff with sonic kind of a ceremony but she was unable to state whether it was a legal marriage ceremony. Alhadoff brought her to the United States during the war but yr ~se. EO724, A LA 1.: z iyht emi Power P1 engineers every- '* Come in and ithi the noiseless, All parts, except the itifically balanced comioact, durable unit ill not shake the meclianically perfect. plhi .that needs Automatic governors ndai .-1, because motor at every point. even the least experie ant i mor de- Corne ia yourself and an motr ee -csyit runs -how fra moohwvr vibration, Enjoy electr nea thman a very extent by installing the o vibration. It perfected and longest. and see for yourself. ['OR COMPANY, M AiLE L1 O'clock, A. M. ON installments. ining, S. C. recently they quarrelled and sepa rated. "She belongs to me," was the Turk's only comment. Magistrate Sweetzer suggested that he engage a lawyer and bring his case before the Supreme Court. mit , on a oi2etls. It/ see the lnte Alhowni. on oligad moetl bthe. Iutes SitAllmo--- patshe eosegh. astng plat.om in~eu tday eeteannn. Shois.