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s-{ [ / * There is a Re Cream of tartar, d< is used in Royal Baki it is the best and most known for the purpose Phosphate and all rived from mineral sc some baking: powders, tartar, because they a If you have been irj powders made from ; J use Royal Baking Po > will be pleased with 1 difference in the quality ROYAL BAKING j New ^ Jragtigal ideas f in seeding bats j 1 I As to Preparing the Seeds, and i i4*/ Procuring and Grading { Them 1 \ f:0T VERY NECESSARY i TC FIRST PLOW SOIL 1 \ ' j Sewn a" Early in Spring; ac ! Possible to Make \ Good Bed. Oats usually follow a cultivated ( (^ep. SU('h us < (?' a or potatoes, ho nee U . no', generally necessary to p?o\v 1 1Ji laud be fore sowing/. Oats no weH tii fall-plowed land; but if the land ' ha' not been plowed in the fall, be t- ( ter yields are usually produced from ( mowing; in a seed bed made by dishing 1 : t<h kainov ing than in one made by ' spring plowing*. Knriy seeding for -1 tj^ts i.j very desirable. As a good 1 reed bed an be made mueh more ( cuiekiy with the di d-: hem ow than l v.itn the plow on land tiuit was in a cultivated crop last year, the saving in time ks an advantag". Two dkkings N and one harrowing with the a pike- ( toothed harrow will put clean land in " good shape for sowing with the drill. s i Oats grow best in a seed bed that ' ffu- t! or inches of loose su> face so ', :: hi.i1 vb.ieh is firm below that depth. r This is a iclher i'f:is.mi wI-m* ,!iUn. < t t I)' prrfe'red to spring p'owing, for ploAod land to settle lx Tore the seed i sown. Still another reason why the ;i <:!.-k i he-tor is that a field can he disked much snore cheaply than it can x he plowed, and the cheaper way of ' dimng a job should always he chosen ' if i< gives just as good results as the 1 more expensive way. *IUgving Seed. ,s j If the local supply of seed oats is of 1 poor quality, care should he taken in * getting a new stock for sowing. It is c better to grot this supply from points B^to^ie east or west than from points ' north or south, as the varieties are' ' i more likely to he those which will do 1 weil locally. Varieties which may he ^ best. two. or three hundred miles U> | the north or south may not he at a!l;s suitable. If now seed is wanted, ask j 1 1' the county agent or the State experirncnt station where to get it audi' Ahat varieties to buy. n * If you have been growing a variety ^ which does well in your locality it is 11 hotter to sow well-cleaned seed of i I. - i - . - ? - ' ' inut viu u-.y (jrown on your own isinnj ' or in your county than to get seed! from a distance. It takes oats a year-(i i or two to get used to the soil and cli- ? mate in any locality, and they will not ? R do their best until they become adapt- e?l.to local conditions. If the oats A grown locally were injured more or 5 less last summer by rains: after har- lj vest, make a germination test and j jf prove that they will' not grow before 1^ you decide to send away for seed. Ifjyour oats are light and ehaffv take I ^ out about two-thirds of tlx* lightest j.^ of them with the fanning mill and use ! 5 tlv^bther third for seed. - -J-fj The icjqa that oats run out and that! . it is necessary to get new seed every 1 few years is quite common, but it is' not justified by the fact's. " There is! ^ no reason why.a good vqriety of oats * should mot be vjust as good' 20 years -P from now as it* is now; if care is taken* ? ^to keep it pure. ' j j ! ai Difference I i *rived from grapes, ng Powder because healthful ingredient i lm, which are decrees, are used in instead of cream of re cheaper. iduced to use baking alum or phosphate, j wder , instead. You the results and the of the food, j I i POWDER CO. ! fork , j I ?" \ The seed should he (denned and raded each year, taking out the! ."ecu seeds and the Small kc rnels. It | hould also he treaded for smut at | ?asv ovur in two or three years. If h<j sett! is of good quality it will rot! iay to run it through the fanning; mill! i -re than once, to take out the an al!' t .craols ahd weed seeds, if the seed, s poor or very weedy, ruunbnj;* it ; ? hiough.a s*( conn tone* and taking* out! we-lhiids o* more of the grain i. t il worth while. Yno reason it is Iks. to take out the. ".wall !:c rnels is that they do not! nuke a strong' plants us the larg'ej >nes. Vhe weak juaids from these1 n.a'i here.);- usually produce little' i. in. Jf the k-ri.'.that are sow i| ire all of uixml the state size thei nants will kc unifoim. tite erop wi'i i ,ll ripen at the same time, ami the! k id v. ill be boiler. So v\ ing. The hest. way 10 sou oats is with! he i;rain drill. 1 'liking; gives a more! u i! stand than broadcast, seeding*, or till I lie seed is cove-red to about ht same d^pth. ir: .owing broadcast, o.ee oJ' lie seed may not be covered lt <! I and some may h'e covered tooj tcoply. Germination is hotter from billed seed and the growth is more nifoi'wi ilwougbout the. season. In; n'.iiK Tonus tests at the experiment; latinos drilled eats have out yielded ( nits sow n broadcast '>* s'weral bash-! Is to the acre. Hotter stands oi l I and clover can a'.so be obtained ; n drilled than in broadcast oat. I The best nopta lo sow oats varies [ villi the soil and the In n ; ' ; :o they should l)r eoveied. with ia;tj a: inch of moist soil. Tl r y v.!u uld b? j own dec pea in sandy soils than "el oi ms or clays. Deeper seeding- b j ilso noeensnry when id. ?;toiiho iv Iry than when it is moist. On the a.v- ' rage the be.si depth is I'rw.n 1 to 1 i-eiies. Oats should b?"? sown as early in lb- ; pring as it is possible to audio go ><"! ;eod bed. The exact date of roui*: ci 'aries with the season and vith the! oca lit y. This docs not mean that tlu \ (reparation of the land should hej leglected in order to sow early. !?et.-J 1 I *iii ? 1 ( r yicius win oe produced Irom seed! own in a good seed bod than from bat sown a few days earlier in round too cold and wet for the seed n perilunate. In a pood seed bed the best rate of: ceding; in the corn belt is about 2; -2 bushels to the acre, if the seed j s sown broadcast, more is necessary.! 'ore seed is required in a poor seed; k?<I than in a good one, irs fewer j ocds are likely to grow. A lower ate of seeding may be used for small ernelcd varieties than for large kcrtcled ones, for there are many more 1' the former in a bushel. Jn the beat Plains, where the rainfall is isually scanty, less seed should be own, the proper rate of seeding belt g '1 to T) pecks to the acre. o 3 P S0B P 1 HORRY COUNTY g 1 TRUST COMPANY g :tj ju. jj. magralh si? 3 Manager. ga I Real Estate w M Real Estate Loans m Bonds KB a_ _ insurance ? 3 syj xa sa sa sa m sa rb sa sal 0 'o Drive Out Malaria Aim Build Up The System 'ake the Old Standard GROVE'S 'ASTELESS chill TONIC. You -know rbat you are taking, as the formula is rinted on every, label, .showing It Is )ninine and Iron in a tasteless form, he Quinine drives out malaria, the ron builds up the system. 50 cents j THE HORRY HERAL AMONG HOBBY'S PBi Articles in this department will be p with the Problems of the Horry inquiries to M. W. Wall, F Conway, South It is very gratifying to us to have at least one column in the Horry Herald each week for the discussion of the different farm problems, or any other use that wc may have for it. This was given by the Herald, and I hope that we will have something very interesting in this column each week. Every farmer should look up | this column every time the Herald j .:'.(V?es his house and sec just what developments are being made in the different sections of his county, what problems are discussed, what things are for sale among the different( farmers and in fact anything that comes up that should be made known I ... .... U.. IV... iV iu vuui uiuuit.i nirnier. The heading of this column will be: "Among Horry Progressive Farmers" In case you have something of special mention you can leave this with me and 1 will publish it for you. It is our plan to carry on an exchange . atony tW fa: .ncrs, There w'1! oc j cur from time to time many things; advertised a;::l wants published. In case yuu need any of these then apply to inc and i will put you in touch with, them. Vim IP".aid does not propose t > publish anything personally, but will publish anything that conies! through this channel. We will pub- j lish a report of all meetings of (. nior.K, Association, etc. Tills is a grand opportunity for; ouch of us to learn front th.Yg of oa; county and what i.:; being done ag" i culturally. Pi case yen wi oi !< bri'PV out so.rt ov?estion, il will br published a.nsv ived if possible v itkin the of Horry County. --M. \V. WALL. Last '.vri ]x v. :;< a busy ore with the ('arm Demonst radon Work. There were five mij *t meeting's hold, ore aeach of iho foi owing- places: Tilly! Swamp. attendance '52; Wampcc, at tendance H): Little River, attendance' bO; Longs, attendance Co', Shell, at 1 tendance 20. Dr. Medley. Cattle- Tick Inspector: and Mr. Wall, Doir.anstration Ai?ont,| held the re n;? etinpr and there was t'?e i keenest interest .-hewn at each meeting'. There was subscription rade a.v' Tilly Swamp, Wampoe, Little Rive and Long's for putting- i:< ("attic !>',) ping Vats. This work will i:t done as soon as th.e cement a'lives and I)r. I lt"d!ey can m d:e the irips. The Conway Strawberry Crowe v l.'nion held a special meeting- Satur-1 day March lit in the Court Monro, j Strawberry Crate rcpvor.onlat1 ves of; different manufacturers were prosrnl ] a:.d bids submitted. There will ho! probably several ears for Conv a.y am! Adrian. A JiK? ; 1 " ! 'if t . I' \ ? - > ? -* < will bo more than 100 :\cvc> from r * .?;t way and more than .00 :?vr.is "rem ; Adrian that will Ik uvurki led through! this org*?: ' th.a [ion. i For any com .unieationr. in rc^srlj t?? ti.is association write .Mr. K. O. j Hanson, who is Shi * -}>i Agent, Con- : way, S. C. i ??? At a meeting of the Horry Live Stork Improvement Association lata .Monday afternoon held in the Farm Demonstration Office, there were sov-! oral papers read and discussions followed. These papers will be published from time to time. The following- tilings were given in' for sale: Ohufas, $1.00 per neel: f. o. b. I>avhero. Iron Cowpcas, $1.50 per bushel f. o.! I). Conway or Longs. ( in'i.lin.. .e. C I ee i t I'dllllin, ?J? I .I/O |)CT DU. !. o. !). I.ittle River, Conway, or Nixon-' villo. Term. Red Peanuts, $1.20 per bu. f.1 o. b. AllsbrooU. 1 registered Poland-China boar, (('?; mo. old) $12.00. I registered Jersey Hull, 2 yrs. old,' in good condition, $100.00. Golden Grain Rice, .$1.(10 per bu. f. i o. I). Conway. * Sugar Cane syrup, o0c. per gallon t f. o! b. Myrtle Beach or .Reach Tree! Ferry. ? In ease any one desiring to pur-j chase any of these articles get.pamej and address from M. W. Wall,' Conway, S. C. " \.' ' ? .' l d " V ' . ' : ? The Japan ^lcthodist .Church \yasj ur!??iuM'u i'inni years ago, and, it now j has one hundred and fp/ty-five 01 dpined ministers and fourteen iliousand members. . . >. - -V , .4 If a man accumulates anything he I is counted stingy.; if ,he spends his substance reedlessly he. i* a thrifi. D. CONWAY. S. C. IGRESSiVE FARMERS | repared hv able wi iters a:\il will deal Coum> Farmers. Address ail 'arm Demonstration A Kent, Carolina All members of the Conway Strawberry Growers Union aer asked to place their orders with Mr. R. O. Han son for Crates by the 18th inst., as the shipment will have to be made at an early date . The prices obtained by the Union is 21c cash or 2uc. May 15. o ANOTHER "COTTONSEED FEED." A reader asks the following: question regarding a so-called cottonseed feed: "What about this feecd for dairy cows am! the 'guaranteed analysis'? !s it eheper than cottonseed meal to he used in connection with silage? Guaranteed Analysis. Protein?minimum 20 per cent Fats 4 per cent Crude fiber 22 per cent Carbohydrate's d() per cent Composed of cottonseed meal and cottonseed hulls. No o :0 can answer the question posititvclv as to whether it is cheapei than cottonseed nun!, for the simple "canon that our inquirer docs r.ot state the price, cither of this feed or of <'ottonseed meal, on his market. 11 is quite safe to assume, however, si.we this feed is made up of cotton si cd hulls and meal and only contains about one-half the protein contained in high-grade cottonseed meal, that it is not cheaper than cottonseed meal. It is one of those so-called colt rain od feeds which, while oornplyin" with the law, because the lav.:; arc defective, are put on the market, he cans; the ma. e..a' v. .. .ev; I llicy can git mere .Tr tlu I. hu.T ...? nit. a! mixed in this way, than fit a. < ran get for thorn sold separately The;; Merely take advantage cf th* ipy.orar.ee or car ks.ness cf the buy < ''i1 and the defective !own to sell a product for more than it is worth Usually Ihos" so-called cottons?cd feed:; contain only a little more than one-half the fording value of cottonseed meal bin sell for or.iy to $?r> a ton less than stamliml octtor.seed r^epl. With high-grade cottonseed meal soiling for $d7.-?0 a to::, a feet' *ko th's should not sell for more than JjTO a tor,, at the outside.? Progressive Parmer. o '$ "Cared" I fiv Mrs. Jay McGee. of Stcph- A Criville. Texas, writes: ' For ^ nine (9) years, I suffered with $n \?| womanly trouble. 1 had ter- Bp -?! rible headaches, md pains in pi fjjj my back, etc. tc seemed as if K, I would die, I suffered so. A* y last, 1 decided to try Cardui, ft $ the woman's tonic, and it J lielpcd me right away. The yd full treatment not only helped ji SJ me, but it cured me." A L TAKE J| J The Woman's Tonic J & Cardui helps women in time ^8 ft of greatest need, because it 5i k\J contains ingredients which act ffc specifically, yet gently, on the rifti Jljj weakened womanly organs, $jj^j j So, if you feel discouraged, Si blue, out-of-sorts unable to ttl H do your household work, on *? Xj account of your condition, stop A P worrying and give Cardui a ?j E trial. It has helped thousands SI E of women,?why not you ? q Try Cardui. E-71 Wl II Veteran Missionary Passes Away. i Word has been received of tho! deaVh of Dr. James Butchart, a mis-1 sit nary of the Foreign Christian Missionary Society, at Nanking, China. l(t> was appointed in 180.0, and reached China in 1891. Ho sowed China for a quarter of a century, during a ! period of wonderful.events. Dr. ButcharCs chief work was at, Luchowfu, where, he built up a great i hospital. The splendid plant will . slpnd as an enduring monument to! his enterprise and wisdom. ... He made a profound impression upon China and his'life wdrtf will civ-' dure. He leaves a wife and four chil-' dren. I MUTUAL COMPANIES MAKE LOW RATES " Why should the farmers of the* i counties of Anderson, Oconee, Union. Newberry, Cherokee, York, Chester, Fairfield, Marlboro and Darlington j be able to get insurance on their | dwelling and tenant houses at an an- ^ nual cost varying generally from 25c to about 50c per $100 of insurance | a year, and in two counties of Abbeville and Greenwood at an annual cost of 80c a year per $100 insurance, and! the farmers in other counties of the State be unable to get insurance for Jess, than $1.20 per $100 insumnce a year ? The answer is that in those eoun ties the farmers have organized r,utual insurance companies of their own :\nd have been carrying insurance in these companies for th. h.st 1$ or years at the cost indicated. At the present time the amounts of insurance carried by these various companies in the counties named are about as follows. Asso., Abbeville, $1,000,000. Anderson County Mutual Fire Ins. Co., Anderson, $1,700,000. Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso.,. Chester, $1,033,000. Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso., of unoroicee Co., uartney, sw.?.?,uuu. Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso., l)arliitg'ton Co., Hartsville, $8SO,000. Farmers Mutual Ins. Co., Fairfield Co., Winnsboro, $450,000 . Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso., Marlboro Co., IJonnettsville, $705,000. Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso., Newberry, $595,000. Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso., Oeoi.ir, Co., Walhalla, $750,000 . Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso., York iv Lancaster Cos., York, SI .150,000. Farmers Mutual Ins. Asso., Union, $4 OS ,000. A lot .or addressed to these companies will jrivo you inl'ormation cone.wni no- 1 hr?tn ?>?? >/ o vi v/^ ? i vivia vii We have here many hints of \v facts -namely thai the three great < applied to the soil for vcood crop yie potash. Kor many years these thr< .elements of plant food in a fertilizer Today Oermahy applies mitre mi any oilier nation in the world, and yields of farm crops than any othc two tacts are so Closely related, hut has learned the lesson of good tilh vegetable matter in the soil,, and cropping witti any Single crop: It is on w^}[ch the most money can he cl are the lands that *il! give greatest j * - r-> Such ;; company is recommended to he organized in each county in the State. V. H. McMASTKR, Insurance Commissioner. I Uses and By Prof. R. I. H. De Loach, Dire 2. INTELLIGENT USE OF The Second of a S Ail stale institutions laive foster In the early lil'iies. State organize t patt in I he ImildiiiK up of the trade, a i< for granted that the trade is proli and have therein, e frame.1, lews to every ..late where feftiiit.cr is <<#ld in I passed e:.aetin& v?rtain rt ruin mean ! Kiiules, "ii'. Ue. ides the trade, over-a th' eon: inner and offer for sate u\t< | tili.ters. Wo may say without fear J sin es tin in ives are largely tespoi ; leriili:; r trane. It lia< Ioiik i: 'eeo.n:. r.t .1 th; ' line> i?f science. This is pet La ps .ft; tariv years. Germany disco\eied t ct ops ineteasoii the yii his inine nsely, lyiitK causes, and has suggested to t! i i ole lessons on In r findings. Von I lures on modern a^rii allure, has mad | in the early history of the use of e? i i.?..... ? I jMimmuii, a uounan ug lira11ra 1 scum ; in 1 lie years IS 15 and 184t>, ami found J (Mi'd S.HH pounds of hay more than 1 | did not u<e the salammoniac. lie s pounds of salammoniac io the aere. In comment in# upon this Von L I quite certain, that in the action of ih 1 highest after the Chili saltpeter, an 1 ammonia contained in it. On the < I with carbonate and nitrate of ammo I or nitrogen, equivalent to that in L'n the saute conditions, was almost wiilr Fertilizer Experii A little further along he says: comportment of the soil towards the Knowledge wo possess of their mode trie soil, by its physical condition. 1 salts of ammonia, of chloride of so< the earthly phosphates in the soii. pome light on their action, or one of This statement was made because it salt was added to certain mineral and Von Liebig came to the eonclnsu this added material to the lihciation Only a short time after the wai ' ash beds were discovered and by rapi< I in'favor with planters as well as ing a combination to liberate the 1 and thorough satisfaction was found the potash salts, and here the iiidust claim, however, that Tribasic phosuh; was found efficient. This fact is vei covered by a constant study of the salts. Idebig thought that these twi of dissolving phosphoric acid i 1^ the in turn added greatly to the yield of I n # rma riu'* Crnn ^ THREE LANDS ARE ROBBED BY WINTER RAINS I n Uncovered Hillside Soils Loss Tons of Fertility Annually That Co.'el be Saved | TERRACING WiLL SAVE IT HILLSIDE EROSION COSTLY | L.aymg- uii Terraces on !Tr>:s i and Growing Winter C Dye r Crops Saves Millie: is. ? i 1 I I South Carolina farmers, and e olally those in the hilly Piedmont s tion, need to terrace their lands ro keep the soil from being washed away by erosion, which is a wearing away : caused by wind and rain. The erosion caused hv rain water wash vt t thousands of tons of soil antnu'ly from the lands of litis state, with a i consequent loss of fertility. Nature'* method of preventing erosion is ?<> keep the soil covered with trow, leaves, and glass. Man's method is to terrace and grow winter cover crops. | A terrace is n ridge of soil thrown up in such a manner as to prevent water from Mowing rapidly down u hillside or slope. Only steep or rolling lands need te-taring. ' t'se a leveling id.Mrumo.nl in riff-* ning lines for terraces, (lne can 1 e had for from $1'J to $!?."> ami ean ho used for many other Kinds of work on*, the f. rin. It is. necessary also to ho;..' "hillside" j>low, so that the din ean he thrown always down hill. After determining on the lino of the (et r;\i e. liv the use of the leveling instrument. begin on that line ami throw the first furrow up hill, doing above It. using a hillside plow, throw the*, next furrow down hill. Throw ea? h succeeding ftirrow down hill ifn111 the proper distance has been eovered to get att elevation of about three feet. This system, having the terraces abenvfr three feet high and vertical, will g:\ar (Continued on page five.) tes of Fertilizers ctor cf Gecrg a Experiment Station, j FERTILIZERS IN GERMANY. , cries cf Six A/liclof. i!*1 ? ed the l'ertilixtr trade since its origin ions of all kinds hive taken a liv \y tal in later years the sla. vs have tjiheri liable to tutme's an:; merchants alike, regulate i s manufne. lire and sale. In appreciable uunniiLes laws have been ? ef the 1.1.. r.la i'i u. c r, as to ana.'v cs, I.toilkm.-. g.u t\.rre; its t h'iga n it to e ,[or tnaie'ta ate!'', lie natm ol i' ?rof : access lu I ? >nt rauict ion that the noble for t ho i. e volume of he it G? many lends (he wo ld in many ;c in legurd to the u i > ?' fei lilkmrs in hat tntneiHl .-...Its applied to growing ami gave time and study to the underte other paii.s of ;he world many valul.icing, ihrtegl: his duties and hve known mm 1; of the v.mK of Geimar.y ?':i:i!i ; riai :e: i i11/. rs. i.:on>n say.- >na?. : ist, applied salannn nine to a nu ailnw that on a hvt.ve t P nt'iivi) he fiatii[iii the sum' Ui!i?I of meadow where lie ?rured this result by usintf about 1200 iebip has the f< Hawing to say: "It i* e upiann, which prodtned the cn;|) next. unnii.daUnble part was played by t ho >the; hand, however. the experiments nia show thai a quantity of ammonia, pounds of guano and employed under nut oil net. ncrts In Germany. "T!te t.'.o-t recent nh>crv it ;uiis on the fooil of pi nr. is show how slight is tho of nourishment. and ol the part which plays in it. The comport incut of tho jiinn, and of nitrate of soda, towards fctnv perhaps assist us iiv throwing tier actions, on the .growth of plants. ' was always found that wli.ni ciniiiuon manures, firmer yield was obtained, n thai this was due to the relation of of pmush in the soils, i he; ween I ho states tho Herman potI loans ami hounds this material Rained 'Nporimontors. The necessity tor findi.vash in the soils was now removed in the use of t ho nitrate of soda and iv stood for a Ioiir time, lochia does ate of lime crept into the formula ami iv significant and happened to he disuse of the nitrate of soda and potash > plant food materials had the power form of earthly phosphates, and these farm crops. rtater Than Other Nations. hat. afterwards really developed to he rleinfhits of plant footf t Iwt should he ids are phosphoric acid, ammonia and :*< elements have been the essential formula. I'.era I salts per acre to her crops than partly as a 'consequence gets highci v nation. It is slferliflcnnt that these it must he remembered that Germany Kite?deep plowing, the proper use o! t he < dangerous practice of continuou* also 1 <> be remembered that the land* ea?ed without any kinds of ferfiliaen ^refits with fertilisers. v