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# I Addresj all AMONG I I inquiries to i m. w. wall, Articles in this I Conway, S. C. an^ C PLANT SOME VELVET ! BEANS THIS SUMMER Thr Wlvct I?ca < is about the best sr.il builder t.l j ives more grazing than any <?1H< r legume that we know. These beans can be secured for from $1.30 to $3.00 per bushel. Why not try one bushel now. It will plant 4 acres. The innoculation can be had free of cost from the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture upon application. By planting them now you can get grazing for hogs and cattle from Oct. to Jan. Then the rve will be readv to ^ graze until April. Then you can fall back on your Bermuda pasture. <> SEVERAL ILLUSTRATED LECTURES DURING WEEK During1 the past week there was an illustrated lecture at White Oak Good Hope :;nd Eldorado schools. At the two latter places there was a very large crowd and people showed muck, interest in the Live Stock movement which was general topic for discus si on. HOG CHOLERA IN ; HORRY COUNTY There have hern many reports that hop; clic!Ta is racing if1, many parts o4' th* nu ity. And nlonp; with many o those ]*' port- comes a doubt from the pcopie thai the serum will do no. >100(1. How can a man put his ideas against the /'acts ? f the (iovevr.au Ml ? ! Vet i; a.iy do this. There is only (.me tiling to do-?and that is to vaccinal'to keep off. Vaccination will secure, but it will prevent. The statin tics show that t'N jk r cent of the hops \nccinated resisted cholera. Is this worth trvin'c? 1 Day after day so many inquire, about the hop; cholera scrum, how to pet it, how to use it, what does it cost, and how ionp is it pood? And in fact a thousand other questions. The fiubslanco of this article has been i written many times in every agricultural paper, State and County paper. It must he that a proat many of tin pi ople never read. The serum can be secured at Clemson Collepe and at a cost of about 2 c< nts a cubic centimeter. It tvkes 2"| < ubic centimeters for a hundred pound hop and in proportion io the weip'nt. :U'f' !l vl.Wwi J.f/Vi*. 1 'lit . ' yourself and the work will Ik- deiy f ? r of charge by applying to the I'arm Demonstration A gout. EISSW ALL HOGS THAT I DIE Fffl CHOLERA; There is no wonder why the cholera ! N always spreading over the county j when we trace it up we find that when a hog dies he is thrown out and' never burnt. By digging a trench about a foot! wide and a foot deep and placing some j iron bars across the trench, then plac-J irg the hog on top of these bars, it can b( burnt very easily by firing from the trench. This should aiways be done. But most of those who loose hogs we too lazy to do this little bit of work. They are too lazy to order the scrum. This is a very good way that I get out of some of the work by " ' " : The Mammoth Yellow i Soia Bean I 0T promises to he one of the most profitable crops for southern farmers everywhere. Makes a large yield of beans, which arc readily salable for oil-producing and food purposes, in addition to its use for forage, soil-improving and stock feeding. Splendidly adapted to our southern scilo and climate. The New 100-Day Velvet Bean the quickest growing of Velvet > Deans, promise to supercede Cow j Pone rror // lnf/?e Kf -*?.% ? it - a vuo T/v. i jr / n ; %y W& i.? '"f.iTipV(? V** ing, forege and grazing crop I throughout the Soulh. Cheapo;" } to seed per acre than cow peas. I Write for prices and "Wood'is i 1 Crop tepecS-aS** pi v?:?g fail in- I forma ion. in regard ?o Sojn nr;?3 i Wt.*5vO<: COW !>*0?!KV iV?iSt<?e. tv Ssoe: Co/??y $?*?'# ft umt?y Sutiaft 1 Gt ass, cCc. Mailed free. T.W,W"0CD6 SONS, i \ SEEDSMEN, - Richmord, Va. ! i - ' ' J iOBIiy'S PROGRESSIVE F1 > Department are Prepared by i )cal With the Problems of the Hi County Farmer. t? l!?ng the man to older his serum \ and I will vaccinate them free of cost. As a rule I never hear from him! u^.in. He is too lazy and neglectful I > do a little work at the right time. I because it costs a few dollars he will lake chances and let the whole herd die and then when the fall comes he 1 says that the "sick" got in all my ; hogs and killed them. In case you do not burn dead hogs, ] you should burry them four feet deep 1 and spread a whole barrel of quick i lime over the hog then and cover him. 1 Hut always cheaper to burn them. FOR SALE. 2 Pure-bred Poland China Sows, Oj mo. old, #10.00 f. o. b. Nichols. WANTED. 1 good grade or pure bred bull Beef type desired. In ease any one desiring to pur j chase any of these articles get name and address from M. W. Wall, Conway, S. C. o REPAIRING FARM MACHINERY Don't Walt Until Spring Rush Begins But See to it Beforehand That Implemcnts are in Good Condition. | Have you forgotten about that brok-| on piece, lost bolt, or loose nut on one j of I lie ir.mlomontu tl?M? \-/,n t ,>,,,1^.1 attending to during winter? There is still plenty of time for such things, hut it will he unwise to let them wait until the spthig rush of work begins and hurry rails for the machinery <o.no with it. Kemenibor the "stitch in lime" and use the eohl. rainy days for overhauling broken implements and sharpening dull blades. Why wait until your oats are ready to cut before pulling out your hinder and finding that there is a now piece to he ordered? This may cost you a week or two of valuable time and af- 1 ter you have waited impatiently through several days of fine weather, it is as lih ly as not that rain will begin to fall. When you order repairs ; at sueh 51 time, you will find that others arc doing likewise. The manufaoturors are rushed with orders and the delay is often such that you are driven : to purchase a new machine. N'ow is the time to inspect your equipment and put in your orders for necessary pa rts. Keeping a machine well repaired and we'l oiled not only increase:; its efficiency and length of life, hut also lessens the power necessary to operate it. After inspecting an Implement, tightening nuts.. renewing broken parts, and sharnening dull blades, a coat of paint should he applied. ft wi!' prevent the iron from rusting .and the wood from decaying and will prolong the life of on implement several years. For painting, the e is nothing bolter than red lead and linseed oil A. U. WARD. Ag'oncnv Division. Clcmson Agricultural College. ELACK ROT OF GRAPES. To control black rot of grapes the Botany Division of Clemson College recommends spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Apply Bordeaux just as the buds begin to swell in early spring. Make a second application as soon as the leaves unfold and a third n? ?.irw?n -- ?" as the fruit is set.. After this, weather conditions and the severity of the' disease will determine the number of applications. Ordinarily, it is advis-l able to spray every two weeks until j the fruit begins to ripen. Black rot | ir the most common and destructive disease of grapes in South Carolina. I o uanckrs or draft. Drafts feel best when we are hot! and perspiring', just when they are' most dangerous and the result is Neuralgia, Stiff Neck, Sore Muscles.! or sometimes an attack of Rheumatism. In such cases apply Sloan's Liniment, it stimulntne i/\n I to the sore and painful part. The blood flows freely and in a short time the stiffness and pain leaves. Those suffering from Neuralgia, or Neuralgic Headache will find one or two applications of Sloan's Liniment will give great fill relief. The agonizing1 pain gives way to a tingling sensation of com fori and warmth .and quiet red and sleep is possible. Good for Neuritis too. Price 25c. at your Druggi. I ?adv. ] O W. I?. Wilson, Jr., and ('has. L. j , Cobb, of Rock Hill presented to Gov. j Manning the official petition for the t election to be hold to decide upon the formation of a new county, with Rock: 11 ill as a county seat, the name to ho Catawba. iures Old Sores, Other Remedies Won't Cure. Hie worst cases, no matter of how Iour standing, , ire cured 1?v the wonderful, old reliable Dr. [ i 'orlor s Antiseptic Oil. H relieves ' ,'aiu and Heals; at the ' umc time. 2Sc, |l.U) ! 1 THE HOft&Y HERA LI IRNIERS "Soil Building Ji ^ and ? M)!6 Wi iters Economic $ 3l*ry Production. BI FARM LANDS VALUE GROWING RAPIDLY Washington, April 8.?Farm land ailucs arc increasing almost by leaps .nul bounds. Figures made public today bv the Department of Agriculture show that cullies for the United States, taken ar whole, increased 25.7 in the last fv??r years and 11.5 last year. The figures are based upon reports from the department's field agents. The value of farm lands, without improvements, is estimated at $-15.50 per acre, compared with .$40.85 a yea: ago, $40..'l 1 two years ago; $k8.10 tl.rce years ago, and $30.23 four year: ago. Increases have been general with one or two notable exceptions in tlu Northwest. The exceptional increases of last year are attributed in part to the reaction in the South following las. year's temporary depression and to the stimulus of war prices, particularly of grain. The percentage increases in the past year by sections are: North Atlantic States, ten; eastern part oS North Central States, nine; wester.'' port of North Central States, 12; South Atlantic States, 1'J; South Central States, 11, and the far Western States, 11. n GtmNG AlicAD OF THE PLm CURCULIO Directions For Controlling Pest That Preys on Most of Uommon Kruits. The pl:m eurculio?which Is known ))>* many names, such as "cherry weevil," "peach worm," "peach curculio," and "little Turk"?feed* on practically all stone and pome fruits ?apple, peach, plum, pear, quince, cherry, etc. In South Carolina the peach and plum crops are seriously Injured by it and the cherry and apple are attacked to some extent. The plum curculio is a small, rough snout beetle belonging to the same class of insects as the cotton boll "eevil, grain weevils, and nut weevils. It is about one-fifth of an inch in length and dark in color. It winters in the beetle stage under leaves, trash, stones, or other suitable places in old and neglected orchards. In early spring it comes from winter quarters and begins laying eggs as soon as the fruit is set on the trees Th?? eggs hatch into small white grubs in from three to five days. The grub feeds on the fruit, boring to the S'*cd. Adult Curcullo on young peach. (Farmers' Bulletin 440, U. S. D. A.) For general control, clean up the orchard by pruning and by gathering and burning all dead wood, weeds, and trash in or near the orchard. Remove all stone walls or piles of rock from the orchard. Keep the orchard clean from weeds and trash during spring and summer. The*** reduce the insect's wintering places. For peaches: About twelve days after blooming and when about throe fourths of the shucks have slipped, spray with arsenate of lead, using 2 pounds of arsenate of lead paste (or one pound powder), 2 pounds stone lime, and 50 gallons water. Two weeks after tnis. apply a second spray, using arsenate of lead and self-boiled limesulfur solution. If the curculio continues to bo abundant, four weeks after the second spray applv a third like the second. For apples, cherries and plums: Immediately after the petals nave fallen, ippiy tiie same spray as the lltst l? ? ay or peaches. Kij. et days after the ' t. ipply the second sp'? ay, Msiny. the same j jpre.y as the second for peaches. G. M. AN?KRSON\ Assistant i-t Fntomology, i , (Mentson Agricultural College. I If the weather will remain cold! utough late this Spring, next Sum-;nor will bring an uoundunt harvest' ; >f small fruits in this county. ' >, CONWAY, S. 0. - r Uses and Abusi By Prof. R. J. N. Oe Loach, Direct* , 5. FERTILIZERS AN The Fifth of a Seri 1 lie Unit and vegetable growers ar< foods for their crops. This is especially they wish is rapid growth in their pre tables on the market in the shortest pe This is the secret of success with voge conditions is to apply fertilizers in lai fchull tell ubout the "home garden" an paper v. e are to tell more particularly a plants. The relation of apple growing to for worked out. We know that the use especially apples, pays, but we have i for the various kinds of trees, nor the h in his hook on "Trees and Tree Plant it quantities of manure should he used These inamiies should he rich in plu ported :o make rapid growth. The hi manures is to add to the manures tli and mix with leaf mold and manures, should not he allowed to grow around the plant food which is put down for j T' .. best teeth'*'1 of producing fruit h gt\.?. it.s v/.het crops which icq-iire con farmers aid horticulturists fertilize ih in this way save the expense of fertil instances legumes are grown as a co nitrogen. The orchard cannot be cuiti It needs to be cultivated shallow, a reasonable quantilies. While n is nec? of the tree, yet the roots scatter pveit food thai ln.ppens to full further awa* A large crop of apples or peaches *ueh as nitrogen, potash and phosphorit time to time, the trees will prove les fruit, and what they do hear will be o trees in pasture's hear good fruit is n< many isolated places tins \\a; that Many times it is the natural leaf mo d, and other materials carrying avaihtbl sr.* li trees. Resides sv.ch ft wit is tar tl grown in a well-kept orchard., h garden crops, nir.st be force,1 more or To force the fruit, and at the salt e tit to the soil as much fertilizer as the c Kruii tiers demand in their jrrowth phosphoric acid. but not very rick in i 11 cos in California at the Riverside llx did better every way with a eomplctt food element, or any incomplete com acid requirements of these tree-; w m phate of ammonia than from any otiu .Matty of the experiment stations ha\ on-hard . but none quite s?vi.oud ;ts tin of work with apples, says: "To sum up the results in inoreas chemical fertilizers on the \erv thin o lap into considerat ion all our dilt'oren tin miles of country, we have the folio Average per acre, per year fertilize A vera ye per acre, per year unfertili Chiin per acre, per year, from fertili Cost of gain per barrel. p?-r year. 1 This is the strongest etidorsenient fi orchards that we have yet seen, and s! Incomes front an ore I ard hy the wise Prof. Maurice A. Itlake of the New .h an application of 4"?n pounds of fertilize of the Georgia Kxperiment Station trim toveral years a no on peaches, and fc ^d, SPRING ONION FOINTERS ournc rrucucai suggestions About How and When tc Plant Seeds and Sets for Best Onions. Onions may ho .mown in spring from seed or from sols. However. Spring planting of seed is not generally so satisfactory and sets aro reeommended for the mail who neglected to plant in fall atid who wants early onions. Tor host results with seed, plant them in tntoher. in order thai the plums amy hecc in* e tahlished before were winter went In r begins and that the onions may prow off rapidly in spring and mature early in Juno. Ttill. if seed are planted very early i [ spring: end conditions are favoraide. ihe.v viii nmUe. good onions, although tliey will he smaller and later than tiiose from fall-sown seed. Onions should he planted on very sandy loam. After the land has been thoroughly prepared hv deep plowing and repeated harrowing, apply fertilizer and manure broadcast and harrow into the first three or four inches of soil very thoroughly. Lay off rows inn (mi menes apart. plant the seed in the drill, and cover the seed to a depth of one-half to three-fourths of an inch. When the young seedlings appear. cultivate frequently in order to! destroy wheels and maintain moisture. Thin out the onions so as to leave <licrtu standing three or four inches apart in the row. To grow onions from sets, prepare and fertilize the land as when planting the seed and plant the sets just as soon in spring as soil conditions will permit. Plant them three to four inches apart in rows fifteen inches ; a pa rt. White Pearl and Prizetaker are the two most reliable varieties for this, region. Sets are more convenient for the home-gardener. hut for a commerepp. onion planter, seed-plantimr is to Ik preferred. because onions grown from seed keep better than those grown from sots and because seed cost less than sets. C. C. N10W MAN. IVofesso'* of Horticulture, rietnson Agricultural College. Kartuers wishing to know how te I spray in spring and summer, and ; what to use. shoal:! write to the South . Carolina experiment Station. a Clemson College, and a-k for Citvula 25. If you don't know what you give your rows and you don't know what your cows give you. why do you koop egi'v * 1 v'op records. ?s of Fertilizers i >r of Georgia Experiment Station. I D HORTICULTURE, es of Six Articles. e always leaders in the use of plant ' true of the vegetable growers. What >duce, so that they will get the vegetssible time from the time of planting, tables, and the only way to meet such ge quantities. In the next paper we id how to fertilize it. In the present bout fruit trees and other horticultural tilizers has never been very carefully of fertilizers with fruit trees, and lot yet worked out the best formulae imounts which pay best. Brisbin says, tg." that in pointing young trees large in preparing the place for planting, nt food elements if the trees are ex st way to increase the plant food in ' e mineral elements in various forms, Brisbin also lecommends that weeds the app'e trees, as they will take up noting ti t es. s to ken.i the field or orchard clean bv't 1 I stunt attention and cultivation. Most j e crops tliat grow in the orchard, and ! Iix.ing the fruit trees again. In many | \ er crop, and, incidentally, to furnish! vaied too deeply, or injury will result, i n<l manures or fertilizers applied in j essssry to put fertilizers near the trunk ; y well over an orchard, and the plant j >' from the trunk is not lost. i takes front the soil much plant food, ' [' acid, and unless this is supplied from j s fruitful and dually bear very little! I' poor quality. The argument that old t >; sound, because conditions prevail in cannot he duplicated in the orchard, j woods earth, droppings from animals, e plant food that make the fruit on * TT. ' * I .!!> f.wrin-lll illlU IICIHIOUS as j ruit, like all other kinds of lloUl and \ loss to measure up to a Id? h standard. 0 koop the 'and ferti'e, we must apply 'op tal es from it. j a fertili/.er rather rich in potash and nitrogen. M was found that the citrus i perhnonl Station mow hottor fiuit and 1 fort iliv or than with any single plant | hination. It was also found that the 0 more completely supplied with sul r nitro;:; n sowee. e scoured good results from I'ert ili".ins? i' Ohio station. 1<\ 11. P.allou, in charge ;ed fruit production from the use of rehnrd laud in southeastern Ohio, takit plots tit the various places ? overinx wie.it; 1. Inn barrels, fed. it barrels. /.hlion, ."it barrels. 7.x cents. or the me of commercial fertilizers in hows how it is possible to increase the use of the proper kinds of feitilixers. lusey Kxperiment Station recommends u* per acre with poaches. Prof. Statutes 1 many formulas at the (loot-gin Station >und that in every case the fertilizers NEARLY OVER 1 SOUTHERN RESIOti Washington.?Cotton gro\v?n;v cor <titions during- the wee!: just cades v ore described by the national wen'.her and crop bulletin issued av' fallows "Colt'..n planting: is gearing; eempl tion in the extreme soul / : ,> : i o!" the region, is progressing- sntisl'jv torily in central districts and lias ; begun in the more northern sec,ics l A heavy frost in interior Tonus v.; I April !) killed cor.xidcrab'o cotton There is some oornpk.i t of the groi. j being too we. lor planting i.. the io\ ! bol'oi ns of .Mississippi." I fdd yofd child'S curb!!. If your ohild has a cold, nose run/ or coughs much get a small bottle o, | Dr. Dell's Dine-Tar-Honey. Its < j pleasant Pino-Tar-Honey syrup, jus J what children like and just the me.fi j cine to soothe the rough and ehoi ; the cold. After taking, children stoi fretting, sleep good and are soon < ntirely well. Insist on Dr. Doll's Dim Tar-Honey. 2">c. at your Druggist.- 1 adv. o \ Dr. C. K. Lowe of the lloekcfelle. j sanitary commission, New York, is to j become director of public health of Spartanburg-. Wood's Productive Seed Corns. Our Virginia-grown Seed Corns have an established reputation for sunerioritv in productiveness and germinating qualities. Wood's Descriptive Catelotf lolls ubout the host of prize-winning antl profit-nuikinj* varieties in both V/i)itc and YtUlow Corns. Cotton Seed. We offer the best and most im\ <1 varic lies, p/own in sect ions : bsoi :t ?y free from boll wcrvii. >jr Catalog gives priees and > ;lori i anion, and tells a bo a the best of j | Southern beet!:;, ! 100-DAY VELVET BEANS, S,-;a j Ucaiu, SUDAN GAASS, Dtsiii.i Crixw ' f.nn nil Sorghums Avid Mi'lcii. Catalog mailed free on request. t. w. wbc5~o sons, i SEEDSMEN, - Richmond, Va. " J' ' " ' ' " 1 " - L - | THEME ADVISED TO KEEP THE GARDEN BUSY Twenty-five by Seventy Foot Plot Will Produce Enough Vegetables TO SUPPLY NEEDS OF A SMALL FAMILY Smallest Backyard May Be Made to Yield a Great j.*.A} Profit. v 11 . . .. Kven the smallest back yard may be made to yield a supply of fresh vegetables for the family table at but slight expense if two or three crops aie successively grown to keep the area occupied all the tiiwi, aeeordin*? tr. the garden specialists of the pyrliaeat. People wlvo uxnrM ?;iSchnrge a clerk if be did *> >* work the year rou al will often *^vTr?>ate a eardon at no little trouble mot expense ai .1 then allow the soiT N> Wc idle f: om the 4i.ne the first e*ep mature ;t:uti ::ic emt ot the season. Where a, t\.o or thiec crop system is us'"d ii < or.nertbm with vegitables adapt: d , sua." areas. a space no larger than - < liy 70 fe? t. \v;il ) rnduco enough "f. 'i vcgeta.b! : !' r a .smiill family. Co a. m. 1. ps. cuci.nbo:'-. and potn ) s ,.:ui oircr crops which require a ; ye iiiv't, should net bo grown in a I vai? 'on of C-,i.> size. half an aero pww.ci iy cultivated v.' h a. euro eel . * < 1; r< da. iv i may cavilv produce Sl'M 1 ' i worth of various &' > h 1 e>? ps ii a :;'liV' c-t ' V.'ken to V'o.k Soil. '* ^ I 1 i' the s?M'd< >i was not broken in t'u? ! I'a'h it should bo V)'owed in the spring ' . j as soon a^ the frost is out of the? | y ou.td. Small avers may be worked j\v:'h a spado, pushing tlx4 blade into it.-- full m pt-4 ami turning the soil to I break up vho clods. Heavy soils should never be worked when wet. Over: aious gardeners, ready to seize the j firs' warm, spell a.s a favorable c.pporj nniit.v to go out a id work the heavy clay soil before it is dry, arc not only ! wasting their energy hut are doing a j damage to the S'b] from which it wlli ! take y ;tr. for to recover. To dci vm* doe v Vm heavy soi's are ready foi plow ing, a handful of earth should eel in " rf from !hi? viirf- :??il ?U.-? j fingers tightly c!o <ed on it. If the bail cf eo-v parted earth is dry enough for cuitiv;'11o? , it will fall apart v.Tu n ' the hand v opened. , A gar.h i spot near the house is ofI ton r.KVo desirable than a plot whuh U in be', tor tilth ha;. located at an :nI convenient distance. A garden which ; is near the houvo will receive many a I sj a.a !au:v of care l?'oin adults and < '. ..iron which would otherwise be j wasted. Wh'To there i ; ample roc.-r.i for t le so Vet ion of a garden site, the show of the laud, shoulo op. ca'vfuily considered. A gentle slop" toward he .South is most desirable for growing early crops, while it is a decided advantage to have the plot protected on the north and northwest by either :< hill, a group of buildings, or a board for.ee. Drainage of Iho garden is of a great i"nj*ovtan.ce. The land should in'v? j--.ii'KMtt iall to drum off surplus water (luring heavy rams and ,\ot not to be so steep that the toil will be washed or quilled. The mm face should be nearly level so 1 tie water will not stand in hollows. Whore the natural slope of the land does not provide suO'tcieMt nautrul drainage, ditehes may he dug or a tile drain put in. This will prevent waste water from the adjoining h\nd from v\ <1?iimyv over 11. Mien water may carry weed and grass seed into the garden which are later culled out with difficulty. How to Fertilize. The soil in the average back yard is not only lacking in plant food but also has been packed until it is hard and unyielding. To loosen up such soil and make it suitable for garden produce requires that careful attention bo given to iis preparation. After spading tiie inclosuie thoroughly, the upper inches should be made fine with the use of hoc and rake. Stones and rubbish should be removed and clods of dirt broken. The surface should be made even and as level as possible. It may then be marked off for planting in conformity with the general plan of the garden. Harnvard or stable manure is the best fertilizer because it furnishes both plant food and humus. An application at the rate of from 20 to '10 (Continued on Cage 4.)