The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, February 16, 1906, Image 2
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his Sale Continues All
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Don I Miss It
Don’t Miss This Big
Sale.
It Is a Chance of a
Life Time.
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This Will Positively
Be the Largest
Sale Ever
Held in the State.
The most stupendous sai\@ ever
witnessed in this city is novy be
ing conducted by the : :
A. C. Davis Salvage
THE WORLD’S GREATEST BARGAIN GIVERS
On the stock of
W. C. Carpenter
Everything has been remarked and reduced
in price. Not a few things, but everything must
be soid.
Railroad FarJjWill
Be Paid to Pur
chasers of
$25 or More.
The Greatest Bir-
gains Ever Wife-.,
nessed in he
South.
ale Continues All This Week.
GROWING OF CORN
IS REVOLUTIONIZED
E. MclVER WILLIAMSON’S WON-
DERFUL DISCOVERY.
"‘Southern Corn for the South” is
What it Means.—The Result of Long
Experiments by a Practical Farmer.
The following highly valuable paper,
prepared by Mr. E. Mclver William
son, of Darlington county, has just
been published in the Hartsville coun
ty Messenger: ,
For a number of years after I be
gan to farm I followed the old-time
method of putting the fertilizer all
under the corn, planting on a level or
higher, six by three feet, pushing the
plant from the start and making a big
stglk. but the ears were few and fre
quently small. I planted much corn
in the spring and bought much more
corn the next spring, until finally I
was driven to the conclusion that corn
could not be made on uplands in this
section, certainly not by the old meth
od, except at a loss.
I did not give up, however, for I
(knew that^the farmer who did not
pake his ftwn corn never had suc-
fd, ai^ftiever would, so I began
First, I planted lower,
better, but the stalk
?e. so I discontinued
dication of fertilizer
knowing that' all
>uld be fertilized at some
I ed mixed fertilizer as a side
n and applied the mo )
itrate of soda later, being |
thi.> by the excellent re
fined from its use as a to "
for oats. Still the yield
igular, was not large, and
less of the stalk itself now
that tliev should be planted
the di\ll. .This was done
rear witukreshilts so satisfac-
‘i eontiimied\from yea- to
[icrease thViiurpber of stalks
'fertilizer «h vyhich to sus-
alsoy >«pply nitrate of
Rowing, and to lay by
Twing peas broadcast. This
steadily increased the vield.
Fear before last (1904) with corn
Fhes apart in six-foot rows and
irth of fertilizer to the acre. I
84 bushels average to the acre,
ll of my best acres making as
as 125 bushels. I I
st year (1905) I followed the
method, planting the first week
Lprii 70 acres which had pro-
the year before 1,000 pounds
otton per acre. This land is
|y upland, somewhat rolling. Sea-
k were very unfavorable, owing to
■jmendous rains in May, and the
extremely hot weather later,
me 12th to Julv 12th, the
?n it most needed moisture.
Is only 5-8 of an inch of rain-
; yet with $7.01 cost of for
ty yield was 52 bushels per
^>ws wen* .fix feet and corn
k in drill.
method, on land that will
^produce 1,000 pounds of
^with 800 pounds of fer-
ishels of corn nor acre
by using 200 pounds
meal, 200 pounds of
and 400 pounds of
>r their equivalent in
all to be used as side
greeted below,
rill make a bale and
oer acre when well
khels of corn should
jubling the amount
except that M00
soda should be 1
left on!
the land in cornstalks, peas, vine^ and
roots, from $12 to $16 worth of ferti
lizing material per acre, beside the
—eat. benefit to the land front so large
an amount of vegetable matter. The
place of this in the permanent improve
ment of land can never be taken by
commercial fertilizer, for it is abso
lutely impossible to make lands rich
as lor™- as they are lacking in vege
table matter.
Land should be thoroughly and deep
ly broken up for corn, and this is the
time in a system of rotation to deepen
the soil. Cotton requires a more com
pact soil than corn, and while a deen
soil is essential to its best development
it will not produce as well on loose
open land, while corn does best on land
thoroughly broken. A deep soil will
thoroughly produce more heavily than
a shallow soil with good seasons but
it will stand more wet as well a more
dry weather.
in preparing for the com crop, land
should be broken broadcast during the
winter one-fourth deeper than it has
been plowed before, or if much vegeta
ble matter is being turned under, it
may be broken one-third deeper. This
is as much deepening as the land will
usually stand in one year and produce
well, though it may be continue^, each
year, so long as much dead vegetable
matter is being turned under. T may.
however, be sub-soiled to any depth
bv following in bottom of turn plow
furrow, provided no more of the sub
soil than has been directed, is turned j
up. Break with two-horse plow, if pos
sible, or better with disc plow. With
the latter cotton stalks or corn stalks
as large as we ever make can
be turned under without having been
chopped, and in pea vines it will not
choke or drag.
Never plow land when it is wet. if!
you ever expect to have any ’• for
it again.
Bed with turn plow in six-foot rows,
leaving five-inch balk. When ready to
plant, break this out with scooter fol-1
lowing in bottom of this furrow deep
with Dixie plow, wing taken off. Ridge
then on this furrow with same plow
still going deep. Run com planter on
this ridge, dropping one grain ever”!
five or. six inches. Plant early, as ^oon
as frost danger is past, say first sea
sonable spell after March 15th in this
section. Especially is early planting
necessary on very rich lands where
stalks cannot otherwise be prevented
from growing too large. Give first
working with harrow or any plow that
will not cover the plant. For second!
working use 10 or 12 inch sweep on
noth sides of corn which should now j
be about eight Inches high. Thin af
ter tfiis working. It is not necessary
that plants should be left all the same
distance apart, if the right number
remain to each yard of row.
Corn should not be worked again
until the growth has been so retarded
and the stalk so hardened that it will
never grow too large. This is thej
MOST DIFFICULT POINT in the
whole process. Experience and judg
ment are required to know just how
much the stalk should be stunted, and
PLENTY OF NERVE is required to
hold back your corn when your neigh
bors, who fertilized at planting time
and cultivatetd rapidly, have corn!
twice the size of yours. (They are hav-;
ing their fun now. Yours will come
at harvest time.) The richer the land
the more * necessary it is that the
stunting process should be thoroughly
dene.
When you are convinced that your
corn has been sufficiently humiliated,
you may begin to make the ear. It
should now be from 12 to 18 inches
high, and loch worse than you ever
had auv corn to look before.
Put ha.lf your ujlxed fertilizer (this
being the first u^ed at all) in the old
sweep furrow on both sides of every
other middle, and cover bv breaking
out the mithtle with turn plow. About j
one week later treat the other middle
the same way. Within a few da's
side com in first middle with a 1C-
inch sweep. Put all your nitrate of
soda in this furrow, if less than 150
pounds. If more, use one-half of it
now. Cover with one furrow of turn
plow, then sow peas in this middle
broadcast at the rate of at least one
bushel to the acre, and finish breaking
out.
In a few days side com in other
middle with same sweep, put balance
of nitrate of soda in this furrow if
it has been divided, cover -”ith turn
plow, sow peas, and break out. This
lays by your crop with a good bed and
plenty of dirt around vour stalk. This
should be from Jfine 10th to 2()tb up-
less season is very late, and corn
should be hardly bunching for tas
sel.
Ijay by early. More corn is ruined
by late plowing than by lack of nlow*
ing. This is when the ear is hurt.
Two good rains after laying by should
make you a good crop of corn, and it
will certainly make with much less
rain if pushed and fertilized in the
old way.
The stalks thus raised are very
small, and do not require anythin?
like the moisture, even in proportion
to size, that is necessary for large
sappy stalks. They may, therefore, be
left much thicker in the row. This is
new process. It has long been a
custom to cut back vines and trees in
order to increase the yield and qual
ity of fruit, and so long as you do not
HOLD back your corn, it will go like
mine so long went, to all stalk.
Do not be discouraged bv the looks
of your corn during the process of
cultivation. It will yield out of all
proportion to its appearance. Large
stalks cannot make large yields, ex
cept with extremejy favorable sear
sons, for they cannot stand a lack of
moisture. Early applications pf ma
nure go to make large stalks, which
you do not want, and th 1 plant food
is all thus used up beij:e the ear.
which you do want, is made. Tall
stslks not only will not produce well
themselves, but will not allow you to
make the pea vines, so necessarv to
the improvement of the land. Corn
raised by this method should never
grow over seven and " half feet high
and the ear should be near to t>e
ground.
I consider the final application
Decision ot
it court
anded,
dec!
planted from four to six inches below will deserve the unanimous thanks of Affir
the level, and laid by from four to six our entire Southland. The ci
inches above. No hoeln" should be That Mr. Williamson has discovered mond has
necessary and middles may be, kept a method by which this can be done, affirming th
| clean until time "o break out, bv using we fully believe. We know from many ley in the cal
i harrow or by running one shovel fur- disinterested witnesses that his sue- Congressional
| row in centre of middle and beddi*'" cess In 1904 was simply phenomenal, victed last Di
on that, with one or more rounds of His achievement that year in raising court on the ch
turn plow. more than 800 bushels of corn on 10' moving and detai
I would advise only a few acres acres of sandy uplands has. in our when he was run
tried bv this method the first year or, opinion, never been excelled in the Coast Line as rai
until you are familiar with its aonli- annals of Southern agriculture. His
cation. Especially is it hard, at first, success in producing 52 bushels to
to fully carry out the stunting process, the acre on 70 acres, on the came
where a whole crop is involved, and character of soil this season, proves
this is the absolutely essential part beyond the shadow of a doubt tnat
of the process. his system is by far the most practi-
This method I have applied or seen cable and successful for our Southern
applied successfully to all kinds of lands. It should be remembered that
land in this section except river lands the past season was the most unfavor-
and moist bottoms, and I am confident j able for corn of any experienced here
it can be made of great benefit j for many years.
mandate of the cc
received and
ed States Districl
will make no mov/
ley to have the
vice of his sents
in jail, in addit
Lower Cou
appeals at Rb
vn a decist
'Judge B
e Prioleau.
IJ’Vho
the distrt
opening, r]
V-nail pac 1 ..
^ i the Atlant 1
H clerk. Thl
lot yet been
received Unit-
fr.orney Cochran
Judge Braw-
j>gin the ser-
t)»ree months
of $50.
throughout the entire South
In the middle West, where corn is so
prolific and profitable, and where, un-
“Jim Crow” Ordinance
At a meeting of the t
Many farmers of i men of Asheville Friday
Abbeville:
it an
Darlington county did not make half dinance was introduced req.s rin cr th<l
their usual crops and we feel confi- Asheville Street Railway Cc^^ny (U
dent that Mr. Williamson would have | furnish separate compartm& ts or ge ,
fortunately for us, so much of ours produced at least 25 bushels per acre' arate cars for white ixfopj: n
has been produced, the stalk does not more if the season nad been favor- groes. The ordinance ipaied. fir
naturally grow larger. As we come able. reading. It carries a ptanaTof $
The editor of this paper visited Mr.' for violation. “ ^
Williamson’s plantation while he was
harvesting his corn crop and went
over a good part of the acreage. We
South its size increases, at the ex
pense of the ear. until in .Cuba and
Mexico it Is nearly all stalk (witness
Mexican varieties).
The purpose of this method is to
never befor- saw r a sight that inter-
eliminate this tendency of corn to ested or impressed us more. The corn
overgrowth at the expense of yield, in had all been topped just above the
this Southern climate. ear at a height of three to four feet |
By this method I have made my , above tne ground. The stalks, of an
corn crop more profitable than my! average diameter of about 3-4 of 'n
cotton crop, and my neighbors and inch each, bore from one to two good
friends who have adopted it have medium sized ears, and stood at gff
without exception, derived great bene- average distance of not more than 161
fit therefrom. j inches apart in the row. The ground j
Plant your own seed. I would not between the rows was almost com-1
advise a change of seed and method i uletely covered with a matted growth
the same year, as you will no.t then i b ea v >nes, and we are sure that
know f om wdiich you have derived ; the fertility of that con* field is now
the benefit. I have used three varie- mu ch greater than it was a year ago,
ties and all have done well. I have' ow i nrr to the tremendous amount of
never used this method for late plant- humus and ammonia sunnlied by the
ing. In fact. I do not advise the late
planting of corn, unless it be necessa
ry for cold lowlands.
great growth of veffctable matter that
remains upon the soil.
We happen to know that Mr. Wil-
The increased cost of labor and the! lia 1 mson 10 vears in the de-
high price of all material and land i ^ ^ f 8 h C «m Seories and a
are rapidly making farming unprofit-! ! argea ™®“" t . of vaiuable time in
aide, except to hose who are getting ^ Preparation of th s article and
fro n one acre what ,he y formerl,; SiM Z
ONE ACRE CROP ANALYSES.
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2,800 pounds corn
(grain)
51
20
11
50.) pounds shucks
5
2
7
100 pounds cobs ..
2
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“A” taken land ..
58
22
20
1,?00 lb. coin stalks
3,00 IT), peas, vines
12
3
17
and roots grown
in corn
59
16
44
Entire crop .. ..129
41
81
28.26
Taken from land A
58
22
20
12.03
Left for next crop
71
19
61
16.23
100 bushels oats and
straw' will require 78
1,500 lb. seed cotton
31
48
and stalks will re
quire
64
17
56
50 bus. corn, cobs.
shucks and stalks
will require .. ..
70
25
37
of nitrate of soda an essential point in
this ear making process. It. should al
ways be apple;! at last plowing and
unuiixed with other fertilizers.
I am satisfied with one ear to the
stalk, unless a prolific variety is plant
ed, and leave 100 stalkg for every
bushel that I expect to make. 1 find
the six foot row easiest to cultivate
without injuring the corn. For 60
bushels to the acre. I leave it 16 inch
es apart ; fpr 75 bushels to the acre,
12 inches apart, and for 100 busnels
eight inches apart. Corn should be
got from two. We must make our
lands richer by plowing deep, plant
ing peas and other legumes, manuring
the n with acid phosphate and potash
wl ich are relatively chean, and re
turning to the soil the resultant veg
etable matter rich in humus and ex
pensive nitrogen. The ne^ds of our
soil are such that the South can
never reap the full measure of -ros-
ceive will be the gratitude and es
teem of the Southern farmers. This
we trust will be vouchsafed in a man
ner which his distinguished services
deserve.
The Messenger feels highly honored
that it should be chosen as the ve
hicle through which this most im
portant information Is given to the
Men wanted for g
Wages range from
and twenty cents t{) one olf
and forty cents per
paid in cash once
Apply in person to
The United States
OM Fort, W. C.|
Feb. 13 4w.
HOLLISTE R'S
world. It is seldom that a county _ s - - - _
Z'rS, 'thM should‘be*hers.'"untu JhTs „ ha l,r h „ jo””: i Reeky Mountain. m Nads
i, .i one conferred upon it. and we thank Mr.' Busy Medicine for I usy People.
‘ Williamson heartily for the considera- Brings Golden Health am) Renewed Vi or
. gwe this method as a farmer to Uon he has shown us. and congratul-! a specific for Constiputioi, indiiresticret
the farmers of the South, trusting that j a ^ e ur)on tremendous service 1 and Kidney troubles. Pimp: as, Eczemi we
'hereby they may be benefited as I y, fi i )fVn snip tn fi,. the aericul-1 B1 ^‘^ s,UK(fisl 1 Bowels, leihe
hflV A been ♦ , a i ' e a ° 106 at ’ ncm and Backache. Its Itocky jJo Un tain Tad>*
nave oeen. ture of the South. ! let form. 35 cents a box. Genuine mby
I Hollisteb Duuq Com pan; , Madison
GOLDEN NUGGETS FOB SAU OW PtE
An Epoch Making Discovery
Editorial in County Messenger.
This issue of The Messenger con
tains the most important contribution
10 agricultural science ever written by
n citizen of Darlington county. In
fact, if we except the distinguished
work of the honored ex-presldent of
South Carolina college. Dr. J. M. Mc.-
Bn’de, this paper of Mr. E. Mclver|
Williamson, upon the culture of corn
gives information of more value to the 1
agriculture of South Carolina and the 1
Southern States than any in, our 1
knowledge heretofore published.
We cannot over-estimate the impor
tance of Mr. Williamson’s discoveries.
It seems to us that the prosperity of
the South hinges largely upon corn
culture. If Southern farmers can raise
the over-production of cotton and will
multiply manv^ fo^l the number of
stock kept oh their farms. Limited
cotton production and unlimited stock
production will quickly make the
South the richest sectifl^J^he Unit
ed States. The man the
Sf>i,th how to stop
drain on this sect!
Importation of Weste
What They Call It.
(Puck.)
Grandma says we’e In style.
A-sittin’ in 011 ‘ automo bile.
Grandpa says we’re fit to kill.
A-ridin’ in our automo-bill.
Ma, she says we ought to feel
Grateful fer our automo-beel.
Pa says there ain’t no other man
Kin run an auto like he can.
Auntie preaches near and far
’Bout onr lovely touring car.
Uncle Bill says he ain’t seen
Nowhere such a good machine.
Brother Jim, he keeps a-braggin’
’Bout the speed of our new wagin.
But, oh, it sounds so grand and
noble
When sister Sue says automoble.
It is said that Grover CieveHand
will seek a home at or near Los An-
es, California, for the sake of the
id climate.
J. F. GARRET
Dentist.
Office Over The Baty.
. ’Phone 82
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DR. W. K. GUI^R,
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Office in Star Theitre
Phonk Nf. 20.
Crown and bridge work a flalt?.
^WILLIAM 8. lALL,.
Attorney at Lav*.
National Bank Bv^d,
Gaffney, fcp. 7
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