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. V4 yiiiie OEPiRTllBST. / ' \jV/SBKT t'jt'/or. JOHGROWHG ffl WESTTBMKSSEE. H v ; ;j WRITTKN BY W.X. WHITE FOlt xii irr iiAcxicAL fa itmi:it. t <K $10 Pri/e Essay. .. 4sp. y IrJ 18BM. left tpe agricultural implement bfiHiliess and took up cottongrowiutfior profit and h livoig. I had , sold good implements r(?r use in 'lie cotton country and knew how to make M.tlie most of these implements in the places for which they were intended, an^, imagined that they weft all that 1 was necessary to 'growing cotton for ! ? profit, and I.was green enough to think i that not (ling else was wanted hut good implements ai?d strong slock, with a gUQd mjtfn to^iiandle them, for Hire* year* I worked fait hfully, w it h wide range uf results. Some tldd* were profitable", some iiidilierent and some absolute . tailorHut neighnor*. w ho laughed at my improved ways. ?l>d iio, better, and* mn 11 y . <iit. worse, for t lies did nothing but gro% < ?. on, not v< u corn to feed their stock. The result is, that w hero leu ^ears ago t tiey eoutd ' grow oo'ton, tliey enti nowgaiheraj gull'es on which ? nothing w [ observed everyb dy'stnei hods : d iook note* of their preparation ; nd cultivation. I investigated tliej debts that gave me the best results' They were practically the same kind of soil as those on which I made dead; failures. No fertilisers are used here. I The cost of these has kept the poor; farmers out, as their cred-'t >; -o will! not fnrnisti them, and business men1 here now know too much >o > anv-' i iO ng jUi So .in ... ?. . lei* .'? .l.i '. \ out of oilr ricti clay subsoils. One uf tnj' fields in 1" iiindo rliree-fourt!ibale of cotton per ace, all out and' sold by Ortnh'er lutii, and brought cents per pound giving ii"i pr??;it :i acres of slut. ( M her Held* e -t m per acre to work them up to pi nj. i but this tlebl wa ' r< e from ween seed- : ami worked nicely, i >'ion grew rapidlySi ud soon slia ied tin* g iun<i -u as to stoj^vced grov ; b : i ' \ . lie .noisturV 1 I'ouiul that tni- .'Id ii id been use8 for three ve-n'sti. >i\ vine hay. My at t??ini?' > to . ow rlnvcr had met with iiideltcrcol success, and as this tli'I'l was such uii ?>l? ed If-mi. I concluded to iiitil a ro| n in \\ lii< ' he cow pea was to g- her t5: r *Hired nitrogen. I have ever since .sed yow "peas, with winter oats, to {row through each whiter, gathering the oats in the sheaf ?>ne season ami' plowing them under ; ! th? n ' 9asoti, with cotton. 'I liis gi?: s a < >j> it oats and a ci\ n ? i? .1 ..1 .. ami crop of co ton t! ' 1 fpund thi plan I < j .. > never expect to chat it. In .?-d rio properly gather tin .lit: 1 ?n>ojig tlie cotton - * nn^, In- ! ro'v it . vfnter. I usi tnoottiing tiae.M v, w 1. t- 1. early ilat. Juiu tile no. I ..i?.s are '! broken a"d ?' * .1 ? ' iiarri The harrowing . a tlie 1 tra id of oats a- !! a iv eg Iks out of the \vn\ of reaping. '1' l>e net petit on t hese t hree acre.-, mentioned i in cot <:i in ' s and oats in i '? . was tjeni. owing is an exact account of res of cotton grow 1 in ixtn; ;'nli! oats and peas m; ion : It v.in ' I Mid a'Oi : y >-liO' e ?iu?v, S I'K'iii - ill l.< ... ( 'ov In;' ' i'r - I1.1 iff. " \\ * '.?> ill til . 1 iiitl I v.'f? | ileal < 1 no-In 1 so lllou 11 Inn .!# liar >?l* 'n/ wi". t. . 1 . Ii row 0.11 I planning :? im*. of ?-.! th Dot ittiul pliiuif , ouh ;s apart. 'cnv n" land flat and Herd 'i a s. lu t Hpresvott ' (ill ,10 3. II.v*owi i? boi'i v.' > loot (I tin-- ow, s'niii I1 ' let-ill l.fn I une 12. Cotton n?> I' i I nnwn;' ?. 10 sa no i.i o-.v v. Uii rows Juno >tairm. uu* ai.e'ii sa in-i.-.i- . . tio | Juno 'lloi- OT o .-land ! June !?). Cu't vadnif w hb-too.ii ? -it vam l."i ily b. Same I on | uly J'1' 2' ni-n swo-u, one i - r> th o\vin ini?i Hi h in I l--.ivi.ii., coti >n.t-n a h --M rlduc.. 1.0(1 Auvuftt 1 SaiTio.. 1.0" | u S'do harrow two trips to ow To.nl ? J Ml Ttefore running side harrow, sowed all over Hie cotton to winter oais. i Side^harrow so nearly leveled the on which eotton wa< growing he oats tloeslied il with winter Yield of three aores'was three f cotton, weighing I}0, ''t and pounds, or 1,..00 pounds. Not yet ??. II III II lit? ( 111 I (111. HlKl Will iiy I In' top p ire. \|y friend* I<> tint ?that ' inade a l?u i?? <>f ?*tit I on iv in ted after .1 .ue M \ asfon:-h 1 and do not ? of t lie in will ri-W a 11\ <>- j iVl^eir j;rowiiiir colioii.l whaVtliev say about t he fciioil laud jjiv* \\ H liout fert ili/.el'a, 1 I harrow is pre-eminent-1 i ii?> iccea* iii cotton, a, j. 'he < foriiHzrr ! can\ af, fir ffi way of bringing lie soil irtir le.sMos;et her and tni\in# some ir with them, ran the liberation of !?..?* fnA.I ?l... .... o l.o o, I I I...... 121111 iuv?i i.ii? j " ?i ?i?* v t "? t "i j uvir, ; ml which no cull vator with iarfftuniii'1 ?!o, iiikI i|iic? it in linlf >n?*-'onrcli the expense, -ay f( ate with peas with ( !*, :ir- p' >v, to>vd plant -. i! h Never i< ar up{ ,win? cotton: hut let, n nor soil crack open to I <turc. 11 one preh r- a ilation, corn i* the crop to | / : - 1 J f ":T >- \ * follow cotton. Plant early and put Veas among the corn at last working, and follow the peas and corn with oats. I prefer- the. ti-yeirr rotat ion on a cotton farm where "none but the work stock are kept.ami the stock will not be able to eat up the peavine hay aud sheaf oats. Corn has to be made eafrly, and the ground is left undisturbed long, enough for the weeds-to get a start and'go to seed. The two year rotation clears the^land of all weeds, and adds vegetable matter in large quantities to tire soil. I sell my cotton seed meal. The meal is much better feed if uii..ed with the hulls, as in this way you get rid of the oil,which is not lit to fetrtl to anything. My reed is valuable for the manure resulting therefrom. The most important thing in my two year rotation is the careful saving of all animal droppings. As soon ay possible scatter tliem on all the plaices are intended to be cultivated. The only way to improve the tenant -vstein is to educate the coming j farmer with something that will aid | him in hi- work. The present tenan s piim.' i> hopeless, unless be Pas a tjeneriaiulloru who w II pay l?'un lo \ ,-y fho pea ami oats rotation ami save liis stable The average tenant i.nnws more about politics tban plant toon. I1 is only object in !;"> t- to ) i I * crab ^rass ami lay by li>> < ?>(. s<?a.- <((i have more Otue -o peti te, . 11* e-peels legislation !o be'p b'oi which it can. Out not in i he \?a> in wants. I.eftisla' io.i wit! m,t mtppoi : in. tmt it call cd uca\ e Ins coilitrei lobe bei-i ,cr farmers than the old n tn evtjr : contit t'c l>;. any homiio method. Shelby t 'I en o. Farm Topics. I). I'. Ouicia, I.. Onion Plutil For so vera I weeks wo have ' heon 11i\iri11tr upon our reaoers in fin so papers fho necessity of duej nftonfion to their corn crop. We j have made as many failures in our own < xj riencc with this! crop ;is any otic and wo there-1 hue think our ohsorvafions may j !> > w<i; ? !i so; :'lin:;. One of our1 worst mi-takes u-ed to ho crowdI int; too much corn on the land, i 11 ivn! I h -kson, of (Jeor^ia, was lac liisi .nan to sol the example, ol'^ivint: plenty ol distance. lie 1 ll^l i i i ii 11< i<i im:u iana wouin not yield over tw? nty hushe's to the act the rov.-i honkl not he It ss than si\ feet apart, and one I stalk left every three feet in ilrill. Try it and yon will say lie was riij;ht. i iii~ jjivos flood: .] t a row o1' * :> . in' the ini Idles between rows of corn an I permits both corn and peas to ho properly worked.! Orouaht. oven a comparatively| .short one, tells tetrihly on corn . planted too think. As we h ive >aid before, for the ! "hud worm, coal tar i> tho host ! preventive we have ever tried, j Its u-?e. together with judicious time of planting, (either early betore the moon makes its appearance. <>r Into alter t lie period oi lis activity lias passed.) will mako tie it,--, ii<>iii this inV-'t very trilling. From lil'ty to one hundred pounds of nitrate of soda applied per acre to your fall oats, may pay you well. If you have never tried it and you can produce the nitrate at not too great a cost, make the ex peri - i meat on a few acres for your own sat'sfael ion. The linal preparation or hod- i ding for cotton must he #'.?.r this month, in all the rolling land of this State the beds in crease the liability to wash. M i-; well to defer the making of them as Ion as possible. A good plan is to !.?y oil' n.ivs, put in manure.! list oil an 1 finish beds just bo- J fore you are going io plant, bay , ing oil' rows is one of the most important operation in cotton culture. Land in cotton is so cioan ami so oiteii tirred i>y (lie plough llial it is ext renmly liable I to wash. Laying ofi' i! rows horizontally is the only reliable preventive. We have en more 1 ;*Ti.l badly injured Jiy the \v ty it ' .. V MS'1*--'4 ? j was layed off than any other one c tiling. In badly rolling land a q few hillside ditches will ho of r? much service and~by all means'n have your land terraced, if your n terraces do no other good it will s force you to cultivate your crop w on horizontal rows. e On medium good land four feet rows are none too wide apart, t they will give quite as good re- e suits as those that are narrower. | and at. the same time diminish s, hoe work, a matter to which a every good farmer will have a v ! watchful eye. . v In preparing land for corn and v cotton do not permit these to absorb nil the land on your farm, I "out. reserve a good share for those very. important auxiliaries1) known a> side crops". In nianv ,v n instances it would ho greatly bet-' w ! <>r if "I*11 """ ,| were mad" the le:?d?n?: "rops or*.' " !f( the larm. 1'eas. potatoes, soruhum, i, roobers?what an amount nl'moi;it spent for Western produ?*ts . J they might savi' : how much moat ' milk, bmter ami muscle I hey " nmrht produce. A'id every farmer, . with a little forethought and en a could have an abundance^ of them. They are all easily ^ raiseil crops. Above all things, j don't forget that sorghum patch : we told yon about the day it must be planted for summer ^ feed for horses, mules, cows and hoys. | [] A little boy asked for a bottle of"get J' lip in tIn* morning as fast as you can," j, ttie druggist recognized a Ikiiim hold j name for "l)e Witt's tattle I'.arly j Risers," and ,;..vc In m a tint t lo ofji hose j | famous little pills for constipation,' sick headache, liver and stomach |( troubles. Crawford Bros. II'-ils on Stalling Corn. Many of the farmers will plant ! > corn bi-fore the iirl day ol April. ( Much one desires to make the f large t crop possible. Tin* lol .< . v niv, imr iniiis in. v be ol ervice , 1(1 >1 lino (I tlio I in 11 , Thorough ami ?lot*|> prepera- ^ tion ot'clav lands !> necessary. If only one hor^e is used to ** break tin- land tin* diamond % point tongue plow is host. After breaking. and just before plant (J ing, thc? "tornado" harrow will * put tho ground in (ino condit ion. j^ Distance is necessary to secure, M a good crop of corn. Always lay oil your rows as though you ex -1 peeted a dry s|>ell in July or Au-|' gust. < >11 average upland live by I ^ four feet is about right. Highly <J tnaioired 'ami with deep, pnlver ^ i zed <oit niav stand bv 2 1-2 . < >n upland. eorn -!??:u!11 be tmit . . a below !be level somewhat. That 4 makes t lie cultivation easier and i " gives the roots a chance to strike m deep into tiie soil, it your land 4 has been narrowed and is quite ^ level the rows should be run oil"j 4 with a shovel at. 1 a bow 1*2 ti> 1." <, i inches wide. Cover wit It a double! _ tdot. Tli; ! will put li e corn he- | low the level. * !.>'t manuring b? libera' as I po1 ible. It b telle:' to :n .nil' e tj tori :*er? vol! and rulti\ lie often i rather than nlant 1". a?*res with I I little manure ami 'i11!?? work. As to the kind ol corn, j?et tin* 1 )< <t -uited to ilo' l;md. .Nunc ol , ilic small, early varieties planted in the North w'd| do w?dl hero lor < a jreneral ' roj>. A laive. solid earl* with a small eol? is what you. want. In the old days early plnute' \ f /' / J ' . I J __ orn received four plowin^xs, re uirin^ about twenty runs to tin [>w. With the improved imple leiits, ten runs to the tow wil ow do more good than ^the ok tyle way of plowing out a rov rith a tongue plow or shove very time. lie sure to plaid peas 1>< tweei he hills in June, or if you lay l>\ arly sow broadcast if you havt lie seed/to spare. If seed an rarce plant in the middle turrov t the last plowing. Never le our corn go longer than LS dayi /itit a working. It is better t< ,ork it every 12 days. I >o no toj) at any hme for dry weather Spurt an. M. I.. Yoeum, Cameron, l'a., -i.ys " e- a sufferer for tea j r.r-, 'ryin: tost all kinds of pile reme<li? s, Itu rit liout oieepss. CMVitt".! \v;? i lazel Salvo was recommended to m< used (int1 box. It has nfiVctcd a j r lanent euro.'* As a permanent" our. >r pi!o.- llcWitl's Witch llazel Saly a? no equal. t 'rawl'ord Hros. '(> be I fit tit/i <1. .Tim Andorson, the .o,;r. iiirtlcft't! \ohit>f cf polio- Mar - f.al f Chester'in February, was triei iSt i'l'iilu;., OOil . U'l<jU ol Kill i It. n<l sentenced To li.? haiuxml jus \. ? ... f?r i 1 15th. ACETYLENE ? The Light of the Future. tvr 11 Y Nor UK IN I >! :?.'KM >K.\' ? t anil own your own little i;as plan hicli will will ?'ivo four times nior itr111 than ordinary jjas or electri irhts til one-half the cost? Applies lo for use in eliiirrlie , ..ores, facto ;e>, hotois, residences ami countr, onios; safer than oroinary jrns o erosene lamps. Apprc . hy all th tour (Is nil 'inter writers t hroujrhout I h nitcd States. We want a lir-t eia^i ut in every town. V. rile for rata ?jjue and prices. The Acetylene Gas Machine Co., t. Akron, Ohio. ' vsk' v*r 'sjt' v,.;-' ? Ult-fiTti . 19 ? M l-fl $ IT'l h fte < If y gy yiPSMj i*> ki f* TV, -Ok T5.< ' ? f X&i / . _k_.. >__/ rf? V IiUAofcj.c^.jnj C P g?i?essiv f* p I>on't tail to ]>;iy us a \ i-o ? see what push and I he l.now C Nlv^SwiU do. You ran t la r* bettor lixed lo do your til? D County. l-'or \our couvrtiie nights :tnd our hard rash, ai vT ronlradicl on thai wr -iive i W thr square inch than anybo' cotton under thr ,-noot of an X dnvr y*?ur train to thr r -are ^ your halo ol rot ton leadv loi j) We will Ciin t 25 cents per ? REVISE r t 10, that we air hoab[uar! $ ('IIINK IdXI-:. If you hr a a nootl 1 yood holt, rone- to u nnvkind in our lino, drop in P commodate Von. ? We also pay tli?* liiglie-t c ^ (linnory. ?) Thanking the public for p \ continuation of ^inK'. ? W, & Poag- ? - CASTOR IA For Infants and Children. rho fl8>io-Vo'Rac for rifty C'vuts. 'raiM'ti- '1 t hubtf cure, iit'tkc* woftV i.iwt . '...uoJ pure. bOc.fl. Al> >a V r % v -* v C "1 t * 1-1 I If I a^-Ti iptnysectoral JjJ A QUICK CURE FOR. 1 i COUGHS AND COLDS. 1 ' \ VERY VALUABLE r*m?dy l? J ff?ctlon? of tho * sj throat or lungs. > 4 Largo Bottles, 25o. 44 ? DAVIS A LAWRENCE CD., Lint., ' v Prop'e of Perhv Davis' Pain-Kulri? 1 4 ,< for sals air ! All Chemist* and Druggists . IA itpor'ioMHcnt of the Scf ' I t'lllHt. t The following figures si what amount 11 going to the c< ' ties whose mill tax ami poll 1 ilo not amount to $.'1 per capit1 the enrollment of the pu schools. Those amounts, ag \ gutitig $70. l'W.~>r>, are to come 1 -r th? 'isp-e try profits, and 1 ; i ntoii" has alreadv been r? | ov r by lie petn- ry ruanu J | incut: A 1,1 ... ..... t . -n r. ^ - 7 < ?' \v? \ ? .. \ I j I .. .J.-HI 4 . Wl Kii in " < ;< (>. ru?w i * 5. ISO.! c . .% "i > I Im 1-y \ t>. 11'.1. I ' r. . . 5.v;:>. J ' ' ' ' > 1 *.gF I .*... ' I : .< w i?' v . ... Oi. I I III' ....... T.50? .. . r ' I S,. I ll:i . . .. 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(>nly put your wftjjfUi of ir ? levator ami in l."? minutes 40 > i!?l of building ^tid }*rt delivered ^ r market. n ' Your Cotton at v-v #-s.% Hundred. /J m + i t w m w K T\ / iM's lor anything in the MA- ' ik down, e.ome t" us : if you |^a s; if you want in!> rmution of and we will do our host t<.? ucash price lor cotton seed al our ($f a-t patronage and soliciting^ are yours truly, / ^ &* JE3Ca,x*_E>02r. 2 Vsj- ^ Notice. rpiIM COl NTY HuAT\ I? Ol L Kqn ilination' will meet .at tint Auditor's oflfloe at I.anenster Court; House, M. 0., on the ilr-t Monday lij A;>ril (1th Inst.) to hear .all grievances i:i Cases where A .sost>menttt of prop-I erty have been raised by Township! Hoards of Assessors. \ ad. j. pbkry, 'ni Hoard of Kquhlizatiur M \