Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, March 30, 1898, Image 8
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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
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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 |
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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
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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
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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 .<
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niv, imr iniiis in. v be ol ervice ,
1(1 >1 lino (I tlio I in 11
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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'
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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
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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,.;-'
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. 19 ? M l-fl $ IT'l h fte
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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'.
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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
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t ron^titutiimul r'M|tnr<'iiiont.of $3.
1'J The amount m the excess is
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dfdo' n! ;i Sl'KCIAI, JU'SI A
ii! lo sro ami admit tlint \v? arc jv
\.\l.\ii t ii a 11 anybody in the ^
nee \vc lutvo spent sleepless ^
ii-! wo claim without) fenr o. ^
ik,:v l i KM* INK SllRVU'L to J
ly. (>nly put your wftjjfUi of
ir ? levator ami in l."? minutes 40 >
i!?l of building ^tid }*rt delivered ^
r market. n '
Your Cotton at v-v #-s.%
Hundred. /J
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iM's lor anything in the MA- '
ik down, e.ome t" us : if you |^a
s; if you want in!> rmution of
and we will do our host t<.? ucash
price lor cotton seed al our ($f
a-t patronage and soliciting^
are yours truly, / ^
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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!
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