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Codfish Baked With Cheese.
1 Bake into flakes two pounds of salt
codfish and soak one hour; change the
.water once; make a white sauce with
two leyel tablespoonfuls of flour, one
and one-half cupfuls of milk; salt and
pepper to season; butter a baking
dish; put in it alternate layers of tish
and sauce, sprinkling grated American
cheese between each layer; then
spread over the top buttered crumbs
and bake in a quick oven over half an
hour.
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Potted Chicked.
i Boil the chicken in as little water as
possible till very tender and well done.
Season while boiling to suit the taste;
then while hot separate the while
meat from vhe dark, and chop both
very fine.
- Place the white part of a bowl, in
any design wanted, as a circle or a
cross; fill up with the dark meat, pour
over it enougu of the liquid left in the
^ kettle to thoroughly moisten it; then
icy a sman ooaru over il auu yieas
with heavy weights. After a few
hours turn it out on a platter and ornament
with sprigs of parsley.
Celery With Cream Dressing.
"Wash and cut ceiery in inch pieces or
smaller; put in a cool place until
wanted; grate one cocoanut; pour over
it one pint of boiling water; allow it
to stand until the water is cool; then
wit,h the hand squeeze the cocoanut in
the water; take it by the handful, press
iy tightly, and throw away; strain the
w. affixture through a piece of cheese
cloth; stand this aside until cold and
the cream comes to the surface; at
serving time put the celery in a glass
dish, sprinkle over it one tablespoonful
of gTated onion, a little cayenne pepper
and a little salt; skim the cream
from the top of the cocoanut milk and
pour it carefully ever the celery; then
add two tableqpoonfuls and serve at
once.
\
fftlnts for, we
* housekeeper,
Always keep your celery roots and
dry them. They are good for seasoning
soups and sauces.
An attractive way to prepare macaroni
au gratin is to bake the macaroni
in a shell of Edam cheese.
Cut flowers will last much longer if
a little carbonate of soda be added to
the water in which they are stood.
If the bread knife is hot new bread
can be cut as easily as old. But, if
you would not spoil your knife, do not
make it too hot.
One reason that an omelet is so often
a failure is the use of too many eggs.
The more eggs the more difficult the
patter of turning and folding. Four
eggs are all that should ever be used
at one time.
After rice or macaroni is cooked,
place in a colander and drain off the
water, then quickly turn cold water
through and you will find that the
stickiness which is so undesirable will
be prevented.
."\ A good general rul? always to remember
in the use of gelatines is to
soften the gelatin in cold water, then
to dissolve in boiling water. Neglect
of either part of the process will cause
. trouble in making jellies.
The coffee pot should be washed as
regularly as other cooking utensils,
but should not be put into the water in
which othei dishes have been washed,
it* should be cleansed with fresh, hot
water withput soap, and then thoroughly
scalded.
To cook fish in water, do not boil it
Plunge the fish into the boiling water
to sear the surface and retain the
juices, then reduce the heat so as to
keep the water below the boiling point
?180 degrees Fahrenheit is the desired
temperature if one uses a thermometer
in cooking.
Tinware can be kept bright indefinitely
if it is washed in soap suds, to
which a few bits of washing soda have
been added, and placed for a few
seconds either on the stove or in the
sun after being wiped lightly with the
dish cloth. When warmed through
it should be dried with a dornet flannel
towel.
1 Glasses which have been used for
milk and eggs should never be plunged
in hot water. Immediately after using,
fill with cold water and allow them to
stand. Next wash them in lukewarm
water, then in hot suds, and rinse. The
Tesult, especially If linen toweling be
used, will be glassware that sparkles
as if it were cut.
"To clean agateware put the ware on
the Stove filled with water and into
the water put a tablespoon of salsoda
(washing soda; and then after a while
use a scouring soap and you will be
pleased with the result. Also put your
bean pot on the stove and a good
generous tablespoon of soda and it
wit! wash as easily as a cup. A little
soda put in your greasy baking pans
and keeping them warm while washing
jottr other dishes will help along that
most disagreeable task.
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DEPOT AT SANTIJC BURNED
i Firebug Caught Red-lianded and lm?
mediately Landed in Jail.
[ Uniai, Special.?Lee Carter, a negro.
wm arrested and placed in jail on
a chifte of having burned or had
j partrobbing and burning the Southern
^not at Santue Friday night. It
is s*Wthat Carter left here at 9.05 for
SarlCm. Saturday morning Mr. Wm.
the night operator at tho
Sc^iern here, as soon as he found
out that the negro had gone to Santue
started walking down the railroad
and met him several miles below tho
city and arrested him. Carter lives
at Monarch Cotton mills, and after being
arrested admitted that he got up
about 4 o'clock and went down in that
section of the country. The burning
and robbing occurred between 12 and
1 o'clock. As to how much money was
taken and the total loss by fire could
not be learned, as the telegraph office
was in the depot as well as the Southern
express office. On account of it
being in the dead of the night it is
said very little, if anything, was saved.
For several weeks past robberies
of different classes have been committed
in Santue and community. The
last was when some one broke into
the store of Mr. L. B. Jeter, taking
about $50 or $100 worth of goods. Just
a little further down, at Carlisle, the
store of Mr. K. D. Bailey was broken
into and many goods taken.
Negro Was Fatally Wounded.
Union, Special.?At 2 o'clock Satur
day afternoon at Neals Shoals one negro
was fatally wounded while picking
out some rock and another may die.
Previously dynamite had been used to
blow up the rock and dirt but on this
occasion one of the sticks failed to
discharge and while these negroes
were picking the point of the picks
struck the dynamite, exploding it directly
in the faces of the two pickers.
The head and face of one was badly
mangled and there is no possible
chance for his recovery, but it is said
there is some hope for the other. The
names of the wounded negroes could
not be learned but they were from
Columbia. The gentleman who gave
the story said he had a very narrow
escape himself, being only about 10
feet awav. He was one of the bosses
and was overseeing the work.
Palmetto Briefs.
The State Democratic executive committee
held a meeting in Columbia
Thursday. It was decided that there
should be no county to county canvass
where candidates have no opposition.
It was also settled that the campaign
should open on June 21st. When it
came to the nomination of the presidential
electors the following nominations
were made for electors at large:
T. J. Cunningham of Chester, George
Johnstone of Newberry, D. S. Henderson
of Aiken. On the first ballot Mr.
Cunningham was elected and there was
a tie between the other two candidates.
Mr. Henderson's name was withdrawn
and the election of Mr. Johnstone was
made unanimous. The following electors
were named from the congressional
districts: M. P. Howell of Colleton,
E W. Crouch of Saluda, H. H. Watkins
of Anderson, W. T. Jeter of Union,
W. M. Shannon of Camden, Olin Sawyer
of Georgetown, A. W. Summers of
Orangeburg.
An interesting case was brought up
ir chambers before Chief Justice Pope
last week. This was the case of W. S.
Mason vs. Hampton county and C. J.
Gray as county supervisor. The plaintiff
as tenant on a farm, brought an action
against the defendants, the county of
Hampton and the supervisor of Hampton
county, for damages to his crop in
opening a public road over the land of
his landlord, and applied to the chief
jestice for an injunction restraining the
ennntv an thnnties from working and |
operating said public road. The application
for injunction raises interesting
and important questions as to the powers
of the county authorities and the
rights of minors under the statute regulating
proceedings for condemning
private lands for public uses.
A special from Chester To tne commtia
State says: "Two more soldiers of
the 'thin gray line of Confederates
have joined the silent majority.' J. H:
Ash ford, aged 73 years, died on 22nd
inst., and William Carter, 68 years old,
died on the same date. Both of them
served through the war, and both were
wounded during the battle of Seven
Pines."
The State board of equalization met
on the 31st inst. and revised the factory
taxation and the board of railroad assessors
meets on June 3rd for the purpose
of going through the railway assessments.
Both of these boards will
hord second meetings in order to htfar
any complaints which may be made.
Did Not Travel on Sunday.
Mobile, Ala., Special.?Although the
General Assembly of the Presbyterian
Church adjourned sine die Saturday
night, those members who found it impossible
to reach their homes by midnight
Saturday will remain in Mobile
until Monday, as the Assembly Is on
record as opposing traveling on Sunday.
The visiting ministers supplied the
Protestant pulpits of the city Sunday.
To Fight Against Fever.
Mexico City. Special.?The superior
board of health reports that only two
places are infected with yellow fever,
Merida, capital of the State of Yucatan,
and Techuantepec. The latter has
three cases and Merida nine suspected
cases now under observation. Active
operations have begun at Contzacoalcos.
the Gulf terminus of the Tehuante- )
pec Railway, to prevent an outbreak of I
yellow fever.
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GIVEN IN BRIEF
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COL. JAIUES A. HOYT DEAD.
Well Known ^^J^Carolina Editor
Passes Away.
A special from Greenville. S. C.,
says: "Col. James A. Hoyt, editor and
proprietor of the Greenville Mountaineer,
died Friday afternoon, at his
home here after a brief illness. Col.
Hoyt has been prominent in South
Carolina for many years. He served
gallantly throughout the civil war, rising
from private to colonel of his regiment.
He was once woundod badly
but refused to leave the field, and
remained in command of his detachment
to the end. In 1885 Col. Hoyt
was elected president of the State
Baptist Convention,. and was re-elected
nine successive times. For twenty
years he was a trustee of Furman
University, and was once president
of the Southern Baptist Convention.
In 1900 he was a candidate for Governor
on the Prohibition ticket, and was
defeated by a small vote. At the recent
Democratic State convention he
was elected a district delegate to the
St. Louis convention. He leaves a
widow, three daughters, and one son,
James A. Hoyt, Jr., city editor of The
Columbia State.
South Carolina Gleanings.
An unknown white man, supposed to
be John Sheehan of Augusta?from a
letter found in his pocket addressed in
that way?was killed by Southern vegetable
freight train No. 72 at 3 o'clock
Thursday morning on the Walker station
siding, a 3mall station a few miles
north of Blackville. He was said to be
a trespasser and at the time of his
death was beating his way out of Sar^/\1nmK{a
olnnc n'lth
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three others. Conductor McCoy put the
four off the train at Hardeeville, again
at Allendale and again at Blackville.
At Walker he ran them away from the
train into the cornfield while he was
waiting for train No. 29 to pass. In attempting
to board the train again as it
pulled out of the Walker'siding the
man fell under the wheels, both arms
and both legs being so badly crushed
that he died in 30 minutes without regaining
coiisciousness. The other three
trespassers did not stay to see the finish
of their comrade.
At Chicaco College commencement at
Greenville last week the following
young ladies received diplomas: Baccalaureate
of arts, Annie Hunter Farmer,
Grace Graham. Bessie Belle Peden,
Nellie Gaines, Ruby Eiline Hammond;
baccalaureate of science, Lelia
Deview Crowe, Lela White Thompson,
Mittie Lee Shaver. Extra branchesSarah
Cleveland Beattie, Sarah Annette
Pack and Ethel May King, expression
and physical culture: Ada Lee
Graham, art; Lois Amanda Smith, piano;
Susie Graham, art: Jessie McHugh,
china painting and physical culture.
Graduates in special schoolsMarie
Elizabeth Cheatham, Ella
Blanche Clinksc&les, Su9ie Graham,
Ethel May King, Janie Marie Mc- J
Whirter, Annie Augnsta Cunningham,
Rosa Pauline Davenport, Elizabeth
Caldwell Kay, Mildred Lindsay, Anna
Barron Spann, Kate Murphy.
It is rumored that the Southern Cotton
Oil Company will dismantle its
Greenwood Mill No. 2, which was purchased
from the Farmers' Cotton Oil
Mill Company last year. The machinery
will be used to enlarge the
company's Greenwood Mill No. 1 at
Greenwood and its mill at Newberry.
In case this is done it is stated that
the power and buildings of the dismantled
mill will be used for a large
fertilizer factory, and Greenwood will
not be a loser by tfcj operation but will
gain another enterprise.
The Secretary of State has chartered
the Vaughn Furniture Company at I
Darlington, capitalized at $4,000. The i
officers are: Smith T. Vaughn, president:
Arthur Erwin, vice president,
and Eugene Vaughn, secretary.
Mr. J. M. McAdams, who lives near
Antreville in Abbeville county, suffered
a severe loss by fire Wednesday
morning. About 1 o'clock fire was discovered
in one of the outbuildings and
two barns, two crib3, 200 bushels of
corn, 4,000 bundles of fodder, buggy
and wagon, four or five tons of hay,
farming tools, tc., were destroyed. The
loss is $1,500 or $2,000 and it is not
known here whether there was any insurance.
It was suspected at once that
the fire was of incendiary origin.
A Charleston special of recent date
says: The Sea Island Telephone Company
was sold by order of Judge Dantzler
of the Circuit Court, the property
bringing $8,200 at auction. The property
was bought by Broker Gibson,
probably for some party or corporation
which will undertake the management
of it. The line extends through a nt?nber
o? the Sea Islands and was formerly
operated in connection with the Independent
Gordon Company, recently
purchased by the Bell Company.
At a recent meeting of the board of
trustees. Miss Mamie Hill, of NinetySix.
was elected teacher of the primary
department of the Batesburg graded
school and Miss Carrie Lou Harmon,
of Greers, was elected to take charge
of the music department
It is now pretty certain that exGovernor
John C. Sheppard, of Edgefield.
will be in the race for Congress
from the second district this svimmer.
The Fun-Flower Carnival at Columbia
last week was largely attended and
is reported to have been quite an enjoyable
occasion.
The strawberry season is now closed
and many millions of crates of berries
were shipped to Northern markets,
bringing much money into the State.
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WEATHER AND CROPS
The Weather Has Been Warmer and
Favorable for Growth.
The week ending 8 a. m., May 23rd,
had a mean temperature of 71 degrees;
the normal for the same period
is 74 degrees. The day temperatures
were normal, or above; the nights
were unseasonable cool, with lighi
frosts in Union county on the 15th
and 16th and in Greenville county on
the 18th. doing no damage. The lowest
temperature was 44, the highest
was S7 degrees. The relative humidity
was unusually low and the sunshine
excessive. The winds were generally
light jvesterly.
Showers occurred on the 17th and
18th, with amounts ranging from 1.10
inches at Florence and Lugoff down to
trace. In general, the northeastern
counties had beneficial rainfall; it was
light, insufficient or none fell, in the
north central, northwestern, western,
central, southeastern counties and
uirouguuui. iuc oavauuou Yaucj, >u
which districts the drought is becoming
severe.
The weather was favorable for farm
work, which is well advanced, and cultivation
keeps pace with the needs
and growth of field crops, that are
free from grass and weed. There is
widespread complaint of the scarcity
of laborers, and their unsatisfactory
services.
A general, though slow, improvement
in corn is indicated for all sections,
except on bottom lands where
worms continue to destroy stands. Its
color continues yellow in the dry districts.
Some corn is yet to plant, and
some that was replanted is slow in
germinating.
Improvement in stands, color and
growth of cotton is noted in all sections
where the rainfall was most
copious. In other sections stands continue
broken and irregular, with much
j not up, particularly in stiff, clay and
red lands, and replantings. The cool
nights are detrimental to the growth
and vitality of cotton; some'places report
plants dying from this cause and
the drought. Lice have appeared in
Bamberg, Hampton and Marlboro
counties. Chopping made slow progress;
cultivation is thorough. SeaIsland
cotton is dwarfted, has poor
stands and is suffering for rain.
Tobacco suffers from the cool nights
and remains small. Rice needs freshet
water for flooding, although its general
condition is fairly good; sowing
continues. Oats improved in the eastern
counties, and are poor in other
sections, with spring oats practically
a failure. Harvest is under way.
Wheat looks well and its appearance
indicates an average crop. Peaches
are ripening and shipments have begun.
Minor crops and truck are generally
poor, except where the rainfall
has been fairly constant and sufficient
since planting time.?J. W. Bauer,
Section Director.
Another Arrest Made.
Newberry, Special.?An important
turn in the baby murder case was taken
when a warrant was Sworn for Lottie
Spehl, a y^oung white woman living on
the outskirts of the city, charging ner
with being the mother and murderess
of the child. A preliminary trial has
been held before Magistrate J. H. Chappell,
only a few witnesses being examined.
Frances Franklin, a negro woman,
who, it is thought, knows something
of the case, was re-arrested and Was
present at the hearing. There being
practically no evidence against her,
however, she was released from custody.
The hearing of the Spehl case
was continued for a few days until a
further investigation is made and more
witnesses summoned. In the meantime
the defendant was allowed to return to
her home without giving bond. 'This
is the case which has baffled the police
for two weeks, and involves the Discing
of a dead Infant, with its head
{ crushed and neck broken, in a cheap
! valise, and p'utting it aboard the eastbound
Southern passenger train, which
passes Newberry at 11:40 p. m. The
ca6e has attracted no little attention in
this community, and it is hoped that
the guilty parties will soon be found.
The Spehl woman was represented at
the preliminary by Fred H. Dominick
Esq., and Lambert W. Jones, Esq.
T?1 ? mnrooontaH thft
uecrge juuusiuu, UJ4., v?~
Franklin woman.
Dragged to Death.
Westminster, Special.?Alex Mason,
a white man living between here and
Oakway, with his aged father, was going
to mill Saturday afternoon and
while going down a slant one of the
holdback straps gave way, causing the
horse to become frightened and unmanagaeable,
overturning the wagon
and throwing the old gentleman out
unhurt. The younger man wan dragged
a short distance under the wagon
and died a few minutes later. The
dead man was about 45 years old and
unmarried. He was a farmer and a
well-to-do and respected citizen.
Barn Burned.
Iva, Special.?The barn belonging to
Mr. W. T. McGee, near here, was destroyed
by fire Saturday evening. The
origin of the fire is unknown. When
the flames were discovered several
head of stock were in the building, but j
all were gotten out except one mule, j
which perished. Besides the barn and
mule, a reaper and a quantity of corn,
fodder, etc., was destroyed. Mr. McI
Gee's loss was some $600 or $700, and
he had no insurance.
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SOUTHERN I
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLAN1
* - , . _
The Cotton Problem.
A study of the situation just now for
cotton culture is that jt should be a
crop in a rotation of crops, and that
failure will inevitably attach to the
plan of trying to have cotton follow
cotton on the same ground year after
year.
The winning plan in this matter
now is to make a part of that intensive
farming which calls for high
culture and abundant fertilizing.
Under this plan the fertilizing o? soil
Is not done for the cotton only; and so
a mixture highly recommended for the
service is acid phosphate, 1200
pounds; cotton-seed meal, GOO pounds;
kainit, 200 pounds. It is advised that
about 700 pounds of this mixture be
applied per acre.
Yoorhies, an authority on fertilizing.
In discussing the subject, recommends
that this soil-enriching mixture should
be used '"in the drill at the time of
planting, and at a depth of not more
than three inches and well mixed with
the soil.
' In most cases it is best to allow all
of the fertilizer in one application
rather than fractionally, though if the
land is in superior condition application
may be made again at the second
plowing."
The preparation of the ground should
be of the most thorough character,
with the plowing done in the fall, if
possible; so that the harrow will be
able to accomplish all that is needed
in getting the soil right for the reception
of the seed in spring.
The fcdrrow ought to be given very
free use here, because if it is the
ground will be put in just the right
order for promoting early and vigorous
growth and for maturing the crop;,
and at the same time this harrowing
will lead to the germination and also
the destruction of the weed elements
in the earth.
In no event are weeds to be allowed
if the best outcome is to be expected.
Stir and stir, for thus the growing will
be helped; and the dryer the season
so much the more will this be true;
and at any rate never let a crust remain
after a rain beyond the time
whan tho oiirfnr>A 5s Sn a pomlitinn trt
be stirred.
It should be remembered that some
one point neglected or overlooked may
be ruinous to the whole business.
Make sure of good seed?seed the
vigor of which is in no way impaired.
And get the variety of seed most likely
to secure early maturing of the crop,
and this along with that which gives
the best quality of fiber. See to it that
no point of importance is neglected.
It is certain that out of the present
Insect peril for cotton will come a
better agriculture and better things
for cotton growing generally In the
South.
We notice with great pleasure that
the cotton growers are thoughtfully
aroused on this whole subject; and we
confidently believe that out of the situation
as it now exists will come better
things every way for the growers of
this leading product of the Southern
country.
The many letters that come to Home
and Farm are fully in support of the
view that whilst cotton will still be
the staple product of the South, it will
not be allowed by the planters to be
this to its injury any longer, but that
irom Tins on xiie system win uc iu icduce
the acreage, and yet by increasing
the amount per arcre not lessen
the aggregate amount of cotton produced.
This, we urge, can be done by a judicious
system of rotating the crops;
and from each rotation will be secured
a decrease insect depredation and an
increase of kinds of crops which will
make it possible not only to utilize all
the available soil elements without
destroying their proportion, but at the
same time make the Southern planter
independent of outside reinforcing as
he has never been before.?Home and
Farm.
More Horte* and Male*.
According to the report of the Statistician
of the United States Department
of Agriculture there were, on
January 1, 1804, some 16,736,059 head
of horses and 2,756,916 head of mules
in the United States. These figures
show an increase of 178,680
horses and 29,323 head of mules
over the totals given out in 1903. The
good demand for horses and mules
at the present time and the small increase
indicated shows the importance
of the farmers of the middle South
giving more attention to the breeding
of animals in the immediate future
than has been done in the past few
years.
The mule breeding interest is confined
to a comparatively small area of
the United States, centering chiefly In
the middle South, including the States
of Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Lousiania,
Texas, Arkansas, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Missouri. The largest
number of mules are found in Texas,
with Mississippi and Missouri second
News of the Day.
A recent event in the animal kingdom,
says a Paris cablegram to the
New York Herald, the first of its kind
so far as France is concerned, has been
attracting scientific as well as popular
interest at the Hippodrame. This was
the birth of two baby hybrids, the
proud father being a magnificent lion
and the mother a large Indian tigress.
Strange to say, the she-cub takes after
the father, so far as coloring is concerned,
while the little brother favors
the mother.
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"ARM jlOTES, .
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rER, STOCKMAN AND TRUCK GROWER,
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and third. The high price of cotton
at the present time insures a good
market for mules for some time to
come, and it would take several years
of systematic breeding to overstock
the market, judging from the present
demand for good animals. In fact, the
market will not soon be overstocked
with good horses and mules. It it
overstocked all the time with scrub
animals, but the farmer who has foresight
enough to breed the draft type %
of mule for the Northern trade will
find his animals in good demand In
that direction, while the man who
hrp<vls mnlf>R of a liehter tVDe and
finer bone, but with plenty of substance,
will find them in good demand
in the regions lying to the South.
What is needed in both the horse
and mule breeding business is a better
type of mares in much larger numbers
and then the use of only the choicest
coach or hackney sires for the pro- * |
duction of the roadster or coach type '
of horses that is in general demand
everywhere, and the employment of ^
only the best bfed jacks of fine quality 1
in the breeding of the character of *
mule that the market now seeks and
for which a profitable cash price can
be obtained any day. The middia
South is well adapted for the production
of the class of horses and mules
that are in greatest demand at the
present time. Are our people fully
alive to conditions as they exist to- '
day, an? are they taking full advantage
of the present situation??Southern
Agriculturist
Harrow Reduce# the Labor,
The Southern soil tillers are now
wisely selecting the best Implements
to aid them in destroying weeds and
pulverizing their lands. The harrow
is not found on every farm, and yet it "
will accomplish more work in one day
in putting the crop in good condition
than the plows they are using will in J
two. The harrow is of special benefit ;;
in being passed over the Irish potato
plants, and even when an inch high in
tearing the surface of the soil and yet
not injuring the plants. The barrow;
with teeth sloping backward at an
angle of forty-five degrees will do no
harm to corn two inches high or
wheat 'our inches high. Try it on &
small plot of corn or half the field
and observe the difference in thirty vjS
days thereafter with the part now hart
rowed. ? 'jj
The heavy rains after the corn haw /
been planted pack the surface soli, '
and that prevents the spring suns from
warming the soil to the depth of four
inches, where the young corn roots "?
are too cold to perform their natural '
functions. The sloping teeth of the %
implement will tear up the coating,
and the corn plants will put on new
life. The harrow will greatly reduce i*
the farm work in keeping the young J
crops clean. A harrow with seventyfive
teeth will clean up the young
weeds or grass on fifteen acres in one
day. The young plants may be laid
down on the soil for a day, but it will
soon lift its head, and then it Will ?6
more than make up for the time lost
while down. Friends, get out of yourold
ways and put into your crops *4
better implements and they will ii>
crease the yield of corn more than the -y
cost of the new implement
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Level Planting.
Bedding for cotton is a distinct
error. As our correspondent says It
necessitates cuttingetoo mapy roots in 1
cultivating. But that is not all. Where
the roots start out vigorously Hunting s
for food and water, they soon strike ^
dry soil and hot sunshine. They must
stop or turn down or grow into the
hot air. While the roots are settling
this question the plants ate suffering
for food and water and throwing off
squares.
These cotton beds have cost millions
of loss to the cotton crop. Cotton does
not form squares and bolls simply for^
the purpose of throwing them off later. *
They should have stayed on and made
cotton. Generally it is our fault if '
they shed. Our mistakes have forced ?<
cotton to shed until we have ''oni
eluded that it is its nature to shed.
| This is a mistake.. Cotton rightly cultivated
will not slied. Give a cotton W
stalk plenty of water and food and it ^
will not shed unless you cut off the
roots. This does not necessarily" in,
crease the width of the rows. The
fertility of the soil mainly decides
that. Usually four feet is best But
as to the plowing there need be no
point to cut deep in the row anywhere.
Use plows so adjusted as not to out
more than an inch.?Southern Cultivator.
But Amtnonia.
Farmers in the South should not
buy ammonia. They can raise it
cheaper in stable manure, cottonseed
and rotting vegetation. We raise the
very best form of ammonia in our
cottonseed and sell it very cheap and
then buy it in less desirable forms and
pay very high figures for it.?Southern
Cultivator. t
News Items.
One of the most remarkable men in
France today, says a Paris dispatch to
the New York World, is the Rer.
Charles Wagner, a modest Protestant
pastor, who was an humble shepherd .
in Alsace some forty years ago. He
left his fiocks of sheep to preach tfte
Gospel to the lowly people of France
and now the good shepherd may not
even count his flocks of men, for thly number
in the hundreds of thousands.
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