The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 08, 1904, Image 7
MEAT FAMINE SURE
This Agreed To Be The Only Means
^ of Settling Strike
BOYCOTT IS MADE ALL-INCLUSIVE
An Extreme Step Taken by the Strike
Leaders at Chicago, Indicating Their
Intention to Fight to a Finish?All
Packing Establishments Whatsoever
Brought Under the Ban.
Chicago. Special.?"A meat famine
will be forced at oil costs. It is the
best weapon with which to fight the
trust packers, although it may not be
welcomed by the independents."
In these words President Donnelly, of
the butchers' national organization, declared
a boycott against all meat and
announced that union men will quit
In all packing establishments this af
tcrnoon regardless of where live stock
is secured.
Donnelly's announcement was made
at the conclusion of a meeting of the
allied trades conference board.
The executive board of the Retail
Meat Dealers' Association of Chicago
had just been in conference with Mr.
Donnelly and his associates, having
come to ask certain concessions for the
independent packers and to seek au.
thoritv to attempt to bring about a
^ meeting between the packers and
representatives of the strikers.
By ignoring these latest attempts at
peace and adopting such an aggressive
step, the strike leaders demonstrated
the intention to make it a fight
to a finish. Indications are that the
five independent packers within the
stockyards enclosure will join the big
packers in their fight, while those outside
will endeavor to continue operation
with union crews. Within the
yards tne inaepenaenis are ooviuuai^
preparing for war, a wagon load of
cots having been taken to one plant.
The police record of the strike at the
stockyards station to date reads: "Assaults.
46; murders. 4; accidents, 97;
removed to hospitals, 43."
Fairbanks in Missouri.
Kansas City, Mo., Special.?Senator
Charles W. Fairbanks, formally opened
the Republican campaign in Missouri
Friday night. The day was devoted
largely by Senator Fairbanks in a visit
to Kansas City. Kansas, where he made
a brief address. At a meeting in Kansas
City, reference was again made to
Senator Fairbanks' availability as a
Presidential candidate. It came from
State Senator Cubbison, who presided
over the meeting. He said that all that
had to be done now was to elect him to
the vice presidency and then nominate
and elect him President four years
hence. Senator Fairbanks spoke in
high terms of Roosevelt, saying that
"among all the splendid men who had
occupied the White House, none had
manifested a higher purpose than
President Roosevelt to secure the welfare
of the entire people of the country."
Two Killed in Elevator Car.
Chicago, Special.?Two people were
killed and six seriously injured by the
^ falling of an elevator in the store of
Sears. Roebuck & Company Friday afternoon.
The passenger elevator ordinarily
used in the building was out of
repair and the freight elevator was"
usod during the day by the customers
and employes. While a load of passengers
was belne carried up. the cable
parted, allowing the elevator, with Its
load of ten people, to fall three stories.
The conductor of the elevator Philip
Caldwell, was instantly killed, and Mrs.
Kate Hayes. 40 years old. was so badly
hurt that she died this evening in the
hospital. Six others of the people who
were in the elevator at the time of the
accident were injured, but not fatally.
An Ultimatum.
An ultimatum was issued by the
mine operators to their men in conference
at Knoxville Thursday afternoon.
It was to accept a 7 per cent,
reduction or quit. With that the operarorg
left the conference and the
miners went into a secret session to
discuss the proposition. They did not
reach an agreement, but met again
Friday.
An Evangelist a Forger.
Roanoke. Special.?Rev. L. P. Martin,
an evangelist, arrested here last
Sunday, is badly wanted by the government
for raising money orders.
Postoffice Inspector M. W. Malone arrived
here from Washington and
swore out a warrant before United
States Commissioner White against
Martin. Malone says he has every
reason to believe that Martin is guilty
of having raised a large number of
money orders in Virginia during the
last few months. Recently, in Philadelphia.
Martin, it is alleged, made
more than $1,000 by this scheme.
Malone has in his possession a number
of the raised orders. Martin this
evening admitted his guilt
Negro Teamsters Strike.
New Orleans, Special.?A strike of
, the negro teamsters who haul cotton
has gone into effect Friday. Not a
bale of cotton was moved in the city
yesterday and the efforts to bring
about a compromise of the difference
between the draymen and the teamsters
have failed. The teamsters presented
a new schedule for 1904-1905
in August, coupling it with conditions
objectionable to the draymen. The
teamsters declare they will not handle
the team of any drayman who does
not submit to the schedule.
SOUTH CAROLINA CROPS
Rrport on Conditions by the Department
of Agriculture.
The week ending 8 a. m., August
29th, had a mean temperature of 77 degrees,
which is about 3 below normal,
due to moderately hot weather the first
J four days and abnormally cool weather
I during the last three. The extremes
were a minimum of about 50 in the
j western counties on the 28th, and a
maximum of 99 at three places on the
23rd and 24th. The sunshine was about
normal, although a number of places
it-ported too much cloudiness for crops,
they having had general cloudiness the
entire week. A wind storm doing some
damage to trees and crops occurred in
Oconee county, and a hail storm that
did little damage in Marlboro county.
Ivocal high winds did some damage in
a few other places, but were confined
to very small areas.
The precipitation averaged above the
normal for the week, and was excessive
locally in the western, eastern and
? TVaso moo 1 oqat nrp
KUUlQCru ruuium, JLU&IV nuo >V<~. i
cipitttion in the central counties. A
number of places reported the heaviest
rainfall of the season on the 26th. The
weekly amounts ranged from about
half an inch to nearly four inches. In
many places there has been too much
rain for cotton, while in a few, the
j week's rainfall was needed and was
, beheflcial on all crops.
{ Farmwork made rapid progress early
1 in the week, but general rains during
I the latter part brought it to a stand!
still.
1 Favorable reports on corn continue
1 from all sections, especially on late
corn which is an exceptionally fine
crop and which is practically made,
j Fodder pulling made rapid progress,
: but considerable was damaged by the
I frequent rains.
There was no marked change in the
I condition of cotton although what
' change? took place were generally to1
ward deterioration, owing to continued
] shedding, and to further spread of rust,
both apparently due to excessive moisj
ture. In a few localities boll worms
have done considerable damage. In
places ov^r the whole State, and almost
generally over the western coun|
ties and on clay and red lands, the
' plants continue to bloom and fruit
( freely. Early in the week, under the
i stimulus of the high temperature then
! prevailing, early varieties of cotton
j opened rapidly In the eastern, southl
ern and central counties and conslder!
able was picked in those sections, while
i in the western counties there are as yet
1 few open bolls, and comparatively few
full grown ones. Picking will be genral
rext week in the eastern half of the
! State. Sea-island cotton maintained its
very promising condition.
Early rice is ripening fast, and cutting
has begun; late rice is heading
nicely. The rice crop Is very promising
in the Georgetown district. There has
! teen too muct rain "or peas, but sweet
potatoes and gardens, as well as truck
generally are doing well. Haying is
under way, but made slow progress ow;
ing to the frequent rains. The hay crop
| will be heavy with favorable weather
i for saving it.
Fine Wheat Crop.
Spartanburg, Special.?Mr. a. L.
Sellars, a farmer of the Pauline section,
has raiesd 148 bushels of wheat on
eight acres of land. He made an Interesting
fertilizer experiment with this
crop. On two acres he placed stable
r>Tr.dimtc nnlv anri the remaining six
| were fertilized by using 15 bushels of
I cotton seed and 400 pounds of 4 per
I cent, acid to the acre. The six acres
I were also treated with 50 pounds of
nitrate of soda in the spring. After
having been planted in corn and peas
prior to the wheat crop this land was
turned by a two-horse plow. The results
as to the six acres of commercial
fertilizer and the two on which stable
products were used were about equal
in productiveness per acre, according
to close observations made by Mr.
Sellars.
Russian General Killed.
Liao Yang, By Cable.?The Russian
army has effected its retirement, with
transport and artillery, on Liao Yang
and is now in position awaiting the advancing
Japanese. The progress of the
Japanese has been rapid and determined,
sparing of no sacrifice. In the attack
on the Siaolindzy position one
Japanese battalion lost all its officers.
Pistol Duel at Marion.
1 Marion, Speci.'.l.?As tho result of
a duel with pistols, which occurred
here Sunday afternoon, Mr. John Yancey,
Jr., a prominent merchant of
Marlon, was seriously wounded by
Mr. C. M. Corpening, a brother-in-law.
Three of Mr. Corpening's bullets took
effect, one destroying the sight of
Mr. Yancey's left eye and the other
two entering the roof of his mouth.
Accounts of the afTair are conflicting.
The men met in the road near Mr.
Corpening's home and there the shooting
occurred. It is alleged that Mr.
Yancey fired several times before Mr.
Corpening drew his weapon. The
I trouble is said t6 have grown out of a
domestic affair.
Brought Ninety-Five Dollars.
Kingstree, Special.?The first bale
of new cotton placed on the market
here was bought Saturday by Mr. W.
T. Wilkins, one of the largest wholesale
and retail merchants in the county.
Some time ago Mr. Wilkins made
an offer of 15 cents a pound for the
first bale produced on the market,
and yesterday Mr. Hugh McCutchen
claimed this prize offer with a 635pound
bale, for which he received
$115.25.
PALMETTO MATTERS
Many Newsy Items Gathered From
all Section*.
Results of the Primary.
Not since the primary system was
instituted in this State have elections
aroused so little interest as those of
Tuesday.
The railroad commissionersbip was
the one State office contested. For this
Mr. John G. Mobley. of Fairfield, leads;
Mr. John H. Earle, of Greenville, is
second and the Incumbent, Mr. C. W.
Garris, of Bamberg, is third in a field
of six.
In the contested races for congress
in the Third and Fifth districts Messrs.
Wyatt Aiken, of Abbeville, and D. E.
Finley of York, easily defeated their
opponents .Messrs. J. H. McCalla, of
Abbeville, and T. Y. Williams, of Lancaster.
In the Second and Sixth districts,
where all the candidates are new men
and the incumbents are not asking reeloction,
second primaries will be neeessary.
The uncommon lack of interest in the
election is ahown by the incompleteness
of the returns received. The
State's tables show 34,808 votes cast
for railroad commissioner but the aggregate
votes reported from county
elections is much larger. Even in such
thickly settled counties as Anderson
and others of the Piedmont It was difficult
to obtain the vote for railroad
commissioner although the votes for
county office^ were received with comparative
promptness. The average
manager at a rural box simply did not
bother to telephone into town results
In the State election box.
It will be observed that for the uncontested
places. Gov. Heyward, Lieut
Gov. Sloan, Secretary of State Gantt,
Adjt. and Inspector Gen. Frost, Stats
Treasurer Jennings, Attorney General
Gunter and Superintendent of Education
Martin received practically the
same number of votes, so that there
was little or no "scratching," betokenj
lug the good will which the adminlstrai
tion enjoys.
Mr. Mobley is 849 votes ahead of Mr.
Earle and the latter leads Mr. Garrla
! by 1,493 votes. It is possible that Mr.
G&rrls will overtake this lead but at
this hour it does not appear probable.
In a vote of 11,251 reported from the
Fifth district Mr. Flnley received 7,171
I against 4,050 for Mr. Willitms. There
j were no acute issues in this district and
the contest was turned chiefly upon_the
| popularity or me two gentlemen. Tne
race In the Third on the contrary involves
unusual issues. Mr. McCalla conducted
against Congress Aiken a campaign
of great energy. He made a
special appeal to the mill operative
vote and It is doubtful If in recent
years any candidate for congress has
made a more strenuous campaign. The
overwhelming election of Mr. Aiken
while an endorsement of his record is
at the same time a sharp rebuke to the
reactionary cry against Immigration,
and it Is likely that this is one pattern
of "the buzz saw" that candidates for
congress will bo cautious In fooling
with hereafter. Mr. Aiken received 7,903
votes and Mr. McCalla 4,505. A considerable
proportion of the whole district
has been heard from with the exception
of Oconee county, and It is not
likely that later returns will materially
modify Mr. Aiken's majority.
In the Sixth district Mr. Ragsdale
leads with 3,191 votes, his plurality being
due in large measure to almost unanimous
support that he had in Florence
county. Mr. Ellerbe follows with 2,691,m
but as Mr. Norton has 2,333 and Mr.
Dargan 1,828 it is anybody's race until
the last ballot in the second primary
is counted.
In the Second district the race will be
between Messrs. Mayfleld and Patterson.
The former has 4,359 votes and
the latter 4,349. This is too close to be
comfortable for either. Two thousand
and seventeen votes are reported for
Mr. Williams.
In the race for sollcitorshlps In the
Second and Seventh circuits Messrs.
Davis and 9e&se, the incumbents, win
in a canter over their opponents.
In the Fifth circuit the second race
will be betwen Messrs. Timmerman and
Rembert, Mr. Timmerman, however,
having distanced all of his competitors.
Mr. Timmerman received 2,348
votes against 1,906 for the next man.
The Indications at 2:30 o'clock this
morning were that Sheriff Martin had
been re-elected in Charleston by a majority
of 400 and these are likely to ba
substantiated.
Paraguayan Insurgents Gain a Success.
Buenos Ayres. By Cable.?The Paraguayan
revolutionists have captured
Villa Concepcion and 400 men with
arms and ammunition. The revolutionists
now refuse all the terms offered
them by the governmnet. An
attack on the capital is believed to
be imminent. Argentina has refused
to recognize the insurgents as belligerents.
Shot by Officer.
Greenville. Special.?Frank Dial, a
young negro, escaped from the chain
gang and was shot this afternoon by
Police Officer Goldsmith. Physicians
say he is dangerously wounded. The
officer ordered the negro to halt,
whereupon Dial ran. The officer, after
pursuing him a considerable distance
and vainly ordering him to halt,
fired on him at a distance of fifty
feet. The negro fell and was taken
to his home in the patrol wagon. Dr.
Black says the bullet entered just left
of the backbone, cutting a rib and
lodging in the abdomen. The bullet
hoc nnf Knon ovtroon/1 fVio nhvol.
uwi uvvu t ji. av.tvu auu iw fu;or
cian says there is little hope of his
recovery.
Negro Loses His Leg.
Spartanburg, Special. ? Solomon
Roberts, a negro whose home is at
Easley, while attempting to board a
moving freight train at Wellford
Thursday morning, slipped and fell
under the box car, the wheel severing
his left leg. He was in the act of
grabbing the ladder at the rear end of
the car when his hold slipped and he
fell. His leg was amputated below
the knee.
MANY ACRES BEING SETTLED
Will Occupy The Tract In Lexington
County And Will Start Truck Farms.
Columbia State. Tuesday,
i The work of bringing colonists to
South Carolina has been launched.
! Monday night papers were signed and
delivered to an agent who will proceed
at once to populate and to build
up 10,000 acres of land in Lexington
county which have never been cultivated.
The amount involved in the
transaction is something like $125,000.
The agent of this colonization company
prefers for very good reasons
that his name should not be used, but
it is enough to say that he has been
one of the greatest promoters of the |
, upbuilding of the great northwest, that
be is carried away in his enthusiasm
over the prospects here and that before
the end of the week he may purchase
50,000 acres additional for the purpose
J of bringing to South Carolina sturdy
C.anJInanlon ooHloro will f?T"l
! In agricultural pursuits.
This transaction, which it is hoped is
but the first of the closing of half a
dozen large options, was brought about
through the commissioner of commerce
and immigration, Mr. E. J. Watson,
who will leave the city to perfect the
arrangements for locating colonies in
other parts of the State. The body
of land which was sold Is said to be
the very kind for truck farms, is well
timbered and is cut up by several
water courses. The Southern's trunk
line from New York to Florida passes
through this tract and it will be an
easy matter to ship the produce on
the farms.
The owner of the tract in Lexington
county visited the northwest to see
how this matter of colonization is conducted
and he was so well pleased that
he closed the trade when the agent of
the company met him at. the office of
Mr. Watson. It seems to be a very satisfactory
arrangement all around, for
the representative from the west is
satisfied that the colonists will be
contented and will prosper here.
The manner in which homesteads
will be located is very interesting. The
tract will be divided into sections of j
| 320 acres each with a roadway running
alongside the several sections. Each
section will be divided into eight triangular
parts of equal size. This will be
done by drawing a line from each corner
to the corner diagonally opposite
and by dropping a perpendicular line
from the middle of each side to the
middle point of the opposite side. This
will give eight divisions In the shape
of right angle trangles, and at the
point of intersection in the centre of
the tract the homes will be built.
In this way the colonists on each of
the sections of 320 acres will be near
neighbors and will form a little community
of eight families. By dividing
the section into squares and by locating
the homes in the centre of these 40
acre squares the colonists would not
be near each other, and for convenience
for school purposes and for other
reasons the triangular division is regarded
as the very best way to locate
the homes.
The tract will not be built up by the
colonization company and rented out,
but the immigrants, principally Scandinavians,
many of whom can speak
English and want to move from the
northwest to escape the rigors of winters
on the prairies, will buy their
homesteads on easy terms and will begin
to improve the property at once.
The aeent whom Mr. \*L-.s?on has in
terested in these improvements is on?
whom he met on his trip to New York
shortly after the bureau was established.
Mr. Wateon at that time gave
the State such a favorable advertisement
at the metropolis that the eyes of
the colonization companies wera turned
this way, and this is the fruition of
plans that have been maturing for
weeks. |
Mr. E. J. Watson, commissioner, recently
received notice that some Scotch
immigrants had sailed for South Carolina
and would arrive via New York
and Charleston.
Chasing 18-Year-Old Boy.
Atlanta, Special.?A Constitution
special from Athens, Ga., says:
"For assaulting the 9-year-old
daughter of Aleck Chastain, a wellknown
citizen of Oconee county,
scores of white men are now searching
the country for Ola Manus, a
white boy 18 years old, and if he is
caught it may result that he wjll never
be brought to the county Jail.
A Mysterious Shooting.
Memphis Special.?Milton J. Sternberger,
a traveling salesman, was
the victim of a mysterious shooting affair
here, and he Is in a dying condition
at a local hospital. His wife
is being held by the police pending
an investigation. The Sternbergers
live on Dunlap street. At an early
hour Tuesday night Sternberger, who
travels for a local soap manufactory,
was packing a grip, and it is alleged,
to be a fatal wound in the back of the
had given her. The woman claims
thnt in a scuffle for nossession of
the weapon it was accidentally discharged,
inflicting what is supposed
to be a fatal wound in the bac of the
man's head.
Officer Hall May Recover.
Danville, Va., Special.?Officer John
D. Hall, who was shot by a negro desperado
Monday night, is still alive
and will in all probability recover.
Ropes have been stretched across the
street by the house and everything
possible is being done for the patient.
Dr. Julian Robinson, who attended
the injured man, stated that Mr. Hall
was not suffering any internal bleeding,
and that the trouble that is most
feared is an attack of pneumonia.
SOUTHERN ' /
TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THEPLANTL
' K
GrtM For tho South.
There never was a time when the
Southern farmer has taken a greater
interest in the development of his grazing
lands. There is also a growing desire
to secure more permanent meadows
for the production of hay from
tame grasses. Many persons have concluded
that the South can not grow
grass because they do not see evidences
of Us cultivation on every hand. This
is an unfortunate error, but one which
the conditions of the country seem to
warrant at the present time. That it
is an error will be better understood by
our people when they recall that they
hepn indnstriouslv fighting the
production of grass for over 100 years.
In the palmy days of cotton culture
the one thought of the farmer was to
get rid of the grass at any price in order
that he might have more lard for
the cultivation of that crop. The rotation
of corn and cotton practiced for so
many years meant an eternal fight on
grass in any shape or form. This tendency
to a two-orop rotation tended to'
narrow the view and horizon of the
farmer and to destroy all efforts at diversified
farming. In time he became
accustomed to getting along without
the grass, and as long as his soils remained
fertile, and there were good
market prices for his crops he was indifferent
to the grass problem.
In the present day and generation
with an exhausted soli problem to
solve, with a less profitable market for
his crops and the necessity of engaging
j in diversified forms of agriculture in
order that the more varied demands of
an increased population may be satisfactorily
supplied, the farmer finds it
necessary to again turn bis attention to
the cultivation of grass. Having neglected
the subject so long It seems to be
beset with many difficulties which in
reality are conditions and which he
must study out and adapt to his peculiar
needs before he can succeed with
grass as well as be could wish. It
takes time and experience for the far
mer to acquaint himself with the production
of any new crop. It might be
cotton, for example, which gave the
farmers of another age as much trouble
and concern as attempts to cultivate
grass are giving the farmers of the
present time.
It appears from this resume that in
order to establish grass on Southern
farms it will be necessary, first, to
study the subject as a new problem in
Southern agriculture; second, it will require
time to successfully establish
meadows and pastures; third, a careful
selection must be made of grasses
adapted to our conditions; fourth, the
seeding and soil preparation will require
the adoption of new methods of
culture; fifth, a good quality of seed
must be used and seeding must be done
at opportune times and under favorable
conditions. ^
The Farmer's Hone.
An inquirer in your July number
asks what kind of horse is the best
for a farmer to raise, stating his mares
weigh 850 pounds. If he is not able to
buy both larger mares and a horse of
the same type, let him buy a pure bred
Percheron stallion and breed his small
mares to him, and he will find a great
improvement in size and farm usefulness.
Keep his mare colts and continue
breeding to the large horse, increasinc
the size each cross. Once he be
' gins using large horses he will have
no other, and should he be fortunate
enough to raise one he thinks too large,
he will have no difficulty in disposing
of it at a remunerative price. No country
is better adapted to raising horses
than this. Color has but little to do
with the selling qualities of a flrst!
class heavy horse, and these are the
I only horses that can be bred with any
certainty of getting what you breed
for. Some farmers in the West prefer
some of the other draft breeds, but
the Percheron, as a draft horse, stands
higher in America than any other.
They are kind, gentle and easily broken
to work anywhere, and consume as
little feed as any horse doing the same
amount and kind of work. If, as he
says, he wants to buy some mares, he
will find the best ones in the hands of
farmers, who believe in keeping that
kind, and to be induced to dispose of
them a fancy price must be offered.
If he is at all doubtful as to the utility
of heavy horses on the farm, let him
buy a pair and plow them along with
a pair of small ones, and he will need
no further argument. By all means,
let him keep away from grade stallions.
Cheap grade stallions have cost
cur c^intry untold wealth, and all
such ihould be prohobited by statute.
The Valley of Virginia and the Southwest
know the worth of these horses,
and will have nothing but the best.?
"Roanoke County," in the Southern
Planter.
Alfalfa.
J It. H. N., Nashville, Tenn.. writes:
I am thinking of sowing some alfalfa,
and would bo glad to have any infor:
News of the Day.
The new army regulations, says the
Washington correspondent of the New
York Tribune, will prohibit the mutilation
of manes, tails and forelocks
of horses. It is stipulated that there
shall be no alteration in the length of
these appendages by docking, banging
or clipping. Those in charge of the
animals shall do only such trimming
| and clipping as may be necessary to
prevent a shaggy apperance.
V
ARM * JI/OTE jl
F/?, STOCK MAR ARD TRUCK GROWER.
mation you can give me on the sub? 'jB
We believe emphntioniiy that alfalfa
can be grown to advantage on Tenue*see
upland soils and on river and WjB
creek bottoms that are uot subject to /wj
prolonged overflow. Of course, the *1
land must be carefully cultivated and . f j
fertilized and inoculated. We bare a " ; j
piece of alfalfa that has made over Jj
five tons of bay per acre growing on
clay uplands that is as pretty a sight 9
to-day as you would ever wish to
see. Farmers will have to exer>
cise more care in - the preparation *V J
and fertilization of the soil to se- j
cure alfalfa than they have been ac? ? |
customed to do with red clover and
ernns. Where thev are not will- 3 * j
ing to do this they had better let aK ^ j
falfa alone. Use twenty to twenty-fire* *?B
pounds of seed per acre. If I were !a | ]
your place I would prepare the land / j
very carefully this summer by growing
in cow peas, cutting one crop for hay a J
and plowing down the aftermath to e?- iB
rich the soil. After the first of Sep- J
tember I wonld break this land deeply,
subsoil it thoroughly, and work np $9
a very fine seed bed, and if na farm- - Ja
yard manure were available, apply
some commercial fertilizer at the rate | <3
of 300 pounds per acre; 200 pounds of *9
acid phosphate and 100 pounds of nl- |H
trate of soda. Do not apply the nl-B/l
trate of soda until the crop is up. and a a
do not mix It with the acid phosphate, ; j
Apply fifty pounds when the crop is 3 j
up and fifty pounds two weeks later.
Seed the alfalfa with a harrow seed-; rjj
er and cover with a weeder the.
latest type. It is better to scatter jfl
the Sfeed on the surface of the ground 'M
and cover with an implement of. the i 1
type suggested than to drill the seed?'':jj||
We regard the weeder as an inral- 1
uable Implement for the covering of "dB
grass and clover seed in this country. 4 1
It is a mistake to seed on top of the fl|
ground and not cover the seed.?Prof.
Labor SiTtn. ?l
? '?Vioo a ennaiflprdhTft
A intiiJCl TT iiv UUO u
quantity of level land, without stump* ?
and stones, says he can use three a#?.
ricultural implements to great advah-^wH
tage?the disc plow, the weeder and
disc cultivator. Of course, he used V.?9
smoothing or cutaway barrow. He I*
a corn farmer and has a com planter;
These Implements, when new, will 'aH
cost $106 to $126. He saves one or two 39
hands in breaking bis land. One man "j|
with three horses will do much betted . j
work than three men, each using a ^8
single plow. Then,, when his land I? Jfl
ready for planting, one band, wlt|^^9
planter, will distribute fertilizer and 19
drop corn at the distance desired *?* m
go over eight acres a day. Then, jost JW
as the corn begins to come o#, and ? W
when about ten days old, the weeder -la
is run over it, killing all grass and
weeds and cultivating it as no hoe can* .
Then the disc cultivator drawn hy two %
horses is started when the corn in '
about two inches high. With fendern :
the inner disc may be run very close to y
the corn. This will go over eight or ?
ten acres a day. The second time the
cultivator is used the disc are changed,
so a little dirt is thrown to the corn.
That has to be laid aside when the* 1
corn is high enough to be broken by; i
the axle of the cultivator. After tb|t, #
if the corn is cultivated at all, it baf&Vi
to be done with one-horse implements.
We advise all farmers, with level land,, '
to provide themselves with these or
similar labor saving implements. After
the land is prepared one hand and
two horses can cultivate sixty acres
of land in corn.?Cotton Plant
Only Fat Sows Eat Their Pics.
It Is the condition of the stomach or
digestive organs that causes a sow to jj
eat her own pigs. The subjoined state- v8
mont from W. G. Owens, of Vlrginif, \w
may be useful in saving youog pigs: ^
"There was a concensus of opinion '"J
that only fat sows cat their pigs, and 'M
that if fed very sparingly for a couple 'M
of weeks before farrowing time, there ,
would be no .trouble. I bred the sow, /
and two weeks before she was due to
farrow I put her in a pen by herself *||
and fed only one small feed of swill fi
daily, and the day she was to farrow: =*j
gave the swill hot. She farrowed nine *5
pigs in January and proved to be one J*
of the best mothers I ever owned, ralsing
the entire litter in spite of the ter- <9
rible weather conditions, and not & J
'runt' in the bunch."
Profit in Dehorning Cattle.
All classes of cattle should have their 1
herns taken off before they are ono
year old. The dehorning is less pain- N |
ful than to have the animals goring
each other. The hornless cattle will ]
not lose as much when being shipped
as the long horned ones. The purchas- J
ers prefer the dehorned beeves. Horn- j
less beeves command, at Nashville, jjm
ten cents per 100 pounds more than
those with horns. As feeders there.
will be greater gain in the hornles? ^
| herd. Take off the horns in early life J
and they will not be so vicious. ' 1
Odds and Ends.
Of the 2,714,000 inhabitants of Pari?
? " ?? mrnid navinr snv
One II till mauage iu mum 1?J?0 _
medical fees at aH, 1,000,000 pay only a i
nominal price, and there remain hardly
200,000 families constituting the
real practice of the 3,342 local physicians,
each of whom has to attend at 3
least twenty well-to-do persons gratuitously
on account of their being rel- t
atives or friends, so that the total ^
figuna is thereby reduced by about \
[ 60,000. '