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COTTON GROWING IN STA1E. ?K>VKRNMENT EXPEKT SUBMITS AN I VWCItENTIN G KEPOKT. Ilullotln ImsumI by the Department Ol Agriculture Gives an Account oi Ihm n South Curolhm Farmer b> l*roper Methods Transformed a Hun-Pown Farm Into e Successful F*ite*|srftMe. Washington, August 30.?C. L Goodrich, expert In the office of farm management, department of agricul? ture, has lust 'reported to Secretary Wilson the result of his observations on cotton growing in South Carolina. In making this report Mr. Goodrich says 'ThiN* bulletin is an account of the progressive and successful farm ope? rations of a farmer of South Caro? lina who, by Combining thorough til? lage, (t op rotation, barnyard manure, and a Judicious use of commercial fertiliser, has changed a previously badly managed and run-down cotton farm Into a very productive and profitable enterprise. The Impulse prompting the writing of this bulletin is the belief th. t It may suggest to other farmers of the South ways and menns hj which they muy so improve their tnethoiis of management as to snake their farms more profitable. "The farm described is located in the e?Ht cent-e part of South Caro Una. It lie* on a low, sandy ridge having godf drainage,' the land slop? ing Is aM directions from the central ridge IHce a turtle'? back. The soil Is a gray sandy loam, ir some parts quite k?o?e and almost w lite In color. It is underlain at a depth of 12 to 15 Inches by a yellow sandy sub-soil. The foreM growth Is pine and scrub oak. There are 111 1-4 acres In the tarm, of which IC acres are under a srystesa ol rotation and {10 are oc? cupied by tenant housei and their oaripundtrtg Tots. The remainder is woodland The farm hai been under cultivation some eighty years, and 'fur the eight or ten yean previous to the tsreeeivt ownership had been rent Mi After showing how the land should '?be ploughed and properly drained, Mr. Goodrich saga further as to the yield nad east of making crops: Gem of production of crops in lit**. LABOR. 4) me*. It months (cash, ra- { tiens, house rent).$600,00 Picking (?0 bales of cotton. . 375.00 Ginning 60 bales of cotton, at $4 16. ?2.50 I mute.?' feed (jalsed on farm) 400.00 FERTILIZER 1 1-1 tons of acid phosphate. at 111.16.$67.38 1 1-1 tons of cot? ton %ee<1 meal (raised on farm,) at $24.112.00 1.2 tons of muri? ate of potash, at 142.60.?3.60 1.6$ 6e*>l of nitrate of sods *t $63.50.103.25 - $396.13 MANURE. 154 lOOdja for cot? ton. (55 bought, 19 ptoduced on farm.) at lf.lt, . . $231.00 - 627.13 Amount htUUght forward. .$2.064.63 risUsTri 22 Duahefi ?f ootlou m i I at 2r# ( gutj .$5.50 i basin K >i irn (grown on l * ? Fo. St $1. 5.00 44 bii??betf< of o:its )grown on farm.) tit 76 cents. 13.00 65 buahels " eoWpei i (gjrewn or. | u m,? ?t $2 110 oo -f? 153.50 Ml. ? i :ll.\\k< trs. BagKinK ,<nd Haj to,- r.O halts of cot i \t f| cents. . . . 17.11 Int. e.i on f.*i acres, valued at $ ?M i., re, at | ggf cent. 52H.OO tsTteresI id lepi eolation on ma'tittn.) .)* m per c< at. . 71.41 Total OOSM ?f crop prodn .? lion .|t,IIM4 Qugjstltj and vuhis of o?opt and farm ptwduetS produced in 1908: TtmlA} v. tiO I : . ol . it ton, at |41.1g, SJ.l II. on 16 ton* of eotton seel er cb tr I fni 11 I t tons of gotten id mi <i. at $: t. . 4r,*> ?><> FIELD M. 1,101 bushels of oats, it 75 Cent,. 1,350.00 14 t i m mi a ' draw, il s | . 110.06 44 logo >?i gowpei hay, ;;t $11 110.01 I 110 LI > C, 1,364 SMSOSl ol t orn, it $1. .$1.364.00 1 1-4 ?ons it gulled fodder. at $2 ? . 11.78 Total value uf crops pro? duced .10,117.71 Total < if production, . . 1,116.04 Net v On >t OfQns pro dmed.$1,701.71 PORK. 1,001 pOUUdO of po k were produced, huving ft market value of . . .$320 00 Estimated cost of pro? duction of pork on farm refuse.160.00 Net proceeds on pork. . . .$ 160.00 Net proceeds from farm. . .$1,111.71 N 0 financial statement of the tock-feeding operations is given, as here are not sufficient data 'at hand. The owm r states that there is a small profit on the feeding and that the manure is produced without cost. In closing this report, Mr. Good? rich says: '?The important features to be noted in the management of the farm described are the following: ("The straightening of the old borders, the clearing away of bushes and scrubby trees, the filling of gul? lies and the getting of fields into bet? ter shape for cropping operations. ("2) The deep plowing in broad, generally sloping lands, instead of terracing, to control surface water and prevent the formation of gullies. ("3) The deep and thorough sys? tem of soil preparation for crops by broadcast ploughing and sub-soiling. ("4) The adoption and practice of a systematic rotation of crops, in? cluding money crops (cotton is the principal money crop,) feeding crops (corn, oats, cowpeas.) cleansing crops (the clean cultivated corn and cot? ton,) and a manurial crop (cow peas.) thus providing for the main? tenance of soil fertility and for a lib? eral cash revenue besides the neces? sary hay and grain for maintaining the work stock and a small herd of cattle and hogs. ("5) The feeding of cattle and hogs for the purpose of converting a part of the grain and roughage of the farm Into animal products for tale and Into manure for the main u nance of soil fertility. ("6) The building of a cattle shed "or the comfort of the stock and for Lhe protection of the manure from caching rains and burning sun. ("7) The maintenance of and the Increase in the supply of humus in :he soli by the use of barnyard man ire and the plowing In of vegetable material for the control of moisture, plant food, ventilation and germ life, moat important factors of soil fer? tility. ("8) The application of barnyard manure to the cotton land In a rot? ted and moist condition, covering it immediately two or three months be? fore planting, and the thorough mix? ing of the manure with the soil be? fore putting in the crop, thereby 'imlnlshlng, If not entirely eliminat? ing, the tendency of the crop to 'burn* hich often occurs In dry seasons vhen the crop is planted on recently tpplied coarse manure. ("9) The greater space given each individual cotton plant as the soil be? came more fertile and the plants grew large, thus giving room for large, well branched, heavily fruit? d plants. ("10) The closer planting of the more slender growing corn as the soil 'jeccme more fertile, thus insuring a a'.cater number of :talks to the act" and Increasing the possibility of se rurlng larger yields. ("11) The immediate good results the first year of the present manage? ment indicated by yields of 1 1-3 gift of cotton per acre and 3 7 bush vis of corn per BCTS, as compared \ ith previous yields of 200 pounds if seed < ot*.on end to s bushell Ol orn per acre. C'12) The continued Increase In rop yields accompanying a decrease !n the amount of commercial fertili? ty r used, the cotton yield increasing, n>n? i.| bales acre in 1802 to 'ales per sere In 1008 with 500 >undf i sa of commercial fertilizer, the corn yi id running up from 87 Qthelg In ID09 to v. bushela per acre j |i 87, with 100 pounds less of com? ma clal fertiliser, an the oat yield in? creasing from 10 bushels bei] acre vlth 180 pounds of commercial fer I set iu 1801 to 80 bushell per acr< in loos without ;i p >u:ui oi comemr< lal fertilizer. ( Ml i The substantial and b atlfy* Ing financial returns. "While the system of man gingthlv farm oould be carried out i-i dfetall ni ocmparatlvoly few other farms, oie or more of the main features of the system era applicable to nearly ev<: y f irm in the cotton i sit. ???'rop rotation nm be Introduced vlth advantage on ever} farm n?l al? ly practicing it. On nearly every farm it would i a economical to grow the grain and forage necessary for horns cons mption, and it would be uro table to grow some t'.u mark? t also, : me form of stock ralslngi dairying, mule raising, or cattle feed' ing could be made at least self-sus? taining and Indirectly profitable through its Influence on soil fertility." it the number ol people dally en ti ring London were to be dispatched from any given station by rail I, :?77 trains, each conveying 800 per OnS. Would be required. The glrlS Of WellS College voted ?< Cently On the suffrage question. There are no girls iu the College; o! these only so voted, end of the 80, 58 vo? ted against votes for women. 3,000 CLERKS TO hi: APPOINTED. Census Hurrau Makes Announcement Regarding the Temporary Force. Washington, Sept. 2.?The bureau of the census today announced that approximately three thousand tem? porary clerks will be appointed in connection with the work of taking the thirteenth decennial census. The first examination will be held throughout the United slates on Oc? tober 23 next. Very few appoint? ments from this examination will be made before January 1 next, and not many will be made until April, 1910. The maximum force will be drawn about August next year. These appointees will receive sal? aries of $600 per annum at the be? ginning, but promotions, it is assert? ed, to at least $900 yearly will be rea? sonably rapid for those who render satisfactory service. Blank applica? tions forms and a circular of instruc? tions, the bureau announces, may be obtained after September 10 by ad? dressing the civil service commission, Washington, D. C; the bureau of the census, Washington, D. C,. or the sec? retary of the board of examiners at the following named places, among others: Postofflce, Atlanta, Ca.; cus? tom house, New Orleans, La, NEW COUNTY ELECTION NULL. \\ tUiatnshurg Board of Canvassers Claims Irregularities. Kingstree, Sept. 2.?The County Poard of Canvassers for Williams burg County, which has been consid? ering for the past three days the pro? test filed against the declaring of the result of the election in the Rutledge Cooaty matter by the advocates of the new county, concluded thetr la? bors this afternoon by declaring the recent lecetion null and void, and practicuIVy ordering another election. The full report of the board Is as follows: "We have considered the election I returns and heard the protests, and find that the votes cast for and against the formation of the new county of Rutledge in an election held August 17, 19*9. are as tabulat? ed by the Board of Canvassers and as stated and recorded in the testi? mony and proceedings had In this hearing and marked Exhibit C, the same being S04 votes for the nett' county, and 42 doubtful and 5 blank votes, but owing to the Irregularities and Illegalities shown by the testi? mony introduced, we find ^that said election Is null and void and another election must be held." Mr. N. D. Lessesne, a member, dis? senting from the finding of the board. Reviews Aldrleh's Career. (From the Journal of Comemrce.) It ,s .said that Mr. Aldrich is a man ot great ability, and in a sense this Is true, as It was true of Aaron Burr and of Jay Could, and is true of Ed? ward H. Harriman and of the most ?accessful plotter of the present time ':t national politics. His "higher ed? ucation" began in the grocery busi nesr and the municipal politic 1 of tht City of Providence, and his 'ntellect ual training has been of the most "practical" kind ever since. He has never .'jlvcn the slightest evidence of itudy of the science of econimcs, the history of economics, the history of government or the underlying pr?o :lples of public policy. He surly ul led himself with the money power to at cure his advancement In politics, attd hi' has served it and it has serv? ed him with the loyalty of mutual self-interest throughout his publlj ca? reer, His ally backed him effective? ly in securing control of the legisla tare of his State and the local ad? ministration of his city in the profit :i? le seheme of promoting and ton BOldatlng the traction interests of Providence and the neighboring dis? tricts, and in keeping him at the head of the dominant political or? ganisation of the State, which meant .!:. retention of his Jeat in the senate as long ai he wished, if reliance !? to be placed, not only upon common report, hut upon a great volume of -l - clal testimony, there has never 11 n any stickling it unscrupulous and corrupt methods when deemed rfecessary to accomplish the mutual ends of the money power and the po? litical power. There haa just been a si lendld Illustration of this in the methods by w hich the "revlson of the tariff*' has been achieved to tin? satis faction of Aldrich and the dissatis? faction oi the country. Nowhere in the world are the out? ward, visible evidences of wealth more Impressive than in New fork. The estimated value of the real estate in Gotham is about two and a quar? ter times greater than all the money in circulation in the United States. George Royston, a well known far? mer <?f Blacksburg, was killed by lightning last Sunday. M. c Qreen, of Oaffney, who de? serted his wife and tan away with a I Mrs, Klrby, a young married woman, has been arrested in Atlanta. Miss Pec; Tells or Her Famous Climb To tile Summit of Mt. Huast man. in describing her famous ascent ol lit Hucscaran. the highest peak of the Western Hemisphere, for readers of the Delineator, Miss? Annie B. Pec I mentions hardships that are enough 1 discourage the most foolhardy adven? turer. Miss Peck was accompanied by two starlwnrt Swiss guides, Rudolf and Gabriel. The little party started with the severe handicap of unusual cold, high winds and a great amount of snow frozen so hard that it was difficult to cut steps on the i roclpi tous mountainside. Owing to the loss of an Eskimo suit, the daring climber Wgfl compelled to wear much cloth? ing, which hindered her movements and provided inadequate protection from the fierce wind and terrible cold. At a critical time in the ascent a guide lost one of her fur mittens and owing to this accident her left hand began to freeze on the upward trip. After overcoming extraordinary ob? stacles the party reached the moun? tain heights. We went on to the summit, wherv 1 took snap-shots with my camera in all four directions, and then turned downward, says Miss Peck. It wa.c not a moment for rejoicing. Hie time for that would be when we were down again. Higher, perchance, than any one had ever been, except possibly in a balloon with death resulting to most of the party, four mile* and a half above the level of the sea, nearly four times as high as the summit of Mt. Washington, we did not enjoy the view, being two high and also too cold. Haff past three. Soon it would be dark. Seven hours comiwg up! Would it take as many to get down? Steep rocks or icy slopes are more dangerous to descend than to go up. and after nightfall, far more per? ilous. So, without a moment's rest, we began to retrace our step**,. The summit ridge, a quarter of a nrrile or more in length, was quickly travers? ed, hut at the edge of the rfcfge our difficulties began. Some time after dark it seemed t advisable for Gabriel to take the lead* f There vas a long traverse and cre? vasses, caverns and appaHting slopes across the wide flank of the moun? tain. Now the moon was just behino me, casting a shadow over the place where I must step. The poncho would often sway in the wind, as I was in the act of stepping, so as to conceal the spot where I must place my foot. I had previously thought myself sure? footed, and my eye for distance if good; but now my foot missed the exact spot sc that I fell, as usual, in a sitting posnure, crying out to warn the guides. I expected nothing seri? ous. What, then, was my horror to find thai thjs sitting I was sliding down that glassy slope! We were all nearly in the same line, so I slid fif? teen or twenty feet before the rope held. Now to get back! The guides called to me to get up, but I was all In a heap, the rope tight around my waist, and unable to move. So the men came together just above and hauled me up the slope. Thankful once more to be In the line of the steps I started onward, resolved to be more careful. But again I slipped and again slid far below. Each tinv my terror increased. It seemed that i'ne way would never end! I begged Gabriel to stop for the t in some tavern or crevasse, sayi. g that we Should never get down alive, but h a refused to listen :?nd kept on. Hal we halted, we sh >uld have frozen. One*' when I slipped i was astonish ed to see Rudolf dart by mi- far be? low. 1 did not dream that he ha i slipped, but wondered how he could assist me by running down there. La? ter 1 learned that he did slip, and only the strength and resolution of Ga? briel saved us all from destruction. 1 was astonished later to hear that Ru? dolf never expected to get down alive. Doth hands and one foot being frei? en, he naturally had not firm footing. Gal riel tald lie never despaired cx 2< pi when Rudolf slipped. Then h thought we were all lost. Buthestoo.1 firm, though two Angers were caught between the rope and his ice ax. for he i<n. w it was life or death. Hid he given way, after sliding some distance we should all have dropped off thou? sands of feet below. At last, at last. Gabriel paused and said. "Now ws are safe, if you like, you can slide." Happy was l to know that we had passed out from among those dreadful abysses and appalling -lopes to tin' moderate one jusi above our camp a id that we Wi re out Ol danger, i s.tt down and slid rapidly toward the t nt. bumping and Hound erlng, Gabriel holding the rope, till I upset and was almost annihilated. It w is hall-past ten W hen at length w i found refuge In the tent, too tired td eat or sleep with nothing to drink, hut thankful ;tt last for rest and safe? ty. London used to possess the cheap est Journal ever published, it was called "The six a-ivnny; or, Penny - r.*Week Town and Country Daily Newspaper.'* and subscribers ol one i penny weekly had the paper deliver j ed to them every day. while single I copies were sold at a farthing. IVhy !!<? l/>*t ilLs Friends. He was always wounding their feel? ings, making sarcastic or funny re marks at their expense. He was cold and reserved in his mann? r. cranky, gloomy, pessimistic. He did not realize that friendship will not thrive on sentiment alone: that ther' must be service to nourish it. He did not know the value of IhoughtfuJnes* in little things. He borrowed money from them. He was not loyal to them. He never hesitated to sacrifice the;r reputation for his advantage. He was always saying mean thing* about them fn their absence. He measured them by their ability to advance him.?Success.. America, where nobody seems to have tme for anything but hustling after the almighty dollar, is the last place where one would expect to find srntime.it, snarls the London Chron Ifce. Vet a little ceremony which ha* jiast !)"pn performed on the Potomae river, and which was inauguia:ed aont re\en years ago. has that pretty touch of sentiment for which our French cousins are so renowned, t". consisted of sending out to sea a boat laden with flowers?red roses, yellow daisies, red. pink and* white carna? tions, and banks of fern; a tribute to the victims claimed ftj the ocean dur? ing the preceding year. The boat was started on its courses fn the presence of great crowds of spectators, who stof.j bareheaded as tiB**> sang, "For Those in Peril on ?nw Sea," and as the tittle craft with its. fragrant car? go was borne by the- tide toward Chesapeake Bay tha* warships and merchant vessels In the river dipped thefr flags In respectfisl salute. The Yeast Plant. One of the bacteria best known to the housewife Is the plant used as a feavener of our bread. The yeast plant acts on the sugar fn the flour to form alcohol and! carbon dioxide, ithe gassy bubbles of the carbon diox? ide try to break through the tough gluten of the dough, but can not, and ; so raise the who*? mass, and this i makes the doughi light and porous. [The yeast plant works best In a tem? perature of 75 to 90 degrees Fahren? heit. The housewife soon learns that too high or too low temperature will kill it The be;*fnner often scalds her yeast and then wonders why her bread is so s*?ncL Baking kills the ferment, and th< gas is dlesipated the alcohc l if riven out ,and 'the ten stiffened. The caramelising ol the surface by heat fives th nutt; flavor to gjod bread. The reaaon for much of the sour bread is that the heat of the inside of the loaf Is not high enough during baking to kltl the bacteria, which go on working, and the result is sour bread. The oven should be hot enough to raise the temperature of the Inside of the loaf to 212 degrees. There is much more to the making of good bread than unadulterated flour or lively yeasts, and only experience can get the best of materials. Everything can not he learned from the printed page one has to be "shown" many things and happy is the woman who has had good home training before she takes upon herself the duties of a h ,me of her own. whether she must he simply the mistress, or must her? self perform the work of the cook. Go With a Hush. ?The demand for that wonderful stomach. Liver and Kidney cure, Dr. King's New Life Pills?is astounding. Slbert's Drug Store say they never saw the like. Its because they aeveT fall to cure Sour stomach. Constipa tion, indigestion. Biliousness, Jaun? dice, Sick Headache, chilis and IS l laria. Only 25c. Siberia Drug Store. It is persistently reported that Mexico Is about to remove the duty on wheat. IF WOMEN ONLY KNEW. ' What a Heap of Happiness It Would Bring to Suinter Homo. Hard to do housework with an ach? ing bask. Brings you hours of misery at leis ure or at work. If women only knew the CJUlse? tha' Backache pains cone from rick kidneys, 'Twould save much needless woe. Dean's Kidney Pills cur? st!k '?' i neya. Sumter people endorse th:s: Mrs. If. M. Mulkey, lB. Liberty St.. Sumter. S. C. says: "During Ihc past two years 1 have had a great thai of trobule with mj kidneys. The secretions from these organs were very Irregular In paasage, highly col? ored and contained a sediment. My head ached severely, l had dull, nag? ging backaches, could not rest well and In the morning was devoid of energy or ambition. 1 used only two boxes "f Doan's Kidney Pills, pro? cured ai China's drug store and my back became stronger, the headaches vanished and my kidneys were re? stored to a normal condition. 1 have gained several pounds in weight and am Improving In every way. Doan's Kidney Pills gave me much relief and 1 consider them t<> be the best remedy I ever tried for kidney trouble." For sale by all dealers. Price ?~,,) cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., buffalo, New Y orki sole agents for the United I States. Remember the name?Doan's?and take no other. No. 12 The Testing of Eyes Is not n r.Kttt? r of guess work, nor is it a matter of trying of ready made sla fsar. it is i rcience govern? ed by principles s/hlcB none but person who has studied the anato of the Bye can understand-?no guess work in our methods of testing the Eye. OtR WOBK LS GUAHAXTEED. W. A. Thompson? a S. Main Street - Su oiler. S. C. patents PROCURED AND DErENLrtC. SendmodeL drawing orphoto. for expert ttearuaandfrve report. Free advice, how to obtain patents trade Diaraa, Copyright?, etc, |N ALL COUNTRIES. Business direct with Washington .w i es tim*\ tnoisry and often the patent. Patent and Infringement Practice Exclusively. Write or come to us at 52* Ktata Street, opp. United States Patent Ofice,| WASHINGTON, D. C. GASNOW Foley's ORING Laxativ^ Im Pleasant and atffecttoa CURES Constipation, Stomach and Liver Trouble. g by stimulating these organs and restoring their natural action. I? best for women and chil? dren as ORINO does not gripe or ftsnseate. SIEBERTS DRUG STORE.* KIU.THI& J^ON j If If II jg|y" 1" mm ?9. ?? !"\3S? '"? 60 YEARS* EXPERIENCE Marks Designs Copyrights Ac Anvone feruling a sketch ond doncrlntlnn may "ntektr ?i arif.ln cur o\ ? ? n frss wlwstlser au invention is pmhaMy pru???l f M?\ C".:itnml>a ? Ions Pf rit t ly >?;iiiU'Mt ! 'l. t-MJ'.:?.03K < :i Patents a Mit free. OMcat a?en< y foraecuriiis iwtcnt?. I\it??nta tuki-n tiirmaen ilmi? A, (Jo. receivc^^' p-cial notice, v Mhost c^inr^o, :u ::,d ^?f Sdeotific fctevican. 4 handeomelv ffllWlTS 1*4 v?*>kty. J.n.-p*?st cti*. i illation <?f ir-v t < ?cni i.. ? 1 ir Mid. ']'<*ru.<?. S3 S rearitosrsi .:<s,tL buM bytitt ne?v?<lenlor?. Ura-j' h 0W< <. 1 ?5 g St., VTa-"o?nu;..ii. 1>. C. And Return. $4.05 ?TO ? nd Retur (For Myrtle Beach.) ?via- m antic tat Uk rickets for sale for all trains each Saturday and for SundfJBJ forenoon, trains commenc Saturday, May 29th and continu? ing to Saturday, Sept. 4th, 1909, limited to return Monday follow? ing date of sale. An excellent opportunity to visit the fatuous Seashore Resorts of South Carolina at a minimurjL. cost. \W For information, call on Ticket Agent, or write. W J. CRAiG, T. C. WHITE, Pas. Traf. Mgr. Gen. Pas, Agt. WILMINGTON. N. C. ^