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SOITHFBN FARM NOTES. Bureau of Plant Industry?Fanners' CooiN'ratlvr l>omonstrat Ion Work. The great American grain food for men and stock upon the farm Is corn. Therefore the growing of an abun? dant supply of corn Is one of the es? sentials of good faming. The Southern f.rmer should grow enough corn for every possible need on the farm. The reasons for this are plain. It has been demonstrated thoroughly that with proper prepar atibn and cultivation he can grow as much per acre as the farmer in the best corn-growing sections. At pre? vailing prices it is cheaper to grow it than to buy it. even with 12 and lft cents cotton. The best farming re? quires systematic rotation of crops on all lands. Corn Is a standard crop aad Is especially valuable from the fact that we not only get the corn ?crop, but can grow with It a heavy gfejj of peas, which will give a lib oral supply of nitrogen and humus, two of the moat valuable things In Lbuhdlng up soils. _ Corn Is a tropical plant, and all kh?T things being equal It should H-lve better In the Southern than in ^he Northern States. This, however. Is not the case. What Is the reason? The main cause Is the lack of suit? able seed beds In the South. Experiments have shown that, while it sends many of its roots 3 or 4 feet deep, the corn plant places the great body of its feeding roots from 3 to 12 Inches below the surface where the soli is made loose enough by plowing or by frost to permit It. The roots send out In every direction an Infinite number of hairlike growths, which abiorb moisture and food. On soils properly prepared and In sections of fair rainfall the feeding ground for corn Is usually from 2 to II Inches below the surface. This hi strictly true In the great corn belt of the Northwest. In the South there has been too much shallow plowing. Breaking 3 or 4 Inches is not deep enough to make a suitable feeding place for corn roots: on average land It furnishes neither sufficient food nor sufficient Moisture for the plant to do Its best The trouble with a shallow eeed he* is that it is too wet under heavy rainfall an'a too dry In periods of drought. A long advance will be made toward increasing the average yield five fold If the following sug? gestions are carried out: (1) Make a deep seed bed, suited to the requirements of the corn plant. (2) Fill this seed bed with veget? able matter and give It good draln (3) Use the best seed. (4) Practice Intensive cultivation. The disk plow, the adjustable sec? tion h irrow, and the weeder are val? uable aids in producing the corn crop. THE COWPEA CROP. The cowpea is a part of the corn problem In the South, and the plan general's adopted of broadcasting half a bushel to a bushel of seed to the acre at the time of the last work? ing of the corn and cultivating It has given good results. The corn should be gathered as early as practicable and the stock ?urned in. Fortunate Is the man who has tight fencing, so that the pigs, as well as the work stock and cattle, can ha\?< i ? haute at the cowpeas. On some of the poorer lands the corn rows ma> ?.?? mailt' feet apart and a row of pi anuts planted between them: this \xill add to the value of the fall pasture xvhen no cowpeas are planted. As soon as the t rop of cow l-f.is h t-i I" ? n 1, 11 r I \ w til grazed, break deep. setting the furrows on edge, harrow; *oxv to oats, vetch, wln ter barb-y, ?-r r\c. and turn this un? der In the >.prlng. This plan will ?m oriomb ally Improve the ?oll and greatb. Increase the average < rop production. Wher?< the season is too short to sin c? ? ? :i\ ? iri \ out the foregoin? plan it has been found that planting x.t'h ami rye or crimson clover In th? eefg ,md turning them under In tie spring rapidly builds up the soil and is rnu h more economical than the use of large quantities of torn men i ll fertilizers. The general ob le. t Is to ke. p the land occupied sum gegf gl I inter, producing something of xalue for f.I or fertilizer and ;:t the same time prote< ting the loot! soils from \x ashing or bo hing by the he,i\v rahM of winter ami spring. Tin ?1.1 A.NI? I m IM.kmt.NTS RS? QtniUHX Mlgb prlted labor and general'v changed son dittoes in.ike It Impera? tive that more ami bettet i.irm imple? ments be used on every farm. \x hi th? er large or small In are** No man can farm now xvltht ot at b ast a k.i breaking or turning plow (a roversl? Me disk Ii preferable ?, a di.<k harrt,w. a section harrow, a good combination planter, a weeder. and one slngb -row and SSM dottble-fOW cultivator, The above are ess* ntial. arid if fin size of the farm and the moans of the farmer will ah??\x It. many "tin r COH< \enlent btbof t love tools can bo ad tb <l. A kr*?? I mower and a rake for handling the ha) .ire very necessary. MOM 11? >I:>i; POWSB nkcfs IAHT, To use more horse power and b -s in in power per acre or to quit farm ing is a necessity confronting the South. There .should be more mares on the farm. In the future few small farmers will find It profitable to keep mules; the colts must pay for the ex? pense of using more horse power. In this connection, the more economical feeding of work stock on the farm is of primary importance. Feeding a horse or a mule on pulled corn fod? der and corn is so expensive and out of date that it is surprising to find anyone doing it. Farmers have fully proved that pasture for summer and well-cured hay for winter should be the main reliance. By a pasture is not meant a brush patch or a field of weeds, but a tract of land well set in nutritious grasses and well located so as to be usable at all times. The best results are obtained by providing two pastures, In order to alternate in their use, and especially to allow one to have quite a growth of grass for late fall feeding. Some farmers use one pasture for late fall and spring, and the other during the summer and early fall months; others believe that the best results are ob? tained by alternating the use cf these pastures every month. It Is just as Injurious to the rapid growth of grass to keep It closely grazed as It would be to a bush to cut It off everj morn? ing. It is estimated that three or four times as many animals can be kept on a given number of acres by dividing the land Into two pastures and using thr m alternately for graz? ing. Tt Is certain that the stock does bettet under such conditions. THE HAY CROP. The permanent meadow, where it can be secured, Is one of the moft economical sources of food for ani? mals known. In the extreme South, where the soil Is adapted to them, alfalfa, Japan clover, and Bermuda grass rank high. Farther north there ire standard grasses which produce well. But If a farmer does not have a permanent meadow of any kind he can easily supply a substitute from tho following asortment of forage crops. He can select only one or two of these crops for his needs, but where It Is possible It Is best to grow patches of all of them, as It will give variety, and the ration can be more easily balanced. COWPEAS. The cowpea Is the most generally grown and most valuable hay and forage plant in the South. It can be grown anywhere, and covers a longer season of growth than any other. It furnishes large quantities of nutrit lous feed stuff and, besides, builds up the soil rapidly by furnishing nitro? gen and humus. The soil should be well prepared, as for any other farm crop. Poor preparation Is the cause of most of the apparent failures with this crop. For very early use the Whip poor will or the New Era variety can be sown early In April In rows 30 Inches apart with a corn planter, one-half bushel of seed per acre. Cultivate \\?U, and where land Is not fertile use 200 pounds of acid phosphate and II pounds of cotton-seed meal per acre to give vigorous growth. Plant? ed In this way cowpeas will give a heavy crop of grain and vines for hay in early summer. For later Crops, and where a vor\ heavy yield Is desired, the Clay, Un? known, or K<one other well-known va? riety may be used. Hay made t'rern pea vines planted in this way supplies ordinary work stock with complete rations at a sea son when most needed, COWPSAI AND SORGHUM, Where preferred and when it is not spei latly desirable to have very early h iv, singhum and cowpeas may b town together broad-oast, one-hai hush 1 of surghum to one and one half hushels of cowpeas per acre tmber sorghum and some early varl Of COWpeaS will mature quickly, but f >r heavy yi. Ids Orange sorghum ind a running variety Of cowpeas should be used. The land should he well broken and thoroughly prepared before sowing the seed. This point must he observ? ed in all eases. S??V BRANS. In some localities the soy bean has proved a most desirable hay and for age plant. The heans are very rich In pr-dein and tin- sfalk is equal to pea hay or alfalfa When properly cured. While Rot adapted to all classes of soils, as Is the eowpea, soy heans should he ghen a trial on ev? ery farm. Bon in rows ;: feet apart, one-half bushel of good need p< r acre, culti? vate well, and <ut When the plants Ural begin to ripen or turn yellow. \\ he|| intended for Seed purposes tie crop should be allowed to ripen a lit? tle longer than for hay. The soy Lean has been found valu? able for hofft where they are allowed to gitth? r the crop from the Held, \ KLVKT BRANS. In the (lull' States, and on poor soils especially, Hie velvet bean win ???? found a profitable crop, It makes a very luxuriant growth, requires lit? tle cultivation, and when planted ? irly will mature large quantities of seed, sufficient to he pastured off by COWS and hogs, Tin- Vine is too rank and coarse for hay, but adds more fertility to the soli than any of the legumes on account of its growth and its root system. The seed is cheaper than soy beans or cowpeas, as 1 bushel will be suffi? cient to plant 4 or 5 acres. For build? ing up very poor soils it ranks first among legumes both as to cost and efficiency. PEANUTS. The value of peanuts as a hay and food crop has never been appreciated. The peanut will grow on the larger portion of the uplands of the South. As a crop for varied uses nothing ex? cels it. It can be made profitable when nuts are grown for market, and it has been found to produce more and cheaper pork than any other crop. When used as hay for horses or cattle the vines and nuts are pull? ed up and cured together. In this shape they are relished by all kinds of stock, and as they are highly nu? tritious they can be utilized in place of more expensive grains to a large extent. Peanuts should not be planted until warm spring weather. Plant on a well-prepared soil, in rows 3 feet apart and 12 inches apart in drill for the Spanish variety and a greater dis? tance for larger varieties. The Span? ish is preferred for feeding purposes. The peanut, like the other plants mentioned, is a soil improver, and ev? ery farmer should look with more fa? vor on its place among the farm crops. ALL CORN AND HAY SHOULD BE GROWN ON THE FARM. With the splendid records of corn produced per acre in the Southern States, and with our advantages in climate and so many valuable forage crops to supplement grains for feed? ing to stock, it Is a discredit for any farmer to buy corn or hay except in rare cases of misfortune. S. A. KNAPP, Special Agent in Charge. PENSION FOR HOME INMATES. state Pension Board Rules in Their Favor. Columbia, April 14.?The pension board, following an opinion by the Attorney General, has ruled that the so'diers at the old Soldiers* Home are entitled to the regular pensions. There was some doubt about this, be? cause of the fact that the old soldiers in the Home are provided for. How? ever, resolutions adopted by the pen? sion board rule that the soldiers may receive the pensions. Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets assist nature in driving all Impurities out of the system, Insuring i free and regular condition and re rtorlng the organs of the body to health and strength. Sold by W. W. Sibert. There is Only One African Rhino. For years most South African hun? ters, and most naturalists, believed In the existence of two species of pre? hensile-lipped, or so-called "black," rhinoceros: one with the front horn much the longer, one with the rear horn at least equal to the front. It was Selous, a singularly clear-sight? ed and keen observer, who first prov? ed conclusively that the difference was purely imaginary. Now, the cu? rious thing Is that these experienced hunters usually attrihuted entirely different temperaments to these two imaginary species. The first kind, that with the long front horn, they described as a miracle of dangerous ferocity, and the second as compar? atively mild and inoffensive; and these veterans (Drummond is an in? stance) persuaded themselves that this was true, although they were writing in each case of identically the same animal: Saved From The Grave. ?I had about Kivon up hope, after nearly four years of suffering from a severe lung trouble/' writes Mrs M. Ii. l>ix, of Clarkesvllle, Tenn "Often the pain in my chest wouk be almost unbearable and I could not do any work, but Dr. King's New Dis oovery has made me feel like a new person. It's the best medicine made for the throat and lungs." Obstinate coughs, Stubboms colds, hay fever, la grippe, asthma, croup, bronchitis and hemorrhages, hoarseness and whoop? ing cough, yield quickly to this wonderful medicine. Try it. 00c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Guar? anteed by Blbertl Drug Store. NOTICE. CALL FOR MEETING OF DEMO? CRATIC CLUBS, Pursuant to the order of the State Rxcutlve Committee the several Dem? ocratic Clubs of Humter County are hereby called to meet In their re Npecttve places Ml Saturday, April 23rd, 1010, for the purp ? o of re-or* r^tinixing for tho ensuing campaign 'i d election, to elect del.-f.ateS t I the County Convention which Will meet im Monday. May 2nd, 1910 In the C< art House, and fur such other pur? poses as may come lie fore such Clubs; one delegate to be el< cted by t he Clubs for each twenty-flvo members or fractional part tie r. of. The Clubs in the < !|ty of Sutnter w in met on Friday, April 22nd, 1910, .11 ?11 \ II (LI l'T< ?N. Chairman Democratic HJxecutlvo Com? mittee fi i Burnt* " ('otinty, l-s It - 11 IW, SMALLPOX IN THE COl'XTV. Everyone Who Has Not Done So should Vaccinate at Ou< c. There is said to be quite a number of eases of smallpox around the El? liot section of Lee county. There has been smallpox in that section for onths. A lady in Eliotts has a case that disease now. There are a umber of individuals in Sumter who have never been vaccinated, although the number is compartively small. Then there are many who have not been revaccinated within from six to ten years. The city health officer rges all who have never been and particularly those who will not have their children vaccinated to have this one without delay. There is practically no quarantine methods and disinfection resorted to n a number of cases of smallpox in the remote country districts. There? fore individuals from infected houses come into Sumter, ride on trains, trade in stores, and otherwise come in contact with unvaccinated individ? uals or persons who have not been vaccinated in years. A fresh suuply of virus has been received by the health officer. A physician from St. Chavles sent in for a suply of virus this morning. Diarrhoea should be cured without loss of time and by a medicine which like Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy not only cures promptly but produces no unpleasant after effects. It never fails and is pleasant and safe to take. Sold by W. W. Slbert. Misfortunes should always be ex? pected.?Johnson. "Worse Than Bullets. ?Bullets have often caused less suf? fering to soldiers than the eczema L. W. Harriman, Burlington, Me., got it in the army, and suffered with, forty years. "But Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured me when all else failed," he writes. Greatest healer for Sores, Ulcers, Boils, Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Bruises and Piles. 25 cents at Slb erts Drug Store. No Chances Are Taken When you come to us to have your eyes examined, as our Op? tical Parlor is in charge of a Graduate Optician. Frames fitted properly. All work guaranteed. No charge for examination when we fit you with glasses. We also fill your Oculist prescriptions reasonably and properly. W. A. Thompson, Jeweler and Optician. Phone m. - - No. 6 S. Main St. First National Bank THAT'S ALL. The Pinch of Prosperity Prosperity is fine, but how it pinches the pocket book that pays the household expenses 1 Neither the Pinch of Prosperity or the Stress of Hard Times embarasses the man as much who runs a check? ing account as the one who does not. Try it and see by opening a checking account with us. 15he Bank of Sumter. Banking. The Farmers' Bank and Trust Co. Offers unexcelled banking facilities, and wants your business. :: :: HORSES, MULES. BUGGIES, WAGONS, HARNESS, BUILDING MATERIAL,? Lime, Cement, Acme Wall Plaster, Shingles, Laths, Fire Brick, Clay, Stove Flue and Drain Pipe, Etc. n j All kinds, Horse, Cow, Hog and Hay and Grain-Chicken peed_ . .. .. * SEED OATS, WHEAT, RYE AND BARLEY. A car load or a single article. Come and see us, if unable to do so, write, or phone No. Io. y Live Stuck Co., BEST LIVERY IN SUMTER. SUMTER, S C. We Want the Attention Ob EVERY LOVER 'OF HORSE-FLESH, EVERY lPERSON INTERESTED IN CHICKENS, EVERY MAN, WOMAN OR CHILD INTERESTED IN THE SANIIA. TION OF THEIR SURROUNDINGS. We arc the |direct representatives of Dr. Mess & Clark, - -of Ashland, Ohio, manufacturers of the CELEBRATED STOCK FOOD, POULTRY PANACEA, INSTANT LOUSE KILLER, DR. HESS' DIP AND DISINFECTANT, HEALING POWDER, WORM POWDERS FOR STOCK AND HOG, COUGH AND DISTEMPER CURE. This is the season for general cleaning up. Give the animal his regular food with some of Dr. Hess' Remedies and watch the result. Il you are not satisfied, you have not made a bad purchase, for every package is guaranteed or Your Money Hack. An Egg per Day ?Try to get this from your hens. The only discovery ket today to stimulate laying is DR. HESS' PANACEA. on the mar Sanitation?Kill the Germ. You can do it with Dr. I less' Dip and Disinfectant and Sprayer. A quart of this makes a half barrel of the finest disinfectant known to science, Paint your horse's hoof with Campbell's Horse Foot Remedy. Keeps off scratches, sand-gravel, makes the hoof grow soft and pliable, strengthens the frog, ? These remedies cost so little in comparison with the net result, that it is up to you. ttfc Quality re/gns" PHONE 85.