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MM. CROP DfKPITR DROUGHT. Alfalfa Pay* Well by Yield of Seed In l?r> Weather. ?ottonwood FaJbi. Kan., Sept. 4.? 1'lie of tbe moat valuable alfalfa Heed < rops ever raised by alfalfa growers of this country Is being threshed and marketed now. While the hot, dry season ha* been ruining !h& corn crop and drying up pastures, it has been making the alfalfa men good money. Farmers here have threshed crops which nave made ten bushels to tbe acre, while from four to six bushels Is a common yield along the Cotton wood valley and other creek bottoms tbla season. A few fields have made only two or three bushels to the acre, but even such a light yield as this is not so bad, as it will make the grow? er from $10 to $15 an acre. On tbe other band, the men who are getting from six to ten bushel yields are get? ting all tbe way from $30 to $65 an acre, not to speak of tbe bay crops which will be harvested from the same fields, which are worth $10 or $13 for each cutting. Katber unusual conditions are nec? essary to bring about a bumper al? falfa *ee<i crop, but tbe chief requis? ite seems to be plenty of dry weather after tbe plant begins to blossom. As a general thing the second crop Is tbe beat for seed, and It Is this crop from which farmers here are now get? ting their big vields. After the first cutting of ha)- had been put up early In tbe season, there were plenty of! re Ina to give tbe second crop a good start and then It turned dry. As alfal? fa sends its roots deep Into the ground?sometimes to a depth of 10, 13 or evea 20 feet?the plant is neces? sarily a hardy one and Is not affect? ed by a lack of rain as soon as tbe other crops. For this reason an al? falfa seed crop may be and is often produced without a drop of rain. Just why alfalfa seed is a failure In a wet season but will make a big yield in a dry year when scarcely anything else can be raised, alfalfa growers explain as follows: With an abuadanoe of moisture and frequent heavy rains, the plant .rows up quickly, rank and tall. It will bloom and the seed pods will form, but that Is about as near as seed crop as it ever arrives, for all the strength aeema to go into tbe growing plant it? self, which Is heavy and luxuriant, but welch makes only a big bay crop On the other hand, if only enough rain falls to put the crop In good growing condition, and then the sea eon turns dry before the plant beginn tri bloeeom, and continues dry dur? ing the time tbe seed pods are form? ing and maturing, the result Is invar? iably a good seed yield. The tendency of dry weather to reduce the growth of tne plant naturally causes a great er development and heavier tilling of the seed poda In a big seed crop tbe plant may stand barely a foot high and appear to one unfamiliar with alfalfa to be a failure when In fact every plant Is heavily laden with seed, the most val? uable thing Kansas farmers hav* ev? er raised. Among tbe Cottonwood valley farm ers who have big seed yields this year in A M. Breese, who this week tbreohed 800 bushels of reed from a 150-acre field, getting an average of six bushels to the acre. The seed is of fine quality and at the prevailing pri< ott of $1 to $6 a bushel will sell < 1,000 or $4.600. A neighbor star key?who also threshed his bis week obtained from a 30 ecre t eld 106 bushels or an average of more than 10 buslieta to the acre which so far Is the bust seed report? ed here this year. E. Shaft, another Cottonwoed valley fnrmer, threaded out the sung little sum of $1,500 worth of seed from it* farm a few days ago and atlll bus another field to harvest. J. R Clay or. J. o. Wilson, Charlee Ward. Frank Oopetand and a score of other farmers have hurveat ed crops In the last few days yielding all tbe way from threj to seven bush? els an acre. What will doubtlesii be tbe great? est alfalfa seed orop ever raised in this county, however, la now being cut oa the C. II. Gregory farm Just east of this city, containing more than 400 acres from which 2.000 bush ela of aeed la expected. The article above about alfalfa will be very tntereetlng to readers of tbe Watchman and Southron. It was the only green thing to b ? seen for many miles in Kanaaa. R. W. D. New* and Views of IMnguh. I'lMgab. Sept. H.- Cotton picking Is going rnptdly on. The DfOP will be juat wnat was expected, light. Fifty ? ents per hundred la the standard e p ild and that gi -es < i' faction. It la certainly a matter of thank fulnesa that our people here will have their bread for another tar without depending on th? west A man from Illinois* told me that the drought aectlon through the tfljft belt araa appalling. Mix* Madge Hoger*, who has been vlattlng In Columbia, returned home 1 ist week Mlases Allna and Sadie Hogers are visiting at Stateburg. Misses Jaunita and Mazle McLead entertained recently in honor of Miaaes Dargan of stateburg, and Rivers of Eastover. Those present were Misses Dargan. Rivers. Mollie Ellerbee, Sadie Rogers, Neena Rem bert, Sadie Rernbert, Jaunita and Maxie McLeod. Stags: Sam Lenoir, St. Pierre Lenoir, Tom Sanders, Hen? ry Sanders, Hoppe Sanders, Isa^o I Sanders, Broadus DuPre, R. E. Rern? bert, Iceland Myers, Marion Myers, Dlnkins, Virgil Corbett, Henry Mc? Leod and Pierre Sanders. Light re? freshments were served. 1 have interviewed many promi? nent men recently from several coun? ties in this State, some from Virgin la, Te.) lessee, North Carolina and Georgia, on the liquor question and the following is about the concensus of opinions: Georgia, statewide pro? hibition, light wines sold in cities and whiskey secretly sold. North Carolina. This is a prohibition State but whiskey In abundance for the whiskey people, moonshine still man? ufacture. If the mountain people did not sell it some of them would starve for that is the way many of them make their living. They have the cooperation and sympathy of a large number of people who prefer the home "mountain dew," which makes it much harder for the gov? ernment to locate and catch them. Tennessee, conditions bad, for there are two political factions. The Hoop* er-Carmack crowd, who are prohibit? ionist, and the Cooper-Patterson faction who are for whiskey. So there is a plenty of the stuff for the lovers. Virginia?about as In North Caro? lina, especially in the mountain sec? tions. In this State, Union county, tried prohibition, but it was such a signal failure that the people got dis? gusted and voted back the dispensary. The county getting no profit and all the expense to bear in trying to en? force the law and falle* in having prohibition. I saw Judge Frank Gary for a few minutes and this is about the way he expressed himself. You can't mako people sto > drinking whis? key, for you can't legislate temper? ance down their throats. Local op? tion is bad, for one county going dry and another wet, don't make good conditions. In the dry counties the express people get all the profit and the county has all the expense to bear in trying to enforce the law. The State can enact a prohibition law. It can also prohibit the importation of whiskey in dry counties, the same as It has the right to prohibit the im? portation in the State. Vo;ing for the dispensary is not endorsing whis? key, but only the best way to regulate an evil. Many expressed themselves in this way. We rather see whitkey people buy and sell under a law giving them the right than to get it in u rneaking manner in violation of law, thereby practicing habits that in the future will be injurious to the State as w dl as now. ADVISE TO CHANGE GIN BOXES, Beet Way for Farmers to Escape Cotton Shipment Penalty. Washington, Sept. 9.?In response to many telegrams from cotton grow? ers, complaining that they are pen? alised for shipping bales larger than 27 by 54 inches, the department of agriculture has advised the farmers thatt heir best course is to insist that sinners immediately change their gin boxes to the required dimensions. The traffic representatives of the South Atlantic and Gulf steamship companies agreed that on and after September 1, 1913, any bale from gin boxes of greater length or width than 37-54 inches shall pay an extra freight of $1. A number of ginners promptly altered their gin boxes to conform to the new regulation, but many others did not. It is understood that '.he interstate commerce commission has suggestsd a month's delay in collecting the $1 penalty, In order to give the remain? ing ginners time to effect the neces? sary change. INTERIOR SECRETARY LANE ILL. Faint* While Reviewing Pa rude at Oakland?Has Angina ivctorls. Oakland, Cal. Sept. 9.?Secretary of the Interior Franklin K. Lane fell In a faint here today when reviewing the admission day parade of the na? tive sons' organization. He was re-| moved to his broil er's home In Berk-1 eley, where It was reported his con? dition was not serious. Mrs. Lane said her husband had been suffering from overwork and B weak heart for several months. His brother, Dr. Frederick Dane, A R rkeley said there was no cause for w ?rry. Later all plans for Secretary LaneN departure were abandoned when B diagnosis of his case, by a physician called in consultation, disclosed a slight attack of angina pectoris. Sec? retary Lane was ordered to bed ami Will be kept absolutely quiet for SSV? era I days. The physicians s;?\ that, while the case is not serious, .est is necessary. Announce the Opening of their FIRST FALL SALE "As the Leaves Fall so do our Prices" With a List of Wonderful Bargains for the School Children and the Grown-Ups too. '"pHESE are interesting days in this store. We are taking off the old and putting on the new. Changing from one season to another is always an interesting time at this store. But it seems more interesting than ever, due to the fine prep? arations we have made for the season. Never were stocks more greater, never did they call for great? er enthusiasm never did they bid fair to meet with higher favor. Children's Dresses Ages 2 to ?, worth 50c at 23c. Children's School Dresses Sizes 11 to II; all colors at 49c. School Shoes for Girls The famous Walton and Logan shoes in all sizes. Worth up to $2.50 at 98c * Boys' Pants Pure worsted; all colors, sizes, 1 to 8 at 23c Extraordinary Bargains in all Departments for the Grown-Ups Too. Boys' Shirts With or without collars. All sizes; all colors at 23c Boys' Suits For school. Pure worsted, in all col? ors, worth $:t.00 at $1.49 School Tablets t00 Pages each at 3c School Slates c loth bound at 5c Boys' Pants In all wool and worsted sizes 11 up to 10j all colors. 7 at 49c Boys' School Shoes Walk-Over and Waldorf, worth $3.00 POT pair, at $1.23 Children's School Dresses SIM'S 0 to 10; worth 75c at 39c Boys' Suits In Norfolk and Knickerbocker styles, all colcrs. all sizes. Pure wool and Worsted Worth up to $?. at $2.98 Boys' and Girls' Stockings plenvy KiMicd reinforced toe, heel ami knee, at 9c WKEt'K STOKE COUPONS UIVEN WITH EACH IOC. 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