The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, September 13, 1913, Image 7
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.
PURCHASE UOOU
FOIt PRESENTS AT
nils STOKE.
<Ihe
Wreck Store
KOUR MOM V BACK
IF vor ARB NOT
ENTIRELY BATES
FIFO WITH ANY
PURCHASE YOl
MAKE OF I S.
Crosswell's Block Below the Postoffice