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SUNDAY, AUGUST 16.
THE FARMER’S FORUM
COTTON MILLS 111
THE COTTON BELL
Wonderful Progrca* in
Spartanburg is Told
About in Special Ar
ticle That Mean*
Much to Farmer*
Mr Arthur W J'age. wilting In
the World * Work anent the benefit
aocniing to the farmer by reason of
*he cotton mill being located In the
cotton patch, no to speak, has the
following to •*>’ concerning Spartan
bui*. ti. C
Whkt they have done for Spartan
buig Is more remarkable. There arc
about 60,000 hale* of cotton grown
In Spartanburg county. Thin Ukod to,
b« bought for mills in England and
other part* of the United Stale* and |
■hipped away. With cotton ttelUng
at 10 cent* a pound, the county ,
would get 12,600,000 for Its 60,00(1 1
bales. Now the mills buy this cot
ton and manufacture It Into cloth,
which la worth, on an average, about
it cants s pound. When shipped
away from Spartanburg In this form
the eounty get* >2,600,000 for tha'
aaina 60,000 Imlu* of cotton. Hut the
mills manufacture about 200,000
bale* of cotton grown outside the
county Hint that 200,000 bales In
oreiMKt* in value about >19,000,000
from the time It comes Into the couti
ly until li 1* shipped away again The
mill* have mucin a direct Increase tn
the onunty’s yearly Income of about
>13,760,000 The farmer* have been
benefited by tlila more than any
other clans They used U> sell cotton
to the local merchunla under tha ruin
on* credit system Now a hale of
cotton la seldom seen In Spurtaburg
There la a mill on every rose! lead
Ing Into town and the mill* pay cash.
Inatoad of paying micros! to a mer
chant lor credit, the farmer put* hi*
money Into hnnk and draws Interest
himself And In g<-t* more for III*
cotton also since the mills pay a lit
tla higher than the market price for
local col lon. because they do nert Imvu
to pay freight on It. Itefore the
mills came the farmers had practical
ly no market for anything hut cot
con The mill villages and the town
now need more food than the local
THE POULTRY CORNER
Starting With Poultry
SOUTMF.RN RURAL IST
It I* an «a*y matter to Mart In most l
My kind of business poultry In pn
exception to the rill*. It In one thins
to atari and quite another to he able
to continue mil II stircon* comes
Many people with a little mom v to In
raat put It all Into stock, biitld'ufft.
•to., and then huro nothin* (or run
nlng expense* Thla la a very |mo<
business policy. It would, not In- ml
▼tumble even If a man bail all the on
perlenca naceaaary for the in anas''
ment of such an enterprise, Jnit with
out am h eapertence ti In doubly ha?
ard< >u» A man about to alart n pool
try farm with limited rapltal should
put aav half bla available caplin! Into :
bouse* yarda and stock and report"
the balance for running expenses
The poultry business la very much
like any other hualneaa The road
to aueeaaa means a lons, hard pull
foi the Inexperienced person.
It seem* very easy to the person
who haa a had case of "hen fever."
They become ao enthusiastic that
they can see nothin* but success
beckoning tor them to come on
This may he all right for the man
of means, one who would not bn
at all cramped If he ahou’d loose
a tew thousand dollars In the ven
tore For the man or woman of llm
Had capital It means very much They -
cannot afford no expensive an expert j
ment to atari or attctupu the run i
ulna of a poultry farm
In just ao far a* yon are larking
In the experience necessary to cope
with the problem It la that much of
an experiment The experience then
la the all Important point to consider j
Tfce person with the limited rxperi i
•no* should commence tn a limited
way They should be sure rtf theti
ability to haudle the huatnesa the,
at Brat undertake It l» a fact worth'
of note all over thla country that the’
successful poulirymen. those dolus
Ihenranda of dollars worth of bus)
ness, both in the market and also ‘
the thoroughbred business are the
ones Who Started in a small way and
built up their business as they gam
ed ex per leu r*
We act letter after letter front p.v
pie Interested in the subject of pout
try-ralslng asking us to give them
fall Instruction* bow to establish a
poultry plant One came quite recent
ly from a theatrical manager or New
York city wno said he wanted to go
**’ tbs country and re«t and wanted
t*> »a!.e poultry his business Con
dttlons vary ao much that no one
can give explicit direction' th.
work out with tatlsfaciloi All «,
OM «.> is to sugget: aid direct » ~U g (
SHIM Hi) Oil
SOUTHERN FIRMS
Cotton Seed Meal Good for
Winter Feed. Some
Note* on Work of the
Season in Feeding
Stock.
Saving hay on the average South
i cm farm la about one of most valu
able occupations a farmer can en
gage in during the month of August
I and maybe of September. Generally
the cotton crop keep* • man pretty
busy during September, but It la easy
| to take an old fashioned grass blade
und cut ten dollars worth of hay In
half a day and who can pick that
much cotton?
While It Is advisable to pick cot
ton as rapidly as possible ft Is more
Than necessary that Southern farm
era grow the things needed at horn*
during the winter and It Is generally
certain that more hay will be needed
on the farm before the next season I*
farmers can supply; so they can se'l
their food products up to prices else
where, plus the freight to Spartan
burg I heard a housekeeper com
plaining that frying size chickens
used to cost only 10 to J 2 cents a
piece, while now they cost that much
« pound. The sheriff used to he busy
foreclosing mortgages Now the farm
era have about >K,ortO.OOO deposited
In the hanks In Hpartanburg, and
then- are four farmers' hanks In othoi
parts of the county. The mills are
riot wholly responsible for this, but
they Tmoie than other contributing
cause helped the farmer from poverty
to progress; from a condition In
which the hanks had to "run" the
fanners, to the condition where the
farmers "run" the bunks.
The mills mean >23,750,000 a year
to the county in money. They mean |
much more than thla In human pro j
gfca*. There are 20,000 people In j
the mill village, most of whom have
been brought out of the loneliness of j
farm life or tsolntlon of the moun- j
tutus Into touch with progress.
The time will come, no donht, 1
when the cotton mill, the emal' cot
ton mill, will lie a feature of every
ronmmnlty In the cotton belt.
general lines, nnd each one must work
out and fill In his own dclulls If yon I
hare had experience and success on 1
the farm In raising common or mixed!
chickens you ran snfely change over
to the breeultiK nnd rearing of ttior I
oughhred slock, hearing In mind, how 1
ever, that whenever you commence!
to terreaee your output your reapon 1
Nlldlltv Increases, and that greater!
numbers means more minute care to I
prevent disease The yarding of fowls
tor breeders will, as a rule .nerease
the egg production, hut It requires j
more eareful attention to keep them ,
In perfect health 'than.when they!
have frss range
It Is not advisable to attempt to]
crowd a large poultrv htisliicHs upon
a small amount of ground with 'he;
exception fff duck*, which can he ]
grown In much greater numbers upon
(the same spare than ran chickens
Kven these are the better for room
System must he established In (he
building of a poultry business [t la
not only essential in the maintaining
of health In the floek, but should he
the means of labor saving It has
not been my aim here to discourage
those about to embark tn the i>nultry
business, but | do want to prevent
disaster to keep from plunging head
long into a business that will girvl
splendid returns only when properly
managed.
Many persons have jumped Into tho
business with the enthusiasm of a
gold prospector and with about aa va
rled chances of success.
Success with poultry means a strict
attention to business m all it* do
tails If you feel that you or some
one else equally Interested cannot
give these little matters thla close at
tention, 1 would advise you to keep
out, or at least nol expect any great
amount of success as a business ven
inr* It ts almost an impossibility
to hire anyone to do this earsful work
lor you. at leas: tn colored help It
is advisable to give your halp an tn
terest In proceeds to encourage theut
'" give the business their beat ef.'
|torts
Keep a strict account of everything
that goes Into the business, and also
all that come* out True, poultry
tun be kept In small numbers on
term* and In village* with hut little
cate and attention No one should be
nfluenecd to nol keep a few hen* |»
the' nave room because of a lack
of lime for careful attention ft is the
t"w heii and there that go lo make
ip lb, thousands of eg* producer* of
;iis» <vuuirj. Our thought In this lr
I
DOING 80ME GOOD.
However meager be roy worldly
wealth,
Get. rne give something that
a .all aid my kind—
A word of courage, or a thought
of health,
Dropped as I pass for troubled
hearts to find.
Let me tonight look back across
the span
'Twlxt dawn and dark, and to
my conscience say—
Because of some good act to
beast or man—
The world is better that I lived
today.
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
over. It Is a hard thing to have to
go down and dig up money to buy for
eign hay and the farm animal fed on
It never looks haif so well as the one
fed on cowpea hay. Maybe cotton
seed meal will come Into its own as
an animal feed some day soon and
there will be a general Improvement.
In this connection the cotton seed mills
are asking for foreign trade when as
a matter of fact there Is plenty of
room for local education and the peo
ple In the cotton fields do not realize
the value of meal. It Is another case
of diamonds being right around and
folk looking for them In distant sec
tions of the world.
I've been mixing and mingling with
cotton seed men for the past few
years and watching the progress of
the great Industry. I don’t know
whether anybody elae has ever writ
ten as much about cotton seed as I
have unleHH they were advertisers, or
somebody connected with the busi
ness, but for a long, long time I’vr>
realized that they would sooner or
later come Into prominence In vari
es ways.
From hauling them off the farm to
the railroad station I've gone all
through the different experiences
with them and the end Is not yet. The
coming season farmers will reap a
harvest from the seed If nothing hap
pens and I hope to see that day when
never a ton, of cotton Heed will bn
sold from the farms for less than >25
a ton. When they are appreciated as
they should h* now this will bd a rul
ing prlro and farmers will grow cot
t ton partly for the seed.—J. C. Me
j Attllffe In Home and Farm.
HAPPIEST HENS
ill HOTJEATHER
With a Brood of Chickens
Old Enough to Rustle
for Thcmaelvcs in
Going Through the
Wild Places
The happiest hen In the hot weath
er of summer Is the one that In lead
Inc or bring led by a brood of par
tially grown chicks through the min
iature jungles of grass and hushes,
hunting foi game In the form of hugs
nnd Inserts She has had a good long
rest In hatching the chicks and brood
tug them when small, and losing
some flesh In the process, really re
news her youth as she hum* or rests
with them In the shade of some bush
Tills ts the natural condition and
the very best thin* for her. and
shortly she will begin to lay again
and keep It up for a long time. Now
that so many Incubators are coming
Into use, many hens do not get this
natural rest, but Instead are broken
up" when they become hroodv and
forced to lay to tho limit. In ronse
qtienre thetr years of usefulness are
reduced In number, and at lime* die
eases develop among them for whlrli
| their owner cannot arcotmt.
tntonse hoat Is a strain upon the
| hens, particularly If any are Inclined
;to he fat It Is well to have their
] roosting quarter* ns open as possible
during Ihe season Small poultry
houses res*ln Ihe heat to a remark
able degree unless well ventilated If
there should he any sash or sashes
that rannot be opened readily, or to
their fullest extent. It 1* well'to take
them out and replace them with
screens made of fine mrah wtre.
Hot weather tend* to produce die
eases of the bowels among the fowls
Any hen oo;Iced at feeding time keep
lug away front the others, eating
grass Instead of her grain and acting
mopish should at once ho piarsd by
herself until the nature of the trouble
is discovered In thla way an out
break of Nora* contagious disease,
such a* cholera. In the flock may l«>
avoided
If the trouble should be considered
merely a slight derangement, giving
the hen only dry grain ami boiled
milk and rice ought to effect a cur"
If no Improvement Is noticed soon
however P won y
—H E Hay dock In Tribune Farmer
tide ha* been *<ong he line of the
V uUr) man a* a business mail.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD.
A Study Of Fertilization
By J. C. McAuliffe.
Farmers are learning things. Year
!by year theories are turning into
facts. Men who were skeptics are
j now ardent believers. The idea of
fertilization is changing. Georgia
! farmers have thrown away thousands
\ —millions—of dollars annually In
| commercial fertilization during the
| past few years. There Is profit in
| using fertilizers if it is done judici
ously, but study must, be giYen in
nearly every case. Some farmers go
dump the product they buy on all
i land and all crops regardless of the
j needs of the soli or the plant. More
often than not the result Is unsatis
factory, the returns discouraging. It
I means that study,must be given each
I field and patch, that the food required
by the plant must receive considers
i tion.
The spirit of the age calls for the
cultivation of fewer acres, the using
of the most modern methods, the em
ployment of less labor to accomplish
the same results. An exchange takes
up this argument In a plausible way
that should receive consideration from
the hands of all thinking farmers.
There are two standpoints, It says,
from which to look upon the prob
lems of farming. One is the scientific
standpoint, the other the practical
The student of agricultural science
first tries to understand the soil, for
Instance, from a knowledge of Us
chemical constituents. Science tells
him that the elements of fertility are
nitrogen potash and phosphorus. Cer
tain forms of the first are called pro
tein; of the last the form usually
spoken Is called phosphate.
Now the ordinary farmer cannot
see what advantage it will be to the
owner of a farm If he knows some
thing of these chemical elements. Here
la a simple Illustration; The lands of
the older counties of Georgia have
been tilled for 50 to 100 years. In
almost every Instance and in all gen
erations they have been in the hands
of farmers who did not consider that
a knowledge of the chemistry of the
soil was necessary to their success, j
or the preservation of fertility. And
so. for over a half century they have
been taking out the phosphorus of
their land In successive crops of'
| grain. Chemistry tells us that an im
SOME POULTRY NOTES
By Fannie M. Wood
One point In favor of geese Is that
high fences are not needed to re
strain them.
The second year of the hen’s life
Is the most profitable for egg pro
duction.
I.lc« will quickly run a flock of
chickens down nnd render them sus
ceptible to any disease that comes
along.
Let me tell you It doesn’t pay to
pick tip chickens as they run, and
sell them. Put them In a small yard
! and fatten them.
If your chirks are not properly
growing and developing, there's a
screw loose somewhere. Something
wrong sure with the feed or care.
Better investigate and find the cause,
i It won't do to let them get stunted.
] A runt chicken is poor property.
A farmer said the other day: “t
| am sure It pays to buy grit when It
lis not verv plentiful on a place. Any
| way I would rather have my fowls
! putting In their time hunting bugs
nnd worms than inching for grit that
(ost* only a rent or two a pound."
Ever notice the broody hens, how
they will fight the laving hens away
from the nesta. finally the layers
get tired of their pecking and growl
i ing and seek nests outside in the
gras* or weeds It Is a mistake to al
low the "broodies'' to occupy the nest*
day after day when on e has no In
tention of complying with thetr de
mands.
When the young turkeys get about
half grown, then they are very apt
to get the notion of reaming about ]
considerable Thla roving about that
enttses th* owner ao much uneasiness :
gives the young turk the growth of
frame necessary to carry needed flesh
to make a fine large carcass So If its
big turkeys you want, don't worry |
about their rambling. I'suallv the
wild bird* can be educated to route
home hv giving them a small feed
regularly night and morning, and
don't forget drinking water.—lnland
Farmer
It's a good time now to cull out all
the old hens that will not pay for
their ferd the comtpg year. You are 1
doubtless aware of a number of hen*
that are too old and too fat to amount
to anything any longer as layer*
Then there are other* younger that 1
arc worthless as layer* at any ttme
of year During the next two month*
most of the hens will be In moult and i
will lay but few egg* at best, conse
quently those that ace short layers i
should bo cut cut before you have.
had the expense of taking them
through ihv moult.
Conducted By
J. C. McAULIFFE
! portant part of all our grain is com
posed of phosphorus. Yet we have
been steadily taking out this element
I from our soil, without hardly a
thought about any extra effort or ex
pense to put it back.
The average farmer understands
that his barn-yard manure is valu
able, yet often he handles it so badly
as to lose more than half of the nitro
I gen and phosphate it originally con
tained. The trouble, very often, with
the soil tn not growing clover and al
falfa is, because the phosphate is ex
hausted In the land.
Now, w-ould it not be a decided ad
! vantage to any farmer if he were a
good student of theße things? Would
he not be more keenly alive to the
Important duty of restoring to his soil
j the exhausted phosphate? Of course
|he would. All the way from the Mis
sissippi to the Atlantic states we ride
through state after state where for
1 100 years farmers have been unheed
! lngly selling the phosphate, nitrogen
! and potash out of their land and do-
I lng sacrcely anything to restore It.
Talk to Ehe present generation of
farmers who have charge of these
! lands and they will, in most instances,
j reject the suggestion that they should
I use a part of their revenue to put the
j phosphate back.
If we can get clover or alfalfa or
cowpea* to grow, we can, by wise ro
tation, soon impart the lacking nitro
gen, for, like all plants of the legume
lamily, they have the power to take
the free nitrogen of the air and trans
form it into plant nitrogen. But no
such provision is afforded us in re
gard to the loss of phosphate. We
must put it back by actual contribu
tion in the form of some substance
that contains it. '
Suppose that the farmer knows
nothing of this Important element
called phosphate. Suppose he drives
blindly on Just as the old race of
farmers did, robbing the soil of it ev
ery year and putting none back? Will
it not be greatly to his advantage and j
to the generation of his day if he
knows something of the science of ag-1
rleulture and the Importance of sup
plying phosphate to his soil?
FOR PROFIT
AND PLEASURE
Strive to make the most of the
chicks you have hatched. Leave nr.
stone unturned to make rapid and
sturdy growth with these youngsters.
Do not grunt and growl because you
have failed to hatch as r.'any as you
had hoped to. One hundred well
raised chicks are worth more to you
than twice that number of half-starv
ed. worthless runts, made so by
crowding and insufficient feed and
care. There should never be a single
let-up tn the feeding and rapid growth
of a chick from the time it Is hatched
until It Is fully matured. To secure
such growth a chick should never be
allowed to go hungry.
Among the Leghorns, those with
the heavier combs are as a rule the
best layer*. In fact, this is the case
In moat varieties; the heavier combed
hen* usually prove to be better layers
than those with smaller combs for
the variety which they represent. This
may make them less vnluable from a
standard or exhibition point of view,
however, yet it is a fact worth noth
jlng.
j On farms or suburban property
where there is an abundance of room
to be devoted to the chickens, the
movable colony house is a valuable
adjunct in the care of either a flock
of growing youngsters or hens. It
should be built light and yet strong
with 2x6 sills on two sides with the
ends rounded tip In the shape of a
sled. You ran then hitch a horse to
It and it will slide to different parts
of the orchard, pasture or woodland
lasI as need be. thus locating it upon fresh
ground once In a week or two as
deemed best. These houses should
: be made low and broad so they will
| Up over easily when being moved.
• They can be made very cheaply out
of piano boxes, store box lumber ot
anything of a similar character Hav e
'the fronts open and covered with wire
j netting, which Insures fresh air at
all times. After young chicks are two
months old they can be put in one es
these houses and furnish'd with a
self feeding hopper for mixed grains
,and a large drinking fount holding a
gallon or two of water. With such
accommodation* they can be left with
but little attention.
Make your coop* for a hen and
brood of chickens large eneu*gh so
the hen may stand up and flap her
wings, and stretch herself at wil
Thla seems necessary to Insure pc
feet health for the hen. and a gm. ’
healthy brooding hen goes a long sva
toward healthy chicks The hen 1.;
thus permitted to thoroughly air her
[»elf by the above exercise.
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Howard H. Stafford, President.
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H. H. COSKERY, Sole Agents.
“That Which is Worth Having
is Worth Advertising Eor”
The old adage that what is worth having is worth asking for i*
still true —true of the more Intricate life of today.
The thing you waat —whether it is a used piano or a home,
whether it is a ready-made businesss or a lost pocketbook—is ob
tained readily through advertising, and with difficulty, or not at all,
through other means.
Herald Ads. Tell a Daily Story of Dime!* and Dollars
That Ought to Interest You.
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Estimates cheerfully furnished on Tin Roofing, Gutters, Etc., Gal
vanized iron cornices, and skylights.
DAVID SLUSKY,
1009 BROAD STREET.
THE WANT ADVERTISEMENTS ARE
•HUMANIZING!”
When more people*come to use and answer classified advertise
menu, more people will know each other—
More People With Interests Will Meet
more people will find channels and opportunities for reciprocal ser
vice.
Truly, the want ads. are "humanizing" people—shaming away
the scorn of small things, tjie scorn of "bargaining,” of exchanging
useful but not used things for useful and usable ones.
USE HERALD WANTS EOR RESULTS.
St. Angela’s Academy
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