Farm News and Reviews
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J. R. SAMS, County A ent, and P. C. SQUIRES.
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Iceberg Lettuce.
Nearly /half of the month has
past and all lettuce plants
should be in the field and grow
ing. If you have more plants
to set, get them out by the last
of this week if possible. We
are not espcially anxious for an
extra early market for our let
tuce as Iceberg shipments
made from the middle to 4ast
of May usually find the .best
^ market of the season, as you
will note by tetters published
in last weeks News from Provi
dence R. I. California, and east
ern North Carolina lettuce is
about out of1 the market at that
time, which means a light sup
ply, and in marketing the head
^ lettuce crop as irt marketing
other commodities the great
controlling factor in price fix
- ing is supply knd demand.
Quality and grade always count
in making sales?but happy ' is
the sales manager who is so
fortunate as to have his goods
on" the market when such com
modity is in light ; supply .
Sales under such conditions
are often followed' by boquets
'from delighted growers, Such
kind expressions would be more
highly appreciated if they
came at a time when an over
stocked market and generally
unfavorable . conditions were
; trying the very soul of the sales1
manager, and causing him to
j sit up nights calculating how
he could best serve the grower
whose commodity happened to
he in over supply. Usu^Hy
after such nerve racking con
ditions the disappointed fanrter
feels morfe like shying a brick,
or ancient hen fruit to the man
ager in the place of boquets.
Weather conditions may war
rant setting lettuce plants the
very first of next weejc but it Is
j important that the lettuce
?make close and firm Heads be
fore excessive warm weather
j reaches us. Let us hope for
! ideal head lettuce conditions as
| lettuce delights in cool , nights,
I moderately warm days, with
I sufficient moisture.
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Cultivation.
j If soil conditions are right
l begin cultivation as soon as the
j plants have recovered from the
i transplanting, and started
| growing. small tooth culti
jvotor is the best impliment at
j this early stage, as it allows
I close working without covering
! the outer leaves of the young
I plant. Sometimes cut worms
trouble plants in old soils., They
lean easily be found burrowed
j in the ground, just under the
[the surface close to the plants
i cut off the previous night. I
'hardly look for much cut worm
j.trouble in the field, but its best
:to be on your guard, and if you
discover any considerable dam
age by worms, mix a dose con
| sisting, of calicium arsenate
I wheat bran and molasses water.
I Make into pellets and place at
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No Waste
In Tuxedo Chop the corn is crushed, and the oats
are rolled. The intestinal juices can get at the food
without having to break through the tough outer
wall of the grain. When oats are fed straight, 15%
passes through undigested.
Tuxedo chop saves this waste,
because all the food elements are (
in such a form as to be readily
digested and assimilated.
SOLD BY
J. F. Cantrell, LaaJru n. S. C.
Farmers Simlv "to. La idrun, S. C
THE TUXEDO
LINE OF FEEDS
Ce-re-a-lla Sweet*
Dairy Tuxedo 4
Tnxedo Chop .'I
Tuxedo Hog Ration
Tuxedo Pigeon Feed
Tuxedo Egg Mash
Tuxedo Scratch
Tuxedo Chick j|
Tuxedo Buttermilk
PI Tuxedo
Chop
Protection. For Them
Death is the heritage of all men. When or ho)v it
may come is problematical. Such being true, why
not proviee for your family now while there is yet
time by starting a savings pccount. ' Theh you can
face the future in the knowledge that they will be
well taken care of no matter what may happen.
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The Bank of Tryon
intervals in the rows. I
Early Potatp Planting
Completeing the early potato
planting is the next work of 1m
I portanee following Iceberg let
ftuce. Get\your acreage of the
certified Cobbler potatoes in
the ground as quickly as con
ditions will permit.
Cut the seed down thru from
. the seed end, planting one or
two eyes to the hill. I have
found by experience that one
eye planting gives a greater
percentage of No. one potatoes
at digging time, and the No.
ones always sell first and best.
Plant only certified seed and
let me remind you again that if
you are not prepared to pay
spot cash for your seed the
Federation will supply you
^ith sufficient seed for your
acreage and collections for
same will be made when the
crop is sold. We will also sup
ply Insectcides and barrels to
the growers on the same liberal
fterms. For the information of
i some who fail to j understand
why certified seed potatoes are
different from ordinary field
run seed. We will explain that
Certified seed potatoes are
grown under perfect condition
and the tops kept almost en
tirely free from any and all
forhis of disease. The grow
ing crop is inspected at fre
quent intervels by disinterested
experts. They also inspect the
crop after it is dug ?o see that
one of the potatoes show sign
of disease.
The extra cost of certified
seed is insignificant compared
with the extra yield always 'ob
tained from the certified hill
selected potatoes. Some growers
| who have made comparative
i .ests have found that the in
i _rpase where certified seed was
u^ed almost paid the expense of
their total acreage.
Climate , conditions afford
Polk County potato growers an
advantage over counties north
jf us, as we shoukl be able with
our early planting to sell early
shipments north, and later on
supply the trade of some of the
ities of the extreme South and
Cuba in advance of the north
erly counties. Jacksonville,
Tampa, Birmingham are fine
markets for the latter part* of
our potatoe season, and Cuba is
another outlet for western
North Carolina Cobblers. With
.hese advantages possessed by
Polk County growers every
farmer who can give potato
proper st>il and attention should
plant his bit and hel|3 swell the
carload shipment to tnese mar
kets. ,
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Roasting Ears
Every farmer must admit I
that roasting ear corn is ttye,
-afest money crop on earth and \
ny farmer who lacks the cour-'
age to plant this safest of all
crops, should dig a hole in one
f f ere clay banks, then crawl
' i and draw the Jiole in after
im, so we can see Just how
many red , blooded farmers
there are left iiu Polk County. .
Of course we will plant this
crop with the intention of gath
ering the corn when at the
roasting ear stage,/ but should
the market happen to be oft ' at
shipping time the corn may be
Slewed to mature, and may be
fed right at home to the farm
stock.
The refrigerator car people
have already called on the man
ager and we are assured of the
!*finest kind of iced car service,
far surerior (if plans mature)'
I to any refrigerator car service
I the manager has had any thing
j to do with in other sections of j
! North Carolina where h? has
j been ' located in co-operative
i work. As with the potato crop, ;
this matter of planting ; roast- j
ing corn should be decided up-;
on quickly as the seed must be
i secured of growers in Virginia
before the supply has been
taken up by other parties.
DonH delay this matter for a
minute, but report to Mr. Sams j
or at the Federation office how j
many acres you will nlant.
Early Garden Beets
It was suggested when pre
paring the lettuce beds in thek
fallt that Early Garden Beete
; might be planted in the beds
j aft^r the lettuce plants had
been removed. The manager
will agree to attend to shipping
of the crop, so if you _ care to
use your vacant lettuce bed for
this purpose it should be plantr
! ed quickly if you have not al
| ready done so. Work some fine
well rotted manure, or fertilizer
! in the soil beds before plantirfg
I the seed. The rows in beds
1 maybe planted 12 to 15 inches
apart and the plants .when
thinned should stand 2 to 3 j
inches in the rows. Plant seed
about 1 inch deep. One kind of
1 seed only should be planted and
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you will find it at the Federa-J
tion. If you will follow these '
direction^ dosely your beet'
seed will Vome up inhalf the
tijne. Place beet seed in bowl
of earthern dish and cover with'
water hot enough to bare the
band. Allow thS seed to soak
(in a \tarm place) for two
nights, then drain off the water ;
3tir_ the seed from the bottom
of dish two or three times a day
intil you see the tiny purple
sprouts Showing. they will
?lien be ready for planting.
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By P. C. Sruires
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? field becomes exhausted by cdhk
itmnt tillage. ? Ovid.
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^ , Out of Hit EI?K*-r.!, /
. Jud Tonkins says w*v c< million
aire runs for office the v- he's liable
to do is to cause a lo* %?" c???.<>slty as
to why a man who could .nake all
that money wSsh;t smirl enough not
to pick himself for *
Which Fork, n!eas ?
yWhen American eiricier^y ?s exten?i
ea to good manners, the hostess will
serve a sheet of instructions with each
course. ? Akron Beacon-Journal. ?
Dr. Joe Osborne
DENTIST
Office in Tryon Infirmary.
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