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JONCOKP, N. C. TUESDAY JAN. 7 2
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THE SOUTH.,
'01d Fogy' Has home Up to-Date Ideas
on Fa mi i& and Pens Thein Down
Thines to Be Considered and Plans
! Suggested.
The general principles that
underlie farming are the same
the world over but the agricul
ture of each extended territory
has its distinctive pe.uliarities
impressed upon it by climate,
soil or other local conditions.
The agriculture of Europe is, in
many respects, very different
from that of the United States,
and that of the Northern States
is widely unlike that of our
Southern States. Even in our
Southfern States there are local
conditions which call for local
practices. Thus-clay soils require
different treatment from those
that are sandy hilly lands from
those that jfire level. Suchdif
ferences may and often do exist
on the same farm, and one of the
most profitable things a farmer
can do is to study carefully tha
peculiarities of every field on his
place. In the first pi aVie every
field should be measured so that
its acreage may oe known. This
is important both in the pitching
of the crops.and In tbe distribu
tion of manures.
Again, s soil should be
studied in reference to its natural
drainage, that is, the rapidity
with which it dries off after rain
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ana gets in 10 condition 10 wire
Trio n rw 1 1 v; vn.rv thi, v in .
this respect, but such difference
is often overlooked, and no al-
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FARMING IS
No one thing, perhaps, is moro'than we ought, not only of our -
injurious to clay soils than plow-but of our possessions also.
ino- tVipm wlifln tnn tvpit nnrl vot 1 " 6 natter ourselves that such a
, Tery "cTtt done ;o.a wiU make a ed crop ot
Sometimes' when the soil is thin 'corn or cotton this year, in the
the upper part may be dry -fa-co of the fad that it has not
enough but the subsoil, which is jdone it in years past. We excuse
reached by the plow, is still and apologize for it by attribut-j1now
tnn wot ing failure not to the land itself
too wet. o .
The adoption of each field to but to season, or failure on our
pariicuiar crops is uisu wuuny t - - -
of special note. The same ro- ( needed, or something else-,. Tbe
tation may not suit equally well ,only safe rule is to judge it by
all the fields on a farm. This is jtno average crops it yielded dur
obvious in case of wet or damp the last five years. Unless it
bottom lands, which will not ad-
mit of cotton or wheat in a rota-1
tion. It may not be so obvious
in case of uplands, but careful
observation will generally dis-
cover similar pecuriarities and
adaptations in -these. A light
thirsty soil may not bring a pay- jfrom money and labor expended
ing crop of corn, but may pro- on it. Profit decreases as. pov
j.aa Mmnnditva .in'nf tioas !'erty of land increases. Atone
or of winter grain, as tnt latter
does . not suffer so much from
drougth. Certain soils will not
make good cotton, but produces
usually good crops of grain.
Such peculiarities should be care
fully studied and noted, and
one's crops aranged according
ly. It is in these nicer adapta
tions that much of one's clear
profit lies.
It is very important also to
studv each field with reference
to its capacity to produce any
crop that will yield a clear profit.
We are satisfied that there are
thousands of acres cultivated
that do not pay the expense of
cultivation. They might pos
sibly pay something in small
grain, where cultivation is re
duced to a minimum, or in grass,
where the cultivation is still
less. English farmers who study
profit and loss much more care
fully than most of our farmers
do, have of late Years changed
much of their lands from grain
to grass, finding the cultivation
of grain unprofitable. And many
of our farmers would do the
same thing with their cotton
fields if they were equally cogni
zant of the facts and equally
wise to act upon them. But the
misfortune is that so few of our
farmers have that exact knowl
edge of their affairs which en-
ables them to say positively that
this pays and that does not. Too
much of our farming, alas, is
done in the dark.
Method and system not only
lessens labor greatly but contri
bute largely to successful results
in any pursuit. This is eminent
ly truo in farming. The fir.it
thing a farmer needs to know is,
what are his assets, that is, his
means nuu 'ijMiaiiues lor curry
ing on the work of the year.
What efficient stock is on hand?
what provisions to feed them,
j what cash to pay for labor, how
'much good land he, has land
,at will pay lor cultivation, ana
lastly, though not in the nature
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of an asset, yet a factor that
should not be overlooked, the
supply and reliability of labor '
within his reach. I
Perhaps the first item he should j
carefully consider is the amount
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critic, .not biased by partiality
because it is his own. We are
very prone to minic more nigniy'
has been heavily manured and
judiciously cultivated it has
'grown poorer, and will produce
less in the future than in the
past. No proposition is simpler
and plainer than : The richer the
land the greater the net profit-
point the value of crop prqduced
and expense of cultivation are
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just equal. Beyond this point
expense continues to exceed val
ue of - crop, ' and cultivation be
comes a source ot actual loss.
Now on the same farm there may
be fields rich enough to pay
handsome profits others too
poor to pay any. If all are cul
tivated there may be a small
average profit, but the profit
would have been greater if the
POr ne:as naa noi oeen cuiu-
vated, because the expense of
cultivating them being saved
might legitimately be passed to
profit account. The case is ana
logous to that of a dairyman
keeping a herd of cows, some
fine milkers, some poor. The
cost of food is the same for each.
The profit in milk and butter
comes mainly from the the good
milkers.
(CONTINUED WEDNESDAY.)
MR. WYATT SEES HIS MISTAKE.
Did Not Beat His Mother-in-Law Sor-
rf He Married the Swiss Woman.
Speoial to The Charlotto Observe .
I notice an article this morn
ing in your paper which does me
a great iujustice, in which it is
stated that I. belabored .my
mother-in-law with a stick of fire
wood. This is a false report.
I have been very kind to her and
when she was sick employed a
nurse until she got well. I
turned my home over to my wife
and mother-in-law. thought an
outfit suitable for the occasion
and sent Mrs. Wyatt to, the
Charleston Exposition as inter-'
preter and to help me advertise
my granite business. The"
later on I sent her mon6y to
y her board bi1 whJch she
took and come home with to get
somo more oney aim uui
more of my household goods and
and
curiosities, and it wa not until
then that I found out I had made
such a great mistake in getting
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married so hastily to the Swiss
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ladv- They took full charge of
my home and closed and locked
the doors for two days and
nihtS anc, packed up all my
. miPta?nc lambre-
iquins and moved the piano and
organ over in their bed room.
All this while packing and pro-
marine to leave to parts un
jknown whenever I pay them a
q gum of mQney which
Uoy are now trying to force m.
to pay them. It seemstliat.lt is
only the money and property
that thoy are aftur. I did not
that jhis was th(J way of
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these Switzerland people; or I
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their trap.
Faith, N.
J T Wyatt
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Jan.
5.
Meeting the liainsciir Chapter.
The Dodson Ramseur Chapter
of the U. D. C. will meet with
Mrs. H M Barrow on Saturday,
the 18th; to celebrate the tirth
days of Leo and Jackson. All
the members of the Chapter are
most cordially invited to be pres
ent. The following programme
has bedi arrangod fpr the occa
sion : -
Plans Solo Mrs. W R Harris.
Sketch of. Leo ani Jackson
Mrs. J P Allison.
Piano Solo Mrs. RABrower.
Song Miss Rose Harris.
Reading, "The Sword of Lee"
Mrs. J M Odell.
Piano Solo Miss Julia Bar
row. Mr. D A Caldwell is spending
the day in Charlotte on business.
Mrs. L A Steifcl and son, of
Cannonville, loft this morning
for Pelzer, S. C, to live. Mr.
Steifel left the first of tbe year.
Mrs. J M Furr, who has boon
visiting relatives in the city,
left this morning for her home
at Kings Mountain. Mrs. Mattie
Furr accompanied her and will
spend a few weeks with her. j
RXTRAOR BINARY I BARGAINS
ALL OVER THIS STORE.
First, last and all the time this is-the store of the peo
plethe great masses whose patronage goes where the
best values are to be had. The sole power to draw
crowds here lies in the uniformly low prices that pre
vail for worthiest qualities. We seek constantly to
widen our scope of business, to enlarge our facilities and
broaden our service. On the first of each year an effort
is made here to give our patrons better service and make
changes that are beneficial to our "customers and our
selves.
interested
bargaii
Now comes a January Sale that all humanity is
in. This is a sale of denendable crnbris at realv
u prices. The eroods in our store look even better .
than they do on paper. During the holidays a great
deal ot goods were somewhat soiled and wrinkled m
decorating. These goods go in this sale for less than
cost and are as god as hew. ; :
We hate just purchased SxVMPLE GOODS in Men's;
Wear "at greatly reduced prices :
Ten ' "dozen Men's Wool Fleeced Shirts and
DraVers, rjeal vilue 1.00 per garment, our
special price 62'
Twenty dozen Knit Undershirts, big value,
only ' . 25,'.
SiXXXJLlplO Sox
Twenty dozen Sample Sox, the very best and selected
to sell from and they retail at 40 and 50 cts, in this sale
your choice of the high grade sox at 25c.
Ladles' Hosiery
Within a short time the sales in our Hosiery Depart
ment have, increased wonderfully and we attribute the-,
worthy quality to be the cause. We claim to m1 the
best 10, 15 and 25 cent hosiery to be had and a visit to
this store will prove our talks. Special GO dozen chil
dren's hose, extra heavy, at '10c
Orje case of Misses double knee Hose, superior quali
ty, at . 121c.
Fifteen dozen Ladies Sample Hose at 15, 25 and B5c.
that are worth double. The quantity is limited and will
bo picked over quickly.
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Just Keep Coming !
And if moving time is delayed much long
er we will not have such a job after all.
For the next few days until, our new
quarters are ready, we are going to make ,
prices that wijl sell goods, if
Low Prices Will Sell Them
Thanking you for past favor and asking you
to pass over our mistakes when it 's possible,
we will try and do better in the future.
Again thanking you and asking you to call
and see us we are : yours to .try to please,
The Bell & Harris Fur. Co,
Good Job Work!
X (Idle substantiate this statement
a with the real stuff, and leave it to you
y to say whether our work is all right or
h not; and if it is not we guarantee to ij
X make it so. We are here to make a K
X profita livingalso to do. justice to ft
w our customers. w
The Standard Job Office.
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