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Saturday, February, 12, .1910. 116 (20) SOUTH CAROLINA STOCK BREEDERS IIEET. An Unasually Largo and Inter, eating Session at Columbia Last PROGRESSIVE FARMER AND GAZETTE. HE EIGHTH annual meeting of the South Carolina .Dairy and Lire Stock,' Association, held at Columbia February 1st and 2nd, was the largest in' the history of the Association. ? President Thomas Taylor, Jr., of Columbia, in opening the meeting, discussed briefly jbut forcibly the feeding of beef cattle, pointing out the profitable nature of the operation when the manure was the only prof It; the necessity for protecting our birds, because of their activities as insect destroyers; and the importance , of continuing more actively the cam paign against the cattle ticks. Prof. J. N. Harper, Director of the Experiment Station of Clemson Col lege; pointed out the Importance of crop rotation. Including the follow ing benefits received therefrom: It prevents the washing of soils, be cause it supplies humus and nils the soil with' fibrous : roots which hold or bind the soil together; lessens the ravages c of Insects because different Insects prey on different crops and the changing of these deprives the Insects of their food; supplies con stant employment for labor, and con serves and adds to soil fertility or plant foods. Chief stress was laid on the importance of humus as a ,- f r . H w . a . sr a v. i twu it rruwi ; r - i'.t , n,, i. Profit, not Necessity, is the Test j li.:" 4 . - 'Why did yon buy fine farm machinery. Improved'' ': live stock and seed, and the best varieties of 'fruit J , Because the man who 6old them to you convinced tou r , V that they would pay.' Proceed on the same basis when - " s yon buy fertilizer. uet the improved fertilizer tho;? ,ro kind with enough Potash in it to make a balanced plant ration. Your dealer would pet it for yon if be i? knew that you wanted it. For grain, use 6: for corn, 8: and for roots.fruit and truck.10 percent, of Potash . . in h fertilizer. If vour dealer has not such brands, eet him to ' 1M MM V . . . . . " buy some Potash salt for you and put tt in tne goods yourself. . . To increase the Potash one pr cent, add two pounds of mur'ate or sulfate of Potash, or eight pounds qi Kainitjto every 100 pounds of fertilizer.. . t' ,-. O . . t Urge yonr fertiliser dealer to carry Potash Salts In 1 uiaau j stock:, lie wui nave will write to us about it. no trouble in buying them it "he it Write to Sales, Office :r GERMAN KALI WORKS Continental Bulldiof . r Baltimore, Ml: r A Guidepost to Increased Profits If you have never : used Peruviaij jmit)' you ; have never realized the' greatest "possible yields from your soil. Peruvian Guano is the excre ment of birds that inhabit the rocky coasts of Peru and adja cent islands. i These birds live on fish, . hence thisf ertilizer is especially rich in certain elements.. , " These elements are in differ $ ent f orms ' aome slowly and . some quickly active, which , thus furnish nourishment to the plant from start to maturity. Peruvian Guano is digested fish and should not be con - fused with inferior products like bat guano, etc. Marry of our farmers have used Peruvian . Guano and know what enormous crops it will produce. We have a beautifully illus : trated book which tells of this wonderful product of nature. , A: copy ; ' .belongs to YOU. ' Write for - it to-day. hi PERUVIAN GUANO CORPORATION CHARLESTON, S.C 1 1 f ,.--.f . mm 4V tor What You Need. q Do you buy f erblizes under a brand like a palest toedidne, ipf do you buy what your lands need ) Cf There are no mae qualities possessed by certain bands, k is merely a question of buying so many pounds of CJ By using bone eked (ert2zen 700 can suit the propouon of quick acting and gradually available phosphoric add and ammonia to your soil. and yon :!V. ; -ni t U.-i r A'ri.;:. 1 1 h - ICnow What You Buy, C The best farmers, those who make the best crops for the least money, and make thear lands more froduetive each 4V7j season. aUhndth&t v 1 v. - ?y?-r uiariestca, V -:. V f; h 1 Home Mixing Pays, formula book sent free trpon request . The mere mixino' of materials to obtain analy sis requires no special knowledge. The value of a fertilizer lies in the source from which the plant food is obtained. Each ingredient in Royster goods is selected 3vith a view of .supplying the plant from sprouting until harvest. The plant is riot overfed at one time and starved-at an other. Twen tv-five years experience goes every -H ,H Nit ' THH(2!P(S DS MdDI?e ! if... f ' 4 V () . .a with ..r-.'. "? ;'n.' - .. 1 . TRADE MARfl wrr.ieTForn Sold by reliable dealers Uirounliout tne South.; ! F. S, EoysSeFGniiSiEio Co.; NORFOLK, VA. t r- : . II. - ... . 1 0; 0 ; 0 0 o . 0; T if ar w S Vvifi GUARANTEE OTTli AmncnTiatrna . ,1 wncn.wriunff them too man t 1 m -r.t Fame knrt n.l - " " " "w VKwoi 1 :.. ,.a mm-m . VV. 7 .7
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