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FAIR VIEW SEED
P&laetto, Ga.
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There is a reason why we grow ,
the BEST SEEDS. Our booklet
will tell you. Ask us.
. We are. offering Cleveland's .
Big Boll, Cook's Improved, Broad
well's Double Jointed, . Bank Ac
count," Early Triumph," Lancford
Cluster. Uncle Sam and Talum's
Big Boll
"SEED CQZZtl ' -
Batt's Prolific, Marlboro Pro-
lific, Tatum's Improved an d
. Shaw's Improved.
All pure, true to name and the
best money can buy.,
i For special prices and descrip-
i tive booklet, address
Eow to Control Surfcce ami SnI::!I Uclsiv
A USEFUL DRAG.
" : and use- under drains to hills and
where It ia wet and seepage... ,
- V - Until ' two years ago I worked
(Two-Dollar Prize Letter.) " . some branch : land - tor nine or 10
T SEND the readers of The Progress ' years, making almost a iaiiure every
1 lve Farmer a plan of a drag for , Jear. I consulted Demonstration
making ditches and terraces. .. '. : Agents, but- the land : being: buck
Procure a- plank one and one-half ::shotyf; they gave ma no encourage
fnr.hAA hv 12 inches wide ' six feet r meat,- I tried my one pole idea, and
long. Get another place one and one-in.TUO made a bale ot cotton, per
half by eight or 10 Inches wide five1 - acre, :and some: land fa J911 made
feet long; cut thesa T sloping so as: 6 bushels corn pecacre,;; These; two
to fit at an angle, or V shape, spacing' years were very ? wet through. June
andJulnJ, , T. J. BEACnr ,
Increase ctrtaistj el crops tzi tcf. r crc;s, tJ
. cuke culUvitlsa txsj ty c-lr. 3 czi
GTadaof ClayJ ' .s
The best smooth and uniform, Jilffh trade, everlasting-
Our tile, book IS paces ttlls how and.-:
Why and is FREE -Write for ItTO-DAYI , r '
PCCXA TER2A -C0TTA CO, Pc2, H. C
CEMENT DHAIM TJLn
: ; Ccoi'slnpn
Re-impr oved and well selected. Sold
J V S. Government doing demonstration
1 1 work in N. C. for past five years. Price
; : II per bushel.
C A. WILLIAMS,
Ringwoodi, '" . . . NVC
racrrs prolific
COTTON SEED
'- - Early, Mff' boll, and. Improved by per
sonal selection of seed. Absolutely pure.
. Place your orders1 now for this celebrated
variety. - v ;
In lt oi Ten Busbeht or - -; ,
More, 80c. per Bushel f.o.b. " "
- I 'll, H. KICKS, - - Rocky Mount, N. C.
GARRETT'S SEED CORN
" Von prfee over other varieties of $100
offered by, the Board of Trade of
" , " Cheraw. 1
Price $2per BusheL
R. B. LANE Y
' CHERAW, S. C. ' " '
i ', DRANCH'S GENUINE RATTLESNAKE
: WATERMELON SEED
CLY PURE STRAIil Carefully selected. : Kept pure
Wmim tTiTP f or tr yeara No other viarietr
acre. Pure fteed imnossible where different kinds
are grown. loz,15c 2dz.25c4oa.40c i lb. 60c
A 1 lb. $1.00-5 Ids. $450-10 lb $3.50 delivered.
' Remit iegistered letter or money order. Send for Seed
3 Annual. Manual on molon culture with all orders,
r U. L BRANCH, Berzelia, Colmnbia Coaaty, Georfti
; 1 . .Fewer acres bat better seed. The king of all cotton Is
y FJMGUirS EIPROVED SUGAR LOAF .
.1' The earliest and most prolific cotton known.
. 1 Have be n improving this cotton for fifteen
years. All ser d grown by me, and sinned at my
.gin. No inferior seed sold. Prices reasonable.
V fAddress
THE GREENFIELDS FARM
i Wake Forest, N. G ' :
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t , :46 EARS OF CKOOK8 WTTITB PBOLTFIC
; ' , GIANT CORN . -.v--- -
! :Shelled one bushel. Our .White Giant ' was
. : tested at th Alabama Experiment Station
, last year wltn 20 leading varieties and out-" ;
i '- yielded them all. Catalog free. .J,'
J ' CBOOK BBOTHEBS, - ;
.' ',; j; . ' Huron, .Teim;;':;;;,.:;;:''.;;.-:
) COTTON SEED ;
. ; i Cook's Improved Blc Boll, grown from pure seed,
. maieone to two bsdes per sere. Yields 40 pounds Unt
-, - iper hundred, ginned on farm opens early. Price tl.50
' : perbusbeL . . , - -, .
J J. n. BARNETT, Westminster, S. C,
r ' HUNT'S IMPROVED PROLIFIC WHITE
!-: SEED CORN,
; Field selected from sUIkf ksving twe to- three, good
ean Sclent flcally bred for six years. Hand shelled..
- Peek, 75 cents; Half-bushel, 11.40; Bushel, 12.60. .
R. P. HUNT, Route 2, Wake Forest, N. C.
SWEET POTATO SLIRS
I am headqu-rters for Florida Grown Pumpkin
Yam Slips. My leading potato produced this
.". season 756 bushels per acre. Price same as com-
mon stock. Write for booklet
J IL DAVIS, t ; Bartow. Fla.
.SEE O C O R 1NJ
Boone County Special, carefully bred and selected. "
CREENDALESTCCK FARHIS, JJLAndrewsJPropn
Drawer 71. - . ;. - ,r - - Koanoke V.
Eoir Best to. Lay Tfle,;
IT IS all right to start' laying, tile
- at tha upper end of, a drain, pro
vided you. are- working. : in - land that
xvilL not care, but it would not do
... a. M. i ' .
. , wwww : in our aection aa our boU varies-bo
the rear ends three and one-half fee't that some part, would surely cave
apart,' bracing across .with a two by i ahead of the work and complicate it.
six inch,, two feet long. Fasten a , This: method has the .advantage, otJ
Strong piece of one and one-half by eliminating the danger of tile ,be
six inch, flvei feet long; on. top par- " ing choked .by sand: from caving or
Convert that 'barren Ut3 cl yoxra latav
fertile - fields by usin . cement. lrala tile. , ' :
Made- In slses from three- to- six iochesk , .
Write t-day."" 1 ' v - - ,
CONTENTNEA CONCEETB COHPAmTT
allel with landslide-' 16 inches from
outside; It should -have a bolt an
old wagon, box strap iron rod will'
answer through centre. In , front
end four holes for hitch. The bot
tom back edge of. wing should be
beveled, off so as to give: it a sharp,
washing, but, plainly it ts necessary
to keep drain clear to its mouth, so
that there , will no accumulation of
water, which would, of course, stop
the work and increase the caving.
I have had a nine-foot ditch.-, cave
until i the gorge:i was720' feet wide.
cutting edge or a plate of iron would Grading is a most important featura
be better stilL -
The slopes of wing and landslide
at front end should be cut so as to
give top of wing some backward
slanting to give suction to ground.
Hitch two good horses to this and
drive standing on, you can make a
fine terrace by running once -or
twice in furrows ofter having plowed
it first. ' -
- This can be made into any size. . depth ; of 12 or 1 5 inches- below the
For cleaning ditches it. should be- tile These wells can also be used to
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Really hlsh-erade seed corn-Is ecarcedb
year. But wehav it. Don't take any chances
on what yon bay. You can absolutely bank on
what we have to offer. Last Fall's rains did a
lot of damagevbut we sent our experts broad
cast and in particular favored communities
they made their selections from the largest
crops. And with this seed corn we are pro-
Eared to supply our trade. It is all from the
ighest pedigreed stocks; dried on-the cob
and carefully graded. None of it has been in
shock. . Order what you need now. Select
Boone ' County White;- Johnson County
White; Johnson County Yellow; Gold Stand
ard Learning, Reid's Yellow Dent and other
extra fine varieties; - .
We carry largest, comPUU tin of grass,
clover, field and, garden seeds Write for
" our beautifully illaattatrnd deectiptla ' ,
' catalogue. We wilt send it free and it
will sav you 25 per cent on tested seeds,
ZZ2, STC33S S C V tcuisviHa, tcr.iu:iy
made smaller. , ' .
J, VL CORNELIUS.
, Sherrills Ford, N a V V '
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of tile drainage : it should be aa near-;
ly uniform as possible. With but one
inch fali to 100 feet, the tilefwill
surely choke from the silt, which
will gradually settle in the tile until
it is entirely' cjaoked where there is
less than five inches fall to each 1 0 ft
feet. Thero should be side-wells
begVXs" to CI S?KE: IJORECOTTpIT
- vu vtra doiub nvica(v uy WICCUUE yuur BCQU Wlwl
greater care., It means more bjJes.::,; -- , . '
King's Early Iraprorcd is a very early, 'small
boiled, small seeded, early maturing: variety..
Originated la highlands c North Carolina. Bred '
with great care. Price, 85c per bu. In lots of S
or more ban 6Sc. ' - -
" Simpkins Prolific makes cottbn from ton to
ground and la at least 10 day Mrer than any
; other variety a big consideration in boll weevil
sections. Gins 40 pound of hot to the 100 Pure,
bred and grown by originator. Price, $1 pebi&
5ormorebu75c. ' '- ";- ' x -
Plant the above varieties this year. They are '
money makers .big yieklers; early matnrinr. .
40o Untl Strictly high grade-seed. - Prompt
shipments. Write at once for catalog. . Ask for
prices on car lot deliveredL Don t delay.
WCK0SY STSD COmTraitSt, Kdory, lid
flush out the A silt, by 'stopping the
water until it rises in the wells, then
letting it go. . The total . fall of a
proposed drain, can;,bel. found, by
nailing a lath two feet long across
another six;feet long, tone foot from
one end, and" at' right "agtes. Then
The Poor Man's Drain TUe.
N DRAINING wet lands I have al
ways used poles, usually three, but : nlaeft a leVfit OTV the short lath, stand
two years ago got tired of cutting thV cross at either end of the pro-
and handling so much, timber and posed draIri wlth the cr0S3 aPm
fell on this, plan; Cut ditch with - level, 'sight along- the top, and with
good outlet.; as. deep as you have :a Iath tak the bearing at the other
fall, lay off, straight and cut with end of tn
straight, slope to bank,' so -bottom gmallerv from the greater .and you
will-be about 10 incheaLet stand'- wni-ComeXneap having f the fall di-
open as long as y possune to aram.
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c Cut pine poles six or eight inches
In diameter and eight feet long. One
good straight tree will make
severaL Start at opening of
ditch distributing poles. Use
-larger ones first. Having
poles In ' place, begin f your '
work Split poles as for old
fashioned house-logs, except
you , press them open about
four -inches and tack a strip
at each end to hold open.
Leave bottom untouched, it
will be top when placed in
ditch- Strips should be, one
by two, long enough to take
up space in bottom of ditch,
the strips . hold poles up : if
bottom of ditch; is muddy..
One hand and '. ; mytelt
spilt ; and put in, ready :
for covering, o ver 400
feet , in one : day. -When you get
poles in, it will look liko one straight
vide: the total by ihe distance) and
thero Is your grade, ! ' i , " ' ' t
; Mr." French's plan to dig the dram
as deep aa it illrstand wiUiout'cav
ing is right as. it facilitates the work,
. andi-requlres less personal super
vision ; I would not take the! bark
from poles used for under-dralns as
: the barkwill help to keep them, con-
tinuouslr sobbed; which, is necessary,
i to keep them from rotting, I have
' some such drains working, that were
' put down in 1878. ; T J. HAMLIN.
ML Pleasant, S- CL' - 1 " .
f Tdont get orders from every catalog T
ea,d 5 kut 1 00 Wt enouglx to show the
. roalority of farmers- find something ot
interest in It That's why . I think you'd
. be glad to get a eopy. -Why not send me
.. your name and address?
;;" Mention The Progressive. Fwmer. I :
XIMim P. STOKES, Sccdsna
' Dept ZS, PhSUdelphU. . ;
COTTON : EEID
pole. This is much, easier than ioin-
ACEIC Icag Staple Cotton Seed, S ing three poles and saves timber, bench In. the," middle by-10-penny
cenonlnraupart.Sd SSWJOTX "01?s Pce, covering comes nexL ; nails partly v driven. A more simple
min ntnnn. . --. w i inn. taaiTAa nni nn.
woa too t go, yiua ouavv, - iU30 ttuu
briers off the 'ditches - Put in be
side the poley tramping- them down,
shovel off the bank so., a horse can
walk on it, take a good turning-plow
and the Job is easily finished.
Simpkins Early and Aliens Silk, the best upland
long staple, 1 to 10 bn. at tt per bu.," 10 to 25 bo.
at0c,25to6abn.at75eper bu.
-: G. C. SELMAN, -
MONROE, GA.
KIPROVED SEED FCH PlANTCkG,
Improved Dongola. and Improved : Cleve
land T?lir TlntV tw& t .K vA-
ueuui io V9 eigui, leei 10 la ieei oi couon.to Pe found, nave been lmprov-
long ana two pieces or equal lengtns
two and one-half ' feet to three : and
one-half.' feet long. , At a hardware
store buy as 75 cent carpenter's
spirit level. ' Secure it on top of
How To Terrace With Dynamite,
MAKE a land level of; three pieces
1 of scantling or any "cheap, rough
straight-edge . stuff ; ' one tor your
ing- these, varieties for the naat ten. vaaral
andi gTiaxantea.aH aad to ba. puia. and. amuad
Write for samples and price. - Could not aup- :
ply demand ! llll... -Martbora
Seea Corn; $2 per -buahei. " . : - A
W. D. SPEARMAN. Social Circle. Cav!
hart cotton. .
P. C COMMANSm, Flocence. S. C. ' v
fcj i-oim. pouitky and noo.PABM. ?.??r man' Die.to.Dny timber or yoor tenscet Or, man may fol- trOV!PFAw-CjnVnT7Am
: ' ; Write U3 for prices;' v-. .' , '
This kind of drainage is for the
and accurate device could; not khe
Imagined.- But it you prefer buy a
land level for W or 15. Two men
can level 60 or. more acres a. day.
One takes the level and one follows
with a hoe, chopping out one hoeful
of dirt at each end, .thua indicating
nonrs Mexican- bio-doll cotton:
The v mast . VYiaderful . ylelder yet known
Does not require Ins trust Ion a toi grow two
bales per acre. . It ear on common land.
I .have- rrows tlretw Ltrtert and earliest,
bit boll known. Thirty bolls ta pound.. Ex
pertmen tat .tests show the- rleld" 800 to I.ZOf
pourxda per acre- avar other vartatlts. Coaia
selected sed to off sr. Peak, Hr hushaU Is.
An tnrestment to set them. Best of refer
enevsv.
J. IX UOrir. &harav K. C
rti
ub or
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ni pullet.
wi4 pteMO rm.
. . srMLM. 17,,. - ' - , va (. mini lUttj lUi
VSSA&JBTS tiling, hut who has poles at hand. It . low with a turn plow or twister, dh
'i.te.!!''' yr'ott, eueTiT; f Is better than, lumber If he had it. cardtoir hoe. Throw eermt rfnon fW
r. : Khorna. we especially for small creek or branch 1 raw an tnr torrnrc Knm witir r,r
: w.Vl 1,!?! c ' lanL You cai havo ono maIn dltcn ' 6cT of one and ono-half-inch iron.
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