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25 cheaper
you ivant any
thing better than the finest hog and corn
country? Paul M Pfeiffer of Piggott,
Ark., formerly ot lowa. says i can
produce the finest pork.
here than in Iowa or Illinois. -
The first week of October.19i7.we sold 827 bog
at 17c and 17Xc f . o. b. my station, receiving
S9676.58. These hogs pastured on clover until
mid-August; then hogged-down corn field on
which cow peas and soy beans were growing.
Our com paid over S2.50 net for each bushel
eoied." Further down the
Cotton Belt Route, in
Arkansas & East Texas
farmers are making big money. A. 8 Croom.
near Lufkin, Texas, made as much money on
just 20 acres, since last J anuary , as the aver
age northern farmer would make on 100 acres
or more. Mr. Croom actually made $1758 from
diversified farming, or $87 per acre. This is
1 times as much as his whole farm of 47
acres cost Mm a few years ago.
Whatever line of farming you take op In
Arkansas and East Texas along the Cotton
Belt Route, you'll make more than on north
em land, because the climate and soil ad
vantages down there are so much greater.
land and farm bargains in the Southwest
crop Incomes there are away up yet land
values are still very low. Get our free illustra
ted doojks giving run iacts and
pictures of farms prepared by
a practical farmer who traveled
all through that territory and
tells you what he found out.
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SOUTH CAROLINA'S BIGGER
AND BETTER STATE FAIR
A Truly Educational Fair That Should
Have Been Better Attended Some
of the Prize-winners
SOUTH Carolina is building her
agricultural structure on a broad"
and progressive basis. This has been
evident for many years, but the State
Fair of 1917 indicates more clearly
than ever that she is working along
the right lines in order to have her
people lead happy, efficient and well
balanced lives.
Owing to a . number of circum
stances the attendance fell short of
that of last year. The railroads
would give no reduced rates ; many
people thought there would not be
sufficient accommodations because of
the presence of a training camp in
Columbia, while others thought they
must rush the marketing of their
crops while prices were high.
But despite the fact that the at
tendance was not as large as usual
the fair itself was a great success.
In the opinion of The Progressive
Farmer's special correspondent, the
fair as a whole was superior to that
of 1916. The general agricultural ex
hibits were better, the livestock bet
ter, and the farm machinery exhibits
of a superior nature.
Everybody admitted that the best
feature of the fair was the exhibits
prepared by the women. This de
partment was under the direction of
Miss -Edith L. Parrott, and she proved
herself a capable general.
Miss Parrott said that the exhibits
prepared by herself and the home
demonstration agents under her were
merely a reflection of the work they
were doing all the time. This means
much to South Carolina, and if a
South Carolina girl gets an average
public school education and then
takes up the work under her county
home demonstration agent, she will
in fact obtain a normal school edu
cation. The work is arranged for a four
year course in all departments. There
is a four-year canning course ; courses
in cooking, nursing, and practical
home management. The first year's
course takes up the simpler things,
and the difficulty of the courses in
crease from year to year, much as
they do in a normal school.
The exhibits of field-crops was also
a success, and this was largely due to
Dr. Long and his county agents. In
fact, the demonstration forces have
made and are making South Caro
lina. Every booth in the men's and
women's departments was in charge
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157 Pleasant Rooms with '
Private Bath
$2.50 PER DAY
257 Excellent Rooms, with Private
Bath, facing street, Southern
exposure
$3.00 PER DAY
Also Attractive Rooms from $1.50
The Restaurant Prices Are Most Moderate
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of competent agricultural and, home
economics workers, ready to explain
any feature.; of -the exhibit
In fact, one of the most notable
features .of the fair was that every
booth' contained a card saying: "Ask
this exhibit to, be explained." "If you
merely show a man an exhibit of ten
pretty cars of corn," said Dr. Long, "he
will forget about it before he leaves
the building. But if you havea man
there to tell the farmer that that corn
was grown on a clover sod and that
it made 50 bushels of corn per acre
without any fertilizer, he-will'. have',
learned something worth while."
This feature of having things ex
plained was carried out throughout
the fair, and probably did more than
anything else to contribute to the
success of the fair and the spread of
agricultural education.
Trie exhibits of cattle were consid
erably ahead of those of the average
Southern state fair, and were much
better than they were in 1916. The
Taylor Plantations, of Columbia, lead
the exhibits of cattle with their herd
of Jerseys. There were also splendid
exhibits of Holsteins, Shorthorns and
Guernseys.
The showing-of hogs was not as
large as last year, but the quality was
good on the. -whole. The best show
ing was made by Mr. Zed L. Williams,
of .Sunshine Berkshire Farm, Colum
bia,' while Kinard Duroc Stock Farm
was a close second with its display
-of Durocs.
-Following are the livestock awards :
HORSES
liofliir E Chapman' best model stal
yearaVsed.'116 hrSe Stalllon thr"
Won by G T. Little, best three-year sad
dle horse stallion first; best runabout stallion
laidldlgs?arrre andeondbelfflve:
Won by J. H. Faulk, best two-year colt
first and scond; best colt under one year
second; best brood mare and Xl fW
harness Shetland pony, fir best pS? hUS
draft mares, second; best three-yefr stalK
rJflyKFl?,lk, Hampton, best one-year
colt, first; best colt under one year, first
Won by T . L. Harmon, best colt, one year
old, second; best flve-galted stallion Sldfne
oLmaeBec,ond: b6St single roadWfr d8e!
cond; best pair mares, first. lVAUar- e-
liofirst Gr0t' b66t Shetland I tai-
lan?, L?dHelmS' St harness S
rS5 fiAr-8tB- FeTB?a0 best oW team
fi Won by J. M. Elliott, best single roadster.
CATTLE
byJTa7loVp!LnPtraHe8 In thl8 Class wer
ayior Plantation except heifer inni.
yearling. Second by J. H. Culberson
GuemseyB. Won by R. m Cooner
.hree-year bull, first; bul junior calf' ffc
w.' fi ; twiyflera8r
Sndfl;rteehdyrgrheyredarS tot
inllTK' D'-J0rdan -on everything
yVl"I0nhy , J- Kinard, three-three-year
c't$i?Xlor1ve!irlla fit:
y!f. 0W' 8econ9: two year cow first
heifer senior yearline swnnS. i.if ' '
calf, first. &a1a ' eCona heifer junior
7 nrBt duH senior yearline flrnt- ki,ii
lTa,L xr.2"lJ.' i' .5of
Herefords. Won bv L T r,,!.. .u
second; heifer junior yearline first nnA
andfi:r8JtU-nr.rr Ca,f.' flr8t'and cond; graded
W A f t v' yUngr erd- flrst- wn
y a. b. Smoak, three-year bull, second- bull
Jonr ytfr!ln flt; bull senior calf, se
mm: bul1 'nlor jcalf, flrst. Won by J. F.
McMastor, three-year, bull third.
VyAT.r,Kln,a,rdWar(l8 ,n thl" ClaM WCre WOn
SWINE
w"ik"hJrrA.U p.r,2es ,n th,s ,c,aM wer
won by Zed h. Williams except third prize.
x months boar by J. D. Culbertson, second
THE PROGRESSIVE FARMER
prize a iz month ow by W t m.
and third by B. Harris: & CnPmtn,
N,roJand-ChJn All .prlxea .la tin. ,
wera xyn by J. W. Rasor. thU -cl
. Tamwortli. All prire la thl. rl...
won by W. R. Younglnger. ClaM
Duro-Jerys. Won by W P ri.v .
year boar, flrst; .Ix-month. bo fl2V.tw
to two-year sow, flrat and second; belt'.e
year sow, first, aecond and. third' i ?"
two-year sow. first -and second; iii-mnt.i0
sow. flrt and second; best pa r nir? ths
and third; bost ten head dispUy. fl?if8' r8t
by J. A. Mahaffey. one to two-year hn
first; six-months boar, third; Vft 0ar
year sow. third; best pair pig- second- k I
ten head display, second. "cond, best
O. I. C'a. All prizes In this class wr
by W.'P. Plnnant. Were Woi .
"-''' "" - : ' .V" p T. HINES.
Farm Drainage in North Carolina
CINCE drainage lies at the basis of
V successful agriculture in" the Coas
tal Plain Region, which comprises an
area of over -14,000,000 acres, nearly
one-half of tji'e total area of the state
it was decided by the authorities of
the North Carolina Experiment Sta
tion that a bulletin bearing on the
subject of "Farm Drainage" would be
very useful to the farmers of the
state. Bulletin 234, "Farm Drainage
in North Carolina' has been prepared
accordingly by Mr. H. M. Lynde,
Senior Drainage Engineer of the
North Carolina Experiment Station,
and is now ready to be mailed to
citizens of the state upon request.
This bulletin takes up the question
of drainage on the average North
Carolina farm and gives in detail by
description and photographs what
should be done by a farmer who con
templates draining his land. The
lands that need drainage are first dis
cussed, after which the different
methods to be used and the benefits
of each are brought out. "Tile Drains
and their construction" takes, up the
larger part of the bulletin, and this
question is written so the average
farmer can understand, yet the tech
nical detail is not lost. In concluding
the bulletin. Mr. Lynde says, "Tile
drains properly installed are a per
manent investment and very little
maintenance is required. The increase
in crops in from six "to ten years will
usually pay for the cost of drainage,
after which this increase is an annual
profit for an indefinite time."
On account of the technical char
acter of the bulletin, it will not be
mailed broadcast to citizens of the
state, but may be had on application
to F. H, Jeter, State Experiment Sta
tion, Raleigh, N. C.
A Farmer's War Profits
'THE idea that ar profits should be
taxed to help pay for the war has
met with general approval, because it
is but right.
The present prices of cotton are
war prices. Farmers are getting $50
more for each bale of cotton and the
seed than expected, yet it is not even
suggested to tax the price of cotton,
but to point out that farmers should
buy Liberty bonds, because they have
more money than anyone else in the
country at this time.
For every bale of cotton made at
least $25 could be invested in Liberty
bonds, and the producer would re
ceive more than he expected, amd, be-
,side's,'have Liberty bonds, which area
basis of future credit. He is not ask
ed to give, but to loan a part of his
unexpected surplus to defendthe bal
ance of his property, his home, his
liberty and his country. Bright Wil-
.liamson, in the Darlington' News and
Press.
How to Trap the Hawks
DUT up a pole about ten feet high
in an open field. Nail a steel-trap
on the errd of the pole; you may
-catch some birds, but not very many.
.Attend these traps every, day. Have
, the pole-attached to a stake with two
pegs -in it; pull out one peg and the
other is stationary. The pole will
then go down while you hold it to
take off the bird. Then raise the pole
to its place again, put in the peg and
it is ready for another hawk.
H. T. JONES.
Wake Forest, N. C.