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COLUMBUS. J.C, NOV. 9. 191 1.
lb. bales of coiion per acre. Or,
figuring on a ten acre basis, theie
is as much plant food rendered
available on this ten acre tract as
would be removed from it by
2GG0 bu. of corn. 3000 bu. of oats
1500 bu. of wheat or sixty 50C 2b.
bales of cotton. Itct only so but
the after efiect of this enormous
amount of vegetable matter
plowed into and mixed with the
Mii will shew for years to come.
J. L. Burgess,
N. C. Dept. of Agriculture.
Your
Horses, Cows,
and
Heal Estate
Hecissity of Ornis Hitter fa Sell,
. Or. &eea Kannrlni.
No. llVELVET BEAN.
While it will not mature in our
short season, the velvet bean has
no equai as r sou improver. ininK
of a plant urowirg a vine 75 ft.
long bearing leaves 4x3 finches
with three of these .leaves on
everj' leaf stalk and the leaf
stalks set thick on the vine. What
a mass of vegetable matter this
would make to plow down for
soil improvement! It is fabulous,
the amount of green vegetation
this plant will produce to the
acre. The usual objection to the
use-of this plant is that it makes
no much vino that a disc harrow
cannot be forced through it if
grown. where the land is in a fair
state of cultivation.
The velvet bean is not a native
of the United States but was im
ported from India. It requires a
long season in which to ripen
seed,- but can be grown success
fully for soil improvement pur
poses in most of the piedmont
and in all of the coastal plains
section. It should be planted as
soon as all danger, of fmst has
pansed as-it is Hot at all hardy.
Some farmers find it good prac
tice to let the frost get the crop
before plowing Sr. under in order
to reduce the bulk of vegetable
matter to be turned under. It is
also a good practice, in some
cases, to let the vines lie on the
ground over winter and turn
them i;nder in the spring prior to
planting.
The velvet bean runs high in
nitrogen and potash. The follow
ing table shows a ton of. green
velvet bean vines to contain 11
lbs. of nitrogen, 2.8 lbs. of phos
phate, and 11.4 lbs. of potash.
The numbei of tons that can be
grown on an acre 13 very great,
but a fair average is about twen
ty. Composition of Green Velvet Beans
Compared with Composition-ef Fresh
Hor.se and Cow Manure,
.itresrea rotate Pota-ii
Velvet Bean i. 2 8 u.4
- Fresh cow manure . 7,6 1.6 7.3
Fresh horse manure 8.7 1.9 7 3
Now let us see how much plant
food this growth would add to
our ten acre field. Twenty tons
would add to one acre 220 lbs. of
nitrogen; 56 lbs. of phosphate,
and 229 lbs. of potash.' We have
only to multiply these figures by
ten to get the plant food added
to the ten acre field. Should the
farmer be able (which is hardly
probable) to cut this mass of
vines to nieces with his Wn
disc and plow them under he
would add to the soil of his field.
2200 lbs. of nitrogen, and render
available, 5(50 lbs. of phosphate,
and 2290 lbs. or' potash.
.This, you will note, is as much
nitrogen as you can get from
about 290 tons of fresh cow man
ure or 55 tons of an 8-2-2 com
mercial fertilizer. The phosphate
manure is equal to that found in
350 tons of fresh cow manure or
in Zh tons of an 8-2-2 commercial
fertil izer. The potash thus ren
dered available is equal to that
found in 312 tons of fresh cow
manure or in 37 tons of an 8-2-2,
The amount of nitrogen thus
snatched from the air and fed to
the crop in the short space of one
year equal to that remQyed by
BRIEFS I E5M MELT3 EUL
,irepondence cf The Nrv.s.
The eighth daughter was born
to Mr. and Mrs. Merideth Kan
dolph.the 1st inst.
Miss Mabel Gilbert, a seven
teen year old girl, recently picked
334 lbs. of cotton in.one day, and
qi it before night.
Mr. and Mrs. Roland Gilbert,
also Mr. and Mrs. Hamp Gilbert,
spent Sunday night with their
uncle and aunt, 'Mr. and Mrs. K.
C. Gilbert.
The Misses LeaUia and Efne
Thompson a t tend e d Sunday
school here Sunday.
Mrs. Dora Vestbrook visited
her sister, Mrs. Tom Covington,
Jr., Sunday.
From all! appearances there
was an abundance of "booze" in
this town Sunday; both old men
and young went wabbling around
like young calves with weak legs!
Success to the News.
Gp.etcIien.
For Salt
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NOTES FROM LAN DRUM NO. 1.
S;.cial to TL Ni
The farmers are nearly through
picking cotton iii this vicinity.
Though Monday was a rainy
day the men hitched up their
horses and went to Rutherford
ton to trade anyway.
Mr. It. II. Golightly went to
j Spartanburg Wednesday to at
tend the funeral of his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Bennett.
Mrs. Hall of Spartanburg is
visiting her daughter, Mr. Mary
Watson,- who is very sick.
Messrs. Roy Bridges and Chas.
Stockton attended Sunday-school
at the Coxe schoolhouse Sunday.
All enjoyed a good singing at
Mr. J. D. Blackwell's Sunday
ni&ht.
Miss Louise Golightly of Ir.man
is visiting her aunt, Miss Lula
Golightly, this week.
7 T Monroe Horn is on the sick
list ci.: -. week.
Mr. Tom Geer of Rutherford
ton was in this vicinity last week
end.
Mr. J. W. Webb of Green
Mountain, N. C., will return
next Saturday to teach the Mill
Creek School. Get up your sweet
est smiles, girls!
Misses Lillie and Carrie Green
way were the guests Of Misses
Head last week end.
Mr. Marshal Abrams spent lat
Sundaywith his old friend, Mr
N. E. Sheehan.
There is a wedding expected in
this part very soon can you
guess?
Polly.
NOTICE QF SUMMONS.
North Carolina, Polk County,
In the Superior Court, Spring term, 191 2.
JAMttS I. HKUCK vS DONE BROCK.
Tbe defendant above" named -will' take
notice Omt n iieiion entitled a above has
Ween coiuuiencnl in the Superior Court of
l'olk Couiny whftudy tlie plaintiff James I.
Ilroi'k v ill (' fin absolute di voice from
ihilir lt.':'i-'U,dcf?ndatit, 011 the grounds
of ftdnltufyj smJ !- dHemlaiit will fmther
fak i4P Jji-H aha U requited to , appt ar
at ftie Mexf fe.):i f Hui.rviur Court of said
bounty lo fie on hv 7th Monday after
lue it.t Muu'i-y ) Mwrii, at Court
Mouse j qlunw, fft (ir ; and answer or
demurs tfcconjj.l!,!! ji sjild acticn,"rthe
piifltiff yjll apply t,j ,f Court for the re
cf cjytJd h) 'pOfMpUint.
This &h day of Noyeu)her; 1911.
J. J A HI I'-DCK,
Pr?.r.?4.Vi'?Flff Cpt for IV! k County.
:. "V Atty. for naitir);
In the
Polk County
ft? mas
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Trvon 9. 15 u ji; arrive Spartnnbutg u 25
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Should now engage the Farmers' attention
We cany in stock the New Ideal Verti
cal Lift, Ball-bearing Machine, which stands
without a superior anywhere. Prices and
terms reasonable Call and sec them.
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are a special Sine with us.
We handle the ' 'International, " which has no superior.
Let us figure with you. Every farmer should have one
for power cn t':e farm:
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TRYON, N. C.
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The American People of
progres-
the world,
be the
latest, most up-to-date
styles and of the very best
materials.
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Tolk County is always right up
in the line of progress. Our people
must have the ( 'newest and best,"
and for this reason we handle
Peters' ' 'Diamond Brand Shoes."
We have "new things" coming in
every week to take the very best
caro of our patrons.
For years the Peters Shoe-Go.
has made more fine shoes than any
other house in the West. They id
with the latest styles,lasts and ma
terials of all kinds,and by handling
their shoes we are the leading shoe
merchants in this County.
E. E. LEWIS, Manager
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