Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-04-10
Cow Peas.

Don't think of not planting a full
crop of cow peas because you think
the seed too high.
Where seed is scarce plant in the
drill and cultivate them with the
plow or disc harrow. One peck of
good seed may be made to COM
pletely cover the ground with vines
isM>e whey sort is planted.
narvest the crop of seed and vines
When pods begin to turn yellow by
QUITTING the vines off at the roots;
rake up N good-size stacks; when
we'll cured stack or house all to-
gether.
Thresh out peas and vines with a
thresher or stick. This threshing of
vines improves the ~ schanical CON
dition of the hay aud solves the
problem as to the cheapest method
of gathering COW peas.
You can we'll afford to pay even
81 per bushel for COW peas rather
than &c without the crop.
.'Black" Fertilizers and "YeIIow" Cotton.
Fertilizer men kick like thunder
when farmers put their goods that
don't come up to the guarantee on
Che "black list," as Clemson College,
did before the law placed a penalty
instead of "black listing" But the
unorganized, helpless cotton grower
that is seen trotting the streets with
a sample of his cotton, hunting up
the local buyer for cotton bears has
no apparent alternative but to take
the verdict of this cotton sampler,
let that be yellow or blue listed.
Now the limit in this matter has
been reached too, and we mean to
demand fair play. If fertilizer men
have failed to produce goods up to
their guarantee from any cause they
should take the consequences just
the same as the cotton growers had
to take the yellow tinge cast placed
upon their cotton by an unavoidable
frost.
On all shipments of fertilizers that
fall ten per cent below guarantee in
money value are liable to the pur-
chaser for one-third of the price and
a forfeit of the whole lot to Clemson
College. For example, take sample
3Ts, Etiwan Dissolved Bone, sampled
at Bowman, January Both, is off 1912
per cent money value below their
guarantee 11.2O, which makes the
manufacturer liable to the purchaser
1927 per ton on this lot and a forfeit
to Clemson College of this whole
shipment.
On all shipments that fall three
per cent below guarantee are liable
TO the purchaser for three times the
amount of deficiency. Example:
Take sample No. / cotton seed meal,
manufactured at Cross Hill, sampled
at Cross Hill January 81, is off 60
per cent and is liable to the pur-
chaser for three times $1.54 or 1854
Aper ton. Here are other samples
toelow the three per cent guarantee
and are liable to same penalty as
above. Sample 221-Monaroh Vege-
table Grower, sampled at Pendleton
January 2sth, off $1.23, penalty to
purchaser $500, value of shortage
$1.28, total amount of claim due pur-
chaser 1892 per ton. Sample sc,
Virginia Carolina Chemical Com
paGgM sampled at Cowpens January
29VW Al per cent off, liability pen
atty to purchaser 1852 per ton.
The following are liable to the pur-
chaser for the sample shortage only,
as they don't come under the head
of three per cent penalty according
to our figures:
Sample III, Nitrate Soda, Etiwan
Fertilizer Co., sampled at Pinewood
January 21st, short $1.45.
Sumple 228, Wanda, Virginia
Carolina Chemical Company, sam
pied at Honea Path February 9Th,
60 cents per ton short.
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