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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

remember the lesson. When prices
went down, they struggled every which
way. and were forced to raising their
own supplies because they could not
raise much of anything else. Finally,
they whipped themselves into an or
ganization and got on easy street. But
they don't seem to remember that
eternal vigilance is the price Of liberty.
They are letting the advantages they
gained slip away from them slowly but
surely. They need to patch up their
fences and get their forces in fighting
trim again. 1t is much better to do
this voluntarily than to be forced to
do it. 1t is a great deal cheaper. too.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

THE bearer hereof has done what
she has done by order Of the king,
and for the good of the state. Rich
elieu." This note according to an
incident related in that wonderful ro-
nance, The Three Musketeers," was
found on a woman who had just been
frustrated in an attempt to commit
a murder The idea was guarantee
of complete immunity from arrest
punishment or even question. Most
readers of this universally popular
story have paused long enough to
wonder whether some of the things
related could have been possible, even
in the first half of the seventeenth
century. But nowadays, many are
abandoning their doubts.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

The old time fear of banks has
about passed away. Conditions are very
different from what they used to be.
In the years Immediately following the
great civil war nothing was safe, and
it took long time to remove many of
the impressions then formed. But
now, bank deposits are much safer
than money stored under hearth floors.
between mattresses, or even carried
on the person. There Is no safer
place than the bank in which to keep
roopav
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

The great weakness Of the Mexican
army is that 1t is made up so largely
of the criminal classes. For years
President Diaz has pursued a policy
Of sending most Of the state convicts
to the army. AS the result, there Is
but little patriotism in the regular or
ganization.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

The Laurens Advertiser suggests
that If Fielder wrote that "T. B." let
ter, the first thing that should have
been done was to swear out a warrant.
Correct. And If he can be convicted of
writing that letter, it is not too late
to swear out a warrant yet.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

The other day, in discussing the
cotton mill mergers, we said they
would be a good thing for the mills
that are in financial straits. AS a
matter of fact, the weak mills have
caused the depression in the cotton
goods trade. They have been forced
to sell their product at whatever price
was offered in order to meet their OBJ
legations. This has resulted in fore
ing down the price of goods, and the
strong mills have suffered. They have
been forced to sell at Improbable
prices, too. The mills are going
the same experience that the
farmers had a few years ago. The
farmers then did not raise their sup
plies. and were forced to sell their
cotton at any price that was offered
in order to meet their obligations.
AS soon as they began raising sup
plies at home they became independ-
ent. and could dictate prices. If all the
mills were in good financial condition
they could hold goods off the market
until the prices became more profita-
Daily Mail.
All Of which is sound and sensible:
but we think the farmers should also
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24
Refused to Make Statement.

H. H. Evans Of Newberry, former
chairman of the old state dispensary
board. was in Columbia yesterday.
but refused to make any comment on
the Felder-Blease controversy. He
said that later he might have another
statement to give out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

There Is very little evidence that
the people are growing excited over
the situation, and very little reason
to believe they are going to allow
themselves to become excited. And If
they do not allow themselves to be-
come excited, they are pretty apt to
get the truth about this dispensary
matter as the result Of the contro-
versy between Governor Blease and
Mr.. Fielder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

1t does seem that the deposed dis
pensary winding-up commissioners
should have right to be investigated,
more especially since the general as
sembly has made all necessary pro-
visions for such an investigation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

The governor Is quoted as declar-
ing that he does not intend to sign
the act providing for the investigation
of the winding-up commission. 1t is
up to Mr.. Fielder to come along with
his bombshells. There is no need to
wait thirty days, unless 1t requires so
long to prepare the ammunition,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24
Result of DepIorabIe Mistake.

Lancaster. March %: Mrs. Hilton,
wife of D. Hilton Of Kershaw, died
night before last and was buried yes
terday. She was a daughter Of the
late David Williams and was about
so years old. Besides her husband, she
leaves two daughters, Mrs. John Welsh
and Miss Bessie Hilton. She Is also
survived by two brothers, J. Leonard
Williams, prominent merchant OF
Yorkville, and David Williams Of
Dixie, this county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

1t is not at all surprising why some
people so hate the press. If it were
not for the press the people could
never know what its servants are do
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

If you have no bank account, start
one, and nurse 1t. There is no better
business advice to be given to any
man who is in need Of that advice.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

The Commercial club of Rock Hill
now has 125 working members and the
matter of employing a paid secretary
is under serious consideration.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24
The aturkrille Gaquirer.
Entered at the Postoffice in Yorkville
as Mail Matter of the Second Class.
YORKvILLE. 8. c.,
FRIDAY. MARCH "a. 1911.

From the way Mr.. Fielder writes, 1t
is evident that he Is able to take care
Of himself.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24

BY the way, was not the Richland
Distillery really organized along lines
proposed in the "T. B." letter?
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24
LOCAL LACONlCS.
Rock Hills New Depot.

correspondent states that con-
tract has been let for the construction
of the proposed new depot at Rock
Hill. The Elliott Construction COM
pany of Hickory, n. c., Is to do the
work and Is to commence shortly.
The building is to be two-story az
fair, the lower story accommodating
the main line of the Southern and the
upper story accommodating the Three
C's division. The contract price Is un-
derstood to he in the neighborhood
of $50,000.
Result of DepIorabIe Mistake.
The shooting Of Geo. A. Jenkins by
Speight Elmore at Gastonia last Mon
day night, was the result Of de-
plorable mistake. 1t appears that
Jenkins had bargained with William
Elmore for several hens, and had been
there earlier in the day to get them.
The hens could not be caught at the
time and Jenkins came back that
night. There had been providers about
the premises for several nights, pre-
viously and Speight Elmore was on
the lookout for them. He took Jen-
kins for a prowler and shot him. He
and Jenkins, 1t Is understood were
good friends. He did not know who
he had shot until told later by the
officers, who came to arrest him, when
he was very much distressed. The
statement that Elmore was married
was a mistake. Jenkins has wife
and several children.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24
Tho Campaign Fund.

s. While perhaps not so pertinent,
| consider the following relevant:
What campaign fund did you have at
your command when you were cam
didate for governor? How much was
raised before the first primary and
how much between the first and sec
ond primaries? What liquor houses
or dealers, corporations or the agents
of corporations, contributed TINS
money? If you should answer (which
/ do not think you will. because 1t Is
the truth) that very large sums or
money were raised, kindly state
whether or not 1t was used to de-
bauch the electorate Of your state.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-03-24
On Horseback.

(e) Did you, or any OF those VINO
were In caucus with you. suggest tnat
on the theory that the end 1ustlned
the means" in effectuating the object
of this conspiracy, you could with
safety resort to any means. from
character assassination to personal
assassination; that after so long a
time you had the whip handle" or
were '.in the saddle" or some phrase
of similar or substantial import?
I. What compensation did you re-
ceiye from the liquor dealers and
what rake off, did you get from the
dispensary officials when you were
senator at law?"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-14

men Of this intermOuntain country
estimate that it requires three pounds
of pork products a day for each one
of their employees, which would
mean that for each employee on the
sheep ranches, it wou1d require over
four averaged sized hogs annually. In
addition to our local demands, for
which we pay the highest prices, we
have to the west of US a number OF
large cities, particularly Spokane and
Portland, where large packing plants
have been established, and Tor which
they have found it necessary to go to
Kansas and Nebraska for their hogs;
which they secure in large numbers
each month, paying the freight in adj
dition to the market prices in order
to get their supplies. These markets
belong to our people. 1t has been
learned through the railroad agen-
cies, that to supply the markets west
of the Rocky mountains it required,
in 1910, approximately $1S,00O,0 600
worth of meat products shipped from
the eastern markets. The larger bulk
of this, perhaps, 80 per cent, con-
sisted of pork products. Surely,
then, we have for many years to
come one Oh the USSt uHiiilitSu mdi-
kets in the country. With all posi-
bic things in our favor, it is not too
much to hope that this intermoun-
tain country will soon become one of
the greatest pork producing centers
in America, and such it is destined
to become as soon as our, farmers
avail themselves of the advantages
presented to them for pork produc-
tiOn.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-14
DIVERSIFIED CROPS
Or the Importance of Crop Rotation
For the Irrigation Farmer

BY w. II. Olin, director of agricul-
lure extension, University of Ida
no.
Basis of Success-The basis of
farm success is organization, system
on the farm; the basis of organiza-
ton on the farm is crop manage
ment; on the successful management
of the crop largely rest these five
fundamentals.
/. Economy of business.
2. Maintenance of soil fertility.
3. Productivity of the soil.
4. Subsistence for live stock.
5. Farm profits at end of season.
The term rotation of crops" is
used to designate a system of crops
which give a recurring succession of
field plants with differing plant food
requisites.
Reasons for Rotation-The prima-
ry purpose of a crop rotation are:
/. Prevention of Crop Sick soils,
the result of continuous cultivation of
the same crop for 1 period OF years.
2. The elimination of weeds, in
sect pests and crop diseases.
3. Increase in the productivity Of
the field crops by conserving the
soil fertility.
First Irrigated Crop@The first
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-14

farmer become a western irrigator and succeed? For answer to the
first question, the chief executives of a dozen western states assem-
bled the finest of products from their respective states, made up a
handsomely equipped train to carry them, and went in person to
twenty-one of the principal cities of the East where they conducted
a land show on wheels, giving their personal and official assur-
ance that the products being shown to the thousands who studied
them each day in the cars, were t~ruthfuly represented. The press
Of the East is devotng much attention to these matters and seem
as enthusiastic as the Queen of Sheba when she said, "The half has
not been told For answer to the second question, the state and
federal governments, the railroads, the great corporations engaged
in the reclamation of western lands, and the press of the country
have combined their efforts tc teach everybody who will engage in
study, those principles by which the farmer can greatly increase his
product and his profit, and by which the landless man can become
the master of the manless land.
While the Governors Special was touring the East, and the
land shows were exhibiting the western products in reality and in
moving pictures just as visitors could have seen them last summer
in field and orchard, the Demonstration train was touring Idaho to
show how everybody may succeed as well in the future as the en-
inently successful ones have succeeded in the past. The press is do
ing its best to pass such information on to you SO you may lose none
OF it. and preserve it for future reference.
In putting these principles into practice, you are acting on the.
thought that this generation can offer anyone up to date.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-14

crop to be grown in any ~appreciable
degree under the ditch" was wheat
Wheat followed wheat year after year
on the river plain farms of Utah and
Idaho until in some instances the
yield of grain fell 25 and even sc
per cent below what it first gave
the farmer. This was on compare
lively virgin soil which we think is
rich as cream. Why is this2 Feed
ing at the same depth on the same
plant food elements absorb the read
lily available plant food of this partic-
ular element so this class of plants is
then sparingly fed. Like a starved
pig, it cannot make its owner the
profits the well fed ones do.
All plants do not feed alike. They
either use different foods or the
same food from different depths.
Therefore, plants feeding at differ
ent depths of soil, although they may
use the same food elements, the deep
er feeding plants can follow the shall
low feeders without serious immed-
tate loss, although eventually, unless
these absorbed food elements be re-
stored, the available plant food will
become exhausted and the soil will
therefore be impoverished.
The depositor who continues TO
draw his money from the bank with
out making deposits will at last find
his checks returned marked "short."
No bank will permit continued over
drafts. We should not be taking off
all the time, without putting back
the food elements upon which plants
feed, some of the time. If we do, we
have a crop sick soil that does not
pay it's checks" for want of funds
the available food elements that have
been taken through previous with
drawals.
Our Utah and Idaho soils are either
of granite of volcanic rock formation.
These soils seem to hold an abund-
Of potash, a reasonable amount
of p~hosphates, a limited amount of
nitrates, abundance of lime, but a
great deficiency in organic matter
commonly known as humus. Here
are the essentials we need in these
soils; they constitute the soil barom-
eter since the lessened amount of any
one of these will most seriously af-
feet general crop culture. Humus
not only increases the water holding
capacity of the soil but it also ar
ries an appreciable amount of nj
Hence We need, early in Il
cropping, to get humus in the soil.
the soil constantly, that it may,
n turn. feed our crops. How may
we do this? BY growing crops that
to store what little humus we
nave with nitrogen, while 1t increas-
IS the humus content of the soil.
These are legume crops-alfalfa,
beans, peas. red clover and vetches
constitute the legume family group
which have proven profitable for
is to grow in the west. Choose the
me that is best adapted to your
environment, and you feel will
srow von the most dollars Give 1t
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-14

best hog raisers in the middle ives
consider themselves fortunate If they
do not lose their entire crop of hogs
once in every six or eight years
such a condition need never be con
sidered in this section of the coun-
try.
Concerning the soil, little need be
said for it is such in almost every
section that it will produce a maxi
mum yield of all kinds of cereal
grains, as well as peas, beans and
other legumes, and in the most favor
able sections corn crops can be very
successfully grown. In addition to
all this, we grow here the most valu-
able of all hog feeds in almost per
feet form; namely, alfalfa. With al
falfa, dwarf Essex rape and English
kale for forage a minimum amount of
concentrated high priced grain is re-
quired for best results. The trouble
has been, in many instances, to de-
pend altogether too much upon alfal-
ia. Because it is a good forage
people should not make the mistake
Of depending Upon it alone for a feed
to raise and fatten their hogs. h
hog is a gregarious animal and is
physiologically and anatomically
more nearly like man than any other
domestic animal, his stomach, intes-
tines and whole system of digestion
and assimilation is almost a counter
part of the human, and as a result
he cannot thrive on coarse bulky, or
very fiberous food. 1t is a good rule
to follow in hog raising, in all partic-
ulars, to put yourself in the other fell
lows place. Where you would thrive
and wax fat, Mr.. Hog will also think
that he has entered hog Heaven. You
would not long maintain your
strength and health on such a food
as alfalfa, either green or in the form
of hay, nor will the hog do his best.
| know that it is a m practice
to turn brood sows and young pigs
into an alfalfa lot and there let them
range during the most of the summer
without additional feed. This is a
very serious mistake: at no time in
his life history can as cheap gains be
made on the hog as in the early stag
es of his life.
In an experiment conducted under
my direction at the Wisconsin exper-
iment station, a number of years ago,
it was learned that the proportion OF
food of support or maintenance, to
total feed in a ~50-pound pig was is
per cent; with a 100-pound pig, 20
per cent; 15O-pound pig, 81 per cent;
and a 200-pound pig, SO per cent.
From this it will be e that it takes
as much of the total percentage
Of the food eaten to make up the
food of support between a 50-pound
pig. it required 224.4 pounds Of dry
matter in feed to produce 100 pounds
Of gain; in the 150-pound pig, it re-
luired 312.2 pounds of dry matter to
produce 100 pounds gain, and in a
200-pound pig, it required 1858
of dry matter to produce 100
of gainAFrom this it will he
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-14

seen that the earlier in life that the
pig can be induced to eat largely OF
grain the greater the returns thai
may be secured from a given amount
of feed; and, this is particularly true
when the grain feed can be fed in
combination with alfalfa pastures. AS
a maintenance ration, alfalfa will just
about support a pig without allowing
ANYTHING additional for gain in
weight. The more grain, therefore,
that a hog can be induced to eat
when on alfalfa pasture the more rap
idly the gain and the greater the
profit.
With barley, mill stuffs, wheat,
meas. rye. oats and a small amount
Of corn, such as can be grown in this
country. we have all of the grains
necessary for the most profitable pro-
duction of pork. 1t may be said,
however, that these grains must be
fed in proper combination to give pa
latability and to supply the various
nutriments and other elements IN
proper proportion for growth and de-
velopment without any waste. DUR
ing the winter months, roots and tu-
bers. such as beets, mangies, turnips,
carrots and potatoes, all OF which
may be readily grown in this coun-
try, will be found very valuable as
supplemental feeds to the grain ra-
ton.
In addition to this we have a rapid
ly growing dairy industry, the by-pro-
ducts from the dairy in the form of
skim and butter milk, we " an
other valua' lie food supply which can
best be utilized when fed to hogs.
Concerning the matter of disease
there is no large section of arabic
land in the United States that is as
free from the many diseases to which
the hog is heir as is this intermoun-
tain country. The sunshine is so
bright and strong, and the atmos-
phere is so rare that all kinds of
germ diseases have a poor chance for
development.
AS to the last and most important
factor. which is the demand. or the
m rkets, we have every evidence that
in this respect this section of the
stat is at the present time
particularly favored.
The last census report for 1910
gave Utah a population of 373,351
Inc same census gave Otdu
a total Of 64.244 hogs, including
Young pigs. or a trifie over one hog
every five and one-half persons on
the average, and this would require
that every hog in the state would
to be slaughtered during the
wear. whereas a large percentage of
them are kept over for breeding
In the case of Idaho, with a
population of 325,594, we have a hog
population of 17S, 241; in which case
we have a little over one-half a hog
each person providing all we're
slaughtered. 1t can be readily seen
these two states do not in them
produce nearly enough pork
ior their own SIMPLY The sheen
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1911-12-14

The visit Of the Farmers Industrial or Demonstration train ia
this locality, carrying lecturers, sample products, stock and nipple
ments, for teaching the bestknown methods OF conducting agrcul
tural enterprise, puts into effect one of the modern things in popu-
lar education. Men who have spent the best years of their lives in
scientific research to solve certain problems of agriculture and lrrr-
cation were grouped together on a swift train, with the things need
cd for teaching their discoveries and conclusions, and for two weeks
they taught as many audiences per day as they could reach by the
aid of steam and electricity.
This work is the more commendable because it was given to
the public free of cost, the Oregon Short Line officials having
planned it and borne all the expense because they recognized the
great need of such work in the territory which their lines serve, and
rising to the occasion they offered to as many people as they could
reach the information most needed to bring success and profits on
the farm. In securing such information, experiments and tests had
been conducted by the state and federal overnmentS, but every
means heretofore tried for spreading this information so that
people could put it into practice, had failed to secure the desired
results among large numbers of people. a few who have carefully
studied the problems of agriculture have attained such remarkable
results, that LAND shows" are being held in many cities to show
v hat can be done on western farms. The landhungry thousands
visited these exhibits question whether the representations are
actually true-whether the exhibits were actually produced on the
western plains, and if so, how can the city man or the "rain-belt