Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1911-09-13
FINE CORN CROPS.
Recital of Results That are
Being Achieved in The Clay
Section. Large Corn
Yield.

crlLlclSmS Cnal nave Deeii lldue vi ou
communication in last weeks paper
is pretty good evidence that the peo
pie read the papers. And the dar
darkies are reading them anG tht
rural deliveries are educating them
Why, Luke, the colored man who
hauls goods for the Elmwood store
tells us he is cultivating his crol
this year according to the Southern
Cultivator. Well, We have no de-
sire to pull down their mail boxes
but we would like to push the white
people ahead. BY way of parenthe'
sis, we want to tell the white boys
if they don't throw Rockefeller a
few sheckels along through the win
ter months they are going to be in
the background.
Horace Greely many years ago
told the young men to go west. If
he were here now he would tell them
to get an education. And boys we
are here to tell you: You just got
to get it'' or do worse.
But this is DEPRESSING. We want
ed to speak of some criticism that
was made of our letter. Some of the
: old farmers shake their heads. Some
say you have over reached the
mark. Others say you can't grow
these hundred bushels of corn there
is SO much writing about" And
still others have said nobody can't
plow land 80 inches deep, but Saw
yer land they even doubt his doing
it. Well, Thomas doubted, didn't
he?
Perhaps it will surprise your
readers to know the estimate made
(only with the eyes) of Mr.. j. T.
QUITS patch of 35 bushels fell 10
bushels below the mark. With good
seasons he would easily have gotten
100 bushels.
Mr.. Editor, corn is surprising.
When it is sorry you are surprised
athow little it makes; when, good
you are surprised at how much it
makes, and put it into q bottle you
are surprised at how much trouble
it makes.
We have seen numerous other
fine crops. On the Saluda side the
boys are pushing the test patches"
mighty close to the 100 bushels
mark and without any extravagant
use of concentrated fertilizers.
Leaving the Long Cane road at
Cogburn's and going in the direc-
tion of Fruit Hill you find that
Tom Hall, J. J. PAdgett, Bledsoe,
Boss Zimmerman, Bill Padgett, r.
B. Zimmerman and his sons and
son-in-law all have magnifcent
crops.
And the negroes are doing good
farming and have fine corn. Let US
pause long enough to tell you there
is considerable territory between
Mill creek and the Mathis road that
is owned by negroes. This the same
old story-old folks all died out,
the young went after hills that were
greener. These negroes have splen-
did houses, mules, improved farming
implements. This should not only
be an inspiration to some of US
white folks, but We should become
imbued with the fact that there is
dignity in labor which conquers all
things. You can find acres going
anywhere from 25,5o,75 to 80 or
100 bushels. Mr.. R. B. Zimmerman
has the best acre that we saw, a
prolific variety and will make ap-
proximately 80 or 100 bushels, with
900 pounds fertilizer. His son has
an acre which Mr.. Zimmerman says
is still better.
Mr.. Bill Padgett spread his test
patch over two or three big fields
aggregating 80 acres which will
yield about 80 bushels per acre.
Nine hundred bushels calls for an
harvester, and the harvest calls for
a shredder and we are glad to make
the announcement that Mr.. Padgett
has provided himself with both. The
clay is coming to the front, and Ben
Tillman's one gallows fellows have
already put on the other cne. The
fop-sided wool hat will soon go, and
in the next great reform movement
that sweeps the state the politicians
will address the crowd Scientific
gentlemen"
Mr.. J. J. Padgett has beat young
Jerry Moore and Col. Drake and
has gone Williamson one better on
the stunting process. Williamson
goes slow about working his while
Padgett doesn't work his at all.
Thirty bushels to the acre without
cultivation isn't bad. Jim says he
had no hands and the Lord made it
for him. And he is convinced that
man reaps what he sows.
1t seems that cotton is off at both
ends-in the field and On the mar
ket. This will deal the farmers
heavy blow, in as much as they have
used guano 80 literally. But if such
has to come it couldn't come at a
s more opportune time. We will have
corn in an abundance; with corn we
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