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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
REASONABLE WORK IN GARDEN
As Rule for Most Things It 10 Safe to
Wait Until Around Corn Plant
Ina Time for Start.

We are always eager to get the gar
den started in the spring, but as a
rule for the most things 1t Is safe to
wait until around corn planting time
or q little before. No use to put seed
into cold damp ground only to rot.
Better start the plants in the hot
bed and taper off in the cold frame.
and then when set out in the open
they will hump themselves.
L, It's a mighty mean man who Will
permit his wife to spade up the gar
den and do all the work on 1t the
whole season through.
Never drill strong fertilizer, X
sheep or poultry manure, in the rows
next to the seed. Better plan Is to
work 1t into the ground before plant
ing or in the rows Just after the plants
appear and close enough 80 1t Will
touch.
Everybody grows rhubarb, but few
farmers know that they can grow as
paragus just as easily. 1t is one of the
most delicious vegetables grown and
requires no special care. Start with
one or two year old plants.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
FERTILITY MAY BE RESTORED
| Principal Factor In Restoration, 40
eordInq to Prof. Alfred Vivian,
Is Organic Matter.

ANY soil which was once rich can
be made rich," Is the declaration
made by Prof. Alfred eVivian. acting
dean Of the College Of Agriculture,
Ohio State University, in a recent ad-
dress. The principal factor concerned
in the restoration Of the soil fertility,
according to Prof. Vivian, is organic
matter.
1.-The destruction Of organic matter
by cultivation and otherwise, Is
largely responsible for the depletion
our our Soils" said he. This organic
matter must be restored II we expect
our farms to be productive. What
does organic matter do? 1t Increases
the power Of the soil to absorb and
retain moisture; improves the physi-
cal or mechanical condition Of the
soil; helps to. control soil tempera'
ture, and is a storehouse OF plant
food. How can organic matter be re-
stored to the soil?
by saving all animal manures and
putting them onto the land; by max
ing use Of all crop residues, that is'
putting back into the soil everything
not used for feed; by turning under
green manuring and catch crops
Prof. Vivian pointed out the loss sus-
tanned by burning straw stacks and
other crop residues and declared that
the difference between the careful
saving of this plant food and Its wan
ton destruction was 1.-The difference
between the salvation and damnation
of our soils"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
EARLIEST OF SWEET PEPPERS
Plants Require Rather Light, Well
Drained Soil, and They Must Be
Kept Growing From Start.

Perhaps the earliest variety Is the
Neapolitan. If we'll grown plants are
set out early they will produce fine
fruit in June. The fruit first turns to
a light yellow and then to a brilliant
scarlet.
The Ruby King, the Bull Nose, or
Sweet Bell are fine peppers. They are
blunt nosed, round and about two or
three inches long. The Ruby King Is
a little larger than the Bull Nose and
it's flesh Is very mild and sweet.
These plants grow about three feet
high and are not easily blown down.
The largest variety is the Chinese
Giant. The flesh Is thick and sweet
and a be eaten raw.
Peppers require rather light, well
drained soil, and they must be kept
growing from the start. If the growth
Is checked by cold weather or lack OF
moisture they will not mature we'll:
When the plants show two or three
leaves in seed bed transplant In small
cans or flower pots, and again trans
plant when all danger Of frost Is
passed and, in fact, not until the
weather becomes quite warm. Place
a shovelful of well watered manure In
each hill.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
AID SOUTHERN FARMER
Agricultural Engineer Must Solve
Many Problems.
Must Determine Just What Drainage
ls Needed, Judge Farm Machln-
cry, Gasoline and Steam En-
gines and Road Building.

(By DANIEL SCOATES. Agricultural
Engineer, Mississippi A. & M. College.
What does agricultural engineering
mean? That is the first question that
comes when you see or hear that name.
1t means that the day Of the special
list Is at hand, and the civil, mechan'
ical, electrical and textile engineers
are 30 busy with their work that they
are unable to give the farmer the at
tention due him. SO another engl'
neering profession was born and call
ed agricultural engineering. 1t Is the
business Of the agricultural engineer
to take care of the engineering prob
lens that confront the farmer-he Is
the farmers engineer. Now, you
know that the engineering problems
that bother the farmer are drainage,
farm machinery, engines, road build
Ing, farm buildings, water supply
sanitation, etc. Quite a few things
when you get them all together, and
you wonder that the farmer hasn't had
an engineer before.
Drainage is the vital question to the
south, and yet there are thousands
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Fruit Trees Exhaust the Soil

In considering the reasons why ap'
pie and other fruit trees do not bear
as many or as fine apples as they did
in the early days, writes Professor H.
Garman of Kentucky experiment sta
ton, / have been impressed with the
Importance Of supplying the trees
with fertilizers as the soil becomes
exhausted, and am satisfied that the
greater relative difficulty experienced
nowadays in keeping fruit trees in
good condition is in part due to an
exhaustion of soil.
Trees forage more widely than
smaller plants, and may not show the
effects of starvation as suddenly or
as soon, but they must show 1t in
time If grown long on the same land
without anything being returned to
the soil to replace materials used.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Once again. Salt the stock!

Once again: Salt the stock!
Water the horses three times a day,
and sometimes between.
Trees check the hot winds, and
thereby temper the climate.
Feeding sheep on the ground Is an
expensive thing. They will tread a
good deal under foot and waste 1t.
Hens mean profts-if you let 'em.
Better fence in the garden, and let
the hens have the range Of the fields.
The hardest grape of all Is the
Concord. There may be some Of bet
ter quality, but none a stand SO
much grief
Clean tillage from early spring IN.
til late fall is the only approved
method Of strawberry culture unless
heavy mulches are used.
Curing lemons in the sweat houses
by exhaust from gasoline engines in
stead Of by coal oil stoves Is being
tried in California.
Use the wood ashes and poultry
droppings around the grape vines
and on the plat where onions and
cabbage are to grow.
Between hay and grass Is a hard
time for the stock. A little grain will
help very materially to carry them
over without shrinkage.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

ance Of nitrogen for the corn crop and
at the proper time during Its growth
to insure a maximum yield. The bac-
terra in the manure will hasten the
decomposition of the organic matter
contained in the roots and stubble OF
the clover sod and hasten them into
a condition available to nourish the
growing corn crop.
All farmers know that excellent
crops of mixed grass may be grown
on a field that has produced a good
crop of corn by the application OF
manure alone the previous year but
il my opinion better economical re-
suits may be obtained If the manure
is applied at the rate Of from 5 to
10 loads to the acre and supplemented
with some form Of fertilizer supply
ing an abundance Of phosphoric acid
and potash.
The phosphoric acid may be pur-
chased in numerous forms, but in my
opinion the potash had best come in
the form of a high grade or a low
grade sulphate.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

of farmers who do not know the Eesf
way to surface drain, terrace or tile
drain. II the south had all its land
drained that needs draining, We would
be the richest part Of this country
Farm Machinery-Are you using the
best up-to-date farm machinery? lave
you a riding pillow. or cultivator on
your farm? Do you know why you
should have them? Can you judge a
farm machine-tell its strong and
weak points? These are the things
and many other problems just like
them that the farmers engineer is
talking and studying.
Engines-Can you run a gasoline
engine? When 1t stops a you start
it? Do you know which is best for
the farm, steam or gasoline engine!
Do you know how much 1t would save
you in labor to get one? .
Road Construction-Get the split
log drag and hep us have the best
roads in the country. Mr.. King in
vented 1t and 1t Is king Of good roads.
MARI NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. alone
is spending over $4,000, 900 every year
on farm buildings-yet how many OF
them are planned to the best advan'
tage? Money in their construction
and labor in their hardness can be
saved by proper planning.
Water Supply - How many open
wells are there in the south? They
are a curse to the country. There
Is a way to fix them so they will be
sanitary. How many farmers have
waterworks in their homes?
Farm Sa~nitation-If there Ia one
thing that we need to be stressed
more than another here In the south,
it Is the sanitation. We should use
up-to-date methods.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Watering Cows.

Cows that are fed all dry feed should
be watered at least twice a day, and
oftener is better. A tablespoonful OF
pure salt daily will induce them TO
drink a little more water, which IS de-
sirable. The proportion of grain or
concentrates to the roughage must
not be too small, especially where all
dry feed is fed. One to four is usual
ly the limit unless the roughage is
above the average in digestibility.
Bran or linseed meal is very desirable
in the ration where these conditions
prevail.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Marketing Vegetables.

The successful marketing Of yege-
tables, beyond doubt, is the most seri-
Gus question Of all our commercial
growers. In many instances, 1t Is ap-
parently impossible to make ship
ments to the city and realize a fair
profit.
This condition is due to high freight
or express charges, INSCRIPTIONS
dealers and too many middlemen.
There Is too much difference between
the price received by the producer
and that paid by the consumer, and
this is the primary cause Of the high
cost of living in large cities.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Removing Fence Posts.

nCftoStiS ShSS SSS
A laborer was sent to remove a
number OF fence posts from an old
fence. The job would have taken a
half day Of ordinary work, says a
writer in the Popular Mechanics, but
two hours later we found him asleep
in the shade, and the posts all re-
moved. We let him sleep till noon,
as we thought he had earned his rest.
His method Of removing the posts
was very simple, as he used an ordi-
nary gravel pick, drove the sharp
point into the post close to the
ground, put a hardwood block under
the pick and pulled on the handle.
The operation was repeated as the
post was drawn out Of the ground.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

the tower to Il , required height and
discharges into a funnel at the end
of a section OF pipe, which, in turn,
discharges into a second funnel slid
ably mounted on a shaft placed upright
in the center Of the silo. The second
funnel, with its piping, is receivable
about the shaft, so that the operator
may direct the discharge into the
forms at any point in ths circle. The
concrete mixture Is located at the base
OF the elevator in such position as to
discharge direct into the elevating re-
ceptacle.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
VaIue of Manure,

Progressive farmers realize the i'm
portance Of saving more harnyard
and using it literally on the
farm. Manure supplies both plant
food and hunus and has a tendency
to revive and reclaim thin and worn
soils. Soils that have been dressed
with manure are easier to cultivate,
and what Is better, they produce
larger crops.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
OUTFIT FOR CONCRETE WORK
Apparatus for Use In Pouring Liquid
Material Into Forms for Con.
%struction Of Silos. "

An interesting elevator outfit for
pouring liquid concrete into the forms
used in silo construction, is shown In
the accompanying illustration, says
the Popular Mechanics. A receptacle
containing the concrete is drawn up
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. I was com
pletely run down. On advice I took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and am enjoying good health. 1t
is now more than two years and I have
not had an ache or pain since. / do all
my own work, washing and everything,
and never have backache any more. /
think your medicine is grand and I praise
it to all my neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others you may pub
lish it. "-Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Nor
toms Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(conidential) Lynn, Mass, for adj
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
FARM
ana
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o a4#& al
PREPARING THE CORN FIELD
Manure, Supplemented With Some
Form of Fertilizer to Furnish
Phosphorie Acid, Is Best.
(Ry W. M. KELLEY

CBy w. M. Kelley
On the majority of stock and dairy
farms the corr field Is the ideal place
to apply the farm manure. A corn
crop Is able to make profitable use OF
manure for the reason that 1t makes
It's principal growth late in the season
after the fertilizing elements In the
manure have been available to nour-
ish the growing plants, by the action
Of the elements.
The ideal corn field Is prepared by
applying manure to a clover sod.
A light dressing Of stable manure
on the clover sod will make an abund-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Psoria,i.-A Violent Form of Eczema.

P~soria,is-A Violent Form Of Eezem..
Blanche. N. c., Juiy1s [, 1910.
Milan Medicine Co., Danville, Va
Gentlemen-I have been afflicted with q tor
turing skin disease pronounced by the physi-
cianS 70 be Psoriasis" and have had II for ten
Beyed me. and I Continued to crow worse and
was unable to do my work. By the advice Of my
physician I commenced to ske Milan on March
9Th last. lam now far on the road to recovery,
and feel that I will be '~entirely cured. lam now
at work and feel no Inconvenience from It.
"Itake great pleasure In giving this certificate
and think Milan 1t q great medicine.
Yours truly,
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
FOR CHOPPING ROOTS
Blacksmith VIII Construct Device tor
Preparing Feed for Stock-Edges
Should Be Sharp.

It Is a slow and tedious job chop
ping roots in large quantities. and If
they are to be fed to animals, a great
deal of time is required. Your black
smith will make a good root-chopper
by following the suggestions in the
illustration herewith. Take to him an
old handle Of some kind and have It in
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
BACKACHE
NOT 4 DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Bsckache is a symptom Of organic
weakness or arrangement If you have
backache don't neglect it. To get per-
manent relief you must reach the root
of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
all's experience
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. 81 suffered
two wears with female disorders, my
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Improving Lettuce.

Some gardeners greatly improve
their lettuce, Swiss chard and spin
ach by growing them under a canopy
Of cheese cloth, held about five feet
above tie ground by stakes or a light
frame.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

health was very BAD
and I had a continual
backache which was
simply awful. Icould
not stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals victuals
without my back
nearly killing me,
and I would have
such dragging sensa
tons I could hardly
baori II 7 hod coro-
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Stone Remover.

raked by moving the tool moderately,
and in handling Observation-Disclosures
and small garden truck-it will re-
move the soil from them nicely. The
handle may be short or long, as n
prefers.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
A Root-C

serted firmly in the chopper and fast
ened with screws. The edges Of the
chopper should be very sharp and the
blade should be strong enough not to
bend under vigorous chopping.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Auto Suggestion.

To show how unconsciorsly a man
business may be in his mind at all
times, l took a financial operator to a
fancier's to select a dog, and what
kind of a dog do you think he asked
for at once?"
what kind?"
"A water dog. = Said he had heard
it was a good stock proposition"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
Factory Mgr. Am
lob. Co. Saysi

Eczema Of 26 Years Standing Cured.
Huntington, W. Va, July 10, 1910
The Milan Medicine Co., Danville. Va.
Dear Sirs-In JanuarylastI wrote you no
narding MILAN. You said you would cure me
or refund the money. Well, you can keep II all
Ny face Is entirely well. I feel better than I have
In years In any way. Am finishing up my 9Th
bottle now, and think after % years OF Eczema
am cured. With best wishes,
Yours respectfully,
lSigned1 c. II. WILLIAMS
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
DEVICE FOR RAKING STONES
Homemade Affair Of Strong No. 9
Wire, VIII Be Found Quite Con-
venient Implement.

An implement that will be found
very handy about the farm Is a home
made affair, made Of strong No. 9 wire
In working stones, they are easily
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

AS a stimulant an ounce OF censure
is often worth a pound Of praise.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

A pure, mild and potent laxatiye, Garfield
Teal All druggists. ..
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15

If q woman's judgment is bad she
trusts her intuition.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-05-15
INTERNATIONAL
SNDMSGl0OL
LESSON
By E. o. SELLERS, Director Of Even-
. ing Department. The Moody Bible In
stitute Of ChicuBo.)
LESSON FOR MAY 19.
THE OLD LAW AND THE NEW
LIFE.

LESSON TExT-Matt. 6:17-N.
GOLDEN TEXT-"He that loveth his
neighbor hath fulfilled the law.'-Rom.
1873.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-25
Bowels ad, Liver
Torpid? Cascarets.

You men and women who can't get
feeling right--who have headache,
coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath. dizziness. can't sleep, are bill
ious, nervous IN rpse bothered
with a sick. gas, ciSorde cd stom-
ach, or have back-ache and feel worn
4Gut.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
6passageway every few days with
salts, cathartic pills or castor OIL!
This is important.
Cascarets work while you Sleep
cleanse and regulate the stomach
remove the sour, undigested and fer
menting food and foul gases; take the
excess bile from the liver and carry
out of the system all the constipatee
waste matter and poison in the intes-
tines and bowels.
A Cascaret tonight will straighteh
You out by morning. 10-cent pol>
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet; liver and bowels reg
ular and head clear for months. Don
forget the children. They love Cas-
carets because they taste good-do
gCod-never gripe or sicken.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-25
Explanation of Principles OF
Montessori kindergarten Method.

On the intellectual side he is to be
trained to an adequate comprehension
of his environment, and to the use OF
scientific method in his approach 10
the problems of life.
On the spiritual side he is regarded
as an individual of limitless possibiH-
ties, whose conceptions of his relations
to God are to grow out of his appre-
Citations Of, and reactions in, a well
ordered universe where only the law
abiding and love governed being will
eventually succeed in the struggle for
existence.
In enabling the child TO realize these
aims, attention is to be paid, first. to
his physical development, second. to
the training of his senses, and third
to the culture of his imagination and
higher spiritual faculties. Inasmueh
as the latter depend for their fulness
end integrity on the former, his ply
steal and sense training are of supreme
Importance: the Imagination and spir-
itual faculties viii function normally
and satisfactorily in proportion as the
muscles and senses are carefully
trained.
In using the didaetic materials the
method of teaching prescribed by DR..
Montessori is to offer the child such
materials as are adapted to provoke
the development of the senses, and
then To await the spontaneous reaction
of the child The teacher is to limit to
the greatest possible point her active
Intervention. "The greatest triumph
of our educational method says DIR.
MoptecSCpj sis IN briOp a bnflt the
spontaneous progress of the child"
While the pupil is busy the teacher is
not to interfere in the slightest way.
She must keep hands Oft and merely
observe. the child in the meantime
correcting his own errors if he makes
any this being possible because of the
peculiar arrangement of the materials.
In discipline, the liberty of the child
is to be respected. The fundamental
idea of the Montessori system is that
the child must have full liberty TO act
on his own initiative without hinder
ance in matters of useful scope but
must be checked in things that offend.
Useless, dangerous acts must lie sup
pressed, destroyed While the state
ment is true that a child is not to be
forced to do what he does not want to
do. mis- statement is to be bracketed
with the equally important statement
that neither is he to be always permit
ted to do what he wants to de. The
conception of liberty in the Montessori
system is very far removed from l.
cense. Liberty is self-regulated ac-
tivity An individual is disciplined
when he is master OF himself.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-10-25
Examines Himself in Suit
Against Am. Ice Co.
Burning Of ICeb0rO Houses Is
Recalled in Action
Brought by Gardiner Man, Who Drew
Plans TO Present at Trial.

The fire at Ieeboro, June %, 1910,
in which the plant of the American
Ice Co. was burned, it is claimed by
sparks from an engine of the Maine
Central Railroad Co, was recalled,
Thursday, in the supreme court, when
a hearing was had before Chief JUS
tice Whitehouse upon the suit of Chas.
A. Partridge of Gardiner, who seeks
to recover $500 from the Ice Co. for
plans and specifications of the Ice
boro plant and attendance upon the
trial of the suit of the American lee
Co. against the Maine Central Rail-
road. This action was tried in the
United States circuit court at Port
land, the year following the fire and
a verdict given the American Ice Co.
of $4,000. ~
Hon. George H. Heselton of Gardi-
rer appeared for the plaintiff anu
Judge viii C. Atkins of Gardiner for
the defence. The position of the de-
fence was that the plaintiff had been
entirely paid for his services and that
the plans were quite unworkabie.
Charles A. Partridge of Gardiner,
the plaintiff in the case, testified that
he had been connected with the ice
business since 1867 and was superin-
tendent of the Great Falls plant at
South Gardiner from 1885 to 1895.