Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-09-23
Crops in catawba.

Crops IN Catawba.
Speaking of crops in the Neely's
Creek section Of Catawba township
yesterday, Mr.. w. s. LESLIE gave de-
scription that pretty well fits conditions
in other localities-"some fairly good
crops and others poor This Is especi-
ally true Of cotton, which did not come
up until late and has not been doing
as well as usual. There Is some good
corn, but 1t is the exception rather than
the rule" Mr.. LESLIE said that some Of
his neighbors were preparing to SOW
alfalfa, and he expects to try small
patch of It himself; but the crimson
clover sentiment seems to be about as
strong as the alfalfa sentiment, II not
a little stronger. One matter Of par
ticular interest to which Mr.. Leslie
referred, was an experiment that Mr..
w. F. Rhodes, Pennsylvania who
settled in that section several years
ago is making with Timothy hay. When
Mr.. Rhodes first came into the neigh
borhood, the farming methods and
crops were generally new to him; but
he has been catching on. to cotton rais-
Ing right along, and Is making good
headway. He is also following Penn
sylvania methods to good advantage,
and an experiment he Is making with
several acres Of Timothy hay is turn
ing out quite nicely. .G.. a a..a 81
The Bird Dog and the Partridge. &
Mr.. Lytle Wood of Fflbert, was In
The Enquirer Office on business last
Friday, and while here had something
to say about the interesting observa-
tions Of Mr.. M. L. Ford, of Glover, on
the subject Of destruction Of partridges
by bird dogs. recently published Mr..
Wood, though much younger man
than Mr.. Ford is nevertheless close
observer, and being fond Of sport has
made a pretty close study Of the par
fridge. He is not inclined to agree with
Mr.. Ford that the bird dog is the only
offender, or that all bird dogs offend in
this direction. II have q young bird
dog on my place, just beginning to
show up as first class hunter" said
Mr.. Wood, "and three covies of par
tridges have been raised within a quar-
ter Of mile Of my house this summer,
nevertheless. In my opinion, hounds
destroy more birds than bird dogs. On
one occasion saw a hound jump on q
partridge that was sitting on a nest full
Of eggs, and although neither partridge
nor eggs were injured, the old bird never
went back to the nest. On one occa-
sion saw bird dog get into a covey
OF young partridges, and 1t killed three
Of them before / could interfere" But
Mr.. Wood was not disposed to take
very serious issue with Mr.. Ford. He
was rather inclined to think that II
would be good idea to keep both
hounds and bird dogs out Of the fields
during the summer.
Out in the Middle West. =
Mr.. John w. Miller, carrier on York
Vile r. F. d. No. 8, who has been at
tending the annual convention Of the
National Rural Letter Carriers asso-
citation at Evansville, Indiana, has had
o most interesting trip. There were
present at the convention over 1900
r. F. d. carriers, including over 500
regularly accredited delegates, repre-
senting every state in the Union ex-
cept New Mexico. While away Mr..
Miller noted good many. things in
contrast with local conditions that In
terested him very much. For one thing
he was impressed with the fact that
Indiana is a state Of small farms, most
Of them not far from one hundred
acres, and all Of them fenced In. To-
bacco Is the principal crop out there;
but wheat and corn are also in evi-
dence. In Kentucky he saw lots Of
fine horses and mules and was surpris-
ed to learn that such mules as cost us
from $3.50 to S700 a pair In this coun-
try can be had out that way for $500
q pair. Farmers around Danville were
astonished at the price Of mules In
corn and hog state, the fields showing
great crops Of corn and the hills being
covered with hogs. They do not pull
corn out there" says Mr.. Miller; "but
just leave It in the field and turn In
the hogs" He inquired IL 1t would not
be more economical to pull the, corn
and feed 1t to the hogs, and was told
that 1t was possible that 1t might be
so; but the people were still following
the custom that had come down from
their fathers and grandfathers, and 1t
seldom occurred to anybody to do diff
ferently. UP in Indiana the people be-
neve In clover and all the cover crops
and are now busy turning under every
thing green. a. ANA Ia5.-ssd i