The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-09-22

'hiou6h lhe DuIeau VI marketing or
from your neighbor. Don't let out
of-the-state seed houses unload
shipped-in feed oats or bad wheat of
no terminating power on you. Get
from your county demonstration
agent the circular or exact instruc-
tions how to plant and follow them.
Mr.. Long has had such circulars pre-
pared and the agents can give them
to you.
Get some ground limestone and
release the fertilizer now in the soil.
and if you must have fertilizer buy
some phosphoric acid Don't t.v TO
borrow everything you can on your
cotton, If you can do it, AMI pile III
more fertilizer bills. If there is less
yield per acre for lack OF fertilizer
make up the difference in increased
acreage.
1t would, indeed, in view OF the
vital Importance OF speedily getting
in crop of grain, be an admirable
thing If those who are buying cot
'Oh III INC DuS movement at
10 Gets a pound would decline to buy
unless the seller would agree to plant
a good percentage of his acreage for
1915 in grain.
me movement for necessary ele-
s to handle the crop is we'll un-
der way and it is safe to predict that
the marketing OF the grain crop will
be as well or better cared for--arid
on a basis of ready cash-thanIcot
ton has ever been cared for.
The remainder of this article
shows that the department of agri-
culture, through it's bureau of mar
keting, has been endeavoring to
make a quick planting of the crop
with as good seed as possible. If
farmers are found who would plant
grain, but who are unable to buy
the seed, it is to be hoped that mer-
chants and banks will aid them to
get the seed, as they have for far less
hope of returns in the past helped
them to pile on fertilizers and plant
- Dio NiOp VI SOIIul
If the opportunity afforded by the
worlds crying demand for grain is
needed this year, and cotton can be
saved through the efforts now be-
ing made, there is a good chance of
the southern far.uer ny the end Of
tie year forever breaking the mack
les of the year-behind credit system
OF farming which has for so many
years been the great overpowerinr
curse of Southern agriculture.
GRAIN SEED OFFERINGS.
During the past week. in addition
to the quantities listed the week be-
fore, the following offers of grain
seed through the bureau have been
made:
One hundred bushels of country
raised Hastings No. 1O1 oats.
one hunder bushels of country
.dIsed Appler oats.
One hundred bushels of Bancroft
oats.
Three hundred bushels of Appler
oats.
Three thousand bushels of Applcr
oats from stock grown and selected
Ior last 10 years. BEST Appler oats
have ever seen" Free from whea.
rye. cookie and grass seed. Re-
cleaned and sacked I'm heavy new
sacks. All trash. dirt and light
small oats removed. In perfect CON
dition for grain drill offered at rs
cents per bushel, f. O. b. Fort Motto.
Five hundred bushels of Fulgum
oats-about fortnight earlier than
Appler-affording great advantage
in harvesting. Fine for planting
with vetch for hay. offered at S1.25
per bushel, +. o. b. cars at Fort Motto.
by same grower as in foregoing
offer.
Two hundred and fifty bushels OF
Appler seed oats.
One hundred and fifty bushels OF
seed oats from seed secured from
Coker's pedigreed seed farm.
Fifty bushels Of good seed oats at
80 cents per bushel.
Ten or / 5 bushels of fine seed
wheat at 50 per bushel.
Five hundred bushels of Fulghum
seed oats, pretty and bright, saved
without rain on them; weight. 3S
pounds per bushel struck measure.
Price, $3.50 per bushel. Grower
makes a specially of growing seed
oats.
Several hundred bushels OF fine
Appler oats at rs cents per bushel.
within one mile OF me there are
more than 1900 bushels OF these Ap-
pier oats that / know tc be pure be-
cause 1 sold them the seed. Price rs
cents per bushel."
Six hundred bushels OF Appler seed
oats at So cents per bushel.
One hundred bushels of Red APP