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The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
WHY The SOUTHWEST RuJorces

The best crop TOR moro than TWEEN
~ wears Such is the cheering new,
hat comes from the wheat fields IN
f.nerent sections q Texas. For Inc
entire state. the wheat crop promise.
10 be above the normal. Some cror
siatisticians place the Texas yield a,
l5,voo.0 900 bushels. and wheat is sell
Ing. az a dollar bushel That oat
barley and other small grain crop
are Keeping pace with the wheat crcp
-tb0,ch reliable estimates OF the
Yields are less easy 10 obtain.
And the crop conditions in Texas
are typical Of those which prevail
throughout the entire Southwest
laboma prospects. for example. seem
TO assure a far heavier wheat crop
than has ever before been produced
H. that state.
For The entire country the national
agricultural department predicts A
rccord45reakIng wheat crop and re-.
port OF the composite condition OF the
principal crops of the country. issued
June I, showed an increase Of 2.2 Der
cent over the tenyear average.
The continued rains which a few
weeks ago were the cause OF serious
apprehension in tho Southwest. have
lett The ranges with supply OF moist
ure that assures the cattleman such
grazing OF their herds as has been
unseen in this section for years.
While The corn and cotton crops
we're retarded by the excessive rains
and in some portions o. the South.
west injured by overfows. there -
yet ample time for these crops to
show at least an average yield ami
IN iHost localities they can yet be-
supplemented by others OF quick
;rowth.
Truly the present crop conditions
i've good cause TOR rejoicing in the
and the outlook for such
Ibundant harvests loses none OF IT'S
'ladsomeness because Of the 1--WE com I
'aRtively lean years through which
his section has passed. -Holland's
iaesxine {
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
LAsoRERs WANTED

The bumper grain crops now being
harvested and the cotton fields which
are in urgent need OF laborers have
provided work Tor every jobless man
in the Southwest who is willing 20 20
70 the fields. In some cases almost
double the ordinary pay for farm n.
Dor is offered, but the supply - har.
vesters Is below the demand and the
cotton farmers are sending up loud
cries for the man with the hoe. In
some towns in Texas, merchants. law.
yers. preachers. doctors and others
have gone so far as to close their
stores and offices for day 70 20 into
the fields to help out their farmer
friends.
In the grain states further north.
o similar demand for harvesters pre-
walls. Secretary Wilson. OF the DE-.
partment OF Labor. reports that his
department has already received calls
for 10000 harvesters to get the grain
crops into the barns. Missouri alone
has asked for 10000 men. Secretary
wilson is endeavc ring TO arrange with
the railroads to run harvest-hand ex
70 provide the farmers with |
workers and give employment 10 men
Dut Of work in the East.
There seems TO De no good reason
or any man who is able and willing
o work going without employment in
he grain and cotton belts.--Holland's
Magazine.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
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= LITTLE EDITORIALS ON =
= BUSINESS =

stick TO Your Home Mer.han,

Suck to Your Home Merchant
The country retailer Is bigger
man and a better merchant than you
think he IT, Many large manufactur
ers are now selling direct 10 the deal
or. They have a one price policy. and
In very short time every manufac.
turer will adopt this policy.
No retailer. unless he is large
enough TO take the entire output ~
the factories that manufacture his
merchandise can buy tho staple ar.
ticias Of everyday use az a lower
price than your home dealer pays.
So. a; ne very outset. YOU have
right AZ your door dealer who ha.
every price advantage that can be
obtained. he Is content with smaller
profits and his cost OF dninr bust.
ness l. less than that OF the big
dealer in the larger cities 50 to 100
miles away.
Furthermore. the home merchant
helpr bury the poor. he supports the
home churches and schools. extends
credit TO the honest and needy. IL
friend IN time % trouble. comrade
Of the children.
The country merchant Il a student
Of conditions in his locality. H. buys
the goods best suited 20 the need.
q his trade. In proportion 20 his
volume OF business he carries larger
md more complete stocks than tho
city ccaier carries. and. more than
this he has or lie complete cataloc.
and "a any time yon want an article
he does not regularly carry In stock.
he can get Il for YOU quickly.
II you will demand the well known
which il advertised an.
DER the manufacturers own name or
Trademark. you can got Il at home.
Il your home dealer does not carry
the lines YOU demand. and II your
trends viii Join You In asking Tor
hem. the dealer 1ill cheerfully
,hsnge HIS line TO accommodate You. ,
J, Is. Of course. your tsuty To. buy
everything where you can get the |
most for your money. but II you will
'nalyze the methods and prices ~ .
'our local dealer and compare them
NTH those OF large merchants. we
relieve you will then give your On.
husiastic support TO the country mr.. .
ihant a
We urge you TO get your friends ami $
eishbors to join you In keeping the \
ONE trade nc home.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
MORE RAIN SUNDAY

A fine rain fell at and about Lub-
lock Sunday afternoon and nisht The
precipitation was slow and most OF
the water soaked into the ground.
The greater part Of the county was
not particularly in need Of the rain
for farming purposes. but around the
city Of Lubbock, where the rain OF
Monday-a-week was beginning to dry
out a bit The rain Sunday was fine
on the range-iust keeps IL in live
condition. Grass is better than fer
years. and the stockmen are enjoying
life and prospecting to the full extent
Of the word.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
LORENZO TRADES DAY PICNIC
a Merchants Trades Day and Basket
Picnic 10 be Held At LORENZO
On July End and 3rd.

There will b. special premiums Of
fered for hest farm products. ladies'
fancy work and cooking at Lorenzo
on July End and Bird.
There VIII be great roping con
test, horse race. relay races. foot
races, gar and potato race.
Also two baseball games by the
fastest teams on the South Dlains.
There viii be a big dance given in
the evening.
There viii be speaking BY the can.
didates.
The merchants will Offer special
bargains for that day. watch FIR cir.
cnlars
Everybody come, G1.lD
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

o. J.. slaton. accompanied by Miss
Della Wilkinson. lately made a tour
Of the county. IN the interest Of Miss
Wiikinsons candidacy for county
treasurer. and ar. Slaton il very
highly gra,ifed with conditions gen.
orally throughout this part OF the dis
trict ~. said he found nearly all
the farmers have their crops in good
shape snd prospects are bright for
3 banner yield.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Ne expected that the press reporter
from the Baptist church would have
given us a detailed account OF the
fine Chlldren's Day service held there
last Sunday, hence our failure 10
have much to report. We learn. how.
ever. that II was great success. and
a large crowd was present to hear
the Pre- gram.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

The threeyear-old son Of ]. s. Ia.
Wis. at Polar. 20 miles north Of sny.
der. was shot with a target rife last
Monday evening and died. His sister.
7 years old. was playing with tho
gun. The bsllet entered the chin and
passed through. breaking his neck.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Mrs. DIR. J. W. Overton will leave
Monday for points in Central Amer.
lea, where she win visit her son for
some time. Mrs. Overton has many
friends in swectwater who wish for
her a most pleasant trip and a safe
return TO this city.--Sweetwater Re
porter.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
WEST AND CENTRAL TEXAS
Weather And Crop Conditions In West
An Central Texas
Localities

San Angelo. Texas. June 22.-The
heavy rains falling throughout this
section in the past several days have
wor ed havoc with the country roads.
Many washcuts have been made. Men
with teams and the proper impla-
ment have been put TO work on the
roads, repairing them just as speed.
ly a. possible.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Chillcothe. CHardeman CoJJune, %.
In what Is known as Farmers Val
ley there we're eight threshng out.
fts Tuesday, several OF which were
In operation. while the others were
being made ready Wheat is not
turning out as well as expected.
but he Chillicoihe valleys will aver.
age 20 bushels per acre and little
better Corn, cotton and feed tuff need
rain
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Noticing the lonesome look on
claue Burrus' face the latter Part Of
last week. we inquired the cause
therefor. and he informed us that Ma.
Bnrrus was away on a visit to her
mother. In Taylor county.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Mira Montgomery and children. q
Amarillo. whs have been visiting AZ
the home Of ar and Mrs. " &. Rnh.
inson. return q home saturday.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

w a. Pace. or Archer City was
here Thursday and Friday OF last
week. prospecting. lie is n friend
Of Rev. w. NJ. Lane and family. Of
several years ago. and spent part OF
his time in Lubbock at their home.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

lrs. NJ. O. Alternately was m ifom
ranch saturday and Sunday. while
. she received Two ane Hereford
= and sent OUT 70 the ranch. thes
pals represent several hundred
aFs each and a roes 70 prose hat
c.isle o. the Abernathy ranth
b. keps ~ 10 the highest pc
u sisndsfd. Nfs Abrrnsihy and
. have oss q me pns~s heraa
'sssis er ,hs pi.lns
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Percy spercsr and wife q nro~a,
ssla. visited q ne hsa~ q Iaiss ,ad
~ ~ = sussess - l4sl~< pss,
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
HOT SPRINGS. ARkANsAs.
REMEDY ENDS CONSTIPATION

Don't worry. and don't take calomel.
Put your sluggish liver In fine con.
diticn and get rid Of sick headache.
billlousne~s and dizziness.
Get box u the famous HOT
SPRINGS LIVER BUrToNs- Of any
Druggist today. 2s/>enisv,JS
add w the b wels from poisonous
wayf and sas. tYou1i feel bright and
'kbpy tomorrow
There's nothing on earth 80. good
for Constipation and stubborn liver
Hot Springs Liver Buttons. iioi
spring Rheumatism Romedy and ut
springs Blood Remedy are sold IN
Lubhcct By tho Lubbock Drug CON.
pany
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Tell your blacksmith troubles to
Hopper & compss~y-theyu fix 'em.
Rnobsr-tire work aone. (iOtfD
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Tie were never in better condition
harvesting % wheat is almost finish
cd 10 This section OF country r. l..
Mcmillan. 30 miles north OF Snyder.
estimates hts wheat crop at 10000
TO 1 1000 sbuhels.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25
kIe. MCDONALD

Livery ada ps6hsNr. Board horses
Store BusstY Hs9tle Baggage and
can sell fee las c5eap as anyone. |
will app~eciaSe-SMr business.
Phone 2rs. (4o-tO
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Are you ready for FIRST Mondayf
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Tho best car straixb, cedar
posts ever sold IL nibbock. at W. c.
bowman Lamsag . mpany. Cf7-tp
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Miles. Reeves COZ TEX, June %
Two big rains fell in this section
THIS week. insurIng a fine feed crop
and placing the cotton crop so flr
along until another rain Al the prop,
er time VIII insure a bale TO the acre.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

rosewood. Tex. June 22.-Thresh.
ing has begun in this section and sew.
eral fields Of wheat and oats have
been threshed while the yield ~
lighter than va. expected before har
vest. still II viii be better than the
average ~ this county. The rains Of
the past few days amounting to more
than three inches. will damage the
grain 70 some extent in shocks. and
delay harvesting and threehlng Of the
late grain few days.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

Blackwell Nolan Coz Tex. June
IA splendid rain fell over this
county the first Of last week. The
farmers who were saving their oats
were hoping for dry weather. but
those WHO had only cotton and feed.
stun were ready for shower. as q
hard crust was fcrmiug which mad
cultivation heavy work on teams. Cat
IL were never in better condition
than now. although there Is some
comrlaint shout flies.
The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1914-06-25

balllnger. (Runnels Coz Tex. June
= Another good rain fell In AMI
around Ballinger last Wednesday. DO
ing incalculable good TO the feed
CROPS In this part OF the state. Farm.
crs who we're in the city today said
one OF the largest grain crops ever
raised in Runnels county will be bs~
vested this year Prospects for a
bumper cotton crop are gcod:sL
inches o. rain have fallen here VITA.
IN The past two days.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
Nice Girls Can Always Get Work.

Chicago. May 30.-Young women
with good dispositions, average at
Effectiveness and with no slit skirts,
low-cut necks or fiat curls gummed
on their cheeks, need never lack en-
ployment in Chicago, provided that
they possess a reasonable degree Of
competency. This was the result Of
a discussion on the subject here last
night by employment heads of a
number of large department stores
and mail order concerns and experts
from the Women's Trade Union
League and several civic bodies.
One employer said hat the great
est problem is the middle-aged wo-
man who has grown careless Of her
appearance. Another declared that
it was freakish girls. A third said
that the hardest kind of girl to find
a place for was the college girl with
no vocational training.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
Ration for Pigs.

A reader wishes to know if a mix
ture Of go pounds of corn meal, 90
pounds of wheat middlings and seven
pounds Of digester tankage viii make
a good ration for young hogs"
This will make a most excellent
ration for pigs. Possibly for pigs
under five Or six months Of age, the
corn meal might be reduced to GO
pounds, and the middlings and tank
age increased to 80 pounds and 10
pounds, respectively. And for pigs
over OR eight months of age,
possibly the corn meal might be in
creased and the tankage decreased
slightly. Wheat middlings form a
w~ell-balanced ration for pigs and it
requires II part of tankage to bal
ance six to 10 parts OF corn, accord
ing to the age and needs of the pigs.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03

geARN'p GARDEN
NSBFE
Progressive Farmer.(
The Place for Manure.

This is from South Carolina:
"All things considered, what crop
should Il farmer, Who Is growing cot
ton, corn and oats, use his %barnyard
manure on, and why? You advo-
cate a winter cover crop. How is it
practical for a farmer to get all his
land plowed and sown to a winter
crop before it gets too far into
the w%inter?"
The best place for the farm ma
nure is on the crimson clover that il
to be turned for corn in the spring.
This is because the corr crop can
better use The rough manure than
any other crop, and in its cultivation
the organic material is put into fine
shape for the oat crop that follows
the corn, and only a little acid
phosphate will be needed on the
oats. There is no reason for a far
mer who is farming in a good rota-
ton with cotton, corn and oats be-
ing into the winter getting a winter
cover crop W Starting with corn
ne a SOW peas among the corn, and
disk them down finely for drilling
oats after the corn is cut and shock
ed, and the oats will make the win
ter cover. Then he can make a good
nay crop Of peas after the oats and
disk the stubble lightly and SOW
crimson clover seed, and in spring
turn this under for cotton and it will
have done it's duty as a winter cover.
even if he has to turn it before
blooming. Then he can SOW crimson
clover again among the cotton about
the first or second picking, and it
will grow without preparation Of the
soil, and on this cover he can ge-
his manure out during the winter as
fast as made and spread it for the
corn and repeat the rotation and be
all the while building up his land,
and there is no special trouble in
getting a winter cover crop on the
land.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
Grey Honor the Blue.

Raleigh, n. c., May 31.-For the
first time in the history of National
Decoration Day. the Confederate
Drum Corps Of this city rendered
music at the Federal cemetery Satur-
day afternoon, and Confederate vete-
rams from the North Carolina Sol
diers' Home attended Decoration Day
exercises in a body. State Treasurer
Lacy tCiivered the address.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03

Five years ago when l bought the
land on which my garden Is, it had
been lying out and growing weeds
for years, and the first spring l at
tempted to make a garden | had a
regular battle with cutworms and
the nut grass.
But that summer the garden was
Kept absolutely clean, and the next
spring there were few cutworms and
nut grass was more scanty. Again
the nut grass was chopped off daily
II the whole garden kept constantly
at work growing something useful,
II since then | have hardly found
a cutworm, and nut grass is the
Scarcest weed in the garden.
/ On the east side of the garden,
around which | have a chicken net
ting wire fence to keep Out the neigh
bOrs' chickens, there is . stretch Of
vacant lots held by a realty company
for sale, and all down the outside of
that fence l have to cultivate regu-
larry a wide strip to keep the rank
weeds from blowing their seeds on
my garden, and running their roots
under the fence to take the manur
give the garden, for before | did this
l found that there was a strip about
three or four feet wide outside.
where the weeds grew as high as my
fence and were evidently feeding on
my manure with their robber roots.
This ear l propose to plant some
thing low and useful on that outside
strip, a row or two Of blackeye peas
for instance if the chickens will let
me, for on the other side Of the
fence | want to set tomato plants or
something else that ] can train on
the fence and l do not want the
rank weeds to shut out the sunshine
from the east. The owners of the
land do not care how much of it
cultivate, and it would be well if all
these vacant lots were cultivated by
some one instead of letting them
breed weeds for the neighborhood.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
Child Observation-Disclosures Suspected.

Clio, May PA child of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. g. Smith was taken suddenly
i'll two days ago, and indications
pointed to poisoning from unknown
causes. A colored nurse is said to
have admitted giving the child car
bolic acid in revenge for chastise-
ment given her a short time since.
The nurse has been placed in Jail at
Bennettsville. The child was six
months old.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
Swallowed Needle Six Years Ago.

Olathe, Kan, May 30.-About six
years ago Mrs. Jas. l.. CLANCY, a far
mers wife living southeast of here.
accidentally swallowed a needle, and
she was so frightened that nothing
was said about it at the time to her
family. Yesterday she felt a sharp
point ~protruding from her right side,
took hold of it and drew out the
needle. At no time had she felt any
discomfort from this peculiar acct
dent.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
Foreign Alfalfa Seed.

1.-The alfalfa sown in this county
tFranklin county, Tenn.,) last fall is
very small as compared with what it
was this time a year ago. There is
a good deal of difference in opinion
as to the of this. | lear a
good deal said about the different
kinds OF alfalfa. Some people think
we have sown a little grazing alfalfa
cir there is such a thing). | wish
you would write me, giving your
opinion on this matter, and especially
as to the different kinds of alfalfa.
There are a great many readers
of your paper in this county that
would like to see something come
out in the Progressive Farmer on
this, as many are uneasy about their
alfalfa"
The above letter is evidence that
something is wrong. Many a man
is going to awaken this spring to the
fact that last fall he sowed European
or foreign alfalfa seed. It may have
beer a perfectly natural mistake for
the scotsman to make. This Euro
rear seed was fine looking, and the
purchase price much lower than the
American seed.
Early in the season we purchased
seed of Hungarian alfalfa, Turkes-
tan alfalfa and Kansas (American)
alfalfa. They were planted the same
day under identically the same con-
ditions. From the beginning the
American stand was better and the
plants decidedly superior. Before
winter set in people going along the
pike would notice the difference in
the three of alfalfa and would
stop and inquire or telephone when
they got home.
Plants from the European seed are
small, hug the ground and at a cas-
la observation resemble white clo-
yer plants. They + not vigorous
and are in no sense a substitute for
the best strains of American grown
alfalfa.
A year ago last fall at the West
tennessee Station at Jackson we
planted four acres in alfalfa. The
ground had been fallowed and, due
to a dry, hot spell of weather pre-
ceding the seeding, the surface of
the soil was a dust mulch. After
seeding there came a downpour Of
two and one-half inches and the al
falfa seed were buried beneath a
crust and a very disappointing stand
resulted. In the spring Cor the only
time to thicken an alfalfa stand is
in the spring following the fall seed
ing), we reseeded with European
seed, but we did not know it. At the
present time we have a stand Of al
falta, part Of the plants small and
inferior from foreign seed, and part
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03

vigorous from American seed. The
result is so unsatisfactory that after
the third cutting in 1914 the ground
will be broken and prepared for a
fall seeding of American grown seed.
European alfalfa seed has proved
such a failure, in the South at least,
that some steps should be taken to
prevent the introduction of the seed.
If there be any differences in the ap-
pearance of foreign and American
grown seed we have not observed
them. 1t is, therefore, important
that wide publicity be given to the
results that may be expected in using
foreign alfalfa seed and that seeds
men be asked not to offer it for sale.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1914-06-03
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