The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-11-11

OF SOFA Ill Tile lllluule VI Vic lO"s
about the middle of June, when the
seasons were right. In this cOnnec-
ton I must say that to get the best
results from soda it must be applied
at the right time-when the ground
is damp enough to take up the
strength of the soda. | used 80
pounds more soda this year than last,
and the results have been most salts
factory. | consider it the most ef-
fective commercial fertilizer made.
| planted the middle of April, using
the Cook variety again. | thinned
the plants down to six feet rows and
five feet in the drill. The stalks are
about five and six feet high now.
don't know just how much will
gather this year. The boil rot has
damaged it considerably, far more
than last year. I have picked so far
about four bales off this acre, and
feel satisfied that had it not been for
the disease, or boil rot, would have
gathered 5000 pounds Of lint. AS
it is, 1 believe 1 will get five bales
Thus ends the story of the famous
acre patch. It is located right in the
heart of town, not over one hundred
yards from Main street, in the rear
of the champions pretty little cot
tage on North Main.
But there is another thing in con-
nection with this field which will
doubtless prove of interest in connec-
tion with this review. 1t is one OF
the most important connected with
the improvement of the field, in the
opinion of it's owner. Before the
crop each year has been gathered Mr..
Caughman has sown the land in rye.
This is used as pasture for stock,
and a great deal of it is cut for feed.
Late cut in the spring this is turned
under, and Mr.. Caughman is of the
opinion that it has had as much to
do with bringing the land up to it's
present high state of cultivation. as
anything else.
Mr.. Caughman now has the OppOr-
tunity of his life to make small
fortune by selling the seed at fancy
prices but he is too honest to fool
anybody. He says he does not expect
to sell single pound of the seed for
the reason that they are infected with
anthracnose, or boil rot, and he HIM
self does not intend to plant any OF
the seed. Hundreds of farmers from
every section of the country have put
in their orders for seed, but not one
of them will be supplied unless they
are willing to run the risk of the pos
sibility of spreading anthracnose, or
boil rot, into their sections.
Is Confederate Veteran.
The champion cotton grower of the
world is nearly SO years of age. He
served with distinction throughout
the War Between the Sections, being
among the first to enlist in Capt. w.
D. Harmon's company, but at the end
of the war he was member of his
brothers company, Capt. P. H.
Caughman. He saw service on many
battlefield, and there is not a more
ardent or more enthusiastic veteran
in the State. He is. brother of
Banks L. Caughman, of Columbia
former railroad commissioner, and of
James Caughman, of this county. In
his quiet and unassuming way he has
always taken an interest in the af-
fairs of his county and State, and has
never been found wanting when duty
called.
He is the father of six children,
two sons and four daughters. He
has never made any pretensions OF
show. Even now he is as modest as
the most modest. He wears his
honors with that characteristic spirit
which has ever been a leading mark
of his makeup. He is as honest as
the MONDAY sun and as true as steel.
He does not consider that he has per-
formed any great feat. He is firm
in the belief that what he has done
others can accomplish with the same
effort. |'I am certain that anybody
else can do the same thing if they
try is the way he expresses it. IF
1 have performed any great act
anything that will help the future
generation-I shall be satisfied; and
now that I have given you the whole
story, I hope that you will publish
it in full so that I may be relieved of
the trouble and expense of giving it
to those who have already written
me as well as to those who will write
me after this is published. Just say,
in conclusion, that l expect to make
an effort next year to break all for
mer records, for l believe it can be