Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-08-02

invisible for the tangible and more
sordid things of life. In truth, Mr.,
Glover's lines have fallen in pleasant
places, having cast lis lot in a good.
ly land and among a goodly people
Strong Agricultural Backing.
In the matter of producing great
men and making history for South
Carolina, Orangeburg stands in the
forefront amid the other countries of
the state. And yet Orangeburg's
claim to greatness lies not alone in
the soldiers, statesmen, jurists and
ministers of renown whom she has
produced, but Orangeburg is known
far and ear as being n of thelead-
ing counties in agriculture in the
country. For a number of years this
county has had the distinction Of
being second in cotton production,
being excelled by only one county in
Texas, which if that county be in
proportion to the size of the Lone
Star state, must be something like
as large as the entire Palmetto state.
The town Of North has the good
fortune of being surrounded by
fertile fields that are owned and cul-
tivated by intelligent, thrifty far
mers. Through the thoughtfulness of
Mr.. Archie Livingston, one Of
North's most substantial business
men, Mr.. Wells, Mr.. Jones and the
writer took a motor trip Thursday
morning in several directions some
eight or ten miles from North. Here
we saw many large fields of cotton,
corn and peas, the two latter crops
predominating in acreage. The cot
ton in the main was farther advan-
ced than cotton in this section and
had been damaged but little up to
that time by boil weevils. Some far
mers had applied poison at regular
intervals, while others had used none
at all.
The largest farm we visited was
that of Mr.. Shingler B. Knots who
has about 500 acres under cultiva-
ton, most of this being in corn that
was practically matured. In every
acre of this corn Mr.. Knots had vel
vet beans planted and in .some both
beans and peas. Nowhere else, ex-
cept possibly in the river bottoms of
Pennsylvania county, North Carolina,
have we ever before seen such fields
of corn, all Of which was very fine.
When asked what he expected to do
with so much corn, Mr.. Knots said
he feeds it to cattle in the ear just
as it is hauled from the field, allow
ing hogs to run in the lot to utilize
the waste. Mr.. Knots purchases sew
eral car loads of steers in Tennessee
every fall and then ships them to
market in car lots when in prime
Last winter he fattened
se%venty-odd Tennessee steers that
were purchased at three cents per
pound and sold at six cents. When
their weight was around
800 pounds and when sold they aver
aged 1000 pounds. The increase in
price and weight both will figure a
good profit. Another item of profit
from feeding the steers, and a con-
siderable N it is too, is the fertil-
izer. Mr.. Knots pointed out diffe--
ent fields, some of them side by side,
to which this form of fertilizer had
been applied and some upon which
commercial fertilizer only had been
used, and the most casual observer
could easily detect the difference.
Mr.. Knots farm is equipped with
modern machinery Of all kinds and
electric power, which is generated
upon a stream running through the
farm, is used in operating his thresh-
er and other similar machinery. A
visit to this farm makes an Edgefeld
man feel like he has been suddenly
transported to some other state
than South Carolina. If there be
many Shingler Knots in Orange
burg one can not wonder why that
county has such a prestige, agricul-
turally.
A Rare and Very Choice Spirit.
On this hurried trip a-wheel, at
the suggestion of Mr.. Livingston, we
made a brief stop at the home of DR..
Ben H. Knots, a kinsman of Mr..
Rarnua11 Jonas This venerable pen.