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Chanoery Court
m on the Third Monday in May and No-
A. H. Roberts, Chancellor.
R. A. Davit, Clerk add Master.
Criminal and Law Court
Con saas on Second Monday in April, August
an.i lice nser.
Xen Hicks, Judge,
W. H. Buttran, Attorney Gen.
C W Simmers, Clerk.
Better Farming in the South
Permanent Influence Of Fertilizers On Southern Soils
Feeding the Plant the fJeal Purpose Developing the Resources of the
Soli Secondary
f "Freo Flower Seed
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Tells You About It
Huarterly County Court
Convenes the Tirst Monday in Janurry, April,
' iid Cttoher, with the following Justices
the g.'ioe: '
P. H. AdcockandJ. B. Webster
A. Joyner, N. L. Duncan, D. A. Tay-
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G. V. Ringhnm, John Powell.
Jno A, Jones, lW. Hultler, Kruno"
'.V. M. Milliard. A. S. Griffith.
H. H. Pitman, II. A. Lowullen.
AI. M. Giad, k M. Adkins.
A. M. Hishop. llous Lee.
Alex Hiimby, It. 11. Mndeii.
J. M. Lnnglcy, It. A. Cross, W.S.
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Ill' Uist. 1). W. C. Hicknmu, Kobt LyoaB
12t'i ' Clias Pearson, J. p. Youug.
W. Z. Stricklin, Judge
S. II. Jestes, "lerk.
"How has he done it?" was asked.
"It has been the practice of this
farmer to put on his land the amount
of fertilizer that he could purchase
with the proceeds of the sale of his
cotton seed from this same land. Of
course, this farmer could have grown
his cotton more economically had he
grown it in rotation with other crops,.
Loss Through Leaching
"Sandy soils naturally erode and
leach readily. Phosphoric acid does
not leach away but remains in the
top twelve inches of soil till it is used
by the plant. Potash will wash out
of sandy soils to a limited extent, but
with clay soils it is practically all
available. The nitrates, on the other
hand, cannot long be retained by the
soil. It is soluble in water and there
fore leaches out with every heavy
rain. ,
Winter Cover Crops Help
"When a field is Left bare through
the winter months, sometimes more
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J W STONE
Lawyer
Practices in all Courts in adjoining coun
ties and Federal Courts
HARRIMAN. TENN.
In recent years
soil fertility has
come to be look
ed upon in a new
light. .Soils are
no longer spoken
of as being rich
simply because
chemical analysis
shows that they
contain abund
a n c e of plant
food. Much of
J. N. HARPER,
Agronomist may. be locked up
bo that plants can not get at it. To
be available plant food must be in
soluble form: that is. it must dissolve
in the soil water and change into just
the form that the Dlant can use for
-its growth," says Professor Harper.
in fact, he continues, "a chemical
analysis may show that a soil has lit
tle t.ntal fnnri crnitonf hut fht lUMo
may often have plant food in a more than 40 pounds of nitrogen is leached ', Atlanta, faa. Advt.
avauaoie rorm than the richer soil, uom an acre. It will take buu pounds
and, as a consequence, will produce of cottonseed meal per acre to replace
this loss of nitrogen. If the farmer
plants a cover crop such as rye, crim
son clover or bur clover, the greater
portion of this nitrogen will be re
tained and become available for the
succeeding crop."
No matter whether, you farm on a
large scale or only plant vegetables
or fldwera In ti small way, you need
Hastings' 1917 Seed Catalog. It's
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In addition to showing you ahout all
the varieties of vegetables, farm
grass, clover and flower seeds, this
catalog tells how you can get free five
splendid varieties of easily grown, yet
beautiful flowers, with which to beau
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Good seeds of almost every kind
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so far as possible by starting with
the right seed? Don't take chances
that you do not have to.
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tine. tio wonder work i Hint niile v.onii un?n
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ADVERTISEMENT
CREDITORS
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To the creditors of The H.Fugate Co.
In obedience to an -order made by the
Chancery court at Wartburer, in the case
of Trotter Bros, et-al, vs H Fugate Co.
et al, the creditors of said company are
hereby notified to have themselves made
parties to said cause by petition, and to
file and prove their claims ugainst said
company in said cause on or before the
23d day of May, 1917
or they may beexcluded from the bene
fits ot said suit and trom sharing in the
assets of said company,
Said creditors and claimants are also
hereby notified that by order of said
court, in said cause they and each of
them are enjoined from instituting any
suit against said company, otherwise
than by petition in said pending cause, as
aforesaid.
This 19th day of March, 1017.
R. A. DAVIS,
io-4t Clerk and Master
Fanners are. getting ready for
spring work.
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D M McCart was in town last
on business.
Mr Wiley of Muncie, Ind., is
re looking up oil lands.
.Carl Schubert, was in Knox
vilie last week purchasing his
spring stock of goods.
M Moody of Stowers, will on
Saturday next dispose of his
household furniture at auction.
greater yields.
"Most of the soils of the South have
been formed from granite rocks which
have decayed or crumbled into parti
cles. Soils derived from granites con
tain considerable sand. Such soils
are found very extensively in the re
gion east of the Mississippi river.
"Can these sandy loam soils of the
South be made to produce abundant
crops?
"The answer is 'Yes.' Proof is pro
vided from the experience of thou
sands of farmers. They won through
proper farm management and fertili
zation. Many farmers of the South are
today getting a bale of cotton to the
acre where they once eot onlv one-
third of a bale. They are producing
irom 50 to 75 bushels of corn on the
same land which a few years ago pro
duced only 15 to 20 bushels.
"What is the secret of their suc
cess? "Is it in the change in the methods
of cultivation? There has been con
siderable improvement in this respect.
"Has it been due to deeper plowing?
This has been a help.
"Is it due to crop rotation? The
right kind of rotation is beneficial.
"What then-is the great reason? It
is this, the plants have been fed bet
ter and they have responded with bet
ter yields. In other -words, It came
aDout through proper fertilization.
"A successful Southern farmer,
whom the writer knows well, is now
producing a bale of cotton to the-acre
on land which twenty-five years" ago
was producing only one-third of a bale.
He has constantly grown cotton on
this land. Yet in spite of this, he has
Increased yields.
TO MAKE COTTON FRUIT BETTER
J. C. Pridmore, Agronomist
Inquiry "My cotton produces plen
ty of weed, but fruits poorly. What
fertilizer would correct this?
From the knowledge of plant nutri
tion as it is understood at the pres
ent time, it appears that you have a
1 soil containing a fairly good, supply
of nitrogen, but deficient in phosphoric
acid and potash. The element nitro
gen is considered largely with the de
velopment of vegetative parts of the
plants, such as the stalk, stems and
leaves. The phosphoric acid is respon
sible to a large extent for the develop
ment of the fruit, and the hastening or
the maturity of the plant. Potash givea
general tone and vigor to the plant,
and improves the quality of the fruit.
The use of fertilizer will supply these
plant food elements, and enable one
to overcome these apparent- soil defi
ciencies. A material analyzing from1! per
cent to 2 per cent nitrogen, 10 per
cent to 12 per cent phosphoric acid,
and l per cent to 2 per cent potash,
could be used profitably in such cases.
Apply at the rate of three or four
hundred pounds per acre before the
crop is planted, so that the plant can
get full benefit of the material early
in its growth, especially under boU
weevil conditions.
Davidson-East & Nelson Co.
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BISTEIB8T6BS
FOR FORD CARS IN
Morgan, Scott, Fentress, Cumberland andRoane
Counties.
GRAN DAVIS L6cal Agent.
L em m& ce.
Grnn Davis is prepared with
hi new delivery truck to move
anything from a bushel of corn
meal to a brick house.
The woods in and around Wart
bur:;, especially on the east front,
are being overrun by oil specula
tors seeking for the precious pre
d. H i, still there are more to come
1 resilient Wilson took steps
Sunday morning to place the na
tion on a war footing.
A .i
-a. very ominous silence is
coming out of Germany since the
Russian revolution.
While Senator Stone may not.
bf f orced out of the chairmanship
of 1 he foreign relations committee
as he should be, his constituants
wli! see to it that at the expira
tion of his present term he will
receive all that is coming to him.
M i D. T. Hardin, District Agent
for 'arm Demonstration work in
E is! Tennessee was in Wartburg
ici-ntly and with the assistance
.ur Coleman, County Agent,
i.'iized a Potato Club which
:iv certain will give a good
'unt aesount of themselves in
.'i.i;imnnitv contests.
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It is safe to say that no one
crop can add more to the agricul
tural wealth of the south than the
more extensive growing of cow
peas. This will supply the south
ern markets with much of their
hay, which is now shipped in
from the North and West. It
will tend to increase the produc
tion of live stock, which is very
essential in securing the maxi
mum returns in any system of ag
riculture; and it will go far to-
ard keeping the soil in a:ood tilth
and maintaining its productive
ness.
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On Sunday, March IS, James
An 1-r-Mii. an Oakdale negro ran
;v.v :v with a 12 year old colored
wiso'ii he had promised to
niiirv. He was followed by
Mi i.ifT !5vnl to La Follete where
he .-im led took him back to Oak
da! ,m 1 fried before Squire R A
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We are pleased to note that Mr
Coleman County Farm Agent i
organizing Potato Clubs anions:
Ihe boys in different parts of tin
county, fins is a move in the
right direction, the results o
which mav have a far reachins:
effect. Come to the front, boys of
-Morgan County, and show to
the world that you are worthy
defendants of the pioneers of this
mountain countrv. Tf.e clubs
will be organized as community
clubs and will compete against
each other as teams rather than as
individuals. If vou wiMi to ioiu
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