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I tjK I 5tv ' >/ it:' 9 / r>; Mjg ;V 8 l v v. * 8 A PREMIUM 1 WITH 1 EVERY , I BOTTLE si . I Meet Us ..We'l Wit * f / , y ' ' * ' * ' 1 . .?, r - i ft - .. ; 6 Bottled in Which ) \ We will also h A PREMl S A |Coca-( HmHBB at the I I ALL Be / h the'Gen \ i 7 \ 3 . Our Sariil YOU are to Inspect 0 \ . lave all kinds of O [UM WITH EVERY I -> ' BBEVILL JolaR :onPAN' jm . / ) \ - ? ' / ! H H A PREMIUM I WITH . R EVERY H BOTTLE | 'AIL. : THERE / / uine ><. / * / f v m tary Plant Invited * \ OLD DRINKS %/\rr TI P 3U 1 ILL V ottling V I \ The Harvesting and Storing Quroof Pntn fAAt mtt w? a I Seemingly Hardy Roots Need u Careful Handling as Apples and Oranges?Methods Suggested. Washington, D. C., Oct 24?Sweet j potatoes must be harvested and stored with the utmost care, say specialists of the U. S. Departnlent of Agriculture, if their production is to prove profitable. Any bruising of the roots, either in the field or in storage, will greatly increase the percentage of loss. In storage the temperature at which the potatoes are kept is also an important factor in determining their keeping qualities Harvesting Methods Recommended Throughout most of the sweet potato producing region the harvest will take place within the next six weeks or two months. Growers should be sure before digging that the roots are mature, and they should select a time when the ground is dry and the day bright If frost nips the plants, the roots should be dug 41?a mav4* #atw /Intra anil i# fUo W1141U1 Uio ilCAV XC TT UMJ O UUU) 4Uk VUA0 is impossible, the dead plants should be cut off at the ground with a hoe so that in rotting they will not carry the decay to the roots. Care should be taken in plowing out the potatoes to avoid all bruising Ay contact between the implements used and tae roots. The soil should then be scratched away from the potatoes and they should, be left exposed for several hours to dry. Picking should be in padded boxes, baskets, or crates. The roots should be carefully placed, not thrown into the picking receptacles. Although sweet potatoes do notaave the appearance of being easily injured, they require, in fact, as careful handling as oranges and apples. Handling should be minimized to as great an extent as possible. This makes desirable a rough sorting in the field by placing the largest potatoes in one picking container, the smallest in another, and the braised roots in a third. In no case should saiks be used either as temporary containers or for marketing purposes Diseased potatoes should be placed in none of the assortments. Such roots should not be left permanently in the field, however, to contaminate the soil, but should be gathered and fed toW& Proper Storage Facilities Proper storage facilities are valuable to the grower in that they do away with the necessity of selling the. crop on digging, greatly lessen ihe'heavy losses sustained when the primitive storage method of burying the potatoes is enployed, and permit holding for good prices in winter or spring. A special/ storage house, such as many southern farmers have ibuilty-is advocated by the Department specialists. Such a structure with a capacity of 1,000 to 2,500^ bushels % * - a - A A 4 AA can De duiic ai a con 01 irum ?xvu to $500, depending on the availability of lumber and other material. The storage house should have double walls to insulate against heat and cold and a false floor to facilitate ventilation. A stove should .be installed for supplying artificial heat. If bins are used, they should have slatted sides, further to facilitate a circulation of air. Sweet potatoes may be satisfactorily stored in bins, but where economically practicable it is advisable to store in crates or hampers, since such a practice reduces pressure on the roots, permits better ventilation, ; and confines such rotting as may btart to a relatively restricted space. In some sections the potatoes are stored in the hampers in whcih they V*o mnrlrofpH hi>ing> removed mm just before shipment and resorted. ? Disinfecting Storage Receptacles. gr Where storage is to be in bins or 8h< iother receptacles these should, if they have been used before, be thoroughly disinfected by spraying with ^ solutions of formalin or copper sul- ST phate. The former should be used * in the proportion of 1 pint to 30 gallons of water. The copper sul- da phate should be used at the rate of 1 pound to 25 gallons of water. With or either solution a second spraying should be given after 24 hours. 8* Proper Storage Ttmpcratum. ^ When first placed in the storage or house sweet potatoes should be cured ^ by being kept, by the use of a fire, in 8111 a temperature of -from 80 to 90 de- ^ im ^ b h Make your own Flour. It ia ^ cleaner and purer and better than any you ean buy. 8t< It is no trouble to make it if you use our Fish and Blood Guano mi when you sow your Wheat. let ANDERSON PHOSPHATE & OIL CO. al W. F. FARMER, S*c. {J i CfeSi Sto "CREi ' *. . - * 4 ' '" . *' y \ 1 i It :m m, ? r^:? ' ' ^', .'1 / ' 4 .' > .? Sf'ia ' - ' . . * ? " .-?:< '''. Made in the large* world by men wh ^ J.-" ' -:' r;-:" '? -= /V i A large assorts Carload of the f< arrived. N. : ?. ' j ' ji " - . / SoldC The Furnita Main Street i ees F. This curing temperature ould be maintained for from 10 ys to two weeks and should then be adually reduced to about 56 deeea, and kept at as near this point possible. After this, the ventilara should be left open during the y in clear, warm weather, and kept tied during the nights and in damp rainy weather. When the temperare in the house goes below 50 deees F., the house should be opened the outside temperature is higher, a flre should be started to raise e temperature to the desired point, ice once the potatoes have become ^roughly chilled their quality is paired and they are more suscepti- : i to decay. In order to maintain ; 3 proper temperatures, farmers suld install thermometers in thier ' >rage houses. Frther information on this subject ly be obtained from Farmers' Buixt n ao .in i>u. uto. We don't mind our friends getting I of the good things out of life that ey can, but we hate to hear 'em ag that that's just what they've t out to do. i V? . ':"v" ' V' ' ." ->. - v'. ? .'. V cent ; vo d >ves ' ' i : < 8 'v : ft; / I I I 1 m ii SCENT" . I j| \y*.r % l^H ! ii T^ijjpVo . /'&:'4---'J'-'-. n : ?. t' : s-.iv/'.- ^3> i'J IHI I M I ;' I it stove olant in tlM ! Hi o know how. I I f- ' j:.' I IH c^i n IAII? fA imouft Stove* juat I B . | - ~T I nlyBjr I - H I Kerr I gS ire Co. Abbeville, S. C. II / DH X * .. ^ $ ' V- ' CALOMEL DYNAMITES ^^9 A SLUGGISH LIVHH Calomel salivates! Iff mtreu^^OB Calomel acts like dynamite on a sl^BS gish lirer. When calomel eomee i^B^B contact with sour bfle it crashee iKH it, causing cramping and nausea. If yon feel bilious, headachy, < stipated, and all knocked out, jnst^^^H to your druggist and get a 50 . bottle of Doason'e Liver Tone, is a harmless vegetable substitute .? .1.?.1 asngcruux cjuvwm. iu? and if it doesn't start your lirer straighten yon up better and than nasty ealomel and without n^H| ing yon sick, yon jut (0 .x back BHB get your money. If yon take calomel today yonl^^^H sick and nauseated tomorrow; sides, it may salivate yon, whu^H^H sron take Dodson'a liver Tone mil wake np feeling great, full ambition and ready for work or [t's harmless, pleasant and safeJ^^B give to children; they Wee It.? Floor is $8.00 a barrel and are talking $10. You can cheaper than that and better. flHI our Fish and Blood Guano. ANDERSON PHOSPHATE ft <^^H| I W. F. FARMER,