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TWU New for tt BY JNO. C. BARKSDALE, C LOOK HIM UP. The county agent has an office in the citv hall, room 206, where he car be found on Saturdays. We mention this because someone may want tc call him and not know where he is located. Only last week a farmer desired to.get Mr. Barksdale to assist him in treating a sick cow and lost a $60.00 cow. Mr. Barksdale is not a vetinarian nor has he had any special training along that line, but had he been notified, a competent vetinarian could have been secured and the animal probably saved. TO SEE WORK OF BOLL WEEVIL In order that the framers of the county may see at first hand the work of the boll weevil, the county agent and other interested farmers are endeavoring to get up a party X X J 4-V? A Ks\11 oi larmers u> go uuc ?uu ace weevil at work in the infested district and learn of him while watching his work. "Seeing is believing," and more can be ' accomplished towards getting our farmers prepared for the boll weevil invasion by having a delegation of our farmers visit the infested district than by any other means. Opportunity will be afforded for first hand study of conditions and talking with the farmers of the infested territory much valuable information can be secured. The plans are to make the trip about the 10th of August via the Ford route, the party pooling expenses so as to reduce the cost of the trip to a minimum. Much good will be derived from the trip and it will prove a source of pleasure to see the country, etc. The County Agent would be glad to hear from any farmer interested. SHORTAGE OF DAIRY CATTLE. Farmers and business men should awaken to the fact that there is a tremendous shortage of dairy cattle in this country. This is true not 1? -- * aahmItt Knf in - umy 111 AUUCV1UC tuuauj, fc/vav *** other parts of the country as well. In looking around for the cause we are forced to the conclusion that farmers are selling their cattle because of the high priced feedstuff and in order to raise more cotton. We shold stop, look and listen, lets not fail to see the handwriting on the wall. We must not forget that within the next few years the production of cotton is going to be seriosly hampered. 4 Our yields are going to be cut and the more we plant to cotton the more we stand to lose financially. Let's not be caught unprepared, conserve your livestock, breed them to the highest state of efficiency, sell no desirable animal that will bear young, and in the meantime produce feedstuffs to marfVii-rtnorVi vmir / n+fln to ?iH in snaintaing your soil fertility. In addition to htis seed winter and summer legumes liberally so that our soils may not be depleted of their fertility and our people impoverished by the coming of the boll weevil. ^ MOUNDING FRUIT TREES. ' Fruit tre?* be mounded now to head off the round headed borer that works at the crown of the tree. The trunks should also be whitewashed to keep back the flat headed shot hole borer. Whitewash the trunks with a solution consisting of 3 pounds of turpentine soap, 4 pounds sulphur, and 20 pound lump lime. Slack the lime in 25 gallons water, dissolve the soap in 3 gallons of hot water, make a thin paste of the sulphur and add to the soap solution, mix this with the lime and stir thoroughly, dilute to 250 gallons. This should wash 250 old trees, if you haven't that number the ingredients can be cut down to the number you have. The round headed borer can be easily found by the jelly-like substance clinging to the tree at the surface of the ground. Dig around the tree and remove all borers with a sharp pointed knife or some other instrument. After removing all borers, wash ' ? 1- 3 tne tree witn me aDove wasu anu mound with dirt to a height of 1C to 12 inches. Allow the mound to remain around the tree until the latter part of October or the first oi November then tear it down and allow to remain down all winter, all ' ' borers found when the mound is removed can be easily destroyed. CREAM ROUTES. There are splendid prospects of t cream route being formed in the upper section of the county, extendnut frnm Tva t.hrouch the Lown VUV 0? desville and Antreville sections anc back towards Iva. Iva being the shipping point. The County Agenl le Farmers :OUNTY DEMONSTRATOR. lis working in that section with farn ers interested in the route and hop( i i to get it established at an early dat< 1! With the coming of the boll we< jvil, cream routes are going to be i i'common in the south as in the nort ! west. Under weevil infestation liv< j stock is the farmers standby, an I the surplus cream produced wi j find a ready market the year roun [through the creameries of the stat i j Creameries furnish to the farmer ready market for his produce enal ling him to market at a good advar tage and at a minimum cost his sui I plus cream and eggs right at h door without the extra trouble c churning or hauling to market. Th 1 farmer is often forced to market h: butter, eggs, etc. at a loss, frequent ly he has to trade 'em out at a dis advantage because the inprket i flooded. The cream routes, howeve afford him a steady market but ar not a get rich quick scheme. B( sides affording the farmer a read market for his produce, they brin him a home market for his roug feeds and provide an excellent fee for the young calves, hogs, etc., i the form of skim milk. Skim mil is not only good for the hogs an calves but is an excellent feed fo young chickens and turkeys. It i I in this home market that the farme will derive a good income and pre fit. Because it enables him to tur his rough feeds into compost fo conserving his soil fertility and h j makes money on the deal withou deprecating the value of the crop fed to any great extent. When ou farmers grow into the livestock bus iness, they will experience a re? prosperity and wont mind that th weevil has come to hamper the pre :duction of cotton. Farmers patronizing these route afford to themselves an excellent oj portunity for cooperative improve ment of their livestock. Cow testin ! associations can be profitably forme (within the route, the farmers ca I buy pure bred sires for headin I their heards and improving the ofl (springs without great cost to them selves. Just here we want to poin out that in a very few years cattl are going'to be more expensive tha ever before. Already we are be 'ginning to see advances. Owing t ' - * -i i-i.? -r J tne tremendous siaugnusr uj. ucan 'able types, we are going to see 'sharper advance. For the success ful operation of these routes, no les than 60 cows in milk should be avail able. In forming a route, it is high ly important that the farmers pre vide feedstuff's to winter the cattl i successfully so as to keep the flow o :milk as high as possible, sorghur |can be planted as mentioned else where in these columns, rye, turni and mangrel patches can be seede and the products utilized to advan :tage. Remember that the man wh I prepares in advance for the comini ! of the boll weevil will be better pre | pared to withstand the storm, i , PLANT SORGHUM | Vve cannot urge you too strong1.; j to provide feed stuffs for winterin; jthe livestock. Plant sorghum an | save corn. The sorghum should b sppded an 3 foot rows, fertilised will commercial guano, compost of bcti" i and should be thinned to a moderat -stand and cultivated so as to get a 'much growth as possible. The stalks can be cut and harvesl 'ed in the field ftSs corn. It can be fe directly from the shock or hauled u 'and housed. If the feed is housec !stand the stalks on end as it will no jtend to heat so readily and will kee | much better. If you shock in th j field, dig up the soil where the shoe [is to be placed and you'll find tha ;the stalks will retain their juice better. Stalks gr^wn to one hal inch or more in diameter will retai their ;uces all win-sr and wid h vary p ipatable to ll>? "estocl Sorghum made and cured in thi way will make a better feed tha cotton seed hulls or corn stover, i I is second only to silage for cattl i and mules and horses will go throug ' j the winter in excellent condition i fed on it. t a 1 Mrs. Lee Hodges of Greenwoo< 1 came over Monday and will spen ' several days with her friend, Mis ! Mary Quarles Link. FREE OF CHARGE. I Why suffer with indigestion, dys 1? AAMn^innfiAV pepsia, torpiu nvcrf Lunoupai'tvi sour stomach, coming-up-of-fooc after-eating, etc., when you can ge a sample bottle of Green's Augui Flower free at P. B. Speed's dru store. This medicine has remarkabl " curative properties, and has demor strated its efficiency by fifty years c . success. Headaches are often cawe [ by a disordered stomach. Auguat Flower is put up in 25 an 5 75 cent bottles. For sale in all civi * ized countries. - ! COVER CROPS, A VALUABLE SOURCE OF SOIL FERTILITY With cotton selling at presenl prices, the tendency is to plant more cotton and to attempt to realize as much money out of this crop as posisible while the price is high. We dc not deny that this is a wise plan in monoiramonf hilt WO Want. t.f - | J.CW 111 .. ~ j.! point out the evil of all cotton farmjgling, it robs the land of its fertility. e> j We maintain that no system oi ?J farming is economical that does no1 IS conserve the fertility of the soil. The h production of cotton is essential, we 2. J should endeavor to grow as much d cotton as we possibly can after we 11 have provided for the necessary fooc d I stuffs to run the farm. That cottor farming or any other one crop sysa tem of farming robs the soil, w? j.jhave but to stop and think. Comi_' pared with a short time ago, oui r_ yields per acre are greatly reduced is except when produced under the ,f stimulus of a heavy application oi e high grade commercial guano. This is is expensive not only in the initial t- c?st of potential plant food and is robbing the soil of its humus or oris ganic matter, which is essential tc jrjthe economical use of commercial e guanos. One common cause of our I- i ft 1!!.^ _i. S011S "setting up hkk cement, us 11 y were, or baking after heavy rains is g that the land is depleted of its hull mus content The crying need oi d the southern soils is humus. We n know that yields can be maintained k and increased by the use of cornel mercial fertilizers, if the seasons are r favorable, but the cost is increased is from year to year, because we have ir to increase the applications of fertil>. izers yearly and all the while we n tend to further deplete the soil oi r run it down while the cost of fertile izers go higher. it Land that is rich in organic matis ter will not 'set up" or bake after r rains, crops will withstand drought j-1 better, they grow off better in the ilj spring because the soil retains more e| heat energy, commercial fertilizers >-jgive larger and more economical re| turns when used on lands full of !S organic matter, and lands rich in | humus do not lose as much plant ?_ i food through leakage of drainage g because they hold more moisture, d which makes the plant iood more nisoluable and readily available for g the plant. -! We want to see more acres seeded i_. to winter cover crops. When our it lands are left bear (Juring the winter e months much valuable plant food is n'lost through drainage and leakage. >. A cover crop would take up this loss o and store the plant food for the next - crop, besides the washing and gullya ing of the land would be largeljr pre5. vented. If leguminous crop be used is as a cover crop, it will absorb nitro[. gen from the soil and assimulate a [_ great deal from the air which will i- be of great benefit in reducing the e nitrogen bill of the next crop. If f you do not feel financially able to n see leguminous cover crops, then J seed rye. A coat of rye turned unplder at the proper time will be worth d $5.00 in manurial value to the next 1 crop, while a growth of cirmson I _i j 1 rrr a a ^x 0; ciover wuuiu equal iuv pounu ox g1 cotton seed meal and would be at i- the present price of the seed, a much 'cheaper fertilizer. Our land needs humus. The more j trash you put on them to decay and | mix with the soil the richer the land I will become and you will be enabled y I to produce cotton next year more ? economically. We urge you to give ^,the matter of seeding cover crops e serious consideration. bj - ' \vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv 5V V 3 V FAIRFIELD V V V r 4 ^ Fairfield, July 23?The rain last P week has brightened up the crops '? considerably. We can see the farmers have great big smiles over their P good looking corn and cotton. e Mr. and Mrs. John McCaslan spent k last Wednesday in Harrisburg the ^ eruests of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Cres s well. ^ Mrs. M. J. Young and little Gladys n Bowen, have gone to Georgia to 0 visit friends and relatives. Mrs, Lizzie Horn of Troy, accompanied ls them to see her parents. We wish n them a pleasant trip. l* Messrs. John Henry and Cowan e Young attended Children's Day at ^ Bradley last Sabbath, also Miss Minif nie Belle Talbert, Misses Eva and Alma Young, Furman McCaslan, David and Joel Young. Mr. Wylie Long spent Mondaj d night with David Young. !S Mrs. J. W. Long spent part of las.1 week in Willington. She returnee home Sabbath. Rev. R. F. Bradley will have the summer meeting at Long Cane the 3- fifth Sabbath of this month, u Mr Furman McCaslan sDent las1 Thursday night with Joel Young. Messrs. John Henry and Cowar g Young spent Saturday night with c Mr. and Mrs. Allen Walker. l" Messrs. Tommie, John Henry j Frank and Cowan Young went tc Abbeville last Tuesday on business, d Some of the seigners were out lasl week. They report good luck. 1 AWVWWAT/W.'AV.'.V.VA THE CROSS-EYED COOK Mr. and Mrs. Brooks had been married only a few months, but already they had had nine cooks, and most of the time had been without a servant at all. After each and every departure of the presiding dames of the culinary department of the Brooks household, Mrs. Brooks declared that she was sick t and tired of fooling with them, and ' that thereafter she would do all the ! cooking with her owd fair hands. Mrs. : Brooks was long on enthusiasm, but a 1 trifle short on experience and skill, ! and after a week or two of wheat I cakes with all the taste and juclness i of asbestos, chops with all the endur. ance and elasticity of rope-ends, and ? coffee that tasted like a chill tonic, . Mr. Brooks was wont to declare that . she was simply wearing herself to a I frazzle; that he wasn't going to have k it any longer, and that a cook must be ; Immediately signed up. It wail on the first evening after they | had moved Into a new flat, and just ^ ofter Mr. Brooks had taken a stand of ' this sort that Mrs. Brooks announced - that she had that day engaged a new > cook, who had promised to appear on [ the following morning. On his return home from the offlee ; the following evening, Instead of Mrs. . Brooks, he met at the door of the flat an apparition that made him give a perceptible start before he could rnnfrnl himself Tf won n Vmc?? hnnv. ! whlte-tcrbaned negress, with a complexion of Stygian blackness and the cross-eyedest pair of cross-eyes that ! Brooks had ever seen In a human be1 lng. i He walked back Into the flat won dering where his wife could be. That > person came bouncing In almost at that Instant, explaining that she had . Just ruci out for some flowers, the occasion being one that seemed to call for some celebration. "Have you seen her?" she demanded. "Oh, It's a her, Is it?" said Mr. Brooks. "I'm glad you told me or I might not have known. Yes, I have seen her, and I am still a trifle weak 1 from the shock." "What Is the name of this Ill-favored daughter of Ham?" "Gwendolyn," replied Mrs. Brooks. ; 1 "Gwendolyn," repeated her husband, ! sinking weakly down upon a couch. It was a very agreeable odor that smote Mr. Brook's nostrils as he lifted the cover from Gwendolyn's dishes. And they proved to be no false heralds. Not many times In his life had he sat down to so satisfying a meal, he soon found himself saying. Sipping a cup of delicious coffee, Mr. Brooks lit a cigar, pushed his chair back from the table, and forthwith pronounced the gargoyllan Gwendolyn the original pearl of great price. Mr. Brooks, in fact, was so pleased and satisfied that he could not resist the temptation to tease hl3 young wife a little. "I might have known, though," he said gloomily, "that there would be some thorn to the rose. How could you have deliberately Invited bad luck by bringing a cross eyed negro Into the flat just as we have moved into it?" Mrs. Brooks looked up In alarm. Her eyes widened. "Why, really, are they bad luck?" she inquired anxiously. "Are they bad luck?" he repeate<. wAn m Anr> a toll ni.\ DVICUJJJUV. 4/U ^UU LUCOU IU I CI I UJthat you've lived almost twenty-twu years and never heard that about :i cross-eyed negro. Why, my dear child, they're almost the worst luck there la." "How dreadful!" exclaimed Mrs. Brooks, looking as If some horrible cti lamity bad already befallen. "Wha. are we going to do about It?" "Nothing," said Mr. Brooks. "We'll just stand pat. You see It may be j-ears and years before this bad luck happenst so tligrg's no use worrying ItbOTit It." Meals at the Brooka flat continued to be enjoyable. Gwendolyn remained gloomy and silent, but she proved her--ii> - * 1- J A sell a DOru cuuk, uuu jDiuuna wcuum his way homeward every evening with great satisfaction in the thought of the dinner that was waiting him. ; It wast a month or two after Gwendo1 lyn's initial triumph that Mr. Brooks went home one evening and found his wife cooking dinner and also herself In the kitchen. She explained that it ; was Gwendolyn's afternoon off. , It was after her husband had eaten bravely through the meal that Mrs. Brooks gathered heruelf together and suddenly burst out: 1 "John, just now I told you only a half truth. It Is the cook's day off, but she Isn't coming back any more." "What?" almost shrieked Mr. 1 Brooks. "What has happened?" "I've discharged her," said Mrs. t Brooks almost tearfully. "Discharged her!" shouted Mr. Brooks. "What does all this mean?" I "Well, you see, Harry, it was like ( this," began Mrs. Brooks tremblingly. "I was feeling lonesome today while r you were gone, and I picked up a novel telling aDOUt a young Driue wno iosi her husband on their honeymoon, and [ It waa so sad I cried and cried. And then the horrible thought came to me ?what if you should die! Then I re! memberetl what you said about cross! eyed negroes bringing bad luck. Gwendolyn was working Rti the kitchen and : the awful thought came to me that If you died It would be because of her, i und 1 would lose my mind and go star! ing mad thinking how it was me that brought her into the. house. The thought preyed on me till I couldn't J stand it any longer, so I just went In and discharged her." Mr. Brooks sank back Into his chair ? ID aumii siupeiacuoQ una inea wicn a suppressed groan be, metaphorically ' iptsaklog, fainted denct away. 1 1785 COLLEGE OF South Carolins 132d Year Beg Entrance examinations at all th< o'clock A. M. Fbur-year courses lead to the B. medical course is given. A free tuition scholarship is assi Spacious buildings and athletic j excelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. For terms H .MttuMraiiiMiwmiMiiiiniiMiNtiiHtiiMfliiNinmiiTiifitrtiirtntiMiJiimiNftuitiriiimMitiurtiini # It takes a long time to buil< ' BUSINESS and I have made line for twenty years and eve as well as every repair job your money gladly refunded. 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