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FOUR News for t THE SELECTION, DRYING AND STORING OF SEED CORN ^imnnrtnnt. fac-1 UI1C U1 U1C 11IV0V tors in connection with the production of a large yield of corn is good seed. By good seed I mean seed of the desired type and variety, intelligently selected and carefully stored, and adapted to our climatic conditions. Many farmers do not realize the importance and value of good seed corn. One of the laws of nature is that "like produces like" and we should always keep this law in mind when selecting seed of any kind. Experiments have shown that good seed will increase the yield from 4 to 5 bushels per acre; in many cases the increase is even greater. Good seed corn not only means increased yields, but a better, quicker - *-* and a more uniiurm swim, ^vseed corn will be worth from $3.00 to $4.00 per bushel next spring. Time spent in the field selecting seed corn this fall will more than pay for ieself in increased yields at harvest time next fall. Make an experiment and try it out. Seed com should be harvested when the corn is thoroughly mature, as indicated by the stalk, the leaves and the ear. Go into the field with a sack around the shoulders before the general crop is harvested and select the best ears from the most productive plants. The corn can also be selected by nailing a box on either side of the wagon bed and throwing into| these boxes the desired ears, when ' the general crop is harvested. This is not dsirable for two reasons: (1) most farmers gather their general crop too late, and (2) everybody is not Qualified to select seed corn. Ears should be selected from strong, healthy vigorous stalks, and ' avoid very large and small stalks. Choose uniform stalks that have made large yields because of their inherent producing power, rather than because of a good environment, such as space, fertilizer ,and moisture. Of two stalks producing a good ear each, one because of its environment, (fertilizers, moisture, space), the other because of its inherent qualities, also choose the latter. It is best to select ears grown 4 or 5 feet from the ground; never select ears produced too high or too low on the plants.. Select ears that taper gradually, well covered with j shucks, and long downward at an angle. The shanks should be strong! - and form an angle of about 45 de-1 grees with the stalk. The shuck pro-i tects the ear from insects and rain;| ii tne ear points downward it is aiso protected from the rain. Select ears that have well filled out butts and tips, straight rows and close together, the kernels long, broad and thick. It is best to select plants bearing / one good ear rather than two inferior ones. Do not select ears that | mature too early or too late. It takes about 20 or 25 ears to plant an acrej and it is desirable to select about 50 ears for every acre to be planted so that a final selection can be made in the spring at planting time. The drying and storing of seed corn is as important as the selection. When the corn is harvested it always contains from 15 to 20 per cent of water. This water causes moulding, fermentinc nr ininrv tr? flip cppH There is a little germ or immature plant in every seed that must be very carefully kept if the seed is to maintain its vitality, hence the importance of drying and storing. As the ears are brought from the field they should be stored in a dry, well ventilated place in such a way that there will be a free circulation of air around each ear of corn. This i3 best done by stringing the ears on twine in a horizontal position so that the ears will be placed one above the other but not touching. This can also be done by taking some scrap lumber and building a rack with shelves in it to store the corn. Such a rack is inexpensive and can be constructed in an hour. The corn is now placed in a dry, well ventilated place for keeping. The seed corn should not be thrown in the crib in piles when harvested because it is not properly dried. If weevils get into the seed corn or in the crib, get some carbolic-sulphide from your druggist and place shallow pans about over the corn. Close all doors, windows and cracks. Pour the' corbon hisulphide in these shallow pans and allow to stand for about 15 or 24 hours. The liquid will evaporate and being heavier than air will sink down into the corn and kill all of the weevils. This operaA.Z ?1 1 J 4-V.si tiun SllUUiU UC icpcatcu wncu uic eggs are hatched to kill all the yo.ung weevils. This is the best and surest remedy for weevils in corn and peas. I he Farmer ~ ' ? - - -1 U 4-r UCtODer snouiu ue uie muuui * gather seed corn. I shall be glad tc help anyone desiring to select theii seed corn in the field that need mj assistance. W. A. Rowell, County Agent. USE CHEAPER FEEDS. "It is time to quit shoveling grair indiscriminately into live stock. Goot live-stock farming demands it anc the need of more food requires it Feeding grain to meat animals witi a lavish hand is responsible for on< of the greater feed losses on th< farms of this country. Hay, fodder silage, and pasture are the cheapesi feeds and will carry animals alonj with a minimum of grain. Keep th< frames of the young animals devel oping on these cheap feeds. With hold the full" grain ration until th< n ?J Awwitfao nnismng jjenuu amv^. ?e cattle may be wintered on the cheap er feeds." This advice of animal-husbandrj specialists of the United States De partment of Agriculture to stocl feeders is emergency advice only it is the sound logic of meat produc tion; which American farmers mus learn if they are to compete success fully with European meat producer! in the coming generations. Thes< are good days to learn the lesson Oj feed conservation. In Farmers' Bui letin 873, "The Utilization of Farn Wastes in Feeding Live Stock," spe cialists tell how to use these cheapei feeds in rations for cattle, sheep, an< horses. A tremendous waste of feedinf stuffs occurs annuallp on Americai farms, according to figures presentee in this publication. This waste of corn stdver can b< checked, it is said, through use o: better methods of feeding foddei and stover and it can be almost en tirely stopped through the use of si los. Straw and stover are best util ized for feed when accompanied bj concentrates, such as cottonseec meal. If the large amounts of cotton seed meal ordinarly used for fertil izer in the south were, instead, fee to live stock and the manure usee for fertilizer, the value of the mea wo\}ld be increased from 50 to 85 pe: cen? Practical experience as well as ex perimental work has taught tha straw and stover can be used verj economically in the rations of almos all kinds of live stock. They car be used in the fattening rations o: all farm animals except hogs anc should compose the larger part o: all wintering or keeping rations o: cattle, sheep, and horses. Weekly News Letter. HARVESTING SOYBEANS. Timely Points Given Farmers Wh< Grew New Crop?Bulletin Out. Clemson College, S. C., Sept.? Many South Carolina farmers begar to grow soybeans for grain this year For the information of these farmer: the United States Department ol Agriculture will shortly issue a bul letin entitled "Harvesting Soybean: lor seea. j&very aoutn \,aronm farmer who has soybean seed to har vest should write the Department oi Agriculture at Washington, D. C. asking for this bulletin. Inexperienced growers are likelj to meet with heavy loss of seec through lack of knowledge as to th< proper methods of handling the soy bean plant. When grown for grair alone the shattering of the pods is i serious fault. The amount of shat tering varies with the varieties oj the bean, but it is well to give spe cial attention to all varieties to pre vent losses from this cause. Harvesting Soybeans. The best time to harvest, excepl where special bean harvesters arc used, is when about three-fourths oj the leaves have fallen and most oj the pods have turned color. Har vesting at an earlier stage makes th( plants difficult to cure properly anc lessens the yield on account of im mature grain. On the other hand if the plants are allowed to become too ripe the pods will shatter before being cut. When special harvester: are used to gather the seed, the plants should be allowed to read full maturity to get best results. The crop may be cut with ordinary mowing machines, scythes corn knives or sickles. After being cut the plants are cured in shock: and allowed to remain in the fielc until a convenient time for thrash ing, unless the special bean har I a.An^Aw i r> i.nn J A ntn lU aw + r-i nnnr VCdlCl id USCU IU gdUlCl LUC 3CCI from the standing plants. Thrashing may be done with ar ordinary grain thrasher, which shoulc be properly adjusted so that thi beans are thrashed with little dam age from breaking the grain. Spe cial thrashers are on the market anc / I their use may be practical when large amounts of the beans are to be handled. If thoroughly dry, soybeans may be thrashed with a flail. If only an acre or two is to be thrashed this method is practical and economical. A corn shredder has been used with success in thrashing ' soybeans. If the beans are properly * cured- and dried they are shelled out very readily with such a machine. r Storage of Seed. Soybean seed spoils rather easily if not properly handled, and care should be used in curing and storing. After thrashing the bears should be watched carefully to avoid ' 'J! Tin neating ana moiamg. mien gwu 1 and dry there is no such danger. A ' good plan is to spread the beans out ' on the floor immediately after thraph ing and shovel them over from time 1 to time until they are thoroughly J dry, then they may be safely put J into sacks or bins. The storeroom ? should be dry and have a free circu^ lation of air. Soybean seed losses > vitality very rapidly and it is not . 1 safe to hold seed for planting pur- . " poses for more than two seasons. ; SHALL VELVET BEANS BE HARVESTED* OR GRAZED? j r A reader has 100 head of 750- 1 - pound grade Hereford heifers. Am- ! c pie pasture is available until frost : ; and then 100 tons of sorghum, cow- 1 - pea and corn silage, and velvet beans t for grazing are available. He asks: - "Would you crush the velvet beans 1 3 in the hull and feed the meal in ad- ! j,dition to silage, of would you let 1 I these heifers take the run of the - fields?" l On sandy land we would be in clined to let the cattle graze the velr vet beans instead of trying to har1 vest them.' Some of the beans might be gathered and fed with the silage - /vynr/iMn- ICS OvVlQIieforl f\t* wllATl J di-tci glaring VAil?UO?VU Vi. " ??W?? i it is not advisable to keep the cattle 1 on the land. But on land such, as is common in i the locality from which this inquiry f comes it is not usually advisable to r put cattle on the land during the wet - weather of winter. For this reason - the pods may be gathered, ground - and fed with the silage, unless the j quantity will be only sufficient to 1 furnish grazing for the cattle during - such portion of the winter as is like ly to be suitable for grazing. But it: 1 there are more beans than the cat1 tie will need or can consume during; 1 the time the land wi!!l probably be r dry enough for grazing, part of them I oV?i-l 1 rl Ko ffrnnrirl anrl -fori - with the silage. If this is not done t; it will probably be found advisable rjto feed some cottonseed meal with; t the silage. i| With 'only 100 tons of silage and P. 100 head of cattle to feed they can1 not be given more than 20 pounds of f.silage each per day for more than f: 100 days, and, therefore, some grazing on the velvet beans or other roughage will probably be necessary. In view of these facts, it may be more economical to graze the velvet| beans and feed cottonseed meal with , the silage, but this will depend entirely on the supply or quantity of velvet beans.?Progressive Farmer i STATE-WIDE ANTITUBERCULOSIS CAMPAIGN 3 Movement Under Direction of State Board of Health, Headed by Mrs. A !. I It I /inmc i* ivcinuci l. I F Under the direction of the State , Board of Health, a state-wide camIpaigrn will be inaugurated through a r, central . co-operating committee, 1'headed by Mrs. Annie I. Rembcrt, < ; | field secretary of the State Board of 1 -j Health, with regard to tuberculosis, ljand executive secretary of th^JSouth i Carolina Anti-Tuberculosis associa- 1 - tion, for the protection not only of f the military camps of the state - against tuberculosis, but also of the . civilian population as well, and for the care and treatment of those who have contracted the dread disease, t This work is considered vitally im; portant during this war emergency, F and is it felt that it can be more eft fectively carried out in view of the - rigid examinations which are being ; undergone and are yet to be under1 gone by thousands of young men in - the state, which will disclose many , hidden places of the malady. ; The co-operating committee of the ; tuberculosis war problem will be 5 composed of the tuberculosis com; mittee of the State Board of Health, i the county chairmen of the state council of defense, the chairman of - the Red Cross organizations and spe- 1 _i x- on ~i: , cicii agents ui wic ouum r Anti-Tuberculosis association. In 5 each county there will be a sub1 committee composed .of the county - supervisor, county superintendent of - education, a representative of the 1 county medical association, the mayor of the county seat, the president i of the chamber of commerce, a rep1 resentative of the women's clubs, s and a representative of the women's - defense council. Mrs. Rembert will - organize these committees, county 1 by county. OWEN BR Marble and Granit Company Designers M s innfo r'hivDve 1TAUJL1U1 UViUl VA O Erectors TRIBUTES IN STONE is a beau ful little booklet which will t you many things you should kn< before placing your order for monument. It is free. The largest and best equipp monumental mills in the Carolin Greenwood, S. C. Raleigh, N. THE EXPULSION OF BLOUNT, el In connection with the growing agitation for the expulsion from the United States Senate of < Robert M. LaFollette of Wisconsin, it is noted that the Senate has rarely exercised this drastic constitutional prerogative. A number of Senators from / Southern States who failed to resign when they sided with the Confederal wprs fnrmallv exnelled. but. out- _ side of these cases, there have been I few expulsions from the upper cham- * L-er of the national legislature. The first case was that of William " IE Blount of Tennessee, who was one r? of Tennessee's first pair of Senators and later a colleague in that body of Andrew Jackson. He was expelled on July 8, 1797, having served less ^ than a year. The charge against I him was that of using "seditious and treasonable words," which constitut- | ed "a high misdemeanor entirely in- B consistent with his public trust and duty." It was based on a private > letter to a friend in which Blount I suggested the possible transfer of ^ New Orleans and the Floridas from Spain to Great Britain. This proRrifish nlnn mnspri mnrVi evmt.pment at the time, when feeling between 'v the United States and the mother c country was still very tense, and it P has since been known as "Blount's a' Conspiracy." He was summarily expelled from the Senate, a judgment apparently by default, as it seems that he did not present him- ri self for trial then. His formal trial n was postponed until 1798 and early in 1799 the Seriate dropped the mat- y ter for lack of jurisdiction, since tc Blount was no longer a member of,w the boqy. . . Blount's explanation was that the ^ privilege of American navigation of j f2 the Mississippi would be more easily li< adjusted and secured if its lower ^ course were in possession of the1 British instead of the Spanish. This! explanation was wholly acceptable to Tennessee in which State Blount j retained* great popularity after his1, expulsion. Soon afterward he was I elected to the Senate of Tennessee! over which he presided for a long priod. He enjoyed a long and dis-j tinguished career, as he was a mem-ber of the Continental Congress and| the Constitutional Convention, and in 1790 was appointed by President Washington to be governor of "The Territory of the United States South of the Ohio." He founded the city of Knoxville. The Chattanooga News, commenting upon the Blount case, gives this! interesting sidelight: "^Irs. Octavia Zollicoffer Bond, presumably a daughter of Gen. Zollicoffer, tells an interesting and ro- : mantic story in connection with William Bloant'3 expulsion. After his return to Knoxville, so the story goes, the sergeant-at-arms of the , senate was sent to arrest Blount and 1 take him back to Washington. Why I, this had been determined upon is not explained. While at Knoxville, the ? sergeant-at-arms was banqueted and pc royally entertained. The best citi- in zenship of the town showered its p< attentions upon him; even in the vi home of Bio ant he was treated as an honored guest. But business was j business, and at last he must reveal the purpose of his mission. Blount was informed that his guest had j come to convey him to Washington, j ( Then the former stoutly but politely f told the latter he would not go. A 111 posse was summoned but not a man ^ appeared in response, so the errand had to be abandoned. It is related that when the sergeant-at-arms was JU ready to set out on his return jour-iar ney, a number* of the Tennesseans' whom he had met, assembled on C< horse back and formed an escort for their departing guest. After accompanying him for quite a distance, they bade him adieu, saying: "Wei Si beg to assure you, sir, that William jca Blount cannot be taken from Ten-jbi nessee." The senate official pro-J ceeded alone to Washington and w nothing more came of the incident." j se This story has the earmarks of in historical truth, for at that time the Federal Government was so weak and' ac decentralized that the States openly jbi flouted it and often treated its mandates with more or less polite con-jar fomnt Tt io < fav nrxT frnm fjinf CO ?? it** ** ?? ^ , -to this, when the centralization of;pi OTHERS e em a dw in as. ~ C- . (; __j e< T R The Beauty Secret t Ladies desire that irre- j si^tible charm?a good ^omplexion. Of course they do not wish others to know a beautifier has been used so they buy a botde of Vlagnolia BalmJ LIQUID FACE POWDER C id ute according to simple direction*. Improvetent is noticed at once. Soothing, cooling and freshing. Heal* Sunburn, (tops Tan. Pink, White, Rote-Red. b 75 c. at 'DruggUb or tv mail direct. ^ Sample (either color) for 2c. Stamp. ^ iron Mfe. Co., 40 South Fifth St., Brooklyn. 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Stools out better, su- is pcrior quality of grain, and g destined, in our opinion, to' si take the place of all other 0 Rye. b Weenfs tail Catalog ? niv/?? full and Informa- ^ tion, and also lelis abcul the best ti SEED WHEAT, OATS, I RYEP an 3 Other Seeds for Fa3.1 Scwiag. .... *? Write fcr Catalog and priccs of a any Seeds required. u : b T. W. WOOD & SONS, T SEEDSMEN, - P.lchmoEd, Va. ft >wer in the national government is creasing and when its voice comils instant obedience.?The Greenlie Daily News. , . J R iAVfc YUUK UAKU?.IN or.c.L'^. Clemson College, S. C., Sept. 29.? jeds produced in pods should be 0 lowed to fully mature before be- ^ g picked. After picking, dry in the C( in, store in a tight can and label. le seeds from fruits should be left ferment in some of the pulp and lice for a short time. Then wash id store away. U DTS FIVE CENTS AN ACRE TO PREVENT SMUT ^ m Clemson College, S. C., Sept. 29. nut in your wneai next jecii <x\ ,use the loss of from three to ten n< ishels to the acre. m You can only be sure that there h< ill be no smut by treating your tied with formaldehyde before sow- in g it. ni The cost is about 5 cents ua.oJ :re. With1 wheat at $2 or more a|b< ?' I ooin TV1QT7 lip Stfi to $2(1 I J11 1SI1C1 U1C 5am ??Mjr ?? f ? ~ ?Treat your seed. Save the wheat in id add to your own profits and the m untry's sorely needed bread sup- le y. fs MASTER'S SALfL I The State of South Carolina^^fl County of Abbeville. Court of Common Pleas. RS. LUDIE K. COX, against WBMI ARCUS FRAZIER and AtyflM FRAZIER. By authority of a Decree of / the Court of Common Plea^^H bbeville County, in said ade in the above stated case, Ter for sale, at Public Outcrj^^B bbeville C. H., S. C., on SalcHfl : November, A. D. 1917, withii^^H gal hours of sale, the followin^^H ribed land, to wit: All that * parcel of land situate, lying jing in Abbeville County, tate aforesaid, containing One^^H 1-2) Acre, more or less, and bo^^a J A-f PinVior/1 flnAV ftnflU x uy xauuo ui ibtvMuiu v/wvu . Bradley and fronting on TERMS OF SALE?CASH. laser to pay for papers. IDfl 0-12-3. Master A. C., S. j^H R. E. HILL, MASTER'S SALE. H The State of South Carolina^^H County of Abbville. Court of Common Pleas. ULIUS M. VISANSKA . H against f |RR CLINKSCALES .and MES CHINE. By authority of a Decree x)t HH y the Court of Common Pleas .bbevllle County, in said State, n^H i the above stated case, I will <^H or sale, at Public Outcry, at m eville C. H., S. C., on SalesdaHl fovember, A. D., 1917, within Hfl ;gal hours of sale the following^? cribed land, tc wit: All thai t^H r parcel of land situate, lying eing in Abbeville County, in tate aforesaid, containing One red and 24-100 (24 24-100) A<^| lore or less, and bounded by f R. 5. Bryan and Carlisle landflB be North; East by lands of 'arlisle, Whitman, Harper and rowan; South and West by to, 15 of the Meschine land-^|H :me befng tracts No. 16 of .^H Ieschine land. flfl TERMS OF SALE?CASH. H haser to pay for papers. ? ' ' H R. E. HILL, M Master A. C., S. (flj 0-12-3. Master A. C., MASTER'S SALE, fl The State of South Carolina, County of Abbeville: Court of Common Pleas. IRS. JNO. T EVANS, MRS. JOB? EVANS and GEO. C. DOUGLaB against ^9 AMES F. HUTTO and JAMES M CHIBALD EVANS. , H By authority of a Decree of y.the Court of Common Pleas H Lbbeville County, in said State, i the above stated case, I will o^H or sale, at Public Outcry, at AbH ille C. H., S. C., on Salesday I Tovember, A. D. 1917, within, the H al hours of sale the following H| bribed land, to wit: All that tr^^ r parcel of land situate, lying ' ffll eing in Abbeville County, in tate aforesaid, containing Thir^f 'wo (32) Acres, more or less, aH ounded by lands of Rosenberg lfl ate, Depot Street and Public Roflj nd commonly known as the "R<H [ouse" place._ H Also, all that tract or parcel H ind situate, lying and being in tH ity of Abbeville, County and St^H foresaid, containing One and OiH alf (1 1-2) Acres, more or lejBB ounded by lot of Derry Donalds<H 'abby Ramey, Hodges, Childs, HecH [arper and others?known as Evans Store." ; I mt7?r>n^o r\t? o at r p a <2 it p,| 1 vr kJ/lUU Viiw**# A. baser to pay for papers. H R. E. HILL, B 0-12-3. Master A. C., S. C.I 1ISSIAN C.ENERAL IS SENTENCED FOR TREASGM ) H Petrograd.?General SoukhomliH ff, former minister of war, was seH meed to hard labor for life aftfl mviction of the charge of higfl eason in the court here. H Madame Soukhomiloff was acquil id. B MM r CAM CCTC TUT | * A M Mm* HEIGHT ON BOOT ______ t No use to set one's heart on tal ilitary looking boots this seaso -as the little boy said about tt ?ple core: "There ain't goin' to I ane!" The United States goven ent has definitely decreed tt jight of feminine bootwear; .an :i?A amraH ie presci IUCU ucigui* u iches?that is, no feminine hoc av bo more than seven inches tal! [ course one may wear a lowe jot-top if one pleases; But sine 1 the new autumn boots are touct ig the limit of the seven-inch pel ission, the. average woman will s? ct that height, to keep in step wit ishion.