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I HEREFORD BREED OF CATTLE ! Represents Type Suitable "'or Largest Production of Beef-Han No Su perior on Range. The Hereford derives Its name from Its native district in England. The most popular color and markings are dark claret or cherry, white face, throat, chest, legs, belly and small stripe of white on neck and before 'the shoulders. The hons are rue Hereford Bull. dium to long, white and generally turning outward. This breed represents the type that is suitable for the largest production of beet as lt is low set and broad, heavy in forequarters; full, deep chest, level wide back, wide thick loin and quarters. The form repre sents that which is associated with a strong constitution, vigor and pre potency, and one of the strong points of the breed is its grazing attributes. The Hereford probably has no super ior on the range. The cows of this breed give only milk enough to raise a very thrifty calf. DONT KEEP TOO MANY HOGS Overstocked Farm Is Unprofitable One -Give Every Pig or Other Ani mal a Fair Chance. It ls a mistake to overstock your place with pigs or any other animals. Too many farmers in attempting to make money by increasing the num ber of animals do so at the expense of quality. An overstocked farm is not a profitable one. A farm that ls overstocked is one that has more animals of any character than can be properly cared for or kept in good, thrifty, growing condition. Wherever the numbers interfere with the growth or with the attention that should be given them it is overstocked. If the 'pastures are too small for them or too short, necessitating the purchase -.pl^ieed, the profits are cut with a two-1 edged sword, firet because cf purchas ing feed, second because of Injury to the thrift and growth of the animals. More money can be made with half the animals properly fed and cared for and kept in a thrifty, growing condi tion. Every pig or other animal should have a chance, and if they are crowded it is impossible to give them a good show. Numbers sometimes are the sole cause of losses instead of profits. GREEDY HOGS ARE DESIRABLE Oregon Station Finds by Actual Feed ing Test* That Heaviest Eater ls Most Profitable. The Oregon agricultural station has found out by actual feeding tests that the hog which eats moat greedily is the most profitable. Thirty pigs were divided into three lots, the heaviest eaters in one lot. and others graded according to their capacity for con suming feed. A hundred hogs like the heaviest eaters at the rate of gain made and present prices, would make a profit of $297.65, or almost exactly $3 a head. A hundred like the poorest feeders would have made a profit of $115.65, or only a little mere than a dollar u head. They were evenly graded as to size and sex. If there ls this great difference beuween the heavy-eating hogs and the light eat ers-thea most hog growers will agree that the breeders might wall devote themselves to breeding appetite in hogs, instead of color or fancy points. If the appetite makes the profits, breed appetite. tjVfcSTOC NOTES Niever let the colt nurse ll the mare li heated. . . . Early and thorough training makes gentle, safe and tractable horses. ? . ? Keep young stock growing and lt will bc earning something every day. . . . No profitable animals should be kept a moment longer than necessity requires. . . . The profitable mutton breeds of .heep are those of early maturity, rapid growth and necessarily short lived. . . . It takes longer and costs more to make up a pound of IOBS than it does to add five pcunda of gain under fa vorable conditions. f?OME ATowl TOWN FORESTS IN GERMANY Convincing Proofs of What May Be Accomplished Under Scientific Management. A feature of municipal government which has been brought to a high de gree of perfection In Qermany is the town forest The town forest is a sec tion of woodland set aside by a city for the propagation of forest trees and operated by and for the profit of the townspeople. Germany has many that are paying all the community taxes and something over. Harris A. Rey nolds, secretary of the Massachusetts Fore Rt ry association, has made a sur vey of such institutions in Germany and publishes his findings in the American City Magazine. Forbach, a town of 1,900 people, has a town forest of 1,482 acres, or about four-fifths of an acre to each inhabi ant. This forest makes a profit of $12.14 an acre annually, sufficient to pay all the communal taxes and leave some over for local improvements. A section of the forest, in this case, is Bet aside and when extraordinary ex penditures are called for, such as the building a new schoolhouse or a town hall, enough timber is cut and sold from the reserve to meet the cost. Besides paying for taxes and certain Improvements, this town for est, in keeping with an old German custom, pays the heads of the older families, 250 of them in thiB instance, the sum of $36 yearly. All work in the forest is done under the super vision of a trained forester, appointed by the state. Many men and women are employed in cutting, hoeing, etc., and are paid wages by the town. The management is based on the most scientific and modern principles, and extraordinary means are taken to pre vent the ravages of Insects and ani mals. A forest fire ls unknown, all dead limbs and waste from the cutting being quickly disposed of. The profits of the forests visited by Mr. Reynolds average $6.20 an acre. In addition to being commercially profitable, the forests s.re used as recreational centers. On Sundays and holidays they are thronged with pic nickers and merrymakers, as the woods, always located within easy reach town, offer unequaled ad vantages for outdoor sports. PUSH GARDEN SCHOOL IDEA Federal Bureau of Education Formu lating Comprehensive Plan for Its Advancement. The United States bureau of educa tion is beginning a special work of the promotion of home and school gardens, having received an appropria tion from congress for the purpose. It appears that many cities have al ready made experiments and consid erable progress in school gardens, but there is little concrete information available at present for exchange and distribution among schools. By cor respondence and personal visits the bureau of education proposes to co operate with schofl boards through out the United States on this subject and collate and distribute such infor mation as will be of service in extend ing the work. It is proposed that every city school shall have a teacher employed 12 months in the year who understands gardening both theoretically and prac tically. During term time the teacher is to give instruction in nature study, elementary science and gardening, and in the afternoon direct the work in gardens at the children's homes. During the summer vacation the teacher on duty will employ all her time in directing the practical garden work. Such teachers, according to the system of the bureau, will be able to give a personal supervision, which will insure greater success for the gardens and can familiarize the chil dren with the problems of plant pro duction and utilization. A co-opera tive plan for disposing advantageously of the surplus vegetables and fruits ls included in the general scheme. Cities Lack Air Space. The United States census calls "met ropolitan districts" the land within the city boundaries of large cities and within a radius of ten miles outside of city boundaries. The metropolitan district of New York comprises 617,00t acres; of Philadelphia, 437,000 acres; of Chicago, 409,000 acres; of Pitts burgh, 405,000 acres; of Boston, 335,000 acres, and of San Francisco and Oak land, 289,000. In order to understand what these big figures mean one must remember that the city of Paris at the time of the French revolution com prised only 8,325 acres, on which 600, 000 people were crowded. Even today the city of Paris proper crowds its 2,840.000 people on an area of only 19,500 acres and Berlin proper crowds over two million people on 15,008 acres. How can any standard'of air space in private or public buildings, and es pecially in gardens, public playgrounds and parks, that has been developed by these antiquated cities ever be used in looking for the solution of the prob lms of the new city? New times demand now measures and now Tuon; The time is ripe, and rotten-ripe for chu age. -James Russell Lowell. IT MARES HOME, OniSoDAPPY To nave A BANK ACCO O Ccpyrisbt 1909. kr C. E. Zimmerman Co.--No. 44 F all the unhappy homes, not one in a hundred has a bank account and not one home in a hundred who has a bank account is unhappy. It seems almost foolish to put it off any longer, when it is such a simple, easy matter to start a bank account. BANK OF EDGEFIELD OFFICERS : J. C. Sheppard, President; B. E. Nicholson, vice-President; E. J. Mime, Cashier; J. H. Allen, Assistant Oashier. h DIRECTORS : J. C. Sheppard, Geo. W. Adams, Thos. H. Rainsford, John Rainsford, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller, E. J. Mims, J. H. Allen. B. 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Edge Auto and I Edgef?eld, Sc Guard Your Children Against Bowel Trouble Many children at an carly agc become constipated, and frequently serious consequences result Not being able to realize his own con dition, a child's bowels should be constantly watched, and a gentle laxative given when necessary. Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are especially well adapted to women and children. Thc Sisters of Christian Charity, 531 Charles St., Luzerne, Pa., who attend many cases of sickness say of them: "Some time ago we beean using Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets and find that we like them very much. Their action is excellent and we are grateful for having been made acquainted with tit em. "We have had good results In every case and the Sisters are very much pleased." The form and flavor of any medi cine is very important, no matter who is to take it. The taste and appearance are especially important when children arc concerned. 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