Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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The Reason Why. There is no plausible reason why every farmer in America should not be a breeder of pure bred cattle within the next five years, There is a greater profit i in pure-breeds, whether they .1i raised for beef or breeding pur poses. Two steers, a scrub and a pure-bred, both the same age, raised in the same feeding pen 1 and on the same ration, will at maturity greatly surprise the farmer whose experience has ] been limited to the production of scrubs. The pure-bred steer will 1 outweigh the scrub from 200 to 600 pounds, and will bring from i 1 to 3 cents per pound more money. Why, then, not buy more pure breeds? The average farmer, says the Drovers' Journal, will contend that the first cost of a foundation herd is too great-he hesitates about paying $200 to $500 for a first-class bull, and in his short sightedness is unable to figure a profit. from his investment. He is either in debt or has lived up to his income, and would consider it the heighth of folly to pay more than $35 for a cow, which he breeds to his neighbor's grade bull-perhaps a Jersey. We are not speaking of the many farm ers who are already raising pure bred cattle but of the small farmers who have never awakened to the great importance of pro ducing better beef. The demand for better beef is growing rapidly, and the supply instead of in creasing is decreasing at a cor responding rate, is diminishing. Some farmers tell us they can't get money enough ahead with which to make a start. In this they are wrong-they can get ahead if they wish. In most eases one year of industry, self denial and intelligent manage ment is all that is required. The greater the sacrifice, the grander the victory--get ahead and stay ahead, and a fund will soon be established which will enable the farmer to make profitable invest ment in improved stock, as well as improved farm machinery. In any business worth pursuing the first object is to get that business on a safe financial condition. It may be necessary to borrow ] some money to start with, and to borrow more money to repay with, but there is no business that can be called successful] where_ this borrowieg-processie-s mains permanently. We should prefer to see farm. ers sell a load of pure bred or. high grade steers, averaging 1,400 pounds at 5 cents per pound than] a lot of scrubs or very low grades, weighing three fourths as much, at 4 cents. Any farmer who has replaced his scrubs with pure breeds will never permit the1 sp'rit of retrogression to influence him-his one aim will constantly improve his herd. We know of no better plan for the farmer to secure a start in the breeding of p ure bred cattle than to buy breed cows. There are many prominent breeders who have in their herds cows of eight to ten years old, which they will breed to their best bull and sell for $100 to $200 eaTh. A farmer buying ten of these aged cows, properly bred, would double his money when the calves are weaned. These cows would each be good for several calves after they pass their tenth year, and the farmer would have a foundation here at a very slight co-t. The bull calves might be sold for breeding purposes, and the process of the sale used to buy a herd buil. Several high grade cows shoul be bought to breed to the herd bull, and from this mating would come the steer calves to :,e 11urn ished as high-priced beef. Thin in a few years tha2 faLrme~r wo.s. have a "pure beredl herd fr c which he wouldl se:e t hiis show animals and .+l Lis line bre bulls an I a b)ee! lh..rd fromn whiK he would select his aniima.l. f' ' his feed lot. T.1k .a pencil amii ligure it out. All tlb .t is n;eele. is a good piece oIf 1land (o1 whli to raise the feed, a s:dla amous~ of money with which to p)urchiao the foundation stock aind the energy to push a good tingx along. The only reason the farmer can give is that the first cost is too great. Is it a plausi ble one when the ultimate results are considlered? We think not. Piairie Farmer. You Know WVhat You Are Taking WXhen you take Grove's Tasteks-s Chill Tonic because the formula is plaile printed on every bottle showing that it is simply Iron and Quinine in a taste less form. No Cure, No Pay. 50c. "Married life," says the Cyni cal Bachelor, "should be one 1 grand1, sweet song, but not neces- J Barily a solo." I1 Family Tea Garden. It is the result of several years xperience in tea culture at 3ummerville and Pinehurst, vhich has proven most conclus vely that tea may be produced, n the United States in two ways -by families in their kitchen ;ardens, or on a commercial scale, after the manner followed )y the British East Indian tea istab]ishments. These begin iings of an important industry lave demonstrated that the yield )f tea per acre is the equal of ;he average Oriental production, md can be marketed at a fair >rofit. It has been shown that t good grade of tea can be grown mnd put on the market in bulk at i cost not exceeding 15 cents per ?ouud. Under ordinary condi :ions an acre will yield 400 pounds of salable tea, which, at L5 cents per pound, makes the xpense of growing, picking, dry ing, curing and packing 60 cents per acre. Tea plants are shown growing apon the exposition grounds at South Carolina, and the various process practically illustrated for the benefit of visitors, making an xhibit of exceptional value, as it >pens a new field to industry and 3apital, supplying an easy and healthy livelihood to thousands, mnd giving value to immense :racts of what is now waste land. Phis tea sells in bulk at 30 cents i. pound, therefore the profit on this basis is 100 per cent. The American Tea Growing ompany has been established for conducting tea culture on a. large scale near Charleston and has 7,000 acres of laud at Ran bowles, with 700,000 young plants. in the nursery ready to be trans planted. A thousand acres of tea will soon be under cultiva tion with the best prospects, as the industry has been carried well beyond an experimental stage. The national importance >f this new industry . in the 1 iwakening South can be appre 3iated by considering that the mportations of tea by the United 3taies (luring 1900 amounted to 2early eighty-five million pounds, )r more than a pound for every person in the land.-Frank Les ie's Popular Monthly. The Vice of Nagging Clouds the happiness of the 2me, but a nagging woman often' 2eed.ah-olp. She may be so ner-I rous and run-down in health that :rifles annoy her. If she is mel mnholy, excitable, troubled with oss of appetite, headache, sleep essness, constipation or fainting mud dizzy spells, she needs Elec ric Bitters, the most wonderful remedy for ailing women. Thou sands of sufferers from female ~roubles, nervous troubles, back-, che and weak kidneys have used* t, and become healthy and happy. fry it. Only 50c. McMaster Co. piarantee satisfaction. A Remarkable Almanac. The idea of a permanent book >f reference as an advertisement s something new in this section. rhe Virginia-Carolina Chemical Dompany has just issued an edi ion of a quarter of a million ilmanacs and the publication is ne3 of the most complete and .andsome that has ever been ssued as an advertising medium. A.s a matter of fact it does not. ook at all like an advertisement, is it is one of the most complete books of reference that has yet een issued and more than two aundred pages, are devoted to nisceianeous, classified informa ion, such as imp)ortant historical ~vents, statistics relating to popu ation, commerce, railroads, in entons atn<l aluost ev'erything dse that can be thought of. The udex itself consists of five pages f clo-ely plrintedi miatter and heir.t is as much information in .s ahIzanae as is to be had in nyv of the twenty-five-cent alma meLs thwt find such large sales. the V rgiui i-Carolina Chemical smm:h.s issuedc this book for s b ien' s, and copies of it will e .s i.t i.lma applicatioh to its ir:t etiiees. Address Post ):i -c nox 814, Charle.ston, S. C. Having a Run on Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Between the hours of eleven o'clock . m. andl eaes!ing time at ni ht oni Jan. t h, 1'.01), A. F. C'1rk, 'Jr -.dst, Glade rngs, Va., sold tw.' ge bottles of hambmterlain'.s ((ugh R{emiedy. He? ivs, "'I never handled a medicinet that old bettecr or g.ave beCt1er satisfaction to nyV customerV1s." Th'is Remedy ha.s >e'en1 in genleral use in Virginiia for nany ye'ars, andl the people there are vel acqjuitetd with its excellent 1ualities. Many of them have testi ed to the remarkable cures which it mns effected. When you need a good, eliablendicine for a cough or cold. r attack of the grip, use Chamber an's Cough -Remuedy and you at e eer ai to be more thani plcese with the uicek cure which it affords. For sale Distillers 'ains for soes. Th State. To the Editot' o The State: gner it Kingville, S. C writes asking ,it reeding distillers' rains to horses e wants to know hc.v it should be n1' with cracked corno give the best salts and if there ,vould be any la.. tive effect during bt weather. Distiilers' graim seem to be quite extensively troughout the State as numerous lettergave been received in regard to thenm Different names have been used to lesignate the food obtained from the Istilerles, but it is probable that they ire all of the same character. This food is made of the residue re maining in the stil afier the alcohol has been driven off. Very little is re moved except the stathy matter which is changed into alcool. The residue contains all the porpin and ash that the original food contfned. The residue is sold i two forms, wet and dry. When sold:wet it contains about 10 per cent. of dy matter. It is used principally by'datymen near the distilleries. When sol n the dry form it contains about 90 pr cent. of dry matter. It is in the dr form that it-1 sold in this State. The feeding value deends upon the kind of grain used. Ifrye or corn Lc used it has a feeding vdue equal to o greater than wheat bran, There is nothing in tlO feed that b injurious when fed in he dry form W hen fed wet, as it cones from the distilleries, it is not gcd for work stock on account of the large amoun of water it contains. If distillers' giains caibe- had foi two or three dollars less per ton thar good wheat bran it will bE cheaper for the farmers to feed it. It would b cheaper at the same price per -ton I you were sure that nothing but grail had been used by the distilbr. The following ration is sWested fo horses of 1,000 pounds live Meight: Cracked corn 9 pound4 distillers grains 4 pouncs, and all the hay o shredded corn stover they w*l eat. A farmer from Aiken county want t. know what should be mm#ed- witl corn-and-cob meal and shrdded cor stover to make a balance ration. Corn-and-cob meal is bettertor horse than corn meal. Not that the eob con tains much digestible matter, but i serves to keep the food from compacl ing in the stomach and the animal ca digest it better. Shredded corn stover has a muc] lower feeding value than the blade alone as they are commonly fed, bu the increased amount obtained by sal ing the whole stalk makes it muc cheaper in the end. It has been foun by experiment that corn stover ho about the same feeding value as avel age timothy hay. The following ration is suggested a suitable for a horse or mule of 1,00 pounds live weight: Corn-and-cob meal, 9 pounds; when bran, 4 pounds; cotton seed meal pounds, and 8 or 10 pounds of shredde corr stover. In feeding the corn stover it w 11 noticed that the horses do eat the aI parts of the stalks. The per cen ri fused will depend upon the way i hi been shredded. In feeding m xe grains it is bast to mix all the f t< gether in the proportion wanted an weigh a measure full to see how 4ue to feed each time. - C. M. Conner2 Asst. Agriculturnst. S. C. Experiment Stati. Clemson College, March 4, 1902. Practically Starving. "A fter using a few bottles of K'od< Dyspepsia Cure my wife received pe feet and permanent relief from a seve: andl chronic case of stomach trouble, says J. R. Holly, real estate, insurant and loan agent, of Macomb, Ill. "~B. fore using Kodol Dyspepsia Cure sil could not eat an ordinary meal withoi intense suffering. She is now entire] cured. Several physicians and man remedies had failed to give relief. You don't have to diet. Eat any goc food you want, but don't overload tt stomach. Kodol Dyspe 'i Cure wi always digest it for you. Icatr C< Keynote of Success. The State. To the Editor of The State: I notic that in a recent editorial referring 1 the velvet bean you strike what I ri gard as the keynote to future succs farming in South Carolina, viz.,ath: the improvement of the - soil on t farms is an absolute necessity and th: the keeping of cattle to supply manua is a requisite of suecess. I .hearti] approve this idea and desire to call a tention to a recent iarticle in The Bout] era Cultivator on the same subjec The Cultivator holds that the keepin of a liberal supply of cattle on ese farm is at th~e foundation of successft faming. No man owns land in ti sense that he has a right to destroy I1 produetive capacity for future gener tions. The man who allows land 1 wash away before the stamps has rotted on it and then satiates his appi tite by clearing and mutilating oth< land leaves the world poorer for havin lived in it. It is the duty of ever farmer to prevent his soil from was] ing and improve its fertility by dL-ers fled farming, the growing of pieas a: other Iegunminous crops and by the al plication of manure. Nearly every farm has on It enoug gullied land covered with plum bus] if it were properly sodded, to maintai a herd that would make more mone than is returned by the cotton crop. G. E. Neson. Would Smash the Club. If members of the "Hay Feve Association" would use Dr. King New Discovery for Consumptior the club would go to pieces, fc it always eures this malady,-an Asthma, the kind that baffles. th doctors-it wholly drives from the system. Thousands of once hopeless sufferers from Coensump tion, Pneumonia, Bronchitis ow their lives and health to it. I conquers Grip, saves little one from Croup and Whooping Cong and is positively guaranteed fo li Throat and Lung troubleu 50e, $1.00. Trial bottles free a Mefaster Co. One Minute Cough Cur For Coughs, Colds and Criup. tij .INever iUght of s :ch1 a -gn fcr a: mcdic ne did You? Veil, i:'s a good sign for Scott's Emulsion. The body has to Le repaircd 1kle other things and Sco.t's Emulsion is the me.icine that does it. These poo:bodies wear cut from worry, from over-work, from disease. They get thin and weak. Somc of the new ones are not well made-and all of the old cnes arc racked from long usage. Scott's Emulsion fixes all kinds. It does the work both inside and.out. It makes soft bones hard, thin blood red, weak lungs strong, hollow t places full. Only the best ma- . r terials arc used in the patching and the patches don't show through the new glow of health. No one has to wait his turn. Ycu can do i y.t:rself-you -- and the bottle. This picture represents t the Trade M:a of Scoet's . Emulsion .nd is on the wrapper of eve y bot:,'e. I ~ '~iSend for free samnple t SCOTT & DOWNE, Yxr 4: 9 Pe r St,. New Yoik. occ. and $x. all druggists. The Spring flillinery. 0 The majority of the new hats , are distinguished by the decided 2 downward flare at the back. d Another important item in up-to e date millinery is the low, almost d flat crown. The new straws and - braids, the new floral and other d trimmings are pictured and de scribed at length in the April Delineator, which also devotes a fpage to illust'Fting the var-ious steps in the construction of a1 stylish' Marquise hat from a] Fifth Avenue shop. Don't Keep It Secret. il The splendid work of Dr. SKing's New Life Pills is daily scoming to light. No such grand a remedy for Liver and Bowel - troubles was ever known before. LThousands bless them for curing r Constipation, Sick Headache, r Biliousness, Jaundice and Indi gestion. Try them. 25c at Mc LMaster Co.'s drug store. No, Maud, dear, it would scarcely be dignitied to speak of a canon as one of the big guns of ethe church. - Thousands Have Kidney 'Trouble and Don't Know it. Le . How To RInd Out. t Pill a bottle or common glass with your e water and let It stand twenty-four hours; a Y sediment or set - tling indicates an - .unhealthy condi t. tiona of the kid g neys; if it stains y ..your linen it is *evidence of kid ney trouble; too * - frequent desire to - pass It or pain in > - """ the back is also econvincing proof that the kidneys and blad .der are out of order. what to Do. gThere iscomfort In the knowledge so r often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp - Rodt, the great kidney remedy fulfills every - wish In curing rheumatism, pain in the 'I back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every part - of the urinary passage. It corrects Inability to hold water and scalding pain In passing It, or bad effects following use of liquor. wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant nnecessity of being compelled to go often yduring the day, and to get up many times during the night. The mild and the extra- rj ordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon d realized. It stands the highest for Its won- f derful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a rnedicine you should have the i best. Sold by druggists in 50c. and $1. sizes- 81 5You may have a sample bottle of this (3 ,wonderful discovery c1 and a book that tells *. p more about It, both sent . al absolutely free by mall, address Dr. Kilmer & Nome. of swmpoo a SCo., Binghamton, N. Y. When writing men- a tion reading this generous offer In thie paper. P SUNDERTAKING SIN ALL ITS DEPARTMENTS, with a full stock of Casket.', Burial Cssand Coffins, constantly on hand, .and use of hearse wheni requested. o0 Thankful for past patronage and solici tation for a share in the future, at the E old stand. Calls attended to at all hiours. Pi . THE ELLIOTT GIN SHIOP. J. o M. EL nIOT &.. - Virginia=1 Chemical CHARLES' RICHMON ATLANT.A Largest Manufaci Fertilizei Importers or .-. . Pure Germa Muriate of ) Nitrate of S< Sulphate of It is important in buy only to buy goods of establi grade, but to buy wher character can be supplied. We are in position t goods and in such quantiti will pay you to see us befc Address Virginia"C Ch Sena icr Virgirla-Carolina Almanac. free fct I.e !inz. Is fully equipped for JOB PR A FULL St Letter Heads, Bili Heads, Now in Prices reasonable. and promptly exec solicited. Firs t Piea It is High ir and Lowil Easy Payrnent FORS. I WANT TO --A L( BU66It5 AIt 'oung Mule SD.A. C' ~yspepsia Cure igests what you eat. es pants ad digests all kinds of d. .It gives instant relief and never lls tocure. It allows you to eat all efoodyouwant. Thenmost sensitive ~macis can take it. By its use many usands of dyspeptics have been rnts frmatio nof gs on testo , relieving adistress after eatin. can't help but do you good bEW -Ca.o., Cicao PRESTON RION, AGENT FOR estchester Fire Insurance Company New York. Glen Falls Insurance Company of w York. Rchester German Insurance Comn y of Rochester, N. Y. otton riscks a speci.alty. Carolina Company, rON, S. C. D, VA.:^ , GA. 4 urers of s in the South. ,n Kainit, Potash, da, - - Potash. ing your fertilizers, not shed rpputation and high e your wants of every o furnish all classes of, es as buyers desire. It re purchasing. arolina Chemical Co., arleston, S. C. doing all kinds of INTING. JPPLY OF Note Heads, Envelopes, Etc. Stock. Work satisfactorily uted. Your orders Juffalo. ExOsibHon Quality r Price. *s if You Desire. lE BY lePs8 Sort. EXGHANGE >T OF [D 5UkkIY3 :s & Horses. awfo rd~. HOR5t45 AND .MARt3. I have io or 12 real nice H-orses that I will sell cheap or will trade them for thin mules. If you need a horse come to see me and I will let you have one that will give you satisfaction. CATT LE. I have four very fine Mikh6 Cows that I will sell or t adle them for dry cattle, A. Williforc