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WEEKLY Bl'L LET IN I BUltEAU OF MABKKTLNC The bureau during the past wecl has had the busiest experience dur ing its existence in the matter o Idling wants without the necessity ol advertising the wants and a lurgi volume of business has been done. In view of the fact that the in spection forces of the department ol Agriculture have found the Stab thoroughly Hooded with so-called seed oats shipped from the West thai are loaded with Johnson grass seed and other impurities and are of low I.,.. 1 * csv i >> .<< ion. mm 111 tj department ita> found it absolutely necessary to tW up many of these shipments and deal with them, the advice is again given to the farmers of the State to apply to the State Itureau of Marketing fo? pure home raised oats for seoil purposes. The warning is repeated that to plant th<? kind of oats being shipped this season as alleged seed oats is simply to invite partial or total loss of crops. The bureau has recently received numerous inquiries as to whether or not nitro cultures for all legumes were still being supplied by the Department of Agricu .re. For the information of the public it may he stated that just as last year the department is supplying fresh cultures delivered anywhere in the State all carrying charges prepaid. The Itureau of Marketing has also nreived numerous inquiries as to whether or not the department was still under contract made under the act supplying pulverized marl, which is the greatest need of every acre of land in the State, particularly where legumes are planted. For the information of the public it may be re4 pea ted that the Department of Agri' culture is now in a position to meet all demands for marl with prompt shipments, and a post card inquiry will immediately hring the delivered price per ton. no shipments of less than 30 tons being made, however. The following is the list of unfilled wants and ottorings for the week: Want >. Position as manager ot model cotton farm, with mnchineiv etc Ton bushels seed barley, recleaned and seeded. Some white Fmden geese. Some North Carolina Buncombe cabbage plants and Danish Mail Mead cabbage plants. A second-hand shingle mill. Must be cheap. A trio of Bourbon red turkeys. A family consisting of a man and his wife and three boys, who are willing to work and wish to better themselves. Must be competent farm people with knowledge of cattle. Some small fig trees. Six young turkey hens and one cock, not over six months old. Offerings. A few bushels of Fulghum oats to exchange for Abruzzi rye and bur clover. 175 bushels pure Fulghum oats free from noxious weeds and harvested without rain. !<5c per bushel. Few bushels mixed peas to exchange for crimson clover or rye. 5 1-2 bushels Italian rye seed to exchange lor 14 bushels Fulghum oats. $2.50 per busied. 14o bushels bur clover seed well cleaned. $1.0U per bushel. 10 tons origin oat straw. $1.00 f. o. I). Trenton, per ton. Two small ^urham buns. $25 and $30. 10 head of Black Angus cattle, cows and heifers, bred to reg. Durham. 7c per lb. f. o. b. One pure ^ersey heifer, fresh in spring, $30. Three Jersey heifer calves, $15.on each. One Molstein call, price and description on application. Several pure bred Duroc J?-rse> hogs. Reasonable. Some grade Berkshire shoats 4< and 5" lbs. each, Oe per lb. Five registered Berkshire gilts 112.5" oath. One registered Berkshire boar #15.mu; four registered Berkshire boars. #12.50 each: one registered Berkshire gilt. #20.00; registered Berkshire sows, #.10.Oil each: two registered Berkshire gilts 115.00 each. Will exchange for rye corn or lambs at market price. Three dozen 1-4 Bersshiro pigs. #r, per pair, delivered in South Carolina. Cash with order. Six Puroc-Jersey pigs front registeerd stock, #7 each. One registered Puroc Jersey sow, #4 0.00. Three gilts bred to registered O 1. C. Will exchange for meat hogs. One registered imported O. I. C boar. No. 966 Thia it prtecriptioo ?fep?r?d eepeeiallj for MALARIA or CMILLS 4. FEVCR, Five or aiz dotu wjtl break toy cue. and if taken then aa VIonic the Paver will noi return. It acta iwa the liver better than Calomel and doe* noi gripe or tickeo. 25< \ r Two crossed O. I. C. and pigs, $8 ' each. A pure bred Kentucky saddle and tiharness mare, description on appli- 1 - cation, price $375. i One horse mule, l'rice on appllcai tion. One saddle horse, registered and bred in Kentucky, $'!50. One thorough bred stallion, or will [ exchange for work animal. A few S. (\ White Leghorn pullets, I 75c each; cockerels i 5c each. Seven S. C. It. 1. it. hens, $1.35 I each. One Huff Orpington cock, $1.50. Trio of Mammoth I'ekin ducks. . For best otter. I 100 White Leghorn chickens. , Mammoth White I'ekin ducks. $l.oo each. 3 0 pounds ol nice clean goose . feathers, 50c a pound. A graphophone and 30 double records Will exchange for pair of . Duroc pigs. I One Johnson mower and rake wife lot of extra repair. Will exchange for seed oats, rye, etc. International Corn King Manure Spreader with drill attachment, $100. Will take farm seed in part payment. One 20 pound grist mill. One oou pound capacity "Melotte" cream seperator. I Paper white Narcissus bulbs. 25c I per dozen. White and yellow Johnquills. 25c per dozen. Home cured hams, 2 2 cents per ' pound. One 50-saw gin feeder and condenser also press. One extra cleaning feeder for 70-saw gin. Mainly Lee Incubator. 100-cgg capacity. $10. Or will exchange for sweet potatoes. 150 acres improved sand hill land, "0 acres in cultivation. $22 per acre. 1 1-3 cash, balance on terms. One 36-horse power 4 cylinder Lvorett car in fine condition except tires, $300. A few homing pigeons, $1.5o a _ 'pair. I One barrel churn (7 gallons) to 1 exchange for anything of equal value. j Thre White Leghorns, cockerel 75c, hen $1.00. cock $2.00. ( Trained pointer dog, f. o. b. Silver or Pinewood. 10 bushels Abruzzi rye. $2.75 pot bushel. Berkshire sheafs to exchange for Fulghum oats. Abruzzi rye or a good saddle. i Berkshire sows to exchange for a bur clover and Abruzzi rye. TIIK NFAV ltnt A I. CHEIMTS ( l,\W IN IHIIRF < l 1 Tlie art provides for the creation 1 of twelve federal land banks and per1 mits the establishment of any nuin- , ber of joint stock land banks for the purpose of making loans at a reasonable rate of interest, for long pe riods of time, on farm lands. * A Federal Farm Loan Hoard has i complete control over these banks. Twelve federal land banks ate ' provided, one in each of the twelve districts into which the country will be divided. These banks are em- ( powered to lend on lirst mortgages 'on farm lands in amounts of $100 to $10,000 for approved purports. i The loans are to be mad? *1 rough i 'arm loan associations and agents. ' No nan may be made for more than ' V per cent of the value ot tl.e la.t 1 ' m ?:ig:tued and 2d j>, < ??tit >f the v value of the permanent insured itnp'ovemepts upon it. , National Farm Loan Associations local organizations composed e.v | , clusively of borrowers are author -iiKfti. i nese associations must be t stockholders in the land banks in f i:proporition to the amount their ' members wish to borrow. Kvent- ' uaily ail stork in the federal land ( banks will be owned exclusively by . these associations. I A reasonable interest rate is estab- | - lished. The act prohibits the feder- al land banks from charging more ' i than 6 per cent on any mortgage, or ' requiring fees not approved by the ' i Farm Loan Hoard.. The borrowers will share in the net profits of the bank because they . ? are stockholders. It is contemplated . that ultimately the borrowers will be i the only stockholders. ' Long term loans are provided foi < , by authorizing mortgages for periods ' of from 5 up to 40 yearn. * 1 Small annual or semi-annual pay ' , ments on the principal are made a inquired feature of all mortgages. . The Progressive Farmer. , When you yawn a coo<l deal In 1 the daytime, feel dull, achey and 1 want to stretch frequently, it is an I . unmistakable symptom of malaria. * and unless you do something at 1 . once you are booked for a spell of 1 rhilis. HERBINE Is a chill medl- * cine that will prevent or cure the disease. It drives out the lmpuri- . f ties on which the malaria germ 1 | thrives, strengthens the liver and 1 t cleanses the bowels. Price 50c. 1 1 Sold by all dealers In medicine.? I 1 Adv. ' 1 FSE LANCASTER NEWS 1 HOW TO PRODUCE CH Rape (56 Days After Sowing) on the e Rape is one of the bes The cheapest |>ork, beef, mutton, an< or pasture iti addition to some grain (con feeding experiment at Clemson College and tour-tenths cents (4.4 i to six cents 0 ti; ? d with the grain rations, while gainnine (!>i to twelve (12) cents per pound comparative feeding experiments, therefi gains with and without suitable forage, growing pigs, feed in addition to lot age ft for each one hundred pounds of live w? would he getting frotu two to three (suit fattened heavier feeding is advisable. < also eVsentiaJ. Fall and winter pasture should he at In September, preferably before the midfl and well-prepared soil. Top-dress with slble. I se only the Dwarf ICsex rape an per ;n re; liberal seeding povs. Other gi Abruzzi rye. oats and wheat. Kemombe are not possible unless seeding is done are splendid legumes for grazing and cat early spring grazing. EEDING DAIRY COWS ,c FOR MILK AND PROFIT > low Should Be Fed Sufficient Balanced Ration to Produce Maximum Amount of Milk a Clem son College. S. C. ? Liberal feeding of dairy cows is nec 1 'ssary for profitable production. Cows " ire feed for two pui)K>se*; iiody main- I nance, and milk production. A great s nany farmers in South Carolina ke. p f ows which are fed only sufficient ? eod to enable th m to perform their ' >wn funt lions, such as heating tin* f tody, pumping the blood, digesting the t tied and moving about. Cows fed onlv I iiKh "maintenance rations" are neeI ssarily money losers or 'hoarders." rhe cow ran produce milk without loss >f body weight only after she h;us been ed a sufficient amount to maintain irr body functions. und^ surplus | rom which to manufacture the milk, i'he maintenance ration is a fixed barge, and the more feed a cow can onsume above that required for matu nuance, the greater the amount of feed ivailable for milk production. Prom the standpoint of economical reduction, one can afford to give a ow all the feed she will consume vithout gaining in weight, and no nore. A good cow will generally lose n weight in the early part of the lacation period and gain in the latter i.irf. Such cows mould lie fed lib rally with tin- assurance that tie y vill pay for the extra feed during the icxt lactation period. The most common mistake made in I his state is that of not feeding the ows in summer when on pasture. Iven with the vo y best pasture a ow cannot give her maximum produc- i ion on pasture alone. Cows giving 2t> xninds or more of milk should have at east 3 pounds of grain feed even when >n the best pastures. When pasture s poor and flies are had the cows will eturn a profit on more grain feed than uf -move. ana snouici receive it. 1 lie i iest dairymen in the state are t>eKin- I ling to realize the value of summer ^ dlage. and are building silos of -mall j . llameter for suniiner feeding. When ; ( he grass Is short and flies worry the | ows so that they cannot feed as thev ihould on grass, a silo for summer , 'eedlng is good insurance If it is 'ound unnecessary to use the silo durng the summer, it can he sealed up tnd vhc silage fed the following winter. The best roughage feeds to lie fed ! .vith silage In this state art; alfalfa. , , rimson clover, vetch, cow pea hay and <ov bean hay All of the above feeds ire legumes and contain a high per entage of protein a very necessary . dement in milk production. f'otonseed meal, peanut meal, wheat j man and corn meal are the most common grain feeds Used hi the South Of hesfi. the talue of wheat bran used 1 fvlth cottonseed meal !? probably the east appreciated This Is a Imlky j 1 >ed. has a laxative effect (the opposMs >f the cotton reed meal) and contahaa 4 ime. potash and phosphorous which ro to build up the cow'e body. Nona >f tha above grain fe?sta should he fed ilone ey should ha mixed in order ( >e get a balanced ration Cows should | receive 1 pound of tha grain mixture ( to 3 pounds of milk produced daily, or | approximately 3 pounds of grain feed to a gallon of milk Thta, with all tha good roughage they wiU consume will , give a cow sufficient fead nutrients tor maximum economic production ' 'RIDAY. SKI'T. 1.',, I'M!) EAP PORK IN S. C. bmhi xperimental lot of Clemson College, t forage for Swine. ? 1 milk art> produced l>y u^t of forage centrales). For example, in a recent, pork was produced at a cost of four i> per pound when forage crops were ; produced on grain alone cost from , I. Such results are not uncommon In ?re it is a fair comparison of cost of Forage alone is not sufficient. For <>m two to three pounds of grain daily ight, in which case a inn.pound pig ids of grain daily. If hogs are heing Rood water and abundant shade are ranged for without delay. Sow rape le of the month. Rape demands ri< h well rotted barnyard manure if |h>sd sow at rate of seven to nine pounds x>d fall and winter grazing crops are r that fall ami winter grazing crops at once. Hurr ami Crimson clovers i be depended on for late winter and iROW GOOD STRAWBERRIES ortion of Every Home Garden 8hould Be Devoted to Strawberries to Supply Fresh Fruit for Table. | Clemeon College 9. C. A portion of every home garden hould be devoted to strawberies. They re easy to grow, do well on practicalv every kind of soil, and a very small .roa is sufficient to supply the family, ly planting varieties tha' ripen In luccession. fresh fruit may he had rom early spring until late In the uimmer. In the early fall, until the irst of November, is the best time to let the plants. Delighting In cool veathor. if set at this time they will >ecome well established by spring, and vill be able to resist droughts which >ften occur at this season. In selecting plants for t]ie new bed. >nlv the strongest of the present ear's runners should be used. The ogfts of mow plants jy;e always white, vhlch distinguishes them from older riants whose roots are always black Previous to planting, remove a porlon of the loaf surface to lessen evaporation. and shear the roots to about >ne-b.df if they are very long. A comnon mistake in planting is to scoop ?ut a shallow hole and thrust the riant Into it. leaving the roots a ' rumpled mass with their tips near he surface where they quickly dry ! >ut. To avoid this n.ake a deep hole vith a spade or long pointed trowel, in- ? tert the roots and spread them out fan iham al'owing them to hang down > 'ull length. In this way, every part >f the root system will bo In direct > ontaet with the soil and kept con- | ifantly moist. Place the crown, or > >ud, Just at the surface If It Is below | he level of the ground, after the soil :<?tlles it Is smothered; if much above, he root* will dry out. Of the various methods of training itrawberry runner*, the hill system is vtthout doubt the most satisfactory tor he home grower. The plants are riaced 14 to IS Inches apart In the > nw. and all runners kept removed, ex ept a few trained with the row to iroduce new plants Not quite so many | jerries will l>e produced as with some >f the matted row systems, but they will he much larger and of superior pialify. It is well during the first sea ion to pinch off all the fruiting stems is thev anneer in order that the en- , ir?? strength of the plant may be directed to the development of the Town and leaves By the end of the ieason. the plants should have thick inftcd crowns, each holding the rudi in-nts of several stalks of berries and TMitHining plaint food in ufticient quantity to produce a maximum crop he second season. A strawberry bed ma* hour from hree to tlve crops If given careful atention. but it is better to allow the hints to fruit only* twice. As the bed gets older. th>* plants bcconu weakened and often diseased For the rerv highest grade berries, the plants ihottld be allowed to fruit only onc? Mid a new bed set annually. If you had a farm so poor, and so tandy, and so run down that It wouldn't produce a bundled pounds of cottor bo the acre, what would you do with a? Plant cover crops. Write the Kxtenslon Wlvision oi Flemson College for bulletin N'o 18 "Forage Crops for South Carolina" It coptania much valuable inform*'Ion ? 7 \ FRESH SHIPMENT I \ ... i! I GARDENER'S CAKES li t :^^==^^== SI ! )I /CITRON CAKE |[ / POUND CAKE j| I MARRIFTAk-F * I >uuxi vni\L 'I' ! /1 I P ; We Slice Tliis Cake In Any Quantity, h Give Us An Order For Melrose Flour. ]' 1 s I ii EDWARDS & HORTON jj 4> i fc EXCURSION CHARLESTON y | A Southern Railway WEDNESDAY, Sept. 20,1916 Visit tIk* Beautiful ISLE OF PALMS I*our Days at S<?tishore Einest Surf Hating Schedule of Special Train and Low Round Trip FaresSchedule Kate liV. Lancaster 12:17 I'. M. S2.75 Lv. lleatli Springs 12:1.") P. M. S2.25 L\. Kershaw 12.5S P. M. ?2.25 Ar. CHARLESTON 7:20 P. M. Tickets will be sold fur SPECI AL TRAIN going and good to return on any R Eli I LAR TRAIN up to and including Train No, 15 leaving Charleston 5:20 a. in., September 25, 1010. W. B. CA1TIIKN, Ticket Aftent. Lancaster, S. C. ( ? " ' # l ! WEDDING )| * m r w r w mm - - ? ? INVITATIONS | : We believe that we can furnish : You with Wedding Invitations, An nouncements, Reception Cards, etc., : that are equal in every respect to the \ BEST ENGRAVED WORK j obtainable anywhere?-the Quality : is supreme. Priced as low or lower j than the same Quality can be secured : I I f . rr / - U eisewnere. Lei us snow you samples ft of Wedding Invitations, Announce ments, Reception and Calling Cards : in the latest styles. LANCASTER NEWS j > >?> >?? i >*??????????.? *?)*.???????>???? >???>??'