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Wfm. ' % MHH ' - f I ESTABLISHED 18 ABBEVILLE, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14 1914 $2.00 A YEAB < HOBSON BOWIE WINS CAPITAL PRIZE IN THE BOYS' CORN CLUB COX TEST. RAISED 102.70 BUSHELS6 ON ONE ACRE. TOTAL PROFIT OF $149.41 ' j f Capital Prize $25 Cash, and Besides Wins a $25.00 Suit Given By Park er and lleese, and $10 Casli Uiy By Mr. Philip Rosenberg. en json Bowie, son of Mr. ajsd Mrs. Bowie, living atyo'ut two m Abbeville, won Ahe capital ^ed in the Boys' Corn Club | king a .-yield of 102.71 Lorn Cli one acre. Counting P3 of the corn at $1.15 a bush "prifit from the corn was $89.40, and he won the capital prize of $25 cash, and a $25 suit of clothes offered by the enterprising clothiers, Parker and Reese and $10 cash offered by Mr Phillip Rosenberg. His prizes alone amount to $60 and the profit on the corn makes his total profit $149.41. Hobson is to be congratulated as he had a number of aggressive competi tors in the contest. Arrangements are already being made to offer valuable prizes this year and a number of boys have sig nified their intention of entering the contest The following is the official report made by Hobson Bowie as to his ex penses, total yield, etc. ) ; Cost of Corn Per Acre. No. h-s. Cost (2) Plowing acre of corn 30 $4.50 (3) Hoeing acre of corn 12 $1.20 Planting of corn and working of horse included in plowing: (6) Work in gathering acre of corn 20 $4.00 (9) Gost of your fertilizer, guano $14, Solium nitrate lOOlbs, $3 $17.00 (11) Cost of seed corn to plant , your m Ss?-V i -?_> acre $i.t/v ' '\ Total cost $28.70 Estimated Yalue of the Corn From Tour Acre. (13) Total number of bushels made on your prize acre 102.71 .',(14) What is the market value pei bushel of corn in the crib on the the farm at the time you put this corn in the crib? $1.15 (15) What is the value of your acre oF-corn at this time according tc the above price? $118.11 (16) Do you wish to he in the Coru /Onfcn nf?Tt vop.r? Yes. (17) The profit which you have made on your acre of corn is the differ ence between what it cost you (12, and the value of your corn on your acre (No. 15) $89.41 (18) Tht, cost per bushel of your corr is determined by dividing the tota * "cost (No. 12) by the total number o ' v-l>shels produced (No. 13) 27 9-10e In gathering your acre of corn, se lect two disinterested witnesses no kin to you and carefully follow thh rule: Have these witnesses measure your land. An acre of land contains 4,840 square yards. Weigh the entire lot ol . , i corn from the acre. Enter total weignr >. of corn here- 7470 pounds. This mus v be done on a dry day, after the corr Is mature and dry. Then weigh out one- 100-pound lot of the corn, shuc! and shell this lot and take the v/eigh of the shelled corn. Enter weight o > the shelled corn hers: 77 pounds Multiply this weight of shelled cornby the total weight of tlie corn on thr acre and divide this number by 56 This will give you the number o*" bushels. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA: County of Abbeville, We hereby certify that we h^ve carefully measured the land and corr on th2 demonstration acre grown by Hobson Bowie in accordance with tbe I rule given above, t f TW flhuathnm Ahhovillfi. S C, W. R. Bradley, Abbeville, S. C , " Witnesses fforin* tl?e CunN" i f Your Clilld'H Pnl us. A foul, disagreeable breath, dark circles around the eyes at times fever ish, with great thirst ; cheeks flushed and then "pale. abdomen swollen with sharp crampirg pains are all indica l tions of wftrmf. Don't M vourchi'd A suffer?Kickfvpoo Worm Killer will give sure relief?If kills the wornib? while its laxative effect add greatly to (he heal'h of your child by removing the dangerous'and disagreeable effect of worms and parasites from the sys tem. Kickap^o Worm Killer as h health producer should be in every household. Perfectly safe. Puy a box tod i'y. Priee 25a All Druggist" or \ by mail. ' Kicksooo Indian Med. Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. We guarantee DeWitt's Kidney Pills'to give satisfaction or money returned. Speed's Drug Store. Olke oiUs a splendid tonic to take at this time. Gettne best, the pure imported Italian brand, at Milford's. Makes deli cious salads and dressings. Give it to the j children as a medicine food. INSTITUTE ON THE 17TH i 1 Abbeville County Teachers Associa tion \*fill Hold their First Meeting in/ Lowndesville on January the i7tb.?A Very Interesting Program { jlas Been Prepared and it is hoped Ajl Teachers Will Attend. f >' I The first meeting of the teachers Institute in Abbeville County will be held at Lowndesville, on Saturday, January the 17th. The Institutes are conducted by the Teachers Associa tion of Abbeville County. There are already about forty members of the assocoation, and it is hoped that all the teachers of the county will be en rolled before the year is out. Active preparations are on foot for the greatest school fair ever held, not only in Abbeville county, but in South Carolina. The degree of success that this will meet with depends up on the completeness of the coopera tion received from the teachers and friends of education in this county. The program for the meeting at Lov/ndesville, which will meet at 11 A. M. is as follows: I. Attendance. a. Is compulsory attendance neces sary? b. A summer session as a solution to spring an .' fall enrollment. c. Round Table discussion on at tendance. II. The Model School Building. a. The Building. b. Ventilation. C. Heat. d. Light. e. Sanitation. f. Grounds. g. Course of study. Round table discussion and sug gestions. Prof. Kay, of Lowndesville High school will have charge of the pro gram, and has assigned out the work 'so that it will be well wort? the while of any live teacher to make a sacrifice to be there. Abbeville School Fair. The schools of Abbeville are going to have a school fair in the spring. The Teachers' * Association is now working, .toward that end. Every school in the county is asked to co operate in making this the greatest thing for the schools of this county that has ever been held in the county. Why can Abbeville not do this? Other na!ri or if uuuuiics mc uuiug iv. Every school may start to planning to that end. This Fair will last two days. It will include all class room contests in reading, spelling, arith metic, drawing, etc. There will be all the atheletic events on the track '.hat was held last year. There will be exhibits from all the schools; these exhibits will consist of fancy work made by the children, cookery, articles from the manual training work; exhibits of canning, of pre serves, of pickles, and all such things. Tliis Fair will be for the country schools; of course the city schools of the county will be in. But why should the country schools worry about that? Are not the individuals in the country just as good as the individ uals in the city? Yes, has it not been proven that the most brilliant men of all the cities have come from the iso lated rural distiicts? Here is the op portunity to bring out these children, !t is the day for the isolated country school to awake from its legarthy, md to join in the mighty tide of pro gressive education. The boys and girls all over the county should begin their practicing for the races and jumping. They should begin working on those maps on South Carolina and of North A merica. They should practice rapid calculation; they should practice reading correctly and clearly; spell ir>or oh/Miln nrvf ho fnr(rnftpn nhnVP ' 4ifo ?"WUtU .W.0W. , - - all there should be those who are practicing for the declamation con tests, for this is the highest honor that a boy or girl can win at the Feild Day. Long, constant, hard work will win. The secret of of suc cess is WORK. . The contests will be published very soon, so that the training may start at once. This subject will be discuss ed at the Institute meeting at Lown desville, on Saturday, the 17th. Those who wish to get some valua ble suggestions, will be ablfc to secure Bn excellent bulletin, written by Mr. Tate, "Suggestions for County Fairs and Field Days." This pamphlet may be secured from Mr. J. E. Swearingen Columbia, S. C., by dropping him a postal card. information Wanted. The_ undersigned would .be ^lenppd to near Trom some citizen oi addpvuih who i has a definite knowledge of a family of Scotts. who lived in the vicinity of Abbe ville back in the early 180fis. There was so many of them, it seems someone ought to'bave a remembrance of them. C. R Mann, tf Olympia, Washington. No prescription too copies for th.' Mil ford Pharmacy. This fc/iould mean a great; deal to you and your doctor. a --- . ti i . " < THE COTTON MARKET The Spot Situation Will Hare Con siderable Bearing This week.?Last Keport Gave the Hulls Consider able Advantage.?Entire Trade Wants a Better Line on Spinnable Supply. 400,000 Bales Since Keport. 1 New Orleans, Jan. 12.?The cotton market this week probably will pay a great deal of attention to the spot situation and developments in it may have a strong influence on the course of prices in the futures department. The entire trade wants a better line on the supply of spinnable grades, in regard to which there is much bullish gossip going the rounds. The claims of the bulls in this di rection are that of the receipts com ing in only a small precentage is of a quality to tempt buyers and that the premiums on the good grades are hnnriri to widen out. Of the entire stocks of unsold cotton in this ooun try, comprising just about 2,000,000 bales at all ports and the 30 interior points it is said that a surprising per centage is of very low grade stuff which can not be spun to advantage. Under the circumstances the bulls consider that it is only a question of a short time before the owner of good grades will find himself in a very strong position and the spot de partment will have a tendency to lead futures in advancing movements in values. The great decrease in ginning shown by the last report from the census bureau gave the bulls an in portant advantage which undoubted ly will be apparent this week in forecasts of the amount of cotton gin ned during the present period. The last ginning reort showed a lit tle over 400,000 bales turned out be tween December and January. As reports now stand there are few people who look for more tahn 200, 000 bales before January 15. Some bulls expect even a smaller amount. This next ginning report will be look ed forward to with the greatest in terest. Trade conditions the world over will ?be gi\jen much attention. Bulls believe that the year 1914 will bring about a decided improvement in them while the bears look for contin ue/3 quiet. Either way they are an im portant factor in cotton. NEWS PARAGRAPHS. Mr. Thomas Thomson, Jr., is in the city visiting relatives. His friends in Abbo ~ ?? - ' ? ? ftrtA Kim Vine urt) HlWityo ?iau lvj occ uuu. # * # " Congressman Wyatt Aiken was in the city for a day last woek. He attended the funeral and burial of his brother-in-law, Dr. Ilichard D. Smart, deceused, whose remains were brought to Greenwood for interment. # # Judge Bi F. Mattison, of Ware Shoals, was in the city on business last Wednes day. # * * Messrs. J. U. Wardlaw and W. D. Mor rah, two of the substantial farmers of the Belloview section, wore in the city Friday. # * * Messrs. Graves and Mundy, contractors, have begun work on the store front re cently occupied by Mr. A. B. Cheatham. This building was bought some weeks ago from Mr. Hugh Wilson by Mr. Wm. M. Barnwell, and when the contractors are through with it, it will bo one of the most convenient as well as one of the prettiest stores in town. * # # Mr. Neal, proprietor of the Eureka Ho tel, is now running the hotel on the Euro pean plan. You can get a room with or without meals. A room with bath costs $1.50 per day; without bath, $1.00 per day. Meals are furnished at 50c, whether the guest has room or not. There is not a more comfortably fitted hotel in South Carolina today, and Mr. Neal furnishes the best meals that the market will afford. Guests who stop there are loud in praise of the management. * # * J)r. J. A. Anderson, of Antreville, was in the city on business Saturday. * * * Messrs. Stark, Hunter and Ferguson have each received car loads of mules re cently. More mules, larger crops, in creased prosperity. IVomlerful Cough R'miily. Dr. King's New Dincoveiy is known everywhere aw the remedy which will surely atop a cough or cold. 1). P. Lawson of Eidnou, Term., wriies: "Dr. K ng'n New Discovery is the most wonderful cough, cold and throat and Juok medicine I ever sold in my store-. It can't be beat. It sells with-1 out any trouble at all. It Deeds no guarantee." This is true, because Dr. Kind's New Discos ery will relieve the most obstinate of coughs and colds. Lung troubles quickly helped by its use. You should leep a bottle In the house at all times for all the members of the family. 50c. and $l.i:0. All Druggists or by mail. H. I'J. JBucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. (' ' Salesman Wanted fFo look after our interest in Abbeville and /adjacent counties. Salary or Commission. / Add) ess The Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland, 0. Try DeWitt's Golden Liniment. There | is nothing better. Speed's Drug Store. 10. P. HAWTHORN. IDENTIFIED WITH DDE WEST FOR nearly Eighty years. I _ Suw Many Changes in the Town and Witnessed the Great Growth ot its Colleges. ' Dr. 0. P. Hawthorn, of Dae West, was in town last Monday. He came by rail and stopped with his handsome daughter ilre. 0. A. Ellis, of Hodges. ( Dr. Hawthorn's history dates back to the earliest days of the City of Colleges, when that beautiful little town of today was DeWitt's Corner, and then for awhile it was Due West Corner. But it was not long until tho "Corner" was dropped, and the town was simply Duo |Ve9t, with a prejudice against railroads. Away back in the "forties" the peoplo then, as now, were patriotic and subscalbed to the build ing of the railroad, provided It didn't come nearer the town than Donalds. Away back in the fifties the people then, as now, only a little more so, were the strictest of the Psalm-singlng A. R. P.'s. They preached infant damnation for one set at least, and communicants had to se cure "tokens" In advance of going to the sacred table. The newspaper fought Ahe Masonic fraternity as b6on companion of his Satanic Majesty. The Catholic Church was approaching with a force more dread ful than an army with banners. The Tel escope or Miscellany newspaper when not lighting Catholics and Masons, preached then, as now, holiness and purity of liv ing, with an incidental effort at all times to strengthen and to build up the Seceder Church; sending the blessed tidings of the Kedeemer to bless all mankind. In the "fifties" the. Woman's College sprang Into existence, holding in its right hand the great light, Female Education, to magnify and glorify proud old Erskine that had stood for years as a beacon light on the mountain. The prejudice informer years against railroads could not endure fKlnoln/v It/vltf r\t fonoatj onH ir*fnlH. UUU UiU^iUJf, II51IU VI WUW 1UWVW* gence in this advanced age. The people, or their descendants, who were so muQh against railroads and were so zealous for the spread of the true religion, now joined together and on their own aefcount built a railroad whose tracks run up to the very shadow of Erskine. The railroad made Due West anew. It is now a busy mart as well as an educational centre. It Is a changed town now, as Dr. Haw thorn will testify. Tb" peoplo are today as crazy on the subject of foreign missions as they wore in olden times against rail roads. But as aH the people today cannot be fooled ail the time, any more than a former generation could shut oft the light that brings progress, a brighter day is dawning for<the best colleges and the best town on earth. The good old town of DeWitt's Corner, Due West ;Corner, and later of Due West is sun progressing, ine community is rural and the students are far removed from Tthe temptations that be^et boys at colleges In bigger towns. That good old town when Dr. Hawthorne and his handsome daughter at Hodges lived there, was eleven miles northeast of Abbeville. In order to get further from the sin and iniquity of city life, good old Erskine has been moved to something like a hundred miles from Columbia and forty miles from Greenville. Having moved clear out of reach of Abbeville and having moved to such respectful distances from Columbia and Gi-eenville, students in the classic city are safe in the lines of purity and holiness of living. But a great religious error is entering the A. R. P. pulpit. Some of their preach ers have been itinerating. In their jour nc-yings they have departed from the faith of their fathers, and no longer, sing Psalms. In Dr. Hawthorn's youth, nei ther ho nor his brothers ever dreamed that the Seceder church would go back on the Psaita-singing worsnip. Strange as it may seem, sorno of the A. B. P. preachers have quit singing Psalms. They now sing Psolms, and in doing so no doubt feel as if they were walking in the paths which their fathers trod. Dr. Hawthorn, In his love for the church and in his loyalty to Due "West never thought his people would quit singing Psalms. THE CIVIC CLUB. The regular meeting of the Civic club will be held Thursday afternoon at four o'clock in the club rooms pver Philson and Henry's store. The pro gram will be devoted to Domestic Scienco and the members of Mrs. Johnson's cooking class arc cordially invited to attend. Mrs. W. P."Greene, Pres. Mrs. A. M. Stone, Secretary DEATH OF AN INFANT. Oscar L. Jackson, Jr., infant of Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Jackson, of Cataw ba, S. C., died at an early hour Mon day morning. The body was brought here yesterday afternoon, and the funeral exercises will be conducted at Lebanon church today at 11 o'clock The friends of the family are invited to attend the exercises. For Front Riles ?nil Cbnppi <1 NUiu For frost bitten nars, fingers and toes; chapped hands and lips, chil blains, cold sores, red and rouirli skins, there is nothing equal to Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Stops the pain at once and healH quickly. In every home there fhould be a box handy all the time. Best remedy for all skin dis eases, itch Inn: eczema, tetler, piles, e'n. 2.5c. All rituircMs or by mnil. H. E. Riicklen & Co., Philadelphia or St. Louis. Palate pleasiner enndy. That'b the kind Milford sells. Pure, wholesome and de 11 clous. TEACHERS MEET AT LOW!ESV1LLE Meeting of the Teachers Insti tute of Abbeville County. The first meeting of the Teachers Insti tute in Abbeville County will be held at Lowndesville. on' Saturday, January 17th. The institutes are conducted by the Teachers Association of Abbeville County. There are already about forty raemhers of the Association, and it is hoped that all the teachers of the County will be enrolled before the year is out. Active preparations are on foot for the greatest school Fair ever held, not only in Abbeville County, but in South Carolina. The degree of success that this will meet with depends upon the completeness of the cooperation received from the teachers and friends of education in this county. The program for the meeting at Lown desville, which will meet at 11:00 A. M., is as follows : I. ATTENDANCE. (a) Is compulsoro attendance necessa ry ? (b) A summer session as a solution to spring and fall enrollment. (n) Round Table Discussion on Attend ance. n. THE MODEL SCHOOL BUILDING. " ! (a) The Building. (b) Ventilation. (c) Heat. (d) Light. x (e) Sanitation. v (f) Grounds. (g) Course of study. Round Table discussion and suggestions Professor Kay, of Lowndesville High School, will have charge of the program and has assigned out the work, so that it will be well worth the while of any live teacher to make a sacrifice to be there. Mr. Luther Bradley, of Roanoke. Ala., j was recently a visit in this community. ' Our ydung people having spent the holi days with their parents. Miss Clara Wideman spent Christmas; with her mother and returned Monday to her school at Ware Shoals. The Misses Wardlaw after two weeks stay with their parents, left Monday tot j Columbia College. Miss Janie Lee Morrah returned Satur day to her school in Atlanta. Mr. and Mrs. Harves, o? Elberton, are guests of Mrs. Cade: Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Morrah entertained a few .of their friends at a diniDg on Wed nesday. The following guests were pre sent: Rev. and Mrs. E. F. Bradley, Mrs. Blakely, Master Marshall Blakely, Mr. and Mrs. George Long, of Troy; Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Wardlaw, Mr. W. H. Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. S.. P. Morrah, Mrs. W. P. Wideman, Mr. and Mrs. John Morrah, Jr., Mrs. M. E. Wardlaw and Miss Emma Wardlaw, Mr. and Mrs. John Wardlaw and Miss Jennie Wideman. Mrs. Morrah was assisted In receiving her guests by Miss Ellen Morrah. Mrs. J. A. Davis and Mrs. Harvey Rob In crvn nf Trnv snnnt, Thursdav with rela> tives in this community. Our roads are beginning to need work ing again. Thoy aro badly washed out by the recent rains. The Bellevue school opened Monday. The teacher and pupils after two weeks vacation were ready for work agaln^ TO PUT FUGITIVE IN SAFE KEEPING Mexican Federals Will Be Carecl For. Washington, Jan. 12?All Mexican fed eral soldiers ie the custody of the United States bordcx patrol forces at Presidio, Texas, will be transferred to Fort Bliss and interned there indefinitely. Secretary Garrison ordered the transfer lute today with permission to the refugee women and children to accompany the soldiers if they desire. About 3,000 Mexican officers and men (led across the Rio Grande when the vic torious constitutionalists entered Ojinaga, und with Ihem, besides many woQien and children, are some 1,500 civilian refugees. Tho civilians are not prisoners and will be allowed to go where they wish, though those desiring to remain in American ter ritory will have to satisfy tho immigra tion officers. W. Turner Ellis Dead. Mr. "William Turner Ellis died at his home Saturday, January 10, 1914, aged about 76 years. He was sleeping and died without a struggle. Mr. Ellis was a substantial citizen of the, Due West neighborhood; a man of strong character and exemplary habits. He wus a member of Bethlehem 4.. R. P. Church, and all his life has been a sustaining force in the church. He leaves a largo family most of whom live in and near Due West and make a part of the substantial citizon ship of that section. One son, Rev. Mc Todd Ellis, is a minister in the A. R. P. Church, John Henry Bell Dead. John Henry Bell, of Lowndesville, died from the effects of a stroke of paralysis at his home Monday, January 12, 1914, aged about 55 years. lie was at the time he was stricken, apparently in perfect healtJ], and a man of unusually line physique. Mr. Bell was a useful citizen, always alive to the best interest of his town and county. While the Press and Banner has not been able to obtain particulars of Mr. Bell's death the facts will be covered later by our local correspondent. PHt A farm cistern Is essential Use care in feeding animals. Chicks like tender green feed. It does not pay to turn calves in pasture. Do not allow anything to"'grow over the roots of fruit trees. The true dairy cow is easily affected by unfavorable conditions. Any fright, excitement or discom fort will lessen the flow of milk. Dirty, small or deformed eggs will not do for a fancy market trade. J I To make ducklings or goslings thrive they must have plenty of green feed. Wet food sours quickly these day? If not cleaned up after each feeding time. JL '> Filth and vermin are great profit killers, and yet are not difficult to handle. Don't forget to have a row of sun flowers; for the seeds are excellent for poultry. There are very fewk Instances when a cow needs to be \ milked before calving. ; - There Is . nothing the matter with the hen that showB a bright eye and red comb. < ' \ < """" i Sanitary stables not only mean clean milk, but more of It on account of healthier cows. Heavy shoes on horses,are not nec essary on the (arm. Light shoes make It easier for them, What is a good cow? One that gives a profit of $35 is good There are better ones, of course. In poultry the capon holds the same relative position as does the steer to beef, or the barrow to pork. Lose as little time as possible be tween milking and separating, for the betterment of both milk and cream. Individual excellence 1b the only safe guide to be depended upon in selecting cows to build up a good herd. It's a shame to drive the boys and g s to the city for a view of well kept modern homes and attractive lawns. v If you have not already done so, clean up jour poultry houses now. White wash with a strong crude acid solution. Keep salt where the cows may al ways get to it. They will not consume too much if allowed to use their own "judgment" , Timothy hay is fine for work horses, but poor feed for the dairy cow. Al falfa beats it all hollow, so does clover or corn fodder. One of the chief safeguards of t^e health of the poultry flock at this time of year is to change the drinking water frequently.. We cannot bring rain when It is needed, but we can keep the cultiva tors going during the worst drought that ever happened. Green manures supplemented with high-grade commercial fertilizers is the very best sort of manuring or plant food for potatoes. A vessel that could hold 1,000 pounds of water would hold approxi mately 1,038 pounds of skimmilk and 1,032 pounds of whole milk. If there is corn to be cut for the forage, either to put in the silo or In the shock, it is a good idea to use the thickest stand for the purpose. When the cows get out of the stanchions see how they twist and lick themselves. Wouldn't it be better if they could do that in their stalls, too? Men are awakening to the fact that Boil fertility must be restored, and, as a general rule, they are realizing the best way to restore this fertility is to raise live stock, and apply the ma nure produced to the land. With all our research and our im proved science we know nothing?or at any rate, very little?about hered ity. It would seem to be reasonable to say that If it is wroug to breed from an unsound stallion, it is equally rep rehensible to breed from an unsound mare. Keep down the weed*. ? ' "^ Whitewash the cow stable* ^Wot M Keep the dairy barn sanitary. *; 7*j ^ Hens need a shaded loafing plac* A little salt helps the poultry mash. . - 9 / Overfeeding is a fruitful source of - bowel trouble. Overfat fowls are apt to succfomi^to excessive heat hould b?\^ March hatched chicks should ready for the broiler market Good butter can never be mads from cream that Is not good. Slow speed In the separator Is the cause of much poor skimming. f ewer turseys are injureqj derfeediog than by Carrying fowls by their' wings is as cruel as parrying them by the legs. When cream ' stands too long It is apt to acquire a bitter or disagreeable flavor. > A swivel In the tethering rope keep the rope from getting and kinky. > Keep the dost and staff out of milk. Ton cannot strain it o member that , ?/7 V. t rnrnrnm > / Alfalfa is one of the greatest crops known to modern agriculture for en* fichlng the land. It's a good, thing for the bull, to ex ercise on a tread power and accom plish some work. Use only a butter-bred sire from a line of dairy Inheritance for.-next year's crop of calves. ' . V\. V Breeding with .intelligence will pro* duce a less and less number of "oowis that eat their heads off." Green food of some kind Is neces sary to make the hens 'dO their best in the line of egg production. aw Stir the cream twice a day, using, a long-handled spoon, which wiU reach to the bottom of the cream jar. ?1 Some day we are going to find that as good a way as any to use the sur plus "sour milk Is to give it. to the hens. W U'i Have your fowls so tame that yon can go among them without causing fright You will get better egg pro duction. If there is no silo on your farm, do not let another winter catch you un prepared. Make your plans rigfit for one. The pure-bred sire and a dam of] the same type of as good blood as id is possible to get will usually *~ing a desirable colt The idea that alfalfa hay Is able for driving h01"9^ Is pr roneous by thousands of fanx many use no other. Don't compel the women fiol open and close two or three big lUIUUgU U1C WIUQ /CVIUD MU19|j they go out to look up eggs. it When hens lay soft-shelled eggs, It] Is often a sign they are too fat CntJ down the amount of grain and fe more vegetables and green food. In pruning the apple trees, plan form shapely heads that will the sunlight to get Jnto the center the tree. It will give better fruit. One of the remedies for pi? by Portngnese poultry raisers onions cut up fine and foi the throat, followed by a^ltttefl For late vegetables plant Deans, xney require a ricn, soil, so that the growth will be t As a rule, the dwarf bosh best Dehorn the calves before two weeks old. Cut away the around the "button" and mol Then rub well with a stick of tic potash. Watch the heifers carefully calving time. A little care \i proper time often will be the of averting the loss of a flhe calf, its mother, or both. Tf ronnlroo factA fr? moVo o lomVi r\f any kind, bat a sheep or lamb will come the nearest to making some thing out of nothing of any kind of a domestic animal. " If the butter Is slow in coming It Is due to one of two causes: Either tbe cream is too cold, or else the churn i? overloaded and the contents do nc get proper oscillation. The bean is a plant well suited to tbe soil and climatic conditions ofthiij country, yields bountifully and is pr^ duced at a cost not to exceed that < other cultivated field crops. There il no state in the union where they arj not grown successfully. A good fly deterrent Is made of one gallon fish oil, one pint kerosene, and four tablespoonfuls of crude carbolic acid. Mix well and apply with a cloth, or spray all parts but the udder, just after milking. About once a wMk %itt do. ?