Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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1 ECONOMY IN CO-OPERATION How Much Did You Lose in Buying Fertilizers This Spring? (Progressive Farmer.) What did you pay per ton for eom* mercial fertilizers this spring? Too much, we dare say, unless your farm is big enough to justify carlot pur- i at wholesale rates, or unless you joined with your neighbors in ] ' buying cooperatively by the carload, i Fifteen tons is the minimum car, and probably not more than one farmer < in a hundred uses this amount; on j the other hand, almost any four or < five adjoining farmers will use from : 15 to 20 tons a year. j Right here is an opportunity for i one of the finest, most profitable lit- ] tie ventures in cooperation that we ] know of. Cooperative fertilizer pur- < chases, which simply mean the se- i curing of fertilizers in small lots at i wholesale prices, have, as a matter of i ' ' 1 ? i j J* our personal Knowieoge, savea iann- | * ers anywhere from $1 to $5 a ton on every ton bought. But let's be con- ] servative, and assume that by buying i together we may, on an average, save < $2 on every ton. As the average Cot- i ton Belt county uses some 10,000 < tons a year, isn't this little annual , saving of $20,000 to your county i worth considering? If you yourself i use five tons, won't * the $10 saved < come in handy? 1 t But this is not all. "Big oaks from little acorns grow," and out of a lit- j tie cooperation in buying fertilizers ; may grow cooperation in marketing j aa4-+a? /*A+fAr> in n nl_ < vuttuu aim v-vi-ivii iu vviii**iu4i* ty livestock breeding, in securing '* better roads, schools, churches, and the thousand and one other things that go to make country life substantial and satisfying. N ] If you haven't already done so, talk it over with your new neighbor and arrange to buy your fertilizers together another year. It will save you some hard earned dollars, and at the same time may prove the stef)-- : ping stone to still better things. i II.?Sell by the Carload. From cabbage to cotton, from egg i plants to elephants, it is generally a i certainty that dealers in large quantities enjoy advantages that the small dealer can never have. But just as in buying fertilizers the average far mer aiune can never operate on a wholesale, carlot basis, so can he never expect, unaided, to reap the profits that comes from marketing in large quantities. In future, as the margins or profits on produce grow smaller and smaller, and as necessity as a consequence grows more and more pressing,' the , small farmer, that is, the producer of and dealer in small lots, will have two courses open to him: he can either join with his neighbors in the production and sale of crops of standard quality in large quantities, thus meeting the competition of similar associations and large individual prok ducers, or he can go out of business. The history of European agriculture during the last hundred years has established the truth of this principle, and already it is beginning to operate in America. Because of the imperishable nature of his crop and because of a world-wide market, the Southern cotton farmer has been slow to realize the profits that come from oganized marketing. However, here and there farmers' cotton marketing associa^ tions are being successfully organized, and the $1 to $5 per bale profits i they are bringing their members are assurance that in the near future j manv more will come into beine-. Ev- < en greater profits are coming from the cooperative marketing of cotton ] seed, several North Carolina Farm- 1 ers' Union locals having last season 1 swapped seed for meal, ton for ton, ( while individual farmers elsewhere ; were selling their seed at from $15 : to $18. witn iruit ana trucK crops, sman growers must learn that it is either cooperate or, sooner or later, "go busted." One by one the California 1 and Florida citrus fruit growers are , finding that it is line up or sell out ! and quit, and history is being repeated among truck and fruit grow- j ers all over the South. Isn't it time that you and your . neighbors were recogniznig the truth 1 of these principles? Isn't it time ; that you saw you must come to- ! gether as a mater of self-protection? Isn't it better to do it now than wait until forced to it by repeated and costly failures? III.?Be a Quality Farmer. Another thing we have overlooked too long is the need for quality in everything we do, in eveything we grow. Pacific Coast fruit growers long ago learned the value of quality, attractiveness of packing and standard grading, and largely for this reason their produce today tops the market all over the country. "Oh, what's the use," you say, "I only sell cotton, a few chickens and eggs, a little butter and a few hogs; why should I pay any attention to how these things look or whether they are standard quality or not?" The answer is that it will Dav vou. whatever you raise, whatever you sell, to establish a reputation for quality goods, raised on a quality farm, by a quality farmer. If you raise quality cotton, the world will not only want your cotton higher prices, but your neighbors will pay handsomely for your e.tcoii seed; quality chickens and egg? insure a steady market at good prices; and quality butter will enable you to get and hold trade that inferior butter would never appeal to. From the way your front gate hangs to the way your fields are laid out; from eggs to bales of cotton, one of the finest assets there is, is a reputation for running a farm where quality counts. Isn't it a splendid ambition to have the whole countryside looking to your farm for the finest pigs, the finest calves, the finest chickens, the finest seed corn and the finest cotton? You can do it. Moreover in doing it you will be growing quality boys and girls, who will make quality men and women. And this is a finer thing still. IMPURE MEAL IN MASH PRODUCED BAD EGGS. Pou'trymen Warned of Danger in Feeding. Cottonseed Meal that is not Pure. (Clemson College Weekly.) Clemson College, June? There is no better food to place in an egg niasl to produce eggs in abundance than pure, wholesome cottonseed meal. But a recent occurrence that came under the observation of the polutry husbandman of Clemson College shows that the most disastrous results will follow the use of heated meal, meal made from heated or moldy seed, or moldy meal. A AM CM Pn?v>vtAkAllA Vl O C ?<ai inci m \jampuuciiv ?nv **c*o a good reputation for selling fresh, infertile eggs bought some sacks of cottonseed meal tagged fertilizer meal. He mixed this with cornmeal, ground oats and wheat shorts, according to the formula of the Clemson Egg Mash and fed it to his hens. Within a short time he received complaint that his eggs were bad and unfit to eat. He could not understand this, but an examination of the eggs through a candler showed many dark yolks. One of these eggs was broken and the yolk was found to be covered with brownish green blotches and dark spots. In the eggs laid in three days fifteen bad ones were found. These eggs were most offensive in appearance and the condition was brought about, says Frank C. Hare, of Clemson College, who examined them, by feeding heated cottonseed meal. Brown yolks have been reported at Darlington, Greenwood and other places. This is a most serious defect. As one person remarked. "These eggs with brown yolks are i not fit to eat. They are perfectly fresh and look perfectly all right in every other way." Heated or impure cottonseed meal : spoils eggs and deranges the digestive organs of hens or chicks. "The person who feeds fertilizer meal to his fowls,' says Prof. Hare, "will do so at his own risk. Don't take chances. In summer the amount of cottonseed meal in the Clemson 1 Egg Mash can be reduced to one- 1 fourth of what it was in winter." A Good Household Salve Ordinary ailments and injuries are not of themselves serious, but infection or low vitality may make them 1 iangerous. Don't neglect a cut, sore, < bruise or hurt because it's small. Blood Poison has resulted from a pin prick or scratch. For all such ailments Bucklen's Arnica Salve is excellent. It protects and heals the < hurt; is antiseptic, kills infection and prevents dangerous complications. Good for all Skin Blemishes, i Pimples, Salt Rheum, Eczema. Get ] an original 2-ounce 25c. box from your Druggist. Poultry Notes for June. (Progressive Farmer.) , Hot weather brings: a host of tr< bles for the poultryman, and it well to take precautions agaii them. First of all, clean up! Dr< pings should be gathered daily, possible, and stored in a suital place. To preserve their fertilizi value, there is nothing better than put alternate layers of ground ro phosphate with them. We ke floats on the dropping boards wh we can get them. Spray -buildin with a good whitewash, well mei cated with kresol, creolin, or ke: sene oil with a little carbolic ac added. This will kill mites and ke off lice. This is a good time to prcpa material for dust baths. Road iu well dried and screened, should secured and a season's supply stor in dry place. To make a (Tdu kotli miy miant.itv needed, one hz road dust, one-fourth tobacco du: one-fourth air-slaked lime, with o ounce carbolic acid to the peck lime. Mix all thoroughly and screen Look out for musty, mouldy Jjra mash or grain feds. Where dam ness in feeds is suspected it is good plan to heat them thorough in an oven, then cool in the open. Now if ever poultry must ha plenty of green feed. If you have n good grassy runs, or patches of raj rye or young oats, try sprouted Oi if you can. If not, 1hen give th? cabbage, lettuce, beets or other go vegetables. Corn is a good feed, at times, b not at this season. It; is too heatir Increase the wheat, oats, bran, a: 1 ' i-L- ? Dariey?ana reuuce me cum lv ui third the winter ration. This, as matter of course, means for breecU and layers, not for fattening. Shade for poultry is as necessa as for any other bird or animal, your runs are not provided wi shade, make them shelters?tempc ary roofs two to three feet from t ground, open on all sides. The bir will show their appreciation. Pure, clean, cool water should in ample supply, and always in sheltered place, where the sun cann heat it and rain will not interfei WofoT voocelc clinnlH hp rlpaned a refilled at least twice a day. Be on the look out for bodies dead birds, or decaying meats. Th attract vermin of all kinds, and if t chickens get at them you invite li: berneck trouble. Bury all such thin deep. If any birds are dead from d ease, burn them. This is the season of all, wh poultry runs should be spaded plowed deep and well limed. It cneaper to prevent disease oy prop sanitation than it is to cure diseas that become epidemic. By all means avoid crowding you chicks in brooders or coops. Gi them plenty of room and plenty air at night if you wish stror healthy, vigorous chicks. As the early chicks grow, put the in .colony coops, on good shelter runs,?a good orchard is a fine pla< As soon as you can surely tell t cockerels from the pullets, y should plan for separate runs f them. There is much lost in grow and development, and nothing gain in letting your males and femal run together before time for matii up, and as pullet's eggs are not d sirable for hatching, the mating c; well be delayed until pullets ha laid, say two months. F. J. R. Mr. Bristow at Conway. Sunday morning in the school a ditorium the Rev. Louis J. P.risto of Abbeville preached the con-mcnc ment sermon before the graduatii class. He delivered a masterly di course on appropriate food for tl soul. This was considered by mai as being one of the strongest sermo ever delivered in Conway. ?Convvi cor. to State. A Summer School. Anderson is to have a summ school this summer. Prof. M. ! Bradley will teach Agriculture, Ci ics and Modeling. The school w last from July the fifth until tl thirtieth. ^aaaafflffiFffiKM 5U 1;J 1|: il Str f :.] ci ii :: ji;. whenf f. ii {$ your h? : 1 1 4 It |! i|| bl jj(l|i A "Onnl "FTpad e" sgjij: ji You can have :H Stylist P | ^ ti; ||| We thi: sirable. vt s ^ ^ !|;S| dresser * for sun: |S? Sennits, Split St [z lliSl We ie; :?| and :| Pari tfc lm : il be a Comparison is the highest form o Hattery. All cigars sold in Abbevill lQt are represented to be as good, or bettei re. than Speed's Cinco's. There is nothin like them. Stick to them. They kee nu i good taste in your mouth and a clea bead. of _ ey Old Gold and Silvei m! taken in exchange a gs new Jewelry Store tin issameas Cash. en E. Kirk wood. 01 Next to the Cand: IS ier Kitchen. ;es - MAXWELL'S 2 MARKET T. H. MAXWELL, Proprieto ;m ed ,e ALL POltK SAUSAGE * SMALL HAMS, KOAST PIG he ou FRESH FISH unci OYSTERS ?r Hig-liest Cash Prices Paid lo Cattle, -Hogs and Sheep, es Green Salted Hides. PHONE 298 * Maxwell's Market Reduced Rates IV -VI k : SOUTHERN RAILWAY *Jg ;s. Premier Carrier of the South he FROM I Z 4 RliF.VTIjLE. S. C. *y SAX FKA.VtlSC'O, CAL. Fanama-Pacific International Exposi tion. February 20-December 4,1915. B. F. Sweetenburg, Agent, v ill | | Huyler's candy, Martha Washingtoi ne, and Monkey candy always fresh a Speed's Drug Store. inuiuiininiJiuiuzi^^ aw Hats 1 the Summer Sun settles on iffflp ead, your comfort demands Hat of Straw || " cultivates a calm, contented mind. both by wearing one of our comfortable and i New Straw Hats I ak we have every block that's deT T /"* TN "11 The Young ^mart JJresser win %iee is ideal, while ihe conservative ifSp also will find just the hat he wishes ijSgE imer comfort ijggjp raws, Milans, Porto Ricans, Panamas ilSfc have just the Hats you'll like |? Kp the prices are extremely low. |l jg:. ter & Reese I f Yankee?If someone were so ill- "Some day we'll be telepKaxuixig^ advised as to call you a liar, colonel, through the air without wires. * g, in what light would you regard the .,Maybe_ but w0?,t jt be lueet. v act? kr , have an operator call back at: jmx Kentucky Colonel?I would regard , , , . , . and say: "the air is busy no^Kl"'?? - it simply as a form of suicide, sah.? J J I Dallas News. Washington Star. r t I liii mI' ' ? x ,| Cleaned and Pressed | " '*v vSf y $ OA jl *' i oO cents % ' & We have bought a $250 % Sis *8# <f> Press for the purpose, t ' ?P J. x wr 1 Try Us "I 2 Abbeville Steam Laundry ? ? Phone C8-B g -S < <- - - ) - 1 Cigars Candy > Speed's Drug Store. D! 1 Q JT nunc 1U. Always [Ready to Serve You. Stationery Toilet Goods ; t )