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News for t CLEAN HEALTHY WHEAT SEED ARE ESSENTIAL Washington, August 27.?Sound, clean, healthy seed is the first re-1 quisite for the largely increased wheat crop which the United States Department of Agriculture hopes to see harvested next year. Whatever! the source of supply farmers will find it to their advantage, says the ! department, to see that only good seed is planted. What has been j said is equally true ot seed ior tne| rye crop which the department hopes; to see much larger than usual next year. If a farmer has seed from his own! crop which is satisfactory so far as: variety and general condition are! concerned, he should lose no time in getting it into shape for storage un-| til planting time. The fanning mill is the farmer's best friend in this task. The farmer, by all means should have such a mill and if hej has not and is unable to obtain one, j' should borrow or rent his neighbor's j mill, or several farmers can join in j buying one. A fanning mill removes ' weed seeds, smut and shriveled grain i and leaves only plump kernels, prac-l tically every one of which may be ^ depended upon to produce a thrifty; plant, After it is cleaned, however, I the seed should be treated in order j that the smut may be prevented, i Scab is iess likely to be prevented'1 by seed treatment, but the use ofV the fanning mill will assist materi-l" ally in improving the crop grown! from seed known to have contained! scabby kernels. If the farmer is dependent on out-i, side sources for his seed he should j buy from his neighbor if possible so'^ that he may be more likely to get^ seed well adapted to his conditions. ' It is advisable to buy as soon after^ harvest as possible as at this time j prices are likely to be lowest. If the ( farmer delays, his neighbors may dis- ( pose of all their surplus grain and ^ he may be forced to plant seed j grown under conditions radically ^ different from his own. If the farm-,, or nntmnizes a seedsman he should , insist on getting seed grown as near'j his section as possible. If seed is affected by diseases, careful inspection will usually disclose the fact. The presence of . stinking smut in wheat is indicated ' by the odor and the presence of scab ( by the appearance of the kernels. ^ Purchased seed should, of course, be ^ cleaned and treated for the* destruc-'^ tion of the spores of disease, pro-'j ducing fungi, if the examination ^ shows this to be necessary. j. In choosing varieties of wheat the ^ farmer should be guided by the ex-^ periences of his neighbors and the . advice of his State Experiment Sta-;, tion.. This is true also of rye, but'( there are available fewer varieties , of rye than of wheat. The stations can furnish comparative statistics on . the yields and behavior of a number J of varieties of the two cereals. 'j After the grain farmer has pro- j duced a supply of satisfactory seed , he should store it carefully so that , it will keep in good condition and will be safe from the depredatons of , rats, mice and insects. Bins which | are supposedly rat proof are avail-!( able on practically all farms and it will pay farmers to see that they J, are kept in good condition to keep out the rodents. TIPS FOR DRAFTED MEN. Start Getting Into Good Physical Condition Now. I Major Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, acting j chief of staff of the United States ] army, stopped reading a mass of memoranda from Major Gen. Persh-< ing long enough today to answer a j question that must vitally interest i every young man who has been draft ed. That question was: "What shall ] the drafted man do between now and the time he will be called to the ser-,< vice in October?" "It would be a splendid thing," said Gen. Bliss, "if every young man 1 put himself in good physical condition. He can do this by going to a gymnasium or by a little work each day outdoors. Let him devote an hour a day, preferably in the early morning, to exercise, and the result in a few weeks will be that he will be able to withstand any hardship. "The transition from civil life to military service is sometimes too sudden for the comfort of the individual. Soreness and fatigue, lack nf wind, and strained muscles are surely characteristic of the recruit's experience, but this need not happen at all. The drafted man can, in a few weeks, so condition himself that he will hardiv r.otico the change. "Let the young man begin by tak-! ing a brisk walk every day, of twenty or thirty minutes, gradually increa?- > ing the length of his hike. It will i tie Farmer i strengthen the muscles of his legs, and make it easy for him to march long distances later on. Of course the best thing the drafted man could -1" +A r\r% m-% r>o m cnrtrfc ' UU WUU1U UC WV/ Ail U|/VJI vw Mttv. games which will develop his stami-j na and harden his muscles. There is;/ plenty of time for everyone to get! physical training. It helps not only to make better soldiers and to start the individual on the road to promo-, tion sooner, but it makes the re-i cruit's life happier. One-half of the complaints that come from recruits about food and disagreeable conditions of living are due directly to, the irritable state of mind of the soldier. All this could be eliminated if j the drafted man would take, advan- j tage of the interval between now ( and the autumn to train himself. : Each man knows best perhaps, how 1 to do that for himself, each man can 1 make the transition for himself as j gradual as is consistent with his strength, and at the end of a few ^ weeks, at any rate, when the drafted men are called to arms, we should have a splendid body of men in good , physical condition. The time to start i is right now."?Washington Dispatch i to N. Y. Evening Post. j i . ?1 PORTO RICANS NOT GOING ! 1 TO CAMP JACKSON 1 i i Washington, Aug. 22.?Porto Rican troops will not be sent to Camp Jackson. If any negro troops are ?ent to South Carolina camps they' will be rained separately from the ivhite troops. Governor Richard I. Manning, ac:ompanied by Senators Tillman and Smith; Representatives Whaley and Ragsdale; Chairman D. R. Coker of i ;he South Carolina Council of Na- ' lional Defense, and Mesrs. R. Good,vyn Rhett of Charleston; J. W. Lilard, William Elliott, and George L. Baker, of the Columbia Chamber of * Commerce, and Prof. George Mc3utcheon, representing Congressman Lever, called on Secretary of War Baker this afternoon and presented :heir views with regard to the mobilisation of negro and Porto Rican f ;roops in the Palmetto State. Gover- < lor Manning authorized the follow- i ng publication after the conference. ' Governor's Statement. 1 Secretary of War Baker met us at 1 L2:30 today, and we discussed the question of the draft of troops in South Carolina, especially with ref-, ;rence to the negro troops. The Porto Rican troops will not be sent to South Carolina nor will the white and negro troops be mixed. The matter was fully discussed from the standpoint of the best interests of all the troops, white and colored, and the best way to handle the proposi-! tion. Secretary Baker assured us that he would take under serious consideration all that was said and would endeavor to decide^ the questions involved so as to serve the welfare of all parties concerned. If any negro troops are sent to South Caro-. lina they will, under the long-established policy of the War Department, be kept entirely separate from the white troops. I "At the opening of the meeting Secretary Baker announced that the 1 Porto Rican troops would not be 3ent to Camp Jackson at Columbia, i . EAT LESS AND TAKE SALTS FOR KIDNEYS , ! i Take a- Glass of Salts if Your Back Hurts or Bladder Bother*. 1 The American men and women J must guard constantly against Kidnev trouble, because we eat too much and all our food is rich. Iur blood is filled with uric acid which the kidneys strive to filter out, they weaken from overwork, become sluggish; the eliminative tissues clog and the result is kidney trouble, bladder weakness and a general decline in 1 healh. When your kidneys feel like lumps of lead; your back hurts or the urine is cloudy, full of sediment or you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night; if you suffer with rick headache or dizzy, J nervous spel's, acid stomach, or you hrve rheumatism when the weather is bad. get from your pharmacist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few daysy and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid . of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia. and has been used for generations to flush and stimulate cl'*>~gerl Wdneys; to neutralize the acids in the urine so it no longer is a source of irritation, thus ending bladder disorders. .Tad Salts is inexpensive; cannot injure, makes a delightful efferves cent lithia-water beverage, and belongs in every home, because nobody can make a mistake by having a good kidney flushing any time.?Adv. I ADVANTAGES OF B, REGISTERED HEREFORC The size of the breedltg herd Is practice determined chiefly by tl amount of pasture and the amount roughage available. Great care mu be taken that the pastures are n overstocked. Good bluegrass or clov should carry from 50 to 100 cows p 100 acres, but on other pastures, wi the exception of wheat, oats, or oth small grains, the capacity may n from 50 head to as low as five head p ?AA T4. |M r??rtflinklA r\r> iw acres, JLL IS UUL yiuuiuuic ai mailing prices to buy roughage, and i this should constitute the basal rati< for the breeding cows, it Is not usual idvantageous for the farmer to a tempt to keep more than can be fed < the home-grown roughage at his di posal. On the other hand, the hen should be large enough for the owm to market at one time a -carload < jaby beeves, or from 20 to 27 head. ] certain instances there may be sati factory and economical ways of dl nosing of the beeves In less than ca oad lots, but In general the expen! nvolved In this method of marketii naterially reduces the profits fro 'eeding. SOUR SKIM MILK FOR CALVES IN SUMME rhere Is Great Need of Precai mm .f F". . J tion in mis manner ot reeuing?Feed at Once. That calves do as well or better < jour skim milk in summer as they ( )n sweet will be interesting news nany farmers who have hitherto be< iept from raising calves by the e pense of keeping the milk sweet in h iveather. This expense, experimen carried out by the department of agi culture indicate to be quite unnece sary. The calves will make as rap ?ains on sour skim milk. In winter th is not as satisfactory. It chills tl calves, and sort>e of them drink it wi' jreat reluctance. Very few youi calves have ever been known to refui It altogether. On the Pther hand, course, it Is much easier to keep tl milk sweet in winter. But there is need of precaution this matter of summer feeding of mil Unless the milk is produced and ke' nnder cleanly conditions, It may b come contaminated with disease-pr luring bacteria. Farmers should ther fore allow the milk to sour quick and then feed It without delay. In the course of the experlmenl sour skim milk is fed to 22 calvc Holsteins, Jerseys and Guernseys, different seasons of the year. In :t case did It cause digestive disturbance even when the change from sweet sour milk was made abruptly wh< the calves were only a few days ol Moreover, no evil results followed tl alternate use of sweet and sour mil [t seems, therefore, that the comnu conception that sour milk leads scours is quite unfounded. It is In t] care of the milk. The calves, it was found, did n like the sour milk as well as the swe< but In the majority of cases soon b o /lnncfnmoH tn If Thp fl VPTSlO Lauiu awuoiviuv/vi ?.w ... hpwever, Increased when the milk wi fed them at low temperature. CRUDE OIL BETTER THAN MARKET DIP Mil Kill Vermin and Also Softe Skins and Brighten Hair?How to Apply to Hogs. Control of lice on hogs is an ii portant factor in the development Ihe swine. Crude oil not only kills lie but in addition destroys the ni1 softens the skin, and brightens ti Lair. Mnny hog dips are on the mark< ?hnf fha n c:n WHICH UIB niucij UOI.U, .yu- vv. crude oil gives more satisfactory i suits, in the opinion of Itay Gatewoc instructor in animal husbandry in t Kansas State Agricultural college. T1 oil may be applied by the use of p; cnt liog oilers, but as a rule those a not satisfactory, for they are expensi and many do not apply the oil in satisfactory manner. One of the most satisfactory met ods of applying crude oil is to dri as many of the hogs as possible at o lime into an inclosure in which the is a cement floor. Oil may then be a plied to the hops with an ordina sprinkling can. They rub against ea other und the oil becomes evenly d tributed. They should not be let o of the pen until this is accompli ABY BEEF PRODUCTION ) USED IN GRADING UP HERD. In (Prepared by the United States Depai be ment of Agriculture.) of Because the average consumer pr fers the size and quality of the cu ot obtained from the carcass of a wel <>r bred, highly finished yearling, the ma er ket price for what is known as bal lb beef Is usually both a little higher ar or a little more stable than that for ar m other class of cattle. From the farr ijr er's point of view the production < baby b ef means that he can get moi tta gains for the same quantity of fet :in than with mature cattle, that he ca ly turn over the money Invested In h it- live' stock In a shorter time, that 1 m can obtain for his young heifers ? s- proximately ithe same price as for b Is steers, which is not true when marke er Ing Is put off until the animals are oli rvf ak onH thot ho nnn withfn limits d [n fer or hasten the date of marketing t s- market conditions dictate. For the< s- reasons the baby beef industry is ii r- creasing rapidly in popularity throng] out the country. i|j In Farmers' Bulletin 811 the bei ni methods of breeding and handling bat beeves are discussed in detail. Tt first conclusion of this publication I that the right kinds of cows and bull should be used. In selecting co^ _ from which baby beef Is to be produce ft three Important factors should be kei In mind: 1. The' cows should have at least j. fair amount of beef blood. Purebred are not necessary, but two or thre crosses of such breeding are essentia Cows with a preponderance of dair tttIII n/~.f Hn fnr tho nrntlliction f ) uiuuu mu uw uv t . ! baby beef. I0 1 2. Cows best stilted for this type c . breeding usually weigh 900 pounds c over in thrifty breeding condition. A Xm long as early maturity is not sacr ot ficed, the heavier cows are the mo; ts suitable for baby-beef production. Slz of frame rather than weight shoul ^ govern the selection of cows whlc are to be used for this purpose. Ig | 3. The cows used to produce bab ,ie | beeves should produce enough milk f ; keep the calves fat and growing witl i out much additional feed up to weai 2 ling time. j In addition to these three factor je: color, size, and early maturity shoul be considered. Type or Bulls to Be Used. In As a general rule It may be said tht k* lack of excellence In any one or a of the above-mentioned prtnts In th ,e* cow may be offset through additioni excellence In the herd bull. Some bull seem to have sufficient prepotency 1 stamp their own excellence of fort type and quality upon their calves r< ts. gardless of the kind of cows In th '9. herd. Such a bull Is a very valuabl -* ' " J J <4. (? nn-fn Ul asset 10 any ureeuer, nuu it uuw 10 tunate that we cannot tell absolutel es what a boll will do In this respe< to until his offspring are seen. A bu en coming from a line of ancestry whlc d* has been noted for its excellence < le type, quality, milk-producing ablllt; and early maturity, Is more than llkel 5n to be a producer of animals like hln self. This, together with Individual t: cellence In the bull, Is the only stan< ard we have for forecasting the tyj: ot of calves which nil untried bull wl !t' get. For the producer of baby beef tli ,e* additional sum paid for a good bull 1 D' money well spent. 18 Above all, a breeder In selecting bull should procure one of good bef form and yrith a strong tendenc toward earliness or mammy. j.u very large extent the breeders' succes Sin raising and feeding baby beeves wi depend upon the bull's ability to tran rait this latter character to his calve Quality and excellence of form i III calves cannot be obtained from po( f breeding. Calves Suitable for Baby Beef. Calves to qualify as baby beef mui have quality and fi nish. The consuim does not want the unfinished yearlin 0f and the calf that does not have qualil ,e will not take on a high finish. Neith< will the calf lacking in early-maturin tlg qualities fatten during the latter pa: of the' feeding period, but instead will use most of the feed which ~0f consumes for growth. Keeping th In mind, the feeder should first dete |(j mine whether ms caives are kui enough to compete on the fat-yearlir llg market, and if he decides that they ai not, they should be finished off c rg coarser foods for a later market. The wide, deep-bodied, thick-fleshf \ G calf with short legs and an abundant of quality as indicated by fineness < hair, texture of skin, smoothness < flesh, and general refinement about tl %e head and other parts of the body ne the type best suited for making prin re baby beef. Uniformity in size, weigl 1 ?irirtf ho nvorlnnli'pf] h ill 1U L'UIUI OllUUlU ?UL KJ^ ? ry cause such factors are an advantai ch In marketing. These points are < Is" great importance in selecting calves 1 u' be finished as baby beef, and they d ;d. gerve the strictest attention. T 1785 * COLLEGE OF CHAR] South Carolina's Oldest 132d Year Begins Septe I Entrance examinations at all the county-seats o'clock A. M. \ Four-year courses lead to the B. A. and B. S. jf medical course is given. A free tuition scholarship is assigned'to each < Spacious buildings and athletic grounds, well < I excelled library facilities. Expenses moderate. For terms and catalogue, HARRISON R^ 11 """""" \ t- ?{ It takes a long time to build up a reputati e- if BUSINESS and I have made a special stuc ts ij line for twenty years and every article that LI- II as well as every repair job must give pel r" il your money gladly refunded. \ >y jf j! When you are in town make it your b 17 |I store before leaving, for my carefully selt Q" 11| grade merchandise will be interesting for yc 5 11 do not care to buy. re !i . :d || in.II nr r iaumoam i is i| w. L. jv-rnnov-fr*, o< Ie !j Abbeville, S. C. I| ^ ' I* MW win (1 Hi IH i Teach | / Children sj a To Save yi I Start the kiddies *-! wk by making them 1- j wft want to save their money. s Irak A personal savings account in <3 a high-class banking institution like this, where chi I are given the proper attei ^ and encouragement to h ,e die their own finances 111 is a good start in the ? right direction. Une dollar opens an accoun 5'e I Safety?Honesty?Courte I The N ational ?y Abbeville S. ( it _ _ _ ? ,e COMB SAGE TEA IN k V V V V ii HAIR TO DARKEN IT > ;e jV MR. &1 , It's Grandmother's Recipe to Keep V Jewel* Her Locks Dark, Glossy, iand V J a | Beautiful. > I _ >^>v> ;y j The old-time mixture of Sage Tea a and Sulphur for darkening gray,; ?s streaked and faded hair is grand-, 11 I mother's recipe, and folks are again s" using it to keep their hair a good, I s> even color, which is quite sensible,1 - / n as we are living in an age when a V i )r youthful appearance is of the great- /J est advantage. Nowadays, though, we don't have" ;r the troublesome task of gathering . gt the sage and the mussy mixing at; ' iSqp' j/o)?. ;y home. All drug stores sell the ;r ready-to-use product, .improved by, is the addition of other ingredients,; rt called '|Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Q YjMuv ** Compound" for about 50 cents a J bottle. It is very popular because (/: rS nobody can discover it has been ap- | )(j plied. Simply moisten your comb or a soft brush with it and draw this /SV n through your hair, taking one small j iff \ W< >n strand at a time; by morning the! CfffjIX gray hair disappears, but what de-j ( ?d lights the ladies with Wyeth's Sage 'U*> * -e and Sulphur Compound, is that, be- ])Y/l6~y\ ^ sides beautifully darkening the hair \ 5 ?fter a few applications, it also pro- Ywf j? duces that soft lustre and appearance of abundance which is so attractive.1 ijt This ready-to-use preparation is a t? e. delightful toilet requisite for those ' c, re who desire a more youthful appear- x_???? of ance. It is not intended for the to cure, mitigation or prevention of The Semie disease.?Adv. S1.50 per y I 1917 ' ' . LESTON ? : College imber 28. ; on Friday, July 13, at 9 degrees. A two-year prejounty of the State. squipped laboratories, un, address INDOLPH, President. = . I mum ? ? ,9 ion in the JEWELRY ly of this particular goes out of my store Xj rfect satisfaction or : v? i" usiness to visit my ?cted stock of high >u to see even if you i i- fJ 'A eweler i ^ ^ ^... an- j I sy-Service | ? - 'A I Bank ./ x ?? j v, vvv^^vvvv^w > MRS. R. 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