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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
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PORTO RICANS NOT GOING ! 1
TO CAMP JACKSON 1
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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 ,
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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.
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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^
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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.
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Ie !j Abbeville, S. C.
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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
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,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. >
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;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
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LESTON
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on Friday, July 13, at 9
degrees. A two-year prejounty
of the State.
squipped laboratories, un,
address
INDOLPH, President.
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