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# PEANUTS FOR PROFIT.
Scarcely a day passes that inquiries
are not received relative to the
peanut industry in the South. It is
strange, indeed, that the southern
fanners have so long overlooked the
real value of the peanut as a part of
their cropping system and that the
present high market prices of peanuts
were necessary to awaJken the
farmer to their opportunity. Nothing
has been found that will excel the
true Spanish variety for general cultivation
on southern farms. Great
difficulty exists, however, in procuring
pure seed. The only way that
the farmers of the South can be sure
of a high-producing strain of purel
Spanish is by growing a seed patch
from specially selected seed. *
Thirty-six poundsvof clean Spanish I
peanuts in the shell will plant anacre,
and a one-acre seed patch, if
properly handled, will produce
enough seed to plant about 30. acres
the next year. With this fact before
them, it should be a comparatively
easy matter for the peanut growers
to get on the right basis, so far as
the seed supply is concerned. The
stock seed for planting the seed acre
should first be carefully selected in
the pod, then shelled by hand, and
the shelled peas again carefuljy gone
ft over, and all that are off color or inferior
either ifl size or shape should
be discarded.
A few years ~ oi proper selection j
^ will give the farmer a strain of seed
peanuts for his* conditions that can!
not be had from any other source. ,
By this method, together with proper
cultural practices and crop rotation,
the yield per acre can J>e greatly in,4.
creased. About the only method
V-*- whereby-the farmer .can hope t? ^
make 8 profit is by tuting down pro- (
duction v costs through increase 'j
_c yjeldj^per acre. '-The future of the ^
g. peanut industry in the South is al-;^
moet witiout limitations,; and -the']
farmers who get into the business on ,
the *right b^sis are going to obtain ^
':i the highest profits. /
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FARM FIREWOOD A^ ' ,
VALUABLE CROP (
% | That farmers helped materially in (
t conserving coal in 1918 by substi- j
toting wood as fuel is shown By vsta- j
tistics recently tabulated by the Bu- ]
- reau 01 urop estimates, . uime^.
States Department of Agriculture.
An average, of 11.5 cords of wood,
or a total of 77,092,0*00 cords, were
burned on the farms of the country .\
during 1918. The total production of
cordwood during the year, which in- ]
eludes wood burned on farms .and j
that sold by farmers to city dwellera,
amounted to approximately 102,903- ,
000 jords.v The average farm value 1
in 1918 was $4.73 a cord. Upon the |
basis of estimates for 1918, the^Bu- reau
of Crop Estimates says the (
farm fuel-wood crop is one pf the ,
important crops of the farm, inasmuch
as onlv five croDS?corn. oats.
wheat, ry4, and cotton?exceeded it
in value in 1918. The figures show
that farmer in the Southern States)
are the heaviest fuel-wood users. |
i North Carolina leads with an average!:
; of 18 cords used on each farm dur?
' ing the year. The farms of SbutTi I
* Carolina and Arkansas averaged 17 '
* cords; of Mississippi, 16 cords; of
t Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Ken
tucky, Nevada and Vermont, 15 1
cords. " . %
. CARE OF THE PIGS.
Observations indicate that in many |
of the Southern States too many hog
raisers follow the practice of wean-!'
ing their pigs too young. In manyj
localities it is found that they are
weaning them at the age of 5 and 6
weeks. There is no better or cheaper
feed for the young growing pig
than its mother's milk, and hog
growers should take advantage of;
this feed to the greatest extent pos-|
^ sible. This can best be accomplished'
by feeding the sow everything she]
N will eat during the suckling period,
and not weaning the pigs until they;
are at least 10 weeks old. It is pre-!
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ferable to have them nurse the sow;
lnntror? nrnhn'hlv until she would,
wean them herself. . N
It is realized, that under certain
conditions this plan can not be followed,
but it is quit^ possible it could
.be followed to a much greater extent
thai* ft is in many insances. Before
JfTevpigs are'-weaned they should "have:
access to a self-feeder 'filled witli
tankage, fish meal, shorts, middlings,
* or ground oilcake.
Best results in hog growing are '
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going to be obtained by pushing the
pig to the greatest extent possible
from the time he is born until he is
driven over the scales. Never let the
hog lose his pig fat; keep it going
forward all the time. Proper feeding
and care is the only way this can be
successfully accomplished.
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BILLION-UU3HE.L. WMbAi tnur
MAY CONGEST ALL STORAGE
With a wheat crop of over a billion
bushels in prospect in the. United
States this season?the greatest crop
the country has ever produced?the
need for efforts by farmers and elevator
companies to market and store
the grain with the least possible loss
and congestion of traffic is impressed
by the Bureau of Markets of the
United States Department of Agriculture.
In calling attention to this
great marketing problem the department
says that every possible measure
should be taken to insure the
safe storage and handling of this
enorfnous crop.
Last year, with a crop .of about
900,000,000 bushels, the rushing of
the grain to market immediately af*
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ter harvest caused a congestion an
the way from the terminal markets
to the farm. The wheat "backed up"
after the terminal elevators wene full
and congested the railroads and. all
country elevators. The result was
that embargoes were placed, on further
shipments until the terminals
could be cleared. Fortunately, the
winter was $n open one or the loss
due to lack of proper ^storage w<?bld
have been heavy. v : "j
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HARROW AND CULTIVATE J
Every practical fanner realizes
the importance of kiilirij^weeds and
jrass coming in the young crops during
May. It is ii. well-known fact
that if the crops can. be-kept clean
during this month they stand a much
better chance of producing maximum
yields?also that the later cultiva*!
tions will., be less difficult. Nothing
will accomplish so much in cleaning
the. lancrand cultivating the growing
:rop as the section- harrowlight
cultivator. If you wanj; to be sui*
>f a full, crop at the Iea^t expense use
the harrow, freely ,even if it re-j
juires a little" extrft htgh-priced helprj
[t is sure to pay in ,the long run run. I
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START ALL THE "FOOD CROPS, j
May and June throughout the cotton
States' are the farmers' busy
time. All the early planted crops
must be frequently cultivated in May
and a number of the minor, but important,
food crops should be seeded
during this month to get best rev
turns. Peanuts, sweet potatoes, feor
erhum, cowpeas, soy beans, and velvet
beans usually do best when seeded
at this time in# practically every
3ection of the South.
AUSTRIA MUST GIVE
UP NAVY UNDER TERMS
The peace terms to be presented to
Austria are rapidly taking concrete
form. It is announced from Paris
that the drafting committee has begun
work on the document as a
whole. The naval terms as completed,
contemplates "wiping out the entire
Austrian navy, the surrender of every
ship of the Austrian naval arm
being demanded. The allied and associated
governments will decide later
what disposition shall be made of
the vessels. No hint has yet been given
as to the other conditions of the
treaty.
Meanwhile, the German peace delegation
at Versailles continues its
formidable task of digesting the
peace terms handed to it Wednesday
by Premier Clemenceau. According
to reports originating from a high
British source in Paris the delegates
are divided in their views on the
drastic conditions laid down.
Feeling apparently is running high
in Germany over what is termed the
severe peace terms and a review of
opinion in' Berlin says that the people
are discussing the consequences
of a possible refusal to sign the
treaty.
"Rather anarchy than slavery," is
the remark heard on all sides, the
review declares. .
One newspaper credits Herr Giesberts,
a,member of the German delegation-.kt
Versailles, as asserting that
thVcnly immediate solution is a
neace with Russia and the emnlov
ment of Bolshevik troops" by Germany.
.? Unofficial advices from Paris deV
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clare that the controversy overj
Italy's claims to Fiume and the Dal-j
matian coast is far from being settled.
President Wilson, according to
these advices is not in agreement ,
with the compromise plan by which J
Italy would be given a mandate to
.administer Fiume until 1923, and
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Viscount Milner, British secretary
for the colonies, has been called to
Paris to discuss the question of Belgian
protest against Great Britain
acting as mandatory for German
East Africa.
The Hungarian communist government
forces continue to suffer
military reverses. Czech troops have
obtained a foothold in Nagyszecseny,
and Roumanian forces, according to
latest reports, are 80 miles east of
the capital.
Operations have been begun a- gainst
the Afghans tribesmen who
j crossed the border and took up posiI
tions on the Indian side. Russian
j government advices says that an Af|
ghaji mission seeking the establishi
me'nfc of relations between Afghanistan
and Russia has arrived at Mos- I
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I CHICAGO REBUKED BY
THE AMERICAN LEGION
St. Louis, May ,9.?Efforts.on the
part of leaders in the?Americart Legion
to prevent questions considered '
of^a political nature coming ,to a
vote in the caucus, a vigorous ptiaclc ,
on: the patriotism of Chicago and its
mayor. William H; Thompson, and*
selection of Minneapolis as the rfext
convention city were among the- developments
in todays session of -the
soldiers, sailors and marines arganization.
which is holding its^ first national,
caucus here, f7* *
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^For the time being, 'at least, the
question of the caucus' attitude on
prohibition and on the'charges of" national
guard officers that they have
; been unfairly discriminated agtfinst
| in favor {>f regular army men, was
set, aside.- . Tifc: prohibition" question
was miiecr in a -special uieci*ni^; vx
lithe national resolutions committee
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and" national.; guard question r.also
temporally laid aside. The mov^ ls j.
understood to have the backing of ?
riff^ut; Col. Theo'dore 'ftooseveltv Gol. ?
Bennet Clark and other leaders In w]
I the organization. Backers of "resolu- or
tions regarding these two questions ^
insiV they will force, the caucus to
take some action. - CT
v Chicago and Mayor Thompson
were bitterlyvtfenounced as unpatriotic
when the question of the next ^
convention city caipe up. The Chicago
delegation had decorated the convention
hall with signs boosting that ^
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city, but, ftfter a speech by J. F. J.
Herber of Massachusetts, delegates tu
tore down many of them.
"Massachusetts will not agree will,
8C
ingly to having a convention of soldiers
in -the great war go to a city
that has as its first citizen by vote, P?
one who "can not measure up in any 01
small part to the tes$ of 100 per la
cent. American," said Mr. Herbert, 1
when Chicago was suggested. P?
"The hall is placarded by signs or
saying 'The American-Legion, Chi- 1*
cago wants you in' November.' If 1
these signs said 'Chicago soldiers'and
sailors want you,' we could consider ps
| it, but our reply now must be: "Chi- '-.u
cago can not have us now or any
I other time until Chicago has an Am- \\
erican for mayor." ' 82
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GREATEST WHEAT. CROP
IN COUNTRY'S HISTORY a?
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Washington, May 12.?The great.
est crop of winter wheat ever pro!
duced in any country is in prospect es
for this year's harvest. Today's forecast
of production, estimated by the
Department of Agriculture, places its or
j size at. almost 900,000,000 bushels? 82
| in exact figures 899,915,000?which M
J would make this year's harvest worth
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j price guaranteed of $2.26 a bushel. 7"3
Kansas is producing an enormous ye
[crop, the forecast of production for
that being almost 22 per cent of the co
country's total indicated output. Illi- ye
nois has a forecast of nearly 66,000,000
bushels, Indiana about 56,000,- tic
000*, Ohio 55,000,000 and Oklahoma of
slightly more than 54,000,000. cr
The acreage is the largest on rec- ov
ord and the area abandoned from di
winter, killing, overflows and other ca
causes is extremely low, 1.1 per cent. Jo'
Growing, conditions, have been spjen-. /
did and the crop" from April . 1 to ii<
May 1 made an improvement, tfriiijf*
ing- it to 100.5 per cent ofa notfrrtalyrbt
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An Especially Inte
tion of Dainty Vi
It would be quite imp<
expect frocks of this
low prices, if we 1
factory purch
more for'
' profit
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Every suit ofl
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need the spaqe:
them, at ridicule
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Special Millinery |
Yotf can't/vas
millinery ojfferii
i visit us before!
tions have been
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,icih is.^he highest condition on^rec- lrn'd 4,493,
dt for May? 1. Continued t god(| 883,000; ,
owing conditions from ' Tiow to 000; Missi
ne oi harvest might Result in a *
op larger than 900,000,00p bushels -dj
Prospective rye * production was .
recast at 122,946,000 bushels-over ^ That fig
e April forecast. ^ . been susp
Winter vtfieat production, bas#d on man who ,
pril 1 conditions, was estimated tjiat they
17,000,000 bushels, and rye produc- readily ac<
>n at 101,000,000 bushels, while V. E. ?
st gear's winter wheat crop was teresting <
.8,449,000 bushels and the rye crop tion. Th<
1,102,000 bushels. * t' abstract ir
Condition of winter wheat com- bridge, Mf
ires with 99.8 per cent of a normal "He prt
i April 1? this year,. 86.1 on May 1 them into
st year and 8_._ the ten-year May end with
average. Condition of rye com- the other
ires with 90.6 per cent of a normal outlet was
i April 1 this year, 8-8 on May 1 had (
3t year and 89.9 the ten-year May away front
average. , select any
The winter wheat average com- e*Per"nen
ires with 49,261,000. sown last au- ^he
mn and 26,704, harvested last yearj p*afn s0^a
I it and bac
Production of hay is forecast at | truded Iov
.4,930,000 tons, compared with 89,- despite wi
13,000 tons laA year and 98,439,-;and guip^,
10 tons in 1917. The expected hay j frQm p<
reage this year is about 71,224,000 up ag>aing1
res,'consisting of 55,927,000 tame1 With mQrj
id 15,297,000 wild. - } " ! rejection ,
Stocks of hay on farms May 1 are became su
timated at 8,493,000 tons, against g-vyim over
.,476,000 on May 1 last year. j solution ai
The average condition of pastures J away f roh
i May 1 was 90.3, compared-with tion, whih
t.l last May and. 84.5 the ten-year j dope fiend
ay average. j short expo
Spring plowing was 72.7 per centjthe solutio
mpleted on May 1, compared with, to it until
! ttr.'iL -XT
'.5 per cent last year and a ten- *?1W1 emy
:ar average of 70.5. s?on learn
Spring planting was 61 per cent about 10 i
mpleted, compared with 60.8 last and stayed
& and a ten-year average of 58.1. They are
Winter wheat prospective produc- 'semi-intox
>n this year in Southern States east drunk a a
the Mississippi river shows an in- are unable
ease of almost 13,000,000 bushels cheerfully
er last year's production. The con- of alcohol
tion of the crop May 1 and fore-1 killing pov
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st of production by States fol- e<i naai an
wrs,;. fuljr grown
:Vjjgmia', condition^ -99; produc- such a ten
)n, 18,848,000 bushels; North Car- guess. Pe
lnfrp8$?nd 2*351,000; .Georgia, 90 firms estal
HSig MI .
les in Fi
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quality at these vei
hadn't made a very
ase. We could chai
them, but we pref e:
by our. shrewd plani
luits....
Eered is a this-seaso:
i more than we ask,
for othej- stocks, am
Dusly low prices.
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sualize the charm oi
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selected. There as
hafe; black hats,,a
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,000; 'fenessee, 97 and 9f- j>r
Alabama, 91^and 2,011t? >!o
ssippi, 90 and 641,0001 v.
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UDirAijlu run.
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h were """wet" has long
ected, but here ^ eomei a
jroyes "it?'ptoves not .only n<
like booze, but that they ^
juire the' drug-habit. Jihelford
tells of some- , injxperiitaents
in this direc- 'r
i quotations are from an m
i The Little Journal (Cam- jeJ
ias>. Says this paper: ^
>vided a shallow tank for ^
which water flowed at one
a drug in solution and at
end without the drug. The
in the middle, so that the
:ompl?te freedom to swim
i the drusr or into it and to s^j
concentration. His first stl
t was with carbon dioxid, co
fish a kind of attenuated
-water. They swam into ^
ked away again with prorer
lip and lifted gills, but, au
lat seemed like coughing co
ig, they did pot turn away
jrhaps they were practising
; a sporting life to come. m<
)hin there was n9 apparent!m<
sven at first. They soon
fficiently addicted to it to rei
to the inlet of the morphin tu
nd stay there. Some kept an
1 the greatest concentra^ t0)
i others became regular:
!s. With cocain, after a|0^
sure they refused $o leave |
n inlet and remained close ou
they died from its effects.
1 or grain alcohol they ^
ed where a solution of in*
)er cent, was to be found s^(
I there as long as possible.
reported to have becme ec*
:icated,' but just how
fiah is we
to say. A tadpole basked
in a 20 per cent, solution'
and water which has the
rer of average whisky mix- He
d half with Water.; What a ;Th
bulfrog woqld uiider rel
aptation it is 3ifftcuLt'_ ,to afl
rbaps he *would a-wooing' we
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JMMER SCHOOL AND
"FARMERS WEEK
Cleinson Colfege, May SL^-Dr! F. ^ ?
H. Calhoun, Director of the Ag
lultoriil Department, h? .Moon- " ^gg
d the dates and courses for the :> .-jjj
immer Sclfool which will be con- '
icted by* the.Agricultural' forces
ont June 30 to: August 6.' Thens
11 be courses in the following sub** // [-J#
eta: Agricultural Education,
jronomy, Animal Husbandry, Club
ork, Cotton Growing, Dairyings ;Js?
viticulture, and Poultry Husband- ->i;;
The week of July 21 to 26 will be
irmers' Week. The main features V
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this week will be: first, demonrations
including tractor demon- ^
rations and stump pulling and \
ncrete demonstrations; second,
ily lectures by the members of . e
Clemson College agricultural v I
culty and by visiting agricultural
ithorities of note throughout the
untry; third, moving pictures
aling with agricultural, developsnt,
with a view of presenting the
:>st approved and progressive
?thods in.agriculture..
The agricultural workers of the ''
sident teaching force in ,d?ri<yijre,
and of the Experiment Station
d the Extension Service, will work,
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^cbiici in in a iv i u g Luis ouiiiiiici
hool and Farmers' Week the best
the kind ever held at Clemson , ~y
tllege. Details are being worked
t in the various divisions with a
jw to presenting the very best *
it each division is capable of giv- * ?
j. Farmers throughout the state
oul3 begin planning to attend. t ,
stailed information can jje obtainby
writing to Dr. F. H. H. Calun,
Clemson College.
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ATTENDING THE FUNERAL i
Mr. and-Mrs. Herbert Allen and
srbert, Jr., went up to Greenville '
ursaay ana visneu tuuuii^ iwu
lativei and friends until Sunday
ierrioon. On Saturday Mr. Allen
rnVover'tp Spartanburg and att&&^^e^i.:
oi . his uncle,
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